Ancient Mystic's War of the Realms Saga - Lady Adellandra Dratianos (electric book reader TXT) 📗

she was afraid for Luna’s life.
Ariana, Aaron and Aimee squeezed each others’ hands as they shared secretive looks. Thoughts of the old chant took their minds back in time, their emotions against Sabrina filling every void of hate and darkness they had.
The Three Musketeers were the first to chant it, eyes closed.

“Give us the strength, give us the power
“Help surround and protect us, in this mortal hour
“Combine our powers, Ancient Mystic and might
“Link us in Magic, form a circle that’s bright.
“By night and by day, let truth guide the way
“United in Magic, we’ll do what is right.”

The entire group’s minds echoed with vibrating thoughts of Sabrina, focusing on gaining the power to defeat her.
Ariana could feel her Ancient Mystic Force growing brighter and stronger with each chorus of the chant. She thought of everyone in the huge circle, instantly gaining knowledge of how they felt against Sabrina. Derrick, Shane, Aaron, Aimee, and herself were focused, but Ariana could tell Luna wasn’t. Soon, all was silent, with the chant echoing in everyone’s thoughts.
Using Empathy, Ariana could tell her sister was going to be sick.
“STOP!” Ariana yelled, letting go of Aaron’s hand.
All eyes were on her as she raced to catch Luna as she fell.
Angel hurried to the group with Logan in tears.
“Do you want me to call an ambulance?” Craig asked, coming up to the twins.
Ariana shook her head. “She tried Astral Projecting today. She’ll be fine after she has something to eat and rests.”
“Are you sure she’ll be okay?” Shane asked, holding onto one of her hands.
“Yes, Shane. Like I said, she’ll be fine.” Ariana supplied before instructing. “Help me get her to bed.”
Everyone was gone after giving their condolences, leaving just the Readings and the Morehouses.
“Watch the children, will you Kelly?” Ariana asked absently. She and Shane set Luna’s unconscious body on a bed in one of the guest bedrooms.
Kelly nodded, obeying. She and Angel shared a look, leaving the room.
Derrick and Shane stood aside, watching the twins together.
“Derrick, get her something light to eat.” Ariana was in charge in moments. “Shane, go with him. I need to be alone with her.”
“Right.” The boys chorused.
In moments, Luna was brought something to eat. Ariana sat next to her twin on the bed, forcing her sister to swallow. The boys, Derrick and Shane, didn’t know what to think of the situation. When Luna was finished, she lay down, with Ariana taking her glasses off her face. She shooed their husbands out of the room, claiming Luna needed her rest.
Derrick squeezed Ariana’s hand and kissed her cheek before leaving.
Once they were gone, it was quiet. Finally.
Ariana took a deep breath, hands in her sister’s, closing her eyes. She was going to do something she might regret later, but her sister needed it more than she did.
Thinking of the Magic Force, Ariana chanted softly.

“What’s mine is yours, and yours is mine.
“Part of mine now yours ‘til the end of time.”

Ariana literally felt some of her Healer’s Power going to her twin.
She opened her eyes, now seeing the tears running from her cheeks to Luna’s legs. Ariana moved closer to her twin, lying beside her as she began to feel weaker herself. She’d never done this before, and knew it was dangerous, but it had to be done.
Unfortunately, Luna wasn’t willing to take it. Her mind was blocked to Ariana’s Magic, which was unusual.
“Come on, Luna. Take what I can give you.” She whispered, wiping the tears using her shirt sleeve. “You need it now more than I do. We need you, sister. I need you.”
When Luna’s mind opened up, it let Ariana’s Magic in.
With a smile, Ariana lay beside Luna and fell asleep holding her.
Story: 2:
Ancient Mystic Crush

