Hiya guys Chapter 3 is on, hope you enjoy :) and review please, it's slightly shorter than the others due to it just being mostly Conversation.
Chapter 3
It had been raining until just moments ago and Manfred was already working his flames to dry the wood that lay scattered underneath Ezekiel's body, which looked more alive than ever, the burns that had killed him were completely gone and some colour had reached his old wrinkled face, he always was a famous magician before his endowment went, maybe this is it's final act.
Eight People stood round the body which lay on a large stone slab covered in wood, with a whole in the middle for Manfred to secretly collect the ashes later that night, Magic Stayed in items like that according to the dead man that is. Yorath Yewbeam, the four Yewbeam sisters, the black witch Titania, Manfred and Harold Bloor stood waiting.
In the years before Ezekiel's death, Manfred had been exploiting his desperate need to pass on his knowledge and made sure he squeezed every last fact out of Ezekiel's head before killing him.
"Can we hurry this up Manfred, He's starting to smell" Yorath Yewbeam wasn't lying ever, Dead a week; Ezekiel had a gag bringing pong around him at this moment in time.
"Yes, yes the woods now dry we can carry on" Manfred stated as he looked over to his father Harold Bloor.
"I must say a few words first Manfred if that is okay" Harold was rather serious so Manfred accepted.
Harold stood at the end of the table "My grandfather was once a powerful, Majestic Man, in his prime he was a powerful handsome magician; able to control the elements themselves, discovered a way to bring forth the dead, even defeated Lord Angus Earthward in 1931, a wonderful battle in which my grandfather used this mans own powers against him" Harold Paused " But... He changed, Became twisted, controlling, we are all victims of his, yes even you lord Yewbeam... Lost his great powers and began to exploit all of the endowed, but now as the flames consume him... We are free"
Harold let the speech sink in before nodding to Manfred who poured Paraffin over the body and lit it with his flames. What happened next shocked them all; the flames became Bright green and a loud wail followed, it subsided after a few seconds and the group calmed down.
"What the hell was that!" Titania Tilpin asked, she was ignored.
"The pub, it seams fitting, who's coming along?" Manfred both asked and ordered.
"I will have to pass on that one Manfred, I have business" Harold Bloor exclaimed walking away.
I wasn't addressing you... Traitor" Manfred turned and led the others off " oh and this pubs called 'The Red King' Funnily enough"
Later that night in the corner of the vault in 'The Red King Arms', a bar that mirrored the situation; Dark, damp, nearly empty except for the regulars. The group now joined by a teenage boy who was unrecognisable due to a Crimson hood were chatting quietly when Manfred spoke up.
"I have a plan in action for our revenge, I need assistance off all of you of course, to get into Bloors" Manfred waited " I also need spies better than the Tilpin boy, no offence Titania"
Manfred gave a smile.
"None taken at all Manfred" she said with a wink.
" I'm a shape shifter, I'm sure I'm the perfect spy" Yorath stated, knowing he had the best endowment for spying.
"I recently married into a very rich family with an endowed son, a very interesting ability too"
Venetia Yewbeam stated "he can remove his body parts and reattach them at will, he can even leave an eye lying about to spy, it's genius"
"I could Defiantly use that, what about this boy Yorath, is he endowed, who is he?" Manfred demanded.
"Just a relation of mine who can shake the earth itself... He will aid you" Yorath replied, the boy was still silent as ever.
"And Joshua can use his magnetism to make sure he stats loyal can't he Manfred" Titania desperately didn't want to lose face with Manfred.
"I will use him if you agree to my terms, Joshua is well needed to do a special task which we will discuss in Private Titania" Manfred said, this gave Titania hope.
"Now let us all leave, set this plan in motion" Grizelda Bone suggested, the rest agreed and they hastily left.
Than night as Titania entered Manfred's house she knew she was going to like these terms, Manfred sat her down and made sure she was comfortable.
"I've made my decision and decided on Joshua's task" Stared Manfred as he poured himself, not Tilpin some tea.
"Yes Manfred I'm sure he will do anything for you" Titania needed to keep face in Manfred's eye because how else would he notice her"
"Well it's two tasks to be
Exact, to find some remains with his magnetic endowment and to kill Charlie Bone." His word was stern, his word was final.
