GEOWULF The HYBRID KING

3. Dragonstone

Three months after the conception of the greatest creature that will ever exist in the whole of the supernatural realm past, present and future, the three ancient witches gathered in the same room at the far end of Pravoka.

Adda Zhahid,Goldda Saruman and Dagmar Lucius,all sat around the fireplace in the living room of the house to discuss their current predicament. They had to do such inorder to lay out, to ensure that the birth of the hybrid king will go without a hitch. They had to make sure everything went as planned.

Dagmar was the first to speak up,"My sisters,I am afraid, especially for you Adda. This is your only daughter we are talking about. What if she doesn't make it? I am so afraid for her. No one has ever birthed a hybrid before. She's going to be giving birth to a creature with a mixture of strongest werewolf genes of the werewolf king and the warlock powers of the one of the greatest lineages. This child can kill Alcina. This is my uttermost fear,Adda. We wouldn't want to deprive you of your only child."

Adda looked up at Dagmar rather sadly. She didn't want her only child dead but she had no choice so she said,"Dagmar,if were the will of the heavens that she dies while giving birth,then it has to be done. The prophecy has to be fulfilled and my feelings towards my own child isn't something that will deter the prophecy from coming to pass."

Goldda shook her defiantly and said,"No! We should not have to sacrifice your only offspring for such an antiquated prophecy that we don't even know whether it would ever come to pass. We have to find an alternative,either we remove the baby or we try all we can to protect her. We have to do something."

"We are not removing the baby. That is not an option. We can't come this far,just to back out now. We all came together in this room and decided to make history some months back. We can't just give when things are not going our way. Remove the baby? Then all we have been hatching for months go to waste? No,Goldda. That is not an option." Adda said.

"But this baby could kill Alcina. Adda think about that!," Goldda exclaimed. She was practically looking like she was on the verge of tears.

"Goldda,sister I know this. But we can't just back out now." Adda replied,with a hint of sadness on her voice. This made everyone in the room feel extremely sorry for her. Truly they have come a long way and backing down now was something that would create a very huge problem.

Then Dagmar spoke up almost suddenly,"Dragonstone."

This single word created a fast reaction from the two other people in the room. They both turned to her with eyes wide as the sky. Goldda said,"Dragonstone? Where would we obtain that? The last Dragonstone was last seen in Kastilia,the home of the Astral Association clan of werewolves,how do you think we could retrieve from there? Even if it was successfully retrieved, they would know that it was missing and definitely trace it back to this place. Kastilia is the only werewolves clan that have warlocks within them and these warlocks are the ones amongst us that have gone rogue,with very dark souls. And one thing I am certain is that they are extremely powerful and they have dark souls due to too much Voodoo magic. No,Dagmar. Dragonstone is not an option I am afraid."

Dagmar replied,"My friend,the rouge witches of Kastilia may be powerful and into dark magic but have you no faith in yourself? Do you think because you don't dabble in voodoo magic,that they are more powerful than you are? Of course not my beloved sister. They are not. Don't forget that we are the three originals. Whatever form of rogue they are,they all are still part of the three great descendants of warlocks,of which we are the direct living representatives. Fear not,Goldda Saruman,for I do have a plan."

Dagmar Lucius continued,"Yes we would be stealing-," She paused while trying to reword the whole sentence,"I wouldn't call it stealing but rather retrieving because after all,it belong to our ancestry but the rogue warlocks stole it. Once we retrieve it,we would create a look-alike for it and replace it. The look-alike will perform the work that the original one can perform. And there's nobody that will be able to differentiate between the fake and original one. But it will also have to take one of us creating and cloaking the fake one to look like the original one."

Adda spoke up,"This is a good plan,Dagmar but none of us can possibly enter Kastilia, without being noticed by either a warlock or even a werewolf. So if we can't go here physically,how do we do this retrieving you speak of?"

Dagmar made a serious face showing that what she was about to say was something nobody in the room wanted to hear but it had to be said,"We have no other option than to invoke the 'Infamous Pegasi' to help us conjure the Dragonstone and replace it with the fake."

Goldda groaned,"Oh Heavens! Not the Pegasi! Is that our final resort? Pegasi comes with a price,all the time. Too demanding at that. We have to fish for the materials it likes,a scales of a serpent,the ears of a dead and buried elf,the urine of a goblin and s**t like that. Dagmar,I do not have the strength nor the purpose to retrieve such weird materials."

