Hybrids

Henry and Aiden were in the part of the city where the Mayongs lived. The king had not said anything about the hybrid being an elemental. So, they were determined to search every nook and corner of the city. They reached a house which looked somewhat different from the other houses adjacent to it.

They asked the nearby shopkeeper about the house and found out that a witch lived there six years ago. She never talked to anyone nor did anyone talk to her at that time. But she had left and no one had seen her ever since. It was weird since there were only a few witches in Solis and all of them were a part of the magic council under Lora.

If any witch left the kingdom, they would know about it and it would be announced in the council meeting held every week but according to what they remembered, in the past few meetings there wasn't any announcement of any witch's departure.

Henry went near the door of the house and took out the crystal. It was glowing golden, which meant that the house was giving out an aura of a hybrid. Whoever had lived in this house was a hybrid and they had to find out who that person was before the full moon. Little did they know that what they were searching for would eventually come to them.

Finn and Daniel went to buy fresh juice to drink since they were tired of searching for a hybrid. They felt like the sun was right on top of their heads and was giving them a hard time to keep up their stamina. The shop vendor provided them with the juice they had ordered. Daniel took out the crystal which was glowing green and looked at it with dreamy eyes.

"I wonder when it will turn golden?" he said with a sigh.

"Yeah stare at it some more, it might turn golden any moment" Finn said, taking a sip of his drink. Daniel scoffed at Finn and when he was about to put it back in his pocket it was gone from his hands. Someone with a mask on his face had grabbed it from Daniel's hand and was running into the narrow street to the right.

Daniel started running back from the thief but Finn finished his drink and then started running after them. Daniel was running back from the thief and was concentrating on his feet. The thief turned back to see how far his chaser was and taking that as a chance Daniel used his powers to make a rock slab come up from the ground on the thief's path.

The thief did not notice the rock and bumped into it to fall down to the ground with a thud. Daniel ran to the thief and grabbed a crystal which had fallen off from the thief's grab. It was still green and the thief ran away. But suddenly the crystal turned to golden and to which Daniel's eyes opened wide. He turned around to find Finn who was breathing heavily.

"Finn, take out the other one and check if it's golden too" Daniel said to Finn and Finn obliged. The other one was also turning golden from green which only meant one thing; the person standing nearest to them is a hybrid. They were shocked to find a little girl who was tugging to Finn's pants.

Finn gave the crystal to Daniel and told him to walk a few steps away from them. As Daniel walked away from them both the crystals became green again. He walked back to them and they turned back to golden.

"Mister, please give me something to eat. My mother died long back and I haven't eaten anything for three days", the child pleaded. Both Finn and Daniel were shocked at the turn of events. Somehow, the prophecy did not make any sense. Finn picked up the little girl in his arms.

"What is your name?" he asked and the girl softly replied, "Talia".

The name that the little girl said brought back the painful memories of the past to both Finn and Daniel. But they did not let their emotions take over.

"I am Finn and this is Daniel here. You can call us by our names. Think of us as your brothers for now" Finn said but the little girl in arms giggled for some reason.

"Why? did I say something funny?" Finn asked the girl. The girl shook her head and said, "Both of you look too old to be my brothers. Aren’t you uncles?" she said and the two went speechless.

"Anything you call us will be fine" Daniel said but the girl shook her head yet again and said with a smile, "Mommy always said that I should not disobey elders. So, I will call you both by your names as you said" which made both Finn and Daniel smile.

"Let’s get you something to eat first" Finn said and the three of them headed to the palace.

After reaching the entrance of the palace they saw everyone gathered together. Daniel rushed towards Noah whom he thought he would never see again while Finn went to Liam who stood suspiciously behind a young lady.