A few hours later, Mary Ellen drove Claudia to school, going back to check up on their twin sisters Ariana and Luna. It had been a long time since Mary Ellen could come and go as she pleased to the house. The house on the corner of Sycamore Road and Grosset Avenue had been her childhood home, but it now belonged to Ariana Reading and her family.
When Mary Ellen knocked on the door, her niece Kelly answered. “Hi, Aunt Mary Ellen.”
Mary Ellen showed herself inside. “How are they?”
“They’re still in the guest bedroom, sleeping.” Thirteen-year-old Kelly replied, leading her down the hall.
“Do you know what made Luna fall?” Mary Ellen asked.
Kelly stopped at a door and nodded. “She used too much of her Ancient Mystic Force when she astral projected.” Kelly replied, now whispering. “She grew weak, so Momma had to give her some of her own Healer’s Power.”
They reached the door. Quietly, Kelly opened it, revealing the twins, dressed identically, laying on the bed and indeed holding hands as they slept.
“Didn’t Ariana realize how dangerous it is?” Mary Ellen went to her sisters and sat on the chair by the bed. “She could have killed herself.”
“Not the way Momma did it.” Kelly said. “I heard the spell. Thanks to Momma, she and Luna are bound by that Magic.”
“It’s still dangerous.” Mary Ellen replied. “Thank you, Kelly.”
“I see you want to be alone with them, so I’ll leave.” Kelly announced. “Call me if you need me.”
How thoughtful. Mary Ellen thought in her mind, watching the twins.
She noticed Ariana was still wearing her glasses, and slipped them off her face. She set them on the table beside the bed, sitting back on the chair and admiring her sisters as they slept.
The twins were each twenty-six-years-old, but they barely looked a day over nineteen. It was hard to believe, by looking at them, they had kids of their own. Ariana had Kelly when she was thirteen, running away from an orphanage in fear of the baby’s life. She gave her precious daughter up for adoption, reuniting with her seven years later. After marrying her Imaginary Romeo, Ariana had a pair of twin sons, who were now six. Mark Antony and Andrew Reading were the identical cousins to Luna’s own son Caleb. Two years later, Luna had a daughter of her own, Meredith, and three years ago, Ariana had Melody. Just last year, Luna had her third child, Logan.
Mary Ellen thought back on Luna’s story of how they reunited. It was at the System in California, and both were almost eighteen-years-old. Until then, Ariana had never known she had a family. Ariana grew up in an orphanage in Shore Point, unknowing of the Magic that passed through her little veins. The twins were five-years-old when Ariana was given a vile of rose-colored liquid the Ancient Mystics called the Forgetfulness Spell. The Spell made her forget everything she knew about herself and her family, but nothing about the Magic. Luna, on the other hand, was taken to the System to live with their Grandmother, Dixilynne Ryan and cousin Shannon, Dixie’s niece. Luna grew up knowing everything about the Magic, always wanting to learn more. Both twins were powerful as they grew up, but each knew something was missing in their lives. That something was each other.
Since reuniting, the twins were inseparable. Ariana learned not to be afraid of the Magic, while Luna learned more every day. Ariana had learned the Healer’s Magic within while Luna ignored it. Ariana used Empathy throughout her life to sense strangers, while Luna was afraid of it.
Luna often told Mary Ellen how the Empathy gave her horrifying visions. If she opened her Empathic eyes and ears to anyone or anything, the fear of constant, heart-pounding emotions would distract her. Instead of using the Empathy, Luna’s Ancient Mystic Force would be out in the open, and she would be helpless against a Magical opponent.
Mary Ellen knew the daily threat of Dark Magic would haunt Ariana’s life. Ariana had good reason to be afraid; she was the Young Guardian. As an advisor to its Dreamers, who visited nightly, Ariana would help her Dreamers overcome their fears and nightmares. Long ago, Ariana was being haunted by Sabrina, the Dominionite Maiden. Sabrina had gone too far by pitting Derrick, Aaron, and Mark Grey against her. Not wanting her loved ones to suffer from the Maiden’s hands anymore, Ariana summed up all her courage, strength and Magic Force. Once the Crusaders were transported by Sabrina to the Dominion’s Lava Lake, Ariana took her chance. In one blow of powerful Ancient Mystic Magic, the anger Ariana felt toward Sabrina shot out of her system, Exiling the Maiden to the Unknown.
Mary Ellen knew the Magic Ariana passed through her hands was a form of the Dark Magic. A powerful, negative force every Ancient Mystic has to live with in order to have balance. As soon as the shot Exiled Sabrina, Ariana fell to the ground, weakened by the Magic. It didn’t take long for Ariana, the Dream Realm’s Young Guardian, to rejuvenate herself enough to go home. Mary Ellen knew, by the way Ariana stared at her son Mark Antony, not a day went by she didn’t think of Mark Grey, the Crusader lost in the fight, and how much she missed him.
Mary Ellen shifted once hearing a low sigh coming from the bed. She rose. “Are you all right?”
The twin felt her face, and Mary Ellen gave Ariana her glasses.
Once in place, Ariana’s attention went to her twin. “I am, but I’m not sure about her.”
“How’s your Healer’s Magic?” Mary Ellen asked, worried. “You didn’t give all of it to her, did you?”
Ariana stared. “Who told you?”
Mary Ellen smiled. “Kelly. You could have killed yourself by doing that, you know.”
Ariana smiled, petting her sister’s hair. “Yeah, I know, but somehow, it’s different with Lu.” She turned back to Mary Ellen. “I don’t feel as if I lost anything. Instead, I gained insight into my twin’s Magic.”
“And?”
“And, she’s powerful, just like I am.” Ariana told her older sister. “She has one power I use every day, Empathy. She told me how Sabrina taunted her in the Mirror, sending her to the Abyss. If she can overcome it, she’ll be able to combine her knowledge of Wiccan Magic with our own.”
“Why would she want to do that?”
Ariana shrugged. “That, I couldn’t tell you. As for her, I’d had the boys make her a light lunch. After eating it, we both totally zonked out. I was power-drained while she was just drained from projecting.”
“I’ve never done that before, and I don’t plan on it.” Mary Ellen said.
“I wouldn’t recommend it.” Luna’s voice moaned from beside Ariana. When she sat up, Luna held her head. “It’s one heck of a head-rush.”
“Not to mention it’s not one of our normal powers.” Mary Ellen supplied.
Luna looked down. “I know. I was just curious.”
“I’m just glad you two are alright.” Mary Ellen replied.
“Me, too.” They heard Shane’s voice behind her.
Meredith and Caleb were with him, as were Derrick, Kelly, Melody and Ariana’s twins. Logan was asleep in his arms.
Meredith ran to her mother. “Are you okay now, Mommy?”
Luna hugged her, kissing her cheek. “Of course, Sweetheart.” She told her daughter. “I’ll be tired for a while, that’s all.”
Shane came to the bed. “Don’t scare me like that again, Aluna Star Morehouse.” He kissed her on the lips.
Mary Ellen saw the look between Derrick and Ariana, standing. “Well, I’ve got to go. I’m glad you two are in good hands.”
“You can stay if you want to, Mary.” Derrick replied. “You don’t have to leave, do you?”
“It’s Mary Ellen, and yes, I do have to leave.” She