All Chapters of Callisto’s Gift : Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

     I remember the carriage ride to the castle as if it was yesterday. Mother and Father sat across from me as we talked about the present we had gotten for Nathaniel for his 16th birthday. They mentioned how they were to announce rather jovial news at the ball. I asked them about the news, but they said that it was a secret, and I'd find out soon enough. Right before I could badger them into telling me what it was they were going to announce, the carriage came to a stop and George told us that we had arrived.      As soon as the carriage door opened, I completely forgot about the announcement and was simply overjoyed about seeing my childhood and best friend, Nathaniel. He greeted me with a warm hug and a

     Two days into our journey and all I did was complain. I wasn't used to walking for long periods of time and used that as an excuse to annoy the hell out of Nathaniel and George. I told them that we should've stayed behind and helped everyone out like how Luke did. I called Nathaniel and George a bunch of cowards for placing our well-being over others and Nathaniel snapped.      He told me that I wasn't in any position to say anything since, "I'm a sheltered little brat with no sense of gratitude." He said that we were all lucky to escape with our lives, and that Luke was probably dead, anyway. I replied that he was just as sheltered and spoilt as I was and that didn't put him into any position to be se

I remember walking through darkness following the sounds of my parents' voices calling out for me. I found myself standing in front of the doors that led to the ballroom. I knew what I would see if I walked in, so I turned around and tried to run away, but my feet were stuck to the ground. I looked down to see blood everywhere. I followed the trace until my eyes landed on the source, my parents' lifeless bodies.      I immediately woke up and I couldn't stop crying no matter how hard I tried to stop. My weeping woke Joan up, and she held me in her arms until I fell back asleep, but I don't remember what I dreamed about after that. We spent a month with John and Sarah and by that time, Donatello was practica

Two days passed and Nathaniel was still angry with Donatello for knocking him out and taking him away from the battle. For the sake of breaking the horrible atmosphere, I asked George where we were going, and he told me to check the map. I opened it and it was moving. As in the map was getting smaller with every step the horse took. We stopped and so did the map. We were puzzled by what was happening, but decided to continue along.      We set up camp in the woods outside the town the map led to and decided that Donatello and Joan should go and see if he was really there, while we stayed. We figured that no one would notice him with his long hair and disheveled beard. They were back to acting like a married couple as they

At first, everyone brushed it off as a bad dream that was most likely induced by the trauma I had experienced in the last month and a half. However, I didn't think it was "just a dream." I thought it was a sign of some sort, but there was nothing I could do about it anyway. We arrived at the old lady's (Sage) shop and found quite discouraging news. As fate would have it, Merlin last visited the town decades before I was even born.     George and the others turned to leave, but I asked Sage about any young girls who had gone missing, and she confirmed that one went missing only two days prior. I asked for a description of the girl, and it matched the girl in my dream perfectly. She asked me if I had known anythin