They flew to the side of the cliff and went through the falls and into the cave. They were already partially drenched from the waterfalls.
Derick tried to look into the cave to see if anyone or anything was there. It was a small cave, and one would find it hard to believe that a mighty dragon would dwell here. Suddenly they heard a small feminine voice. “Who goes there?”They looked at each other, waiting for the other person to respond before Joana decided to after Derick gave her a “it’s your quest” look.“We are vampires, we have come to ask for something.”She hadn’t prepared anything to say and was unsure if she gave the right answer, but it was better than saying nothing. There was a long period of silence and Joana was beginning to wonder if the voice heard her correctly. They began to hear a small rattling noise coming from the other end of the cave and suddenly a small“The people who blame me for the chaos and misfortune in the world today are not wrong to blame, of course, there is someone responsible for all those bad things that happen, and that someone is no other person than my brother, Yang.”Joana gasped. She never thought that the white dragon would be responsible for all Yin was blamed for, part of her wanted to say that it was a lie, that Yin might just be telling them this to get them on her side. But Yin seemed like a really nice person, and the bigger part of her told her that Yin was telling the truth. And besides, why would she need two random vampires on her side anyway?“If you think I am lying, which I know you do, check the black and white symbol representing Yin and Yang, the Tai Chi symbol. The two sides each have a small circle of the contrasting color. The two small circles represent our hearts, the black side, me having a white heart, and the white side, Yang, having a black heart.”
Joana might have had a hard time finding the ingredients and all, but she sure was happy for the few hours she spent with her new friend, Yin. She was even more excited that she had one of the ingredients now as she and Derick hurried back to the hotel. They would have to wait till it was evening before they would leave the hotel and go back to Beijing, so she was practically stuck with him for another day.They both flew into the courtyard fast before anyone could see them and entered the room giggling as they were lucky enough that the sun took its time today. Derick locked the door behind them and then they suddenly met each other’s gaze when he turned, none of them could look away as they kept on standing there, staring at each other for a few minutes, then all of a sudden, the excitement that filled the air was replaced with intense passion, the same one they felt when they made love many nights ago.Derick didn’t know what took him to wh
For days, Joana hadn’t stopped talking about her meeting with Yin, she told the coven all about it when she and Derick returned from Shanghai, and even till when they all returned from China. She truly enjoyed her stay there with the coven, especially her private time with Derick which she made sure no one knew about. Dana had promised her that there would be more fun times like this if she would stay longer, but she knew that would only depend on if she found the ingredients on time.She would now move on to search for the next ingredient, earth from the volcano of life. After their meeting that night, the sun had already begun to show its face and they were all dismissed for the day. Joana went to sleep also, preparing for another round of studies when she woke up in the night. She hadn’t slept a few minutes in when she heard a soft, gentle female voice call her name.“Joana! Joana! Joana!”She was half asleep when she heard it, s
Derick and Joana set out the next night to journey to the spirit world. They chose to go through the north pole because it was much closer to where they lived. As they flew, Joana reminisced on the discussion they had last night. Though she was pleased that Derick chose to help and follow her as he had been of much help to her lately, she also found it somewhat annoying that he thought she couldn’t handle herself. Asides that, they had returned from China only a few days ago, and yet they still hadn’t talked about their intense moments of passion. Joana felt the need to talk about it, but Derick stuck to the agreement and said nothing. She wanted to ask him how he felt, but she didn’t want him to get the wrong ideas or think that he could get her to change her mind about marrying Andrew.“We’re here,” Derick said, snapping out of her thoughts. The north pole was closer than she imagined, and was filled with so much snow that she c
“I’m sorry,” Joana said. “I only came here to collect the water. I don’t know why you showed me this, but I didn’t need to see any of it. I have already read about it in Marylin’s diary.”“I didn’t show them to you,” the river responded. “Your heart did, those visions provided answers to the questions your heart seeks. And there’s still more besides what you saw, there’s still a lot that happened that you don’t know about. I think you would be interested in seeing the remaining part of the vision.”“Thank you, but I don’t think I’ll be interested in seeing anything that happened in the past. That’s why it’s in the past. I have all the answers I need now right here with me. I don’t think there’s anything else I need to know. I went in search of my own answers and I found the supreme council. The only thing I am interested in n
The third ingredient: Earth from the volcano of life.In the middle of the Caspian Sea,Lies a volcano standing free,Sitting high above its bay,Watching as the eagles play.Mighty volcano, give us earth,Boiling magma which you birth.It sees the sky high up above,And boils the earth, a mighty stove.But then one day, the lava dried,What happened? This fine volcano died.Former magma turned to stone,Only earth now fills this cone.Why then call it the volcano of life?When it stands there held by the hand of death’s knife?We call it that name because we hope it will wake,To calm the cold sea and for old nature’s sakeBut watch out as the small sea troll,Lurks around this big volcano.It looks around for who it’ll bite,Filled with nothing but greed, hatred and spite.
“Hey Joana, wake up,” Derick nudged her lightly. She had been sleeping for a long time, they had until a few hours before the sun came out and they hadn’t reached the Caspian Sea yet. Derick then went to her room to see if she could wake now so they would get going. Joana was enjoying her sleep and began mumbling something in her state of unconsciousness, while Derick was trying to wake her up.“Let me sleep!” She cried, unaware of what the time was. What was she doing all day? Didn’t she go to sleep on time? Derick wondered. Well, he had tried his best, she was the one complaining that she didn’t want to waste any more time with the other ingredients, and here she was sleeping late when she was supposed to be regathering her strength.“Ok fine, I’ll leave you alone. Suit yourself, sleepy head.”He began walking out of the room and stopped in his tracks when Joana continued mumbling somethin
“The rest of you creatures are so selfish; you don’t even realize it when your actions hurt others,” the troll said.The silver was already making Joana weak, she looked at Derick who lay right beside her, the same thing was happening to him too.“I don’t understand, why do you do this? This volcano doesn’t belong to you!” Joana yelled as much as the silver binding her could allow.“Says who? I’ve been the one looking after this volcano for centuries, making sure it doesn’t erupt, and if it weren’t for me, you creatures wouldn’t even have any earth to be looking for in the first place!”Joana looked up at the troll, she tried to find anything that would depict her belonging to the sea, but she couldn’t find any. Derick was the next one to speak, asking the troll the question she also had in mind.“You’re a sea troll, why then do you f