Stellarlune - KOTLC Book 8.5 Fanfic

Sneak Peek of Chapter 41

"Whoa."

That was the only word that everybody could say as they stared at the new hideout.

Whoa.

Sophie couldn't believe her eyes, when they were leaped to a place full of shimmering crystals, reflecting every colour there was, even black. Though it seemed like peaceful darkness. The colours almost looked transparent, which gave the welcoming feeling, that it had nothing to hide. In fact, the whole place radiated peace and harmony. Even the Councillor's castles didn't look this extravagant. With transparent crystal stairs that showed the beautiful underground garden that looked like it had come straight out of fairy-tale and shiny golden railings, twinkling high rooms above that looked exactly like starlight. She had thought she'd seen a castle. But this was a real castle. It seemed as if it had all the elements intertwined with it, yet the end result wasn't horrific. It was... Unbelievable. The shape of it reminded Sophie of the Disney castles, though the Disney castles were nothing compared to this.

"It's -" Biana started, awestruck. "I can't even describe this..."

They all were quiet for a few seconds, admiring the hideout. Sophie even spied Mr. Forkle getting misty-eyed.

Mr. Forkle cleared his throat.

"Now, shall we get introduced?" he asked.

Sophie couldn't bring herself to nod, her senses weren't working. She had never seen anything so... exotic.

Mr. Forkle led them up the stairs, and Linh brushed her fingers across the railings. So did Dex. The front doors looked as if made of a waterfall, and Mr. Forkle met eyes with Linh, and she nodded softly, opening the doors with a small flourish of her hands. Sophie held her breath, as the doors revealed the interior.

The inside was completely made of crystal, or so it seemed. Tam was staring at the dark crystals, a hand reached out, eyes closed, appearing to be in deep thought. While Biana was examining a hole in the delicate crystal wall, that suddenly revealed a piece of crystal covering it once she closed her eyes as well. Dex was examining the whole place, soaking it in, as if the structure alone, made him awestruck. Fitz looked also deep in the interior, embracing the atmosphere of it. Sophie could also feel a silent lure and hum, in different directions. A flourish of her emotions that she could read more clearly, a silent song that made her somehow understand what prophecy the castle beheld before them. A lure to the top of the castle, to jump, and embrace her future, or just run, free, with no worries, in harmony, and sink inside. Another feeling of being one with her friends, to help them increase their skill, to give them a boost. Give them hope. The whole place felt like a reminder to her, of what she and her friends were meant to be, and if that wasn't possible, how they would face their future together.