Higher Than Before
The clouds suddenly covered the bright sun and the woods grow very dark and quiet. I unshielded my eyes and looked around. Not for the first time I was lost in eagle mountain woods. Finally after making a complete circle by turning around I saw what I was looking for, a grove. Ah ha I thought as I headed over to the circle of trees. Once however I made it through the tangle of branches and leave I figured out that this was not my grove. This grove of trees was very similar as it was bare inside and the floor was covered in pine straw but tiny purple petals were strewed across this floor. I can't believe I have never found this place before I though as I walked into the center of the floor. I prided on myself for exploding enough of the woods to know every grove and creek inside. Suddenly I stopped moving and stared ahead. I had just hit something but what? Not a bug, or branch but a tree? Standing back I noticed for the first time that through the dark grove a tall stick stood in the middle. It's almost like a marker or a flag I though as suddenly the clouds broke apart and light poured into the canopy of trees. Quickly I shielded my eyes again but just as my eyes were covered I saw a flash of gold. Now with the light I could see better I stepped up to the stick and noticed that is was growing out of the ground like a tree however it bore no branches or leaves. However this fact did not amaze me as much as the fact than lines of gold were engraved inside the stick. Tracing the lines I noted that they were figures or letters. It's like elfish I mused thinking of my school, dohanafe, school of elfish magic. I had only learned last year that I had elfish blood in me and could do magic. Not the wand waving kind of magic like witches and wizards, although there was such a school near by dohanafe for them and their magic. No elfish magic I hade learned was simple magic like wishing for something on the beautiful stones of arine or speaking the exotic tongue of elves to heal some one or something. I can't wait for summer to end I though as I traced more of the figures with my finger. Right now it was summer and all my friends from school were back at home miles from here. Sky, my newest and best friend was coming over tomorrow with her brother Charlie. Charlie I thought as I thought of the tall strong boy. Of course I though he was cute like every girl in school but he was sky's twin brother! Hm I wonder what language this is I thought as my mind wondered back to the stick. I put both my hands over the stick and moved it slightly to the left and suddenly the roots that held it came loose, very loose and I fell over, with the stick in my hand. "What the heck?" I said as a strong wind rustled the trees around me. I'll have to remember where this is and return with sky and Charlie tomorrow I thought as I headed back out towards home with the stick still in my hand. ~*~*~*~*~
Chapter 1
"Lady, they arrive any moment now," Janna yelled up the stairs as I brushed my wild blonde hair and ran down the stairs. "Sorry, Janna, but my hair it's always tangled!" I whined as she buttoned up the back of my light blue printed with dark blue swirls sundress. "How do I look?" I asked as I twirled in front of here. "Lovely I think I'll cry." She said faking a sob. I stuck my tongue out at her as my dad yelled up the stairs. "Constance! There here!" he yelled. "Coming," I yelled back as I looked back at Janna, my nanny. "Go, go on I'll meet them later." She said as she turned back into the kitchen. Quickly I walked to the parlor were they were waiting. I live with only my dad, Janna, my nanny since birth, cook, our cook, and Mr. Denis, our stable keeper. My mom died when I was only 2 so I don't remember much about her but dad says I look like her. She was not elf at all but mortal, and died when she was rock climbing in Canada. I remember she had this really weird bird named k'rose. She took him everywhere with her, but when she died, the little canary was nowhere to be found. Our house in London is rather large but still vastly empty and boring so I spend much of my time in Eagle Mountain, 200 acres of woods my dad owns. My dad owns this huge pub in town and his great great great grandfather was the town's founder, so we had a little bit of money to support our land and farm. As I drew near the parlor I slowed down and walked through the door as sky jumped up from the plush chair she had been sitting in and ran over to me. "Connie!" she yelled as she hugged me. "Hey sky, air is important..." I gasped. "oh, sorry," She said as she began to giggle. "Just so excited you know?" she said smiling. "Yeah, I know." I said returning her smile, quickly I looked over sky's sloudder and I saw Charlie, her twin, stand up from the couch he and my dad were sharing. Oh no they've been talking, god I hope my dad didn't say anything to him embarrassing about me I thought but flashed Charlie a bright smile nerveless. "Constance would you like to show your friends to their rooms for the month?" my dad said pointing to the door. "Of course." I said dragging sky with me out into the hall. "So, what's been happening with you since school let out? I haven't been getting many letters from you or mystic." I said putting her hands on her hips. "Mystic?" Charlie asked as he stepped up behind his sister. It was weird to think only last year they had found each other, when they seemed to know there every though or word. There parents had died in a car accident when they were only 8 months old and there only other relative, an old aunt died soon after the accident so the twins had been seprated and put into different orphanages. But last year they both attended dohanafe and it was soon discovered that there alikeness was more than coincides. "Yeah, you know mystic, short brown hair same age as us?" I said frowning at him. "Nope sorry doesn't ring a bell." He said as sky flashed a brief loser sign at him. "Ok I guess I should show ya where your rooms are at." I said gesturing towards the stairs. "Omg, Connie you have no idea how cool your house is..." sky began jabbing on and n while Charlie faked a huge yon. *~*~*~*
"Ok and this is your room." I said as I lead Charlie into a navy blue room with navy blue furniture. Sky was currently gushing over her room, the daisy room. "Wow," he said as he walked over to the huge blue canopy bed. "yeah all the master rooms have canopy beds and fireplaces." I said pointing to the hearth. "So where is your room?" he said innocently. "Way down the hall to the.., wait why do you want to know?" I asked staring at Charlie who by now broke into a huge wide grin. "Oh yeah know incase I get scared in the middle of the night." He said darting his eyes around as I began to giggle. "Loser," I said as he pulled his legs up to the bed and lay down with his hands behind his head. "You know that's the second time today I've heard that, I'm starting to think its true." He said as I picked up a soft blue pillow and carefully launched it across the room at him."Hey!' he yelled as the pillow muffled his voice. Giggling I picked up another pillow as he launched one right at my head."Hey." I started as another pillow flew my way. I barely ducked it before I threw another pillow at Charlie who was now standing on the bed prepared. "This means war!" I shouted as another round of pillows flew in the air. "Hey what's going on?" sky asked walking in, but no answer came only the sound of two pillows flying in the air hitting their target, her head. *~*~*~*
