Ancient Mystic's War of the Realms Saga - Lady Adellandra Dratianos (best detective novels of all time TXT) 📗

hair and the same colored eyes as his mother.
“Gotcha Mom.” Caleb said.
“Anything I can do?” Came a male voice from the doorway.
“Cold washrag, Shane. Please.” Luna said.
“Coming right up.” Shane echoed.
“Hurry, she used a lot of Dark Magic out there.”
“You’re kidding.”
“Just go Shadow!” Luna barked.
Shane saluted and left the room.
“Excuse me.” Juliet tried.
“Not now.” Luna said curtly.
“What happened out there?” Juliet asked.
“She did something she ought not have.” Luna explained. “She doesn’t control her Dark Magic well when she’s normal, let alone when she’s pregnant. She shouldn’t have brought him back, even for a minute. That’s powerful Dark Magic.”
“Dark Magic?” Juliet whispered. “I’m confused.”
“We’ll explain later.” Luna said.
“Here’s the washrag, Lu.” Shane handed it to her.
Luna placed it on her sister’s forehead.
“Why did she use Dark Magic?” Shane asked.
Luna looked to Juliet. “Ask her.”
“Who are you?” Shane asked.
“I’m Juliet Grey. I came in search of my brother.”
“Mark was your brother?” Shane was incredulous. “You know he died, right?”
“I found them in the cemetery, talking to Mark’s ghost.” Luna commented.
“Yipes. Now we have to learn the Silver Magic.” Shane commented.
“More than ever.” Luna supplied.
“What’s wrong with her, Lu?” Came a female voice, rushing in the room.
“Dark Magic, deadly Dark Magic.” Luna supplied. “Do you have the Potion?”
“Got it right here.” The woman supplied, handing a vile of brown liquid to Luna. Her eyes were green and the bracelet on her wrist was glowing the same color. She caught Juliet staring. “It’s called Unicorn Magic. I can heal with it. Speaking of healing, when my sister wakes up, have her take that.”
Luna set it down on the stand next to the bed.
“What about after that, Aimee?” Shane asked, sitting next to Ariana’s silent body. “Will the baby be okay?”
“We’ll find out now, won’t we?” Aimee moved over Ariana’s body, placing a hand on her sister’s belly and closing her eyes. After a moment, she gasped.
“What is it? Is my nephew okay?” Luna asked.
“He will be, but he’ll have some abnormalities.”
“More than any Ancient Mystic?” Luna asked.
Aimee nodded. “I had a vision.”
“How?”
“I’m developing my premonition, which comes with the Unicorn Magic.” Aimee supplied. “He’ll be one mixed-up Ancient Mystic with the Unicorn Magic being his strongest power.”
Aimee took the washrag from Ariana’s forehead when she saw the eyes fluttering open.
“Morning, sleepy-head.” Aimee remarked. “I’ve got a Potion for you.”
She helped Ariana sit up to digest it. At the first sip, she gagged.
“Gross, what’s in it?”
“Sorry, can’t tell you.” Aimee grinned. She wrapped an arm around her shoulder. “Drink it all. You’ll be back to normal in no time.”
“Will it effect the baby?”
“Nope. Just you.” Aimee remarked.
Ariana drank it down and even Luna frowned.
“Thanks for the empathy kick, sister dear.” Luna said sarcastically.
Ariana grinned. “I didn’t want to suffer the taste alone.” She looked to where Juliet was still sitting, patient and quiet. “You’re quiet, Juliet.”
“I don’t belong here. Maybe I should go?” Juliet remarked, standing.
“No, don’t go.” Ariana pressed, catching her arm. “You helped me and now I intend to help you.”
“Really?”
“Really.” Ariana turned to the small group that had gathered around her. “Juliet Grey, meet my twin sister Luna, nephew Caleb, brother-in-law Shane and almost-sister Aimee. Guys, this is Panther’s younger sister, Juliet. She needs a place to stay until she gets on her feet again.”
Juliet looked at her. “How did you know?”
“She’s telepathic.” Aimee supplied. “Annoying, isn’t it?”
Juliet felt comfortable around these people, though she hardly knew them.
“I’ll let you sleep it off here.” Luna said, standing. “I’ll even take her back to your house for a while. Derrick knows her, doesn’t he?”
“She showed up on my doorstep a couple hours ago.” Ariana explained to her twin. She yawned.
“Come on everyone, move it.” Luna playfully commanded, shooing everyone out. “Let the woman have her rest.”
Everyone left then, including Juliet.
Story #1:
The Resurrection Spell

