Chapter 11 - The guardian
Fred and George had been obsessed with the Forbidden forest since they heard about it. Carlie figured it was because it had the word FORBIDDEN in its name, therefore Fred and George had to go in there, being the rebels that they were. She'd agreed with them to go in there for the simple reason of she was bored, she thought being a sorceress would be more exciting.
Fred and George were bursting with excitement when they snuck out of the castle. Carlie was rolling her eyes the whole way to the forest.
"Guys it's a forest, the only reason they say it's forbidden is because of people getting lost and stuff" Carlie said
"Bill told us there are all sorts of magical creatures in there" Fred replied
"Didn't Bill also tell you that for the sorting you had to fight a dragon?" Carlie asked.
"Well yeah but this is……………………different" Fred said.
Carlie lifted her eyebrows sceptically but said nothing.
Fred and George looked around to see where Hagrid, they soon spotted him near the Quiddich pitch.
"Right, this is good, if we plan it well we will be able to just run into the forest" Fred whispered.
"Oh that's got to be the most brilliant plan you've come up with" Carlie scoffed.
Fred glared at Carlie for a second before looking at Hagrid again.
"Come on, let's go."
As they were running across the grounds Jess 'messaged' Carlie.
"What are you guys doing?"
Carlie continued to run "Going into the forbidden forest because I'm bored."
"Okay have fun."
Carlie smiled as they came to a halt in the forest.
"Where should we go first?" Fred asked excitedly
"Straight into the middle that will be where all the creatures are" George said.
Carlie rolled her eyes and followed them.
After a few hours of wandering in the forest Fred and George became angry.
"What a rip, we saw absolutely nothing."
"We should probably get back, it's beginning to go dark" Carlie said.
They began to walk back, they sun was going down and coming through the leaves of trees. Fred and George walked bristly, grumbling amongst themselves while Carlie was having a conversation with Lyndsay.
"Nothing's happening here either, I thought having these powers and stuff would be exciting."
"Same here" Carlie agreed.
"I have to go, sorry Carls talk to ya later" Lyndsay said.
"Bye" Carlie didn't realize she said it out loud until Fred and George looked at her.
"Where are you going?"
Carlie looked confused "Why would I be going anywhere?"
"You just said bye."
Carlie shrugged. "You must have been imagining it"
They rolled their eyes and went back to walking.
Carlie's body suddenly felt as if an electrical current had followed through her. Her feet began to move in a totally different direction to where Fred and George were going; she didn't realize what she was doing until Fred and George were long out of sight.
Carlie bit her lip, she knew she could Orb to the castle but she had a feeling she was led down here for a reason. She heard the crunch of leaves come from behind her, turning around she came face to face with a large animal. Carlie went to scream but nothing came out. The thing was huge, at least twice the size of Hagrid, it had brown fangs and one enormous eye. It had legs like a mud crab and was slimy.
Carlie slowly began to walk backwards, the beast let out a growl and took a swing at her. It flicked her aside and she fell awkwardly on the ground. As it advanced on her, Carlie heard the twinkling sound of someone orbing. Then Carlie saw a pitcher fly at the monster and shattered on its back. It let out a howl of pain and scuttled off. Looking up Carlie saw a boy who looked nineteen. He had brown hair and hazel eyes. Offering Carlie his hand, he pulled her up.
"Sorry Carlie about leaving it too the last minute there, had to find the right vanquishing potion" He smiled.
Carlie looked very confused. "Wha---who are you?"
Side stepping her question he continued "The congress took a while to appoint a guardian to you all because of the importance of you all but in the end they recognized that I would be the best person for you"
"Carlie?" A voice called in the distance.
"I must go, I will explain more later" Before Carlie could say anything he orbed.
"Carlie!" Fred yelled as he came towards her.
"What happened? Are you okay?" he looked over her.
"Fine I just---got lost that's all" Carlie stammered.
"We better go before we get caught" Fred pulled her along.
I'll have to talk to Jess, Lyndsay and Nathan about it, we can organize a meeting tonight. Carlie thought.
"Good idea, I'll meet you there" The boy's voice agreed.
"Attention all Sorceresses! Meeting in the park" Carlie messaged them.
"Same place as always" Jess asked.
"Duh!" Carlie answered.
"See you in a second"
Carlie thought of the park and the familiar sensation came over her. Opening her eyes, she saw the pond and the tree next to it.
"You know Carlie some of us were trying to sleep" Nathan's voice groaned from behind her.
Blue particles appeared before Carlie and soon she had Jess Mcairn staring her in the face.
"Hey Carlie, Hey Nathan" he said brightly.
"Hi Jess" Nathan grumbled.
Carlie laughed.
"Where's Lyndsay, she should have been her by now"
When the blue particles emerged Nathan remarked "That'll be her" but instead of Lyndsay, standing there was the boy from the forest.
Jess immediately pulled out his wand and pointed it at the boy.
Lyndsay soon appeared behind Carlie "Who's that?"
"We'll find out in a second" Jess answered, not taking his eyes off the boy.
"Jess put down the wand, I'm not going to hurt you" He said.
"How do you know my name" He growled.
"I'll explain everything if you put you wand down."
Jess slowly lowered it but he didn't take his eyes of the boy.
"Now, have a seat" He ordered.
They all looked at each other before going to sit on the grass.
"Oh no that won't do at all" he waved his hand and a couch appeared.
Every one of their eyes widened. "You'd think being Sorceresses you'd know magic like that was possible"
Carlie, Nathan, Jess and Lyndsay sat on the couch which was extremely comfortable.
"Now, before you ask again, I'm Marcus, your guardian. The congress appointed me to you yesterday" acknowledging the looks of confusion on all of their face he explained "The Congress of the rapture realm, they decide all types of things. You should have had a guardian already organized when you met but they has been many complications because of course, The Sorceresses Circle is one of the most oldest and powerful magical bonds."
"I was chosen because of my esteem wisdom and I also look around your age group"
"What do you mean look?" Lyndsay asked.
"There is no time in the rapture realm but in your time I'm about two hundred and sixty"
Lyndsay and Carlie whispered amongst themselves before Marcus cleared his throat and continued "As your guardian I have to protect and guide you. As I am aware of, you only know of a little of your powers."
Carlie and Lyndsay nodded. Jess looked sceptically at him and Nathan was drifting into a sleep.
"Well you know which elements have what powers right? I can tell you which elements heir you are."
Nathan yawned "can you hurry up and tell us because I'm really tired."
Marcus looked irritated now "Well if you don't want to know…."
"Just tell us so we can go" Carlie snapped.
Marcus looked even more infuriated now "Fine, Jess is the spirit of water, Nathan is the deity of earth, Lyndsay is the goddess of wind and Carlie is the mistress of fire."
"Cool, do you still have the book Lyndsay?" Carlie asked.
"Yeah at home, I'll orb home if you want" Lyndsay began to stand up.
"No, you obviously don't know much about your powers yet" Marcus clicked his fingers and the book appeared in his hand.
"Awesome" Carlie said.
"How about we meet here tomorrow when you are all awake" Marcus suggested.
"Not here, how about at someone's place" Lyndsay said.
"I'll organize a place" Marcus said.
"Wait! What day is it tomorrow?" Carlie asked.
"Saturday, so we're okay with classes" Jess replied.
Nathan let out a snort. Carlie and Lyndsay giggled.
"I'll see you tomorrow then" Marcus said.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah we know" Carlie said as she blew in Nathan's ear.
Marcus rolled his eyes and orbed.