~*~dream~*~ "belle, no please I can change earn more money, you can't leave me, it's my child too." A tall man cried as a short blonde woman clutched her flat stomached. "warren, no you know john would kill you if he found out I was here." She cried as she turned around and put her hands on the stone wall. "Belle I love you." He whispered as she pushed the wall back and disappeared without another word. ~*~end of dream ~*~ Suddenly I jerked out of bed. Weird I thought great as if my life wasn't weird enough I now have freaky dreams to add on. Slowly I climbed out of my cozy dark green canopy bed with white lilies draped on the sides. I opened my closet and pulled out some jeans and a red spaghetti strap shirt and began to dig around for the stick. Ever since Charlie and sky arrived I had been showing off the house and just hanging out with them. But for some reason I didn't want to tell them, yet, about the stick. I tried translating some of the figures but none of it seemed to be elfish or Latin. Walking carefully down the stairs, the stick in hand, I made May way to the back door. I really had no idea what I was going to do once I was outside but I knew I wanted to get out of the quiet house. Humming softly once I made it out me ran down the pathway to the gardens and ran towards the woods. Suddenly I stopped as a voice yelled at me. Who in the world would be up I thought as I turned around to see a tall figure running towards me. "Charlie?" I said as he ran up beside me. "Sorry but I couldn't sleep and I heard a door open..." he started but stopped when he saw what I was carrying. "what's that?" he asked,"nothing just a walking stick I use when I go hiking." I said gesturing towards the woods impatiently. "Looks like you drew on it." He said leaning in closer to get a better look. "Umm no I found it like that." I stutter as I drew the stick back behind my back. Charlie began to grin like a little school boy and he reached behind me as I turned around away from him. Then he began to chase me as I ran around in circles until he tackled me to the ground. I screamed as I hit the wet ground, hard. Then the back door squeaked open and cook came out as Charlie rolled off me and "shh" at me. Cook just looked out and seeing no one since we were on the ground went back in side. "Charlie!' I hissed as he stood up and pulled me up with him. "So what are you trying to hide?" he asked as I grabbed the stick off the ground. "It's a stick nothing more." I said tapping my foot as he frowned at me. "Do I have to tackle you again?" he asked as I smiled. "Why has so much fun the first time?" I snorted as he grinned. "Come on, c, watch got?" he pleaded. "A ...broom handle." I said thinking quickly. "Oh really then why were you hiding it?" he asked as I in warded cursed my stupidity. "Because it's a magical broom stick and I don't want you to use it." I stuttered. "Oh and can you fly on it then, my little witch elf?" he asked as I frowned at him. "Maybe," I said as I placed the stick between my legs and kicked off and, literally flew off the ground leaving a shocked Charlie behind. "Omg." I said as I rose higher and higher into the sky. I pointed the stick downwards and plunged down, back to a very unfriendly earth."Ow." I said as I hit the ground with a hard thud. "Are you ok?" Charlie asked running up to me. "Yeah I think so I mean did that really just happen?" I stared up at his blue eyes. "Yeah it really did." He said as he reached up towards my face and pushed a staid of my hair back. "So let me guess you didn't know it could really do this did you?" Charlie asked as we flew over Eagle Mountain. "No, not a clue." I responded as I weaved the stick in and out of the tree branches. "So are we closed to where you found this stick?" he asked. "Yeah I think so, hold on" I said as I pulled up higher where we could see all the way over the large woods. "Wow," I gasped as I stopped the stick. "It's incredible." Charlie said as I leaned back against him. "Hey, what's that over there" he asked after a few brief moments of silence. "Where?" I asked as he pointed to a creek. "A creek." I said as he shook his head. "No can't you see where the water's current is really rough? I think there's a waterfall." He said as I began to angle the stick towards the isolated creek. As we neared I saw that he was right the water's current was rough. I began to look for a place to land when I saw a bird fly overhead. I suddenly pulled up jerking to a stop. "What it's just a bird?" Charlie said "no it's a crow I think there suppose to be bad luck." I gasped as he rolled his eyes. "Please nothing is going to stop me from a little fun." He said. He looks so cute when he's excited I though as the wind blew his and mine hair into a mess. Omg did I just say my best friends brother is cute? Oh god. I thought as I pulled the stick down. Landing carefully we jumped off the stick and walked over to the rushing water. "Wow, Charlie your right there is a water fall. Now why can't you get things right in school?" I said as he frowned. "Haha now come on I want a better look." He said walking off towards the waterfall. Standing over a rock that towered only 6 or 7 feet over the water Charlie suddenly bent down and took off his shoes. "What are you doing?" I asked as he took off his shirt as well. "Swimming." He said before he jumped off the rock into the water below. "Charlie!" I screamed as his head disappeared beneath the water's surface. Omg please let him be ok. What if the water's to sallow? I thought as I counted the seconds before he came back up. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and wait "Charlie," I yelled as his blonde head popped back up over the water's dark surface. "What?" he asked. "Omg never scare me like that again, what if the water wasn't deep enough!" I yelled as he laughed. "I feel so loved that you care about me." He said as I frowned. "I do not its just sky would be really depressed if you died." I said as he floated around the water fall. "Come on in!" he yelled as I shock my head. "No way, it's probably freezing!" I yelled." chicken." he yelled." I'm not!" I yelled back." prove it then." He said as I took off my shoes and ran off the side of the rock, screaming the whole way down. As soon as my feet touched the freezing water I began to kick and push my way upwards. Wow it really is deep I though as I surfaced to the top. "Charlie its freezing!" I chattered through my wet teeth. "No it's refreshing!" he called as he swims towards me. "whatever." I said as a big wave of water hit my face. "Hey!" I said as another splash came my way. Suddenly before I knew it we were I an all out splash war. "Ok, stop!!" I yelled as the splashes decreased. "Kept your mind off the cold water, didn't it?" he asked as I smiled. "A bit." I said as he started towards the waterfall. "Come on I think there's a cave behind the waterfall." He said. "That would be cool." I responded as I swim towards the crashing falls. "wow." I said as we stood up in the tall cavern. "It's beautiful." I gasped looking around at the ivory walls. "It is." Charlie agreed. "I bet sky would really like this." I said as Charlie nodded. "Let's go in farther." I said strolling deeper into the cave. "No wait." Charlie said grabbing my hand. "What?" I asked as he pulled my in closer. "You don't know what's in there, there could be a bear or a fox..."he started before he bent down and kissed me! As he pulled me in closer I pushed on his chest and broke off the kiss I had been enjoying. Now why did I do that? I wondered as Charlie began to look a little hurt. "Charlie you're my best friend's brother, and I can only be your friend you know that!" I said as he slowly nodded. "I apologize for my rash actions." He said curtly before storming off into the cave. Opps, I though as I watched him go. ~*~*~*~*~ "Do you really think there is a bear in here?" I asked as he grinned, slightly. "no." he said as we went