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Chapter 4 - An old friend

As Agatha started to chant the word her eyes were glowing and the room was bright.

She chanted her words the magic went straight to Euphoria

Euphoria started to scream with terror and fright

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"

A beam of light passed when Agatha cast a spell with her wand.

When it was near Euphoria,

She felt like she was near death and a drop of water came from her eyes.

And when it touched the ground the room was full of light as if someone was taking a lamp in a dark room and roaming around.

There was a magical barrier where Euphoria was protected she closed her eyes for a min.

After the magical barrier was created she suddenly opened her eyes and there was a sparkling blue in her eyes,

As if she was threatening Agatha,

But this made Agatha much more furious and she questioned Euphoria

"What is this, Are you kidding me how did you know the spell to cast a magical barrier."

"You are a person who doesn't even have a small source of mana power inside you."

But when she said mana she got the clue about her powers and she tried to cast a mind-reading spell. Which is very powerful that can read and see through the mind, body, destiny, fate and future.

As soon as she cast a spell.

Euphoria prevented her from going into her mind and soul.

"How dare you cast a mind-reading spell on me, If you want to live then better stay silent or else I won't spare you."

This voice was deep and unpleasant. But it wasn't Euphoria's voice that was made sure by Agatha.

She replied to Euphoria to stay within her limits or she will cast a spell of "Zobuiyam"

This spell could transfer one person's soul from one dimension to the other person's soul in another dimension.

As soon as Agatha said this word's to Euphoria, It sounded like a joke to her and she replied to Agatha.

"Try it out by yourself, If you consider yourself so high ranking in magic, then I should remind you that it was me who you should be thankful to."

"For years I have tolerated you but now you have crossed your limits a long ago but still I had forgiven you, But it looks like it was all a play and a drama when you said sorry in the dinner."

" If you want to test out your abilities then try it out on me."

Agatha was dumbfounded and shocked at the same time that is it Euphoria or a dark witch.

Nonetheless, this didn't matter to her she told Euphoria angrily and with a little fright.

"Oh really if you think that you are a person who is above me then I would like to try it out who in this world are you,"

After Agatha's words Euphoria mumbled to herself that

"What have I said this is not me it's Euphoria."

"I need to divert her mind to somewhere else or she won't breathe after this day."

She said to Agatha

"Well, I am scared that I am very weak. I apologise for my rude behaviour."

To divert her mind this was the best way for Euphoria because she knew that it was easy to coax Agatha.

But this wasn't enough to make her forget about the incident.

So to turn a crisis into an opportunity she added on by saying,

"It was a golden stone with a purple jewel that helped me to protect myself from your spell. I am sorry it was a miss communication from my side."

This made Agatha believe her words and she further said,

" Oh really, Fine I forgive you and believe and now hand over the stone to me or else I will cast Zobuiyam on you."

Euphoria created an imaginary stone that resembled the same description with the help of magic and gave it to Agatha.

"Here you go so now please let me go."

Euphoria cried, but she was doing this to not let her secret get exposed.

After the stone was in hands of Agatha she went to her room and Euphoria's eyes stopped glowing.

She was dumbfounded she didn't seem to know what happened when she cast the spell.

She checked all over her body whether there was a bruise.

But there was none she tried to recall it and remembered that her other half was awakened after 20 years which reminded her of her last birthday celebrated with her family.

But suddenly her father called her and she was disturbed but she had to go.

When she opened the door and went inside his Chamber he was sitting in the chair and writing something.

He asked her

"What took you so long where you outside and there were few sounds, How do you explain that."

The incident that the marquees described was a little tricky for Euphoria to explain because she was unsure about it.

She said,

"I am sorry father, Agatha was talking with me about business, trading and so on that I forgot that you have called me."

After hearing the reason he asked,

"Fine, right now I called you to start going to school. I won't hear any excuse."

Before could Euphoria says anything his father said,

"I know that you were locked inside your room for almost 21 years. So that's why I let an instructor teach you."

"But if you don't go outside and learn new things, all bookish knowledge is useless."

Euphoria was a little surprised by how her father know all of this.

She thought about what her father said is not false.

Since childhood, she wanted to be in politics. So that she could lead the kingdom in the right direction. To fulfil that she must know the world.

So after deep thinking, she accepted it. But she had a condition.

"Father I want to change my name to something else. So that no one would recognize me and mock Agatha."

She said that word's out of consideration to protect her and her sister from future danger.

He accepted the condition and asked her to join the school from next week onward's. But tomorrow she must go to school for an interview. He said he will drop her to school.

She thanked her father and went outside of the chamber. After coming out of the door she met her mother who was not at all happy with the fact I am going to school.

She suddenly yelled at me

"Euphoria you better watch out for my daughter, if she gets hurt you will not have a sense of peace in this house."

After saying those words she went to the chamber. But Euphoria stood still and was shocked.

She was clutching her hands, shivering and taking small and slow footsteps.

When she reached her room, She was breathing awfully and she fell due to the trauma.

