Hidden Wings

chapter fifteen

The next day starts and I spot Ivey walking in the halls doing breathing exercises then from time to time I would check the looking glass and pop in on what she was doing,

"Ivey, how's the class?" I ask on Sunday when she finishes her meditation class with Seth,

"Easier but hard." She sighs emotions steady.

"Where are you heading?"

"Out I want to experiment my learning." I sigh,

"No." She shoots a look my way.

"What?"

"You cannot just go walking around you could get hurt or worst lost to us." She opens her mouth, but I raise my hand, "You have no idea how much it will kill us if you disappear on us, we couldn’t bare the pain again so please just stay here for now." She sighs

"Fine." I blink,

"No fighting me on this?" She shakes her head,

"No, if this is the only way I can help you guys stay at ease then so be it, besides I really don’t feel like dying just to see if I can fit in with muggles." I smile and pat her head than had to ask.

“What is a muggle?” She smiles and starts to laugh,

“A non-magic user it’s from a fiction book.” She turns back to the elevator, but I spot her just short of a step,

"Take Seth please he is the only one that speaks well with the keepers." She nods and I release her from my grasp.

Tuesday

"Where is she today?" I ask my help as I brush my hair back then glance outside my window it's already pass noon.

"The records hall, your majesty." The willow girl answered waving her hand to allow the mirror to show Ivey. She had fallen asleep reading; she has tears in her lashes. Just as I noticed so did Seth who is picking up books off of the table, he shifts the books to one hand and gently whip the tears away, it was a small touch, but it had caused her to wake. I whip my hand on the mirror getting rid of the image. I smile,

"Where's my grandson?" I ask pushing pins in hair.

"It seems he is getting briefed at this moment in the main hall."

"Tell them that I am heading down to speak to him. However, I am making a stop somewhere so there no rush." She nods and a cloud of light blue she is gone. Once I finish my hair, I brush my dress out and head to the records hall.

"Your majesty!" Seth whispers, to my surprise Ivearona has fallen back to sleep. He moves to me instead of me going to them. "What brings you here? Ms. Ivey is asleep; Shall I wake her?" I shake my head.

"No, let her sleep. I am here to see you. Can you please find Ivey's first sixteenth birthday please." He bows moving to her section whispering a locator spell and quickly return with what I ask for. He holds the book to me I smile, "Thank you." He bows as I turn and head to my next destination.

The people who were in the meeting were just starting to leave as I step out of the elevator. Each after another stops and bows as I pass.

"Isaac!" I sang as I enter the room his head once again in his hands as he rubs his temples,

"What?" He groans.

"Do you remember Ivearonas' first sixteen birthdays?" He shakes his head,

"No, it's been 573 years since then." I smile and place the book on the table opening it up a mist of colors burst in the air showing the ball room and Ivearona with blond hair and in a pink dress the flowers glowed in her presents.

"This was the year we were going to announce her proposal." I remanence, Isaac laughs though it was rough and had no humor in it, it's nice to hear,

"I remember now this was the year she was so upset about it and ran to the cottage and meet that Ashton boy for the first time." He sighs, "Because of that boy it has been much easier on the unseelie king to kill her." I nod,

"I believe that we could cut this vicious cycle once and for all." He nods for me to continue. "Seth is Alzir nephew mostly solitude blood and cannot be used by unseelie or Seelie fea plus he smart and has been around for at least two hundred years. If he becomes the next king and takes Ivearona as his wife, they can stop the unseelie king once and for all." He shakes his head,

"Right, because that worked the last time." He sighs.

"We won't do it the same way we just need to keep that reincarnation boy away from her long enough to sever their accidental bond she mistakenly made." His face stopped me from continuing.

"Grandmother she doesn't even know she made it plus how long do you think it'll take to get rid of quinquennial long bond." I shrug,

"Never tried it before." I grin, "A challenge for me to concur." I stand taking the book with me and leave I hear him groan very loudly as I exit the room.

Wednesday

"So, where is Ivey at?" I glance at the sky it's a little gray out. "My, now isn't that a sight of sore eyes." I smile. Ivey must not be in the best of moods and so early in the day.

"She is heading to the meditation room she has just left from the head office." My aid said bowing as she enters in light blue fog. "People are feeling the energy shift today your majesty it's even effecting the seekers." I nod and visit Isaac using my magic I'm in his office in a thought.