deeper and deeper into the cave. "omg." I said as we both stopped. There before us was a huge room. The walls were made of the same ivory looking color before and there was real soft sand covering the floor. A few broken chairs were scattered through the room and a table stood in the center, unbroken. "I wonder who lived here." I said. "Not the three little bears." Charlie said as I grinned. "And how do you know?" I asked. "There's no porridge." He said pointing to the table. "True." I said as I stepped inside the room. "Maybe thieves used this room once?" I suggested. "But where's the treasure?" Charlie asked. "Maybe it's buried or in another secret room." I said walking over to one of the walls. "Look for any creaks in the wall." I said as I began to fell along the wall. "Good idea." Charlie said as he began his search on an opposite wall. After searching for almost 20 minutes and no creak to be found we stopped as we meet in the middle. "No luck?" I said stopping the fruitless search. "Not yet." He said. Giggling I looked up at the wall there's got to be another room I though as I suddenly remembered my weird dream. The boy and girl were in a weird room just like this but how did they get there? I wonder... I though as I began to push hard on the wall. "Help me." I said as I felt the wall gave way a little bit. He stepped up to the wall and began to push but nothing else happened. "Come on Connie. It's no use." He said. "No I felt the door give way!" I said as I moved over to the side of the wall and pushed hard and screamed as the wall flipped over and I went with it. ~*~*~*~~*~ "Aw." I said as I landed really hard on the unfriendly floor. Where am I? I wondered as I stood up. Looking around I noticed that the walls were very similar to the big room's walls but there was wood on these floors instead of sand. Walking over to the other side of the dark room I stopped as I hit something. What the. I wondered as I stuck my hands out and hit a very hard object. Moving my hand along the smooth surface I found that the object was a bed! Then this was a bedroom I though but in my dream they weren't in a bedroom. I sighed and looked around the room was so dark I couldn't really see anything else either then the bed. Suddenly I felt really weak. I sat on the bed as my feet collapsed I should leave and find Charlie I though as my head fell slowly on to the bare soft bed. Should tell him I'm sorry bout that kisses.. ~*~*dream~*~* a tall man enters the room and hurry's over towards the well in the center of the room. That's weird I though a well in the middle of a room? He looked around then pushed the bucket into the well and pulled on the rope to bring it back up. Once the bucket reached the top he picked it up then walked over to a table and pours the water into a silver cup. As the water gushed out I gave a shocked gasp. The water was gold! Then a wall flipped over and a cloaked figure entered the room. "Belle." The man said as a young woman flipped the head of the cloak over. "warren." she gasped as she ran over to him and threw her arms around him. "Belle, you're crying. What's the matter, love?" he asked as she sobbed into his shudder. "Papa has..he has...oh warren I'm to be married!" she wailed as warren stepped back away from her grasp. "To whom" he asked coldly. "John Mapleleaf." She whispered as he turned around and stalked away angrily mapleleaf I though that's my last name? "Warren, please I do not love him, you know that!" she pleaded grabbing onto his shirt. "No but yet you will not leave him either?" he asked searching her pale face. "I can't and you know it, he would find us and kill you!" she said as he narrowed his eyes. "Then you do not love me." He said as he turned arounded again. "Warren I do I love you!" she yelled as he stopped. "Then prove it." He said as he picked up the silver goblet of gold water. "No, warrens please you not of what you ask." She whispered as she stepped back from him and the drink. "Then you do not I repeat love me." He said placing the goblet down. "I do but warren, my love, I can't do it. To forsake all for a life. a life with you I would but I there must be another way." She said looking into his pale blue eyes. "There is not and you know it well, belle." he said as he turned away. "Warren I leave in 4 weeks for marytown up north, please do not make me leave in pain." She pleaded as he turned back around. "4 weeks?" he said the sadness in his heart showing in his voice. She nodded then shivered. "Belle do you come to me again in your night cloths?" he asked as a grin fell on his face. "yes." she said you know I risk everything to come here." She muttered as he drew up to her and embraced her into a tight huge. He then kissed her forehead and whisphered,"I will always love you."~*~*end of dream~*~ Slowly my eyes began to flutter open and I felt a cold hand on my fore head. "Who's there?" I whispered as a soft voice "shh" me. "Charlie?" I asked as I saw him leaning over me. "Yes, I'm here it took me a while but I'm here." He said. "What do you mean a while?" I asked. "well I tried pushing on the same spot you had but nothing happened so I ran out of the cave and found that stick you had and I tried to pry the door open with it but as soon as the stick came in contact with the door it opened." He said as I sat up. "You mean the stick opened the door?" I asked. "I guess some how." He said as I began to stand but failed as my legs were very weak. "Charlie I think there are more rooms in here than this and I need you to find a room with a well filled with gold water." I said as his face twisted into confused. "gold water?" he repeated." yes I know it sounds weird but trust me." I said as he stood up. "Ok, but are you feeling well?" he asked concern in his voice. I really do like him don't I? I wondered as I watched him grow concerned. "I should be I just feel a little weak." I said. "Then maybe I shouldn't leave." He said sitting back down. "No you must Charlie or I will never be at peace with my self." I said as he stood back up. "If you insist." He said as he turned to leave. "Charlie, wait." I said as he was about to push on the door. "what?" he asked as he turned around." be careful." I said as he smiled and left. Now why did I say that? I wondered. Because you were going to say something like I love you instead my mind said back. I hate you I said back. I know it said. Slowly he began to look around then he really got into the search as his curiosity grew. Gold water? He thought. That's got to be the weirdest thing I have ever heard of and that includes all of sky's totally weird stories. Moving swiftly he placed the stick along the stone wall and began to push. At first nothing happened but as he began to walk forward dragging the stick one wall began to rattle. Stopping at the wall he pushed hard with the stick and felt the rush of the wind as the door disappeared and he fell straight down into the floor. ~*~*dream~*~* there I was again inside the cave in the same room before except for once I was alone. Looking around I saw a table filled with papers and the well inside the room. The well, I thought as I walked over to it. As I peered over the edge into the gold water a sudden sense of fear end evil ran through my vines. Quickly I drew back and walked backwards never taking my eyes away from the well. Then I stumbled on the table and had to break contact. Jumping around, I looked over at the table and ran my eyes across the fine letters. (ok when I say fine I mean the hand writing was really pretty like calligraphy) of course being the curious person I was, I sat down in the wooden stool and picked up the thin piece of paper and read. My dear (omg who says my dear I thought) belle,
