Destined; The next Miller generation

A new timeline

Brasilia November 26th, 2049

In the dining room, everyone is waiting eagerly for the food and Louise comes carrying a platter and puts it on the table.

“Before starting the supper, I would like to have a toast to my honored sister and say that she is a wonderful person now. I am sure you will be my little sister for many seasons and so on.” Lucinda started talking, happy.

“Can I join you?” asked Simone, standing on her right arm.

“Sure!” agreed Lucinda.

“I am honoured to be your daughter and I hope you will live soon enough to meet your grandchildren. I don't know if I want to get married, but maybe Cecilia will be one day and Luana already has one too. That is it.” complimented Simone, laughing about her final comment.

Everyone is ready to complete the toast, but, an unexpected visit cuts the family reunion. The front door flies to the end of the hall, BLAM and a demon shows its face throwing random lightballs. But before one of the lightballs hits someone, it is frozen in the air by someone: “HEY, DEMON?”, calls Lucinda(traveller) blowing it up, using her gift of molecular combustion(search for in the Dictionary of Magic chapter). Everyone is around the table, scared and surprised by the travellers.

“But what...?”, Luana is surprised.

“Don't ask it. You'll get a headache.”, says Luana(traveller)

The travellers are sucked by their present version and their family are still shocked and paralysed.

“Can someone explain what is going on?”, asked Louise.

“Well, we came to save you... or me..., or... us from that demon.”, answered Louise(traveller) pointing to the Gorbe's ashes.

“What?”, asked Lucinda.

“That's right, sis!”, Loren(traveller) confirms to her sister from the future.

“Wow! I look younger even when I am old, isn't it?”, commented Luna(traveller) looking at her future self: “Hi, honey!”

“Hi!”, greets Renan, smiling.

“We did it!”, Luana shouts happily.

“Yes, we did.”, agrees Wellington, happy to see his cousin smiling.

“Thank God you are alive!”, says Luana hugging her mother.

“Well, now we need to find out which demon sent it. Maybe we can use its ashes to search for some information in the Consecrated Book?”, Glaucio asked, thoughtfully.

“Agree, but how are we going to find out which demon was if everything left from it is...”, asked Luana pointing to the ashes on the floor: “That?”

“The book will know. Now let's go because we need to teach you what we learned years ago.”, Lucinda(traveller) calls everyone and goes upstairs.

“Wait, what?”, asked Camila, confused.

“It sounds like a mystery to me.”, commented Sabrina.

Everyone goes upstairs to the attic, where the symbol Demetriax is recorded on the wall.

“Here we are.”, Lucinda(traveller) shows the symbol on the wall.

“That wasn't there before. How did you do in a short time?”, asked Teresa, interested.

“That has been here for generations. But, it is invisible for those who don't know about the symbol, don't have magic or when it is enchanted with an invisibility spell.”, Lucinda(traveller) answered.

“But now it is time for you to know about the security system of the Consecrated Book.”, Louise(traveller) completed.

“And time for you to go too, isn't it?”, reminded Lucinda.

“True, but first I would like to take a picture of this moment to remember this meeting.”, Luna(traveller) asked.

“I don't think this is a good idea.”, Luna(traveller) disagrees with her future self.

“You are very responsible in the future, sis. I liked her.”, Loren(traveller) praised.

“I'm not nice about it, but I partially agree with you. I should go back and forget about it.”, Luna(traveller) said, upset.

“I recommend you to leave them before we appear in their timeline.”, Wellington suggests.

“You did it, my bee!”, praised Louise(traveller) hugging her daughter: “And you raised her well.”, she says to her future self.

“I know. I listen to it everytime.”, Louise agrees, smiling and looking at her daughter.

“See you then!”, Lucinda(traveller) says goodbye to them.

“Sayounara!”, Luna(traveller) says goodbye, waving.

“See you!”, Loren(traveller) says goodbye.

“I'm ready, honey.”, says Louise(traveller) laying her head on her future husband's shoulder.

The travellers go back to their timeline and the present is not very damaged as before. Only one difference in this timeline.

“Well, now we have a surprise for you.”, Wellington says, walking to the symbol on the wall.

“What is it?”, asked Sabrina, curious.

“Demetriax.”, Wellington answered, drawing the symbol on the wall and a black hole opened.

“We need to find out about the demon.”, remembers Glaucio going into the portal.

“Wait, where is he? Where did he go?”, Cecilia asked, worried.

“They are here, but in a different plan.”, answered Luana going into the portal.

The Destined Ones go into the portal and are amazed by the scenario. It is the same reaction as when Wellington, Glaucio and Luana found out about the consecrated plan for the future.

“Now we need to search for information in the book.”, Luana says walking to the Consecrated Book.

“Where are the demon ashes?”, asked Wellington.

