Chapter 7.
"Nia, where are you?" Cerys had returned to the study and her temper was rising. Nia popped out of thin air next to Cerys, which made her jump. "Cerys, I have just had a message form your mother, she says - ," "WHAT?! You had a message from my mum? What did she say? When did you see her?!" Cerys breathed heavily and looked wildly at Nia. "Stay here and keep yourself safe." Cerys looked confused. "I am staying here, now, what did my mum say?" "She said to stay put. Jesta knows you have the Amulet. You are going to have to put a protective blanket on the house. It will make it invisible to all magic kind. There's a certain Sapphire Charm you can place on the house and the attic. But I'm not entirely sure if it will work." Nia started to mutter to herself again. "What kind of Charm? Sapphire is associated with the Element of Water, right? Ok, so I'm looking at covering my house in a giant waterfall, right? Great, that will work. I don't think!" She slumped down on the chair again. Pulling the book towards her she opened it to the back. "Why are you reading the back of it? You know the Charm already." "Nia, if I knew the Charm, then I wouldn't be looking in here, would I?" She continued to flick through the book and stopped at a likely looking page. It was titled:-
Water Charms.
To protect your home from evil and/or magic, you need this Charm. This Charm is an Invisi - Drip Charm. What it does is makes your home invisible
to all who look at it. To use Charm, stand in back yard and cause a waterfall of droplets to fall from roof, freeze the water so that a blanket
of water covers house. Then use the Element Air to make it invisible.
Cerys raised her eyebrows at the page. "How am I going to do that? I've barely used the Amulet!" Nia smiled. "It will be ok. Come on, let's use the Charm." Cerys got up and Nia followed her to the garden. Cerys stopped dead in her tracks. "Nia, the Amulet is glowing red. What does this mean?" Cerys was whispering. The Amulet was indeed glowing red, and a beam of light shot out of it to the garden door. The door illuminated red and Nia gasped. "Cerys," she whispered, trembling, "DUCK!" Another beam of light shot back at them. But Cerys stood up and faced the door. She put one hand over the Amulet, deflecting the beam. "Water Angel, hear me! Protect this house with your blanket, keep the evil away!" There was a loud rushing noise and the light was gone. Cerys stared blankly at the door. Nia had disappeared.
*
Cerys tried to catch her breath. She was shaking and the garden door had shattered. "Water and Air Angels, restore my door." Glass shards flew back into position in the door. Cerys sat down to stop her knees from shaking so much. She calmed herself down and realised that Nia wasn't there. "NIA??? NIA???" Cerys began randomly calling her name. She glanced around the living room, hoping to catch a glimpse of her somewhere. Nia was nowhere to be seen. "Oh God. Mum help me, where is Nia?" Cerys began talking to herself. She began to pace up and down. A rustling from the study made her stop dead. With one hand across the Amulet, she tiptoed toward the study door. She was prepared to shoot fire at whoever was in there. To her surprise, she found Nia lying on top of the table and one of her wings folded painfully over. She was pulling at the pages of the book, trying to get herself up. Cerys ran over to her and helped her up. "Nia, what are your wings made of?" Cerys looked down at the damaged wing. Nia grimaced. "Air, they are woven of air particles." Nia screwed up her face in pain as she tried to flex her back. Cerys put her hand over the Amulet. "Air Angel, fix Nia's wing." Almost at once, the wing began to unfold and repaired itself. Nia smiled gratefully. "Thank you. The blast at the door made me fly backwards and into the book, my wing just crumpled under me." Nia stood up and brushed off her shorts. "Do you have any idea what it was? Why did the door shatter and glow that way?" Cerys sat and watched her with a concerned look on her face. Nia wrinkled her forehead in thought. "Well, we hadn't put the Charm on the house, we still haven't. The words you said didn't work, but they at least scared off whatever it was. We should do that now before I explain." Nia floated up towards the ceiling and beckoned Cerys to follow. Cerys stood up and walked towards the garden door. Stepping outside, Cerys' teeth began to chatter. "Nia, it's freezing, let's get this over and done with." Cerys placed her left hand over the Amulet. "Water Angel, cause my roof to fall with water." As if someone began tipping water, a shower of pure and crystal water fell from the guttering. "Water Angel, freeze this shower." Cerys gasped. The sheet of water that had begun to fall had stopped in mid air. Without wasting time, she continued the Charm. "Air Angel, make this frozen sheet invisible to mortal and magic eyes." The crystal sheet of pure water had become invisible. Yet Cerys walked through it and all she felt was as if she had walked through a light veil. "Wow. I didn't realise the Charm would be this effective. So what happens if a magical being tries to enter the house? Do they get shot backwards? Or does it kill them?" Cerys looked so excited that Nia began giggling. "No, they can't be killed from the veil. They merely try to go through it and when they come out of the other side, they step into a parallel world; Just blackness really. It's happened to me before with one of my other associates. They put a Charm similar to this one and when I went through, nothing. Nothing was there until I stepped back." Cerys was bemused. "If that is so, can you go through this one without being 'lost'?" Nia laughed. She nodded her head and went through the veil and back into the house
"Nia, where are you?" Cerys had returned to the study and her temper was rising. Nia popped out of thin air next to Cerys, which made her jump. "Cerys, I have just had a message form your mother, she says - ," "WHAT?! You had a message from my mum? What did she say? When did you see her?!" Cerys breathed heavily and looked wildly at Nia. "Stay here and keep yourself safe." Cerys looked confused. "I am staying here, now, what did my mum say?" "She said to stay put. Jesta knows you have the Amulet. You are going to have to put a protective blanket on the house. It will make it invisible to all magic kind. There's a certain Sapphire Charm you can place on the house and the attic. But I'm not entirely sure if it will work." Nia started to mutter to herself again. "What kind of Charm? Sapphire is associated with the Element of Water, right? Ok, so I'm looking at covering my house in a giant waterfall, right? Great, that will work. I don't think!" She slumped down on the chair again. Pulling the book towards her she opened it to the back. "Why are you reading the back of it? You know the Charm already." "Nia, if I knew the Charm, then I wouldn't be looking in here, would I?" She continued to flick through the book and stopped at a likely looking page. It was titled:-
Water Charms.
