Part 6

Part 6 of The Search by Sage Lock

The grotesque stench of the clan leaders breath filled the air, and my heart quickened, like setting a metronome higher and higher, until I eventually answered, “What are you talking about!? How can we not be on Earth anymore, all we did was shipwreck, that’s all that happened!!”

                He only chuckled, and silently stared at the wall behind me, then saying, “When your ship crashed, you emitted a high frequency sound wave that alerted enemies of your location.”

                “So what are you saying?  That you are not an enemy?”

                “I’m saying that one of my spellcasters located your family, but not you. Then they were able to teleport you and your family to our island, but were for some reason uneasy teleporting you here as well, knowing that you are one of us too.”

                A sudden chill made me shiver down the length of my spine. “What do you mean one of you?”

                “How could you not recognize it yourself, when you released your energy of magic on the beach.”

                Again I remembered the beach, Karen and her fighting against the light that encased her, and struggled to fight back tears. “Do you know where Karen is? What happened to her?”

                “She was teleported out of the area by someone other than us, and I think you know who it was.”

                I racked my brain, struggling to come up with an answer and asked, “What did you mean when you said I released magic on the beach?”

                “I mean that you are a part of one of the four ancient guilds known as the Magician’s Guild.”

                I then whispered to him, now knowing what had really happened, but unable to accept it, “You know who teleported her away don’t you.”

                He nodded his fur encased face and replied, “Yes, you were the one who had teleported her.” I then realized that it was me who had eliminated Karen from my life forever.