It's my pleasure to team up with my friend and fellow Indie Author, Ivy Logan on this. I hope you enjoy!
JEWEL’S
JOURNEY ACROSS TIME
-By
Ivy Logan
WHAT
HAPPENS WHEN JEWEL FROM THE NORMA JEAN'S SCHOOL OF WITCHERY AND
TALIA, FROM BROKEN MEET?
A
witch and a sorceress from different timelines meeting for a brief
moment in time, do they have anything in common? What do they talk
about?
Read
on to find out.
Talia
is on the run. It’s been a few months since she fled Aberevon. King
Damien’s men are chasing her. With her gorgeous looks and cerulean
blue hair hiding out is a challenge. She barely sleeps and has to be
on her guard because she has no one else to depend on. No friend or
family. She is alone.
This
is when she meets Jewel.
Jewel
is from the future. She accidentally stepped through a gateway in the
Veil, the invisible barrier between worlds and timelines and reached
the time to which Talia belongs.
Talia
has been on the run but her family was in hiding even before she was
cast adrift. She just never realized it. The warmth and love of her
parents and brother compensated for the lack of friends. Yet, meeting
Jewel is special. It doesn’t matter to Talia that Jewel is from
another time. This is the first young person, her own age she can
actually relate to. For Talia, Jewel is like a much needed breath of
fresh air. Will Jewel make a difference to Talia’s sagging spirits?
Jewel
: Why are you so worried? I am the one who has stepped into the
past, and I’m not sure how I will return to my own time.
Talia
: You have a problem Jewel and every reason to worry. I hope I am
able to help you get back. I know how important home and family are.
I have a reason to worry too. I bet you would feel the same if you
were in my shoes. A mad and wicked king wants to marry
me
because he thinks I am an enchantress.
Jewel
: So are you one? An enchantress, I mean?
Talia
: It’s kind of complicated.
Jewel
: What do you mean? Either you are or you aren’t. So which one
is it?
Talia
: I just learned about my roots and my legacy a few months ago.
My mother, Caitlin was a sorceress but she never used magic in front
of me. I grew up believing that I was an ordinary human child. I
didn’t know I was a half-blood. She…she died before she could
teach me any magic. During my childhood years my powers made an
appearance only when I was very angry or extremely upset. But I
couldn’t control them then and even today the situation is much the
same. What is the use of magic if you can’t use it when you need
it?
Jewel
starts laughing. Talia stares at her in amazement and with a hurt
look on her face.
Talia
: I thought you were my friend. I’ve never had a friend before.
But you are laughing at me.
Jewel
: Don’t feel bad Talia. The reason I laughed was because I am
also almost in the same boat as you. But I am a witch, a bit like an
enchantress. In our time we have a school to hone our witchcraft
skills, though. I go to the ‘Norma Jean's School of Witchery’.
Despite that… Here is another reason for my laughter and your turn
to promise not
to laugh.
We have a common problem. You say you have no control over your
powers but at least you know that they are there.
I can’t get even the most basic spells to work. Only Thor is able
to help me.
Talia
: Who is Thor? Your brother or father? Oh, Never mind! I get what
you mean. You laughed, not
at me
but at the irony of the situation. Thank you for telling me the
truth. I feel better now. I was so miserable before you got here. I
didn’t think it could get worse. But it can. I can’t believe that
I found a friend, someone like me and she has similar concerns. I
don’t feel alone for the first time in a long time. How do you deal
with the loneliness? Maybe I can get some ideas from you.
Jewel
: I don’t have to because I am not alone. I have friends at school
and they are always there for me. In fact I have to return home soon
because a powerful magical device has been stolen and I have been
recruited by a secret government agency made up of witches with
special abilities to recover it. My friends always have my back.
Talia
: Jewel you are so lucky. Lucky to have friends I mean. I had no
one but my family and now they are all gone. I hope I find someone
nice to trust someday. I like you but you will be going soon and I
will be alone again. I hope you are not in any danger. I didn’t
exactly understand everything you said but the work you are doing
sounds dangerous.
Jewel
: It is, but there is nothing I would rather do. I do like playing
‘Witch Pong’ for fun. What did you do in your free time?
Talia
: Ah, well! I used to train a lot with my mother. She taught me to
fight with swords and spears and also how to use the bow and arrow.
Ah let me see.. Yes, I also often, disguised myself and hide in plain
sight and my parents would try and spot me. I called this game
‘Hide-N-Seek’.
Jewel
snorts.
Jewel
: That sounds a lot like witch
school.
They only thing is your mother was your teacher. I didn’t ask about
your training.
I asked you what you used to do for fun, before your life on the
run.
Talia
smiles
Talia
: I used to ride horses. I loved horses. We had our own stables and
I had my own pony called ‘Liata’. Now I don’t know if I will
ever have a horse of my own again. And yes one more thing, I used to
play a lot with my younger brother, Joshua. But what is this witch
tong?
Jewel
starts laughing again.
Jewel
: Witch Pong
not Tong. It’s a game we witches play with magic balls and
broomsticks. It is a whole lot of fun. I hope I get a chance to teach
you some day.
At
that moment an iridescent light falls on Jewel, she starts to fade.
The air around her starts whooshing.
Talia
: I think you are being pulled back into your own time, Jewel. I
must say good-bye. It has been such a pleasure to meet you. I was
feeling down and out, lonely and out of sorts but meeting you has
shown me that everyone has problems. We have to find a way to deal
with them, our own way. Thank you so much and good- bye, don’t
forget, you have to teach me to play pong, someday. Farewell!
Jewel
: Bye Talia. Be safe. Don’t lose hope and don’t let that king
catch you. Until we meet again…..
Jewel has returned to her own world
https://www.amazon.com/Norma-Jeans-School-Witchery-Book-ebook/dp/B016SKWYMW/
‘Broken’
is Book One in The Breach Chronicles series by Ivy Logan. It is the
tale of a young sorceress bereft of her powers but determined to
avenge her family. For that she must rise from the ashes of
destruction. Even though she thinks her heart is resistant, she can’t
hide from love. Love find her and she find the courage to stand tall
because all that is Broken Is Not Lost. Broken currently available
for pre order releases on 1/12/17.
Broken Amazon Link
Ivy Logan Author Links
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36658695
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