Mythical Creature

The Enchantress

Just then they heard soldiers marching. The same panicked look was shared on Liam's and Willow's faces. Before Claire could say anything Liam took her hand and they all took off.

They ran and ran not daring to look back. Claire could see that up ahead was a big cottage. No, a cupcake or was it a muffin? Claire stared at the weird shaped red house and realized it was a mushroom.

In fact there were a lot of mushroom houses. Large, small and cute little multicoloured wonky mushrooms all over the jade green(if you're wondering, yes this is a shade of green) grass. As they got closer Claire noticed nice looking people in the mushroom village. She also noticed the pretty trees with pink, yellow and blue coloured leaves!

As they entered the red mushroom Liam let go of Claire's hand. She hardly noticed because she was too busy admiring the mushroom that looked huge from the inside. The walls were were a nice baby blue and the floorboards were made of periwinkle(again, yes this is a shade of blue) woodplanks. There were paintings of a lovely looking scenery as if they were portals to those meadows, hills and fields.

A plump lady with rosy cheeks, red hair, an orange dress and sky blue eyes came out of one of many doors in the mushroom. She stared at Claire with a stern look on her face. But when her eyes darted to Liam and Willow and almost immediately her eyes lit up and her smile made little dimples appear on her rosy cheeks. "This is Mrs.Mabel Rosenberg." Willow said, hovering near . "Mrs. Rosenberg, meet Claire Delarosa." Mrs. Mabel's eye went wide. "Do they know?!" Mrs. Label's alarming voice scared Claire. "No." Liam gave a brief answer. Mrs. Mabel took took some deep breaths and looked at Claire. "Oh you poor dear. Coming into some unfamiliar  strange place with no one you know." Mrs. Mabel said shaking her head sympathetically. "Oh its ok." Claire said trying to calm Mrs. Mabel. But the truth is Claire doesn't know where she is, who wanted her here or what she was doing here. "We're here to find Leona Lucifer." Willow's melodic voice filled the room.

"Mommy. Are you here?" A small voice spoke from behind one of the doors. "Oh dear. I must have left Aaron in the dining room." Mrs. Mabel said hurrying towards a door. As soon as Mrs. Mabel opened the door the little boy about 4 years old ran out. He hugged his mother  for a brief moment and looked at the visitors in his house. He started running towards Liam and jumped on him. "Look at you. You're all grown up!" Said Liam tickling Aaron. "Stop stop!"Aaron was an adorable bundle of giggles. "I used to babysit him." Liam explained to Claire.

"Anyways we were looking for Leona Lucifer?" Willow asked Mrs. Mabel. "Oh yes! We have no time to lose!" Mrs. Mabel said nodding. She motioned for them to follow her and went in a room with a black door. Inside was a painting of a pretty tree. "All you gotta do is walk through the painting." Mrs. Mabel told Claire. She nodded and walked inside and was surprised to see herself in a big room. She was pretty sure she saw a tree in the painting. The room was decorated with floating lamps and flowers. She heard Liam and Willow come out if the painting. "I believe I wasn't  expecting visitors this morning." A slim, tall woman wearing a dark blue cloak, with gleaming red eyes and long black hair spoke. "Claire, this is Leona Lucifer, the enchantress. Leona, this is Claire Delarosa." Willow explained. "I think you know why we came here." Leona nodded solemnly.

"Claire, this might come as a surprise to you but you were born in Euphinia and your parents didn't die in a fire. They died while fighting in the battle against the sorcerer Azorius Percevale. Since your parents died Azorius has been hunting you down searching every nook and crook of Euphinia. So we sent you to where he couldn't harm you. But now that you've returned you will be able to defeat Azorius and the people he enslaved during the battle. That's right Claire. You will save Euphinia!" Something about Leona's tone made Claire shiver. "But how can I save Euphinia? I don't even-I just don't know!" Claire spoke trying to avoid Leona's eyes. For a moment Leona looked like she was gonna pounce on Claire and eat her up like a predator hunting for it's prey. But instead she grinned and spoke in a soothing voice, almost in a whisper. " Oh it's ok, dear. That's why you've come to me. I'll help you."

Claire felt like she was falling a hundred stories until everything went black.