~Chapter 1~ The Mysterious Healer
~Chapter 1 – The Mysterious Healer
It was a stunning day in Phoenix Drop, Nekoette and Dmitri training with Alexis by the guard tower. Donna taking care of her pups and where was the previous Lord of this magnificent kingdom? Sitting in her desk at home writing in a diary. Thinking to herself as she wrote, she scribbled down what has happened to a dear friend of hers. It was after a lot of past events including finding Lucinda; Lady Irene spoke to me in a vision, speaking about how we could get Garroth back. We could go back to the exact moment after he beat Zane in her dimension but we had to return to this time-line 15 years later. We took our chance, me, Laurence, Katelyn and everyone that went through the Irene Dimension (Except for Kenmur and Emmalyn) and even better we didn’t miss any years! But sadly all good things have a price. It happened almost immediately after coming back to this time, Laurence was acting... shadowed. He barley spent time with us, never went to his guard post, eating only in his room, mumbled in his sleep (Garroth hears him late at night) and snapping at us when we asked what was wrong. As Soon we just gave up and decided to give him his space, things turned from horrible to torturous. He was out of his room in the guard tower, getting his food for the day when he suddenly fainted. Garroth and Dante pulled him back to the infirmary as Kawaii~Chan wrote to Lucinda who we meet on our way to Pikoro Village. He slowly started to get worse, sweating, mumbling in his sleep, never eating and then he went into a coma, it’s been weeks but he still hasn’t woken. As the young women Aphmau finished writing her last sentence there was a soft knock at the door. “Oh, Coming!” she replied as she closed her book and walked to the door. As she swung it open she was greeted by a familiar pair of blue eyes and blonde hair. “Garroth!” she replied as she hugged him tightly. “It’s always a pleasure seeing you again, what do you need?”A small smile appeared upon Garroth’s face as he replied with “Me, Dante, Kawaii~Chan and Katelyn are going to check up on Laurence and was wondering if you wanted to come as well?” Aphmau wasn’t surprised at this, since he came every morning for the past 3 weeks to see if she wanted to come. It may pain her to see her friend like this but she still wanted to be with him. “Sure...” she replied as she shut her door and ran down the hill with Garroth to meet the others.
As they opened the door to their infirmary they were greeted by a familiar witchy face. “Hello Lucinda, it’s great seeing you again.” Said Aphmau as she looked at Lucinda and then she looked at her sick patient, Laurence. “How is...”Before she could finish her sentence Lucinda was on top of her like a Cat on a Mouse.
“Look Sweetie, you’ve been coming in here every morning around 9 am for the past three weeks asking me the same question. I think I know now to tell you the answer about if Laurence is alright. Unless you come running in, panting, alone, clothes tattered, and there are ragging battle noises outside then you can ask me a question other than that just let me tell you”. She said as she reverted to a scroll she was reading. As she did Aphmau in shock replied with “I’m... sorry Lucinda it’s just it’s been weeks and still her hasn’t changed and I’m trying not to give up hope...” She said holding back tears; Lucinda dropped her scroll and looked at Aphmau, tears in her eyes, as Garroth put a hand on Aphmau’s shoulder Lucinda spoke. “I am sorry about the way I acted before, it’s just... I’ve never felt so useless before! I’m supposed to be a all powerful witch and I can’t reverse a single spell, I’ve looked in all my spell books, brewed every potion of healing I know, consulted with my family yet NOTHING IS WORKING!” With this non-surprising news, the air went death silent; until Garroth broke it with the simplest of words “Do you at least know what caused this or how long we have to heal him?” Lucinda replied with frightening news “I’m so sorry Garroth but I truly have no clue about either question’s answers, I’m sorry to say that it’s been weeks and he hasn’t moved... I think it may be the best to say that he’s...he’s.” Lucinda Sniffles, there is a long pause someone hoping that Lucinda would finish her thought until the reality came to Aphmau, “no.......NO! This-s can’t-t b-be happening, not after everything we’ve been through!” shouted Aphmau as she cried at Laurence’s bed while Katelyn and Kawaii~Chan comforted her. Everything is silent, other than the cries of sadness from Aphmau. While everyone is taking in this horrible news there was a sudden knock at the door. As Garroth wiped his tears and headed for the door he spoke “I’ll get it” Everyone else’s eyes were glued to Laurence until Garroth spoke “Wait a minute... Who...Who are you?” Aphmau’s face wiped to the opened door and spotted a girl. Her hair was wavy and brunette going down to her waist. She had beautiful stormy blue eyes, Tall brown boots, a golden shell clip lay in her hair and a Golden Heart Pendant with a rose etched in the middle lay on her neck. Those were all she could make out since the girl was dressed in a black outfit covering her mouth, arms, chest and legs. While everyone looked at her with amazement and confusion, she spoke a confusing message. “Hello everyone, I know you may have many questions about who I am or why I am here but may I please attend to Laurence quickly, we have limited time before the Shadow Knight King takes a hold of him.” At this weird outburst the others stared at her in shock. “Who...What? Now wait just a minute.” Said Aphmau at the mysterious stranger, who was calming staring at her as Garroth drew his Diamond Sword, its point at the mysterious girl’s chest. “I’m with Aphmau; you can’t just walk in here and expect us to allow you to do something to our friend. What are you? A witch? A Demon Warlock?” Garroth shouted at the new found girl. As he waited for a reply Lucinda stepped in the way. “Please Garroth put it into perspective. None of our magic works on Laurence, he may be dead soon and she is saying she can heal him. It’s worth a shot. But” she said facing the girl.
“IF YOU HURT HIM IN ANY WAY OR FORM GARROTH WILL TEAR YOU TO SHREDS AND YOU’RE LEFT OVERS WILL BE A SNACK FOR MY FAMILIAR! IS THAT CLEAR!” she shouted at the girl as she looked calmly at Lucinda. “Understood...” she replied walking towards Laurence. As she stood at Laurence’s bedside a small sad smile spread across her face, then she closed her eyes a lifted her bare hand. Instantly water shot from across the room and wrapped around her hand then a stream of light hit Laurence straight in the chest and he slowly started to breath. All of the witnesses let out a collective gasp. As this happened Aphmau staring across the room at the girl and Laurence she thought to herself “The way she just appeared... could it be they know one another? And her powers... they are magnificent” As she finished this thought the girl turned around and faced them all, announcing some astounding news. “It is done. I know you all want an explanation on who I am but right now Laurence is more important. His state is fine and he should awake in an hour or so, or at least once his energy is restored. He became sick by the Shadow Knight King, as I explained when I arrived, that was trying to use Laurence as a way to come to our world, if I had come any later he would have destroyed Laurence’s physical form and made it here, to our world, sadly he will try again, however if he does come to my kingdom. If you hurry to O'khasis they should be able to lead you from there. Do not try to replicate the spell I used it takes a level 45 spell caster and is sacred to my family, if you do attempt without practice you will be blown to bits.”With the girl’s last words she began to walk out the porch until she stopped in front of Aphmau to speak “And Aphmau...... please tell Laurence...Tell him I came.” And with these final words she walked out the door and disappeared as it closed. It took a few minutes for everyone to process what happened, but to break the ongoing silence Kawaii~Chan asked a question “What was that Aphmau~Sempai?” Aphmau replied quickly “I... don’t know.....but I’m going to find out.” She looked out the window seeing a golden bird flying west as she thought “West of O'khasis Huh....” turning towards Laurence she then thought “at least your safe”
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