Grey's Echo: The First Spell

e of Mourningville: Augu

luttering down unto the quiet town like dead l

ht of a few flurries invading Mourningville. Most were excited at the thought of their school closing for the day,

dren. They knew for every snowflake that fell onto the holy groun

n made their living. Aside from the importation and exportation of church supplies: bibles and golden crucifixes,

people pouring their blood, sweat and tears into building the town from the ground up. Everyone who had a brain knew this and one person livi

ake known as Crescent Lake and she wondered just how long it would take for a

orceress of the Underworld, who lost her Immortality forty years ago and has decided to live her remaining days in the town she used to call home. In doing this, she decided

ls down Agatha's back and she

a Hispanic, handsome and t

Dominic Shyler. I do hope you are not here for a little ren

t him revealing her yellow colored teeth, stained with dried blood. The woman's face had mor

addressed her. "I came here to make sure the box had been d

t in 1942 in the classic and rich outskirts of New York City. He was an American sol

smirk, "I never knew you to be quite caring

." He paused when Agatha opened her mouth to speak, but no words came

t?" she interrupted w

apart. I could smell burning flesh; I could see blood everywhere. Then out of th

him to handle and he knew it meant something tragic was going to take place. He didn't know w

y soul is impure. The box is destroyed and it will not

he devoured over thirty-six children during 1690 A.D, which caused her to remain youthful and radiant-well at least during that Century; all while she mu

nd returned the smile. "

tickle her spine, it was something she had never felt before, someone was coming, someone...power

?" Dominic as

y from the window she mutte

would suggest that notion. "No, I'm not l

ix feet, its eyes were as dark as ebony and its face charred, battered and bloodied. There was no v

about this creature-an individual who roamed the Earth shape shifting as both thi

ted, as her eyes lay fixed out of

viciously. Dominic tried to fight the creature's razor sharp claws currently digging into his neck dr

owed her head in remorse. Dominic didn't underst

p of the creature's claws in his neck caused him to wince in pain; he tried

xtreme force causing it to break with a simple snap. He let out his fi

the room and with a loud thud the handsome man's

ture as she felt the cre

u are too late. It is gone." She s

The creature stated with a growl following the last word. It crept slowl

repeated wi

oing to give in to its demand; not now and not ever! Even with

ture's soulless eyes. Something felt familiar ab

nut

a red fiery light, the wooden jewel

slapped it across the face not only

tus" it rep

row and gave the creature a

ily omitted a hig

nd faced the window

s Mourningville. The citizens no longer had to worry about their crops drowned out w

the beautiful, peaceful and glowing lake as she

hest. She saw her blood dripping through its sharp claws and she smelled the sweet aroma of brimstone. She closed her eyes as she felt the blood spilling from t

I

s Later:

packed as Judias Grey thought it would

pending rainstorm approaching the city or the fact

ul it was only him walking through the

f his jeans vibrate and he took out his cellp

ocket, making it obvious that he really didn't want to speak to her. He was sure she was going to ask questions about his ex-boyfriend Marco, and those

lice officers and FBI agents canvassed nightclubs, drug houses, bars and the local rivers, Judias had a feeling he knew where she was. Th

flix, writes poetry and spends his free time on the dating app Tinderdate; but he's also a certified Private Investigator with his

his father was one. Witches in common literature are perceived to be women, while men are s

ing Magic. Whereas Warlocks are Evil Beings who use the powers, they already possess, to destroy other Magical Beings. Witches on t

nto a nearby alleyway where he found a homeless man lying dead on the floor. He had blood po

t voice asked with a

s were as black as coal; her pearly white teeth were now razor s

way as the woman walke

e thought to himself as Diana ope

ster. He had hoped she would fall to the ground and give him enough time to come up with a Plan B, b

high pitch scream causing Diana to clench her ears in pain as a sharp noi

r vial from the left pocket of his jeans. The vial contained pink liquid that glistened in the dimly lit alleyway. He uncorked t

d over at the dead male- although he could've healed him, the man was already dead and th

atched as her eyes turned from Ebony to Emerald green and her te

potion worked." He

would actually work since it had never been done before. Considering Diana wasn't

nd she looked around the alleyway in confu

from the distance, although he called them minutes prior from heading to the

to make sense of what she just witnessed but it was too much for her and she fainted, just as the police cars pulled into

loor of An O

. He tiredly walked over to his desk and turned on the pol

, We found Diana Linx

ichigan?" One of the voi

lleyway. She seems to have been dropped off here

our way and I'll inform the

anner off as he let

earned to expect the unexpected, that and he was investigating a ring of Vampires kidnapping tourists and tur

H

rashing sound followed by the grunt of

ng he learned from this Realm, was to be

ng into his mind all at once. The images of whatever was responsible for that noise for starters includ

metallic door to slide open and he exited the office to

aight to the sword lying next to him. He wore a gold and black leather vest, black leather pants, a white t-shirt st

mysterious man's right hand was coveri

?" the man asked clenc

a puncture wound, but the skin surrounding the wound was starting to turn an Emerald gre

