Aisling practiced well into the night . Refusing to give up until she could perfect the spell. Finally just before dawn, instead of a red haired green eyed Aisling. There sat a strikingly blonde with bright blue eyes. Her features not as small or childlike as Aisling"s ,but much more Mature and womanly. Inola sat staring at her his mouth open with shock. Moll walks over and places her hand under his chin to close his mouth. She claps in delight. There is no way anyone would mistake this person for Aisling or anyone else that would be related to Ingrid and Ester. Aisling stares into the mirror she brought with her. Not believing that she is this person. She begins to jump up and down with delight over her accomplishment. "Wait till I show Astila what I can do now. He will be so surprised. What do you think ? " looking at the two of them. Waiting for one of them to tell her if she did ok or not.
"You look amazing dear, now you need to practice the moon flower spell. This spell is only a back up spell. You will only need this if you cannot stop her before she steals the babies. " Moll begins to tidy the room for her to begin practicing the next spell. They have so much to do before she has to leave with Inola. Aisling hands over her locket to her. Moll places the locket in one hand and covers it with the other. Aisling watches her intently as she whispers the spell. A light forms in her hand as the locket opens up.
Inside are four tiny seeds. Moll takes two and places the other two back inside.
"Now child we only will have one chance to do this spell you may practice on the lilies and roses until you get it right . Once you have perfected it on the other plants you can try making the moon flowers grow." As Aisling practices the energy transfer spell Inola gets things ready for their journey . He has to take her to see the their ancestors so she can return the Uktena crystal to the medicine man. Luckily they will not have to travel to many days to reach the tribe since by Moll"s account it is before the trail of tears. Watching her work tirelessly makes him very proud of the woman she is. Moll notices him watching Aisling and walks over to sit by him.
"She is something isn"t she? You know I never thought my nephew would find someone to love. When you started visiting my dreams at first I thought I was going to find my soulmate. Alas it was just to help those two get together. "
She pokes him playfully.
"It wasn"t just for those two. It was to stop the evil that will come. I truly don"t think after all this time that it will give up if Aisling dies. I think it will continue to feed off of the families of its blood even if none of them have the gift .You want to know why I chose you?" Tilting her head slightly so he can see into her storm colored eyes.
"Why did you choose me?" Looking at her intensely. Wondering what she is going to say .
"The first time I was scrying to find someone to help banish the evil. It showed you as a young man. You were on a rock high above a river. You were in deep meditation. I felt an instant attraction to you. In the time we are in now I am not as old as I appear to you. I chose this age because I want her to be comfortable and because I want no distractions. Before I send you back I will show you my true age in this time and we will see." With that she gets up to check on Aisling. Leaving him to ponder about the person who visited his dreams and who is in front of him.
Aisling has drained the life from the lilies completely and the roses are over grown now. Her control is amazing but Moll worries that if she gets to confident she will underestimate Ester.
"Okay child that"s enough for now when the moon comes out we will grow the moon flowers if you can do that then you will be ready. Just don"t get to c.o.c.ky or you will fail. You will need all of your abilities to beat Ester. You will need all you are to win the battle so to speak. " she gives her a hug of encouragement as well as to give her rea.s.surance that she is ready.
That night as Aisling gets ready to do the moon flower spell she is longing to see Astila. She starts to scry in the basin. When Inola comes out.
"Aisling don"t look for him till you are done. If you drain your energy before you are done you have lost. He is waiting for you. Remember it may be days and weeks while we are here . It is only three days there. It is only been hours to him ." Inola puts his hand on hers to give her strength to not disrupt her training by being lonely for Astila. Aisling looks like she wants to cry but she stiffened her back and proceeded to grow the moon flowers using the energy from the roses she grew earlier. The area around the flowers begin to twinkle like a thousand fire flies being drawn to a flame . The seeds were sprouting through the earth climbing towards the silver moonlight. Twin flowers were spiraling getting larger reaching for the light of the moon. Finally the vines were covered with flowers . Their blooms white as snow. Aisling faints from exhaustion but has succeeded in completing the spell. Inola walks over and carries her into the house . Laying her on the bed so that she can rest. Nodding to Moll he returns outside. Praying that this child will be able to what is asked of her.