-Outside World-

Hope and Josie woke up at 6 am and grabbed a quick breakfast in the kitchen.

When they were finished they went back to Hope's room to prepare the spell.

Josie grabbed the salt and poured it in a large circle, and Hope moved the bowl and knife into the circle.

Josie then made sure that the candles were in the correct places and moved in the circle.

Hope sat next to her and offered her the knife.

Josie took and cut her hand.

Once she was sure it was deep enough, she put her hand over the bowl and let her blood drip into it.

When she was sure there was enough, she pulled her hand back.

Hope grabbed Josie's hand and did a quick healing spell.

She then took the knife and cut her own hand.

She had to do it multiple times, as it kept healing itself.

She put the knife down and did the binding spell, that would allow Hope to follow Josie into her subconscious.

"Alligatus et sanguinem magicae"

Once Hope was sure it was in place, she turned to Josie.

"Alright...now lay down and I will start the spell." said Hope, knowing that it was time "And remember do not move at any point while I say the spell."

"Yeah, I know Hope, you've said it a thousand times already," Josie said, rolling her eyes.

"I know, it's just that the spell can be really dangerous if it's done wrong," Hope replied.

"I understand, I won't move, I promise."

Hope smiled and moved into the circle of salt and sat down next to her, with her grimoire in her lap.

"Alright let's do this...Ego ille qui quaerit invenire intra mens" began Hope, and a gust of wind swept through the room, and Hope kept going.

"Et notitia eius in medio occultatum"

A fire erupted around the circle of salt, causing the two girls to be surrounded by intense heat.

"Et dabit ei, ut quaerit invenire responsa tuum" Hope finished the spell, and laid down next to Josie, grabbing her left hand.

It was silent for a moment before both girls went unconscious.

(Josie's Mind)

Josie's eyes snapped open, and she sat up looking around.

She heard a groan next to her and looked to her right to see Hope sitting up as well.

Hope was looking around curiously.

"I think it worked."

Josie raised her eyebrow, "Apparently...now that we're here how are we going to find my bond with Lizzie."

"Well first things first, we need to figure out where we are in your mind, once we do we can start looking for the tether to your sister."

The two girls got to their feet. And when they looked around, they realized they were in an old-looking library.

"Huh, this must be where all your knowledge is kept." Hope stated, looking at the bookshelves.

Josie walked to one of them and grabbed one of the books on the shelf.

She looked at the cover and saw that it said the word 'Gemini Coven' on it.

Hope walked up behind her and looked at the book in her hands.

When she opened it, she read.

-The Parker Family-

Members

Matthew Parker- Witch; Twin → Joshua Parker; Lost merge; Deceased

Joshua Parker - Previous Coven Leader; Witch; Twin → Matthew Parker; Wife → Maria Parker; 8 children; Deceased

Maria Parker- Witch; Husband → Joshua Parker; 8 Children; Deceased

Malachai 'Kai' Parker- Previous Coven Leader; Aberrant Witch (Siphoner); Now - Heretic; Twin → Josette Parker; Alive

Josette 'Jo' Parker- Witch/Human; Twin → Malachai Parker; 2 Children; Deceased

Josiah 'Joey' Parker- Witch; Deceased

Gabriella 'Gabby' Parker- Witch; Deceased

Nathaniel 'Nate' Parker- Witch; Deceased

Madelyn 'Maddy' Parker- Witch; Deceased

Olivia 'Liv' Parker- Witch; Twin → Lucas Parker; Deceased

Lucas 'Luke' Parker- Witch; Twin → Olivia Parker; Lost merge; Deceased

Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Saltzman- Aberrant Witch (Siphoner); Twin → Josette Saltzman; Alive

Josette 'Josie' Saltzman- Aberrant Witch (Siphoner); Twin → Elizabeth Saltzman; Alive

Hope raised her eyebrows as she read the names, "Wow, I never knew that your family was this big."

"Neither did I."

Josie flipped the page, curious as to what else there was.

-Gemini Coven-

Known Facts

This Coven specializes in Cloaking Magic

-Their cloaking spells are considered to be the most powerful.

There is a curse on the Gemini twins in the coven

-Must merge by 22 or the Coven dies.

Entire Coven is linked to the Coven Leader.

The only Coven that has Aberrant witches

-They do not have their own magic; must siphon from others; considered abominations by Gemini Coven

They are responsible for the creation of places called Prison Worlds.