The Bone academy 2 weeks later.
The Paper plane skimmed silently through the air towards Charlie, hitting him on the face and thwacking onto his desk, annoyed Charlie unfolded it.
-I'm sorry Charlie, I was drunk, and jealous ... Fid
-You utterly Betrayed Me Fidelio,
You don't betray your best mate over a girl ... Chaz
-Charlie I have to make it up to you somehow ... Fid
-Then stop apologising to me and say sorry to the person who is actually upset then! ... Chaz
-You Mean Liv right, it never crossed my mind to apologise to her ... Fid
-That's cuz you an idiot mate :) ... Chazza
-But she's scary, she'll beat me ... Fid
-And you will deserve it, now leave me be until you apologise ... Chaz
Fidelio ripped up the plane upon receiving it, destroying the evidence of their conversation.
That break time Fidelio crept down onto the grounds where he spotted Olivia at the broken down Entrance to the Ruins, she was with Emma and they were talking in rapid girl speech he didn't understand.
"Blah, blah blah, Benjamin, blah blah blah, Tanc..."
Fidelio crept on over.
"What happened to the ruins?" Fidelio nervously asked as he walked over.
"Oh hey Fidelio, And it obviously has collapsed" Emma Said sourly " Olivia doesn't want to speak with you"
"Then you tell Olivia I'm sorry" Fidelio retorted "Or tell her to listen to me and let me tell her myself"
Olivia turned to Fidelio, and she didn't look happy "Go on"
"Olivia, I'm sorry, I was Drunk... I don't even remember doing it" Fidelio Apologised with a sad look on his face.
"Why did you even bring it?" Olivia Quizzed.
"To use it..." Fidelio Blushed and said "Sorry liv, I'll go now"
Fidelio laughed and when he was gone, so did Emma, a loud squeaky giggle; "we got him good didn't we"
Olivia laughed too; "that'll teach him"
That night at the Dormitory, Fidelio came to Charlie's bedside an spoke to him.
"I apologised to Liv, but I don't know if she's accepted it or not" Fidelio Said to Charlie as he sat on the end of his bed.
"Good, and she told me you're forgiven Fid" Charlie gave a smile.
"Good, oh and Charlie I have an idea for you, the red kings portrait, you know its location right?" Fidelio asked
"In the private collection of my father, he won't let anyone see it, why?" Charlie stated to Fidelio.
"Have you ever tried to enter it?"
"Yes and I was almost in too, but my dad stopped me" Charlie explained "Why?"
"Well if you get in then you can meet the welsh magician, he can teach you how to be a magician and tell you how to bring The King Back to his old form" Fidelio's idea wasn't far fetched or complicated and Charlie needed some excitement in his life so...
"Sure thing Fid, I'll get on it soon"
Fidelio smiled and went to his bed, he was asleep very fast, he must have worried himself to death about Charlie and Olivia.
Charlie couldn't sleep though, something was bugging him lately
He felt an odd presence in the City, a dark presence that choked him if you drew too big a breath at night, the air seamed full of an evil taint, and the source was getting closer.
It had been hours since Fidelio had left for bed when Charlie noticed the ground vibrating at a very low hum, and the sleeping boys in the room stopped their snoring and fell silent, they seamed to be in a sort of trance, Charlie himself started to feel sleepy too and couldn't stop himself from dozing off too.
Just as Charlie slept trancelike just like the rest of the academy, the whole earth itself around the academy Nagano to shake, the castles windows shattered, the concrete Cracked but the castle itself remained strong, that couldn't be said for the ruins though, the entrance collapsed and the kings tree inside was rained on by bricks and Mortar.
The castle doors swung open to reveal Manfred and the Boy who accompanied Yorath Yewbeam to Ezekiel's burning, speaking of the old man, Manfred now held his ashes in his right hand.
"Follow me and stop the big quakes" Manfred ordered, the boy stopped the quakes but kept the academies residents asleep for long enough for him and Manfred to reach the stairs to the attics.
Manfred was searching for the Manky old bookshelf that could simply be pulled to the side, Ezekiel had explained how to open it.
"Keep four books on the top, 7 on the next, then 5, and 9 on the bottom shelf, then the door will swing open" Ezekiel had stated.
