Magic Unknown by Caethes Faron

Author:Caethes Faron [Faron, Caethes]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Branwen Press
Published: 2016-11-30T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

Even though flames engulfed the world around me, no heat touched my skin. Fire consumed trees that appeared unburned. Up above, two suns shone brightly. “This isn’t Earth.”

“Well that’s obvious, now isn’t it?” Millhook said. “Of course we’re not on Earth. Did you see me make a portal? No, you didn’t. That’s because despite popular belief, imps are not just tools of mages to be summoned and ordered about on a whim. We’re in the Flamewood Forest.”

I should have known.

“Thought the trees would have given it away, what with them being in flames and all,” Millhook said.

“But I don’t feel any heat.” I stretched my hand toward one of the trees, but the air temperature didn’t change.

“Why would you? These ones aren’t mature yet. Once they’ve lived out their life, they’ll burn up and their ashes will produce more trees.”

“Oh, like a phoenix.” The parallels between Earth mythology and Elustrian reality fascinated me.

“What’s a phoenix?”

“A bird that rises from the ashes.”

Millhook scrunched up his face and shook his head. “No, nothing like that. I’ve never heard such a ridiculous thing. A bird rising from the ashes? Nonsense.”

“As educational as this is, we need to get going,” Alex said, gesturing with his hand to hurry it up.

“Right. I’m sorry, Millhook, but we didn’t know what else to do, and you did say to contact you if we got into trouble.”

“Yeah, yeah, that I did. Moment of softness on my part. Won’t let it happen again. What kind of trouble are you two in?” Millhook narrowed his eyes and looked between me and Alex.

“The kind that needs us out of Elustria,” Alex said.

“I can get you to Earth, don’t you worry about that. I just needed more than a few seconds to conjure up a portal. Did the Council turn on you? Bunch of two-faced mages.”

“It’s not that simple.” While I appreciated Millhook’s enthusiasm, I didn’t want him getting the wrong idea. “The Council assigned a guard to us, and we found him dead this morning. Someone’s been watching me. If we had stayed, the Council would’ve taken me to the Citadel for my safety, but we need to get to Earth.”

“Ah, the Council wants to keep you safe. Can’t have that, now can we? You two have a mighty odd definition of the word trouble.”

“Can you help us or not?” Alex asked. The imp always wore on his temper.

“Don’t get your fuzzy little head in a tizzy over it, Furball. I’ll have your portal ready in just a few minutes. Where exactly on Earth am I sending you?”

Alex and Millhook both looked at me expectantly. It was a great question that I didn’t have an answer to. I no longer had a home on Earth, and I’d need more than an unreliable car to find my mother’s secrets. There was only one person on Earth whom I could count on: my gamer friend GreyMist, or rather, Nicole. She’d been my best friend for years even though we’d only met in real life a handful of times.

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