"What’s going on?" I ask him to take a seat in front of him.

"She was reading one of the history scrolls last night and came upon the war that Grandfather late king died. When I asked if she wanted to talk about it she said no and when I asked here again when she just in here she still said no, also she asked were mother has been have you seen her?" He sighs sitting back in his leather chair. I smile.

"She won't talk to you she doesn't trust us to much after she started read the scrolls however don’t be despair." He sighs again so I use the mirror image showing Ivey meditating on balcony in Ivearona, Seth next to her laying on his back looking at the sky as she is floating a few feet off the ground. She was chatting but I didn't have the sound being used therefore we can't hear them. "However, she does have someone to speak to so don't worry about her." I make the image disappears then continued, "I believe she will be fine." He shakes his head then ask,

"What should I do?" I smile standing.

"Nothing she doesn't need your help." He sighs again I pat his shoulder then head to the door tired from using the transportation spell to get here. "Just make sure she lives to be eighteen that's all we can do at this point. She has someone to talk to this time who isn't link to all this tragic mess I'm telling you this time is different. Also, Avila has been in the tombs with your father he is mostly healed it’ll be any day now especial if she continues to go to the castle." He grunts

"So, you say but I feel you just want it to be because it has to be." His voice got so tiny as if he was a young boy again.

"She will survive." I state then leave the room his tension easing just a bit. I pass Alzir as I walk out, I smile at him,

"Just the man I was about to call for can you tell Seth to add an extra hour to her meditation." He nods and disappears. I start walking around on-again adding light as I go lifting the weight off of people's shoulders, I wish Ivey could understand her part in all this, I sigh as I head to the records hall I go to the twelfth floor to search for the beginning records of Alzir's nephew.

Thursday

I sigh, as, I snap my fingers for a the next book, the one closed on my lap disappears in a grey dust, another appears in my hand. There is nothing I don't know about this Seth boy, yes, he is very positive and very different than the boy trapped by Ivey, he is strong both in mind and physic, powers overwhelmingly strong and his wits are about him. He is a good boy, but I don't know if he is strong enough to beat the bond of five hundred years. I whip two fingers in a backwards capital g more grey dust flattens against my mirror across the room my reflection changes to show Ivey in the secret garden on Ivearona practicing her magic, those little acts help Ivearona feel and use that excess magic to bloom trees and blossom flowers to keep the moons in orbit give life to the plant. I sigh once more it is draining over time. She was visibly mad at what I am not sure, I stay seated and just watch her practice all her angry and frustration. The sun was brighter there the ground sadly scorched from her pain coming out of her as she let whatever it is, she's holding up. After some time, she starts to run Alzir calls after her, but she doesn't listen Alzir nods his head in her directions to Seth who was eating an apple in one of the near-by trees and he starts to follow after. I heave another sigh before getting up and using my transport spell to where he is.

"Your majesty." He bows slightly staring in Ivey's direction. A bench appears and we take a seat.

"What happened?" I ask after getting tea sent here.

"Not sure she had gotten here with a bad mood Seth tried to talk to her, but she just wanted to practice in silence. Then she heard something saw something I guess and said she need to go for run her face said she saw something terrible.”

"Let’s see what she did." I pinch my fingers and pulling the air moving my fingers towards me opening the time and Ivey’s mind from the records as they were being written.

'The image of Ivey’s pass appears one where the entangled boy was dying once again this time in the halls of the palace they were sneaking away this time she was ready to go and on her way to their meeting spot when she stumbles across the trail of blood, his blood.'

"She'll be fine." I sigh I wasted my powers for nothing. "take me to Faith, Seth will protect her." Alzir nods and in red smoke we appear in a bright yellow living room the boy was asleep on the couch oblivious to our arrival; he has been dormant since we last spoke which has almost a week now. Faith, sense us and came down the steps in a hurry, watching over him has been her task as I used potions and chants to release the two, today was the last day of the ritual and I pray that it works. I straighten up as she finally makes it down to us. the boy starts to toss and turn groaning softly,

"What did that do?" Faith gasp as she moves to his side, she whips her head to face me, “Is he going to be okay?" Her eyes became round with worry, her hands clasp together as he lurched up he started to twist his body until he fell on the ground landing on his face he curls up as his back arched his shirt rips and exposed a chunk of fur his bones began to c***k the sounds echoed in the room, the pain had woke him instantly his screams blended with the snaps of his bones pierce my ears, my heart ache for the poor fea the second his transformation was over to easy his pain and to save Faith from more heartache I go into my pocket and take a small bag of a single root that could help him then chatting a spell the dark blue root breaks down to their smallest grain then flow into thud he falls on the couch.

