Magical Presence

" He will not be able to train anyway. No one would like to take him in. Once they find out that he has been ousted from Pandora." Morgan said persuasively. Petrova Theodore reduced his pace and stopped to talk to them.




"Stop talking about Stefan. I want you to focus on the soul shifters case from now on." Petrova walked past the boys, leaving them to catch up.

As they walk into the Secret Room, a petrified body is laid out in the watery recesses of the temple. Master Ramirez and Petrova's honor mage were already there.




"He has completely hardened like stone." Trevor said.




"He has been petrified. A soul shifter who has run wild. Replaces their lost energy by absorbing that of a human. " Petrova Theodore explained.




" He is no different from an evil spirit. I can see why you forbid this sorcery. "Morgan couldn't hide his displeasure. 




"The Wizardry Of Souls wasn't a type of sorcery from the start. You can only perform this once you have mastered Jipsu, Ryusu, Chisu, and ultimately, Hwansoo. " Old Reyes explains further.




"Hwansoo is a god-like power of changing water to fire and vice versa. Is it not? Trevor asked Old Reyes. "Humans can not reach that level."




"Right. But Master Reyes Hendricks, the founder of Pandora, did. They were also someone else." Old Reyes enlightened the boys.




"Who?" Trevor was curious.




"As if you will know his name." Old Reyes dis Who dared to perform the Wizardry Of Souls on this poor Pandora pupil? 




"He was meant to work at Greham and record the constellations. He has been frequenting the place for a few months' ' Petrova's man of honor said.

It was obvious to the Pandoras now that Greham had a dark Secret.




"Right! They were the onye who caught Elena's men whom we had failed to catch as if they were waiting. I am certain that they have something to do with this soul shifter case." Old Reyes said convincingly.




"Morgan and Trevor keep an eye on Greham and see if there's anything strange." Petrova agreed to what Old Reyes suspected and therefore assigned and instructed the boys to get to work.




"Yes, my lord."( they boys chorus).

 Petrova attempts to leave the room but the door begins to make cracks as though to shut down.




"What is wrong with that?" He asked.




"It has been malfunctioning ever since Stefan broke it." His man of honor answered.




" Hmm hmm Stefan…"Petrova roars and attempts to move.




" Do not move!" Trevor held him back. " It will crumble."




" Do not move, wait until the door completely shuts." Old Reyes screamed.




" Stefan…" Petrova roars again, stepping on a marble angrily. The entire room started crumbling. He and Trevor almost fell. Trevor in his comic style began to scream for help. Petrova knocked his head and asked him to stand still.







In Lewisville, in the dead night, a calm headed magician dressed in rag robes called Teacher Lee who has been hunting soul shifters from time immemorial, goes towards the magical room where Tiwa and other magical artifacts where kept to call it out. He encountered some guards who tried to stop him but he sent them to a deep harmless sleep starting with the birds.

"Stay down for a moment." He walks into the vertical walkway decorated with flowers and dim lights leading to the actual magical room. As he got closer to the door covered in green flowers he placed his two palms on his walk stick.




" Tiwa, come out. Come with me." Immediately the ghost dust of Tiwa left the poetry and followed him. He took it to where the body of a sleeping dog had laid and transformed Tiwa spirit into it. The dog woke up and started parking.

"I am glad you're back. I will reward you with a delicious meal if you find the soul shifters. I hope we get along." He said, talking into the dog's eyes.

Meanwhile, in the Donovan house Cressida fights to stay awake so she can observe Stefan. She dozes off for a few minutes and wakes up almost immediately to Stefan who laid on the bed close to where she was seated. She went under the heavy blanket and cuddled him to keep him warm. Stefan wasn't asleep either. He had cold flames come out of his mouth as he breathed.

" Cressida, if I freeze to death, take the torrent of energy… within me if you can."




" If I could, I would have killed you and done that already."




" I am freezing to death here, do not say such cold-hearted things. Say something heartwarming."




" Have you finally gone mad? What is with you?" She said disapprovingly. Stefan slowly closed his eyes to pass out




"Stefan. Open your eyes." She dabs his face severally. " Fine. I will say something heartwarming. There were huge trees where I used to live before. And there was a bird's nest on top. The egg inside it was warm."




" Did you eat it?" Stefan asked.




"I said this would be heartwarming." She warns him to stop interrupting. The mother bird always came by and sat on the egg. I am the egg that is at the top of the tree. I know no one…and I am powerless. You are the only one who can take care of me. My life is in your hands."




" That's heartwarming." Stefan turns around to face her." Keep going." He said.




"There was also a cave where I lived. A bear cub was living inside…" She went on and kept patting his back.

In the morning, Stefan's fever seems to have subsided enough for him to get back to training with Cressida. She woke up to see him standing by the window with his father's sword. Stefan seemed not to be pleased with himself that morning as he held the WarLord's sword and tried to unsheathe it with anger. He recalled all that Petrova had said to him when he was younger, of him not being capable of unsheathing his own father's sword which was the fate given to him by his father.




"You are not ready yet." Cressida said from behind him, which made him stop trying to forcefully unsheathe the sword. Stefan turned to look at her. Cressida stood up and went closer to him. "To unsheath a mage's sword. You must master Ryusu and be able to channel your energy outward. You can not do it just yet since you can not control your energy just yet."




" My father left this sword behind when he abandoned me. And I can only join Pandora if I unsheathe it. I want to unsheathe it and show it to them. Is that an act of stupidity?"




" No! It is an act of vigor. Stay strong, Stefan Donovan." Cressida encouraged him, putting a smile of confidence on his face.