CH67 To visit the past

"Good evening Arimas" I greeted, the vampire looked up and saw us, he stood up so fast
"I'm sorry your majesty, I thought you were someone else, please come, come sit please"
"Relax Arimas" I told him in a soothing voice the vampire smiled at me, we sat on the sofa, "when we came to talk to your coven, one of your people said they weren't happy with the blood supply, the blood you get isn't fresh" I began but Arimas interrupted me
"I'm sorry about that your majesty, I'm trying, I really am, it's hard living in a coven where most people are vampires"
"Relax" I told him "I'm not here to tell you off Arimas, I'm here with a solution" I smiled, to which Arimas raised an eyebrow "Sangius veno vitru" I said once more and a glass appeared in my hand and it started to fill with blood, Arimas gasped in amazement, when the glass stopped filling I offered it to him, I gave him a slight nod to tell him to drink the blood, Arimas took a sip and groaned
"That's delicious" he announced, he drank some more
"That glass will never be empty" I told him
"Wait, for real?" He asked, I just nodded
"I need something, Arimas, something to hold the blood in, a bottle or a jug, something to hold the blood, your vampires will never run out of blood again" I told him with my hand on his shoulder, with a big grin on his face and the glass still in his hand he led us to the kitchen, Damon and I walked hand in hand smiling at how happy Arimas was, Arimas kept drinking from the glass, but the more he drank the more he realised the glass will not empty, once we got to the kitchen Arimas handed me a bottle, a two litre bottle of coke, it was still less than half full "are you sure?" I asked asking if it really was ok to throw the coke away, he told me it was fine, so I emptied the bottle in the sink, I rinsed it out, then said the words "sangius veno" the bottle started to fill with blood, happy it worked Arimas let out a happy scream, he hugged Damon jumping up and down I laughed at the sight, Arimas then kissed my mate on his cheek, then Arimas came to me, he stopped himself from hugging me and put out his hand for me to shake, I took his hand and then pulled him into a hug "You're welcome" I whispered in his ear I let go of him and patted him on his shoulder, other vampires came to see why Arimas had screamed and when they found out what I'd done they all came to thank me
"Thank-you your majesty, I didn't think you'd be able to solve my problem" a woman came to tell me
"That was you, you're the woman that told us about the blood" I remembered
"Bella" she offered her hand
"Sorry Bella, I've never been good with names" I revealed to which she smiled
"How long will the spell last?" Arimas asked a really good question
"I'm not sure" I said as I tried to remember what the instructions said "I've only just learned the spell" I finished when I couldn't remember the instructions "I'll tell you what, when the bottle runs out, call me, I'll come and refill it" I promised, Damon gave Arimas his and my number, Arimas was grateful, the whole coven was. We left with smiles and laughter, when we got home Damon picked me up and spun me around
"You are absolutely amazing" he said when he put me down "everyday you do something that makes my love for you grow" Damon kissed me
"I'd do anything for you, my king, and my people, they're my children, making them happy makes me happy" I told him, we kissed again and this time the kiss was full of love and passion it was slow and I couldn't breath, we stopped kissing breathing heavily. "We should do this for other covens, what do you think?" I asked my mate
"If other covens need it then yeah sure, blood from the vein is best" my mate explained "the non ending supply is great but not for every coven, just those where the vampires out number the other creatures" Damon shrugged
"Hmm, ok that makes sense, I don't want the witches to abuse their place by putting obstacles in place for the vampires either" I voiced my thoughts Damon agreed with me and we decided to only use this spell if absolutely necessary, as far as I could remember Bella, and others from her coven, had been the only one to complain about the blood, no one else had.
I wasn't tired that evening so Damon and I decided to go for a walk, we were walking hand in hand talking about absolutely nothing, we had been walking for abut ten minutes when we saw Dylan and Charlie up ahead coming towards us
"Hi, we were just coming to see you" Dylan smiled in greeting, we hugged each other and decided to turn back, Charlie tried to argue but Damon and I assured him it was fine, once we got inside and took off our shoes Dylan, Charlie and I sat down in the living room whilst Damon got us drinks, we took our drinks gratefully
"Nice painting" Dylan commented looking at the portal, Damon and I smiled at each other "was it a gift?" Dylan asked I just rolled my eyes "oh my gods, it was wasn't it? Did you get it Damon?"
"Actually it was me, I bought it for Damon isn't it great?" I smiled as Dylan was lost for words,
"It's uh, oh, yes it's hmm, nice, nice painting, very, uh, oh who's the artist?, I don't think I've ever seen anything quite like it" Dylan tried to save himself
"It's actually one of a kind, the only painting the artist made" I told him
"Good" Dylan nodded I raised an eyebrow at him, trying my hardest not to laugh
"Good?" I questioned
"Well yes, I mean, it's a great painting, uh how much did you pay?" Dylan was trying to change the subject
"Oh well I bought it, and I'm not going to sell it Dylan, unless you can make me an offer I can't refuse" that did it, Damon laughed, I tried to look at him sternly but I ended up laughing too "Oh my gods, you're face, Dylan, oh" when we sobered up I went on to explain "Evangeline painted that, it's a portal, a portal made by Evangeline herself, all the magic books are in there, Evangelines, Mary's, Anne-Maries, Clara's, they're all in there, all ten, I'm learning spells and potions, I can give you warts Dylan" Dylan whistled at my explanation
"I can't believe you found it so quickly" Dylan stated
"It was in king Pierre's castle all along, behind a locked door that only Mary could open" I shrugged
"You went looking for a book and came back with an ugly painting" Dylan laughed in an 'only you' kinda way I punched his shoulder
"I happen to like the painting" I told him "I could never paint anything like this" I told him, stick men was as good as my art was.
