Chapter 41: The New Plan
(Ally's POV)
"So the plan is what?" Kai asked. He is so cute when he's clueless. "The plan is," Mag said "there is an alchemist spell to trap the four fangblades in an ancient oceanic orb so they can never be used again. It is much more secure then burning because the fire, although very hot, might not actually destroy the fangblades. The orb has no way out once they're in, so they are rendered useless." They seemed to understand it. It really isn't that hard. The fire isn't enough but the orb is. "The problem is that in this plan, we need six people skilled in alchemy to perform it," Crystal explained. "So in total we have our aunt, our grandmother, and us three," I said putting up fingers "we still need one more." "And we know just the person," Mag said. "Oh yeah! We haven't seen her in a long time," Crystal said. "And we can find the orb with our other friends," I said. "Perfect! I wonder how those girls are doing." Mag asked. "Wow, slow down there," Cole said "who are these people and what are you saying?" "We don't wanna spoil the surprise honey," Mag said grinning. "Yeah, that would kill the magic of meeting them," I said also grinning. "All we need to do first is get to the cabin in the woods where aunty, nana, and our estranged little bro live," Crystal said. "Sounds simple enough," Lloyd said. "But nothing we ever do is simple little bro," Mag said finally prying him off her, but he still sat next to her on the bed. "Alright, so we'll need the quadrants of this cabin so we can get there," Nya said. "I'll tell yuh Nya," I said walking to the control room with her. But I stuck my head back for a second. "With any luck we should be there in a day and a half."
(Mag's POV)
"Guys, can you leave. I really just need some sleep." They agreed one by one left. Lloyd hugged me one more time, Crystal gave me a hug and a fist bump, Uncle nodded his head, and father kissed my forehead and hugged me before slowly leaving. But when Cole came up last to kiss me good bye, "Cole, please stay in bed with me." "You really think that's a good idea?" I looked at him holding back tears. "In that nightmare I had, I lost everyone I love. And what Lady Destructia said before she stabbed me was she killed my mom." I took a breath gasping to keep the tears away. "And- and I- I think she was telling the truth. She had mom's bow in her hair. My mom never went anywhere without that bow. That must mean," I couldn't finish. My voice was replaced with cries of pain and sorrow. The tears left my eyes and leaked onto my face. "In my dream she killed all my family. All of them savagely slaughtered like animals," I could barely get the words out. But Cole wrapped his arms around me. It felt very comforting to have him around me. "I'll stay here if you need me." I was so glad to hear that. "Thank you," I said. I looked up at him through the tears in my eyes and he whipped them away from my checks. Our heads leaned in and we slowly connected our lips. We finally kissed again after what felt like years. We snuggled in the covers and I felt safest I've felt in a long time.
(Crystal's POV)
I was on deck just starring at the sky. I watched as the clouds went by and the sky turned soft setting colors. I loved to watch the sky change from its soft baby blue to rich caramel colors over sunset. "Hey, you there?" I turned to see Ally behind me. "Hi Ally," I said softly. "What's eating away at you?" she can read me like a book. "You remember that bow in Lady Destructia's hair?" She walked up behind me and sat next to me, rubbing my back. "You recognized it too, huh." I nodded at her. "Mom never went anywhere without that bow," I said muffled by tears. "I know. She said dad gave it to her on their first date. She wore it every day since then." I stuffed my head into her shoulder. I felt tears coming out of my eyes. "If Lady Destructia got the bow, then that means mom is," I couldn't finish my sentence. I didn't want to finish my sentence. If that sentence was true, then mom was dead. And I didn't want that to be true. "Crystal, everything will be ok. We're gonna fix what went wrong all those years ago," Ally is trying, but I can't be cheered up right now. "Girls?" We turned to see Lloyd behind us. He probably doesn't recognize the bow. He was too young to remember. "Why are you crying Crystal?" I didn't want to answer him, But Ally took over. "Lloyd, come sit with us." He did so and we were in a sibling line. "Lloyd, did you notice that bow in Lady Destructia's hair?" He nodded his head slowly. "That bow was our mom's. She never took it out." He seemed to gasp a bit. "But why would she have something that belongs to our mom?" Oh I can't bear it. "She said- she- said she," not even Ally could say this. "She killed mom and took the bow as a trophy," I just blurted. Lloyd's face was hard. I cried into Ally's shoulder again. Lloyd joined me soon after as we all became fountains over our mom. The sky began to change to dark blue as night fell over us. We never stopped crying until a hand rested on my shoulder. I turned around and saw dad. "Kids, what's wrong. It's late." I couldn't speak and Lloyd's face was red and puffy from crying. "Mom- mom is- she's," Ally didn't want to say it either. "Lady Destructia- had- mom's gold bow," I had to finish for her. I couldn't look at his face. My eyes watered again and we all started to cry. He hugged us in a huddle and we stayed that way for hours.