Manfred did this and the door unclasped, the sound of this echoed down all of the corridors of the attics finally ending in the hall, and Manfred pulled it open with the help of the Boy.
The sight wasn't that special, a large dusty room with shelves filled with age old ingredients left to Ezekiel by his own Ancestors, and in the middle a large table with all sorts of different stains, Mostly Red.
Some of the objects on the shelves were stored in the same liquid the Blue Boa was once in, strange creatures with small birds by their sides.
It's a shame Ezekiel never told Manfred how he revived the Boa.
"Listen, whoever you are, don't tell anyone about this place understand" Manfred warned the teen who still hadn't spoken a single word. There was a long pause.
"Understood" as soon as he said these words Manfred knew exactly who he was.
"Very interesting" He said Amused.
That very next Day Charlie knew something was off in the academy, what happened last night, and why was he so well rested.
His question was answered when Bragger Braine looked at the grandfather Clock in there dorm.
"Three O'clock!" He screamed, this was happening all over the Academy, it seams the hooded boy had stopped his Earthy Lullaby at three o'clock in the afternoon.
At lunch/ breakfast Dr. Saltweather announced they could just have the day to themselves due to the sleeping interruption, he opens up the Common room where everybody could socialise and have fun, it was a recent extension to the academy and help up to date gaming systems and also had a fancy living area with a large television. This is where Charlie and Olivia were, the closest seat to the fireplace, Warm and Cosy, arms wrapped around each other. Maybe this could be love some day.
"Hey, Liv… There's something evil stirring about in this academy, for the first time in four years something's here" Charlie stated both excited and worried.
"And you want to get involved again?" Olivia knew the answer but it humoured her to ask.
"Naturally, and obviously you want in don't you miss vertigo" Charlie joked
"What do you think Charlie Bone" Olivia also joked, "I like adventure and you know it"
"You best be counting us in" Lysander had just sat down on another sofa with Tancred "never forget us"
"I don't know if anything's wrong yet, give me time to figure it out" Charlie said jokingly as he stood up "now I'm going to ring me dad, back in five"
Charlie left, and walked over to the phone booth nearby and dialled the numbers as the others spoke on.
"Trouble finally starting, how bout it Lysander, you ready for a fight" Tancred said gripping his friends shoulder, they had finally made up after two weeks of fighting about something Billy had done, and now admitted to, he was the one with the agro now.
"As Charlie said, we don't know anything yet so no hasty decisions" Lysander said calmly as he removed his fiends hand from his now bruised shoulder.
"Sander, you've changed man, you used to be off the hook like me" Tancred complained.
Charlie could be heard shouting down the phone at his father or whoever had answered; "Its important dad, stop being so selfish and hiding that painting away from the only person it can be useful to!"
"Looks like there arguing about a painting, that is Charlie's business I guess" said Emma who had walked past Charlie and sat with the others, opposite seating from Tancred obviously.
Charlie came back and jumped into his seat beside Olivia, putting his arm around her waist and resting his head on hers. The group then watched a film and further television until it was time for bed.
During the time they were walking towards the dorms, the weather got loud, thunder, rain, wind. Tancred and Emma had disappeared earlier on and now it seamed there were arguing, the shouting was louder than the weather and it reverberated around the hall"
"How could you do that to me!" Emma shouted "Getting me drunk, I had an awful night being sick, I really do hate you"
"I thought you would have more fun" was Tancred's Rubbish excuse as he moved towards the doors to the grounds.
"Crap excuse!" Emma shouted as she slapped Tancred across the face, this sent him over the edge and he got really angry.
"All I try to do is be sorry Emma!" Tanced was so angry a huge rumbling bright thunderbolt formed above him in a ball of energy and began to charge getting louder and louder, everyone covered their ears and Emma being so close fell to the ground in fear, looking up at Tancred from his feet, his eyes were glowing red with electricity.
" No Please, don't hurt me" Emma pleaded.
"I'm trying!" Tancred released the bolt and Emma closed her eyes tight and covered her ace in fear, but when she looked up she saw Tancred lying on the ground in front of her, crying in pain.
"TANCRED!" Emma ran over but was stopped by Lysander, Tancred was still charged knowing there luck.
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