NOELLE’S POV,
When I wake up the next day the first thing, I hear is bird sounds. Sunlight streams through my window, and I walk to the window to soak it all in. Feeling the sun on my face gives a bit of light to my mood. It has been a while since I saw the sun and heard birds. The Sea Realm was beautiful, but I don’t think I could live in an air bubble under water all my life.
I look at the clock and see that it is already 11 o’clock. ”I better get dressed,” I think to myself. I walk to the clothing closet to look at what is inside it. I expect to find dresses as I had in the Sea Realm but all I see are pants, sweaters, and shirts. I decide to go for black leather pants and a dark green long sleeve shirt. At the door, some black boots are waiting for me. I feel comfortable and it is very easy to move in these clothes. When I look in the mirror, I decide that these clothes suit me better than all the fancy dresses. I just want to be Noelle and nothing more.
I walk into the hallway but there is no one to be seen. I can see stairs though, so I go higher trying to find the room I arrived in yesterday. I go to the highest level, and I can hear voices coming from the end of the hallway. I open the last door and then I am in the same room as yesterday again. Only now there is sunlight coming in from all directions. In the middle, there is a big table with breakfast on it. Gabriel sits on the end of the table with Holly and Nolan to his sides. Zeus and Faith sit next to Holly and Nolan. When I walk in, they all stop talking. Gabriel smiles at me and waves at the table, ”Good morning, Noelle, hope you slept well. There is breakfast for you if you want.”
I go sit next to Faith and put some food on my plate. Holly keeps looking at me, so I stop and stare back at her.
”I heard you bonded with Thorn, seems there is more to you than meets the eye,” she says a bit snarky.
”Well unlike you he has manners,” I say and get back to my food.
It is silent for a while and then Nolan starts to laugh, ”Haha, she has a point doesn’t she Holly?”
Holly looks at me and then smiles a little bit, ”I guess so, touché Noelle.”
Gabriel gives Holly a little push, ”Don’t mind my sister Noelle. She can be a bit intense, but she means well.”
I look at Holly, ”It’s fine I understand the not trusting people part.” and then I go back to my plate again.
Zeus scrapes his throat, ”Okay so let’s go back to the part where Noelle was controlled by her ancestors. What did they say?”
Gabriel thinks for a moment, ”If I remember correctly, they said: ‘darkness she shall bring but also light. With the start of the dark era, our connection is restored. The last of our bloodline will be able to access all the powers of her ancestors. Beware because there will always be darkness and light.”
Zeus rubs his head, ” So we can presume that Noelle is the key to stopping Hades. That she is the only one that is powerful enough. Did anyone else hear this?”
Gabriel answers, ”Only Roan was there but he was unconscious, so nobody knows.”
Zeus looks a bit happy by that, ”That’s good then we at least have the element of surprise on our side.”
Nolan looks at me, ”We would have to train her though and we need to know what Hades is planning. We need to know how much time we have to get her and the armies ready.”
I am starting to feel overwhelmed, ”War, training, being a secret weapon for people I don’t even know. It is all a bit too much.”
I hear Faith’s soft voice, ”Are you okay? Maybe we should not make plans about Noelle without asking Noelle.”
Holly looks up, ”Alright Noelle what do you think?”
I feel all of them looking at me, ”I… I… I I don’t know I found out yesterday I am the last witch alive, everything that I cared about was a lie. I was betrayed by the man I love, and I killed someone. And now the next morning you want me to say I fight for you and start a war? I don’t even know you. I need some time to think.”
I already see all their mouths open to reply to my doubts but Gabriel’s commanding voice cuts through them, ”We understand it is a lot, Noelle. Zeus, can you transport her to Thorn’s cage?”
Zeus walks to the window, ”Of course Gabriel.”
I feel relieved and walk to Gabriel first, ”Thank you.”
I look into his blue eyes, and he says, ”Go take your time to think, I meant it you know when I said you will always have a choice. You are not a prisoner here.”
I nod my head and walk to Zeus. He gives me a bag with the powder, ”Think about where you want to go and throw some of the powder while you say iter facere.”
I take some of the purple powder and throw it. ”Iter facere,” I say. There is a flash and then I am standing on the ridge of Thorn’s cave. He immediately comes out and seems happy to see me. I curl up against him and close my eyes.