The Final War

Chapter 40: A Face In The Crystal

Heidi's POV

I must have searched a million rooms but there is still no sign of anyone, I make up way up the marble staircase and wander down one of the many hallways, "HELLO!" I shout down the hallway but of course no one answers, "This would be easier if the note told us who exactly we were looking for." I complain to myself opening a door that leads to an empty bedroom. I close the door and make my way further down the hallway, and suddenly I hear a strange noise, like someone whispering. "Hello?" I ask to no one. I carefully and slowly make my way further down the hall trying to figure out where the voice is coming from. As I make it to the end of the hallway I discover a half opened door, and taking a deep breath I push the door fully open and walk inside the room. The room is made of old wallpaper that is peeling off the walls to reveal the brick behind it, in the middle of the room is a table with a red table cloth on it, and on top of the table is only a crystal ball surrounded by candles. "Anyone in here?" I ask getting sudden chills all over my body, suddenly I hear that strange whispering again, and just like that the candles around the crystal ball light themselves. "What is going on here? Who are you? Reveal yourself." I say with nothing but terror in my voice as I look around the room. I soon notice that there are a pair of eyes looking at from inside the crystal ball, "No need to be frightened my dear, I have no intent on harming you." I hear a voice say from within the ball. The eyes vanish and seconds later the door behind me slams shut and a whole head appears in the crystal ball. I stumble backwards falling onto the floor, the person in the ball is a woman has long blue hair, and stunning brown eyes. "Who are you?" I ask making it back to my feet, "My name will be revealed in a matter of moments, but first I must tell you something." I step carefully towards the woman, "You worry about your place in Auradon." I look at her with shock on my face, "How do you know that?" I ask sitting down in the chair in front of the crystal ball, "I know a great many thing Heidi, from the past, to the present, and the future." It comes to me that this lady must be who the note is talking about, "You must know this before it is too late, you have helped king Benjamin become the king that he has always bene meant to be, for without you Auradon would have fallen into the hands of evil and darkness, you must keep helping for one day you will be a major part of helping usher in the era of humanity, and the kingdom of Auradon and the Isle of lost will one day be at peace." I sit there speechless, "I didn't think I mattered all that much." I say looking down at the table, "You matter more than you think, you have changed more lives than you know, and you don't see just how much the people around you love you." The woman closes her eyes and the door suddenly bust open, "The time has come for me to reveal all, and for that to happen I need everyone in this room." I nod my head and walk out to the hallway, "EVERYONE IN HERE! I FOUND SOMEONE!" I yell as loud as I can. I wait in the hallway as everyone made their way into the room. Once everyone arrives we all gather into the room, I am standing next to Harry who is holding Henry, Evie is sitting down in on of chairs, Carlos is standing behind Evie, Jay is leaning against the bookcase, and finally Mal and Ben are sitting in front of the woman in the crystal ball. "Now that everyone is here, let me formally introduce myself, I am Madame Leota, the maestro medium." Ben clears his throat before speaking, "It is lovely to meet ." Madame Leota inclines her head, "The pleasure is all mine, to be in presents for the King that will do more than anyone could ever know, it is a honor indeed." Ben smiles a small smile at her, "I am guessing that you are the one that will tell us everything we need to know." Madame Leota nods her head at him, " I am indeed, you were brought here by a man in blue, who will play a part in the war to come." All of us nod our heads, "Do you know who it was?" Evie asks leaning towards Madame Leota, "His identity will be revealed when the time is right, until that time comes I can't not say." Evie sits back in her chair, "Can you please just tell us what we need to do to defect dark boy and his lackeys." Jay questions rudely as he kicks himself off the bookcase, "To know the answer to that requires to know the past, present, and the future." Jay scoffs at Madame Leota, "I am not buying into this fake fortune teller crap." Madame Leota stares at Jay, "You are in love with the woman of noble birth, her parents the definition of a hero, and deep down you feel that you will never measure up to their standards." Jay's cheeks turn red and he slouches against the bookcase, "Alright that is proof enough for me." We all turn our attention back to Madame Leota. "We will start with the tale of the past, and by the time you all leave here you will have the answers you need to send darkness away and restore light back." All of got quite as we listened to Madame Leota.