-They lock away those they deem a threat to their Coven

The two girls shared a look as they took in the information.

"I had no idea that the original name for siphon witches was aberrant witches...what does that even mean?" Josie said as she stared at the book.

"Aberrant means to depart from the accepted standard, which makes sense as siphon witches were seen by your coven as not normal and wrong."

Hope, then, moved away from Josie heading towards the double doors that led out of the library.

"Come on, let's go see what else there is."

Josie glanced back at Hope, then went to put the book back on the shelf.

However, when Josie went to go after Hope, she stopped suddenly, as she was struck by something.

She looked back at the bookshelf with the book on it.

How did that book have all that information, when she knew for a fact, that she never knew most of it?

Hope looked back at her from the doorway, and noticed the confused expression on her face.

"What's wrong?"

Josie looked forward again, shaking her head, "Nothing."

"Then come on, we don't have that much time before someone notices we're missing."

"I know, coming."

They left the library, not noticing the shadow of a creature that appeared in their stead.

When they passed through the doors, they were transported into a forest.

"A forest? Why do I have a forest in my mind?" and Hope shrugged not knowing the answer.

"Maybe you find trees relaxing or something? I don't know it's your mind."

Josie looked around, seeing trees in every direction. "How are we going to find anything in all this?"

Hope frowned knowing she was right before she got an idea.

Hope walked over to a patch of clean grass and sat down, gesturing for Josie to do the same.

Josie stared at Hope incredulously.

"You want to take a break right now?"

Hope rolled her eyes, "Nooo, I want you to meditate with me, that way you can focus your mind in order for you to figure out what direction we should go next."

Josie decided that she may as well give it a try, not like there were any other options right now.

Josie sat down crisscrossed in front of Hope and looked at her with raised eyebrows.

Hope held out her hands, and Josie took them.

"Alright Josie, I want you to close your eyes, and think about your sister, and you should feel a pull in a certain direction," said Hope.

Josie did as she said, and focused her thoughts on her sister

She thought about Lizzie's selfishness.

And about how Lizzie was overprotective of her, which sometimes crossed into possessiveness.

She thought about her sassy remarks to everything, and how she always had a comeback.

She remembered Lizzie's smile, which could light up any room.

And her blue eyes, which shone like stars when she was happy seemed to turn into a raging storm of blue and grey when she was angry.

She thought about all the times they would lay together on one of their beds, taking comfort in one another.

She, then, remembered all the times when they were younger, and they would venture through the forest searching for mythical creatures.

Which now that she thought about it, probably did exist.

Then, she felt it.

A pull to the right.

She opened her eyes and met Hope's stare.

"We have to go right." was she said.

Hope nodded and got to her feet, pulling Josie up as went.

"Alright, right it is."

The girls trudged further into the forest, their eye's peeled for anything unusual.

They were walking for about ten minutes when Hope noticed that light was reflecting off something up ahead, and pulled Josie to a stop.

"Hope, what's wrong?" Josie asked, not sure why they've stopped.

"Look there...up ahead, the suns reflecting off of something." Josie looked in the direction Hope pointed in and saw what Hope had seen.

"What is that?"

"I don't know but let's find out," Hope declared, as she began walking towards it, with Josie close beside her.

When the girls got closer, they noticed a rock wall.

They realized that the sun was reflecting off of crystals that appeared to be welded into the rock.

"This is different," Hope said as she walked forward until she was an arms length away from the wall. "I've never seen crystals embedded into rock like this before. Have you Jo?"

Hope looked back when Josie didn't answer but she couldn't see her anywhere.

"Jo? Josie?" called Hope, concerned.

"Over here," responded Josie and Hope looked in the direction she heard her voice coming from, noticing brown hair behind a bolder to her left.

Hope walked over and halted when she saw what Josie was looking at.

There was a crevice in the rock.

"I think this is what was calling me." Josie moved to the entrance of the cave, and crouched down and started to squeeze through the crevice.

Hope watched her in disbelief, "Are we really going into an unknown opening without any knowledge of what's on the other side."

"Yes, now come on, we don't have all day remember."

Hope rolled her eyes and went after Josie into the crevice.

It wasn't long before they exited the other side, and what they saw on the other side took their breaths away.

The cave was large but that wasn't what caught their attention.

What had caught their attention was the crystals that were fused into every surface of the cave.

And even though it was inside, the crystals seemed to glow, bathing the room in light.

"Oh my god."

"Yeah" breathlessly Josie agreed, awe on every inch of her face.

