beautiful chaos

chapter 2

The shop was a mess. Although it had been a hundred years what did she expect. Thick layers of dust coated every surface. She had spent the night cleaning everything and seeing if anything was taken.

Ragna noticed the back window had been broken which sent her into a frenzy. She scanned the shelves looking for something missing. The bookshelf now had a noticeable gap where one of her grimoires  used to be.

She was sent into a panic , spreading out a map of the city on the table. She searched for a knife and cut her left palm , holding it over the map and letting the blood spill onto it. Ragna began her locater spell.

Phasmatoes tribum nas ex veras. Phasmatoes tribum nas ex veras.She began to chant loudly.

This spell book was her only hope of breaking her curse and she would do anything to get it back. She opened her eyes to see her blood moving around the map before settling in one spot.

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Nuada held the strange red leather bound book in his hand. He had taken it before the momentary rise of the golden army , or his sister had found her soulmate Abraham sapian. He kept feeling a strange connection to this book , like it was important.

He had taken it from an abandoned shop in the troll market with his dear friend Wink. It was as if it was calling to him.

It was filled with strange symbols he couldn't understand and was written in Old Norse , the language of the vikings. So it must have been old.

Even though it had been years since the golden army incident , he still kept the book with him and looked through it at night.

It had become a ritual of sorts. Some days he would be busy on a mission with the other and some he would be practicing his sword skills. But no matter his mood he found that he could not go to sleep without looking at the book.

Carefully he set it on a table in the library. He was only going for a moment and would be right back.

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The place looked like a prison to ragna , filled with guards and covered in a dull grey.

Getting in was easy , all she had to do was knock out a guard and steal his badge. She was always wearing black anyway so she fit right in.

The halls weren't any better , metal covered most of the interior. People rushing past her or trying to control magical creatures with force. Nobody noticed that she didn't belong there.

The book was calling to her , leading her to where she needed to go. Quietly she opened the doors to what seemed to be a library. Immediately she spotted the book on a table near the fire.

Just as she reached her hand out to bring the book to her an alarm went off. Red lights flashing.

Quickly she turned and left back into the hallway. She almost made it down the hall until she bumped into someone.

Ragna looked up only to see the golden eyes on an elf staring back at her. Unfortunately for her she knew those eyes. She had bumped in to nuada silverlance , sword and all.

The pair seemed to be locked in a staring contest. Ragna came to her senses when she heard people running towards them and without thinking she apperated away into dust.

Leaving behind a shocked nuada silverlance and B.P.R.D.

"What the hell" Liza asked looking at the spot where ragna once stood."where did she go".

"Damn are you telling me you don't know what that was" Hellboy said in disbelief. "We just saw a real life witch".

" that's impossible " Liza stated looking at him."there's no such thing".

While the couple bickered back and fourth nuala moved to lay a hand on nuada's shoulder. "Are you alright brother".

" she looked so familiar " he answered. This seemed to silence to group.

"How so" asked Abe.

"Like I had seen her before in the past"