Descendants of Magic

CHAPTER XII. - DANGEROUS FAMILY TIES

That's impossible – resonated throughout the Magnus hall. Professor Coldos was strongly against this result of the testing for some reason while other council members and Principals tried to calm him and the whole situation down. It scared me a little bit. Was this morrigan thing something bad? Will they try to kill me or something? My hands started to tremble and I didn't know what to think. Then somebody placed their hand on my shoulder, gently stroking up and down my arm. It warmed me and made me feel secure. I turned to see who it was and it's the lady inspector, Ms. Do'or. As our gazes met, she smiled at me and then hugged me from the side. My body felt heavy, my head falling on her shoulder allowing me to rest for a bit. As I stared down, my eyes caught a glimpse of a blue shimmer. It was coming out of the wedding band on the hand of Ms. Do'or. Her presence and the light made me feel like I was at home, at peace. The sound of council arguing in the distance was muffled because I started to zone out, completely bewitched by the blue light emitting from the ring. I felt the hold on me loosen up which brought my thoughts back into the room and I started to listen in on the conversation.

Professor Coldos: It is impossible judging by her age, she wouldn't have survived.

Professor Minertha: How do you explain the test results then?

Professor Coldos: Something must have gone wrong. This has to be a mistake.

Professor Irasil: We checked, Coldos, prepared new reagents even. You saw the results.

Dead? I should have been dead? Is that why they got rid of me and left me to die in the snow? Even though I got to terms with being abandoned, this new information stabbed me like a sword through my chest. My parents left me because I was meant to die anyway? My mind wasn't in a good place and I started to panic. The arguing continued but slowly stopped after they got interrupted by the flickering lights and a slight earthquake that made the whole place tremble. I looked around to see what's suddenly happening and I saw Principal Haydos wave his hands in the air and trying to stabilize the bookshelves. Professor Minertha on the other hand used her power to scan the room. Her glowing purple eyes met with mine as she discovered traces of magic flowing around the room with me as the main source. She disclosed this to the council and then they hastily walked up to me only to be stopped by Ms. Do'or showing her hand into their faces.

Ms. Do'or: Now. Let us not lose our heads over this.

Professor Coldos: Are you really saying that while all of us, including the whole school, are in imminent danger?

Ms. Do'or: Don't be so dramatic, Coldos. I would never lie about a serious thing like this.

Professor Minertha: How can you be sure when all of us saw the result of the blood test?

Ms. Do'or: That's exactly my point. it again.

Everyone in the room quickly walked to the table with the blood test and after they saw what happened to it, they looked at each other with relieved expressions. Principal Idarin left the group and let the countil discuss the results, then walked up to me. He held the sides of my shoulders with both his hands and asked me to join the teachers at the table. They asked me to do the blood test again. I was a little bit hesitant about it at first, especially because my fingers already hurt a lot, but one gaze upon Ms. Do'or, and her smile reassured me. Preparing new Petri dishes for the test, they pricked my finger once again. It turned all purple, bruised from all the needle stabs. Leaving a few drops of my blood on the glass I wondered, why they made this decision to re-do the test again? What difference it's going to make anyway? But then I glanced over to the previous tests they kept on the side, besides the first destroyed one and the green color started to disappear from the my blood, slowly turning back to red. After they had enough drops, Principal Idarin was the one whopoured the reagents this time and did the test himself. One blood turned blue. After he poured the second reagent, it started turning green but I could see a ray of a blue shimmer and then it remained red. Finishing up the test, they told Young to take me back to my dorm to rest, regain my strength and that they will explain everything later. I was so tired mentally that I only nodded and agreed, bowing slightly to the people present, and then left the Magnus with Young. I turned back once more and saw the council discussing things while Ms. Do'or looked up from the blood test and turned her head slightly in my direction. When she saw me looking, she only smiled and then returned her attention to the discussion.