Julia Lelieveld and the battle with the underworld

~2~

I softly opened the door and saw Max walking towards me. He automatically took my hand again, for which I was very grateful. Without showing it to Rob, I leaned all my weight on Max again. Luckily he was strong and seemed like he was just supporting me a little. I sat down on the bed again and Rob immediately asked how Renzo was doing.

I nodded. "He'll recover."

I hoped they hadn't been listening in, but I wasn't sure. Practitioners of the elements forming a circle and their mentor could understand each other from a very far distance. Or if they wanted to communicate in a crowd, they could talk to each other in a low whisper, while no one else could hear them.

"Julia, what happened? I know I woke up in my office with a headache and saw that there had been a fight in the library."

Rob looked at me expectantly.

Oh my gosh, I completely forgot about that. Lucas had knocked Rob down.

I looked at Rob for a moment, but he didn't look hurt. I assumed he was fine.

I took a deep breath, gosh where do I start?

I started by running into Tim and having to help him in the storage room. There I ran into Lucas, where he attacked me for the first time and that I could have shaken him off by using wind power. Once I was able to run and go to the library, I found out he was faster and Lucas was already there. There we had fought, where I had used fire on him. Then he ran into Renzo in the hallway. I told them they were going to fight each other, but Renzo and I fled because the others were coming too. And of course I meant the possessed boy and girl. I told them about the rooftop fight, that I was able to use the powers of Leo, Sara and Max and that's why I stayed alive. I also told them about the leader of evil. That he appeared in the boy and what he had said. And of course that I couldn't have done anything without Renzo. That I owed him my life.

No one interrupted me in the whole story. I looked at them one by one, but no one said anything.

I didn't really want to think about it, but I had to talk about it anyway.

"Rob?"

He looked at me.

"I don't think we'll be safe for long."

He seemed to think for a moment.

"There will certainly be more evil. Even though they are ordered by their leader not to harm you. There are always those who can't resist. But they can't find you as long as you're here."

I looked at him uncomprehendingly. As long as we're here? I looked around again, still not knowing where I was.

"Where are we anyway?"

"We are in my house. I live in the old house on the edge of town towards the forest."

I still looked at him uncomprehendingly.

He got a small smile around his mouth.

"You haven't lived here very long, of course. This house is known as the local haunted house. But of course it isn't, but a good legend to keep strangers at a distance. This house is connected to the earth's boundaries and therefore also to practitioners and elementors. And it is specially protected against Evil and e-warriors. They can't feel you as long as you stay in the house."

"How come?" I asked.

"This house, along with all the other houses connected to the Earth's borders, was secured by ancient magic a long time ago. Practitioners can therefore feel a home from afar and know that they are safe. And because the house is connected to the earth's boundaries and all the elements, your powers are strongest in the house."