The Persephane Pendrake Chronicles_One_the Cimaruta
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“Just a sec,” panted Thaddeus as he momentarily stopped. “Join hands.” They held hands and he did a “Vanquesta” on them collectively, making them invisible while they were running along the halls. They made it to Melanthios’ room. Persy whipped out the Hagstone, looked through it at the mirror and was able to see the Cimaruta. She pried it out with her fingers and handed it to Murph.
“Here,” she panted, “do your bat thing, take this to Vadoma. We’re going to have to figure our way out.”
No need to tell Murph twice. He morphed into a bat with the Cimaruta slung around his neck. Bran and he flew out the same window Benson had hidden in on his last visit. They were specks in the sky in seconds.
“Okay,” stated Thaddeus heading toward the door “Let’s move it.”
“Wait,” Persy said, “I see my wand.” She spotted it lying on the table with the books Melanthios has been going through. They were all on cauldrons. Cauldrons? Persy quickly registered as she ran over and picked up her wand. “Right. We’re history,” she blurted, following Thaddeus and P-C down the hallway.
Twenty feet or so down the hallway they heard ‘clomp, clomp’ but not like that huge spider--it was different.
P-C noticed first. “Look, there’s the unicorn we helped get away from that rotten Wolfgang kid.” Sure enough, Chamelor came into view.
“Chamelor,” said Persy, “what are you doing here? Aren’t you afraid of Melanthios capturing you?”
“Miserable witch stole one of our colts. I’m trying to find him,” said Chamelor. “I got in as a bug, just missed that over-grown Hungarian spider or whatever she is. Can’t find the colt down at the stables, so I figure she has him up here somewhere. Haven’t seen him I suppose?”
“No,” Thaddeus said. “We’re just trying to get out. We’re done here.”
“I saw Melanthios just now, going down the hallway under the balcony. It leads to a number of rooms at the back of the castle, so she could be anywhere down in that area. But her steps seemed to go on for ages, so I think she’s way in the back. That could give you time to get out of here.”
“Wow, Thanks Chamelor,” cried Persy. “C’mon.” she shouted over her shoulder to Thaddeus and P-C.
Chamelor carried on down the hallway back in the direction they had come from. Persy had a flash of thought of how he had suddenly blended with the darkened passageway.
They came to the end of the hallway, to the balcony over the main entrance. Persy and Thaddeus peered around the corner very slowly to see if anyone was in the entranceway. The front door was slightly ajar and no one was in sight.
“Benson, you fly out, make sure no one is in the front courtyard,” ordered Persy. “We’ll be ready to put our Energy Veil on, like we did before Thad, with your crystal seed to get the heck out of here.”
“Right!”
They waited for Benson to return to give them the all clear.
“You’re good to go,” Benson told them.
Persy and Thaddeus put the Veil on themselves and P-C and start down the stairs. They crept quietly through the front door, past the doltish duo, down the stone steps and were crossing the courtyard after removing the Veil, when “CRACK”. A bolt of black lightning shocked them into immobility.
A mini-tornado of dark clouds and high winds appeared in front of them, nearly bowling them over. From the middle of this, Melanthios made her grand entrance.
“Not, so fast you thieving brats. How DARE you steal from me,” she screeched. Melanthios swooshed her wand around in a circle over her head. Thousands of coloured sparks flew in all directions. Those landing on Persy, Thaddeus or P-C burned like acid.
“Ahhhhhh,” yelled P-C, jumping around all over the courtyard. He breathed fire in retaliation, but Melanthios was moving too fast to be caught.
Thaddeus batted at the sparks on his clothes which were sizzling into the fabric. “Fixatious!” He aimed his wand at Melanthios, but missed.
Melanthios called “Duplious,” swirling her wand over her head once more. In a flash there was at least ten ‘Melanthios’ dispersed over the courtyard. Thaddeus looked around, not knowing where to aim a spell or curse.
Persy’s palms were sweating. She knew she had to act fast to stop Melanthios from doing any real damage to any of them. She hesitated, unsure of what spell to use, or what action to take next.
Melanthios took aim at Thaddeus and screamed, “Terminata!” The Death Spell.
Thaddeus collapsed. Persy saw a whirling fog around him, mentally registering that it was not something normally associated with the Death Spell. No time to think, though.
“NOOOOOOOOOOO!” Persy wailed. In a nanosecond, grief and horror were buried by fury. Her adrenaline levels went ballistic, her heart raced, face flushed and she snatched the Hagstone from her chest, looked through it and saw the real Melanthios standing some five feet to her left. “Storpiare!” Persy aimed and hit.
