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(Many paper confetti pieces fall from the sky, Nuit runs on and jumps up
and down until a huge pile of confetti falls on top of her.)
Maude listened silently as the three children explained their plan. Then she was silent for a long moment. When she finally spoke her voice was quiet.
"I need to turn to greater forces for this."
Thom frowned "Can you do that? I thought you only healed"
"Hush and go get the vervain, Alanna wood, Devon help Thom."
Devon frowned but helped Thom anyway. Soon they all sat before the fire.
Maude was sweating, she was aware that people who used magic the Gods didn't give them could be punished badly. With a murmured prayer to the Goddess for good behavior for the rest of the years if only she survive this, She tossed vervain into the fire, which turned green for her magic and violet for the twins' and Devon's. Then she grabbed the hands of all three children and pushed them into the fire. Thom yelped in pain, Alanna bit her lip till it bleed, Devon inhaled sharply and shut her eyes tight, tears trailing down her rosy cheeks. With a shaky exhale she looked up blurrily at her siblings. Thom was twitching but had grown silent and was staring at Alanna, who appeared caught in the same trap as Maude. They exchanged worried frowns and looked in the fire. A picture began to form before Devon's eyes. A man stood before a red haired teen. His face was blurry and the teen's face was down. Then she saw a red haired woman holding the hand of a man with the same colored hair as her. Once again she could not see faces but she could tell the man was dead. Another change brought the image of a man with hair several shades darker red than the woman's had been. He was on his back on the ground with blood pooled around him. She gasped as she saw many arrows in his chest. She tried to see his face but failed as the image faded leaving the green flame, as she and her sibling drew their magic back. Devon looked up. Alanna and Thom both stared at her. Alanna was pale. Thom was sweating in fear. Devon realized that she was screaming silently in horror and shut her mouth. Suddenly Maude pulled their hands from the flame.
Alanna opened her mouth but Devon jabbed her in the shoulder and shook her head.
Maude looked at them. "We will do it. I will come to Alanna's rooms early tomorrow morning. Be waiting."
With that the children ran from Maude's home.
Outside Thom turned to Devon and Alanna.
"What did you see?"
Alanna's voice was hoarse. "A city. A black city."
Devon frowned. "I saw several different things. People mostly. No faces. In two of the scenes. there was a dead man."
Thom frowned." A heard. I never saw, but I heard. This light voice, a man's. It gave me the shivers. He was laughing and talking of killing folks."
"Should we tell Maude?" Devon asked
"No." Thom whispered. "Let's just wait and keep what happened in mind."
His sister's nodded and the siblings started back to Trebond castle.
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Maude listened silently as the three children explained their plan. Then she was silent for a long moment. When she finally spoke her voice was quiet.
"I need to turn to greater forces for this."
Thom frowned "Can you do that? I thought you only healed"
"Hush and go get the vervain, Alanna wood, Devon help Thom."
Devon frowned but helped Thom anyway. Soon they all sat before the fire.
Maude was sweating, she was aware that people who used magic the Gods didn't give them could be punished badly. With a murmured prayer to the Goddess for good behavior for the rest of the years if only she survive this, She tossed vervain into the fire, which turned green for her magic and violet for the twins' and Devon's. Then she grabbed the hands of all three children and pushed them into the fire. Thom yelped in pain, Alanna bit her lip till it bleed, Devon inhaled sharply and shut her eyes tight, tears trailing down her rosy cheeks. With a shaky exhale she looked up blurrily at her siblings. Thom was twitching but had grown silent and was staring at Alanna, who appeared caught in the same trap as Maude. They exchanged worried frowns and looked in the fire. A picture began to form before Devon's eyes. A man stood before a red haired teen. His face was blurry and the teen's face was down. Then she saw a red haired woman holding the hand of a man with the same colored hair as her. Once again she could not see faces but she could tell the man was dead. Another change brought the image of a man with hair several shades darker red than the woman's had been. He was on his back on the ground with blood pooled around him. She gasped as she saw many arrows in his chest. She tried to see his face but failed as the image faded leaving the green flame, as she and her sibling drew their magic back. Devon looked up. Alanna and Thom both stared at her. Alanna was pale. Thom was sweating in fear. Devon realized that she was screaming silently in horror and shut her mouth. Suddenly Maude pulled their hands from the flame.
Alanna opened her mouth but Devon jabbed her in the shoulder and shook her head.
Maude looked at them. "We will do it. I will come to Alanna's rooms early tomorrow morning. Be waiting."
With that the children ran from Maude's home.
Outside Thom turned to Devon and Alanna.
"What did you see?"
Alanna's voice was hoarse. "A city. A black city."
Devon frowned. "I saw several different things. People mostly. No faces. In two of the scenes. there was a dead man."
Thom frowned." A heard. I never saw, but I heard. This light voice, a man's. It gave me the shivers. He was laughing and talking of killing folks."
"Should we tell Maude?" Devon asked
"No." Thom whispered. "Let's just wait and keep what happened in mind."
His sister's nodded and the siblings started back to Trebond castle.
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