Crustel

Chapter 28

   To my surprise, the carriage was still there. The horseman hasn't repaired it yet and he wasn't there. I hurried and got in. Luckily the books were in there. I grabbed them and came out. "Cora! Uhmm your amulet!" Erica pointed to my amulet. It was glowing in really uncanny green. I tried to open my amulet but failed to. It didn't open. I called out Lama. He didn't answer me. "Lama! Help!" I screamed. All of sudden, I saw my grandfather's spirit. "Grandpa?" I whispered as I looked at his spirit. Erica, Ethan and Kanyal were looking at me as I was a ghost. "Cora...  Save Prince Melyon!" his spirit slowly faded. I didn't understand as I was already making plans to save my uncle but my grandfather came to remind me. "Well, can you explain to us?" Ethan rolled his eyes when our Drama King asked me a question. "You guys didn't see my Grandfather's spirit? Well, he reminded me to save my uncle," I told anxiously. "We just made a plan to save your uncle," Erica interrupted. "That's why I am confused..." I said calmly. Kanyal touched my amulet and I was scared for a second. The moment he touched it, it stopped glowing. It turned back into its normal colour. 

    He closed his eyes. "There's a message from the future but before that, you just earned a new power. You have the power to see the future whenever you want, just like me!" I cut Kanyal, "Wait what? No way. Crustelicians only have one power but I have two. This doesn't mean I have three! This couldn't be true." Kanyal looked at me worriedly. "Cora, you don't have only three powers. You have much more hidden powers but they reveal when you are ready. I think you might be an Aquanyan Crustelician..."Silence filled the moment. "No! I am sure that I am a Pureblood Crustelician. My mom was the heir of the throne and my dad... uhmm my dad was a Crustelician." I trembled when I thought about my dad. I was pretty surprised as I wasn't sure about my dad's details. I didn't want to show them but my bad luck, "Lies," Kanyal coughed. "My Dad is a Crustelician." I raised my voice. "I think Kanyal has a point. If your dad is a Crustelician, how did you get more than one power?" Ethan shoot me with his question. To my surprise, Erica and Kanyal agreed with Ethan.

    I took a deep breath. "I can know the past when I go to a certain mysterious place," I told confidently as I recollected vividly about my previous powers fact. "Wait! You said we have a message from the future...What's it?" I interrupted immediately. "Oh yeah. I almost forgot. It was about Elvira. Your aunt is with her and your uncle is in prison. Only Master Wizards or Witches can prison up normal wizard but your uncle was a Master Wizard. I am confused about that. Oh, yaa! Something much more vital. We don't know whether you have enough powers to fight against Elvira..." Kanyal whispered. My eyes met Ethan's. I saw sorrow in it as I was going to fight with his mom. "I am scared..." my voice was cold. There was no hope and courage in me. I felt hopeless. With so many powers, still, I felt useless to this world. Still, I felt powerless. Suddenly, my amulet glowed again. I opened it. As usual, the book floated. Pages turned vehemently until it showed a blank page. I rubbed my eyes and saw it. There was nothing. It was blank. Ethan and Erica peeked. In a few minutes, letters slowly appeared on it. It looked like a note but it was in Ard Language. That was strange because none of my friends knew Ard Language even some of our family members. Lama trained me but it was clearly not him.

    I spoke in Ard Language: {You will read it in English Version :) }

"Who are you," I asked. "Well well. Nice to meet you, Cora! Oh, Queen Cora or just the useless Princess Cora!" It was a haunting female voice that ended up smirking. "I asked...WHO ARE YOU???" I roared. "There's something much more crucial than knowing who I am. Just listen carefully. If you want Prince Melyon (She smirked), well, your uncle alive...Lead me to Ardian! Get me the crown and sword. If you don't, remember who killed your dad? Oh, ahahahahaha(evil laughter) This is the perfect time to tell you a secret... I was the one who killed your DAD! He didn't die in the war just like your grandfather. So, you have no choice. Don't try to run away!" The book closed quickly and fiercely. 

   Ethan, Erica and Kanyal were watching me as they were watching an unknown language movie without subtitles. I didn't want to start the conversation. I clearly knew whom I was talking to with Ard Language. 'ELVIRA'  "I think I can explain..." Ethan tried to convey something but Kanyal interrupted. "I know that you were talking in Ard Language but we don't have much time. The Coral Festival is about to start. See!" Kanyal pointed to the rising orange sun. We ran towards his palace. I cast a spell to make the Ardian map waterproof. Based on the map, we had to swim through Aquanya's Lanshiren Underwater Cave. The cave was huge and the tricky part was there were too many deadly jellyfishes. Before we transformed into our mermaid form, Kanyal took some powder from his pouch. He blew towards us. "HEY! What are you doing?" I coughed. "This might save us from the jellyfish. It only lasts for three hours. The powder will turn into a shield when we get into the water," Kanyal explained.  Somehow I pulled myself together and turned us into mermaids and mermen. We swam so far till I witnessed the cave. It was really magnificent. I took the map and made sure about the path. So far we have come on the right path. The end of the cave would have a huge Aquan horn statue stuck on the left corner of the cave. We have to remove it to get out of the cave.