"Take him to the castle tell him the truth and make sure his memories from his past never emerged or he will die and our realm will belong to the unseelies." I order without letting her get a second to respond I face Alzir, "Send them to the south cabin the one on the edge of the realm then make sure they cannot leave those lands make sure he has someone to help him learn what he needs to know until I say so." My voice rang in the house my aura screamed business. He nods and in red they were both gone, "bring Ivey back to earth and make sure she doesn't go to Ivearona until I remove this bond completely." I move to the front door to leave the house,

"Your majesty let me take." I raise my hand before he could finish,

"No, I need a walk." I make myself invisible then leaving without him the sun bright but unpleasant.

Friday

"What did you do?" I sigh I was laying on my bench outside on the balcony looking out to the not so shinny glass city, trying to absorb the view one last time but a fuming Isaac came barging in my room.

"What are we speaking of this time?" I ask sitting up turning to face him.

"Ashton, Shay said that he and his aunt life force has disappeared from this realm." Internally I sigh but I smile and respond,

"Oh, that I awake the powers of the boy and they are currently resting on the south of the realm until I can remove the last of the bond however the scrolls I read all say that he needs to be awake with the powers so I can scrap the bond threads to detangle them." I sigh thinking about what else I need and the power.

His eyes poking out of his head he starts to pace back and forth not able to say anything.

"How is he?" He ask finally,

"He isn’t in an unpleasant situation he’s on a strong dose of sleeping powder until he’s powers return, and I am able to shield the memories of the two and meeting that monster of a fea." I stand moving into my chambers.

"Does Ivey know he’s gone?" I shake my head,

"Not yet but it just happened, and she was having issues earlier but the next time I see her I will tell."

"And what if she ask to go look for him?" I sigh.

"I’ll tell her the truth obviously she is smart girl and has begun to understand what is going on and what her place is, plus she had asked me to do this remember." He nods as someone knock on the door,

"Meeting is starting now." Shay had entered head bowed.

"I'm on my way." He barks then faces me, "If you need anything call for me." I nod then flop on the bed once he was gone. I call for Alzir, in seconds I hear a knock at the door,

“Enter.” I sit up and move to a chair. He comes to stand in front of me, “Sit.” I command. He does what is asked. “I need your help along with your nephew.”

“Shall I go get him.” He ask about to stand, I lift my hand and shake my head,

“No need I rather you tell him after the meeting he need to know what’s going on.” He nods and relaxed.

“I am getting the Verdeki plant soon and both Ashton and Ivey will be separated however I need her power in Ivearona and to make sure it works. Ashton is starting to adapt well, and we have found his pack it was easier than I thought we reached out to them this mroning, he’ll start to live a normal fea life sooner than I pray for so we can start with the plan.” He nods…..

Saturday

"Grandma?" A smile forms on the face as Ivey enter then potion room, she called me from the door that was behind me,

"Back here." I called loudly so she can find me in the back of the room pass the shelves filed with books flasks, tubs, scrolls and beakers. I was setting the materials I would need to make a very strong forgetting potion it look as if we were going to start baking.

"What's the plan for today?" She ask me as she reaches the back.

"I am just going to show you a few things we can do with the pollen, flowers and herbs of our realm." she smiles and nods.

