The Crystal 3 - Jones M (best ereader for pdf TXT) 📗

portion of the ground encased around the well disintegrate. It broke out into sand that poured into the earth, and the wind picked up its speed as a black pit appeared.

"We need help," Eva said once she finished chanting the spell.

"You still haven't answered my question. Wouldn't everyone know we are here?"

"No, they wouldn't."

"Why?" Bianca questioned.

"You are with me. You know your way around the human world, and they believe we are hiding there. So right now, as they waste their efforts looking for us on earth, we get a lot of time in our hands to prepare for war against the witches."

"Oh," Bianca commented in surprise.

"I will destroy them all. Once they are dead, no one will be able to stop us. We'll both get what we want."

Bianca grinned as she rubbed her hands in excitement.

"So, what do we do now?"

"You will keep watch."

"What?" Bianca stated in disbelief.

"I will start chanting a spell that will summon beings from the evil world. As I said, we need help. The witches are many, and we cannot fight them all on our own."

Bianca gained a thoughtful look.

"Okay," she said.

"Good," Eva replied before closing her eyes. She extended her arms over the well as she started chanting another spell.

The wind continued to blow around them, and the clouds above them began to swirl. Bianca watched as a flock of birds flew away from the nearby trees, and she couldn't help but worry that someone would realize where she and Eva were.

In Crystalia, some of the guards were moving out of the castle in preparation to search for Eva and Bianca on earth. Emery had teleported outside, and with the help of Ethan and Erick, she chanted the spell that would reform the dome that had once been around Crystalia.

Everyone watched in their homes as golden stardust appeared in numerous quantities. They swirled around Crystalia, stopping their motion within a few seconds as they joined to form an invisible magical dome.

"Well, that is done," Emery said as she turned to face Ethan. Emery and everyone else had changed out of their wedding clothes. There was nothing to celebrate about since Eva had disrupted the wedding.

"At times I forget I am a witch because I don't use my powers that often. Seeing you use yours reminds me of the beauty of magic, and it also reminds me that it is dangerous," Ethan commented with a thoughtful expression.

"Wow," Emery said in response to his words. "Okay, that seemed to hit me deep."

"I know, right? I should be a freaking poet."

Emery rolled her eyes at him with a smile as she shook her head. She took a look at him before looking at everything and everyone around her.

"Do you think we will win this time?" she asked as she stared at Ethan. Emery was worried about what would happen when they would confront Eva and Bianca. She thought it would be harder to get to them than it had been fourteen years ago.

"I don't know. The only thing we can do is hope," Ethan replied. Emery just nodded before turning her gaze to the castle. She spotted her husband, Logan and Liam approaching her.

"We've found her," Logan said once he and the others were a few feet from Ethan and Emery.

"What?" Emery asked, and Liam just pointed at something behind her. Emery turned, and she was shocked she hadn't noticed the change in the weather.

Emery had felt the wind picking up its speed, but she mistook it to be a regular occurrence in the spring. However, when she spotted the black clouds peeking over the mountains, she realized it wasn't normal.

Eva and Bianca were in Andreladia.

"I'll get the guards," Erick said as he teleported to the castle.

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Bianca moved about as she watched for any incoming attack. As she moved, she became more and more worried about the effects of Eva's spell. The wind was blowing rather harshly around her, and there were clouds above them that had an unnatural dark color. Bianca believed that the witches would soon discover their location, and she began to get agitated.

"Would you hurry up?" she yelled at Eva with a glare, but the woman was too engrossed in the spell she was chanting to even respond. Her hair and dress were being blown towards the direction of the wind as she continued her chant. 

Bianca sighed as she turned to face towards the mountains. It was at that moment that she noticed thousands of figures teleporting in front of her.

It was the guards of Crystalia.

"Eva..." Bianca trailed off with wide eyes as she saw the figures march towards her.

"Eva, they have found us! What are we going to do? I can't go back to prison!" Bianca yelled at the woman, but Eva did not reply.

In an instant, a person she was familiar with teleported in front of her.

"Hi, bitch," Ashley greeted Bianca before delivering a punch to her face. Bianca's head turned to the side as blood began to ooze from her nose. She swiftly turned to face Ashley with a glare.

"I am done with your games," Bianca yelled before using her new powers to push Ashley. Ashley screamed as she was sent flying backward. Lucky for her, Harry teleported just in time to catch her.

"Thanks," she told him before delivering a kiss to his cheek. Harry gained a confused look as he watched his girlfriend run towards Bianca. With a shrug of the shoulders, he went to help her.

Emery, Selena, Zane, Logan, Ethan and Erick soon teleported to the scene. They noticed Harry and Ashley trying to fight off Bianca. They realized the couple could handle Bianca, and so they turned their attention towards Eva.

"Emery..." Erick trailed off once he noticed Eva chanting a spell and the big pit she had formed.

"I know," the crystal replied. "We need to deal with this now before it gets out of hand."

