"Adonis!"
"Adonis!!"
"Adonis!!!"
The voice was soothing and enticing as it called to him. He lazily got up from bed, he rubbed his eyes with his palm before looking left at iris who was fast asleep.
Who could it be? Adonis thought before slowly drifting back to sleep.
"Adonis!"
"Adonis!!"
"Adonis!!!"
Again the voice called but this time it had left it's soothing effect behind. The voice carried an air of wary and tension which made Adonis snap off the bed.
He walked gently to his window, and he pulled the curtains to let in the rays of the moonlight which illuminated the room.
"Adonis!"
"Adonis!!"
"Adonis!!!"
The voice called again, with every call leaving an urge to answer in his body.
He closed the curtain and then he walked back to his bed, staring at the boy who slept soundly he sat at the edge of his bed, frustrated and tired.
"Adonis!"
"Adonis!!"
"Adonis!!!"
This time he listened attentively which made his gaze drift to his backpack, the more he stared, the louder the voice called.
"It couldn't be!" Adonis exclaimed as he walked gently to the backpack that was lying on the floor.
He knelt in front of it as he gently brought out the book and just as before, he followed his instincts which made him open the book.
Shock was cast all over his face, his mouth open wide agape as he froze. He couldn't move a muscle as he heard the book chant.
To thy wizard who wisely wander
Who wields thy wand of wonder
To thy truth, his heart surrenders
With help from ones dearer than others
They restore thy world lost under
To thy ones with help to render
Thee former, a pure defender
To protect her just offender
Thy blood, she leaves asunder
Thy later; lightning's roar- thunder
Bound to blunder and bother
Thy acts of thee shall keep all hearts in order
Together, they reincarnate thy world lost under.
The day after he couldn't stop thinking about what happened at the abandoned Evermore palace and during the night. Was all that true or they were just dreams? well, they were. If they weren't there wouldn't be a book and a strange wand in his backpack, right? However, he had made up his mind to go back there this night.
"Adoniiis!!!" Iris sang as he entered the room, It was mid day and the atmosphere was cool.
Adonis sat upright and faced him "yeah!".
"Look what got repaired." He said waving his wand in the air.
"Thank goodness" he placed his hand on his chest and lay his back on the bed.
"Adonis?" Iris called, but this time less excited "Yeah!"
"What's wrong bro, you've been acting all weird since yesterday, Are you cool?"
"Yeah" who am I kidding? Adonis thought to himself as Iris stared at him expressionlessly "okay!" Adonis exclaimed " you noticed, didn't you?"
"Why won't I?" Iris smiled
"pass me my backpack, please"
Iris chanted his spell, wavered his wand in the air and pointed it at the bag, a soft glow generated at the wand's tip as the bag floated in air towards them
what do you put in here" Iris asked "It's so heavy".
"It's just a book and a ..."
Iris cuts in "you took the book!!!" He exclaimed and a big bang followed. He had lose concentration so the bag fell on the floor. Adonis Immediately climbed down his bed, took his backpack and went back to sit on his bed.
Iris walked to him and sat beside him, giving him the death stare as he opened the bag and brought out the big book with weird language.
" Quit staring at me like that, you ain't my mum" Adonis said which made iris flare up " ohh!! You want your mum, I'll get your mum" he said sarcastically as he pretended to storm out the room.
"Okay ... Sorry" Adonis said after taking in deep breaths.
Iris sat beside him as they read because the language was not that which was there before. Iris knew something was up as they both read out loud what was written on it "To thy wizard who wisely wander"
Adonis opened the book and on it's first page was written boldly; what they just read out loud, he flipped the next page open and it was blank, he flipped and flipped yet the pages of the book but they were all blank ... Or so
"Maybe it's an encryption spell" Iris said, he pointed his wand and at the book, chanted his spell but still no effect, the pages remained blank.
"Let me do it" Adonis said which earned him another death stare from iris "this isn't the time for jokes Adonis" he said.
"I'm not joking... and by the way look at the one who
told me not to take the book"- Adonis scuffed saying the last words. He brought out the wand from his backpack.
"I got it yesterday, from the book, when I touched it.
It sucked in my arm and I gripped onto this and dragged it out. My instincts kind of told me what to do" He said after which he pointed the wand at the next page, the wand began to glow at it's tip and so did the pages, words began to form but of the language they couldn't understand ... or so
"Not this again" Iris said "How do we learn
this language when we don't even know what it is at
all!" And then something changed, iris felt it. He felt something change in Adonis but he couldn't tell was it just empathy for feelings or was it his magical aura. He couldn't tell but he surely knew something had changed.
"lets settle for now. I'll be going back to the palace tonight to meet someone" Adonis said as he returned the wand and the book back in his backpack.
Iris raised an eyebrow "to do what!"
"To find out more about the book"
"Why do I have a feeling that you're not telling me
everything" Iris accused Adonis.
"It's just a feeling shove it aside" Adonis said as he puts the backpack aside, he layed back down with his hands behind his head. Iris just stared blankly as silence befell them.
A large quake happened, shaking every house, and every witch in primerea. Cracks opened up every here and there, walls and floors began to crack, pictures fell, glasses shattered. Everywitch ran out to see what calamity had befallen them moments after the quake had subdued, Adonis and iris saw it all from behind his curtains.
"What just happened!?" Iris exclaimed in fear.
"The more reason i have to see him, this is no normal earthquake" Adonis said
"See who?" Iris asked in confusion.
Adonis sighed deeply "Gregor ... Gregor evermore"
That name rang a bell in both boy's ears. They heard something fall which generated a loud bang. Adonis rushed out the door to peep but he saw nothing. He closed his door and continued to talk to the iris who stared at him in shock.
" Yes Gregor is alive and he said something about ... I don't know" he sighed in frustration as he waved his hands in the air "with this ... I think"
"You must be crazy, you have a death wish" iris yelled which made Adonis stare with a deadpanned expression.
"Please, fill my parents in for me" he took out the wanderlust wand from his backpack, a broom from the stand and attempted to fly out the window when iris grabbed him tightly.
"You're serious" iris said in form of both realization and declaration, he sighed then said "this time we're going together"
Iris took two cloak from his luggage and gave one to his cousin "wear this, they're concealation cloaks"
Iris nodded and with them covered in cloaks, they were invisible to the eyes as they took their brooms and flew out the window, into the air they leaped.
As soon as the boys left, the door opened ajar and Kingston becomes visible.
"Is this a joke?" He asked himself, raising an eyebrow. He wanted to come check on them after the earthquake to see if they were all right when he overheard all this. He didn't think it twice before grabbing a broom and flying out the window, trailing the two boys before they got entangled in something bigger, something they weren't prepared for, something that could cost them everything.