Secrets of the Fortress 'sorcery' by John Victor

CHAPTER 1

    Two men talked in low voices as they walked
down the dark passage that led to a large hall, one spoke in low
soft tone…”what do we do about the lady in the hall?” The other man
was with a thick voice with an Italian accent…” I think we should
rescue her before the master gets to her, she has a very rare power
that no one has ever possessed in centuries, she needs to discover
her powers in the right hands, Master Kujoo is not the right person
to train her, she could destroy everything in the world even the
master himself ”.
    The other man replied with a questions racing
in his mind with no one to answer them…” I’m so scared for what
will become of us after this.” They looked at the large clock in
front of them and they both ran at the same time with the aim of
getting the girl out of their lair at the risk of their lives.
    As they approached the large room, they heard
footsteps but kept their pace, they entered the room but saw no one
in there, “we are too late, the master got her first”.
    * * *
    In another room, Emily was awoken by the
sound of something scraping the sides of a table as she sat up on
the bed still wondering how she got there and what happened before
she did. She strained her eyes to see a man sitting in the corner
of the room, staring at her without moving an inch; he looked in
his late thirties with a striking physique that any lady could die
for.
    He began speaking to her and the smoothness
of his voice dazzled her, it sounded just like a violin. ”Hello
there, I am Kujoo, a master of the Kurikana clan. She was so
surprised because she hadn’t heard of any clan’s existence.
    He talked almost immediately like he sensed
her thought… ” I will tell you everything about this clan from the
very beginning, there were three very close friends with newly
discovered powers. They lived together and decided to create a
group which they named Kurikana clan as it is believed that there
were other magic groups that existed.
    The clans have two main divisions: the good
clans and the evil ones. There are…” She cuts him short by
screaming at him “Why are you telling me all these? I don’t
understand anything you are talking about.
    He spoke back to her with calmness in his
voice… ”Emily, you have powers and I will like to be your mentor so
you can explore the powers in its full force.” Emily looked
startled not knowing what at all to say as she left her mouth
agape, she stammered gently…
    “I have powers?”
    He began to sound eager as he spoke. ”Yes,
you really are powerful and it’s about time you started using your
powers.” She then remembered what happened before she got there.”
You know about the whereabouts of my father, don’t you?” He didn’t
even bat an eye and he replied her with haste…”He is safe”.
    * * *
    Meanwhile, in a small town, a little girl lay
on her back surrounded by lots of flowers in which she finds
solace, singing the only song she knew since her mother threw her
out of the house when she began seeing things no other human
could.
    She will always remember the day a woman saw
her pass by her house, a routine she does every day when searching
for food before she goes to a stall to rest her head for the night;
the woman called her and she approached the old woman with a look
of fright and weariness.
    She sat on a stool and asked the girl for her
name in which she replied after a little while with the slightest
hint of a smile on her face… ”I’m Evalle”. The woman felt great
pity and concern for Evalle when she said she was an orphan and had
nowhere to sleep but for the stall.
    With no child, the woman took Evalle into the
house and began raising her as her own daughter. Evalle repaid the
woman’s kindness by keeping her lips sealed about the every new
discovery of the power she withholds.
    She had suddenly begun to forget about her
mum when an image appeared to her, a sight she had never seen, it
was so dark with evil