Jameson's Quest Part 3

Cynthia waited quietly, trying to feel the energy inside the room. The benefit of sealing the room, is that Nazaar couldn't sense anything happening inside the room, but they couldn't sense anything outside the room either.

Jameson stood on the sink counter and removed the double spacer.  She drew her wand and put it where the spacer had been.  "What do you think Cyn?"

"We know our wands were Alexandria and Eva's and our family knew the moment we were born that we would get these wands.  Maybe they need to be together; here." She said pointing to where the double spacer had been.

"It doesn't hurt to try."

Both women took their wands and placed them together and pointed them towards the empty space.  Nothing happened.

"Wait, remember that childhood rhyme mom would have us recite?" Jameson remembered.

"Yeah, wasn't it something like...ut supremus sic subter supter (as above so below)..."

"...nostrum prosapia mos perceptum quod prospicio (our family will learn and prosper)."

Jameson's wand shot a blue lightning bolt towards the ceiling, Cynthia's sent an identical yellow bolt.  A green haze clouded the ceiling and an emptiness appeared between the spacers.

"Huh, wasn't expecting that."  Jameson huffed out.  They had both been holding their breath in anticipation.

Jameson stood on the sink and pulled herself into the recently opened space.  She was expecting darkness, but the space was lit.  There was filtered sunlight streaming in through a dust covered window at the end of the room.

"Cynthia, come up here with me.  You won't believe this."

Jameson made room for Cynthia.  They stood together on the ancient wooden floor across from the empty, perfectly made twin beds.

"Alexandria and Eva's?"  Cynthia questioned.

"I think so - I think the spell brought us here.  Wherever here is."

Together, they walked toward the beds.  Unsure what would happen, they kept their wands out and their senses sharp.  The dust was thick.  It looked like no one had been up here for several hundred years.  There was a wooden nightstand between the two beds and a closet off to the side.

As they reached the bed, they saw the reason they had come up there.  Sitting on one bed was a map.  On the other, a ring.  Cynthia reached for the map, while Jameson picked up the ring.  A slight breeze rustled the air.

"Did you feel that?" They said in unison.

Jameson studied the ring that fit perfectly on her right ring finger.  There was a pentacle on the top of the ring and three crystals set inside the bottom.  "This was Eva's.  She knew we would find it one day.  They knew we were the only ones who could find it.  I feel...stronger now...like they're with us."

Watching Jameson with the ring on her finger, Cynthia couldn't help but feel the same way.  The map had made her feel stronger the second she had seen it.  These items had been left in the open to help them.  They would show them where the talisman was hidden.  They would help protect them from Nazaar when they broke the seal on the room downstairs. 

To be continued...