The Red Diamond, Emily Flowers [books to read this summer .txt] 📗

Magic allows one to disappear and reappear anywhere the heart wishes to be. I landed at my parents’ old cabin, a place where my parents went whenever they wanted time alone.

The cabin was warm and cozy and it was 10km away from the mansion. I still couldn’t believe what Grandpapa did, lying about his heart attack knowing that I would be shattered. The damage had been done and I was even more broken than before.

I made myself a cup of hot chocolate, played the video tape that was on the table and curled up on the sofa with my mother’s hand woven blanket. The tape had memories of when my parents were alive, from when they were married till they had me. I cried as usual when I saw the part where they both hugged me and kissed me as a baby. I wish they were here. My mother was lucky to fall in love with another wizard. In that way she avoided complications, like the ones I had.

I thought about Troy and so wished for his arms to be wrapped around me, but that was a wish never to come true. Then there was a knock on the door, which startled me because no one knew this place except for my parents and grandpapa. “It’s probably Grandpapa. Why can’t he leave me alone?” I wondered to myself, and then went to open the door and was amazed to find Troy.

“Hi!” he said, standing there looking at me while I was shocked out of my mind, wondering how on earth he knew where I was and why he was here.

“Hi ... what ––” Before I could continue, he grabbed hold of me and kissed me intensely.

“Ok ... let’s go in,” I said, taking his hand and leading the way.

“Would you like some hot chocolate?” I asked, still in a state of confusion.

“Not right now,” he responded and held me close to him, kissing me gently.

“I missed you!” he said and then we both kissed, which gradually moved us toward the sofa, where Troy started kissing me on the neck all the way down to my breast and then we started undressing each other.

“I’ve never done this before,” I whispered.

“It’s ok. I’ve got you,” he said and continued kissing me gently while I enjoyed every moment, hoping that this was not a dream.

Troy and I made passionate love on the sofa and it was amazing. I slept lying on his chest while he caressed my hair.

“So how did you know I was here?” I asked.

“Well, an old wizard told me,” he responded and I woke up to face him.

“You spoke to my grandpapa?” I asked.

“Yes, your old man came by to see me and told me that he faked his heart attack so you could break up with me, and that he is a wizard and so are you,” Troy said, making it sound like one big fairy tale.

“And do you believe him about the wizard part?” I asked.

“Well, at first, I laughed at his story and then he literally took me off my feet by using his magic to make me lose gravity,” he said.

“Yep, that’s grandpapa for you.” I said, laughing slightly.

“He also told me about the wizard code of conduct about why wizards can’t fall in love with normal people,” Troy continued.

“Oh yeah, what did he say?” I asked.

“A long time ago there was a wizard who fell in love with a man who was not a wizard and when she showed him her magic, he called her a witch and told the community, who then had her burnt alive. Your grandpapa said in order for our love to continue peacefully, he needs to amend the rules or else the wizard who was burnt alive three hundred years ago will haunt us forever,” Troy explained.

I took a second to analyze the part where Grandpapa was going to amend the rules. “If Grandpapa amends the wizard code of conduct ... that means ... Oh no, we have to go!” I said and got up immediately because I realized that Grandpapa was about to risk his life in order to make changes to the rules.

“What? What’s wrong?” Troy asked.

“Grandpapa is in trouble and we need to go now!” I exclaimed and we both got dressed. When we went outside to Troy’s car, I used magic to elevate his car from the ground and Troy looked at me strangely. “We need to get there faster than normal and only magic can do that,” I said. We both got in the car and I sat in the driver seat using magic to make the car fly as fast as a rocket.

As soon as we reached the mansion, I ran upstairs to Grandpapa’s room and he was not there. I called out for Albert and he was nowhere to be found. I went into my room and there was a letter on my bed from Grandpapa.

The letter read: “My dearest Iman, I am sincerely sorry for the mess I have caused! It breaks my heart to see you so sad and my only wish is for you to be forever happy. I will amend the wizard code of conduct and thereafter moving forward you and all young wizards will be able to experience human love to its fullest. My only advice is that our magic is not to be revealed to anyone else besides the one you are sure of. I hope the one you have chosen will never disappoint or hurt you. I will be entering the portal with a chance of never returning in order to amend the rules. After reading this letter, I need you to go down to the basement, put on my wizard gown and open up the portal using my wand. This is the only way out of the portal. Should the magic not succeed, please do not despair as I will always be with you through my undying love ... Lots of love, your Grandpapa.”

I immediately ran to the basement after reading the letter and Troy was right behind me.

“What do you need to do?” he asked.

I need to save my grandpapa,” I responded.

At the basement I did as Grandpapa advised. I put on his wizard gown and took up his wand and read from the chief wizard spell book, “The air is sweet. Prepare the way for my feet to be in the magic within.” I said feeling weird because Troy was watching me as if he were at the cinema.

A gust of wind blew through the basement and the room started to tremble like an earthquake. “The magic is working!” I exclaimed and moved closer to Troy, who held my hand tightly anticipating what would happen next. The portal opened up and we waited for Grandpapa to appear.

“He should appear any second now,” I said.

“How long does it take?” Troy questioned, still amazed by the magic he had seen.

“The portal stays open for 30 seconds and once it closes, I won’t be able to open it again.” I said, feeling worried because Grandpapa still did not appear.

Troy and I watched the portal, which looked like a galaxy filled with stars, and then I looked at my watch. “Where is he? He only has ten seconds remaining!” I exclaimed panicking, and Troy held me close feeling concerned.

The ten seconds were up and Grandpapa did not appear. The portal started closing, “Nooooo!” I screamed running toward the portal until Troy grabbed hold of me. I cried in his arms blaming myself. “This is my fault!” I said and then I pulled out the red diamond from my jeans pocket and held it close to my heart. “I wish you’d just come back!” I whispered to myself.

The diamond started heating up in my hand. I dropped it to the ground and the basement started trembling again.

“What’s going on?” Troy asked.

“I’m not sure.” I responded.

Suddenly a red portal opened up in the ceiling and Grandpapa fell screaming down onto the ground.

“Grandpapa!” I called out and hurried over to him.

I helped him off the floor with Troy’s help and Grandpapa picked up the red diamond and placed it in my hand.

“It was your heart that saved me,” he said and I hugged him tightly.

“Thank you!” I said.

Grandpapa invited Troy for a family supper with everyone present including his brothers and sisters. This was their way of initiating a new member into the circle of wizards. I was nervous as hell because I knew how Grandpapa’s brothers and sisters could be. They were totally Nobel Prize winners of weirdos.

Aunt Danielle and Aunt Annie sat with me giving the girl talk.

“Now that the rules are amended, this love thing you have does not mean you need to forget about your family. You’re our little angel and we’ll always be here for you,” said Aunt Annie.

“Aha, thank you, Aunt Annie! That’s real sweet of you. My family will always be close to my heart no matter what.” I said.

“That’s good to hear, dear, and if the human boy dares to hurt you in any way, your Aunt Danielle has always wanted to try human Kentucky fried chicken, so you can just bring him to me,” Aunt Danielle said, licking her lips.

“Ok ... Aunt Danielle, we’re wizards, not witches, remember.”

I had the most hilarious Aunties who made life a little more interesting than normal. Uncle Joe and Uncle Tim were in the kitchen with Grandpapa cooking up a storm. It was obvious that the men were the master chefs in my family.

Troy was at the door and I opened it for him while the rest of the family waited in the living room. He was dressed in a suit for some odd