I know things are out of sorts but please know, my love, that I do love you. No matter what happens no one else shall ever hold a candle to my heart. How I long to see you again even though the sakes are high I pine to see your sweet face again but I shall not ask you, my love, to come see me tonight you must be ashamed to ever she me again after last night. I'm sorry that my love grows more and more for you every day and that you will hide your passion for me were I clearly expressed mine. I remain forever yours, Warren How very old I thought as I scanned over all the letters. Some where letters that begged belle to come see him; some were just plain mushy love letters. But most were to apologize for his passion for her. His passion? I wondered, what the freak is he talking about? Then it hit me in none of these letters did it mention a child, yet in my first dream I remember warren told her it was his child to. So that means that if she were to be engaged to another man and pregnant with his child, her lover, then I guess she must not be feeling all to perky. Wow glad she's not my relative, I though, then remember that her fiancé's last name was the same as mine! ""hello." A cold shiver went up my spine as I dropped the letter I was holding and turned around. "Who's there I asked?" I said as I peered around the room and saw no one. "Hello." The voice repeated as a tall man with long black hair stepped out of the shadows near the door. Must have just dropped in I thought as he strolled over to were I was now standing. "I'm sorry I fell asleep and, I guess this is really a dream but um I couldn't help but read the letters on the table the handwriting was so pretty." "I see." He remarked as he picked up one of the letters the first one I had read. "She always returned them back to me one by one never with an enclosed letter or token." "I'm sorry." I whispered although I had no clue why I did. "Yes well we can't always have what we want right?" he said as he dropped the letter and looked up at me. "so, you my dear, I have seen so many times now that I'm starting to think you're a ghost?" he smiled. "You, you mean you could see me? Cuz I was really just dreaming." Stuttering I looked around to see if belle was lurking around somewhere. "No, my dear she's not here, she left last week for marytown." "Oh, I'm sorry I know how much you loved her." Here he laughed a very cold empty laugh. "Ha, love, tell me child have you ever loved someone?" "No, sir but then again I am only 14." "Ah, you are young." He smiled sadly. "Yeah I guess. So um I wanted to know if possible what was inside the water you offered belle?" he turned to look at me very sharply. "Why did you drink it?" he narrowed his eyes. "No, no sir I felt something weird when I got really close to it." I let my eyes wander over to the large well. "Yes well it is something evil you could say, but in short it makes the drinker immortal." silence followed his words. "Immortal but why would belle want such a thing or dread it?" "Well quite obvious on why any moral would want it to live forever can't you imagine? But no, not little belle, she would not take it because she felt the very same evil you feel from the water. She feels the evil things inside that scream at night into the darkness, the very nightmares you always hid underneath your covers from every nigh, every little horror or fright that makes your scream, run, and cry lay inside that well." I turned away from the well to stare at him as his eyes welled up into tiny little tears. I reached over and grabbed his hand but he pulled it away as soon as I touched him. "What's wrong?" I urged to ask but for once I keep my tongue to myself. "you must leave some one needs you outside." he said as the world grew hazily and I woke up. ~*~*end of dream~*~* "Constance!" I opened my eyes. "What?" I sit up in the bed. "I found it!" Charlie said his eyes shining. "Found what?" I asked swinging my legs over the bed. "The gold water." He rolled his eyes. "You did where?" I asked as I stood up. I felt normal again! "Can you walk? Because I want to show you something.." "Yes I'm fine I just needed some sleep." "ok." He smiled and walked out of the room still with the stick." Charlie is the water still..." I stopped because I bumped into Charlie sending the stick across the room. "opps." I giggled. He walked over to it but as soon as he stopped down to pick it up I had reached out my hand and said "K'Rose." Then the stick soot into my hand! "omg?" I said as I looked over the stick." how did you do that?" Charlie walked over his mouth hanging open. "My mother use to call her bird that, it she said gave her special powers." "So you think it gives you powers?' he grinned. "No, I just can't remember why I had the sudden urge to do that." "Do what?" "Call the stick like it was alive." I said as I looked up into his eyes. "Come on where is the room?" I suddenly said breaking eye contact. "Over there." He pointed to the wall. "But we searched that wall." I said turning back. "I know the spring's not in the wall but in the sand. He walked over grabbed the stick and jabbed at the dirt. Then the wall disappeared! "omg." I whispered as I walked over and entered the room with Charlie behind me. "It's empty." He said as soon as we walked in. "empty?" I walked over to the well and looked in. it was full. "No it's not." "Are you serious?" he walked over and looked for himself. "What made you think it was empty?" "Well it was but there was little gold sparkles along the well and so I thought it might be your "gold water". "This is soo weird." I said as a peered inside the well. "No wait, Constance I have a bad feeling about this place." "Yeah me too." I said trying not to think about the cold shiver going up my spine and the screams I heard in my ear as I looked at the well. I stepped down and went over to the wall and pushed. "hasefen." I said but nothing happened. I jabbed the stick at it, but nothing. "Charlie, he locked us in!" "Who?" "Warren." I muttered trying to think. Then a stroll appeared at my feet. I unrolled it and read out loud. "20 goblets you see, Which will you chose? One will get you out, If you are the heir. All others will kill you, So beware. Only the well, Will help you now. Chose wisely, You get one chance. If you're wrong, You'll never leave. If you're right, You'll never die." It's true you'll never die I though as I walked over to the goblets. "Constance what are you doing and who has trapped us?" so I explained to him everything belle, warren, the letters, the well, and the dreams. He was shocked at first but he said we needed to worry about which was the correct drink. "It's that silver one." I said pointing to the large silver goblet from my dream. "You're sure?" he asked. "Yep."I walked over and grabbed the goblet and filled it with the evil water and lifted it to my mouth when Charlie grabbed my hand. "Constance are you sure?" "I have to you'll die if you do." "How do you know?" he asked. "You're not the heir." I said as I thought about the possible connection between warren, belle, john, and I. "and you are?" he asked. "yes." I said before I chugged the liquid down. "No!" he yelled but stopped as the world froze. "Charlie?" I asked. No answer. "What's happening?" I looked around but saw no one I walked over to the door and touched it and it vanished as a bright light surrounded me from everywhere. "No!" I yelled trying to fight back the tears from the pain. Then it stopped almost as quickly as it had come. Charlie was still yelling and the door stood open. "Charlie come on!" I yelled as the cavern shock. We ran out hand and hand and flew the rest of the way back home, never looking back to see warren standing by the well, smiling.
