Fractured Reality

Unexpected Revelations

Chapter 41

The next morning found all four of the castle's current occupants in the largest library. Adrian and Eva had picked up the worst of the debris, but there was still a gaping hole in the floor. None of them looked particularly fond of the idea of being in there, but none of them complained. They had a purpose.

Adrian had them all step back as he concentrated on the mirror shards that were scattered about the room. It was only a few seconds later that they floated up and formed into a seamless reflective surface. Eva was more impressed that she couldn't tell where one shard ended and the next began than she was by the floating mirror. Perhaps because it wasn't her first time seeing one. Even if it was from the opposite side.

She let those thoughts trail off as Adrian started speaking. He had turned to look at the other couple. "Can either of you give me a few more details? Anything to help pinpoint who we might be looking for?"

Sypha shrugged and gave him an apologetic look. "We have already given you all we know. We did not see these things ourselves."

Adrian sighed before he turned back to the mirror. "Alright, let's see if it will be enough." He then closed his eyes as he concentrated. "Show me the magician that is building an army of the undead."

He opened his eyes and stared at the mirror for several minutes. When nothing happened, he turned to give the others a troubled look. "This is no guarantee that there is no-"

He was cut off when Eva gasped. Trevor was looking at the mirror with disgust as he spoke. "Well, somehow, I doubt he's building anything anymore, much less an army."

Adrian swiftly turned again and was greeted by the sight of a charred corpse. A moment later, he turned back to the others with a frown. "I would say that is one less thing to worry about. Unfortunately, this also confirms the rumors are true. If the rest proves to be the same, then we still have issues."

Trevor raised a brow and waved to the mirror. "So what are you waiting for?"

There were a couple of feminine sighs at the continued back and forth between the two men, but that was all as Adrian turned back around. He concentrated once more. "Show me the demon horde army."

Again, several minutes passed with no response. However, this time Adrian did not give up right away. He was finally rewarded with an image of many demons huddling under makeshift covers to keep the sun from them. The rest of the camp was silent under the weak sunlight. It almost looked like a place that winter was barely giving way to spring even though summer was well on its way to being started.

The whole group frowned as they tried to figure out where this army was. However, they were not given long to work it out as the image changed. None of the group was happy to be shown a different place with another army of demons.

Trevor's voice held more than a little sarcasm when he spoke. "Well, that's not good."

Eva glared at him. "Thanks for the update Captain Obvious."

He returned her glare. He wasn't familiar with her term, but it didn't take a genius to work out what she meant. Luckily, neither of them was able to continue as Sypha spoke up. "Did you also notice this army is in the mountains as well? It could be completely different parts of the world, or they could be working together."

Trevor sighed as he looked back to the mirror again. "If we were lucky, they could be opposing armies."

Adrian looked back with a wry smile. "When has our luck ever ran that way?"

Trevor nodded. "I suppose I'll have to agree with you. Just this once."

As they were all staring at the new image with frowns, it changed back again. Adrian concentrated on making the first image stay so they could at least try to figure out where this army was. It was obviously not in Walachia, but that didn't mean the horde was not marching toward them.