Katherine Hawk-Stargazer, in her human form, looked after Ariana’s children. She sensed something wrong and headed to the nursery to find little Melody asleep in her bed. She looked normal, resting peacefully. The one thing that had Katherine’s empathy jumping was the way Melody’s eyes didn’t move underneath her lids.
“That’s strange.” Katherine whispered to herself. She touched the blanket that Melody was holding, only to get a vision.
“Derrick!” She gasped, stepping away from Melody’s bed.
Derrick came to her call.
“What’s wrong, Katherine?”
“It’s Melody, she’s...”
“What?” Derrick asked. He sat on the bed next to his daughter. “What’s wrong with her?”
“Can you not feel it?” Katherine asked, shocked. “Her soul is gone. Her body breathes, but her soul is gone.”
Derrick lifted his silent three-year-old daughter into his arms. “Can you heal her?”
“I would not know what to do.” Katherine whispered, sitting next to them. “Get her to the hospital. I will find Ariana and tell her.”
“Try the cemetery. She went there with Juliet Grey to visit Mark’s grave.” Derrick said, absently.
Katherine closed her eyes and tried to sense her friend. “She is already back, only she is ill. Luna is bringing Juliet back. We need to get Melody to the hospital, and quick.”
“For once, I agree, Katherine.” Derrick supplied, standing with Melody in his arms. “Who’ll watch the kids?”
“I will.” Came a timid voice. They looked up and saw Juliet, hands clasped at her waist and brown hair up in a ruffled bun.
“I don’t see why not, Derrick.” Came Luna’s voice from behind her.
With a sigh, Derrick, Luna and Katherine were on their way.
“Make yourself at home, I guess.” Derrick remarked as he passed Juliet. “Go introduce yourself to them. The twins are in the downstairs playroom with Angel and Kelly’s next door with Aaron and Bradley, studying.” He turned to the two of them. “Let’s roll. Luna, stay with Ariana, and Katherine, come to the hospital with me.”
“Got it.” They chorused.
Juliet sighed and made her way to the downstairs playroom to introduce herself to the twins, Mark and Andrew.

