Royalty v.s Witches (AL Series)

Chapter 5

Inara

  Matty and I have been enjoying life in Texas for a week and even though I have been trying to get my magic back in full I haven’t been able to. Maybe I did really lose most of my magic. I will say this, Matty has been saying that her magic has been feeling a pull from me whenever I try to connect to the plants around us. I had to stop one time after she fell to the ground gasping for air. After that, I stopped letting her come with me when I would try to regain any kind of magic.

  We are camping in some unknown woods like we have been since we got here. We ditched the car in a return rental spot a day after we got it. I was feeling a pull into the woods and Matty was down for whatever, so ditching the car and saving that money sounded good to me. However, since I stepped into these woods I have been feeling like we are being watched. 

  When I asked Matty to use her magic and reach out to see if she can feel anyone she told me I must be going insane because nothing was out there, not even animals, which I thought was weird. Why were there no animals? I wish I could say that feeling eyes on us was the only feeling I had but it wasn’t, something is going on I just wish I had my magic to figure it all out. I know I am meant to be here but I just don’t know for what. 

  After trying to meditate in a patch of flowers I found I came across this small little stream that had a good size waterfall to it. I could feel this amazing pull to it so I went back to get Matty to see if she could feel it too but she couldn’t. This all seems so weird to me. Why am I the only one to feel things here and why am I the only one that looks nuts? Matty tells me to go for a swim and see what happens so that's what I’m doing now, just floating with my eyes closed to see what happens while she is swimming around me. I’ve been floating for I have no idea but it has to be hours.

“I don’t think this is going to do anything.” I complained to Matty.

“Oh stop, you know you are not really trying. Just relax and really try. If you feel a pull and you're the only one to feel it then it’s meant for you and only you. Tap into the pull and ride it like a wave to where it wants to take you.” Why does she have to make so much sense at times like this? 

  I close my eyes again and feel for the pull and ride it till I feel like I am being pulled underwater. When I open my eyes I notice that I’m almost on the bottom of the stream in an air bubble. This is f*****g weird but it feels right in a way. As I look around I notice the air bubble starts to show pictures and then I hear voices. I look closer and see that It is Inara and she is crying while holding Trent who is holding three kids, all four of them look dead while Luke is fighting off what looks like witches.

  Inara keeps yelling “how could they” over and over till Luke ends up falling down in front of her saying how sorry he was. The world turns to fire and all I hear are people screaming to be saved. Then the image changes and it looks like another version that could happen instead. Three kids are running around laughing, one girl and two boys, while Inara tells everyone she is pregnant again and Luke is standing there happy for his little sister. I hear giggling from my right and turn to look at the three kids again who are looking at me. 

“Hello.” One of the girls says to me, smiling wide showing her teeth minus one tooth. Can they see me? 

“Don’t be scared this is meant to happen like this because you are the knowledge of the past and the future. We have been waiting for you so we can help guide you to see what you need to see.” One of the boys speaks next, also smiling wide.

“And how are you going to do that?” I ask them, only to get a grunt from the second boy who has his arms crossed looking at me like I’m stupid.

“Grab our hands.” He says as if I should know this s**t already.

“I don’t have much magic. I don’t think anything will happen.” I inform them a little worried this might not work as it should. They don’t say anything, just reach their hands out to me for them to touch. Once I touch all three of their hand at once my head flies back and I get pulled to the side only to see another image of the three kids I just saw fighting black beasts that seem to be leaking some kind of oil that is killing the plant life around it, or any life that it gets on for that matter. They are strong and are plowing past not only werewolves but also every form of magical creature out there. Even the faes are out fighting and they are thought to have gone back to their realm.

  I watch as one beast comes to try and take down one of the three but gets thrown back and ripped apart in mid-air by one of them. They seem to be having trouble though, like every time they attack a beast a little bit of their magic gets taken away. Just as another beast runs through me and is about to attack them I’m ripped away and pulled into another direction and see the three of them standing in front of thrones while every magical being is on their knees bowing to them and chanting “Long live our last kings and queen” Over and over. Why are they saying last? Just as one was about the talk I’m pulled back to the three kids again looking at me with concerned faces. 

“You should go now, Bad people are coming for you. They know where you are and they know you know the future and how to stop it all. Remember that we need you, we might not know but we do and only you can save us. Please find us.” The little girl says as I start to rise from the water. As soon as their hands leave mine I feel a rush of fear. I have to get to them but I don’t know who they are.

  Just as I surface I notice that Matty is right next to me waiting and looking very worried. “What’s wrong?” I ask her.

“You were down there for over four hours Inara. I was about to come to get you. Are you okay?” She asks while looking me over. I laughed and nodded my head to let her know I was fine but then I felt the eyes on me again and what the girl said came back to me “You should go now, Bad people are coming for you. They know where you are.”

“We should go and get away from here and fast. I feel like we are in trouble here.” I tell her while starting to swim to the edge of the stream where all our stuff is. But just as we were about to get fully out of the water we were surrounded by a bunch of witches.