To protect your home from evil and/or magic, you need this Charm. This Charm is an Invisi - Drip Charm. What it does is makes your home invisible
to all who look at it. To use Charm, stand in back yard and cause a waterfall of droplets to fall from roof, freeze the water so that a blanket
of water covers house. Then use the Element Air to make it invisible.
Cerys raised her eyebrows at the page. "How am I going to do that? I've barely used the Amulet!" Nia smiled. "It will be ok. Come on, let's use the Charm." Cerys got up and Nia followed her to the garden. Cerys stopped dead in her tracks. "Nia, the Amulet is glowing red. What does this mean?" Cerys was whispering. The Amulet was indeed glowing red, and a beam of light shot out of it to the garden door. The door illuminated red and Nia gasped. "Cerys," she whispered, trembling, "DUCK!" Another beam of light shot back at them. But Cerys stood up and faced the door. She put one hand over the Amulet, deflecting the beam. "Water Angel, hear me! Protect this house with your blanket, keep the evil away!" There was a loud rushing noise and the light was gone. Cerys stared blankly at the door. Nia had disappeared.
*
Cerys tried to catch her breath. She was shaking and the garden door had shattered. "Water and Air Angels, restore my door." Glass shards flew back into position in the door. Cerys sat down to stop her knees from shaking so much. She calmed herself down and realised that Nia wasn't there. "NIA??? NIA???" Cerys began randomly calling her name. She glanced around the living room, hoping to catch a glimpse of her somewhere. Nia was nowhere to be seen. "Oh God. Mum help me, where is Nia?" Cerys began talking to herself. She began to pace up and down. A rustling from the study made her stop dead. With one hand across the Amulet, she tiptoed toward the study door. She was prepared to shoot fire at whoever was in there. To her surprise, she found Nia lying on top of the table and one of her wings folded painfully over. She was pulling at the pages of the book, trying to get herself up. Cerys ran over to her and helped her up. "Nia, what are your wings made of?" Cerys looked down at the damaged wing. Nia grimaced. "Air, they are woven of air particles." Nia screwed up her face in pain as she tried to flex her back. Cerys put her hand over the Amulet. "Air Angel, fix Nia's wing." Almost at once, the wing began to unfold and repaired itself. Nia smiled gratefully. "Thank you. The blast at the door made me fly backwards and into the book, my wing just crumpled under me." Nia stood up and brushed off her shorts. "Do you have any idea what it was? Why did the door shatter and glow that way?" Cerys sat and watched her with a concerned look on her face. Nia wrinkled her forehead in thought. "Well, we hadn't put the Charm on the house, we still haven't. The words you said didn't work, but they at least scared off whatever it was. We should do that now before I explain." Nia floated up towards the ceiling and beckoned Cerys to follow. Cerys stood up and walked towards the garden door. Stepping outside, Cerys' teeth began to chatter. "Nia, it's freezing, let's get this over and done with." Cerys placed her left hand over the Amulet. "Water Angel, cause my roof to fall with water." As if someone began tipping water, a shower of pure and crystal water fell from the guttering. "Water Angel, freeze this shower." Cerys gasped. The sheet of water that had begun to fall had stopped in mid air. Without wasting time, she continued the Charm. "Air Angel, make this frozen sheet invisible to mortal and magic eyes." The crystal sheet of pure water had become invisible. Yet Cerys walked through it and all she felt was as if she had walked through a light veil. "Wow. I didn't realise the Charm would be this effective. So what happens if a magical being tries to enter the house? Do they get shot backwards? Or does it kill them?" Cerys looked so excited that Nia began giggling. "No, they can't be killed from the veil. They merely try to go through it and when they come out of the other side, they step into a parallel world; Just blackness really. It's happened to me before with one of my other associates. They put a Charm similar to this one and when I went through, nothing. Nothing was there until I stepped back." Cerys was bemused. "If that is so, can you go through this one without being 'lost'?" Nia laughed. She nodded her head and went through the veil and back into the house