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"Have you heard the rumors?" "Such a horrid situation" "They say the sibling has gone mental" "Oh yes I've heard all about what happened"
More and more people duck behind their hands, no doubt to add their suspicions to the trail of whispers that already taint the name of the Eytelia's. It had already been 2 weeks and 5 days since all the females in the Eytelia manor had disappeared.
Lady Nabeora Eytelia, mother of the twins Reiah and Gray, Reiah Eytelia the twin to Gray Eytelia, and Mistress Zyliana Hallow, grandmother to Reiah and Gray, mother of Nabeora, had left no traces as to where they had disappeared to, like they had vanished over night.
The Lord of the manor was said to be locked up in his room all the time now and young master Gray spent most of his time outside roaming the town. The Eytelia's had never been exactly hated however they weren't the most popular as they were part of the reason the dryads had cut ties with Taeral, the city of elfs. Due to this not many put any effort into searching for the missing family members.
"Mother? Mother you must get up, I don't know where we are. Again." "Reiah dear let me try." ".......Grandmother are you sure you want to uh.."
Reiah coughs and ducks her head to the side. "Want to what Reiah?" Sweat drips down Reiah's face as she can feel her Grandmothers eyes bore into her. She glances in her direction and sees that her lips are pulled into a tight smile.
"I- I Only meant that-that...." "Reiah dear seeing as you have once again transported us to the middle of a lake are you really in a position to quarrel with me?" "Oh yeah I did do that huh?"
Mistress Zyliana's eye twitches and Reiah stands from kneeling by her mother and takes a few steps back in response to the annoyed aura that is suddenly around her grandmother. Mistress Zyliana sighs, dispenses the aura that had gathered around her and assumes the position her grand-daughter had been in seconds before.
Silence, then. "Are you going to wake her then Grandmother?" "Yes." "Then, I shall begin my attempt to get the transportation spell ready." " I shall heal your mother then." "Heal?" "Yes, it seems in the landing she broke her ankle and the pain from her ankle combined with the freezing water made her go into shock and black out." "Oh, my apologies."
Reiah's face appears hollow with shame before she turns to trudge over to a tree then goes still. Her hair slowly flows up as if struck with lightning and then a small golden orb, the size of a marble appears in her cupped hands. Reiah opens her eyes that are shining gold instead of the usual dark lilac and floats off the ground for a few seconds before her eyes close, she falls slowly, and her hair droops down against her back.
By the time Reiah had walked back to where her mother and grandmother were her eyes had turned back to normal and she had the marble in hand that now glowed a iridescent silver.
"Slowly now Nabeora, Reiah should get back here any second now." "Yes mother, I apologize for causing us trouble." Mistress Zyliana helped Lady Nabeora stand and dry off fully. Unfortunately since they had been taken at night they had all been wearing their night gowns so the moment they awoke on the floor of a cave around two weeks ago, Lady Nabeora had conjured fatigues, under garments, and shoes before they set out.
However in all that time they had yet to get back to Taeral. Despite Reiah's perfect teleportation spells. Despite Mistress Zyliana's astral seeking. Despite Lady Nabeora constantly conjuring new paths. Despite how advanced the three noble elfs were in magic. Despite everything, they were still stuck in an unknown place, a never ending forest.
