Chapter Two

Chapter 2: Stocking Up


Callisto ended up sitting across from the table from Aleda and Elda drinking and talking for hours. Finally when Aleda and Elda were both rocking back and forth singing the "Most Beautiful Flame" song over and over again, Callisto along with a girl that looked about her age, quieted them and dragged them into Elda and Diah's home, which was a sort of appartment above the resturant. Callisto helped the girl close up the tavern after the last couple of patrons finished eating and piled out.

Once everyone was gone, the girl pulled out a wand and pointed upward. A flash of light appeared for a split second. When Callisto could see around her again, the tables were cleaned off, and all the chairs were pushed in. Callisto unintentionally let a "wow" escape. The girl laughed "I supposed you're not used to magic then?" Callisto blushed "Yeah, I am a mystic myself, only I just found out recently. Aleda is going to train me at it though!" The girl laughed again "Probably not tommorow though, I'll bet she won't want to get out of bed. Anyway, I'm Elda's daughter Diah." Callisto offered her hand but drew it away as Diah gave her a strange look. "Callisto is my name, Aleda is my err...Well she's my godmother."

Diah looked puzzled for a moment but then shook her head and said "Well, I remember Aleda, great lady, and if you're connected to her in some way, I'll bet you're pretty nice yourself. And since Aleda is a good old friend of my mums, I'm sure she won't mind if you guys stay, you know, considering Aleda and my mum are probably passed out by now anyways." Diah and Callisto walked up the stairs to find that Elda was asleep on the floor, and Aleda asleep on a couch. Diah and Callisto helped Elda to her room, and Diah set up the guest bed for Callisto.

The next morning, Callisto awoke to a wonderful smell. She followed the smell into the kitchen. The walls were stone, and there was what looked like a cast iron stove, and a water spout that looked like it needed to be cranked. The kitchen looked as if all of it's contents belonged in an old castle, yet something about the positioning of everything seemed to make the kitchen look quite modern. Multiple platters of food sat in the center of the table on one side of the room. Callisto jumped as a loud happy voice hummed into the kitchen. It was Elda with Diah walking in behind her.

"Good Morning! Sit, sit, eat!" Elda said cheerily. Diah and Callisto both sat at the table, as Elda brought a pitcher of some kind of liquid. Callisto put food on her plate, she was so hungry. She could not even remember ever being so hungry. Elda took a drink out of her mug and said "Aleda went out for something, she'll be back by morning. She said she had somethings to take care of, and asked if you could stay with us for the night while she sets up a bit more permanent place for you guys to stay. Now, you can stay up here until she comes, or if you'd like, Diah can show you around town. Either way just have some fun, seems like you need some fun."