Beyond The Veil

Chapter 2

Family Reunion

The two walked for hours out of the dark oak forest, crossed a small field, and started to climb the mountains that lead to the village Elizabeth's mother and her friends live in. "Mom... can we rest for the night? I'm sleepy" Elizabeth asks as she rubs her right eye and yawns in exhaustion. "Sure my little angel" her mother said and started to set up a camp. They had walked quite a distance from the village and both of them were tired from the journey. Elizabeth sat down and took of her shoes and started to rub her feet "are you hungry my little angel?'' her mother asked as she placed down the sleeping bags and started to take out a tent "no" Elizabeth says as she looks at the sky.

In truth she was hungry, but she didn't want to eat anything after what happened. Her mother sighed softly and set the tent up, Elizabeth's mother knew this mountain side was known for bandits and thieves to make their camps so she planned to set a spell up around their campsite so no one would be able to see them during the night. "Ok sweetie your sleeping bag is ready, I'm going to set up mine so get some sleep ok" her mother said as she gently placed a hand on her back.

"Ok mom" Elizabeth says as she walks over to the tent and crawls into her sleeping bag and goes to sleep. Elizabeth's mother sighs softly and sits in front of the campfire, she closes her eyes and uses her magicks to form a protective barrier around the campsite. She then takes out an amulet "Enki... Menphia... is anyone there" she whispers to the amulet "what do you want witch" someone says from the amulet.

"Hello Shad... I called to inform you guys my visit to Melik village was cut short" she says as she looks at the amulet "what do you mean it was cut short Irene... did something happen" someone else says from the amulet. Elizabeth's mother, Irene, looks at the tent "the village is dead... all but one was able to survive. Her guardians asked me to take her in and care for her as my own. That was their dying wish" Irene lied to her friends on the other side of the amulet, she didn't want them to find out that Elizabeth was her blood daughter.

"Knowing you... you didn't leave the girl behind" Shad says as he groans in annoyance at Irene for being so kind-hearted. "Her name is Elizabeth and she has a powerful magicks within her" Irene says as she looks back at the amulet "we will be there in two days if we can't find any horses" "alright, just get back here with the child alright" a lady's voice spoke up from the amulet "will do Menphia, good night everyone" Irene says, the people on the other side tell her goodnight.

Irene puts the amulet away and goes into the tent, her sleeping bag is on the other side of the tent, but worried about her daughter, so she picks up her sleeping bag and moves it over next to her daughter and goes to sleep.

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In the morning Elizabeth wakes up to the sound of eggs sizzling on a plate "hmmm" Elizabeth sits up, a cold brisk wind hits her, she quickly covers up and groans "why is it so cold" Elizabeth says as she curls up. "That is because it's early in the morning and you slept in a tent" a lady says from outside the tent before the tent door opens and Irene walks in. "Now we are going to be walking through the mountains for a while so put these on" Irene says and place's warm winter clothes next to Elizabeth's feet.

"You haven't told me where we are heading mom" Elizabeth says as Irene walks out of the tent and sits next to the fire "we are heading towards a village that is far away from here. If we can catch some horses then we will be there by sun down" Irene says as Elizabeth gets dressed in the clothes her mother gave her. The clothes consist of light blue fleece pants and a dark blue long sleeve skirt that ends a few inches under her hips. A light blue, almost white, fur lines the edges of the sleeves and the bottom of the shirt, along with making a hood.