The clouds suddenly covered the bright sun and the woods grow very dark and quiet. I unshielded my eyes and looked around. Not for the first time I was lost in eagle mountain woods. Finally after making a complete circle by turning around I saw what I was looking for, a grove. Ah ha I thought as I headed over to the circle of trees. Once however I made it through the tangle of branches and leave I figured out that this was not my grove. This grove of trees was very similar as it was bare inside and the floor was covered in pine straw but tiny purple petals were strewed across this floor. I can't believe I have never found this place before I though as I walked into the center of the floor. I prided on myself for exploding enough of the woods to know every grove and creek inside. Suddenly I stopped moving and stared ahead. I had just hit something but what? Not a bug, or branch but a tree? Standing back I noticed for the first time that through the dark grove a tall stick stood in the middle. It's almost like a marker or a flag I though as suddenly the clouds broke apart and light poured into the canopy of trees. Quickly I shielded my eyes again but just as my eyes were covered I saw a flash of gold. Now with the light I could see better I stepped up to the stick and noticed that is was growing out of the ground like a tree however it bore no branches or leaves. However this fact did not amaze me as much as the fact than lines of gold were engraved inside the stick. Tracing the lines I noted that they were figures or letters. It's like elfish I mused thinking of my school, dohanafe, school of elfish magic. I had only learned last year that I had elfish blood in me and could do magic. Not the wand waving kind of magic like witches and wizards, although there was such a school near by dohanafe for them and their magic. No elfish magic I hade learned was simple magic like wishing for something on the beautiful stones of arine or speaking the exotic tongue of elves to heal some one or something. I can't wait for summer to end I though as I traced more of the figures with my finger. Right now it was summer and all my friends from school were back at home miles from here. Sky, my newest and best friend was coming over tomorrow with her brother Charlie. Charlie I thought as I thought of the tall strong boy. Of course I though he was cute like every girl in school but he was sky's twin brother! Hm I wonder what language this is I thought as my mind wondered back to the stick. I put both my hands over the stick and moved it slightly to the left and suddenly the roots that held it came loose, very loose and I fell over, with the stick in my hand. "What the heck?" I said as a strong wind rustled the trees around me. I'll have to remember where this is and return with sky and Charlie tomorrow I thought as I headed back out towards home with the stick still in my hand. ~*~*~*~*~
Chapter 1
"Lady, they arrive any moment now," Janna yelled up the stairs as I brushed my wild blonde hair and ran down the stairs. "Sorry, Janna, but my hair it's always tangled!" I whined as she buttoned up the back of my light blue printed with dark blue swirls sundress. "How do I look?" I asked as I twirled in front of here. "Lovely I think I'll cry." She said faking a sob. I stuck my tongue out at her as my dad yelled up the stairs. "Constance! There here!" he yelled. "Coming," I yelled back as I looked back at Janna, my nanny. "Go, go on I'll meet them later." She said as she turned back into the kitchen. Quickly I walked to the parlor were they were waiting. I live with only my dad, Janna, my nanny since birth, cook, our cook, and Mr. Denis, our stable keeper. My mom died when I was only 2 so I don't remember much about her but dad says I look like her. She was not elf at all but mortal, and died when she was rock climbing in Canada. I remember she had this really weird bird named k'rose. She took him everywhere with her, but when she died, the little canary was nowhere to be found. Our house in London is rather large but still vastly empty and boring so I spend much of my time in Eagle Mountain, 200 acres of woods my dad owns. My dad owns this huge pub in town and his great great great grandfather was the town's founder, so we had a little bit of money to support our land and farm. As I drew near the parlor I slowed down and walked through the door as sky jumped up from the plush chair she had been sitting in and ran over to me. "Connie!" she yelled as she hugged me. "Hey sky, air is important..." I gasped. "oh, sorry," She said as she began to giggle. "Just so excited you know?" she said smiling. "Yeah, I know." I said returning her smile, quickly I looked over sky's sloudder and I saw Charlie, her twin, stand up from the couch he and my dad were sharing. Oh no they've been talking, god I hope my dad didn't say anything to him embarrassing about me I thought but flashed Charlie a bright smile nerveless. "Constance would you like to show your friends to their rooms for the month?" my dad said pointing to the door. "Of course." I said dragging sky with me out into the hall. "So, what's been happening with you since school let out? I haven't been getting many letters from you or mystic." I said putting her hands on her hips. "Mystic?" Charlie asked as he stepped up behind his sister. It was weird to think only last year they had found each other, when they seemed to know there every though or word. There parents had died in a car accident when they were only 8 months old and there only other relative, an old aunt died soon after the accident so the twins had been seprated and put into different orphanages. But last year they both attended dohanafe and it was soon discovered that there alikeness was more than coincides. "Yeah, you know mystic, short brown hair same age as us?" I said frowning at him. "Nope sorry doesn't ring a bell." He said as sky flashed a brief loser sign at him. "Ok I guess I should show ya where your rooms are at." I said gesturing towards the stairs. "Omg, Connie you have no idea how cool your house is..." sky began jabbing on and n while Charlie faked a huge yon. *~*~*~*
"Ok and this is your room." I said as I lead Charlie into a navy blue room with navy blue furniture. Sky was currently gushing over her room, the daisy room. "Wow," he said as he walked over to the huge blue canopy bed. "yeah all the master rooms have canopy beds and fireplaces." I said pointing to the hearth. "So where is your room?" he said innocently. "Way down the hall to the.., wait why do you want to know?" I asked staring at Charlie who by now broke into a huge wide grin. "Oh yeah know incase I get scared in the middle of the night." He said darting his eyes around as I began to giggle. "Loser," I said as he pulled his legs up to the bed and lay down with his hands behind his head. "You know that's the second time today I've heard that, I'm starting to think its true." He said as I picked up a soft blue pillow and carefully launched it across the room at him."Hey!' he yelled as the pillow muffled his voice. Giggling I picked up another pillow as he launched one right at my head."Hey." I started as another pillow flew my way. I barely ducked it before I threw another pillow at Charlie who was now standing on the bed prepared. "This means war!" I shouted as another round of pillows flew in the air. "Hey what's going on?" sky asked walking in, but no answer came only the sound of two pillows flying in the air hitting their target, her head. *~*~*~*