"What is this place?" Hope was gazing at one of the crystals to the right.

Josie shook her head, "I have no idea."

Josie walked to one of the larger crystals and stared at it, having never seen anything like it.

Hope came over and stood next to her.

Both girls gasped as strange energy came from the crystal, but before either girl could move away, they were put into a trance.

And a memory of the past played through their mind's eye.

Two little girls could be seen hiding in a closet.

They were terrified, as they heard the voice of a man call out to them.

"Josie? You ho, Lizzie?" called Kai Parker. "Come out where Uncle Kai can see you, I have a small ax to grind, well...not so small."

And then the scene was gone, and both girls were left gasping, as the trance was lifted.

"What was that?" Hope's hands were shaking as she felt the fear that the two girls must have been feeling.

"I…" Josie started, trying to shake off the adrenaline that had just rushed through her "...think that was a memory from when our Uncle Kai tried to kill us when Lizzie and I were kids."

"God, that was horrible," Hope said.

Josie was staring at the crystal in contemplation.

"The crystals...I think they hold my memories in them."

Hope considered this, "Yeah, that makes sense."

Josie, then, frowned.

"Wait, if this place holds my memories, then why was I led here when I focused on Lizzie?"

"Maybe..because she's in most of your memories. I mean, you guys do practically everything together." Hope answered.

"Then, where is my bond with Lizzie?'

"I don't know Jo, we just have to keep looking."

"Alright, I guess we should leave then."

"Yeah let's go"

As the two girls went to leave, Hope accidentally touched a crystal and was thrown into a memory.

Josie was on a phone, a look of fear on her face.

She turned suddenly, dropping the phone as she went.

She ran towards a table where the sandbox rested and grabbed it.

She turned and threw it to the floor.

It broke.

Black magic blasted from it and slammed Josie backward.

She hit the floor, as the black magic flooded into her.

When she opened her eyes, they were black.

Hope eyes shot open with a gasp, and she turned to stare a Josie in shock.

"You broke the sandbox" was she said.

Josie ceased all movement, not knowing what to say.

"You broke the sandbox!" said Hope again, borderline yelling.

"Yes."

Josie had closed her eyes.

"You're full of black magic."

Josie's head snapped up, "No, it's gone. I used it all up to get out of the last prison world."

"Black magic like that doesn't just disappear."

"Well I don't know what to say. It did for me." Josie shook her head, frustrated. "I don't want to talk about this right now. What I want is to find my sister, and in order to do that we have to find our bond so can we please just keep moving."

"Fine, but when we leave we are talking about this."

"Okay! Fine, we will."

The girls leave the cave, tension still in the air.

"Now, where do we go?" questioned Josie.

"Let's just continue past the cave, see what we find," Hope replied.

They walk for a while longer, when they started to notice that the trees were thinning out.

It wasn't long under they spotted a road, and the two girls went towards it.

When they reached it, they stopped and looked up and down the road, but couldn't see anything.

"You wanna follow the road and see where it goes?" Josie asked.

Hope looked at her and shrugged, "Might as well."

They started walking along with the road.

About ten minutes into their walk, they spotted a building up ahead.

The girls shared a look between each other and started running in the direction of the building.

When they reached it, they realized it was a store.

The front of the building had a neon sign that said 'Mementos'.

The girls went inside and looked at the shelves of the 'store'.

Josie's eyes widened in shock as she recognized the stuff sitting on the shelves.

It was stuff she used to own, back from when she was younger.

Josie walked to one of the items and picked it up.

It was a stuffed tiger that was pink with white stripes and a gold underbelly instead of the typical orange, black, and white.

"I recognize everything here. This tiger I got when I was six and I named her Lyra. Lizzie got one that was purple instead of pink, she had named hers, Kara. We had them until we were ten."

"This must be where your brain stores all the things you've had in the past," Hope said, smiling as she pictured a two young girls sleeping with stuffed tigers.

"Yeah-"

The sound of glass shattering on the floor echoed the store.

And both girls turned, startled.

"What the hell?" Hope exclaimed.

They went to look around the corner and what they saw made them stop in their tracks.

It hulking beast.

It looked like a dementor from Harry Potter, and a werewolf from Underworld had a baby.

"Shit," whispered Josie.

And the creature turned to look at them, eyes pitch black.

"RUN" shouted Hope.

They turned tail, and ran out of the store.

They could hear the monster crash into one of the isle shelves as it gave chase.

