Knight of the Black Rose (51 page)

A large clock appeared behind him, counting down from 120minutes, so everyone quickly got to it as they really were working against the clock.

Lucy couldn't believe how tired she was even though they hadn’t been having their normal lessons the past couple of days, just three exams so far, one a day. It was the free time that was doing it to her because she still had so much that she needed to do, and she just hoped that this was right as she logged onto her computer so she could send off what she had found out so far.

To: Doctor S.Wray

From: - Luna

Doctor Wray

I'm sorry that it's taken so long to get back to you, but I was trying out quite a few different potions, brews and incense combinations, and the student agreed to try some of them, but I haven't tried them all yet. He seems quite a bit better, he's not drained of energy anymore, but his magic is still a bit of a problem. We’re hoping that with a bit of training to re-focus his skills that he'll be alright.

A Basic Collaboration Brew (Earth Ingredients)

2parts Bay

1part Carnation

2parts Costmary

3parts Eucalyptus

2 ground Garlic clovers

1part Ginger

1part Lemon

3parts Lemon

1part Lemon Balm

1part Lemongrass

3parts Lemon Verbena

2parts Bay

1parts Carnation

2parts Costmary

3parts Eucalyptus

11/2 ground Garlic clovers

2parts Pine

1part Thyme

2parts Bay

2parts Caraway

1part Costmary

1 Dill Seed

1part Hyssop

2parts Lavender

2parts Rosemary

1part Rue

1part Thyme

Make them all separate and then add together, boil and serve. They may need a couple of doses'.

Not sure if you believe in the works of incense, but if you do, here's a couple that might help.

This first one is another collaboration and they're all supposed to be burnt at the same time to have the best impact possible.

Incense Collaboration (Earth ingrendients)

Clearing Incense

3parts Frankincense

3parts Copal

2parts Myrrh

1part sandalwood

Crystal Purification Incense

2parts frankincense

2parts Copal

1part Sandalwood

1part Rosemary

1 pinch finely powdered salt

1 small purified Quartz crystal point

Healing Incense

2parts Juniper Berries

2parts Myrrh

1part Rosemary

1 pinch Saffron

Purification Incense

2parts Bay

4parts Frankincense

1part Vervian

Spirits Depart Incense

1part Calamint

1part Peony

1part mint (spearmint)

1/4part Castor Beans* (can be dangerous)

2parts Fennel Seed

2parts Dill Seed

1/2 part Rue

This one is a general incense with all the main ingrendients thrown in for extra burst if you just wanted to use the one.

Healing Collection Incense

4parts Frankincense

3parts Copal

2parts Myrrh

2parts Sandalwood

1part Rosemary

2parts Juniper Berries

1part Cinnamon

1 pinch Saffron

1part Verain

2parts Fennel Seeds

2parts Dill Seed

1/2part Rue

Hopefully this is what you really want, it has quite a kick when done properly if I do say so myself; but like I said the magic might not come back but at least they might wake up. (I haven't got a name for it yet.)

Collaboration Potion

1 – yishow finger whole

3 sliced – pargin’s

stir until it turns green

1 – fi’gos

powdered - tarious

stir anti-clockwise 6 times, it should turn blue; then let it cool for 2hours.

5 – wilt’forn wings

2 – diced infant batles

1 sliced - pargin

boil for 5 minutes

6 – Or’ridian eyes

2 – li’vi’ar

1 – fi’gos

stir until it turns dark red

2 – wilt’forn wings

boil for 5 minutes

1 - dartar

3 sliced – li’vi’ar

let it cool for 2hours.

Once both potions have cooled; heat up a caldron for 10minutes to make sure that its warm before you start.

Pour steadily and stir as you do.

1/4 mixture of each first

boil for 15minutes

flash freeze for 5minutes, then re-heat until it turns pink

add another 1/4 and stir for 10minutes

let it stand on a low heat for an hour

heat to boil as you pour and stir the rest into the mixture.

stir until it turns white

(Must be drank within 10minutes of turning white)

I hope at least some of this was helpful for you, and good luck.

