Chapter 4: Star Incantation

It was night time. Jinx's monsters soldiers had taken the place of Corona's guards, who were now currently in the dungeons. Hugo was searching throughout the castle for the hidden room Jinx told him, he then saw that Varian was in a room with some alchemy equipment. Varian was doing his first attempt of making the cure for the potion Jinx gave him. Hugo knocked on the doorframe, making Varian jump and almost dropped the potion, which luckily he caught before it could hit the ground.

Varian: Jinx, if you are checking in on me again, I told you ten minutes ago that I'm... ( Sees Hugo ) ...fine...

Hugo: Uh, hey. Just me. Jinx is currently in the throne room, scolding the king for ignoring the damage the black rocks cause to Old Corona, as she had found out about the amount of the damage from one of the soldiers.

After a few seconds of silence and processing, Varian's face turned red out of embarrassment.

Varian: H-Hugo!

Little did the two know, that Jinx was watching the scene from across the hall, and watched with a knowing smile before walking away.

Jinx: ( thoughts: ) They're going to end up having feelings for each other without knowing it, aren't they?

Varian: ( to Hugo, nervously: ) H-hey Hugo. Hi-um... I wasn't expecting you- what's up???

There was a moment of silence, and Ruddiger faceplamed.

Hugo: Right. Anyway, trying to find a cure for that potion?

Varian: Yeah. Jinx expects me to find it, but... I don't even know how it works! Or what's it made out of. I mean, what can make this " magic potion " be able to wipe the memory of someone's or an entire kingdom's memory of a child's existence?!

Hugo: Alright, calm your freckles, Hairstripe. The last thing Jinx's needs is the guilt of causing two alchemists to snap on trying to find the cure for this blasted potion. She still apologizes to me about when I snapped and almost blew up the entire camp out of frustration.

Varian: ( is shocked at what Hugo said ) You what?

Hugo: Long story. Anyway don't overdo yourself like you have a time limit, take your time. Because if you don't, like I did when I tried finding a cure, you're going to end up overwhelming yourself, probably losing some of your sanity in the process, and might do something you're going to regret. And from what I gathered from Pete the guard after I feed him a truth serum by a cookie out of boredom, you have a history of doing that, Goggles.

Varian: Yeah... Wait, you gave- He didn't learn his lesson after I gave him a cookie?!

Hugo: Apparently not. Which I'm not surprised, because let's be honest, who would think about a truth serum when given a cookie.

The two then saw Jinx fly out of the castle on her wyvern, through the window.

Varian: Huh? Where is Jinx going?

Hugo: Whatever it is, it's probably better than spending large amounts of time looking for a fake wall or finding a cure for a memory wiping potion, so let's follow her.

Varian: ( raised his brow at Hugo ) Are you always like this?

Hugo: Only when I'm bored. Let's go. ( shouts: ) Lead Azide!

Hugo's wyvern then appeared and smacked into the glass window like a bird, and slowly slid down the glass. Varian winced slightly, as he knew that had to hurt.

Hugo: ( to Varian: ) Believe it or not, this ( points to his wyvern ) is completely normal for him.

( Slight Time Skip, at Old Corona )

Jinx was looking at the damage the black rocks caused with a guiltfilled expression as Hugo and Varian landed Hugo's wyvern, Lead Azide, on the ground and hid behind a destroyed building.

Hugo: ( whispers, as he saw Jinx's expression: ) Oh, great, she's blaming herself for this.

Varian: ( whispers: ) What? Why? She wasn't there when this happened.

Hugo: ( whispers, to Varian: ) Yeah, but, and not a lot of people know this, in Jinx's mind she's most likely thinking that if she had gotten the moonstone sooner, she could've somehow prevented this. Jinx cares a lot about the well being of others, and not a lot of people, who aren't monsters and outside the army, see that because they usually just see her as just some scary villain lady.

Jinx looked at the black rocks that had a stuffed bear on it, she then had a strange feeling that she knew how to fix this and decided to let it out as she thought it was worth a shot, and she began to sing.

Jinx: ( sings, with her eyes closed: ) Stars, gleam and glow, let your fire shine. Mend what the damage caused. Bring back the hope that once was mine.

Hugo and Varian watched in amazement as all the black rocks in Old Corona and Jinx's hair began to glow and the rock slowly began to either disappear or magically repair the damaged structures by turning it beautiful blue and purple crystals.

Jinx: ( sings, with her eyes still closed: ) Change the fates' design. Fix the cracks that been done. Bring back the hope that once was mine, what once was mine....

Jinx opened her eyes and saw that all the black rocks were gone, and that beautiful blue and purple crystals had repaired the holes and damage that the rocks caused to the structures. She then saw that the stuff bear was now laying on the ground, and she saw that a beautiful blue and purple flower had sewn the hole the black rock made through the stuffed toy. She then slowly picked it up, and she then heard a twig snap, causing her to turn her head and see the boys. Lead Azide slowly backs away as he was the one that stepped on the twig and blew the boys' cover.

Hugo: ( under his breath: ) Damnit Azide.

Jinx: Were you two watching me?

Varian; S-Sorry, ma'am. We didn't mean to-

Jinx: ( calmly with a slight smile: ) Varian, calm down, it's okay. You're not in trouble, neither of you.

Hugo: How did you do that?

Jinx: ( honestly: ) I don't know, I just somehow knew how to fix this.

Varian: The moonstone must have given you powers that are both destructive and constructive.

Hugo: Yes! The black rocks are from the destructive powers of the moonstone...

Varian: ( is looking at the crystals ) While these crystals are constructive.

Jinx: ( with a determined expression ) And I think I know what I'm doing while awaiting for Rapunzel's return.

Varian: Speaking about her return. How long do you think will it take for her to get here?

Jinx: About a week. The spies that I have tasked to inform us about Rapunzel's whereabouts have informed me that Rapunzel and her friends will be coming to Corona shortly, as a few old friends of theirs have went off to get them on horseback. And by the time they get here.

Hugo: We'll be ready.

Varian: And we'll be closer to fulfilling the plan to fully take over corona. But, why don't we just do it now, Jinx? You have an entire army of monsters and thieves, the power of the moonstone, and alchemy, you could probably take over Corona easily.

Jinx: All will be revealed in due time, Varian. But for now, we must be patient.

Jinx then got on her wyvern and took off, heading back to the castle.

Varian: ( to Hugo: ) Do you know why she hasn't already taken over Corona?

Hugo: Yes, but... ( with a sad expression ) It's not my story to tell. Trust me, Jinx will probably tell you the story after the mission, just... Be patient until then. For her sake, it's not really a happy story. Come on, let's get back to the castle so you can get back to what you were doing, and I'll go back to looking for that hidden room.

( Slight Time Skip, in the morning, with Hugo )

Hugo was in the hallway as he had spent all night looking for the hidden room, and he let out a yell out of frustration.

Hugo: THAT'S IT I GIVE UP!-

As Hugo went to lean on a wall, he fell through it and onto a door, revealing that he finally and accidentally found the fake wall.

Hugo: ( groaned in pain ) ( in frustration: ) Oh! Now I found the bloody thing!! Whoever hid this bloody door, can go f-

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That's it for this chapter, I hope you like it

Feel free to comment on what you think about the Star Incantation and what you think might be in the room behind the hidden door.

Till next time my agents of mischief 😜

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