Atlas Cloud And The Amulet of Thieves by L.M.J. Rayner Read Free Book Online

mirror.
     
    “Yes, but how do we get to this new world, is there a secret tunnel in this dressing room.” I said chuckling to myself.
     
    “No, Atlas we are going to travel through this mirror. More accurately, an Elder mirror.” Farro said, pointing at the full length glass I noticed earlier.
     
    “An Elder mirror?” Eli questioned him. “What’s that?”
     
    “An Elder mirror is a portal to the other dimension. There are not many left in the world now. I found this one seventy years ago.” Seventy years? He must be at least a hundred and twenty years old, maybe older. He doesn’t look it, but his eyes betrayed him, you could tell he’s lived a long time. Farro stood in front of the mirror and began to mutter under his breath. The mirror started to wobble, not the frame, just the glass. It shimmered like water. The mirror looked like a puddle of mercury. “Roko take Eli with you.” Farro said stepping aside from the mirror. Roko grabbed Eli’s hand.
     
    “Is it safe?” Eli cried out, as he was being pulled towards the mirror.
     
    “You’ll be fine.” Roko said jumping through the liquid. I expected them to crash into the wall on the other side. I bolted around the side of the mirror. Nothing. They had disappeared, the mirror engulfing them. Farro turned to me.
     
    “You ready?” He whispered. “Now it’s your turn.”
     
    “Will I find the answers I’m looking for?” I said.
     
    “I can’t say for sure, as you are the only one who knows the questions.” One step away from another world, well here it goes. Geronimo.

 
     
     
     
     
     
    8 –HUNTER-
     
     
     
     
     
    The mirror was cold to the touch, my hand melting into it, swallowed up by the pool of silver. Everything flashed white and I was on the other side. I tripped on a piece of wood as I stepped out of the mirror. This place was a dump. It looked like a cellar. There were no windows to let in any light; dust blanketed almost everything in the room. This place must have been abandoned for a very long time, as there were thick cob webs and pieces of broken wreckage strewn over the floor. It looked like it could collapse at any minute. Farro stepped through soon after and used his staff as a light by making it glow.
     
    “This is the new world?” I said, shrugging my shoulders.
     
    “No, this is just where I’ve kept the mirror, there are not many left and they need to be kept safe.” Farro replied, walking ahead up the stairs towards the rest of the house.
     
    “So where are we then?” I asked hoping to shed some light on the situation. Eli and Roko were nowhere in sight, they must have gone ahead. It was bleak and toxic, I didn’t blame them.
     
    “We Atlas, are in an abandoned house in a small town called Brachinridge.” We walked up the stairs, making the wood under the floor creak, almost crumbling at our touch. We find Eli and Roko leaning up against the wall waiting for us. Most of the upper floor was a wreck as well. It looked both abandoned and as if a bomb had exploded; the only thing missing was the clean-up crew.
     
    “Are we staying here tonight then, because I’m not so keen about the decor?” Eli said, kicking a plank of wood around.
     
    “No. We can’t be seen inside here at all, it would draw too much attention to this house.” Farro said moving towards the front door.
     
    “We can’t have people snooping around and finding the mirror.” Roko said.
     
    “Won’t people see us walking out the front door?” I said.
     
    “Yes, but I’ve cast a perception enchantment around the house, they will see us but will take no notice of us.”
     
    “Cool.” Eli added.
     
    “And anyway it’s late. There won’t be anyone wandering the streets at this hour.” Roko said. We stepped out into the unforgiving night air. It smelt the same as home, filling my lungs with the cool, foreign breeze. Outside the house was a cobbled road with stone walls at the sides. It reminded me of the history