No surprise, but this chapter will introduce some more OCs being portrayed as Mary's family. They include Lilly (the sister), Tina (the mother), and Paul (the brother). With that out of the way, let's get started again.
Ch14: Reunion Ritual
"Okay... I'm gonna need some space for this to work, so stand back," Stella spoke as she flew us out away from Ascantha's border a little ways so that no casualties would happen. We did just as she told us, backing up far enough to give the little fairy enough space. "Alright... for this to work, It'll take a lot out of me, as I said. Not only that, but I'm gonna need some DNA from you, Mary, so I know who to summon," Stella said again.
"Here, you can have some of my hair," I said as I took my sword with my good hand and sliced a small part of my hair off to give to her. "Okay, now to begin..." Stella said as she began to chant the words in plain English. "By the power of the Almighty Zenus, I summon the relatives of Mary Pollock! From times in the future to the here and now, come and join us!" she exclaimed, her entire body glowing a bright red in the process.
Then it happened. Stella's power suddenly expelled all around us as she sent a giant laser of pure magic directly into the sky. After nearly 30 seconds of the laser shooting skyward, I began to sense something... I sensed someone that had the same blood as me... I didn't know how I could, but I sensed my family before they could be seen. And when the light of the laser dissipated, my eyes began to water up in pure joy. Right there in front of me, having been turned into elves just as I had been, was my mother, my little sister Lilly, and my older brother, Paul.
"What the hell? What's happening?" my mother asked the exact moment she saw our group. The same could be said for Paul, but my sister Lilly, who was probably around eight years old, was immediately entranced by the little fairy that had puttered into my grasp the exact moment she had finished the ritual. "Oh my gosh! A fairy!" she bubbled as she approached me and finally looked at me. "M-Mary? Is that you?" Paul asked, actually stuttering my name. "Yes, it's me Paul," I frowned at him and the rest of my family.
"Um... I feel I need to ask this, Mary, but why in the world do you have those ears and where are we?" mom asked me with a serious look in her face. "To answer the first question, it isn't just me who was turned into an elf, look at yourselves," I said to my family as my sis tried to snatch Stella from my hands. "Wait... mom... you and sis have pointy ears, too!" Paul gasped when he finally noticed. "Pointy ears? So we're fairytale creatures too!" Lilly giggled in glee. "Well... your sister seems to have a positive outlook on things at least," Jessica smiled at me.
"I'm sorry... but where are we again? And what the heck is that green guy supposed to be?" Paul asked when he was the first to notice King Trode. "Okay, I think I'll explain it short and sweet... we're in the medieval past, guys," I sighed, half-lying and half-telling the truth. "You're joking, right? You really can't be serious, right?" mom asked as she looked at me with worrywart eyes. "Sorry, mom. I was quite shocked when I woke up here myself... and the problem is that I couldn't go back unless I used something that actually exists in this timeline, dark magic."
"Magic? What are you implying? That people in this time can actually make fire appear out of their hands?" mom asked, still refusing to believe anything like the adult that she was. "Jessica? Could you prove to my mother the hard truth?" I asked her, knowing that of all people to ask, that Jessica could do just as mom said. "Of course," Jessica smiled as she put her finger in the air and she formed a small Frizz at the tip, making my mother gasp in pure shock.
"So how did you get sent here? Moreover, how did we get sent here?" Paul asked as my mother simply sat down on the soft grass. "You 'ave our lil' fairy bloke to thank fer that," Yangus said with his usual cor attitude. "See, I got sent here because of a rogue spell that not only cursed an entire castle and its residents, but turned me into a cross between an elf and something called a Dragovian, a person who can take form of both human and dragon at will," I explained to my family. "And since I couldn't return unless I dabbled in the unpredictable and dangerous black magic, I decided it better to have you guys show up here... hence why Stella here is so tuckered out from the energy needed to make the spell happen."
"I see... so you being selfish is why you brought us here? Or was it because you wanted your family by your side?" mom asked me. "Mom, please don't try and be sarcastic around my friends, okay?" I asked her. "Fine, fine, but where on earth would we stay? And please don't say that we should stay in that place with the castle nearby because you know how I feel about patriarchs ruling the place I live in," mom frowned at me. "Well, once we get into that area, I could use my Zoom spell to take you back to a place that doesn't have a king," Angelo spoke.
"Who's the guy with the cape?" Lilly asked. "This is Angelo, a Templar to the one who gave me Stella to join me in my adventure, none other than a goddess named Celestria," I explained. "Goddess? Don't you mean God?" mom asked, her face showing that she was about to believe anything I had to say if only because of everything that'd happened over the course of five minutes. "Nope. Celestria. I should know because I actually met her," I smiled, winking at Angelo, who gasped at this info.
"And this is Jessica, a young sorceress that has very powerful magic as seen earlier," I smiled as I began to introduce everyone. "I'm Yangus, best mate o' the guv 'ere," Yangus smiled as he looked at me with a smirk. "Um... guv? What does that mean?" mom asked. "It means that I saved his butt and therefore, he and I get along very well," I smiled. "And the green guy in the horse cart over there? Yeah, he's a king that got transformed from a human into what you see now," I frowned as Trode simply gave a smile to my family. "And the horse's name is Medea. And please don't say anything when I tell you this, but that's his transformed daughter," I frowned.
"Ooookay... so not only does this place have magic and goddesses and a fairy, but it also has monsters?" Paul asked. "Yes, though most monsters that I interact with are usually very nice, if only because I've helped out some of their leaders," I smirked slyly. "Okay... I think we can figure everything else out for ourselves... so where do we go from here?" mom asked. "Well, first we go to that kingdom nearby so that I know how to use Zoom to get there," Angelo stated. "And then I'll teleport you three to either Farebury or Alexandria, two places that are completely cut off from royal blood."
"Sounds fair... but what are you going to be doing in the meantime, Mary?" Lilly asked me. "Well, I have a little bit of an errand to run with this motley crew," I said to them. "And the overall goal?" mom asked. "The overall goal is to defeat a jester that not only cursed Trodain, transformed Trode, Medea, and myself, but also is going on a murder spree including his own magic teacher, Jessica's brother, and an Abbot that Angelo was close to," I explained. "Defeat? You mean... kill him?" Paul asked. "Oh, I'm not going to deal the final blow, believe me," I lied. "If anything, I'll have that honor saved for one of my teammates." "Okay... so long as you don't turn into a murderous fiend as well, I'll be okay with you doing this," mom frowned.