Only love: The secret of moonacre

chapter 3

"Maria". I hear a soft voice and my eyes flutter open. Miss heliotrope is standing over me with a worried face.

"What happened" I ask.

"You fainted and Robin had to bring you back here. Oh are you OK. We were so worried you have been asleep for days"

"What! how long?"

"About 3 days"

"3 days" I groan.

The door opens and Loveday walks in.

"Loveday" I say surprised "What are you doing here"

"Well, when we were told about what happened, we had to come and see you"

"But you should be with Uncle not here, I have ruined your honeymoon"

"Don't be silly, we can go back anytime we want."

"Now, why didn't you tell me about this curse"

"What, how do you know?"

"Robin told me everything"

"I didn't want to worry you, you had just gotten married and I didn't want you worrying about this"

"Well, it's too late for that child"

I sit up in bed.

"We need to find out more and how to stop  it when is it going to happen and-"

"Slow down Maria darling, we have been looking into it and we know some facts but we need to figure this out together"

I breath slowly. I look down and see that I am still in the same dress as when I fainted.

"I think I need to bathe and get into something clean" I state.

"Good idea" Says Loveday. "Then you can meet us down in the dinning room for something to eat"

Once I am clean I dress and walk down to the dinning room. The smell of Eggs and bacon and porridge makes my stomach growl. I didn't realize how hungry I was until now. My uncle speaks when I walk in.

"How are you Maria?" His brow creased.

"I am good, but I am very hungry"

"Come and sit and eat"

I sit and start on a bowl of porridge and listen to there conversation about this curse. They are trying to figure out if what this magic could be. What magic is so pure and so strong that could break this curse. I don't really know about any other magic apart from the moon pearls magic. There's a knock at the dinning room door and Robin comes in.

Loveday looks round and says. "Robin, how are you? Come and sit"

"Hi, I'm fine thank you" He nods at me. I never got the chance to thank him for bringing me back hear. The adults resume their conversation.

Robin leans over to me. "How are you feeling Princess?"

"I'm alright, if not a little hungry. I haven't Thanked you for bringing be back here, so thank you very much"

His ears go slightly pink at my praise"It was nothing, anyone would have done it. So what are they talking about" He says nodding towards the adults.

"Oh, they are trying to figure out what magic needs to be used"

"Well, why don't you have a look in the library here it's huge, there has got to be something in there on this magic"

"Yes, I was going to mention that after I had finished my food"
He nods.
"So" I ask "Has anything happened whilst I was asleep?"
"Nothing new, although I have been trying to figure out when the stars will aline, and which ones, but its hard"
"I will help you later" I say and spoon the last of the porridge into my mouth. 

I tell the adults that we should start looking in the library and we all go in.

"Where shall we start?" says Uncle

"Do you have any books on magic?" Asks Loveday.
"A few" Replies uncle.

I look in Books of Moonacre magic, Magic of the sea, Old Magic, new magic and just magic but I can't seem to find anything.

"Princess" I hear Robins voice and turn around. He is holding out an open book to me. I read the text he is pointing at.

'...And yet how ever hard they have tried no one has been able to harness the magic of purest nature and strongest power, for Love is something no one can predict and no one can hold in there hands, because of its pure nature'

A/N
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