"Where do we go?!" Josie exclaimed as they ran

Hope looked to the right and spot a dark house, that gave off a creepy feeling.

"There," She said pointing.

"There?!" echoed Josie, incredulous.

"Do you see anywhere else?" snapped Hope.

The girls run in the direction of the house as fast as they could.

They forced themselves to run faster when they heard the crash of the monster going through the window of the store.

They reached the house and ran up the creaking steps to the door.

Hope and Josie, then, run into the house, slamming the door shut behind them.

But they didn't stop there.

They then proceeded to run up the stairwell in front of them. T

hey entered a long hallway and ran to the end of it.

They open one of the doors that led to a bedroom and went inside.

Then, they pushed the large dresser in the room in front of the door and got back.

"What the hell was that?" Josie asked in a whisper.

Hope looked at Josie, "Jo..that thing radiated black magic...could you not feel it?"

Josie froze.

"Are you saying that you think the creature is the black magic from the sandbox?"

"Yes," Hope said simply.

Josie sat down on the bed in shock.

"I..I thought it was gone..how could I be so wrong?"

"Hey, hey, it's okay, we know now," Hope said as she moved to kneel down in from of Josie, taking her hands in her own.

"What do we do? How can we stop it?" Josie asked quietly. Both girls tensed as they heard a crash from downstairs.

"We have to fight it. If we kill it here, it will get rid of it altogether." Hope said confidently.

"What if we can't-" Josie began.

"-We will." interrupted Hope

Hope tightened her grip on Josie's hands, as they heard the stomps of the creature stalking up the stairs.

"Come on, we can do this," Hope said as she pulled Josie back to her feet.

Josie gasped, as they heard the monster slamming itself into the door, shaking the entire floor.

They both turn to face the door and linked hands.

The creature broke through the door, pushing the dresser out of the way like it was simply a chair.

"Jo, repeat after me, mitto creatura Bact" Hope chanted. " inferi non perdam reliquias"

Josie began to siphon as she repeated the words in unison with Hope. " mitto creatura Bact"

They raised their hands up, and the creature roared with pain and was forced back.

They didn't stop, continuing to say the same word over and over.

"inferi non perdam reliquias, mitto creatura Bact inferi non perdam reliquias"

The creature tried to charge at them, but couldn't.

It was forced back and slammed into the wall.

Then the wind picked up and it burst into flames.

There was silence, as the two girls stood there, uncertain if it was over.

Then Josie gasped, as a weight of something sinister was lifted from her.

"Jo?" said Hope concerned.

"I'm okay..I think it worked. It's gone."

Immediately, Hope relaxed and went lay on the bed, exhausted.

"Hope, are you okay?" asked Josie, as she noticed the paleness in Hope's complexion.

"Yeah, I'm just tired. I've done to much magic today and turns out doing magic in someone's head is very exhausting."

"Maybe you should stay here, and I'll keep looking," Josie stated concerned for her unofficial sister's health.

But Hope shook her head. "No, I'm not letting you go alone, especially after what just happened."

The two girls laid on the bed for 30 minutes, before they gathered enough strength to continue.

Josie got up and looked out the window to the backyard of the house.

When she looked further into the distance, she saw a waterfall, and for some reason, she felt a pull to it.

"I think I know where to try next."

Hope came to stand beside her and the two girls shared a look and went downstairs.

When they reached the backyard, they went in the direction they saw the waterfall.

It didn't take them long to get to it.

The waterfall was massive, and the roar of the water almost drowned out all other sounds.

And at the bottom of it was a large pool of water that seemed to be constantly giving off magic.

"It's the bond," Josie said. "I can feel it."

"How are you going to use it to reach Lizzie?" asked Hope, a grin on her face as she realized they were so close to accomplishing their goal.

"I have to go in," Josie turned towards Hope. "Don't follow me in, even if it looks like I'm not coming up."

"Why would that happen?" Hope said, narrowing her eyes.

"Just promise me, you won't follow. It could mess everything up. I don't know how I know this. I just do. So right now, I need you to trust me."

Hope was quiet, before replying. "I promise."

Josie gave a grateful smile, before moving away from Hope.

Josie, then, turned so her back was to water. She stepped back, and let herself fall back first into the pool.

The second she hit the water, it surged around her, and dragged her into its depths.

Hope gasped in shock, and took a step forward ready to jump in after her before remembering her promise and stopping.

She stared down at the water, searching, but Josie Saltzman was gone.