Bon Voyage! Volume 1: The Beginning

Chapter 21: The Spark That Shines Bright

The Evil Queen transported herself to her cottage in a flash of dark purple smoke. She was mad that her plan to steal Samantha's power had failed when the magic inside of the pearl locket was more powerful than her. She gazed upon her mirror and coral blue smoke covered the glass and a woman popped up. "Hey, you're not my mirror." The Evil Queen said. The woman standing behind the screen made of pure glass had three feet long burnt orange hair that was braided, pink pure lips, wearing a bold blue dress with her necklace where the green round cut stone sparkled in the light behind her, and a coral pink bracelet. "Haha...it has been too long, hasn't it?" Ashlynn asked. "The Balymist Witch?" The Evil Queen asked with a stutter in her tone. "I'm sorry that I freed your mirror man, but I had to make this call. You know all about Axel and Samantha, right?" She asked. "Yes, what about them?" "They are changing things...things that could alter my plans. I want you to sabotage their mission." They Balymist Witch said. "And what do I get out of it?" The Evil Queen asked. "How about your freedom?" Before Ashlynn even finished what she was saying, The Evil Queen accepted. "Good. Now, follow them!" The Balymist Witch demanded. "Wait-isn't your wrath in a few weeks?" "Huh?" "I overheard them." "Oh-I'll get the good so you don't need to worry about that." The Balymist Witch said and her green stone started glowing.

"Now the spark will wither today." "Wither...I like the sound of that." "I knew you would. Now all you have to do is to take the power." "But I don't trust that you are truthful. We aren't...exactly...friends." The Evil Queen said. The Balymist Witch knew that she would be stubborn enough to not trust her since the last time they saw each other and the incident that cost her everything so she scrunched her nose and her eyes glowed green like her stone and another necklace just like it wrapped around The Evil Queen's neck, forceful, and she tried to take it off but it wouldn't budge. "Now you'll be in my control." The Evil Queen's eyes glowed green and went back to their violet shade. She looked up to Ashlynn and said, 'I will do what you ask, I don't care for mercy.' "Excellent." The Balymist Witch said and smiled very happily because her plan was coming together. "You can trust me, I will give you your freedom once, this time for certain, you deliver the power to me. The spark is what I'm after, precisely." Just like how she got into the mirror The Balymist Witch was gone.

The Evil Queen thought about her freedom for a long time, and now that she was half way to getting it, there was nothing she wouldn't do to ensure that she got it. She gathered her spell book and left her cottage to follow Axel and Samantha. The Huntsman was back at the Elf Castle when he noticed that his mistress wasn't looking for him. He left the basement and snuck out of the castle to find that his mistress was standing by the staircase. "I knew you would be back." The Huntsman said. "I have an important job for you. Would you like to go on an adventure with me?" The Evil Queen asked. "Sure, where are we going?"

The Huntsman walked down the last step and down the dirt path with The Evil Queen. "To a very special tree that knows everything about the universe. Maybe I can find out what really happened to Snow White." The Evil Queen said. "Why do you care so much about her when you've done nothing but torture her your whole life?" The Huntsman asked as he turned to face his queen. "I know that you probably think that I'm overly obsessed with her, but I just want to know that she was ok." The Evil Queen said. "Alright." The Huntsman said and kissed The Evil Queen on the mouth. "I missed this." She said, and they smiled together as they walked further down the dirt path into the night.

"So where is this adventure taking us?" The Huntsman asked. The Evil Queen just kept walking through the fog not caring to answer. "Where we're going is in another part of The World of the Elves, a part crossed off by an evil spirit that takes possession there." The Evil Queen said. "I'm guessing you know exactly who?" The Huntsman said. The Evil Queen nodded and kept on walking toward a forest full of dead oak trees. Among the forest of dead oak trees there is a hidden portal that acts as a gate to enter the secret realm beneath The World of the Elves; this is where Hermphophida lives.