“Here.”, answered Larissa giving the becker with the ashes to him.

“Book, show us the demon behind this.”, asked Luana looking at the book.

The Consecrated Book starts turning its pages voluntarily and opens on a page.

“Gorbe?”, Glaucio thinks the name is strange.

“A low-level demon sent to kill witches in exchange for rewards.”, Luana resumed.

“Oh, don't play with me! Everyone wants to do that! Tell me something I don't know.”, Camila laughs about the book.

“And it didn't kill this witch this time!”, Louise says happily.

“Agree. But it was a miracle that saved you. I know some reapers and destinies can't be interefered, but we need to spend more time together, and I thank God that you are alive now.”, Luana agrees.

“What else?”, asked Wellington, anxious.

Next to the experimental balcony, Loren and Luna are creating random potions and Luana shows up curious: “What are you doing?”

“We don't know what we are going to face. So we decided to create some potions.”, Luna says, putting some ingredients in the cauldron.

“You are not going anywhere.”, Wellington forbids after hearing their chat: “I'm going to Hell and vanquish who sent that Gorbe.”

“And I'm going with you.”, Luana says confidently.

“No way. I'm going alone!”, Wellington didn't allow his cousin this time.

“You are kidding! You never let me do anything!”, complains Luana: “The Great Welly... Unstoppable Welly fights against everyone and never loses a battle, even when it is against himself. Wow.”, furious.

“You are getting wrong.”, Wellington denies his cousin's accusation.

“You think I can't handle demons, don't you? Why do you never let me do anything?”, fights Luana, facing her cousin.

“You don't know what you will find there. And you've never been in Hell before. You will get lost. This is more difficult than time travel.”, Wellington explains, holding himself, not punching his cousin's face.

“And that is why I need to go, willy-nilly!”, says Luana, sarcastically.

“Have I heard right? Are you going to Hell?”, asked Glaucio leaving the consecrated plan with the Consecrated Book opened on Gorbe's page: “Then let me go with you.”

“Maybe we should all go there, right?”, asked Wellington, sarcastically.

“This is not a bad idea. If we all go, we will be stronger than them.”, agrees Glaucio believing in his brother's words.

“No, Glaucio! Don't you understand? It is too dangerous!”, complains Wellington: “I told you I'll go alone!”

“With me. Just you and me.”, Luana completed the sentence.

“Have you found about the demon behind the attack?”, asked Luna, curious.

“Yes, here it is.”, answered Glaucio pointing to the book's picture.

“Let me see.” asked Luana picking up the Consecrated Book from Glaucio's hands.

As soon as she touches the book, a premonition comes.

[flash] In the depths of Hell lives a high-level demon, full of scars and dressed in a black cloak covering its body. It is talking to a low-level demon dressed as a beggar with a strange tattoo on top of its head: “Kvrox, my lord, I am here to serve you.”

“Great. I am surprised that you keep following the old traditions.” Kvrox thanked him confidently.

“My coven swore to protect and serve you every time you come back to life. Master.” Gorbe answered, shaking in fear.

“I know and soon you will all be rewarded. But first, I have a mission for you and need courage.” Kvrox starts ordering and Gorbe falls trembling: “Last time I was here, I couldn't finish my job to put an end to this specific family. Only their powers are capable of making me unstoppable again. And that stupid witch took everything from me, banishing me to the Hollow.”

“My lord, are you sure?” Gorbe asked, worried.

“Of course I am!” Kvrox is furious.

“But my lord… They might be powerful now, and it could be a suicide mission.” Gorbe begs, trembling, but it is interrupted by its master.

“I KNOW! I know. I've been updated about it and I will do everything to win this time. Bring me their powers now!” Kvrox ordered impatiently.

“Yes, my lord.” Gorbe obeys with head down and vanishes teleporting.[end of the premonition]

When the premonition ensd, Luana is amazed. Her aunt Lucinda noted her facial expression changing: “What is it? Have you seen anything?”, asked, worried.

“I saw... everything.”, answered Luana, surprised.

“What did you see? Tell me the details.”, asked Glaucio.

“I saw the demon. One of them was the Gorbe and the other one is its master. I think its name is Kvrox.”, answered Luana.

Again, the Consecrated Book starts turning its pages around and stops on the page title Kvrox.

“It looks like the book wants to tell us something.”, says Glaucio, looking at the book.

“A demon created by the merger of a witch and a warlock or the breed of a witch and a demon. Wow, tell me something I don't know. The last time I saw a demon like it was when my sister got pregnant of the Dark Lord's child. Thank God it is dead and Louise is alive.”, Lucinda commented, bored.

“Since we don't know its previous and biological parents, we must punish and banish him to the Void again.”, Glaucio reads silently.