Emery and Erick ran towards Eva. Mid-run, Emery levitated off the ground and flew towards the villain. She collided with Eva, stopping her mid-chant. Eva gasped in shock as she was sent flying to the ground with Emery on top of her.

Erick reached the pit, and he had no idea of what to do.

The wind had reduced its speed, but the black clouds were still in the sky.

"It's over, Eva," Emery yelled. Eva just laughed and smirked at her.

"You may have stopped me from finishing the spell," Eva said, using all of her force to push Emery off of her. Emery was sent flying back, but she soon found herself in someone's embrace. She looked at her savior, noticing it was Zane. 

"But that didn't disrupt me from getting what I need," Eva continued as she extended her arms towards the sky. The wind picked up once again as the clouds resumed their circular motion. Lightning flashed above everyone as a small tornado was soon under formation. It was gray as it touched the earth, quickly moving forwards before the guards could reach Eva and the rest. The tornado maneuvred around in a circle, digging a bit into the ground before dissipating moments later.

The guards went to approach Eva, but they couldn't reach her. A yellow transparent wall momentarily appeared when they tried to move through the border that had been formed by the tornado. The glow of the invisible wall went around the people trapped inside the dome, taking the shape of a hemisphere.

"You see, you may think you had outsmarted me with your magical dome, trying to keep me out. But now, you are all trapped inside with me. I will enjoy seeing your faces as you die," Eva said with an evil smile.

"Not on my watch," Emery said as she threw a fireball towards Eva. Eva flew high into the air, avoiding the fireball. The fireball hit the dome, making the yellow glow reappear for a second. With a smirk, she extended her arms towards the crystal.

Emery was sent flying backward, but the king stopped her from colliding with the ground.

"You okay?" Erick asked.

"Yeah," Emery replied. When she had steadied herself, she and Erick went after Eva.

Eva spotted Bianca trying to fight off Harry and Ashley off of her. There was no one to distract the rest, and she felt highly unprotected. If she was going to seek help from the forces of evil, she needed everyone distracted until she finished chanting her spell.

"Enough of this!" Eva said as green stardust came out of her hands. They came out like a sprinkler, each disappearing into the ground. Emery and Erick ceased their movement towards Eva as they watched her send the stardust onto the earth.

"What did she--" Zane was in the middle of asking when the ground below him started shaking. Everyone moved aside as five plants began growing at a fast rate. Within seconds, they had become full-grown trees.

For a moment, there was silence. Everyone stopped moving as they stared at the trees. Emery was confused as she looked at Eva, but she saw a smirk on the woman's face.

"Trees? What can she possibly do with--" Liam was cut off when something hard smacked him across the chest. He was sent flying, and his back collided with the ground, instantly passing out.

"Liam!" Logan yelled as he went after him. Before he could take another couple of steps towards him, a groaning sound alerted him as a branch appeared in his way. It came fast, hitting the ground with such force that a cloud of dust appeared. Logan gasped as he stopped himself, seeing the branch as it retook its original position. Meanwhile, the other five trees that had been grown started moving.

"Enjoy my creations, darlings!" Eva yelled as she turned to the well she had formed. She closed her eyes as she resumed the spell she was chanting.

"We need to stop her," Selena yelled. She went to go after Eva, but a branch smacked the ground a few feet in front of her. She shrieked in fear before moving back to avoid the tree from doing damages to her like it had done to Liam.

"He just had to ask," Zane told himself, referring to what Liam had said before he lost consciousness. In an instant, everyone was battling the moving trees and Bianca.

In the midst of the fight, Logan managed to approach Liam. He quickly placed his hands on the lad to heal him. Seconds later, Liam gasped out a breath as he quickly got up.

"What did I miss?" he asked, and his question was answered by the sight of the moving trees.

"Oh," he said.

Ethan was running towards one with fireballs flaming on his hands. He jumped with a yell, throwing the balls of fire towards a tree. The tree turned as if going to use its branches as a baseball bat. However, the fireball exploded as it made contact with it. Flames quickly erupted and licked the tree. It soon stopped moving, staying in a stagnant position as the fire consumed it.

Ethan smiled at himself in victory as Selena ran towards another one. She jumped onto it, her hands and knees clutching onto the hard surface. The tree had felt her presence, and so it turned with its branches, trying to swat Selena off of it. It was moving with a fast motion that almost made Selena lose her grip.

Maybe this was not such a good idea, Selena thought as a branch hit a spot that was a few centimeters below her feet. The tree made groaning sounds as it moved, and Selena began screaming.

Another tree maneuvered as if turning to face Selena. It loudly groaned as it moved, its branches turning towards her. Emery's cousin quickly climbed up the tree she was clinging on just as a branch turned towards her. It hit the tree with a force that shook it.

"Selena! Get down from there!" Erick yelled at his wife, immediately ducking when a couple of thick branches were sent towards him.

Selena looked around in helplessness, thinking of what to do. An idea soon came to mind. With a smirk, she climbed down