Thursday, April 26, 2007

#8!!
“Shh! Keep it down!” cried Lochelle.
“….I’m sorry…I’ve just had, a lot of anger lately and just wanted to take it out on someone…It’s not your fault. I hope I can make it up…”
Eureka paused for a moment as Gloria nervously fidgeted with her uniform tie.
“Okay, how about this? How about you tell us how to get to Skolta? Please, Gloria! We’ve been thinking about it all day!”
Gloria though for a moment, then relaxed, and gave a deep, heavy sigh. She nodded. The three girls listened closely as she told about Skolta.
“The reason I had to leave yesterday was because of the mirror.” The girls looked at her strangely. “Yes, a mirror. But it is a secret passage to Skolta. You may think this is odd, but I have to put a spell on it every day at sunset. That is to stop all of the evil creatures from coming through the mirror.” Eureka thought for a second, and then said, “Yeah, I get it. By why a mirror?”
Gloria’s small smile faded away. “Unfortunately, it’s the only entrance from Earth to Skolta.” They all nodded with her. “When can we go to Skolta, Gloria?” said Lochelle.
“Sure enough, Lochelle, when the time is right.”
For the rest of the week, they went to their regular days, seeming not to notice their patience running thin in each of them. Then, that Saturday, they met near the fountain again, for an important meeting. “Thank you for waiting all week for this.” Nicole looked suspiciously at Gloria. “What do you mean, ‘for this’?” Gloria took a few deep breaths. “I’m going to take you all to Skolta. But, please, be careful.” The three jumped up and down with excitement. The were finally going to see they place they were expected to save. “Girls! Calm down! I didn’t say it was safe! The Elders don’t wait it, but I’m willing to take you.” With that she motioned for them to follow her. “Um, Gloria? Exactly where is the mirror?” asked Lochelle doubtfully. “Well, it’s a cloud. But if I can just find it…” “What?!” cried Eureka. “What do you mean, if you can find it? Is it like Chance or something? We can only go at certain times? When can you actually find it?!” She stopped dead in her tracks, and raising her voice to a yell. Gloria just stood there, shaking her head. She chuckled and looked at Eureka. “You talk too much.” She said. Her finger stuck out at a cloud, and wisps of silver magic ran from an invisible connection. Her eyes glinted, and the cloud she pointed at levitated down, or they were going up…or something. “Wha…how are we going up?” Nicole said, breathless. “Tsbin avra cometanl…” Gloria spoke, her heavy Tutluskan accent swelling the words. Eureka squinted her eyes, and when she opened them, they were slowly settled on the cloud. A giant mirror was levitating lazily off the ground. The mirror was surrounded by an aura of golden light, and Gloria took a graceful step forward, to the mirror. “Okay, mages, are you ready to meet your destiny?”

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