~*~dream~*~ "belle, no please I can change earn more money, you can't leave me, it's my child too." A tall man cried as a short blonde woman clutched her flat stomached. "warren, no you know john would kill you if he found out I was here." She cried as she turned around and put her hands on the stone wall. "Belle I love you." He whispered as she pushed the wall back and disappeared without another word. ~*~end of dream ~*~ Suddenly I jerked out of bed. Weird I thought great as if my life wasn't weird enough I now have freaky dreams to add on. Slowly I climbed out of my cozy dark green canopy bed with white lilies draped on the sides. I opened my closet and pulled out some jeans and a red spaghetti strap shirt and began to dig around for the stick. Ever since Charlie and sky arrived I had been showing off the house and just hanging out with them. But for some reason I didn't want to tell them, yet, about the stick. I tried translating some of the figures but none of it seemed to be elfish or Latin. Walking carefully down the stairs, the stick in hand, I made May way to the back door. I really had no idea what I was going to do once I was outside but I knew I wanted to get out of the quiet house. Humming softly once I made it out me ran down the pathway to the gardens and ran towards the woods. Suddenly I stopped as a voice yelled at me. Who in the world would be up I thought as I turned around to see a tall figure running towards me. "Charlie?" I said as he ran up beside me. "Sorry but I couldn't sleep and I heard a door open..." he started but stopped when he saw what I was carrying. "what's that?" he asked,"nothing just a walking stick I use when I go hiking." I said gesturing towards the woods impatiently. "Looks like you drew on it." He said leaning in closer to get a better look. "Umm no I found it like that." I stutter as I drew the stick back behind my back. Charlie began to grin like a little school boy and he reached behind me as I turned around away from him. Then he began to chase me as I ran around in circles until he tackled me to the ground. I screamed as I hit the wet ground, hard. Then the back door squeaked open and cook came out as Charlie rolled off me and "shh" at me. Cook just looked out and seeing no one since we were on the ground went back in side. "Charlie!' I hissed as he stood up and pulled me up with him. "So what are you trying to hide?" he asked as I grabbed the stick off the ground. "It's a stick nothing more." I said tapping my foot as he frowned at me. "Do I have to tackle you again?" he asked as I smiled. "Why has so much fun the first time?" I snorted as he grinned. "Come on, c, watch got?" he pleaded. "A ...broom handle." I said thinking quickly. "Oh really then why were you hiding it?" he asked as I in warded cursed my stupidity. "Because it's a magical broom stick and I don't want you to use it." I stuttered. "Oh and can you fly on it then, my little witch elf?" he asked as I frowned at him. "Maybe," I said as I placed the stick between my legs and kicked off and, literally flew off the ground leaving a shocked Charlie behind. "Omg." I said as I rose higher and higher into the sky. I pointed the stick downwards and plunged down, back to a very unfriendly earth."Ow." I said as I hit the ground with a hard thud. "Are you ok?" Charlie asked running up to me. "Yeah I think so I mean did that really just happen?" I stared up at his blue eyes. "Yeah it really did." He said as he reached up towards my face and pushed a staid of my hair back. "So let me guess you didn't know it could really do this did you?" Charlie asked as we flew over Eagle Mountain. "No, not a clue." I responded as I weaved the stick in and out of the tree branches. "So are we closed to where you found this stick?" he asked. "Yeah I think so, hold on" I said as I pulled up higher where we could see all the way over the large woods. "Wow," I gasped as I stopped the stick. "It's incredible." Charlie said as I leaned back against him. "Hey, what's that over there" he asked after a few brief moments of silence. "Where?" I asked as he pointed to a creek. "A creek." I said as he shook his head. "No can't you see where the water's current is really rough? I think there's a waterfall." He said as I began to angle the stick towards the isolated creek. As we neared I saw that he was right the water's current was rough. I began to look for a place to land when I saw a bird fly overhead. I suddenly pulled up jerking to a stop. "What it's just a bird?" Charlie said "no it's a crow I think there suppose to be bad luck." I gasped as he rolled his eyes. "Please nothing is going to stop me from a little fun." He said. He looks so cute when he's excited I though as the wind blew his and mine hair into a mess. Omg did I just say my best friends brother is cute? Oh god. I thought as I pulled the stick down. Landing carefully we jumped off the stick and walked over to the rushing water. "Wow, Charlie your right there is a water fall. Now why can't you get things right in school?" I said as he frowned. "Haha now come on I want a better look." He said walking off towards the waterfall. Standing over a rock that towered only 6 or 7 feet over the water Charlie suddenly bent down and took off his shoes. "What are you doing?" I asked as he took off his shirt as well. "Swimming." He said before he jumped off the rock into the water below. "Charlie!" I screamed as his head disappeared beneath the water's surface. Omg please let him be ok. What if the water's to sallow? I thought as I counted the seconds before he came back up. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and wait "Charlie," I yelled as his blonde head popped back up over the water's dark surface. "What?" he asked. "Omg never scare me like that again, what if the water wasn't deep enough!" I yelled as he laughed. "I feel so loved that you care about me." He said as I frowned. "I do not its just sky would be really depressed if you died." I said as he floated around the water fall. "Come on in!" he yelled as I shock my head. "No way, it's probably freezing!" I yelled." chicken." he yelled." I'm not!" I yelled back." prove it then." He said as I took off my shoes and ran off the side of the rock, screaming the whole way down. As soon as my feet touched the freezing water I began to kick and push my way upwards. Wow it really is deep I though as I surfaced to the top. "Charlie its freezing!" I chattered through my wet teeth. "No it's refreshing!" he called as he swims towards me. "whatever." I said as a big wave of water hit my face. "Hey!" I said as another splash came my way. Suddenly before I knew it we were I an all out splash war. "Ok, stop!!" I yelled as the splashes decreased. "Kept your mind off the cold water, didn't it?" he asked as I smiled. "A bit." I said as he started towards the waterfall. "Come on I think there's a cave behind the waterfall." He said. "That would be cool." I responded as I swim towards the crashing falls. "wow." I said as we stood up in the tall cavern. "It's beautiful." I gasped looking around at the ivory walls. "It is." Charlie agreed. "I bet sky would really like this." I said as Charlie nodded. "Let's go in farther." I said strolling deeper into the cave. "No wait." Charlie said grabbing my hand. "What?" I asked as he pulled my in closer. "You don't know what's in there, there could be a bear or a fox..."he started before he bent down and kissed me! As he pulled me in closer I pushed on his chest and broke off the kiss I had been enjoying. Now why did I do that? I wondered as Charlie began to look a little hurt. "Charlie you're my best friend's brother, and I can only be your friend you know that!" I said as he slowly nodded. "I apologize for my rash actions." He said curtly before storming off into the cave. Opps, I though as I watched him go. ~*~*~*~*~ "Do you really think there is a bear in here?" I asked as he grinned, slightly. "no." he said as we went deeper