help. She can heal.”
She felt a hand fall on her shoulder and turned to see Micca behind her. He pushed past and knelt over the boys.
“She can't help,” Micca said. “It's not anything a healer can cure. They have consumed a potion of some sort. The only way to save them now is to find out what the ingredients were and make a counter potion.”
“Who would do this? Why?” Willow asked.
Augusto answered. “We think it was Jade.”
“Is this over me? Did she do this because of me?” Her eyes stung. The pain of the realization that she had been the reason her friends were hurt was too much for her.
Zebulon put his arm around her. “Come now child, you need some air. Let's not have tears and flood the town. We will figure this out. How about you tend to some food for the rest of the townsfolk. There are hungry, scared people.”
Willow looked at him with a blank stare and stepped outside. He knew what she could do. What she didn't understand was why the people didn't just go harvest their own food. She stumbled across the road, still in shock from the sight of the boys and round to her garden. It was empty. She stood dumfounded. There was nothing there.
Clairity and Ashlyn had come to her side. They both were just as shocked by the sight of the empty fields, but what came next was even more unusual.
Willow stood tall raising her arms above her head. What looked like a golden dust rained down on the field. Within seconds there were bountiful fruit trees, bushes of berries, vines with grapes and vegetables of all types fully grown and ready to pick. She turned taking only one step towards her friends. The weight of the day's events became too much for her. Her legs buckled, sending her tumbling to the ground.
Chapter Ten
Nebulah walked right by the other Council members and into the castle. She was keeping a fast pace which didn't slow once inside. She climbed the staircase and went straight to Jade's room. Flinging her daughter's door open, she moved to the bed.
“What are these?” she demanded pointing to the missing items from town.
“Can't knock?” Jade snarled back at her.
“What is going on here?” Malarchy having seen his wife return, followed her. He was standing at the door looking in.
Nebulah turned to him. “These items were stolen from town today,” she said choking back tears.
“They were gifts, daddy, from the Shinning brothers. Go ask them,” she said giving her mother a look of disgust.
“He can't ask them. They are unconscious and having seizures, all three. The only one to see them today was you Jade,” Nebulah replied. “What did you do?”
“Don't be so dramatic mother. I am sure they will be fine tomorrow,” Jade said without concern.
“If something happens to those boys and you have information that can save them.” Her mother's words cut off as she grabbed the dress and gems off her daughter's bed.
“Hey, those are mine. What do you think you are doing?” Jade yelled.
“Returning them to their owners,” Nebulah replied. She was about to leave when Nyssa appeared behind Malarchy.
“I am afraid there is bad news. The boys ingested some form of a potion. Without an ingredients list, they won't make it,” Nyssa said as she passed Malarchy in the doorway and looked at the items Nebulah was holding. All three turned their attention to the girl.
“Why are you looking at me?” Jade demanded. “Fine, it wasn't poison. It was just a little love potion and I didn't make it.” She looked straight at Nyssa and added, “If you want to know what was in it, why don't you ask Camile. Their fate is her fault, not mine.”
“You have broken so many rules...”
Jade interrupted her father with a cold voice. “So change them. That's what the Council does isn't it? Makes things fit the way they want them to?”
“You have no idea what you have done. I am not sure we can help you out of this mess.” Her father had a sadness in his voice, something Jade hadn't
She felt a hand fall on her shoulder and turned to see Micca behind her. He pushed past and knelt over the boys.
“She can't help,” Micca said. “It's not anything a healer can cure. They have consumed a potion of some sort. The only way to save them now is to find out what the ingredients were and make a counter potion.”
“Who would do this? Why?” Willow asked.
Augusto answered. “We think it was Jade.”
“Is this over me? Did she do this because of me?” Her eyes stung. The pain of the realization that she had been the reason her friends were hurt was too much for her.
Zebulon put his arm around her. “Come now child, you need some air. Let's not have tears and flood the town. We will figure this out. How about you tend to some food for the rest of the townsfolk. There are hungry, scared people.”
Willow looked at him with a blank stare and stepped outside. He knew what she could do. What she didn't understand was why the people didn't just go harvest their own food. She stumbled across the road, still in shock from the sight of the boys and round to her garden. It was empty. She stood dumfounded. There was nothing there.
Clairity and Ashlyn had come to her side. They both were just as shocked by the sight of the empty fields, but what came next was even more unusual.
Willow stood tall raising her arms above her head. What looked like a golden dust rained down on the field. Within seconds there were bountiful fruit trees, bushes of berries, vines with grapes and vegetables of all types fully grown and ready to pick. She turned taking only one step towards her friends. The weight of the day's events became too much for her. Her legs buckled, sending her tumbling to the ground.
Chapter Ten
Nebulah walked right by the other Council members and into the castle. She was keeping a fast pace which didn't slow once inside. She climbed the staircase and went straight to Jade's room. Flinging her daughter's door open, she moved to the bed.
“What are these?” she demanded pointing to the missing items from town.
“Can't knock?” Jade snarled back at her.
“What is going on here?” Malarchy having seen his wife return, followed her. He was standing at the door looking in.
Nebulah turned to him. “These items were stolen from town today,” she said choking back tears.
“They were gifts, daddy, from the Shinning brothers. Go ask them,” she said giving her mother a look of disgust.
“He can't ask them. They are unconscious and having seizures, all three. The only one to see them today was you Jade,” Nebulah replied. “What did you do?”
“Don't be so dramatic mother. I am sure they will be fine tomorrow,” Jade said without concern.
“If something happens to those boys and you have information that can save them.” Her mother's words cut off as she grabbed the dress and gems off her daughter's bed.
“Hey, those are mine. What do you think you are doing?” Jade yelled.
“Returning them to their owners,” Nebulah replied. She was about to leave when Nyssa appeared behind Malarchy.
“I am afraid there is bad news. The boys ingested some form of a potion. Without an ingredients list, they won't make it,” Nyssa said as she passed Malarchy in the doorway and looked at the items Nebulah was holding. All three turned their attention to the girl.
“Why are you looking at me?” Jade demanded. “Fine, it wasn't poison. It was just a little love potion and I didn't make it.” She looked straight at Nyssa and added, “If you want to know what was in it, why don't you ask Camile. Their fate is her fault, not mine.”
“You have broken so many rules...”
Jade interrupted her father with a cold voice. “So change them. That's what the Council does isn't it? Makes things fit the way they want them to?”
“You have no idea what you have done. I am not sure we can help you out of this mess.” Her father had a sadness in his voice, something Jade hadn't
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