Pure Magic [Editing]

Princess of Darkness

Chapter 17

Princess Of Darkness

Eric was still unstable, his magical essence bursting out randomly. Diana managed to calm her down as she was good with kids. Eric was soon under control but still crying silent tears.

I did everything I could to try and save Myra but it was no use. She was as dead as daisies.

We had a short funeral to show respect for Myra. We five girls all felt sorry for Eric, we were all motherless too. With a sharp pang I remembered how much I missed Lyell. I needed to find him. He wasn't like anyone I had met before. He actually cared about me. Suddenly, I went into another trance, short clips exploding off in my mind. It was a flashback of when I met Theridol. The woods were I healed her. The moment when we talked about our specialties. When she transformed and ran back into the woods. The prophecy rung out in my head:

'When five girls meet, with a special connection, the great war will end when they find the protection. Sacrifices will be made no doubt, when the secret that was hidden comes out.'

I came out of the trance and mumbled, "The protection, what secret?" before falling unconscious to the floor. When I came around, I was in a garden. It seemed familiar. I looked at five trees and instantly recognized the place. It was the garden of all magic. I blinked back happy tears and when my eyes opened the five women stood in the place of the trees.

"Mum!" I breathed running up to her and hugging her tightly.

My mum patted my head and lifted my chin so I could look her in the eyes. She smiled and I did too. For a moment, I forgot everything. All that mattered to me was Mum was here. A warm breeze softly licked my face and my worries were back. I couldn't speak but somehow a question forced itself to the front of mind.

"What's my speciality?" I blurted out.

Mum's face didn't change but I could tell she didn't want to tell me. I looked her square in the eyes, forcing her to reveal all. She sighed.

"Your speciality is Darkness," she whispered, looking away.

Many different feeling grew in me. I couldn't understand. Darkness? Why? How? I didn't want to hurt anyone. Darkness was bad right. Was it because I had a dark side of me. A single tear fell down my face. Diana's mother turned me to look at her. She gave me a small sympathetic smile and it took some of my worries but not all of them.

"Why?" I asked.

My mother took a deep breath, "It was your father. He made it like this. He is more powerful then me and all of us together," Mum looked at her friend and their faces drooped, "But, there is still hope. Hope for every single person!"

"And what is it?" I whispered.

"You. You and the other four girls," my mum said, "You are our hope!"

Everything went black and I was back at Myra's funeral. They were just finishing putting the earth back. Eric was still crying. I couldn't tell them. Not now.

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In the morning

I got up extra early and used my dark magic to sense where Eric's dad was. He was easy to find, now that I understood that my specialty was Darkness. Somehow I could also sense Lyell and Palo. I told the others that I found them but I didn't tell them about my dark powers. They agreed that Eric should stay in the hut so he wouldn't be in any danger. Eric tried to persuade us to let him come but he soon gave in.

We had reached the building that Frad was in and discussed our plan quickly. We would burst in and Jade, Tear and Diana would take care of any Shadow Soldiers while Theridol and I would take care of Frad. We burst in but there were no Shadow Soldiers. Instead stood Palo and Lyell wearing the same outfit like Eric did when his dad turned him dark. Between them stood Frad and another man I didn't know but seemed familiar. Really familiar. Lyell walked over to me, a shadow dagger in his hand. I stood there paralyzed. Lyell smirked at me and twisted his hand. A strange feeling washed over me and I felt myself losing control of my body. My thoughts faded away and were replaced with evil. Somehow there was still apart of me that was good. My magical essence was guarded by the part of me that was still good. I turned towards Frad and he beckoned. My legs carried me over to him against my command. The man I didn't know smiled at me and hugged me.

I was confused. Really confused. He placed a black tiara over my head it looked like the crown in my visions, except dark. I realized too late who the man was.

"This is my daughter!" announced my father, "She is the Princess of Darkness!"