Dagmar smiled at this,"Goldda my cranky old friend,you always complain of everything. Fear not. Any material that Pegasi demands,I already have them available in my collection. I have been collecting every weird object I can all over the years because I knew that one day,this things will come in handy. Worry not. Their demands will met."

"Are we all in agreement to invoke Pegasi for assistance to retrieve the Dragonstone?" Dagmar asked her fellow witches present.

They all nodded. And at once,Dagmar waved her hand and the entire room changed once again to an empty room with the altar surrounded by lighted candles just at the extreme. The three women gathered at the altar and made inscriptions right around it and started chanting all at the same time.

"Heavens open far and wide,the four elements,water fire Earth and air,the powers of the ancients Zhahid, Lucius and Saruma,we invoke the presence of the Pegasi to come to our aid..." Immediately, a flash of light hit the middle of the altar and a dark shadow came to rest on the altar. The shadow was a hooded figure that you couldn't make out any form or structure on it.

The figure spoke,"Who dare disturbs Pegasi and why?"

Dagmar spoke,"Pegasi we need your help in the retrieval of the Dragonstone from Kastilia."

Pegasi chuckled,a very good and chilly laugh,"You witches can go and retrieve yourself. It's not a big deal. Those warlocks in Kastilia protecting the Dragonstone,are no match against the three of you combined. Unless there's a reason you are keeping this discreet. Hmmm. Could you enlighten dear old Pegasi as to why my help is needed in this situation?"

Goldda replied the figure,"Pegasi,you old creature. We don't owe you any explanation. We know how this works. You help us do something,we repay you in return so please quit the questions and tell us your price."

Pegasi then said,"I see. Well in that case,I name my price and it's just simple. The egg of a nyphilus. That's all I want and your wish will be done."

The two witches Goldda and Adda,turned to Dagmar,with hopes that she was in possession of the item and luckily, Dagmar was smiling.

Dagmar replied,"The material you seek of,shall be summoned now."

She reached out her hand into the air and waved it. A material in a jar filled with liquid immediately appeared on her hand. She brought it closer to the rest and inside the jar, looked like an egg,thrice the size of a chicken egg,that was green in colour in the inside of the jar containing a very slimy liquid.

She said,"Here you have it. I kept it incubated for all these while with magic. I am sure once you take it out of the jar,it will hatch."

The hooded shadow stretched out what seemed like its limbs and collected the jar from Dagmar. It felt the jar around where appeared to be it's face and said,"Yes, exactly what I needed. I love trades with you,Dagmar Lucius. You are always prepared for me. Now unto your own demand, can I have the fake Dragonstone you tend to use and replace the one you are about to steal?"

Dagmar brought it forth and gave it the shadow, while the rest were amazed that Dagmar had even planned out and executed the whole thing even before seeking their opinion. They were grateful indeed. Dagmar had always been the wisest amongst the three of them.

Pegasi collected the fake object,an icy glittering stone that was about the size of a small sizeable rock and immediately spread it's shadow all over the room. It took about a few minutes before it finally took the form of a hooded figure again and said,"Here is your Dragonstone. Use it as you may wish."

The figure dropped the Dragonstone into the hands of Dagmar and immediately disappeared.

Goldda spoke up,"Thank heavens that is finally over. Pegasi makes me extremely uncomfortable especially when you cannot meet it's price. You would pay dearly if you don't. I wouldn't even want to think of what would have happened if Dagmar didn't have the nyphilus egg."

Dagmar smiled,"I have worked and studied Pegasi for decades. It's price always take the same pattern. Something it feeds on to continue to maintain extreme powers. This nyphilus egg will hold it for another century. It's a very heavy price and how I got the egg,isn't something I want to go into but let just say I payed a dear price for it."

"Well I am happy you planned everything ahead of time. When you brought out the fake Dragonstone,I knew you had already confirmed that everything would go to plans even before you summoned us to this room." Goldda complimented her.

Dagmar smiled rather happily, relishing in the compliment that was being thrown to her and said,"Well,that's rich coming from you, beloved sister."

Adda then spoke up,"So what now?"

Dagmar's face morphed back into her serious face and she replied,"A werewolf's gestation period is approximately 6 months. But in this case,it should be more than six considering it would take more time to completely form the werewolf and warlock combination of genes. It's already three months into your daughter's pregnancy. So my dear Adda Zhahid,in response to your question,the only thing left now is to wait."

And with that,the three ancient witches departed to their respective homes,to wait for the speculated time of birth.