II

In the Dream Realm, Dixilynne Ryan was restless. She couldn’t sit still, thinking of what her cousin was up to.
“What are you doing, Sabrina?” Dixilynne whispered under her breath. “I wish I knew!”
Her husband Theodore found her pacing her Mirror Room, staring at her Crystal.
“What bothers you, my love?”
“Sabrina.” Dixilynne stopped pacing to face him. “She is Earthbound again. I just watched as she brought my nieces back to life.”
“From the dead?” Theodore wasn’t convinced. “How, if she doesn’t have any power there?”
“She does have power, I am afraid, only it’s not Ancient Mystic or even Dark Magic.” Dixilynne told him. Theodore looked interested so she went on. “She stole Panther Grey’s trinket. She even brought him, Bonnie Marie, and the Parkers back from the dead as well.”
“What does she plan on doing?” Theodore asked her.
Dixilynne shook her head. “That, I do not know, but I am going to Mother on it. Something tells me she knows more about this than anyone else.” She turned to her husband. “Stay here and guard the Palace. I will be back soon.”
With a kiss, she was gone.
When Dixilynne appeared in front of the Ancient Mystic Palace door, she sensed something out of place. Closing her eyes, she disappeared, reappearing in front of her mother. “Mother?” She asked Enchantra, who grinned. “What’s going on?”
Her mother had been in a different room, now leading Dixilynne to the excitement without saying a word.
When she followed her mother to the living room, she couldn’t believe her eyes. She rubbed them to make sure she wasn’t just seeing things.
Sure enough, right in front of her eyes stood her lost cousins, Minx, Raven, Sky, and Isabella. Behind them were her father O’Dell and her long-lost uncle Lord Byron.
“Minx -- it’s really you!” Dixilynne cried, feeling like a kid again. All thoughts of Sabrina were left behind as she embraced her favorite cousin. “I can’t believe my eyes!”
She and Minx, the eldest of Lord Byron’s and Challandra’s children, laughed.
“It has been way too long, cousin.” Minx said slyly. He turned away for a moment. “If it is alright, Father, may I take Dixie for a walk in the Wood?”
Lord Byron smiled at his son, nodding. “If Dixie does not mind, than I do not mind.” He said.
Minx grabbed Dixie’s hand, pulling her away from the Palace.
As soon as they were out of sight of their parents, Minx asked. “Sarabeth is with the Stargazers, but where is Dorianne?”
“Dori is still Earthbound.” Dixie told him softly, slowly remembering her Earthbound struggles. “What is Sarabeth doing out of the Epsilon?”
“Aunt says she felt it were too dangerous there.” Minx replied. “She is here instead, watching the Young Celine Stargazer while her mother is away.”
“Where’s Lady Katherine?” Dixilynne asked.
“Earthbound, so Uncle says.” Minx said. “Says she is helping the Young Guardian in the Outer Realm. What happened to you that you are here now? I thought you were Earthbound with them during the Wars?”
Dixie didn’t want to talk about it, ignoring her cousin’s question. She began to walk ahead of him.
“Dixie?” Minx was serious now, stopping her with just a tap on the shoulder. “Tell me, what bothers you?”
When she turned, she let him see the tears in her eyes. “I died shortly after the Wars for Power.”
“I am sorry to hear that.” Minx said sympathetically. He brightened up with a thought, asking her, “Hey – what of Teddy, and Mick? Whatever happened to them?”
Teddy was Dixie’s husband when she was Earthbound. His name was Theodore Ryan, and he fathered three children before dying in the Outer Realm. Mick was Michael McNathaniels, an old crush of hers whose son helped them in the first Crusade. He also died, by the hand of another cousin of Dixie’s, Sabrina. When she told Minx, he was sad.
“How did Sara die?” Minx asked.
“Orthos gave her a disease not even an Ancient Mystic can heal.” Dixie told him. “Cancer of the brain. When she died, I felt a part of me died as well. It was only when I found Theodore here that I knew it would be all right.”
Minx stopped in his tracks, making her stop as well. “Enough is enough.” He spouted.
“Minx!” Dixie had to smile at his enthusiasm.
“No more sad times. Only good ones to remember come our way, yes?” Minx climbed on a rock and took flight. “Fly with me! You do remember how, do you not?”
“Come down here, Minx!” Dixie laughed at him from below.
He didn’t listen.
“May all our worries and cares fly away from us, like birds on the wind!” Minx exclaimed, starting to do flips. He stopped midair after the third one. “Well, how long has it been since you have flown?”
She couldn’t remember the last time, but she knew it had been too long. She recalled the Flight Spell and rose into the air gracefully. She stopped in front of him in midair.
“There,” she pointed out with a grin, “are you satisfied?”
“Question is, are you?” Minx darted away after asking her the question.
“Minx, wait up!” She called, racing after him.
It sure was great to have Minx back again. She’d missed him. She didn’t even wonder what made his father and siblings come out of the Barracks.

III

Claudia and Anna were the ones to greet Derrick at the emergency room doors. After an hour of waiting and anticipating, Anna set Melody in a private room, hooked up to monitors and an IV before