Interlude 3
Lord Black:
When I woke up, it felt like I had a nightmare. My back was aching, and my Arms felt numb. I stood up, but my feet wobbled. The charmed light from the ceiling looked like my Study Room, but the Rack looked empty. I must be still meditating!
The first sign that something was wrong was when I could not exit my Mind. Then I realised this is real. So Arcturus is playing a prank. This twat! Even after marrying such a beautiful Scottish witch, he does not grow up. As I passed the Portraits, the nightmare came into picture. There was absolutely nothing there! No beds, no curtains, no mantel pieces, no Elf Heads, no statues. Everything was gone! I rushed back to Arcturus' room, only to find both Arty and Melania lying on the floor. I feared the worst! And cast all healing charms! When that didn't work, I cast a diagnostic spell, which thankfully revealed Draught of Living Death. Okay so not the worst! But not far from it!
The room was empty, not even Melania's Wardrobe of her favourite clothes. I started looking through the rooms to find everyone laying on the floor, my brother, my sister, my wife Hesper. I returned to the study room, to find our Family Grimoire there. That was a relief. But the grimoire showed, no intrusion in the wards, no wards damaged or even tampered with! I looked through the racks, and the true horror came into picture. All the rare tomes were gone, all of them! Even the ritual book, I was planning to pass on to Arcturus! I know the ritual, backwards and forwards. But someone else does too now! I must find them and kill them myself!
I called for Tubby and noticed the lack of the familiar pop. When there was no response, yet again, I felt for his presence, and realized the bond is broken! Those bastards lost me my Servant! I must skin them when I find them and feed them to that rotten elf myself. I went through each room, despair growing inside of me, telling me this is not all.
When I reached for the Cellar, it was empty. All the artefacts, trinkets, prizes and heirlooms collected over the years lost! Our wealth of rare ingredients place in stasis robbed! Even our carefully maintained Herb garden with all the rare and exotic plants, most of which were not even allowed on English soil were taken away. We were truly plundered! I went to my room for the Stash, I personally put under Fidelius to secure it, and found nothing there. I looked through my room again, thinking I must be in some other room, but no.
NO! What do I do now?
