House Of Madness

Chapter 34 A Shrinking Potion

Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one.
The window had passed.
Nik had failed.
Nivens was still dead.
"Oh my god", Kit sobbed, "he's really gone."
Nik had tried to make a spell to save Nivens, he had tried to make many spells to save him.
In the end it hadn't mattered, Nivens was dead.
"You got to be kidding me!" Kit screamed.
Chessler.
"What's that leech doing here?" Grave asked whoever would listen.
Nik figured it out first, "looking for his queen."
"What?" It made no sense to Grave or Alice but Terrett, Kit, Finn and Zade pieced it together in a quick matter.
There was no way the white queen would of been able to cause as much chaos as she did.
She would of needed a middleman, the question wasn't who?
The question was why?
Chessler cared for power, political gain and overall loved playing games.
He had aided Priscilla in some way or another, that much was obvious.

Zade needed someone to kill, someone to hurt, lucky for him Chessler deserved every ounce of fury he had.
"Get your hands off me, dog!"
"Chessler, you are under arrest for helping Priscilla White plan a war, commit a war, committing acts of war, treason against your king and your country and the death of countless civilians including Nivens Hopkins."
Zade wanted to cry but he kept it together for Kit, "allow me to give you justice for your sins."
Just as Zade was going to rip Chessler apart with his bare hands Nik called out, "wait."
Zade stopped even though he wanted nothing more than to kill Chessler.
"He deserves a trial."
Chessler lost it after that, "please!
It was a mistake! She.."
He tried to say, 'she made me, she threatened me but he couldn't because that would of been a lie.
"You're trial is set for tomorrow, six am."
"You can't do that! I have a week! A week!"
Chessler screamed, it was true but Nik didn't care.
Chessler would be given a fate worse than death tomorrow.
"Wait! I can help you!"
Everyone ignored Chessler's screams as they dragged him away.
Until he said something that would change everything, "I'll give you my cards! I'll give you my deck of cards!"
"It's too late for that!" Zade hissed, "besides, I'll take them when you're dead."
"No! You need them now! If you used the magic from them you could bring Nivens back!"
Terrett froze, "what?"
Chessler had the nerve to smile, "when you promise to not harm me in any way I'll gladly give them to you."
Zade throw him, "listen you asshole! You'll give them up now!
Or else I don't care what my king says I'll rip your head from your body!"
Chessler must of saw the crazed look in Zade's red eyes because he gave up the location.
"Let's go", Zade hissed.
"What?"
"How stupid do you think we are?
What would stop you from leading us into a trap?"
Nothing.
"Fine I come with", a conceded Chessler said.
Finn, Grave went with Zade and Chessler.
"One move, and I jam my knife into your black heart", Finn hissed.

The wait was unbearable.
It felt like hours until they came back, like promised with the deck of cards.
Terrett pounced and grabbed the cards out of Zade's hands.
Finn was now in charge of holding Chessler.
Terrett performed the same spell he had to free Ember and Finn from the House Of Madness but with Nik's help he was able to alter the spell.
Kit lit candles, Grave dumped water on Nivens body and Alice threw soil burying him.
Terrett was bawling as he lit Nivens on fire.
Alice couldn't see through her tears, neither could Kit.
A good thing, since seeing Nivens like that would of killed them.
"Where is that whore?!"
Ember had finally found her way to time square, knowing that Priscilla was the only one capable of this much destruction.
"I killed seventeen SnowWood soldiers", Ember whispered to Nivens body, "I know you were never one for violence."
"You're not", Kit screamed, "were is past tense!"
Ember said nothing, there was nothing for her to say except, "I'll help."
Nik, Terrett and Ember used their power, Zade joined them.
He was half animal fae and half mythical fae (werewolf) which meant they could draw power from him.
Chessler made a move, "you've done enough", Finn hissed.
"I want to help", Chessler said, only wanted to help because he knew if Nivens remained dead he would be following suit, not getting a trial at all.
Chessler and Zade were used as a bank for magic.
Finn, Kit and Grave never wished more that they were mythical fae.
Since they were only animal fae they couldn't help, they had to just sit back and watch.
A vampire woman came over, "I want to help, Nivens was always kind to me, use my magic."
A man came, "Nivens gave my my son a model airplane even though I could not afford it. Let me help, take my magic."
Alice watched as one by one citizens who had just been attacked in time square came over to offer their magic.
The citizens that were only animal fae still came over, some prayed, sang and other cried for Nivens.
A man who didn't have an ounce of hatred in his body.
A man that was good, a man who's soul was good.
Everyone shouted the spell, with Terrett and Nik leading it.
SkyWood had never been more united than in that moment.
The ground twitch, than shook until a rabbit ear popped out.
Than another ear, a hand that was attached to an arm.
Until Nivens came out of the soil not burned, wet or dirty but whole.
"What have I missed?"
The town cheered and cried.
Nivens was a special man, a friend to all.
"Hello everyone?" Nivens was very confused, he hadn't understood why so many fae were gathered near him.
"Where's-"
Terrett cut him off with a deep kiss, Nivens cheeks turned a pretty pink.