Excerpt:
Arthur cast a spell so that his physical body joined his astral body and he also occupied both the physical and the metaphysical worlds at the same time. “Whether we are ready or not, I expect that we are fixing to go rescue Victor. Let us hope it is not too bumpy of a ride.”
Hearthville Serial: Book 7
Episode 31b
Any Truth, Proper Grammar, or Correct Spelling is totally coincidental if not accidental.
All characters are fiction. This story is fiction. This story makes no claims about any real person.
By Charles Peters
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With ghostly help Elliot Duddley rode the water current flooding through the corridor until it dumped him right in front of the spaceship. Soaking wet. Dripping. Elliot stood. “There is a spaceship. I feel so confused. I feel as though I am in two worlds.”
Arthur stares at Jossette. He asks, “Why have you been hiding from us?”
Artorious thinks I am still Nette his wife. And it was not that good of a marriage. He is an asshole.”
“Granny. I know.”
“It is odd to think of you both as my grandson and as my uncle. And the truth is, as either, you scare me.”
“When you were alive as Jossette I never knew how to approach you because I knew you didn’t remember being Nette, my grandmother. But I loved you.”
“I know you did but I don’t know why. I was not a very good grandmother. But let us not talk about that. I do not want to think about that. So here is Victor’s father and he is looking at the spaceship that Victor stole when he was ten.”
“Victor is trapped in the outlands. The outlands have been locked to most spaceships but this one that belonged to Sabian should be able to still make the passage. We need it to rescue Victor.”
Jossette says, “It is not a regular spaceship. I will tell you right now that I can’t fly it.”
Barnabus says, “Neither can I. It is designed differently than anything I have ever seen.”
Elliot touches a button on the side panel. The front door to the spaceship opens. A ramp descends from beneath the door. “This spaceship is so huge.”
Though Elliot can not hear him, Arthur says, “It was used by Sabian’s people to smuggle oil from the Outlands to his oil wells on this side. Sabian has newer ships in operation that are still carrying on the smuggling operations. Even with the Outlands closed off, Sabian’s ships can still fly to the Outlands.”
Joesion watches as Elliot walks up the ramp to enter the spaceship. “I know the answer is probably no but still I must ask, is it possible that Elliot can fly the spaceship.”
Jossette says, “Before Elliot’s memory was erased, yes, he could fly it. He and Victor could both fly it.”
Arthur says, “The spell we used could not fully restore Elliot’s memory. Most of his returned memory, such as it is, came through dreams. It is hard to restore the memory of someone who the Space Alien witches have altered.”
Jossette smiles. “No. That is not what happened. Victor altered his father’s memory so as to protect his father and so his family could have a normal life. Before Victor altered Elliot’s memory Elliot was a high ranking Earth Witch connected to some of Quentin Darko’s projects. While Elliot was working with Quentin, Elliot is the one who taught Victor to fly the spaceship.”
Arthur’s mouth fell wide open. His eyes grew huge. “Wow. I did not know that. Elliot is a witch.”
“He and Ellen both are.”
“Well. I dated Ellen. I learned early that she is an unknowing witch.”
Jossette smiles.
“What?”
“At one point she was not so unknowing. That is what Victor told me when we were young.”
Barnabus says, “Listen. Elliot has just fired the spaceship up. We need to go on board. I am fairly sure he has been in the process of transitioning so that he can be both in the physical world and the metaphysical world at the same time. So, for better or worse, he will be able to see us.”
Arthur cast a spell so that his physical body joined his astral body and he also occupied both the physical and the metaphysical worlds at the same time. “Whether we are ready or not, I expect that we are fixing to go rescue Victor. Let us hope it is not too bumpy of a ride.”