Dark Hearts (Golden Heart AU)

Chapter Thirty

The only sound that echoed through the library was Ben's pen scratching furiously, and Evie Flipping through yet another book. It was really early in the morning Ryder had refused to come out of his room. Everyone was sitting on the floor of the library in PJ's and Boots. The silence and tension between the thirteen of them was thick. CJ and Harriet were still very confused but their worry for their brother outweighed their confusion.

"Okay so all fer are under a dangerous ancient spell" Harriet started.

"Yep." Evie said only half listening

CJ continues on, "And if we don't break them out of it starting with Ryder, then Aaron, then Jazzy, Then Ella." It could be dangerous because the others would realize. And the girls are more powerful."

"Exactly." Mal hummed.

"And we only 'ave a month and a 'alf,"

"Precisely." Uma finished

"We isn't t'at just swell." Harriet grumbled, rubbing her temples, "I s'ould 'ave stayed in Neverland and trie' to destroy t'ose power vacuum Gems."

Evie looked up with concern, "we're talking about those later."

"We need Cassandra's Sword and essence of the Sundrop from Eugene, a lock of Ryder's blue hair. We can say that the hair thing is the same for all Four of them." Uma suggested, "He said his original magic is corrupted, in order to heal it has to mingle with the dark magic in his system until it can fully cancel it out."

"He also called the mark in his hair the epicenter of his magic and if he was branded, we would have needed blood from the brand meaning that this process is always the same since all three have hair colorations as opposed to brands." Evie said, straining her eyes, "I'm gonna need glasses at this rate."

Doug took his off and placed them on Evie's face, she smiled at him and continued to read. Carlos rolled his eyes and took the book away from her, "You can read about Andreana later. Right now, we need to focus. I think we should go to Varian if anything we could always ask him for links to Cassandra and Eugene." Evie snatched the book and slapped him over the shoulder with it

"Are you crazy he's a link to the other two but he's also a direct link Ella, He knows she knows." Lonnie flipped out.

"No Carlos is right Varian could help," Uma said, "he told me it was never too late to get on the right side of history. I think he was telling me that so I'd know to come to him if anything."

Gil bit his lip, "This is a big leap, we could either decimate the whole plan or help us drastically."

"Since w'en do ye know big wor's?" Harry raised an eyebrow.

Gil gave him a deadpanned look, "I knew better than to be like this around Ella. She respects me and that's worrisome. She knows something about myself that I don't know, something she doesn't want to come out."

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Uma was the one to talk to Varian and thank the seven seas. He wasn't at the castle today. She knocks on his door, and he can stumble out not only smoke following him, but Cassandra too. "Next time you try to go against nature and try to utilize what's left of the moonstone, leave me out of it." She snapped then saw Uma, "Oh Hello,"

She looked down and muttered a Hello, "Hey Uma, What's up?" Varian smiled.

"Remember when you said it was never too late to get on the right side of history." Varian's face grew serious as he nodded, "I'm ready to do just that."

"What happened?"

"Its Ryder, well really all four of them, they're under a dangerous spell and we need some items to break Ryder out of it before we can break the others."

Cassandra leaned over, "What do you need?"

"We need something from Eugene. He said he does care what it is a tear a lock of hair its doesn't matter just something because he was revived from the Sundrop and Essence from your moonstone sword.

Cass nodded and pulled the sword out from behind the door. "We were actually studying it now."

Uma grasped it in her hand and ran a purple glowing hand over the blade allowing it to glow blue. "There's still magic in here."

"I can call Eugene here and tell him I'm running some tests on what's left of the stones."

"One of us needs to be here to temporarily cut off Ella's connection to him so she doesn't know, but I can't see the strings.

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Jay arrived with Eugene in tow, "Hey kid."

"Eugene I'm not fourteen anymore." he whined with a voice crack making both Cassandra and Jay snort.

They got the former king to sit down, and Jay grabbed the black thread that was floating in midair. The poor man started gasping, "What the heck happened." he huffed.

"What's the last thing you remember?" Jay asked.

"Family day."

He winced, "That was three months ago."

His eyes widened, as he started at the two teenagers Cass and Varian, "We want to set things right but in order that means helping your kids, but to do that were gonna need a little help." Uma told him.

He nodded determinately he had never been able to do anything for them if he could help them now well that would be enough for him no matter what it took. A father is supposed to fight, e supposed to stumble and fall so his children could rise even if it meant using him as a steppingstone. but he wasn't a steppingstone now he was a door mat, and he knew he needed to fix that. If he was going to do anything right as a father and teach them anything it would be this, kindness. 

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"Got them!" Uma Exclaimed coming towards Mal with the sword and a lock of Eugenes Hair.

"Good now it's time for the hard part. Ryder himself." she grimaced, this was going to hurt 

Sorry todays Chapters are so short the payoff will be up tomorrow anyone got a song idea? 
~DarkVixen