A/N: I meant to post the next chapter yesterday but got distracted reading another story. There will be a lot of action here which will involve Grimtrix coming to Enchancia yet again! I hope you like it.
Amethyst Ambition
Chapter 4: The Unexpected Team Up
"Are you having fun?" A mysterious voice asked Grimtrix as they walked up to join the evil sorcerer to watch the events that were taking place through the crystal ball. While they had watched from the other side of the room at everything that had happened so far the person decided it was time to intervene, perhaps even steer the old headmaster away from the chaos he was causing.
The man glared at the ball as he layed his head on top of his clasped hands. "No, I've been trying so hard to force Cedric to kill the pesky princess but it seems Cedric's will is too strong or the princess' power has a strong hold on him."
As far as I've witnessed he has had only one chance to kill so far."
Grimtrix raised an eyebrow at his statement. "You've been spying on me, haven't you Greylock. What are you doing here at Hexley Hall?"
"Juliana told me you were taking control of Cedric and asked me to do something to stop you." The sorcerer sighed as he looked down from the ball to the floor. "Merlin only knows I can't deny her but as for wanting me to give up Rudistan it seems I am at war with myself. I don't want to give it up, I don't want the people to see that their royal could be so prideful like Magnus was but...in a way I don't know what I want to do with my kingdom.
The old man turned his glare towards his former student. "I thought I told you to deal with that stupid spirit, she will only push you back on your desired dream for Rudistan just like Princess Sofia has done to Cedric!"The man quickly stood from his seat and turned to the man. "If you and Cedric weren't so love sick with these girls Cedric would have had his kingdom in his clutches and you would have moved forward on this plan of yours...don't you remember?" Grimtrix asked as pointed his scepter at him.
"Very well, it has not slipped my mind." Greylock answered. "When I turned on my kingdom that day of the conference I knew what I wanted and while I may have found a spell to deal with Juliana, it seems my love for her keeps pushing me back."
It was the truth, the brunette sorcerer did find a spell to get rid of the spirit of his love but when he had tried to force himself to cast the it on her, memories of his Hexley Hall days with her had come flooding back to him. Of course, the best memory he could have ever remembered was when they had kissed. Ever since he had relived those memories the sorcerer wished the girl had not passed. He had longed that she would be his one day but once she had told him about her heart condition that dream died. Now, he could only dream at what could have been but even that wasn't enough!
He wanted her back. He wanted to say that she had went missing long ago and he had to go find her. He wanted to hold her in his arms and tell her he wouldn't let anything harm her or tell her how much he loved her and beg her to never leave his side!
Since he could not do any of those things the man then remembered how lost he was without her. He knew when Juliana died she had taken his loving heart with her. Why couldn't she have taken all of him with her?
After watching the young man go into a loving daze and seeing the longing in his eyes the Grimtrix's anger began to boil making him slap Greylock to the floor. The monocle then fell to floor and shattered into pieces making the man's vision blur.
"Will you wake up!" Grimtrix shouted to him as he watched the man cover the eye that had once used the glass to see. "That girl has gotten to you badly, before you know it the spirit is going to lose her patience and start trying to posses you!"
After taking a quick glance at the crystal ball the man turned back to Greylock. "As soon as I'm done with Cedric I am going to be dealing with you but for now I want you to remember what happens if you keep giving in to the spirit's request." He then pointed the scepter at the sorcerer again and sent a shock of painful electricity through his body.
"Ahhhhhh!"
Once the spell was placed on Greylock, the man tried to fight off the pain. "Even ...though...she has begged me to stop you I still won't give into her request at giving up the kingdom...but I will say this Cedric will stop you. I know how strong he has become since Sofia came into his life...going after them is pointless." He said as raised his head up and glared at him.
"Once my spell wears off I suggest not getting in my way. You will only be met with more pain..."Grimtrix said with a chuckle as he turned to teleport to Enchancia. "and while I am aware of Cedric's strength it will be of no threat to me once I make him realize that Sofia is his enemy."
Once he was gone Greylock slumped to the floor and winced at the continuing jolts of electricity that was still shooting through his body. "I wish I could have saved you from your condition Juliana. If you hadn't left I wouldn't be in this mess...I wouldn't be so lost. I know you want me to return Rudistan to Magnus but...I just can't... One day if I ever do it will be for you but as of right now I got help save Cedric."
