Maginearia's Magic: Book Two Of The Cursed Series

Chapter 13: Magineara Mountain ✔️

Eric's Pov.

"This is pointless!" Lord Yanth says as he throws a book down with dismay, "Nothing in these old books is going to help us, we need to somehow see if something can track down the relics for us, nobody knows anything, we need some type of miracle magic" Lord Yanth says exasperated and I look at him shocked.

"Say that last part again!" I say desperately and he looks at me confused but does as he was asked.

"We need some type of miracle magic" He says and looks at me weirdly, as a large grin spreads across my face.

"We need some type of miracle magic or" I say leaving a cliff hanger "A spell" I say and he clues in immediately.

"We need a child of Magineara!" He says and I nod, as we both look at each other excitedly but then he deflates "But most children of Magineara are solitary beings that live in their mountain, why would they want to help us?" He asks and I grin at him.

"Because it will help Freya, besides they should be just as eager to help us get rid of the tyrant king." I say and we pick up our coats and prepare for travel.

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"Sorry, we know no one by the name of Freya. You are denied entrance into the mountain" The male dressed in armor says calmly and closes the gate on us with a wave of his wand.

"I thought you said they knew Freya" Lord Yanth says looking at me incredulously.

"Wait, she may have been known as Iris here!" I say desperately and the male who was walking away from us freezes on the spot, before turning around and looking at us.

"Did you say Iris?" He asks and I nod, he looks annoyed but responds anyway "I'll be back, wait here" Then with a flash he was gone, Lord Yanth looks at me wide eyed.

"When could they do that!" He hisses to me looking impressed and panicked all at once, then my vision is complete white for a split second and suddenly we're in another room. "What the bloody f*ck just happened!" Lord Yanth roars as he appears beside me and looks around the marble room wildly.

"You are before the Magineara council, state your business for being here" Says a strong female in front of us, while fifteen other chairs are spread around us in a circle, leaving us to be watched from all sides, there being sixteen chairs in total.

"We are here to seek help to find the Cursed relics." I say firmly and one of the council scoffs.

"Denied" Then goes to wave a hand to no doubt teleport us back outside the mountain, but is stopped by the female from before raising a hand in the familiar 'stop' gesture, no doubt now the head of the council.

"What do you know of Iris?" She asks and I look at her closely, feeling a hypnotizing pressure to tell the truth as her eyes lock with mine.

"Her real name is Freya Drakkon, she forgot everything of her life when she was cast through an unstable portal out of the Cursed forest, she is a powerful cocktail of all of the bloodlines, and is currently in the captivity of the tyrant king, her father. Being tortured until he can break her and make her his, he is obsessed with her and thinks her to be his perfect match" I say freely and bite my tongue harshly to stop myself from spilling anymore of my mistress's secrets.

The woman's face turns disgusted as she hears the last bit, but her face is mostly filled with horror and worry once she heard of Freya being tortured "Explain the bit of her being a cocktail of the bloodlines." Another member of the council orders, his voice imploring the truth and I literally bite my tongue off in order not to reveal the truth, I spit it at his feet and grin at him maliciously with blood coated teeth. "Tell me!" He orders and I fall to my knees at the strength of the command but remain silent.

"Enough, Elias. Clearly the boy, will not reveal it. What are you to Iri- Freya" She stops herself from saying Iris and instead says Freya.

I look at her with a raised eyebrow, the look on my face clearly saying 'How-do-you-expect-me-to-talk-without-a-tongue-?', she sighs and snaps her fingers and I feel my tongue appear in my mouth fully healed. I spit out the blood from my mouth and tell her what my connection is to Freya "I am her blood bond servant, she is my mistress, though the truth is I'm in love with her and would obey her every command anyway." I stare at the female in front of me as I reveal more then I even knew about myself, I revealed what I was so desperately trying to deny.

"Hmmm" She says looking at me with new eyes "Why do you want the Cursed relics" She asks and I keep my mouth closed, I look to Lord Yanth to explain and he looks nervous at what he may reveal but speaks anyways.

"Freya met Magineara in a pocket realm, Magineara has been keeping her siblings under a spell that makes them docile, though now she is weakening and Arrodroma has escaped. He is still trapped in the realm but will get out soon and with Magineara weakening it will not be long before the others are awake and free. Ready to wreak vengeance on the world, for their long absence." He says and the Magineara council is shocked silent.

"She truly met Magineara?" One says in awe and another snaps their fingers and I feel as if my skull was being split open and I watch on the glass like floor as Freya's memories of meeting Magineara play out, what she told Freya and what she told her about the relics.

"Very well we will help you, what do you need of us?" The head council woman asks softly looking at Freya with a sad smile.

"We need to locate some of the relics. In order to defend against the Cursed the relics will be linked together and Freya will be able to use the power to defend us from their rage" I say and she nods, looking at me softly.

"What relics do you wish to locate?" She asks and I grin at her.

"The Kheelan, Croaisha, Naima, Lunaima, Necrotion, and Enoch relics. We know where the rest are" I say and she nods looking thoughtful.

"You will need to collect blood from each of the bloodlines, we will use the blood linking the relic to the bloodline to locate them. Bring us the blood of those six bloodlines and we will find you the relics" She says and then snaps her fingers and suddenly Lord Yanth and I are back outside of the mountain.

"I guess it's on to step two then" Lord Yanth says and I nod, before we enter his carriage ready to get that blood by any means necessary.