Realm of Galderia

chapter 40

Late that very same evening, Gwen and Trinity were  working on their spell books before bed. Gwen looked up from her book of shadows to see what Trinity was working on. Trinity had a look of shock, as if she had seen a poltergeist or seriously harmful creature of darkness. It had taken Gwen nearly fifteen minutes to get a response from her. It had frightened her more than anything else. Even though it was only minutes that she couldn't get a response from her new friend, it felt like an eternity. Trinity was just frozen, as if her mind was lost. Gwen was filled with a sense of dread, something she was not used to. For the first time in her life Gwen didn't know how to help, she couldn't just fix it. Gwen had become panic stricken with worry; she was starting to think this would be permanent. She had a look of terror on her normally happy face when Trinity just seemed to snap out of it, whatever it was.

"Gwen are you okay, you look as if you've had a nervous breakdown?"

"What's a nervous breakdown?"

"Oh never mind It's not important right now, what is important is what happened to you?"

"I'm not exactly sure. It was like I went somewhere else but I never left the room."

"Do you mean like shamanic travel?" Gwen asked a little confused.

"What is that?" Trinity asked unsure if they were talking about the same thing or not.

"It's like magic visions."

"I think that might be what happened." Trinity replied, in an almost comatose state of being.

"Well what did you see? Tell me everything, in as much detail as you can remember."

Taking a long deep breath, she nodded before telling Gwen all that she could.

"I saw the dark sorceress trapped by fallen rocks behind a waterfall."

"Did you see anything else?"

"I think there was a mountain, and it was during the night, outside." Trinity fell silent for a moment, trying to remember if there was anything else to her magic vision.

"I think that's all I can remember, I'm sorry."

"No don't be sorry, that is an incredible gift. You see truth, not easy for many witches."

"Are you serious?" Trinity asked as her eyes lit up with excitement.

"I get visions in dreams only but never when I'm awake."

"Oh wow that must be something."

"The real question is why you had a vision like that, is it a symbolic of some deeper meaning?" Gwen asked out loud, hoping to figure it out.

"Hey Gwen, what if it was like a cry for help, what if she's really in danger?" Trinity pointed out with a little fear in her trailing voice.

"If Veronica is in trouble she wouldn't want our help, trust me." Gwen glared at Trinity who knew she was probably right.

"Wouldn't you feel horrible if something really did happen to her and we could have helped?" Trinity asked glaring right back at Gwen.

Gwen just shook her head. She knew where this was going, and she didn't like it one bit. She really did not want to go on this really screwed up rescue mission of the spoiled sorceress. She just grabbed her knap sack and began to fill it with a few necessities.

"Get ready, we're going to have to make sure. We need to sneak out of the house." Gwen instructed her friend.

Trinity nodded and just followed her lead, packing up supplies in her book bag and sneaking out of the cottage behind her new best friend. The two of them walked down the steep hill until they made it to the square in the dead of night. Seeing the village so quiet, completely still was a strange sight for Gwen. It was a good type of quiet, serene and soothing. Gwen and Trinity walked on through the forest, it was a little creepy for them. They were not used to the night, the tree branches rustling in the breeze, strange noises coming from the back trails of the forest. Trinity began to shudder in fear