Sorcery [p. parker] || DISCONTINUED

SEVENTEEN - A STRANGE REUNION

"This book is useless!" Tony yelled.  He held the spell book up for a moment and then let go of it, the book falling onto the table with a loud bang.  "I can't fucking open it!"

"Well that's bullshit," Killian laughed lightly.  "Ellie's opened it before."  He vaguely motioned to his twin, who was across the room at the other end.

She had a pile of books around her that could possibly hold information on the crystal they were looking for.  There were also books about the Legends of King Arthur, in hopes of finding the place where Morgana could be hiding out.  The family was starting to get antsy.  It's been three and a half weeks since Morgana did her disappearing act, and with no sign of neither the evil ancestor nor the crystal, the family was in edge.  Eliza was only glad her finals would be over next week. That would be one less thing to worry about; one less thing on her shoulders.

Tony and Killian stared at the girl for a moment. Both would be lying if they said they weren't worried for her. Eliza has been throwing herself into her studies as well as trying to get knowledge about the crystal and Morgana, and even some about King Arthur and Merlin. She was trying to get all the knowledge she out get about everything. It almost wasn't healthy. Because she has barely gotten any sleep. Between all the reading and studying, and the visions and nightmares, Eliza's been more sleep deprived than ever. Eventually, Killian looked away from his twin sister, and grabbed the book to look at it. A second later he was easily opening it up, and flipping through the pages.

"Uh, Dad..." He said slowly. Tony looked over at him, away from Eliza, and his eyes widened as Killian lifted the opened book. "You were saying?"

"What the..." He walked up to Killian and grabbed the book. But then suddenly, without Tony even making a move to do so, the book shut. As if it did the action by itself. Tony glanced at Killian with raised eyebrows. "You saw that too, right?" Killian nodded.

Both of them were bewildered. Tony tried to open the book but it wouldn't budge. He handed it the spell book back to his son, who easily opened it without a problem. They passed it back and forth for another moment or two. The two guys were confused at the fact that Tony couldn't open the damn thing but Killian could. Suddenly, Tony grabbed it back from Killian and made his way over to his daughter. He let the book fall out of his hands and onto another, opened book that Eliza had been reading. Eliza opened her mouth to tell the person off, but quickly clamped her mouth shut at seeing her father. She simply gave him an annoyed expression.

"Yes?" She asked.

"Open it," Tony ordered.

Eliza's eyes narrowed slightly but grabbed the book and opened it just like she was told to do. Confusion hit her as Tony grabbed the book, keeping it opened. But then suddenly, it closed by itself. Just like it had earlier when Tony took it from Killian. "Did that thing just close itself or am I that sleep deprived?" She asked, eyes wide.