The Secret Plains

22

Narrator's POV

After school the next day, Kay quickly said goodbye to Lucas, Callix and Eiren before meeting with Ilkesi to go to Uncle Ishcr's house.

The house was fairly large, with grey marble and vines slightly crawling up the exterior. There was a little balcony on the side, and a large wooden door, which Ilkesi knocked on, and Uncle Ishcar answered.

"Hey girls, come in," he opened the door wider for them to enter the house. As Kay entered, she honestly wondered if everyone in Flairya just had mansions.

The interior was beautiful, with a winding staircase right at the back of the hall leading to a second floor. The hall itself had two connecting rooms, but Uncle Ishcar led them upstairs.And upstairs. Until they reached the attic.

The attic wasn't really different from the rest of the house, just dustier. There were boxes of newspapers, books, and files all around.

"Help yourself," he said, gesturing to the pile of information in the room, "None of it is confidential, it has all just been rotting up here. And there's the family tree," he points to a wall that had a carved lineage map on it. "There's a book somewhere here that explains everything in detail, it's up to you guys to find it."

He left them in the attic, and Ilkesi and Kay looked around at all the books that could potentially lead them to the truth.

They glanced at each other. "Time to start searching."

Some time later, Ilkesi yelled from across the room, "I found something!"

Kay put down one of the books she was reading and went to Ilkesi's side. Ilkesi made herself in charge of finding the four Mageians, and she was standing in front of the lineage map with two books open, one on the floor and one in her hand. She pointed to a name on the lineage map.

"Arkyon...Veneries?" Kay looks at the name Kesi was pointing at. "Who's that?"

"The father of Ophelia Veneries. One of the four Mageians." she beamed, pointing at a name. Ophelia Veneries. She pushed the book she was holding into Kay's hands. "Look at where I marked. That's a copy of Mageia Exile Records."

Kay scanned the page that was open, to see a pen circling four names.

Esmerelda Larmaron

Ophelia Veneries

Hadeon Angellet

Aideen Pailaseur

Crime: Violation & Abuse of Magic

Punishment: Exile from Mageia for a decided period of time

"You think those are the four Mageians?" she asks Ilkesi, who nods her head. 

"Yeah, they were all charged for the same crime, at the same time, and got the same punishment. I'm pretty sure this is it. Did you find anything?"

"Yeah. I found Ophelia's journal," Kay smirked.

Ilkesi's eyes widened, "Are you serious?"

"Very serious."

"Where is it?"

"I was reading it before you called me over. Come on."

Kay and Ilkesi walked back to where Kay was sitting and she brought out a leather bound ancient looking book, with the initials, "O.V" sewed at the edge, presumably standing for Ophelia Veneries. She opened the book again and began to read.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: Kind of a filler chapter