In search of Huron

When Lica opened her eyes, she saw the face of the Vampire Prince. He was shaking her by the shoulders and saying:

"Angelica, wake up, Angelica!"

"Arthur..." she whispered. "You're alive! What a blessing! I'm alive! Well then, there were no hell and that... beautiful Angel!"

"Devil!" the Prince corrected her.

"So, I was just rambling about it!?" Lica said looking at him with hope.

"Alas," Arthur said grimly. "It was true! Now we have very little time, Angelica, we have to replace you with the sorcerer."

She sat up and looked around. Everything was in fire; the air was ingrained with sulfur. Lica and Prince were near the volcano vent, which, however, stopped erupting. On the one side from there a deep gulf stretched and on the other they could see the valley. Oddly enough, but there was no sign of any wounded warriors or any dead monsters. Everything was absolutely clean, as if there was no battle.

"Am I undead?" she asked with horror.

The Prince nodded.

"But why then I can see, hear and feel?"

"Can you feel the heat coming from the volcano?" asked Arthur.

"No," Angelica said with surprise.

"And what's about pain? Are you feeling anything? I mean, you have been stroke with lightning!"

"No," said Lica even more surprised.

"That's because you are actually dead. A body without soul cannot adequately perceive the information, so it quickly degrades and dies."

"But how did you know that it was I? I was in Huron's body!"

"You forget my dear, that I can see perfectly in both the material and the subtle world. That's why when I saw your soul was flying from Huron's body, I understood everything and decided to take you to my Lord. Otherwise, we would have been here."

It seemed to Angelica that she couldn't feel the earth under her feet.

"What a nightmare!" she murmured. "And who am I now? A zombie?"

"Zombies cannot think. But you can! To tell the truth, you're lucky! My lord made ​​you a witch.

"Witch? Does it mean I can do magic now?"

"You can do magic, conduct ceremonies, perform rituals and so on."

"But I..." started saying Lica.

"There's a time and a place for everything," interrupted her Arthur. "And now we'd better hurry up! We must find real Huron."

"We? Why do you help me? Your life is in danger... You have already done a lot for me!"

The Prince of Vampires stared into her eyes and said:

"Maybe I'm doing the most stupid thing now but for some reason I'd love to. Come on!"

He gave her his hand and helped Angelica up.

"Volcano vent is a portal into the other world," continued Arthur, "however not the most comfortable, because too hot!" There is another way - through the gorge. I think we should go there.

"I agree!" Lica nodded. "Remember, Margo said a monster dragged Huron into the abyss."

Then Lica remembered the witch and exclaimed:

"Ah! I completely forgot about Margo! She is there alone... wounded and unconscious! We must help her!"

Angelica ran down the slope of the volcano.

"Wait!" the Prince of Vampires tried to stop her.

But Lica was running like a wind, not hearing him. Even from the distance, she noticed that place where the pentagram was. At its center was motionlessly lying the woman.

"Margo!" cried the girl. "I am coming!"

She ran to the witch and examined her carefully. Dried blood on her head and clothes caused for serious concern. Lica immediately put her ear to the woman's chest and listened. Her heart was beating, although very slowly.

"What is to do?" Angelica panicked.

Then her mind as if turned off itself. The girl calmly stood up and pulled out the crystal from the center of the pentagram. Then she put it on Margo's chest, fell next to her and began to mutter some strange spell. At this point, the Prince of Vampires ran to her but then stopped, decided not to disturb Lica of the ritual. Angelica put the crystal ball on the witch's forehead and proceeded saying magic words. Suddenly Margo moaned and opened her eyes.

"Angelica?!" she said in surprise. "What are you doing?"

"She has just brought you back to life," noticed the Prince of Vampires.

The witch put the crystal off her forehead and sat up.

"Arthur!" she exclaimed. "You're alive! And there are no monsters! So that means, you have found my brother and he closed the gates into the abyss! We have done it!"

"Not really!" the Prince shook his head.

Angelica came to herself, blinked, trying to figure out what's going on.

"What do you mean?" Margo asked. "By the way, where is Huron? Where are Swein and Edward?"

"They are not here," said Arthur.

"Then who sealed the portal?"

"Angelica," calmly said the Prince. "She has sacrificed her soul. Now we have very little time to find your brother, Margo. Otherwise, she will just disappear."

Margo stared at Lica.

"Why? Why did you do that?" she murmured. "You're not a witch and not even a heathen! Although after you returned me to life, I am starting to doubt everything."

"It's not me!" the girl shook her head. "The Viatores gave me the body and mind of Huron for some time. That's why I was able to close the door to the other world. For that I paid the price of my soul. Now I need to find your brother as soon as possible to replace my soul with his. He is immortal but I am not!"

"Then we have to hurry!" firmly declared the witch.

"Excuse me, Margo, but you are not going with us," said Angelica straight away. "I know your help would be very in place but you are mortal, so you'd better stay out of the abyss."

"Angelica is right," said the Prince of Vampires. "You are alive; it is worth more for us than you are dead."

"All right," Margo nodded. "I'll stay here and wait for you. But if you're not back in two days, I will follow you."

Lica embraced the witch then turned to Arthur and said:

"Well, let's go, my fearless knight!"

The Vampires' Prince took the girl's hand and they headed to the abyss. The light was still flowing from it. However, it wasn't as bright as before. The caved rocks and boulders made their way much easier. Very soon, they reached the bottom of the gorge.

"Where will we go now?" asked Arthur.

"I think, to the right! All those terrible monsters came from there."

"Okay, to the right!" the Prince nodded.

He was jumping from rock to rock, helping the girl sometimes when it was very difficult. The gorge was twisted, became wide and narrow. Now, at one of the turns our heroes saw a strange picture. In front, they saw a white pulsating haze. It covered a whole gorge and made ​​it impossible to move on.

"What is it?" Angelica did not understand.

"It looks like we got one of the entrances into the abyss," said the Prince of Vampires. "This is the portal!"

"And what must we do now?"

"You should use your new magical skills," Arthur chuckled. "Otherwise, we won't get inside!"

"But I..."

"Turn off your mind and feel it! My Lord turned you into a witch for a reason! He gave you a chance and you are always in doubt!"

"Well," Lica agreed, "I'll try!"

She went to the haze and held out her hand. Suddenly, something pricked her palm. Angelica gasped and pulled her hand away. However, it was enough to make the girl switched. She suddenly realized what she had to do.

"Here there is a piece of my soul," said Lica, "so, it won't be a problem to get inside the portal. But you, Arthur, will have to stay here, because if I open the gate for you, the monsters will be able to escape into our world again."

"In any case, you will have to open these gates to get Huron here. In addition, if Swein and Edward are alive, they will also need to go through the portal."

"I hope that they are all alive. I will open the gates but only on the way back! So the evil will have less chance to enter our world. Sorry, Arthur, you will stay here."

The Vampires' Prince wasn't happy about it but couldn't do anything.