“I think I got it. The demon can only be killed if we kill its parents, its source of life.”, Wellington opines about something he is thinking of as a theory: “But here it is said that he can be banished, but not vanquished. Great! Thanks for your help, stupid book!”, Wellington complains, closing the book, angrily.

“It is our time to think and create a strategy for it. We need to think before going to battle.”, suggests Glaucio, pondering.

“True, but we should celebrate our first victory with a big party. Maybe a picnic in the yard, what else?.”, suggests Loren.

“We don't have time for it. Besides, we need everybody's help. Call them to the welcoming room and, after the meeting, tell them to put the Consecrated Book back where it was.”, Lucinda disagrees and orders to have a family meeting.

“All right, we need a good plan then.”, Luna agrees and goes behind her sister.

The Miller family meet in the welcoming room to discuss how to vanquish an unstoppable demon. Some opine they have to create random and stronger potions not findable in the book.

“Great idea, kid!”, applauds Lorena to her daughter, who gave her the idea about the potions.

“Let's go to the kitchen then!”, calls Sabrina standing up from the sofa.

Tamires, Cecilia and Larissa go behind her.

In the kitchen, Sabrina is looking for the strongest ingredients as she learned at Magic School: “Where is it? Where did you put it?”, she asked loudly to herself.

“Can I help you? I know every corner of this room.”, Larissa offers her cousin some help.

“Well, I'm looking for sage, chilli, ginger, garlic and cerroni.”, answered Sabrina, looking at the kitchen cupboards.

“Right. The ginger and garlic are always inside the fridge's door, the chilli is next to the oregano, broths and seasonings. Cerroni is in the left kitchen cupboard with the rare ingredients we keep for VIP situations.”, Larissa explains while putting the ingredients on the counter.

“Awesome! Now we need a liquid foundation to create the potion.”, Sabrina says filling the cauldron with water, vinegar and solvent: “While we wait, we need to grind some ingredients because they are big. Ginger, garlic and chilli.”

Larissa and Cecilia cut, grind and mix the ingredients in a bowl. Tamires just stands aside and thinks about life.

“Are you ok, Tami?”, asked Sabrina, worried about her cousin's thoughts.

“What? Yeah! Hi! I've just...”, answered Tamires back to her senses.

“Just...?”, asked Cecilia, curious to know her cousin's excuse.

“I was thinking how the world would react if they know what we are capable of doing.”, answered Tamires, hopefully.

“Not that talking again!”, Cecilia gives up talking to her cousin.

“We can't do that, and you know why.”, Sabrina forbids her cousin to commit such a mistake.

“We don't know how they would react if they knew the true essence of magic.”, Larissa disagrees and takes Tamires'side.

“I wouldn't care to be one of those people who don't know anything about the magic universe.”, grumbles Tamires.

“I thought you'd already overcome it.”, Cecilia fights back.

“I did, but I would like to have a normal life. A life without telling lies or hiding the truth about me. I can't even use magic properly! I can only cast some spells, create potions and chant when I am at Mahogakuen.”, Tamires answered, upset.

“But we don't have experience either. Me and Camila, we are just low-level witches.”, Cecilia cheers up her cousin with a reasonable comment.

“Yes. Wellington, Glaucio and Luana are the only experts at magic. And after the sect's war, especially the battle between our mothers and the Kindarshian sisters, the demons stopped attacking us for a long time.”, Sabrina completes.

The cauldron is hot, and the liquid inside is boiling, ready to mix the ingredients. Larissa puts the ingredients in the cauldron and KABOOM. A cloud of smoke belches from it.

“It blew up! Which means it is ready.”, Cecilia comments, excited.

“To explode like this, it must be a great and powerful potion.”, agrees Larissa.

“I'll get some fresh air.”, said Tamires, upset and head down.

“That is not a great idea, Tami.”, Sabrina advised her not to be alone.

“We can't be alone now. What if something happens to you?”, Cecilia tries to convince her cousin to stay with them.

“Relax, nothing will happen to me. Besides, I'll be right there. I'll come back in a few minutes. You'll see.”, Tamires says goodbye, smiling and going to the courtyard.

In Hell, Kvrox is furious with its followers' failure, mostly the Gorbe who was sent hours ago and defeated by the Consecrated Ones in 2018: “Dammit! If you want something done, do it yourself!”, Kvrox screams angrily and a Gorbe appears: “Master, I know the witches killed my brother, but I'm here to follow your orders and accomplish your wish.”, Gorbe offers its help.

“I wasn't expecting help.”, Kvrox accepts, surprised.

“What is your plan, master?”, asked Gorbe, ready to fight.

“This time will be different. On the first try, everyone was united. It was a bad idea. But now, we need to attack the weakest one.”, Kvrox explains how it plans to attack.

