in a power play. Fear drove people to turn against them, just like fear is driving humans against all supernaturals now.”
“Defending the Dragon Born is treason,” said Marek.
Gran braided her fingers together. “Planning on turning me in, young man?”
He opened his mouth to speak, then must have thought better of it. His gaze shifted to Eva, whose lips were pressed into a hard line. “No,” he said. “I’m not.”
Gran nodded. “I only speak the truth. Facts. History has this troublesome habit of repeating itself, much to the detriment of our society. It’s on a never-ending loop, and no matter how much historians such as myself hop up and down and wave our hands at the big warning signs, it never does a bit of good.” She expelled a heavy sigh, then poured more tea for herself.
After a few sips, she took a deep breath and looked at Naomi. “But we were talking about you, Naomi, not the end of the world. The Dragon Guard fairy you met used his power to expose your true magic.”
“What true magic?”
“There is a fairy magic that runs in our family, Naomi,” said Gran. “This magic is very rare, but every so often, it touches one of us. The last one to possess this power was Solaris.”
“My father?” Naomi gasped.
“Yes, he had this power. And so do you, Naomi. There has never been another half-fairy with this kind of magic, not until you. Now you just need to unlock it.”
“How do you know I have this magic?”
Gran pointed to the magic symbols slowly fading from her skin. “That spell wouldn’t have worked if you didn’t have this magic, the magic of the Spirit Warriors, fairies with spirit magic.”
“Like a necromancer?” Naomi asked.
“There are similarities between them. Spirit Warriors possess the power to navigate between earth and the spirit realms. Necromancers draw their power from the realm of spirits, but their magic is very different. Necromancers summon and control the dead. They don’t travel through the spirit realm.” Gran pulled a few more books off her shelves and stacked them before Naomi. She flipped through one of them, indicating pages of pictures. “These are artifacts linked to the dead and the spirit realm. Some of these objects can be used in more than one way, depending on who is wielding them.”
“A necromancer and a Spirit Warrior can work different magic with the same artifacts?” Naomi asked.
“Yes.”
“So you’re saying that a Dragon Guard fairy who shouldn’t exist used magic that hasn’t been seen in centuries to reveal a magic I never knew I had?”
“That’s right.”
At least Naomi couldn’t complain her life was dull. “Why am I having visions of the spirit realm, Gran?”
“A Spirit Warrior’s magic comes from the spirit realm. It’s the source of your power, the place you draw from.”
“That’s why my magic was more powerful in the spirit realm?” Naomi asked.
“Yes. There you were at the source of spirit magic. Of your magic.”
“But why do I keep seeing Makani? I always appear close to him. Each time I return there, I pop up closer to him,” Naomi said. “Something is drawing me to him. I could be a romantic and say it’s destiny, but I have a feeling it has something to do with what that fairy did to me.”
“For whatever reason, the dark fairy linked you to this prince,” Gran told her.
“Linked me?”
“It’s another Dragon Guard ability. They linked themselves to the people they swore to protect. They’re essentially bodyguards, so being able to sense the person they had sworn to protect was a useful skill. They can also link other people together. Even groups of people.”
“And they can link to someone in the spirit realm?” asked Naomi.
Gran tapped her fingers against her teacup. “I didn’t think so. The spirit realm is different. It’s magic is different. As you undoubtably noticed, it consumes foreign magic until there’s nothing left. Mages and fairies have earth-based magic.
“Defending the Dragon Born is treason,” said Marek.
Gran braided her fingers together. “Planning on turning me in, young man?”
He opened his mouth to speak, then must have thought better of it. His gaze shifted to Eva, whose lips were pressed into a hard line. “No,” he said. “I’m not.”
Gran nodded. “I only speak the truth. Facts. History has this troublesome habit of repeating itself, much to the detriment of our society. It’s on a never-ending loop, and no matter how much historians such as myself hop up and down and wave our hands at the big warning signs, it never does a bit of good.” She expelled a heavy sigh, then poured more tea for herself.
After a few sips, she took a deep breath and looked at Naomi. “But we were talking about you, Naomi, not the end of the world. The Dragon Guard fairy you met used his power to expose your true magic.”
“What true magic?”
“There is a fairy magic that runs in our family, Naomi,” said Gran. “This magic is very rare, but every so often, it touches one of us. The last one to possess this power was Solaris.”
“My father?” Naomi gasped.
“Yes, he had this power. And so do you, Naomi. There has never been another half-fairy with this kind of magic, not until you. Now you just need to unlock it.”
“How do you know I have this magic?”
Gran pointed to the magic symbols slowly fading from her skin. “That spell wouldn’t have worked if you didn’t have this magic, the magic of the Spirit Warriors, fairies with spirit magic.”
“Like a necromancer?” Naomi asked.
“There are similarities between them. Spirit Warriors possess the power to navigate between earth and the spirit realms. Necromancers draw their power from the realm of spirits, but their magic is very different. Necromancers summon and control the dead. They don’t travel through the spirit realm.” Gran pulled a few more books off her shelves and stacked them before Naomi. She flipped through one of them, indicating pages of pictures. “These are artifacts linked to the dead and the spirit realm. Some of these objects can be used in more than one way, depending on who is wielding them.”
“A necromancer and a Spirit Warrior can work different magic with the same artifacts?” Naomi asked.
“Yes.”
“So you’re saying that a Dragon Guard fairy who shouldn’t exist used magic that hasn’t been seen in centuries to reveal a magic I never knew I had?”
“That’s right.”
At least Naomi couldn’t complain her life was dull. “Why am I having visions of the spirit realm, Gran?”
“A Spirit Warrior’s magic comes from the spirit realm. It’s the source of your power, the place you draw from.”
“That’s why my magic was more powerful in the spirit realm?” Naomi asked.
“Yes. There you were at the source of spirit magic. Of your magic.”
“But why do I keep seeing Makani? I always appear close to him. Each time I return there, I pop up closer to him,” Naomi said. “Something is drawing me to him. I could be a romantic and say it’s destiny, but I have a feeling it has something to do with what that fairy did to me.”
“For whatever reason, the dark fairy linked you to this prince,” Gran told her.
“Linked me?”
“It’s another Dragon Guard ability. They linked themselves to the people they swore to protect. They’re essentially bodyguards, so being able to sense the person they had sworn to protect was a useful skill. They can also link other people together. Even groups of people.”
“And they can link to someone in the spirit realm?” asked Naomi.
Gran tapped her fingers against her teacup. “I didn’t think so. The spirit realm is different. It’s magic is different. As you undoubtably noticed, it consumes foreign magic until there’s nothing left. Mages and fairies have earth-based magic.
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