Chapter 20:

From the start

Luberto


- Alberto, wake up, come on! Everything will be alright, just open your eyes, please! - said Luca with tearful eyes.

- I'll take care of him. - Lutia responded and took him in the magic balloon, who kept his pulse.

- Thank you so much.

- No problem. This shouldn't have happened. I'm so sorry for my sister. She wasn't always evil. Years ago we were in a noble and rich family. One day we were walking in the woods and found a cave. There were very shiny stones and a giant golden gate. Arta said that they're very beautiful and I explained that we don't know if they're dangerous. Then she touched them. I tried to stop her, but both of us touched them. Then both of us got our powers. We felt the way magic ran through our veins. It wasn't hard to find out we should keep our magic a secret. After all this was a very dangerous time, where everybody believed in witches, vampires and werewolves. When we returned to the village and acted as if nothing happened and, while everybody were asleep, we secretly ran to the forest and practiced our magic. But one day our uncle saw us and followed us. In the morning they captured us. Our father was executed and our mom burnt. The only memory of them is in our bracelets. Arta and I luckily ran away with the help of our magic. We ran through the railway lines, then the train was coming and we literally jumped. He took us to the city called Portorosso. We were hiding. But there was a boy named Massimo Marcovaldo, who appeared and gave us shelter.

- Wait a moment. That's Giulia's father!

- Who's Giulia?

- She's a friend from Portorosso. I met her 4 years ago. Would you continue with your story?

- Of course! After Massimo gave us a shelter, soon the hunters found us and we had to emigrate somewhere else. We went to the coast, said our 'goodbye's with him and sheltered ourselves underwater. There we met Lorenzo Paguro.

- Lorenzo is my father.

- This story keeps getting more interesting. And then...he sheltered us. But our magic weakened and we couldn't breath underwater, so we had to say goodbye to your father too. In the end Arta wanted to take revenge on the humans. She became very evil and I was forced to curse our powers. The curse locked us in cages in different places, because when we are together, our powers grow. After that you came and that's it.

- I want to ask you something. Can you not tell my father and Giulia's father about this?

- Of course!

- So, now we know that my father knows Giulia's father, which means that maybe Massimo knows about me and Alberto?

- Why maybe?

- Because I didn't meet him with my dad. But we'll think about it later. We need to save Alberto. The powers of my medallion don't work. Any suggestions?

- Of course! There's a potion, but maybe this would be the hardest part because there's an ingredient that's from extraterrestrial origin. I mean in literally. It's called 'Pirujian tear' from a flower name Marlak. This flower has a flavor that multiplies molecules and destroys dead body cells. Every Pirujian drink from it, but only one drop every solar eclipse. Because if you drink too much of it, you'll die. 100% guaranteed. You'll die in 24 human hours and 1 human life on planet Pirus equals to 2 years on the planer. The other 2 ingredients are 10 grams of oak resin and a piece of tortoise shell. Of course ground into powder. And the last one, but not least, sands from the depths of the Bermudian triangle. We need the sand to create a glass test tube. We need it because it gives special energy. You have to win it from a competition for the most epic jump from a plane.

- Then what are we waiting for? Let's go!