Bloodmoon

chapter16

Years ago

The Hollow

“Melanie, Hunter, Jesse, stop running you almost ran into Saphrine and she is packing a hot cauldron. “Queen Victoria scolds the six-year-olds.

“Sorry, Momma sorry, MS. Saphrine” Melanie says.

“Where are you three off too in such a hurry?” She rubs her hands down her gown.

“We are about late for potions” Hunter stands tall.

“You mean you are late” His mother’s pink hair comes around the corner. “Come along children”

The three follow the witch through the winding corridors as Queen Victoria’s chuckle echoes. They are led to a big set of double doors embedded with all kinds of ancient writings. The three go to a large table in front of several bookcases and other long tables. “Olay children conjure your cauldrons?” She spoke.

“Hunter you first” He held his hands out and a blue gloss started from his fingertips. He held a pout when nothing else happened. “Jesse now you try.” Her eyes glowed white and her hands radiated a softer glow but after a few moments a small cauldron appeared. “Very nice but you will need a bigger one. Melanie?” She rubbed her hands together and held them over the table her hands illuminated purple, and her eyes turned purpled and glowed, A large cauldron appeared in front of them. “Very good Melanie” She gushed.

“Tildy” Melanie looked at her, “Something is wrong with…

“Children” Matilda called “Come into the bunker right now potions will have to wait” A loud siren howled, and people were running in. “Witches at your ready” sounded through the air. People were pushing more children in with hem before the large doors closed and Tildy and two other witches began to chant waving their arms near the door until a light glow hummed and went away,

“A protection spell,” Hunter whispered In her ear.

“The Queen!!!” Tildy asked the other adults, “Has anyone seen or heard from the Queen”

“Aunt Tildy” Melanie screams

“What is child?” She came running to her and scooped her up in her arms.

As she touched her A battlefield is shown out of thin air above their heads like a giant television screen. Matilda wasn’t sure what was happening, but she was certain the young princess was responsible for manipulating her powers together to create this.

“Tildy,” The Queens shaken voice clears the room her face dirty with drops of blood on her forehead, “Its happened.”

“My queen how?”

“I haven’t the time now. Melanies gifts are strong, the most powerful, you must give her the potion. She is progressing to a point where she will have her gifts too early and leave her hunted. She must be protected at all costs. I have created three for all three children. There is war on the horizon, terrible beasts are coming against us. The king my beloved has perished. The king has fallen. There is a crimstone in my vaults, you will know from the box. You must give it to Rayne, you and she will follow my orders directly. I love...” She looks over her shoulder, “They have found me. Alex will be too late to help me. Tildy cut the link…” The queen’s blood chilling scream filled the room, and blood was all over the visual they had. Melanie’s shriek filled the Hollow “Momma No” As blackness overtook her senses…

Melanie pov

I felt the softness at my back and the sparks on my forehead where Ethan must be stroking my hair. I opened my eyes and the brightness maybe me shut the back quickly I groaned.

“Melanie darlings thank Goddess.” Ethans voice sounded “Dad Tildy she is awake.”

“Thank the Goddess” Tildy rushed through the door.

“What happened Mel?” Ethan asks as I set up slowly “You said you were good at potions and then you fainted.”

“I remembered when my parents died.” I looked up into Tildy’s eyes, “Aunt Tildy What potion did you give us? And what is crimstone? What were momma’s instructions? She said these things to you across whatever that magic was right be…” I struggled fighting back tears, “Before she said they found her, and that Alex wasn’t gonna make it to her in time and papa had died already.”

Tildy began to sob, and her eyes were distant like she was remembering, “The potion was to stall your powers until your thirteenth birthday. The crimstone was a magical device that she logged her thoughts instructions and messages on I was to go to her vault get it give it to Rayne and seal her vault until you came of age.”

“Did you say she said I wasn’t going to make to her intime” Alex said with tears in his eyes.

“Yea, it is what she said before her scream and blood” I leaned into Ethan beginning to cry all over.

“She knew I was trying to get to her. I always thought she would assume I abandoned her. But soph she knew” He turned to his mate and cried into her arms.

“Of course, she knew Alex, I told you so.” She rubbed his back.

After I composed myself a little, we stood, “I need to get back I don’t know how long I was out, but I know I late.” We were walking I wondered, “Hunter, why did you want to be on my guard?” I ask now that we were alone and headed toward castle Black heart. We had left Ethan much to his chagrin at the pack line.

“Well, we were childhood friends when your memory unlocked mine did too. I remembered meeting you and the fun we had. It seems though that when you remember I do too. I didn’t until you hugged me. You’re right it’s like a book opening. Now that I remember I miss fun we had.” He chuckled nervously “I remembered us saying when you would be Queen, I would be you most loyal knight.”

I laughed that’s right, “And Jesse she always said she was your mate. Have you seen her since you have become of age?”

“No, but she became the coven’s main historian. So, we wouldn’t be possible anyway. When I remember her, I don’t get excited, and my wolf doesn’t either other than just missing a friend just like thinking of you.” HE smiled “Anyway it felt right. I swore an oath to my pack, also to protect it and its alpha and Luna. I have an oath to the kingdom to protect its king and queen as well as its boarders. However, unique it may be, I am also loyal to the Hollow. Both Queen Rayne and King Ethan allowed me to keep my loyalty because it gave them both an alliance. Should either one need help, the other would be there. It put me in the perfect position, I mean who else better to protect the fated mate to our king and fated Lycan Luna Queen, who also happens to be the fated and rightful heir to the throne of the vampires and the queen of the witches. “He bowed dramatically.

“Well, I think masking your scent as a visiting witch is best. Tilda was able to get things in order in case they question you. You are studying magic and exploring looking for your mate. I met you at the front on my way in. You are going to see well a much different side, try not to get outed. I won’t bother telling you not to show Ethan but all of you need to realize that the best way to handle this is without their knowledge for now. I put my hand in my pocket pulling out a large necklace with a blood red pendant attached to a note, “This must have been what Grams stuck into my pocket earlier.” We stopped.

“Well don’t keep me in suspense what does it say?” Hunter asks. “Sorry, Mel, Luna, I mean.” He takes a deep breath “Alpha, is in my head he sees and hears but is also making communication by mind linking me.”

I smile “Its’s ok but tell him, Well I mean he can hear me so, don’t call me anything other than Melanie because out here I am nobody and you are my friend so I am Melanie anyway.”

“Never” He exclaims, “You will always be someone to me and my alpha also our pack and kingdom and you will see soon luna everyone will see how truly amazing you are. But it will be too late to be friends cause bestie is already taken by yours truly” He laughs causing me to laugh to.