Chapter 8

“Are we there yet?” Felix asked for the tenth time.

“Seungmin, please tell me you can cast a spell to shut him up,” Jeongin cried.

“If I did have a spell to do that I would’ve used it fifteen minutes ago!” He snapped.

They had left the woods they previously camped out in and they were headed in some direction based off of Jeongin’s intuition. Unfortunately for them, wherever these witches were, it was going to take a while to find them.

“Ooh I know! To pass the time we should play I spy! I’ll go first! I spy... something wet,” Jisung said.

Felix looked over at the lake they were passing by and pointed over to it. “It’s the lake right?”

“Bingo!” Jisung chirped.

“Wait, but is water actually wet though?” Felix asked.

“Um, I always thought it was. Is it not?” Jisung mumbled.

“Can you two be quiet for like five minutes please? I am not in the mood to smack you both across the head. Especially after sleeping on the ground,” Seungmin grumbled while desperately missing his bed at home.

“Okay,” Both of the loud witches said in unison.

Not surprisingly, the two only stayed quiet for a minute before talking loudly about something else. Seungmin just sighed, knowing there was no point in shutting them up again.

They approached a hill and walked all the way up to the top. Jeongin looked up at the sky and then his eyes gazed over the horizon of a city in the distance.

“This is where things get tricky,” He said, “The general directions of the energies split off here.”

“Should we all gather them one by one or divide and conquer?” Seungmin asked.

“Maybe split up? I think we could cover more ground that way,” Jeongin said.

“Great, let’s split up like some main characters in a horror movie. Cuz that’s a smart idea,” Felix sassed.

“You got a better idea?” Seungmin retorted. “Actually no, don’t answer that. I’m scared of what will come out of your mouth.”

“I think since mine and Felix’s witches live in the same area that us two should go there together. But we all need to stay connected somehow. And our phones don’t work over here,” Jisung said.

The diurnal witch took off his backpack and reached inside, pulling out two small compact mirrors. The outside was bright gold, inscribed with fancy patterns and swirls. He gave one of them to Jeongin and kept the other one.

“Hold up, let me test this out. These light mirrors can be annoying sometimes,” Jisung said.

The diurnal witch opened the mirror and looked at his reflection, focusing on the person he wanted to see. A glowing ring of light illuminated around the glass, and next to Seungmin and Jeongin, another ring of light formed in the air and filled itself forming a shiny bright circle.

“Hey guys!” Jisung smiled into the mirror when he could no longer see his reflection, but his two friends.

“Hey,” Seungmin waved while looking at the light in the air, seeing Jisung inside.

“Glad that works! Every time we need to contact each other, we just use this. Just look into the mirror when you want to talk to us, and really focus on what you want to see. Since we’re in possession of the other light mirror, you’ll be able to talk to us as long as me and Felix have this,” Jisung said. Playing around with the magic a bit, he made ugly faces into the mirror and then put his hand over it, seeing the light in the air darken when he did it.

“Okay Jisung, close it before you break it,” Seungmin warned.

The diurnal witch made one last face into it before shutting the mirror and putting it back into his bag.

“We will call each other on these to figure out details later on. The plan for now is to find the witches, but we need to make sure it’s actually them before telling them anything. So we’ll probably have to watch them for a few days so we know they’re the ones,” Jeongin explained.

“Sounds good to me,” Felix said.

Jisung ran in to give both Seungmin and Jeongin hugs before leaving. Felix would have done the same, but his friends always minded when he hugged them. He always crushed them too tight on the verge of breaking their bones.

“See you guys later!” Felix waved them off, leaving with Jisung.

“Bye!” Jeongin and Seungmin said, waving back.

The art witch and divination witch headed toward the direction of the city. Both of them had heard about humans before and knew that as long as you don’t perform any magic, then witches are able to blend in just fine. Jeongin had used his mirror once already to connect to Jisung, just to make sure the others were going in the right direction. Jeongin put the mirror away and sighed.

“Do you think the other two will be fine on their own?” Seungmin asked.

Both witches paused, and then burst out laughing. Jeongin ran a hand through his hair and tried to steady his breathing.

“Of course they won’t. But it’s better if we let them go their way. No matter how worried I am for them,” Jeongin giggled.

“Same. But we’ll be fine right?” Seungmin questioned.

“I think we will,” Jeongin trailed off, looking into the distance.

After a brief moment of silence, Seungmin looked at the younger again. “There’s something on your mind Innie.”

The corner of Jeongin’s lips curled and he shyly rubbed the back of his neck. “Is it that obvious?”

Seungmin just waited for Jeongin to tell him so the younger did just that.

“The fourth energy is strange compared to the others. Rather than feeling them, I can hear them.”

“Hear them? You hear an energy?” Seungmin asked.

“I don’t hear an energy. It’s more like a soft hum. Whatever the energy is connected to, the being must be extremely fond of music.”

“Music witch probably.”

The divination witch nodded in agreement. They continued to walk towards the city, the humming for Jeongin getting slightly louder the closer they got to the area.

“I think this forest is the one. It looks mad spooky,” Felix commented.

They stood before the land with tall dark trees, an unsettling dark energy radiating off of it and weakening Jisung a little.

“We should move fast to find them. I’m starting to get tired,” The diurnal witch yawned.

Despite having an hour or so of daylight left, Jisung was already looking exhausted which was concerning. The two witches walked hand and hand into the forest, Jisung immediately wincing once he felt the darkness hit his skin. It didn’t hurt but he was just going to have to get used to it. Felix wanted to hurry but walking with a sluggish Jisung made things more difficult. They were in a strange forest with no idea of the creatures that could be hiding in the dark. After walking for quite some time, Felix carried Jisung on his back so he could relax a little bit and save his strength, especially with the sun now setting. The kitchen witch panted, his muscles now getting sore. Luckily, they stumbled across a cottage. It was pretty old-fashioned looking, but the place didn’t look abandoned.

“Do you think the witches would live there?” Jisung asked, getting off Felix’s back and hopping down to his side.

“Only one way to find out,” Felix smiled.

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