In the attic of Miller Manor, the boys chat about how to create a trap for a powerful and unstoppable demon: “I suggest using a time shield and the orbing shield to cast a spell in time to vanquish it without injuries.”, Romero thinks about a frozen spell.

“Your idea sucks. We need an attack plan and not a defense one.”, disagrees Wellington, making fun of his cousin's comment.

“Any great idea?”, Glaucio asks, looking at his brother.

“My idea is to create a spell strong enough to kill it and not just banish it”, Wellington answered, determined. Of course, he knows there are no steps or solutions to what he is thinking.

“But you read the description in the book with us and knows that he is a demon like a phoenix who can reborn from ashes. He can't be vanquished, only banished!”, Glaucio is smart and careful. He knows his brother is impulsive, but wants to make sure his brother knows how this is going to end.

“But our ancestors were not born as hybrids like us. We have the Guardians and family's incantation since the first generation of our family line. But hybrids only come now, in our time.”, Wellington enlights his brother.

“I know, but that can't explain how to vanquish the demon and where it hides.”, Glaucio goes back to the main reason.

Jumpy with her children and nephews' delay, Lucinda decides to speed up the tasks: “Everyone, listen up! We are going to find out how to vanquish the demon, but it won't be a good result if we keep thinking too much instead of acting and waiting for a miracle to happen. All right? Luana, tries to use the demon ashes to track demon activity. Teresa, tell others to stay alert for demon attacks. Loren and Louise, spells. Wellington and Glaucio, go talk to the Wise ones(Archangels) to find out more about this demon. Me and Luna, potions.” Everyone looks at Lucinda, astonished. They know her, but she has never acted as a commander at once before: “What? Go! Go!”, Lucinda ordered, clapping her hands.

In the courtyard, lying on a deckchair, Tamires thinks about how it would be, including her friends, if they knew about the existence of magic and witches like her: “I just want to show everyone who I truly am and act normal once.”

In the welcoming room, the men from the Miller family talk about the situation they are in now: “It is not fair! Why don't they leave us alone?”, Jonas complains, thinking about the demons.

“You know our story, Jonas. The Consecrated Ones and the Miller family line are enough reason to hunt us like chicken.”, Edward tries to resume how is the status of the Miller family.

“And the Consecrated Book is a reason too.”, Renan completes.

“Yeah!”, Edward agrees. After all, the Consecrated Book is the main reason for most of the demons' desires.

“But our wives battled many times to have an ordinary life and enough to be in peace. They've never interrupted a demon attack lately.”, Jonas talks about what he thinks about the situation.

“This is why we trained our kids. Since they were young, we trained them to be prepared for dangerous events like this. Only this way can we have an ordinary life and rest. They'll protect us and the next generation will do the same for them.”, Edward calms down his brother-in-law.

“It must have a solution to end up with evil at once.” Jonas makes a fuss about his comments.

“It is impossible to happen, Dad. It would break up the balance and natural selection of everything. For the good to exist, bad needs to exist and vice versa. For each table has a chair, for each...”, Camila hears the chat between her father and uncles and answers her father's question.

“We got it Cami, we know. Now I want to know how we will kill this demon. I am not afraid of this one, and I know I'll handle many of them too!”, Romero shows up downstairs.

“You need to wait. Your cousins are solving it, but you need to stay here and help the others.”, Edward says, motivating both to help instead of arguing.

“Do you really think they can vanquish an unstoppable demon?”, Renan asked, curious.

“I don't know, but I hope so. I trust them and my wife taught our kids very well.”, Edward answered, smiling proudly.

“True.”, Jonas agreed.

Outside the Manor, Tamires is resting on the deckchair and doesn't realise the presence of a demon. A Gorbe appears on her left side by surprise: “Hello, witch!”, and catches her aggressively.

In the attic, Loren and Luna are trying to create a new spell while Luana uses a map and a pendulum filled with the Gorbe's ashes to find demon activity.

“It is beyond my inspiration!”, grumbles Loren.

“I am not very lucky here either.”, Luana agrees.

“Spells. This is Louise's job. She knows how to create rhymes and phrases quickly.”, what Loren wants to say is that she needs her sister's help.

“The problem is not our gifts, but our inspiration. We need some motivation or it'll be a die or do situation.”, Luna inspires

everyone to keep working.

“I found it!”, Luana shouts, calling the others.

“What have you found?”, asked Luna, curious.

“A demon.”, Luana answered.

“Where?”, Loren wants to catch a demon soon.

Luana looks at the map and sees where the pendulum is pointed: “Well, you won't believe it, but the crystal stopped here... in the Manor...”, Luana answered and a cry for help is heard: “AHHHHHHHHHHH.” Everyone hears the same scream echoing outside the Miller Mansion and hurries over to see what's going on.