The Land of Stories: The Adventure Continues

A Powerful Magic

"What does the letter say Charlie?" Bree asked her.

"Its a spell. A spell that will end this whole mess." Charlie said.

"Do we need anything for it?"

"Yes, Alex says we need a page from a fathers journal, a wand of wonderment, the mask from an evil uncle, the bark from the oldest tree, an authors pen, and a book given to a president." Charlie read. "These sounds like items in these books that my grandpa wrote."

"We have to tell the others. Looks like we're heading back to Camelot."

In present day Camelot, Elizabeth and Carrie were learning magic from past Alex and her daughter Annabelle.  Elizabeth wasn't really into it as much as Carrie was, she was very worried about Charlie. Alex and Annabelle took them into their school room to teach them magic.

"Ok, so let's try something."  Alex said and snapped her fingers.  An empty pot appeared on the table. It was filled with potting soil.

"What are we supposed to do with a pot full of dirt?" Elizabeth asked.

"Make a flower grow." Alex said. "Annabelle demonstrate."

Annabelle waved her hand over the pot and a tall bright red rose appeared.

"Whoa. That's cool." Carrie said and smiled. Annabelle snapped her fingers and the rose disappeared.

"Elizabeth you try." Alex said.

Elizabeth sighed, and put her hand over the pot. Nothing happened.

"Ok, try again. But remember magic comes from your heart. It's sort of like a feeling. Close your eyes and visualize, the rose." Alex said.

Elizabeth sighed again, getting a little frustrated. She closed her eyes and put her hand over the pot. It took a minute for a tiny little stem to start growing. She opened her eyes and smiled.

"Hey I did it...half way." She said. She was actually really surprised she had done magic. Even though she had seen it throughout this adventure, it was pretty surprising to see herself actually do it.

"Great! Now Carrie." Alex said.

"Try to do better than I did." Elizabeth said and crossed her arms. She was very proud of what she accomplished, without any training.

Carrie put her hand over the pot and the stem grew tall all the way up the the ceiling and it grew into a huge red rose. Carrie was shocked she took her hand away and stared in shock at her creation.

"Yeah I think I did do better than you." Carrie said.

"Are you sure, you've never done magic before?"  Alex asked.

"Um, I'm pretty sure."

"You definitely have a lot of talent."  Annabelle said.  "But with your powerful magic, come responsibly and learning how to control it."

"Exactly.  Now that you have learned how to use it, you need to learn how to use it properly or else you will accidentally use it when it's not needed."

"Oh great."  Carrie said sarcastically.  "So I have to learn how to use it, so I won't spontaneously hurt my husband or children."

"Exactly."  Annabelle said.  "Don't worry it won't take too long hopefully."

"Ok, well it looks like you've found your sorceress for this rescue, so I think I'll go join my brother, and learn how to sword fight."

"You sure you don't want to learn about magic more?"  Carrie said.