Melanthios fell to her knees, unable to stand or even move. “Fixatious!” Persy followed, having severely maimed Melanthios, she figured that to freeze her was good insurance.
P-C, Benson and Persy charged to Thaddeus’ side. He was motionless. Gone. The three of them collapsed on Thaddeus’ chest, Persephane’s deep heartfelt sobs, drowned out even P-C’s loud wailing.
Home
Persy raised her head when she heard a slight whoosh of wind. Laurel appeared instantaneously.
“Grandmother, oh, Grandmother. It’s Thad. Look,” Persy cried, her face soaked in tears.
“Persephane, my dear. Don’t,” said Laurel softly, wrapping her arms around Persy. “It’s okay, look.” She said pointing to Thaddeus.
Persy looked at Thaddeus closely and could see his eyeballs moving side to side under his closed lids. P-C and Benson also bent over to have a peek.
“What...?” stammered Persy.
“I’m sorry Persephane,” Laurel apologized, “but you were losing focus and I needed to fire you up. I Tunnelled in just as Melanthios threw the Death Spell. She actually missed completely. I touched Thaddeus with this thorn dipped in tetrodoxin, a poison from the puffer fish, which in very dilute concentrations simulates death for a time.” Laurel showed Persy a tiny thorn lying in the palm of her hand.
“I had to make both you and Melanthios believe that Thaddeus was dead. You’re a very talented witch, Persy, dear, but nothing strengthens any energetic endeavour like strong emotion. For that split second you hated Melanthios more than words could say. That’s what gave you the edge to throw those spells accurately and with focused power. I’m so sorry to put you through this, but now you’ll always know your abilities and how to maximize them.”
Thaddeus groaned slightly and flicked his eyes.
“Yay!” called P-C hopping around and clapping his paws.
“Well, ya’ gave us quite a fright there, mate,” Benson said, settling on Thaddeus’ shoulder waiting for him to come to.
Persy sat up and wiped her face. She smiled at Thaddeus, “What a trip, eh, dude? And Grandmother, I’d really appreciate a head’s up when you’re planning another of these charades.”
“Wouldn’t work, then. Would it?” Laurel responded.
Thaddeus sat up and rubbed his shoulder where Laurel punctured him with the thorn. “What was Zeemeld saying about puncture wounds?” he asked Persy.
“Oh, yeah...Ledum...here,” she replied, rummaging around in the bag of remedies to find the right one for Thaddeus. “It’ll take away the pain from where the thorn entered.”
Melanthios, meanwhile was starting to move slightly, a twitch here and there.
“Hold my hands,” commanded Laurel. “We’ve got to move.”
They all grabbed a part of her hands and she called out, “Eogorum!” They then Tunnelled back to the Time-Linx portal.
“Aw,” said P-C “No puzzles.”
“Yes, well, I want to get these three home,” Laurel stated. “P-C go hide and rest for a day. I’ll be back soon,” she said gently.
Laurel, Persy, Thaddeus and Benson Traversed to the Munz world then Time-Linxed back to Rockmanor, where once again, Angelica and Robert were patiently waiting, along with Vadoma, Murph and Bran. There were heartfelt congratulations all around.
“Here.” Murph said as he placed the Cimaruta around Persy’s neck. “Glad to help, but it clashes with everything in my wardrobe.”
Back at the house, Robert put together a wonderful BBQ, while Benson and Bran hunted down their own dinners. Benson still wasn’t convinced that Bran didn’t consider him a tasty menu item, so he stayed on the opposite side of the garden.
Persy and Thaddeus were left at the end of the evening on the back porch, ruminating their dinner and chatting quietly.
“You know, Perse…you know what we should do?” asked Thad.
“What?”
Thad straightened in his chair, then placed his elbows on his knees, leaning over to her. “We should go find our parents.”
Persy’s eyes bulged. “Are you nuts? Gran and Mom would have a cow. They’d never let us do that.”
“Why would they have to know? We can Time-Linx now. We do research, maybe at the Tomes Collection, determine the most likely spots they’d be and go. After all, when we get back, no one’s the wiser, cuz we get back pretty much the same time as when we left.”
Persy stared at him, brain whirling. “Maybe. That’s all I’m saying. Maybe.”
Thad leaned back in his seat, hands behind his head. “Yeah. We could do it. Yep.” He grinned widely. They said nothing for a good ten minutes.
“It still amazes me it’s over,” Thaddeus commented. “We got the Cimaruta back. Too cool for words.”
Persy didn’t answer right away. She seemed miles away.
“Perse?”
Persy blinked and looked at him. “Yeah, it’s great we have the Cimaruta back,” she stopped, then finished. “But she knows where it is, Thad. She knows where it is.”
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