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feet and brought him inside of his office. His olive skin was drenched wi

liquid. The mysterious man was seated on Judias' black and red leather sofa; he did

or six pack abs to show off his vanity and brute might. Instead, the man's body was about average, he wasn't thick or s

ias as he was handed the

und painfully. "I-I have healing abilities that will

laced with poison. Although you are Immortal-as I'm assuming most Knights are nowadays- your ability to heal will be delayed while it fights off the poison. It might take

ver been poisoned before and he never cared about it either because he felt

nk you knew that or else you wouldn't be here. And I also know you wouldn't be here if you thought like your other friends in the Magic Realm and vi

contents; the aroma was strong and bitter. It s

Antidote not coffee. It's not meant to appeal to your sen

his lips and with a quick movement; he swallowed the li

le light. Any pain the man felt was gone the second the puncture wound closed and he couldn't b

id work." The Witc

fused stare, "Why are you sh

ted this potion in so long I thought it was Beetle Blood

he had earlier and Judias laughed and grabbed the empty vial. "You'r

by jumping to his feet. "My name is Nathaniel E

ay from Nathaniel and headed into the open kitchen area. Nathaniel grabbed his white blood st

trying to seduce the Volunteer Guardians again?" he asked smiling and remembering

t his feet and shook hi

weren't as comforting as he had hoped they would be; especially if Agatha and Judia

ou ser

ded slowly. "

etended to be dead in 1526 to avoid m

shook his head once again sadly. "I'm one hundred percent sure she's dead. I went to visit her

mons or Under

his eyebrows. "Wha

ons are scary monsters who literally live in Hell and Underworld Demons are basically humans that you would find at a cheap Motorcycle bar. Leather S&M outfits, bad haircuts and stu

ack and the man who stabbed him

kitchen and made his way toward his office

arious people on it, along with a large metallic file cabinet and a black cauldron that stood in the back of the office. The

is own conclusions but based on the pictures of missing people on the bulletin, the black cauldron in the back of the of

and pulled the second drawer open. "Are you

while there. "A little. It was a war fought between the Magic and Shadow Realm...uh according to the books, the

ve the Knight a nod as if Nathaniel was

City. I moved here to be free of Magic but I was blind in my ignorance and reminded that Magic is in my blood and like a stalker ex-boyfriend...I can never outrun it. So instead of hiding away

you're like S

who could burst a Demon's eardrums open with a single scream,

he couldn't find something. Judias notic

our broomstick. Don't all

travel. I have the power to teleport or shimmer places. Besides, I

led out a picture from the filing drawer. "Is this the guy that stabbed you?

ened in excitement an

ne Demon nothing to worry about but he isn't really keen o

H

w open and a gust of wind entered the off

oor. "Been meaning to find a decent repair guy to fix

looked around admiring the office

enough money and brought a few of the properties by the River. No one ever comes down here...except maybe Mobsters, psychos and prostitutes; but I've managed to keep

was expecting to find an angry and vengeful Witch.

paper that fell on the ground and within a

ious

the door to close it. He paused for a second as he saw something that he didn't expect to

haniel asked placing the papers in a

lcony door once again and he locked it. He saw a flak

and saw that it left a black residue on hi

ow I may not be familiar with this City, but I'm pr

ge creature appeared before Nat

d causing a Blue Plasmaball to float o

asked. Instead, it slapped Nathaniel with extreme force causing him to fly acro

tched as the Creature turned to face h

Ebony eyes and slimy gray skin. Its claws were as sharp as knives and dried bloo

in hopes of hurling the creature telekinetic

lowly and began to

ot up from the ground as his cuts and scrapes healed in a blue light.

reature let out a sharp growl as it fell to its knees clenching its ears in pain. Judias stopped screaming and he

n a blue light, the Witch disappeared from the offic

of the B

e he didn't teleport himself outside. Just as he was about to move, in a black smoky light the creature appeared before him

m and its black eyes star

ure's words sent chills down the Witch's spine. It was

s asked staring into th

law with the intention of stabbing Judias with it, until Nathaniel appeared behind it in a blue light tightly

d and Nathaniel extended his right hand toward Judi

body and watched in confusion as the creature's remains turned into a naked human

Nathaniel asked t

nd he looked do

e heard stories about these creatures. They are Mortals who were cursed by the Underworld to roam the Real

ing at the remains on the ground to care. Nathaniel noticed the Witch's demean

slowly. "Yeah he...was..

n in regret, "I am so sorry. If I knew that, I wou

Underworld's assassins. My brother was in that creature's body, but even with all the powers he possessed,

and he looked at Judias as if he had grown three

enturies." The Witch let out a sigh of frustr

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