Into The Light

Chapter Four

Lylia and Harley stood around a lab counter as Harley pored over one of Lylia's notebooks. "So...it's this, this and this?" he muttered, tracing his fingers around a diagram. Not long after, he snapped the book shut.

"You're ready to begin the process?" Lylia asked Harley.

"Of course!" he smirked. "I was born ready."

Lylia took out a long wand topped with a purple pearl from her pocket. Harley did likewise, extracting an even longer stick with a pink jewel on top. Lylia sniggered, "Pink? Wow, Harley. I had no idea-"

Harley's face turned beet red. "No, I-the wand chooses the wizard, alright? It's not-it's not my fault!" he sputtered. "Let's just start."

Lylia nodded, still trying to hide her laughter. "Okay, repeat after me," she instructed. Then, she began chanting a strange spell, holding her wand up to the light. Harley watched in fear and awe as the pearl began glowing a vibrant shade of violet. Thunder seemed to crackle in the laboratory as a tear in the universe started to open. Lylia abruptly stopped chanting, and the two of them stared in horror as a furry being began to squeeze its way through the hole, into their world.

"Lylia, stop it!" Harley cried desperately, but it was to no avail. His friend seemed entranced by the power of the magic that she had just produced. Instead of closing the portal, she let it grow bigger. Harley's eyes widened as he realised what he had to do.

Harley leapt forward and grabbed Lylia's wand. "Go, leave now!" He chanted the end of the spell. But it was too late. The portal had closed, but the strange being had managed to squeeze itself through. At that precise moment in time, Lylia seemed to wake up. Upon seeing the furry, otherworldly creature, she gasped and nearly fainted. Harley caught her just in time.

"Harley...I think we just summoned an alien..."