Chapter 15: Campfire: Part Two
Evanna grabbed the bag that she left next to Midknight, bringing it with her as she and Ger returned back to the campfire. They sat down across from Ronan, who now had Cilv sitting next to him, eating some berries. Once the stew that Axel made was dished up and eaten, Evanna decided to show the others the parchments she brought with her.
She inhaled deeply; this decision had not been made lightly. She had only been with this group for a day, but she felt it was only right that she show them the parchments and the secrets they held. Reaching into her bag, she brought the leather tube out, looking at it before noticing Ger looking at her, searching her face, silently asking if she was okay with revealing the scrolls and her own secret. She nodded once and proceeded to open the tube.
"These parchments", Evanna began as she looked around the campfire, making sure that she had everybody’s attention.
"I have brought with me are proof that the gemstone exists. On one, you will find the instructions needed for the gem to work and on the other is a painting of how it looks."
She passed the parchments to Ger, who passed them on to Ronan. Each person in the group took their time looking at the scrolls and, in turn, one after the other looked up at Evanna in surprise and a little bit of suspicion. Cilv was the last to look at the papers; she scanned the gemstone painting first, admiring its beauty, then opened the other parchment. She tried to read the writing on the paper then looked up at Evanna after realising she could not understand the language it was written in.
But before Cilv’s brain ran wildly with thoughts, she asked, "You can read what is on here?"
Evanna nodded her head, which made the men at her side, not including Ger, look at her again in shock.
"Prove it," Cilv stood up and handed back the scrolls to her.
Evanna scanned the top line and read out loud, "* Though the gem is nothing but a myth to mere humans, it is indeed real...*"
"It reads, ’Though the gem is nothing but a myth to mere humans, it is indeed real.’ It then explains how to use it" She looked back up to now see Cilv staring at her,
"And? How does it work?" Cilv asked, narrowing her eyes; she then looked back down at the parchment in her hands.