"Sounds like fun." I motion for her to sit and get started on the makings,

"Indeed, this is a Whaling flower sometimes you can use it as its original form for a few things however I am going to grind it down to dust." I start the grinding of the flower with motion spells, "This," I hold up a light blue shinny beaker, "Is from the river of lasting tears once the flower is dust, we will mix it together." I pour the liquid in a pot that was half filed with the dust then lift a bottle with pink fog swirling around, "Once those two are put together you put this in and this, this is pollen from a special flower from the far west on the highest mountains you pore it in and let it fused in then we will sprinkle a pinch of herbs in." I put four distinct types of green leaves then get a pot of water boiling. "Now we are going to let this simmer on the top of the water, not in it, the water will dilute it and will only have half the power but that is only for this one, there are several potions that need it to boil in the water to make them, as they need to be mist to work. The one we are learning right now will be a drink." Ivey nods as she watches closely sitting on the edge of her seat. Once it was done, I get the strainer and the potion in a clean glass and hand it to her. I smile, "Here taste it, it taste like roses."

"What is it?" She ask as she takes a sip.

“It’s a forgetting potion.” Her eye’s go wide and sets in on the table. “Don’t worry the size you drank is not effective, so you are just able to taste it. It’s sweet isn’t?” She lets out a big sigh and nods with a smile,

“Your kind of twisted grandmother.” She laughs lifting an eyebrow as she gets up from the couch. As her powers came forth her emotions have started to get very pronounced; she glides around the room her eyes moving over everything on my table shifting between the materials and me, “I suppose you have a reason for making this today?” She glances my way tilting her head. We circle the table as I start to pick things up slowly.

“Your right.” I give her a similar smile back she laughs a little. “It’s about Ashton.” She pauses in her tracks like his name haunted her but that look comes back, her eye’s softens and her shoulders slump down finally sadness washes over her face completely.

“Did you find a solution?” Her eyes trail over the table once more, harder studying as her life depended on it before resting in my direction. My heart ached for her, but I know this is the only way, her pain will be gone; I hold on to that thought as I explain.

“I have, I had almost all but forgotten there was a story older than time was written and in that story was a way to free from an unwanted bond, but it has to be unwanted. In order for me to get you two separated you have to have no contact, drink a special herbal mixer everyday till the northern moon is at its brightest night, both fea’s must be in their natural state and for the one that casted the bond to push the feeling of entanglement away. So, I woke Ashton up and he is currently in Ivearona and Faith has been giving him the mix and we have been giving it to you for about a week now so hopefully he will intake enough by the time the moon glows high in the sky that the bond weakens and once you give Ivearona enough life. However right now the only thing I need from you both is to finish mastering your powers and when this happens, I need you both to be in Ivearona and I need ten times the power I have now.” I sigh that last part.

“Do I have that power?” I nod slowly keeping eye contact she leans on the table and picks up a vile. “Great, how do I access it?” Her question caught me off guard every time we have important talks, I picture one of her other lives yet every time she surprises me with a calm level of stability, more so her eyes flashed a fiery deep crimson.

“Keep at your training and stay out of Ivearona until you can.” She nods.

“And what is this potion for?” She finally takes hold of the glass beaker with the misty blue shimmering liquid. Twisting it around holding at eye level.

“You both must not remember that the other existed and most importantly that you two ever meet.” She sighs something in her eyes was a shimmering like the potion, but it was sad. Just as the feeling appeared it disappeared, she nods and takes the whole glass in one go.

Once the glass was empty, she drifts to sleep thanks to the chirpani flower from the night fea's garden grove. As she slept, I change the ingredients and the pots. She awakes five minutes later.

"What happened?" She rubs her face with one hand and shift back on the edge.

"I used to much chirpani flower sorry sweetie how do you feel?"

"Foggy." She responds. I put some flowers and stir them around until a green purple mixer puffs into the air above the pot.

"Drink this it'll remover the fog." I lied it was the last of this very strong specific forgetting potion I made for her, I added a few things in her second drink that built walls around all the memories of Ashton from this timeline sadly I can only erase the face of the past him.

"Alright, no more playtime get your note book out and start taking notes I am going to list off the first main ingredients to all Seelie potions." She perks up and starts to fumble with her bag. She does as I say and for an hour, I tell her all that she needs, “Ivey, I have some news about that one boy?” I say in more of a question once she finished putting her things away. She looks at me with a blank look,

“What boy? Seth? What about him?” She smiles. I smile back,

“Can you let him know that you can’t go to Ivearona for a while we are having a gather at the castle and we can’t risk them knowing that you have your power back yet since they will make you take the thrown now and you’re not ready yet. You can however go to the history hall since that is at the core of or world and no one will sense you there.” I smile and she nods then take her bag and wished me well and leaves.