and deeper into the cave. "omg." I said as we both stopped. There before us was a huge room. The walls were made of the same ivory looking color before and there was real soft sand covering the floor. A few broken chairs were scattered through the room and a table stood in the center, unbroken. "I wonder who lived here." I said. "Not the three little bears." Charlie said as I grinned. "And how do you know?" I asked. "There's no porridge." He said pointing to the table. "True." I said as I stepped inside the room. "Maybe thieves used this room once?" I suggested. "But where's the treasure?" Charlie asked. "Maybe it's buried or in another secret room." I said walking over to one of the walls. "Look for any creaks in the wall." I said as I began to fell along the wall. "Good idea." Charlie said as he began his search on an opposite wall. After searching for almost 20 minutes and no creak to be found we stopped as we meet in the middle. "No luck?" I said stopping the fruitless search. "Not yet." He said. Giggling I looked up at the wall there's got to be another room I though as I suddenly remembered my weird dream. The boy and girl were in a weird room just like this but how did they get there? I wonder... I though as I began to push hard on the wall. "Help me." I said as I felt the wall gave way a little bit. He stepped up to the wall and began to push but nothing else happened. "Come on Connie. It's no use." He said. "No I felt the door give way!" I said as I moved over to the side of the wall and pushed hard and screamed as the wall flipped over and I went with it. ~*~*~*~~*~ "Aw." I said as I landed really hard on the unfriendly floor. Where am I? I wondered as I stood up. Looking around I noticed that the walls were very similar to the big room's walls but there was wood on these floors instead of sand. Walking over to the other side of the dark room I stopped as I hit something. What the. I wondered as I stuck my hands out and hit a very hard object. Moving my hand along the smooth surface I found that the object was a bed! Then this was a bedroom I though but in my dream they weren't in a bedroom. I sighed and looked around the room was so dark I couldn't really see anything else either then the bed. Suddenly I felt really weak. I sat on the bed as my feet collapsed I should leave and find Charlie I though as my head fell slowly on to the bare soft bed. Should tell him I'm sorry bout that kisses.. ~*~*dream~*~* a tall man enters the room and hurry's over towards the well in the center of the room. That's weird I though a well in the middle of a room? He looked around then pushed the bucket into the well and pulled on the rope to bring it back up. Once the bucket reached the top he picked it up then walked over to a table and pours the water into a silver cup. As the water gushed out I gave a shocked gasp. The water was gold! Then a wall flipped over and a cloaked figure entered the room. "Belle." The man said as a young woman flipped the head of the cloak over. "warren." she gasped as she ran over to him and threw her arms around him. "Belle, you're crying. What's the matter, love?" he asked as she sobbed into his shudder. "Papa has..he has...oh warren I'm to be married!" she wailed as warren stepped back away from her grasp. "To whom" he asked coldly. "John Mapleleaf." She whispered as he turned around and stalked away angrily mapleleaf I though that's my last name? "Warren, please I do not love him, you know that!" she pleaded grabbing onto his shirt. "No but yet you will not leave him either?" he asked searching her pale face. "I can't and you know it, he would find us and kill you!" she said as he narrowed his eyes. "Then you do not love me." He said as he turned arounded again. "Warren I do I love you!" she yelled as he stopped. "Then prove it." He said as he picked up the silver goblet of gold water. "No, warrens please you not of what you ask." She whispered as she stepped back from him and the drink. "Then you do not I repeat love me." He said placing the goblet down. "I do but warren, my love, I can't do it. To forsake all for a life. a life with you I would but I there must be another way." She said looking into his pale blue eyes. "There is not and you know it well, belle." he said as he turned away. "Warren I leave in 4 weeks for marytown up north, please do not make me leave in pain." She pleaded as he turned back around. "4 weeks?" he said the sadness in his heart showing in his voice. She nodded then shivered. "Belle do you come to me again in your night cloths?" he asked as a grin fell on his face. "yes." she said you know I risk everything to come here." She muttered as he drew up to her and embraced her into a tight huge. He then kissed her forehead and whisphered,"I will always love you."~*~*end of dream~*~ Slowly my eyes began to flutter open and I felt a cold hand on my fore head. "Who's there?" I whispered as a soft voice "shh" me. "Charlie?" I asked as I saw him leaning over me. "Yes, I'm here it took me a while but I'm here." He said. "What do you mean a while?" I asked. "well I tried pushing on the same spot you had but nothing happened so I ran out of the cave and found that stick you had and I tried to pry the door open with it but as soon as the stick came in contact with the door it opened." He said as I sat up. "You mean the stick opened the door?" I asked. "I guess some how." He said as I began to stand but failed as my legs were very weak. "Charlie I think there are more rooms in here than this and I need you to find a room with a well filled with gold water." I said as his face twisted into confused. "gold water?" he repeated." yes I know it sounds weird but trust me." I said as he stood up. "Ok, but are you feeling well?" he asked concern in his voice. I really do like him don't I? I wondered as I watched him grow concerned. "I should be I just feel a little weak." I said. "Then maybe I shouldn't leave." He said sitting back down. "No you must Charlie or I will never be at peace with my self." I said as he stood back up. "If you insist." He said as he turned to leave. "Charlie, wait." I said as he was about to push on the door. "what?" he asked as he turned around." be careful." I said as he smiled and left. Now why did I say that? I wondered. Because you were going to say something like I love you instead my mind said back. I hate you I said back. I know it said. Slowly he began to look around then he really got into the search as his curiosity grew. Gold water? He thought. That's got to be the weirdest thing I have ever heard of and that includes all of sky's totally weird stories. Moving swiftly he placed the stick along the stone wall and began to push. At first nothing happened but as he began to walk forward dragging the stick one wall began to rattle. Stopping at the wall he pushed hard with the stick and felt the rush of the wind as the door disappeared and he fell straight down into the floor. ~*~*dream~*~* there I was again inside the cave in the same room before except for once I was alone. Looking around I saw a table filled with papers and the well inside the room. The well, I thought as I walked over to it. As I peered over the edge into the gold water a sudden sense of fear end evil ran through my vines. Quickly I drew back and walked backwards never taking my eyes away from the well. Then I stumbled on the table and had to break contact. Jumping around, I looked over at the table and ran my eyes across the fine letters. (ok when I say fine I mean the hand writing was really pretty like calligraphy) of course being the curious person I was, I sat down in the wooden stool and picked up the thin piece of paper and read. My dear (omg who says my dear I thought) belle,
