Blood Magic

14: This Means War

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— James —

I turned around, and the portal closed, leaving me and mum in the Undercroft, alone.

I set up her IV, carefully, then left my phone on her bed, taking mine and Athenos's bags, and going to the portal. I tried to reactivate it, but the coordinates were gone, as was the spell itself, just leaving a cobblestone archway on the wall of the laboratory.

I set Riley to guarding Mum, and then kissed her cheek. "I'm going to go get Athenos back, Okay? Riley will keep you company, just sit tight, I'll be back by morning!"

I dashed out of the house as she reached for my arm, and left the cellar door open. I found Gui at his stand, and breathlessly explained the situation.

He nodded slowly. "I will bring her food, in a few minutes. It is dinner rush, Boy!"

"Alright, just make sure someone stays with her? Maybe Garçon? He owes some favors to Athenos, right?" I asked.

He nodded. "Ahhh, Yes. That will work. I will send Garçon. Worry not."

I nodded and darted to the sanctuary doors, knocking urgently. When the door opened, and an ogre leaned out, I slipped past him. "Sorry, in a hurry!" I called back.

As I passed Garçon, I tapped his shoulder roughly. "Garçon! Gui has a job for you, an urgent favor for Athenos! Bye!!!" I sprinted away as he groaned, and placed down his cards, folding a pair of King's.

I headed into the market, and stopped at one store that sold crystals, and spell books. "Hi! I need to know how to make a portal to London? Like now? It's urgent."

"You'd be better suited getting a ride from the Boatman. Quicker." The old dwarf hummed.

"Okay, where's that?"

"Down to the edge of the Row, there's a river. Give the river a silver coin, the Ferryman comes and takes you where you need to go." He nodded.

"Much obliged!!!" I reached the edge of the row, and held my knees, huffing for breath, then threw a piece of silver into the river.

Almost immediately, a Viking ship appeared, pulling alongside the dock. Only one person was on the ship, a tall wolf-man with more fur than clothes.

"You going to stare or ride?" He snarled.

I leapt aboard. "I need to get to England, the Oxford Medical Association!"

He grumbled and nodded. "Hmm... T'will take a couple hours... maybe three, with bad winds. One Snow-Crystal."

"Worth it." I nodded, paying him the outrageous sum, and found a seat.

He shrugged and tucked it into his pocket, then the sail suddenly billowed open, and I was slammed back into my seat, as we accelerated. Once I got used to it, it became fun, like zero gravity.

I began crafting, as we went. My Excalibutter, and the dead sword that Rafaela gave me, as well as my amulets, and the Dragon Ring, I slowly, carefully, forged them all into one blade, using heat in midair to act as a mobile forge. I molded it after a sword I remember mum used to hang on the door, over the entrance.

She said the sword was haunted, and that anyone who came under it with ill intentions would immediately say them, irregardless of who they were, or how powerful they were.

It had the most beautiful rippled pattern, which I recreated from scratch. I used the last of the Dwarf Magic to enchant the entire thing. It had all the properties from the components, but it would also take into itself anything that would make it stronger.