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She followed Romy down the steps, and I was soon close behind her, wondering as I went if I’d been supposed to close the trap door or leave it open? I hoped it wouldn’t matter.
It was very dark on the staircase, though there were torches positioned at various points on the wall on our way down.
As we went further and deeper I realised we were descending into the cliff, and as the thought entered my head I heard a faint pulsing sound.
‘What’s that?’ Romy said, turning to face us.
‘Like a sort of throb,’ Trinity said.
‘I mean the light. Look.’
We gazed over her shoulder and saw a strange, greenish-blue light that seemed to be moving in time to the sound.
‘Ready now?’ Emrick was waiting for us at the bottom, and we looked around us in amazement. We were in a cave. A huge, pulsing cave, that hummed and throbbed and glowed as if it were alive. And no wonder. Its walls were incredible, made of crystals. Long, hexagonal prisms, that glinted and gleamed in the moonlight that seeped in from the entrance to the cave. It was like our very own northern lights display.
‘Won’t someone see?’ I didn’t know what else to say, I was so completely dumbfounded.
He shook his head. ‘We can see the beach, the ocean, the night sky and the beautiful moon, but out there—if you were standing right in the entrance to this cave you wouldn’t see it. No one will see what’s going to happen now.’
‘Whatisgoing to happen now?’ Romy asked nervously.
‘Why, you’re going to reclaim your magic, of course. Take it back from where it’s been stored safely for you all these years. This place is like a giant battery. Right now it’s supercharged from the full moon, and it’s ready to hand over some of its precious energy to you three. Are you ready?’
‘What do we have to do?’ I asked, feeling dazed. These crystals, they stored actual magic. It was unbelievable.
‘It’s not difficult,’ Emrick said. ‘Just touch them.’
We looked at each other warily. ‘That’s it?’ I asked. ‘Just touch them?’
‘What else would you do with them?’ he said, looking rather nonplussed.
‘Will it hurt?’ asked Romy.
‘Of course not. You’ll feel energised if anything. Just lay your hands on some of the crystals and watch what happens.’
‘Any crystals?’ Trinity asked warily.
‘You’ll probably find yourself drawn to particular ones. Just relax and let it happen.’
He headed towards the mouth of the cave.
‘Where are you going?’ I called nervously.
‘To breathe in the night air,’ he said. His eyes gleamed with tears. ‘This is private, Lowen. It’s your moment. Yours, Romy’s and Trinity’s. What was taken from you, for your protection, will now be returned to you with love for the same purpose. I’ll be waiting outside.’
We watched him leave the cave, then I took a deep breath.
‘Okay, who’s going first?’
The two girls looked at each other, and I thought,Why did you even ask that? Stop being such a coward.
I gazed at the wall, wondering where to start, and as I did so a group of red crystals on the wall seemed to gleam brightly, as if beckoning me towards it. Without hesitation, I moved forward and placed my hands on the crystals.
It was like being pulled into the wall by a strong magnetic force. Before I could stop myself I found I was flat against the crystals, their sharp points digging into my flesh, my face turned to the side, my hands stuck to the wall with no hope of pulling away.
Different sounds assaulted my ears. It was hard to make sense of what they were. Whale song, perhaps? The sound of wind howling through the trees. A waterfall. Chanting. Humming. Songbirds. The call of an owl. The howl of a wolf…
I closed my eyes, hardly able to breathe. It was difficult not to panic, because I had no way of moving from this position. I didn’t know if Trinity and Romy were watching me, or if they were experiencing the same thing right now.