I know things are out of sorts but please know, my love, that I do love you. No matter what happens no one else shall ever hold a candle to my heart. How I long to see you again even though the sakes are high I pine to see your sweet face again but I shall not ask you, my love, to come see me tonight you must be ashamed to ever she me again after last night. I'm sorry that my love grows more and more for you every day and that you will hide your passion for me were I clearly expressed mine. I remain forever yours, Warren How very old I thought as I scanned over all the letters. Some where letters that begged belle to come see him; some were just plain mushy love letters. But most were to apologize for his passion for her. His passion? I wondered, what the freak is he talking about? Then it hit me in none of these letters did it mention a child, yet in my first dream I remember warren told her it was his child to. So that means that if she were to be engaged to another man and pregnant with his child, her lover, then I guess she must not be feeling all to perky. Wow glad she's not my relative, I though, then remember that her fiancé's last name was the same as mine! ""hello." A cold shiver went up my spine as I dropped the letter I was holding and turned around. "Who's there I asked?" I said as I peered around the room and saw no one. "Hello." The voice repeated as a tall man with long black hair stepped out of the shadows near the door. Must have just dropped in I thought as he strolled over to were I was now standing. "I'm sorry I fell asleep and, I guess this is really a dream but um I couldn't help but read the letters on the table the handwriting was so pretty." "I see." He remarked as he picked up one of the letters the first one I had read. "She always returned them back to me one by one never with an enclosed letter or token." "I'm sorry." I whispered although I had no clue why I did. "Yes well we can't always have what we want right?" he said as he dropped the letter and looked up at me. "so, you my dear, I have seen so many times now that I'm starting to think you're a ghost?" he smiled. "You, you mean you could see me? Cuz I was really just dreaming." Stuttering I looked around to see if belle was lurking around somewhere. "No, my dear she's not here, she left last week for marytown." "Oh, I'm sorry I know how much you loved her." Here he laughed a very cold empty laugh. "Ha, love, tell me child have you ever loved someone?" "No, sir but then again I am only 14." "Ah, you are young." He smiled sadly. "Yeah I guess. So um I wanted to know if possible what was inside the water you offered belle?" he turned to look at me very sharply. "Why did you drink it?" he narrowed his eyes. "No, no sir I felt something weird when I got really close to it." I let my eyes wander over to the large well. "Yes well it is something evil you could say, but in short it makes the drinker immortal." silence followed his words. "Immortal but why would belle want such a thing or dread it?" "Well quite obvious on why any moral would want it to live forever can't you imagine? But no, not little belle, she would not take it because she felt the very same evil you feel from the water. She feels the evil things inside that scream at night into the darkness, the very nightmares you always hid underneath your covers from every nigh, every little horror or fright that makes your scream, run, and cry lay inside that well." I turned away from the well to stare at him as his eyes welled up into tiny little tears. I reached over and grabbed his hand but he pulled it away as soon as I touched him. "What's wrong?" I urged to ask but for once I keep my tongue to myself. "you must leave some one needs you outside." he said as the world grew hazily and I woke up. ~*~*end of dream~*~* "Constance!" I opened my eyes. "What?" I sit up in the bed. "I found it!" Charlie said his eyes shining. "Found what?" I asked swinging my legs over the bed. "The gold water." He rolled his eyes. "You did where?" I asked as I stood up. I felt normal again! "Can you walk? Because I want to show you something.." "Yes I'm fine I just needed some sleep." "ok." He smiled and walked out of the room still with the stick." Charlie is the water still..." I stopped because I bumped into Charlie sending the stick across the room. "opps." I giggled. He walked over to it but as soon as he stopped down to pick it up I had reached out my hand and said "K'Rose." Then the stick soot into my hand! "omg?" I said as I looked over the stick." how did you do that?" Charlie walked over his mouth hanging open. "My mother use to call her bird that, it she said gave her special powers." "So you think it gives you powers?' he grinned. "No, I just can't remember why I had the sudden urge to do that." "Do what?" "Call the stick like it was alive." I said as I looked up into his eyes. "Come on where is the room?" I suddenly said breaking eye contact. "Over there." He pointed to the wall. "But we searched that wall." I said turning back. "I know the spring's not in the wall but in the sand. He walked over grabbed the stick and jabbed at the dirt. Then the wall disappeared! "omg." I whispered as I walked over and entered the room with Charlie behind me. "It's empty." He said as soon as we walked in. "empty?" I walked over to the well and looked in. it was full. "No it's not." "Are you serious?" he walked over and looked for himself. "What made you think it was empty?" "Well it was but there was little gold sparkles along the well and so I thought it might be your "gold water". "This is soo weird." I said as a peered inside the well. "No wait, Constance I have a bad feeling about this place." "Yeah me too." I said trying not to think about the cold shiver going up my spine and the screams I heard in my ear as I looked at the well. I stepped down and went over to the wall and pushed. "hasefen." I said but nothing happened. I jabbed the stick at it, but nothing. "Charlie, he locked us in!" "Who?" "Warren." I muttered trying to think. Then a stroll appeared at my feet. I unrolled it and read out loud. "20 goblets you see, Which will you chose? One will get you out, If you are the heir. All others will kill you, So beware. Only the well, Will help you now. Chose wisely, You get one chance. If you're wrong, You'll never leave. If you're right, You'll never die." It's true you'll never die I though as I walked over to the goblets. "Constance what are you doing and who has trapped us?" so I explained to him everything belle, warren, the letters, the well, and the dreams. He was shocked at first but he said we needed to worry about which was the correct drink. "It's that silver one." I said pointing to the large silver goblet from my dream. "You're sure?" he asked. "Yep."I walked over and grabbed the goblet and filled it with the evil water and lifted it to my mouth when Charlie grabbed my hand. "Constance are you sure?" "I have to you'll die if you do." "How do you know?" he asked. "You're not the heir." I said as I thought about the possible connection between warren, belle, john, and I. "and you are?" he asked. "yes." I said before I chugged the liquid down. "No!" he yelled but stopped as the world froze. "Charlie?" I asked. No answer. "What's happening?" I looked around but saw no one I walked over to the door and touched it and it vanished as a bright light surrounded me from everywhere. "No!" I yelled trying to fight back the tears from the pain. Then it stopped almost as quickly as it had come. Charlie was still yelling and the door stood open. "Charlie come on!" I yelled as the cavern shock. We ran out hand and hand and flew the rest of the way back home, never looking back to see warren standing by the well, smiling.