Spellbound by a Woodfairy

Chapter 3

"The Orb?"

Both of them took a twirl and at once they teleported to their globe.

Queen Hua was finding it difficult to process her feelings. She had just lost the love of her life and her bloodline was about to be stripped of their official right over the cosmos. Something that had been protected for billions of years is about to be taken away like taking candy from a baby. She wished against those pessimistic thoughts plaguing her mind. Heat began to build within and r, and her body charged up. Her hazel eyes turned red and her bodysuit changed like that of Queen Fēn. She had turned mad.

"Go and invoke the barrier spell this instance! I will take care of King Yìchèn and Mùchèn " Queen Hua ordered the lady, she was the chief-in-army and spiritual head of the Tinkpanthress', the wood fairies Priestess. They had just arrived at the battle arena.

Seeing all the destruction. A tear dropped from Queen Hua's eyes, she was levitating at the clouds. Slowly she descended to the ground level, to the middle of the heated fight. Her soldiers were lying lifeless on the fields, and Queen Fēn's body had been tied up to a log of wood which was raised above by the Witchers as a sign of ridicule.

Another tear dropped.

"Ha! It's Her Royal Majesty Queen Hua! Hahaha" King Yìchèn's laughter echoed, and he rushed towards her with his dagger.

With a quick swerve, she dodged his attack. They both began to exchange spells and blows.

During this time, Lady Fang had gotten into the castle through a hidden passage heading for the most secret place in the whole of the cosmos, the orb custodian. As she dived into the mirage wall which was indeed a portal, a strange man trailed her repeating the same spell, and dived in too.

Lady Fang switched on the lights to the secret room which is located underground in the castle, after she had walked down, not necessarily, but levitated the stairs. At the junction of a tiny cross over the bridge, she pushed a lever and the doors opened. In this secret room was kept the Tinkpanthress' ancestral antiques and most powerful pixie dust powders, housing dietial accessories.

Gradually, the room lightened up, making several switch and snap sounds. There were specks of dust and cobwebs everywhere, nobody had been here in years, and there has never been a need for.

Lady Fang with heavy breath rushed over to a shelve, she drew out a book tied with red ribbon at the fourth counter, it made a bend but then a creaky sound reverberated, and gradually but with little snaps, the shelve gave way, moving aside, like a sliding door to another room. This room was dimly lit. The only source of light came from a floating round diamond-like stone emitting blue pixie dust and black smoke, it was at the heart of the room. Legend had it that it changed color due to seasons, this was summer, and it maintained its cool blue.

Lady Fang paused a bit, and glanced at it, probably to take in the beautiful sight before grabbing a tote bag that was hung above on a hanger at the corner. After mumbling some chants, she stretched forth her shaky hands took the floating stone from its position, and then put it carefully in her bag. The orb's light shone through the thick thatch bag. As it settled in the bag, it absorbed its gas-like pixie clouds of dust, the glow that provided the little illumination seized.

"Not so fast," said the strange man, Cheng, the chief commander of the army of the witchers as he stepped out of his hiding place. He has been watching her all along. She sighed.

He was lucky enough to have seen her take a different route from that of Queen Hua but chose to sneak into their castle. He felt it in his guts, something was up.

"No wonder I find it strange, the chief of the army stole away amid a bloody battle?"

"Cheng, stay out of this!" Lady Fang warned, her eyes had changed their crystal colors, and she had begun to charge up.

***Flashback***

"My King, look at the royal army head go into the castle without joining in the fight" Sir Cheng whispered to King Yìchèn's ear.

"Trail her"

"Aiit" with discretion, Sir Cheng left the bloody crowd, following Lady Fang's lead, unknown to her.

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"Now hand it over, I do not wish to put up a fight with you, I believe the beef is between our masters alone," he said drawing out his sword.

"Oh please" Lady Fang rolled her eyes, she was not armed.

"Lady Fang, I said hand it over!" He said intensifying his voice to effect the fear he had already sensed in her.

"I am sorry, I cannot," Lady Fang said fidgeting. She was overwhelmed with fear.

Unlike the rest of the clan's vast military, Lady Fang was only into charms and magic and had not mastered any martial arts. Sir Cheng posed with his sharp sword drawn backwards, in a bid for a fight.

She clenched the tote bag tight and pulled it protectively to her side. She was confused and could not think of any plan of escape.

In fear she began to stutter, muttering spells.

" Lu Ze ispa locke boundo, barriere Sampou. Le se Tinkapanthra gloib ini instante" was a spell she had learned years ago. She is the only surviving descent from her lineage of wood fairies Priestess' in the Tinkpanthress globe. She is the royal spiritual consultant. Her grandmother had taught her this spell. A spell to put a barrier throughout the globe and expel, repelling all non-tinkpanthress creatures and disallowing entrance.

She repeated the spell, still scared of the outcome as she had never tried it before, there had never been a call for it or an opportunity to but, until today.

"Trying to hypnotize me you pestly fairy? Huh!" Sir Cheng spat, leaning lazily against the wall.

"Well played, time's up," he said, "I'll have that" With his sword, he slew the fabric of the tote bag open from beneath with the sharp edge of his two-mouth sword and it tore open, letting out the orb. Like a skilled footballer, he hit the stone with his feet and kicked it upwards, grabbing it smartly with his hands as it descended. All he did was due to the advantage of his fast reflexes, Lady Fang stood helplessly watching him.

In fear, lady Fang took a twirl and then disappeared. She had finally lost the Orb to the bloody Witcher, Sir Cheng.