With the electricity spell over Greylock tried to get up but realized he was too weak. "Great, now what am I suppose to do?" He muttered to himself. After some thought he came to only one conclusion."I might as well lay here until my strength returns to me. "
With that in mind he leaned back against the wall and closed his eyes. "You better defeat Grimtrix Cedric cause if you don't...there's no telling what that old man will want to do to both of us."
All of a sudden a gust of wind began to blow at his short hair. As he opened his eyes to figure out where the draft was coming from but he saw a blur of a white figure. With his monocle broken he wasn't sure who was beside him. If he had only to guess it was her. "J-Juliana?"
The figure didn't answer but felt a ghost of a hand touch his cheek. He leaned into the touch and suddenly felt another spell being placed on him only this spell was healing him having a light green glow surround him.
Back at Cedric's workshop Sofia continued to stare at the open window that Cedric had flew out of in his raven form. How was she going to save him now? Since he had left her, she had no clue as to what could be controlling him. Unless...
Turning around she saw a purple rock on her mentor's desk. Sofia remembered seeing it when he was trying to force her to drink a potion. She ran to the desk and closely observed the stone. It seemed to be the same color as his eyes when it glowed. Was this rock controlling him and forcing him to try and harm her? If so then why?
To know the answer to these questions the princess had to first figure out what the object was.
If the object was controlling Cedric it would seem it always had him in anger. Sofia remembered during her last visit after her return home Cedric's mood had been frustration at first but as she was cleaning his workshop Sofia remembered his anger had suddenly come up because she was interested in a book she found suspicious. Could that be another clue? If so she had to find it, maybe it held the answer as to what this rock was and why it was controlling him.
Grabbing a ladder Cedric used used for down stairs purposes Sofia leaned it on a bookshelf where the book was and began to climb.
Once she had found the book, she climbed down to the ground, sat at her mentor's desk and began flipping through it until she she found the purple object.
"The amethyst gem can be used as spell of protection against dark and powerful magic but it could also put a dreadful curse on whoever tries to attack." She read. "But if this amethyst gem is suppose to be used for protection why is it controlling Mr. Cedric?" Sofia asked herself.
Sofia tried to read more but found that there was nothing else in the book that could help her. She was about to close it when the weight of the book made her drop it to the floor.
The brunette picked it up again but this time the book was at the table of contents and a certain section caught her eye. "Knock-off curse Gems." Sofia read."Maybe that will have the answers I need."
Once she had turned to the page she began to read. "There were times when magical people made their own cursing gem and had them do whatever they only way to heal the people that have been placed under knock-off gems is to find a non-magical gem and place healing properties into it."
Sofia closed the book and smiled "I don't think that will be too hard. I just need to find a healing spell and I can place it in the emerald Mr. Cedric gave me. It's worth a try."
She was about to do just that when all of a sudden she heard the guards from outside yelling. "The royal family is frozen! Get reinforcements!"
"Uh-oh, I better hurry." Sofia quickly grabbed her training wand and raced out of te workshop.
"See, with the royal family out of the way now all you nee to do is wait for Sofia to show up and you can finally be rid of her." Grimtrix said to Cedric who now sat in King Roland's throne with angry purple glowing eyes but this time the purple glow became darker.
"You won't have to worry about her brainwashing or putting you under a spell again. You can finally be Cedric the Great..."
As Cedric listened to his former headmaster he couldn't get himself to move a muscle. So Grimtrix had been the one mind-controlling him from the beginning! The main question though was why did he want him to achieve a dream he didn't want anymore?
Perhaps, Grimtrix thought he still wanted those evil dreams and Sofia was making him be good. Was he the one that tried to kill her with a canon from the ball a few months ago? It would seem from what Grimtrix was telling him such sentences would lead to that conclusion. He had to fight and break free from Grimtrix's spell but as he tried the old man used his wand to push him back.
"I'm not going to let you stop this plan after you saved Sofia from my canon attack a few months ago. After trying so many ways to get rid of her I figure you should be the one to do it and once you harm her she won't think the world of you anymore!"
"DON'T LISTEN TO HIM,MR. CEDRIC!"
When Cedric looked up he saw his apprentice running in the throne room with her training wand.
"Aw Princess Sofia, right on time." Grimtrix said "It would seem your sorcerer has decided to be Cedric the Great again and he told me he's not going to let you be in his way again."