Luna

Lucy finally finished writing, she couldn't believe how long it had taken her to re-write, and she really did hope that at least some of it will help, but at moment there wasn't anything else she could do about that; so she might as well focus on the rest of her exams and leave the rest up to Doctor Wray and his team.

Chapter Twenty-Nine

There was hardly any light reaching them on the edge of the forest by their dorms where they had agreed to meet with Travis and his friends, Will had actually only told Troy, Alex and Lucy about the meeting, mainly because he didn't want everyone turning up drawing too much attention to themselves and he didn't really think that the others really wanted to do this, so he wasn't going to put them in that position. They walked over checking over their shoulders every once in a while making sure that they weren't followed, but it annoyed him that Lucy didn't seem as bothered by that idea as anyone else seemed to be.

"Glad you could make it," Travis said as they joined them.

"I had stuff to do," Lucy told them.

"She always has stuff to do, and we don't know why," Troy told him.

"We wanted to know if you've come up with a plan yet about the Knight?" Liam asked.

"The summoning potion is kind of hard to make, considering that you have to kill creatures to get the ingredients," Lucy told him.

"Yeah, we're not really up for that," Will added.

"I still kind of managed to make one though," Lucy told them making them all look at her amazed that she actually managed it. "I haven't tried it or anything, so I don't know if it'll actually work of course...but it should do,"

"Okay...weird, but impressive," Travis said a little taken aback by this news.

"We've actually been working on a spell." Troy admitted embarrassedly.

"So have I, we'll go over them together and see how well they work," Reed told him.

"You do know that we still don't know how to defeat it right?" Will reminded them.

"We were thinking negative magic," Travis told them.

"We've almost finished," Liam said smiling. "If it feeds off of it, instead of getting stronger it should get weaker,"

"A banishing spell then should get it back into the book," Reed added. "If we can get it into the book, then the police can destroy it themselves,"

They all looked at each other as they took this all in, as it looked as though they actually had a plan.

"Are we really going to do this?" Alex asked.

"We have to," Will told them as he understood most out of them all that they had to stop this thing, especially after what had happened to him, even though he was scared to death to face this thing again and what it could do to him, he didn't want it to hurt anybody else.

"Okay then...Saturday morning, we'll meet in the circle corridor," Travis told them.

"Why there, it's kind of close to the teachers?" Alex asked.

"That's one reason why we want it there, in case anything goes wrong, but also for the space," Travis told him.

"We'll be there." Will assured him and Lucy nodded in agreement, Troy and Alex did also even though they looked just as scared as he felt.

Will could hardly believe it, after all of these months they were finally going to confront the thing, he just hoped that it really did go according to plan as he couldn't really afford to lose anymore of his powers.

The rest of the week had just flown by, and now they nervously walked over together to meet Travis and his friends again. Lucy was clutching a bag to her with the potion inside of it as she walked a little behind the other three, watching Alex scan the area every couple of seconds as though he expected the Knight to actually jump out at them.

"This is it," Will said. "Do you think the book will come with the Knight?"

"Hopefully," Troy said. "You do think that they buried it where we agreed right?"

"It wasn't there and their dad is a teacher here," Lucy said matter-of-factly.

"Why would they lie to us about it though?" Alex asked nervously.

"Maybe it was called away," Will suggested. "It's possible, remember those other attacks..."

"I guess," Lucy said, not wanting to think too much about those other attacks and what might happen to them if this all goes wrong.

They walked the rest of the way in a nervous silence down the corridor, and then coming out in the centre passage of the round chamber; there were corridors on either side of them and two more facing them. Travis and his friends were already there waiting for them checking out the other corridor's, probably making sure that no one else was coming their way, not wanting anyone interrupting them.

"Glad you could make it," Travis said.