After the seemingly endless 20 minutes, Rori finally got up from her seat.
She didn't know what to think about all that had gone on. Dazed and
confused (no pun intended), Rori wandered out of her room and down the
hallway. She didn't know where she was going; she just kept walking, as
though something was telling her where to go.
She felt as though she had stepped into a Renaissance painting. The hallway was huge, lined with tapestries and paintings, with the occasional statue of a knight (that she swears were watching her). The tapestries were horrifying. People being tortured and killed, but not by the normal standard she was used to hearing about, with strange devices that stretched bodies or twisted limbs. Instead these people looked as though they were being electrocuted. There were cloaked figures with masks pointing sticks at their victims. "Just like last night," Rori whispered in horror.
"Ready?"
Rori jerked her head to see, not surprisingly, Lucius.
Rori shrugged her shoulders, "I guess."
"No. No guessing. There is either yes, or no."
Who was this guy? If he was trying to act like some sort of father figure, he'd better do his research because Rori knew her "father" was one and a million.
"Yes, I am." Rori refused to be intimidated.
Rori followed him down an elaborate staircase into the lobby. From there they went through the enormous kitchen and into what looked like a study. Lucius shut the door behind them and locked it, it was nearly pitch black.
"Sit," Lucius said, as he pointed at a chair.
Rori sat down and felt as though this were one of her numerous trips to the principal's office. Lucuis sat across from her at the desk. Predictably, the study looked like the rest of the rooms, with its old- fashioned atmosphere. Candles around the room lit themselves, giving the room at least some light. Rori nervously bit the inside of her bottom lip and her heart raced. She didn't like this one bit.
"What," Lucius began, "I am about to tell you is all true. I do not embellish any of it. You will listen to me and not interrupt. You may only speak when I say you can..." Rori opened her mouth to speak. "As of now." She shut her mouth. "To begin, I was ordered to track you down and bring you to our world. You are a witch, and an extremely powerful one. You know you possess powers, I know you posses powers. I also know that you have developed your ability with no training and little effort on your own. I watched you for weeks before approaching you. I saw you move objects with your mind countless times- a skill very few witches and wizards from our world have ever possessed. You also know how to read minds; I know this because you have tried to read mine. In fact, you're doing it now.don't bother, because I am going to tell you everything I know about you, besides you do not have enough power to override my sub-conscious." Rori sat in disbelief. She must have eaten something that did not agree with her which caused her to have this nightmare. Lucius continued: "You were adopted when you were very young, about three years old. That is all I know of your past. There is information about you that you can undoubtedly find, but later on. My master will explain all to you when we see him. Which is now," Lucius said, as he looked at his watch. And with that, he stood up and gestured Rori to follow him.
She felt as though she had stepped into a Renaissance painting. The hallway was huge, lined with tapestries and paintings, with the occasional statue of a knight (that she swears were watching her). The tapestries were horrifying. People being tortured and killed, but not by the normal standard she was used to hearing about, with strange devices that stretched bodies or twisted limbs. Instead these people looked as though they were being electrocuted. There were cloaked figures with masks pointing sticks at their victims. "Just like last night," Rori whispered in horror.
"Ready?"
Rori jerked her head to see, not surprisingly, Lucius.
Rori shrugged her shoulders, "I guess."
"No. No guessing. There is either yes, or no."
Who was this guy? If he was trying to act like some sort of father figure, he'd better do his research because Rori knew her "father" was one and a million.
"Yes, I am." Rori refused to be intimidated.
Rori followed him down an elaborate staircase into the lobby. From there they went through the enormous kitchen and into what looked like a study. Lucius shut the door behind them and locked it, it was nearly pitch black.
"Sit," Lucius said, as he pointed at a chair.
Rori sat down and felt as though this were one of her numerous trips to the principal's office. Lucuis sat across from her at the desk. Predictably, the study looked like the rest of the rooms, with its old- fashioned atmosphere. Candles around the room lit themselves, giving the room at least some light. Rori nervously bit the inside of her bottom lip and her heart raced. She didn't like this one bit.
"What," Lucius began, "I am about to tell you is all true. I do not embellish any of it. You will listen to me and not interrupt. You may only speak when I say you can..." Rori opened her mouth to speak. "As of now." She shut her mouth. "To begin, I was ordered to track you down and bring you to our world. You are a witch, and an extremely powerful one. You know you possess powers, I know you posses powers. I also know that you have developed your ability with no training and little effort on your own. I watched you for weeks before approaching you. I saw you move objects with your mind countless times- a skill very few witches and wizards from our world have ever possessed. You also know how to read minds; I know this because you have tried to read mine. In fact, you're doing it now.don't bother, because I am going to tell you everything I know about you, besides you do not have enough power to override my sub-conscious." Rori sat in disbelief. She must have eaten something that did not agree with her which caused her to have this nightmare. Lucius continued: "You were adopted when you were very young, about three years old. That is all I know of your past. There is information about you that you can undoubtedly find, but later on. My master will explain all to you when we see him. Which is now," Lucius said, as he looked at his watch. And with that, he stood up and gestured Rori to follow him.