CHAPTER 9
It was the 22nd of April 2420, when Destiny and Michael met with the witch Meredith. The magic shop was normally run by a witch who Meredith was training. The young girl was only a beginner and was aged twenty. She had long flowing dyed red hair and was very hippy looking.
"Meredith's in the back room" said the girl with red hair.
The store was full of books and items that the public couldn't be harmed by. Yet inside the back room which Destiny and Michael entered all the real important magical artefacts were placed.
It was neatly organised yet there was a lot of stuff. Meredith was a short woman with dyed purple curly hair. She was fat and wearing a pretty dress with a cup-cake print upon it.
"Michael White and his Slayer Destiny?" Meredith beamed.
"It's good to meet you both" beamed Meredith.
Meredith explained that the spell would work until the Demon Lyros was slain. He was going to emerge from his vortex on the 1st of May. Meredith's magic had located the warehouse in Exeter where it would happen.
"The magic will only protect Destiny from the mind altering affects. As will it protect you, Michael. Spike will have to use his strength of character not to believe any illusions which the demon creates" Meredith said.
Destiny and Michael watched as Meredith created the spell. Butterflies appeared in the air dancing around them and the air seemed to pop as the spell was complete.
"It's done" Meredith said, "Let me know how it goes. I wish you the best of luck".
Destiny and Michael drove back home in Michael's new car. He had purchased a spare care that the watcher's council couldn't track. It wasn't particularly expensive but it had done the job.
When this was all over, Michael would report back to the watcher's council that his Slayer Destiny had faced a highly dangerous demon, yet he knew they wouldn't like Spike helping. He would leave that fact out. The watcher's council didn't like vampires, even one's with souls.
Over the next few weeks Destiny trained with Michael. She also trained with Spike who prepared her to fight vampires from his own experience. He taught her well and she was an extremely talented fighter.
Destiny was doing OK in her GCSE's. She would have her exams a few weeks after fighting the demon. There was a lot going on in her life.
As the day's passed and the time came by when they would soon be facing Lyros, the reality altering demon there was a feeling of anxiety in the air for Michael. He worried for his Slayer, yet this was life for a watcher.
The day before the event, Michael, Destiny and Spike conversed and planned their battle strategy. They prepared flame throwers, swords and crossbows. They were as ready as they'd ever be to face this demon.
