Chapter 2
Eda stared at the orb watching as her young apprentice got sadder and sadder. She desperately had to find a way to contact her, or help her in some way. She could tell she was going down a dark path, and she was worried about her. King was curled up in her laugh, half watching, half wondering what they could do. She watched as Luz crawled into her bed once again, turned over and shut her eyes. She wondered if she dreamed of the Boiling Isles. She wondered if she ever dreamed of her true home. She could only hope she did, or else there was no hope for her.
‘’ How is she? ‘’ King asked.
‘’ See for yourself ‘’ Eda said gesturing to it.
‘’ She seems … fine ‘’ King said. He sounded worried, of course he would be.
‘’ She seems the same as when we always check on her tired, lost, sad ‘’ Eda said.
‘’ But why? Luz was so much happier here ‘’ King said.
‘’ I know ‘’ Eda said sadly. Luz had never really meant to leave. She just wanted to tell her mother what had happened, and explain she wouldn’t be home. But when she lost her memories, she stayed, she’d had no other choice. She could only hope they were trapped somewhere in her mind, that they could somehow come back. But she had no clue. Worries of Luz filled her mind as they sat there together. She continued watching a sleeping Luz when she heard a knock on her door. Already knowing who it was she called to Hooty ‘’ You can let her in ‘’. Hooty made a disapproving noise before letting the small girl in. And there Amity stood. In the doorway, looking at her.
‘’ Come in, kid, don’t just stand there ‘’ Eda said ushering her in. Amity walked through the door and stood looking at the orb.
‘’ Is she? ‘’ she began to ask.
‘’ She’s just sleeping kid ‘’ Eda said. Amity walked over and sat next to Eda on the couch, both watching the orb in on a sleeping Luz. They had formed a weird little friendship over the past few months. Watching over Luz from afar and confiding in each other ideas of how to get Luz back or how to contact her. Amity had been researching dream magick, and Eda had been figuring out portal magick. But deep down she knew that Luz would need to remember who she really was, what had happened, she would have to bring her own sense of magick, if they had any chance at saving her. She sighed as her and Amity sat quietly watching the orb, sitting quietly as they waited for the other one to speak.
‘’ I’ve been researching dream magic, more ‘’ Amity spoke.
‘’ Have you found anything? ‘’ Eda asked.
‘’ I’ve found some spells, I think that might work, but their gonna take awhile, and they require the person to be connected to the magick realm ‘’ Amity said.
‘’ Well, Luz is still connected to the magick realm, just not as much as we need to get her back ‘’ Eda said worriedly. ‘’ Right ‘’ Amity responded pulling a book out of her bag ‘’ I was wondering if you could actually look through this ‘’. She opened her bag and grabbed a book flipping to the pages she had been studying earlier, showing it to Eda.
‘’ Do you think this would be a good idea? ‘’ she asked.
Eda scrutinized the pages ‘’ Hmm ‘’ she said ‘’ Astral projection into the human world ‘’.
‘’ Yeah ‘’ Amity says. Eda scanned the pages and furrowed her brows. ‘’ Hm, it’s seems simple enough, well not simple, but not dangerous ‘’ she said.
‘’ I know it’ll be hard, but I think I can do it ‘’ she said. ‘’ I’m sure you can, though you should be careful ‘’she said. ‘’ Right ‘’ Amity said. The two sat in silence for a few moments before Amity spoke. ‘’ Do you think, she ever dreams of being here? Or all the thing that happened here? ‘’ she asked.
‘’ I don’t know, we can only hope so as it will help her get back ‘’ Eda said. Amity nodded. She could only hope that Luz would come home.