Chapter Four
"Sarah is the only one who can read the book." Caleb explained to his mother.
"How is that possible?" Evelyn asked. The others just stared at her.
"I don't know. I had just assumed that others could read it as well." Sarah explained.
"When I opened the book, there was nothing there." Pogue stated. "When I handed the book to Sarah, the ink showed up."
"We were able to read it over her shoulder." Reid added. "But if it is not her touching it, the words disappear."
Evelyn looked at her soon-to-be daughter-in-law. "It seems you have a destiny to fulfill. What ever you need, just let us know."
Sarah reopened the book. "First I will need salt. It we put a circle of salt around the mansion no evil can enter unless someone who isn't evil breaks the circle. There is a spell in here that I will have to recite to add to the protection of salt."
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"Circle of salt in place?" Sarah asked.
"Yep." Pogue said. "I even put some salt in a tube and gave it to Kate like you said. I don't want anything happening to her."
"Anything else?" Evelyn asked.
"I need Caleb to stand here." She said, putting Caleb in place. "You are north. You are also the element earth. Tyler, you are east, you are air." She said, getting Tyler into position. "Pogue, you are the fiery south. Reid, you are the western waters."
"What are you?" Caleb asked.
Sarah stood in the middle of the circle. "I am the fifth element, Spirit. I need all of you to put your hands to the sky. No matter what happens, no magic." She warned.
She opened the book once more and turned to the protection page. She memorized the spell and closed her eyes. She took a deep breath and started to chant.
By earth, by air, by fire and water
It is protection that we barter
Give us the power to be armed
Against the one who wishes us harm
Just then, as if the spell opened the heavens, a cyclone of air came down from the sky and encased Sarah inside. Her hair whipped about, lashing her face. She held the book firmly in her hand. She started to levitate. Then the cyclone changed from air to fire. Then from fire to water; from water to earth.
Slowly Sarah started to descend. When her feet touched the ground, the cyclone disappeared. Gold light surrounded the mansion. When Sarah opened her eyes, they were black. "The spell has been cast." She stated.
"What happened?" Caleb asked. Sarah's eyes turned back to normal.
"I don't know."
"I think I do." Evelyn said. "You boys alone would not be able to defeat Chase but someone that controls the elements might be able to."
"What do you mean control the elements?" Sarah asked.
Evelyn walked over and picked up a stone and threw it at Sarah. Her eyes went black and she held up her hand. The stone flew to the side. Evelyn picked up a rock and threw it at Sarah once more. This time, fire came out of her hand and incinerated the rocked. Evelyn threw two more stones and they were propelled by water and earth. "That's what I mean."
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The next day in class, the teacher started to drone on and on about bio chemicals. Sarah was sitting between Caleb and Kate. She smiled at Caleb, who smiled back, and put her head on her hand. Soon her eyes became too heavy and she closed them and drifted off to sleep.
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Halfway through class, Caleb looked back over at Sarah. Her eyes were closed and she was breathing very deeply. He chuckled to himself. Things were definitely getting weird and that was unusual considering what he and his friends and family was. They were warlocks and could produce magic, but he never knew about other witches. He also didn't know that someone could control the elements. But apparently Sarah now could. I wonder if this will make our children's powers stronger. He thought to himself. He couldn't wait until the end of this week. It would be February first and he and Sarah would be wed. Children would come later. Much, much later.
The professor was starting to look in their direction. He put his hand out to wake Sarah so she didn't get in trouble, but he didn't get the chance. Soon she started to thrash about. At first only Kate and Caleb noticed, then she started to moan and cry. A powerful wind entered the room. Papers flew everywhere, along with books, and other items. Soon the professor's desk started to float in the air.
The professor signaled for everyone to get out of the room. Kate looked at Caleb.
"Go, I'll get her." He shouted to her. She grabbed her books and headed out the door.
Pogue, Reid, and Tyler rushed to the couple. "What's going on?" Reid asked.
"She must be having a nightmare. Her powers must work whether she conscious or not." Caleb shouted.
"We have to get her awake so she can stop this. Then we need to get out of here." Pogue said.
Caleb started to shake Sarah. "Sarah, you need to wake up."
Suddenly Sarah bolted up and the wind stopped. "He has my parents." She said.
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"It wasn't a dream. It was more like a vision. A mental message almost." Sarah explained. "They were in a deep sleep, floating in a room. I know he sent it to me. I started to get tired real quick. He must have made me fall asleep so he could give me the message."
"He does have his father's powers as well as his own. It wouldn't be impossible." Caleb agreed. "But if he did send it to you, then it's defiantly a trap."
"I know, but I can't just sit by and let him kill my parents." Sarah said, fear coming into her voice for the first time.
"I know. We won't let that happen." Caleb assured her. "I know that you will be able to protect yourself. That wind you conjured today in class was powerful enough to create a tornado. You can go to your parents, but be very careful."
Sarah leaned over and kissed him passionately. "When this is over, remind me to thank you for being so perfect and understanding."
Evelyn stood and watched the couple. She could tell how madly they were in love. She closed her eyes and remembered how it was like when she was their age and she and William were in love. "Alright, here's what's going to happen. Sarah will go after Chase. But you guys will be close behind. If she needs any help, you will do everything in your power, except you." She said to her son, "to help her. If that doesn't work, then we will get the families together."
"Or…" Sarah started. "You can get help from the spell book."
"It won't work for us." Pogue stated.
Sarah's eyes went black and she raised her hand. Wind slowly filled the room and the book levitated to her. "Maybe there is something I can do." She opened the book and flipped slowly through it. "Put your hands on the book. One hand for each of you." After five additional hands were firmly on the book, Sarah chanted.
Unum emporium este gontus
"There." She said. She handed the book the Caleb and the writing was still there.
"It worked." He replied.
"If anything happens, use this book and not your powers. I don't want to be widowed before I'm married." She said. She gave him one last kiss, grabbed her coat and left.
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Sarah recognized the place that she saw in her dream or vision. She pulled in and got out.
"It's so nice of you to come and save your parents. Where's your fiancé?" Chase asked, walking out of the shadow of the building.
"Somewhere where you can't hurt him." Sarah replied.
"That's too bad. Who's going to save the damsel in distress?" Chase sneered.
"I may be a damsel, but you'll be one in distress." Sarah yelled back.
"A bold saying for a mere mortal." Chase replied.
"Apparently you're information isn't up to date." Her eyes went black and she raised her hand. A fire ball materialized.
"What the…?" Chase was stunned. She hurled the fireball at him which he easily avoided.
He shot power at her, but a cyclone of wind came down and encased her, protecting her. The power ball bounced off of her like rubber.
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"Something's not right." Caleb said. "I just know it. If he doesn't know about her powers and she defends herself, then he just might end up killing her parents."
"We have an even bigger problem." Evelyn said grimly. "If your power is truly what he wants then we might have a huge problem."
"It's not that big of a problem. I have to will him my power in order for that to happen and I won't."
"You may not have to. The reason it says in the Book of Damnation that you must marry by Imbolc, is because you will lose all rights to your power. If you and Sarah don't wed my midnight on February first, then he can take your power with out you willing it to him." Evelyn explained.