We sat and talked for a long time, Dylan and Charlie wanted to see how Damon and I were they had been missing us, and I thought that was cute.
When Dylan and Charlie left, Damon and I decided to go to bed, but I wasn't tired, so we sat and talked, we talked the whole night, it was seven in the morning when we realised we hadn't slept all night, Damon was worried, I wasn't, if I wasn't tired I wasn't tired.
After breakfast, which was cereal, Damon went to work, and I went back into the painting, the glasses of water and blood were still there I smiled at that, I wondered what else I could do.
I opened Mary's book once more and flicked through the pages, I found a potion that could help the drinker to see the past, and you could see anyone's past I gasped at that, it seemed easy to make, the ingredients read
To visit the past
'Sand from a beach, unicorn tears, a wing of a bat', instructions 'sands of time will help you find where you want to go, the unicorn tears will heal you and bring you back to your own time, and the wing of a bat will help you fly' what to do 'take a pot and put in the sand, stir in three drops of unicorn tears, throw in the wing of a bat, and stir clockwise, stir only seven times, your potion is ready, and remember only one sip is needed, make sure the drinker is sitting or lying down when they drink the potion, as they drink the potion they must say the date they want to go to, and the name of the person they want to see, they cannot come back from the past unless they bleed.
I leaned back in my chair, I had to make this, if I could see my past, as Evangeline, I could learn so much, I stood and went to the shelf near the painting I found the jar that contained the tears, the tears were pink, I then found the wing, then I searched for the sand, I picked up a jar and read the label it was sand of a desert, I shook my head it has to be from a beach, so I carried on looking, right there behind the desert sand was the beach sand, I picked it up with a smile, in the corner near the desk were small pots, I picked one up, would I need heat? I re-read the page, heat wasn't mentioned, I decided to try without heat and threw in two pinches of sand, it didn't say how much sand but I figured if only a sip was needed this much sand would be ok, I added the tears and the wing I then stired clockwise, with a spoon, seven times, the potion changed to blue liquid, I smiled at that, I went back to the shelf and picked up an empty vial, I went back and poured the blue liquid into the vial, then I remembered something, I couldn't take Evangeline's book out of the painting, would I be able to take the potion out? I walked to the painting and stuck my hand out, the same hand that held the vial, it worked I could take the vial out, happy with the revelation I went back to the book, when I tried to take the book out it didn't work, the painting seemed to change into an actual painting, I then realised this was for safety so the book wouldn't land into the wrong hands, I could take things in and out but not people, and not the books, which means I could top up all these jars as well so that I'll have enough ingredients for potions, I put the vial into my pocket, I took a piece of paper and a quill, I then went to the shelves and read out names on the empty jars, I wrote them down.
Dried Ginger, snake scales, pigs feet, anis oil, fireweed, eel skin, witch hazel, dragon root, lavender, rosemary, almond oil, eye of newt, hair of a lycan
There were more, but I figured this much was ok for now, I'd find more another time, I pocketed the list and decided to leave the painting, I went into the kitchen and looked in the pantry for any of these ingredients, and yes you guessed it, I found none of them anywhere in the kitchen, not even the ginger, still I kept the list in my pocket, I figured there must be a shop somewhere that sells this stuff.
When Damon came home that evening I had already eaten, I had made pasta, the kitchen was clean, I had vacuumed and dusted, and I was sat watching Doctor who on t.v.
"Hi baby" Damon greeted coming to give me a small kiss before going upstairs to get changed, the doctor who episode finished before Damon came back, he sat on the sofa "what are you watching?" He asked me as I flicked through Netflix to find something to watch
"I was watching Doctor who, I missed a lot of episodes so I was catching up before the new season starts, I'm done now" I said as I turned off the t.v to give my mate my full attention
"Did you go into the painting today?" He asked me looking around to see I had been cleaning again
"Yup, I made a potion, and then I cooked, cleaned, ate and then watched t.v"
"Hmm, what potion did you make" Damon asked me, in answer I took out the vial of blue liquid
"It's a 'to visit the past' potion, the drinker can visit the past, I can learn so much from this" I told him
"You need to be careful with that" Damon told me fear evident in his voice
"Damon I created this potion, I must've used it at times, it'll be fine" I shrugged
"So which one of your past selves will you visit first?"
"Hmm, I think I should start with Evangeline" I told him.