"Tell all the lies you want, Grimtrix but I know Mr. Cedric doesn't want power or the kingdom. He wanted understanding and a friend. He wanted people to see that he was a great sorcerer who could do anything. Right Mr. Cedric?" She asked him as she stared up at him.
"It seems he disagrees." Grimtrix said after a moment of silence."Get rid of her."
Cedric stood up and made his way towards Sofia making her back away from him again. "Please listen to me Mr. Cedric, you are not yourself. Grimtrix is controlling you through a knock-off curse gem and I know you can fight this. You are strong...I know Cedric the Sensational wouldn't let anybody control him or hurt his friends."
Her words were not strong enough reach him but what could she do. Sofia had left in such a rush she forgot to find a healing spell for the emerald she had. Before she could even think of what she could do Cedric picked her up by the arm, pushed her up against the wall and pointed his wand at her.
"STOP!"
All eyes turned to the newcomer who was walking through the entrance and towards Grimtrix.
"Mr. Greylock, what's he doing here?" Sofia muttered to herself in confusion.
"I told you to not interfere!" Grimtrix said angrily
"While I still may be part of the Order of the Wand, Grimtrix I can't let you harm the only friend I have left neither will I let you get away with murder!"
"Why do you want Cedric back so badly, even if he did kill Princess Sofia he still wouldn't want to be back on the order again. The best thing you can do is to leave him and Enchancia alone besides..." He said as stood beside the headmaster. "if I didn't know any better I'd say you were jealous over what Cedric has." Greylock said with a grin.
"Bah! I am not Jealous!" Grimtrix shouted. He then pointed his scepter at the sorcerer again. "You are about to regret your jest."
The two sorcerers then went into a magical duel leaving Sofia to deal with a mind-controlled Cedric by herself. If she was lucky Sofia would finally get him back to normal.
"Mr. Cedric, please try to fight the curse. I know you can do it. Remember this?" She asked as she pulled out the emerald. "You gave this to me as a promise to never take over Enchancia again...remember?"
I...I remember" Cedric struggled to say.
"No, get rid of her, Cedric!" Grimtrix shouted and hurled a harmful spell at him once Greylock fell to the ground. Cedric wince from the pain on his back.
Seeing what Grimtrix did Greylock tackled the old sorcerer to the floor. "You really don't give up, do you?" Greylock said angrily. He then pointed his wand at his headmasters throat. "Release Cedric from your knock-off gem curse or so help me-"
"Don't even try threatening me." Grimtrix warned "or I'll make sure you never see Julianna's spirit again!"
Hearing that threat made the sorcerer move his wand away from him but all of a sudden he was tackled to the ground by Grimtrix himself. "Your threats will never scare me, Greylock. Besides I can't break the curse anyway...you would need a non-magical gem and a healing spell for that."
"The healing spell..." Sofia muttered. "If I hadn't rushed out like I did I would have one with me..." A tear then slid down her cheek and landed on her amulet.
All of a sudden the amulet glowed which made the emerald float from Sofia's hand to Cedric's chest. Once the Emerald was in place a bright green light engulfed the room.
When the light faded the two sorcerers saw that Sofia was safely on the ground while Cedric was laying unconsciously on the floor.
"NO!" Grimtrix shouted "I was so close!"
Greylock pointed his was Grimtrix's throat again. "I guess you'll just have learn you are no match for these two."
Once Grimtrix was tied up Sofia ran up the sorcerer."Thank-you for helping me. ."
A smirk came across the man's face. "You're welcome, I guess..." He answered as he twirled his wand in his fingers. "While I may seem like a bad guy right now that doesn't mean I am heartless like the old man man here.." He said as he pointed to the Grimtrix. "Old Bensick will be a little weak for few days after being mind-controlled and as well as the wound on his back from Grimtrix's spell but he should be fine after a few days of rest."
With the girl reassured that her friend would be okay he handed Sofia the counter spell to unfreeze her family and started to make his exit. He should leave before the guards arrested him now.
"Wait, Mr. Grelock...about Juliana...I know how much you love her but she has never left you. She never will."
After a moment Greylock lifted his wand to teleport back home to Rudistan.
A/N:I hope you all enjoyed this long chapter! I know I did. In fact, this chapter was suppose to be for AquaTurqoise for her birthday yesterday but like I said I was sidetracked. Her character Juliana is one of my favorite OC character. When she write for Greylock and this character I can't help but love them together for some reason. The next chapter should be the last which I hope to have up tomorrow! Please review!