Cierra and Rita saw Euphoria on the ground they left all their chores and went to Euphoria to get her up.

They were trying to get Euphoria towards the bed and they asked her

"Sister Euphoria is everything all right and what happened at the Marquess Chamber?"

When the girls asked Euphoria so many Questions she couldn't bring herself to explain it because the Questions that they asked were uncomfortable for anyone who have witnessed the scene.

But she said a white lie so that no one would get worried

"It's just some conversation and as for the incident now I was low on Blood Pressure."

"If you can give me those tablets so that I can go to sleep it was a tiring day for me."

"As for my conversation can we talk about it later."

So when she said those words they were hesitant but for Euphoria's health they eventually agreed and brought some tablets for her."

Euphoria was in a bad health because she never went out and this caused her lots of illnesses.

So she opened the windows for fresh air and after breathing the fresh air she felt a lot better. To free her mind she started singing a lullaby that her instructor taught her.

Euphoria had a voice like a songbird, She used to sing along with birds which was soothing.

After finishing her song the same bird came and was petted by Euphoria.

After he saw a cage he opened it and went inside the cage with magic.

This amazed Euphoria a lot and she went toward the cage held the kingfisher in her hands and asked the girls to wait outside.

When she fed the kingfisher she saw that the bird was all right within 5 hours.

But she didn't think about it much she just petted him and named him "Clive"

It was the perfect name for that bird. She kept the bird in the cage where she made for that injured bird 5 hrs ago

But it was time to go to sleep because she couldn't get late for the school interview and test.

The night was very long for Euphoria but she need to go on in her life she said to herself repeatedly and went to sleep.

The moon was down and the sun was set to rise. It was a new day for Euphoria.

She woke up as the birds started chirping...

She jumped out of her bed, washed her face, Brushed her teeth and took a bath.

She wished Clive and the girls Good morning with a pleasant smile on her face which gave them the energy to work.

She told them to forget about yesterday and let's move on.

She opened the cage for Clive and he was roaming all over the room and then sat on her shoulders of Euphoria.

For a Second, she was startled but after seeing his face she was dazed and was thinking about what to wear for the interview.

She took out a blue frock and a blue emerald necklace and earrings that would match her character.

She made a ponytail hairstyle and wore a spectacle.

After everything, She took her bag and went downstairs for Breakfast.

She greeted her father good morning and then she saw Agatha was angry but she knew that she can't beat her in magic.

She remembered the incident last night and made a happy face wishing her sister good morning.

But it seemed that Agatha ignored her. But that didn't make her sulk instead she finished her breakfast and told her father to call her "Camilia George"

To hide her identity and Agatha and her father agreed.

She went towards the carriage and was watching the view after years and she was telling that things have changed.

She remembered every single thing over there. It was said that she has a photographic memory.

And her father replied

"Yes, it has changed but it's beautiful because every change is good or bad it shouldn't matter that much to everyone."

She agreed to what her father said and further added on

"Yes, father, things may change drastically but sooner or later they come back to their same self."

This was understood by neither Agatha nor the marquess,

But Agatha was not at all happy with her sister going, She asked her father to hurry up or they will be late.

Then euphoria hopped on the carriage and the girls wished her goodbye and come back soon but before the door closed.

Clive came and wanted to accompany Euphoria which made her better.

Then the gates closed and the carriage started moving everything was covered with snow and it was beautiful.

But Clive dozed off in the carriage and was sleeping on the laps of Euphoria.

This made Euphoria get attracted to Clive and all along the journey, she saw him.

After a very long journey from home, they reached the gates of School.

Agatha went straight and met her two friends James and Lily. They hugged her and wished her a New year they brought presents for her.

This was seen by Euphoria and was happy that she was treated very well.

Then the carriage moved forward and stopped near the Gates of principles office.

Euphoria and Clive got off the carriage and went toward the principles cabin.

She met the principal who was a good friend of the old marquees and she knew all about the young lady.

The principal said,

"It's a shame that you grew up in a bad environment, But it was a pleasure meeting you miss Aphelion, I had a brief talk with your father and grandfather they said that you want to conceal your identity."

"Is that true?"

She said to the Principal

"I hope that I don't want to cause my sister trouble I would like to keep a low profile till the day I graduate."

The principal smiled and asked her about the graduation certificates.

Euphoria bought everything that she did at home and further explained why she want a political and science major.

The Principal was convinced by my interest in politics but she asked why She wanted a Science.

She said that science was a new subject for humankind and she had an interest since childhood to keep her engaged she would like to study more about it.

Then she got both majors thanks to her genius brain.

Then she suddenly meets her childhood friend Rubia who was talking to her classmates.

She had yellow eyes, purple hair and a strong aura around her. She is a 2nd campus belle because she doesn't like to talk with other people. But she is extremely strong.

It was a long time since seeing her and she wanted to go toward her and ask her how is she doing.

But she can't mess things up for her and her sister. So she choose to go home but Rubia saw her and came to her by saying,

"Euphoria... How are you here is it because of your sister."

She whispered to her. It looked like she knew the truth.