Book of the dead: The rise of the Necromancer

Old Faithful

"You took on the rogue all by yourself! Then you thought ten vampires! My poor heart can not stand it! I need a drink! Could you give me that bottle of vodka, Rufus?" Dora is angry. She can not stand it that Maisie put her life in danger while she was sleeping. She should never have let Maisie go out on her own. Markus will kill her if he ever finds out his mate was in that much danger.

"I am fine, Dora. Look, not even a scratch!" Maisie says, trying to calm Dora down. Rufus hands the bottle of vodka to Dora. Dora takes a few deep sips of vodka. She can not think with a hangover, and she needs to get her head clear the only thing that can get her head clear now is vodka. She is trembling when she thinks about what could have happened to Maisie out there.

"I think it is super cool that you are so strong, Maisie," Rufus says, and Dora glares at him.

"Don't you dare encourage her to be so stupid again!" Dora shouts at Rufus.

"I am fine, Dora. Can we concentrate on the map now, please?" Maisie asks. She loves Dora, but Dora is a bit overprotective. Dora drinks a few more sips from the vodka bottle and looks at the map. She is still not happy, but she is proud that Maisie can handle the ring.

"Okay, I am proud of you, though. Just do not do it again! Next time take us with you. If something happens to you, what will become of us? It would be best if you thought about your friends as well, Maisie," Dora says to get the last word in.

"I love you too, Mother Dora," Maisie says with a smile.

"Umphf, yeah, then show it next time. Please don't scare me shitless next time!" Dora says, but she smiles happily, knowing the young wolves loves her.

"I bet the vampires were scared shitless when they saw your strength," Stew says. He looks at Dora, who is looking at him with a warning in her eyes.

"Yeah, they were, and they tried to run away, but my wolf was too fast for them. I can't believe I have that much speed and power. My wolf is extra fast. You should see her when we fight," Maisie says. She is proud of her wolf and the new strength she got. They all go quiet as Dora snorts. They know Dora is worried about all of them and their safety. They stop talking about it. They will talk about it later when Dora is not around. Stew has the map in his hands, and he looks at it as it takes them deeper into Yellowstone park. They have been driving from Salt Lake City and is almost in the park. It took them about six hours to drive to get to Yellow stone Caldera. Luckily for them, it is not winter, or the roads will be closed.

They stopped to look at the few spots, but the map leads them to Old Faithful. They made a few stops along the way. They looked at the Yellowstone Caldera. It is a volcanic caldera and supervolcano, sometimes referred to as the Yellowstone Supervolcano. They also looked at some animals they saw along the way to Old Faithful. Soon they reach Old Faithful. They wait a bit to see him erupt. The world’s most famous geyser, Old Faithful in Yellowstone, currently erupts around 20 times a day. People speak of the average time between eruptions. This is misleading. The mathematical average between Old Faithful eruptions is currently 74 minutes, but it doesn’t like to act average! Intervals can range from 60-110 minutes. Visitors can check for posted prediction times in most buildings in the Old Faithful area. The three young wolves have never seen anything like it in their lives and are happy to experience it. They also took some pictures of them where ever they stopped. It makes Dora's heart happy to see them so happy, and while they are busy, she quickly sends a message on her phone to Norma to let her and Markus know where they are. She decides not to tell them about Maisie's fights in Salk Lake City. She is worried that Markus will stop his mission to come after his mate again. He needs to concentrate on what he must do and can not be distracted by his mate. She quickly tells them about the ring and that it fits Maisie. She does not tell them about Maisie's danger when she put that ring on her finger. After taking photos at Old Faithful, the three young wolves return to the truck. Maisie checks the map and sees it has grown again. She sighs.

"This bloody map! If it does not stop growing, I will not be able to carry it anymore," She says. She wonders where it will take them this time! She is sure they are going to see the whole of America if it goes on like this. This time it leads them to El Capitan in Texas. It is almost a nineteen-hour drive, and the three wolves look down in disbelief.

"This stupid map could have just taken us from Las Vegas to El Capitan! It is much closer now. We have to drive all the way back!" Stew says, not looking too happy.

"Well, nothing comes easy," Dora says. Dora says as she takes a sip of her vodka.

"I think we should sleep here in the park tonight her is a lot of inns, and we can start our journey to El Capitan tomorrow. You do realize it is close to home as well," Stew says.

"Yeah, this bloody map took us all for a ride! Make us came all this bloody way and then go back with us as we came. They can be glad I did not have to do it on foot! I would have travelled back in time and killed the bastards that made this map again," Maisie says, not looking happy.

"Maybe the map was testing us. To see if we are worthy of the treasure," Rufus says.

"Yeah, maybe, but personally, I think it is one of mother Dora's ancestors who made this bloody map! She must have been drunk, flying around on her broom and making the map as she went. She stopped too long in Las Vegas, and enjoyed it too much there, then decided to come all the way back to where we started," Maisie says, not happy at all.

"Haha, I think you might be right. Only a clever woman like me will hide a treasure right under everyone's nose and take them on an adventure, then bring them all the way back to discover the treasure in their own back yard," Dora laughs. She thinks it is funny how the map took them all the way up here and now is making them turn around and go back to almost where they started. They book themselves into an inn for the night.

"Yeah, well, we had some fun," Maisie says, smiling as they walk into their rooms. They booked a whole wing of the inn for themselves and paid upfront.

"Food!" Rufus growls, and Maisie and Stew feel their stomachs also wanting food.

"How much do you kinds eat a day?" Dora asks, looking at the three wolves that have filled out nicely but has no inch of fat on them.

"The amount must be more or less the same as you drink, mother Dora," Stew says, laughing. They order them a big meal, and tonight Dora has nowhere to go. They are in the middle of Yellowstone Park, and she has not seen a bar nearby or in this building. She sighs tonight she will drink alone as she will have no drinking partners.

The children eat a lot of food, and Maisie, Stew, and Rufus look lazy after eating. They talk about Maisie's fight, and Dora listens only with one ear. She is drunk already and not in the mood for the young wolves chatting. She takes a new bottle of vodka and walks to her room. She hopes Markus and Norma are not being chased in circles as well. Maybe the old magical council planned the map this way, so it will take longer to get to this evil and give the other map a chance to lead his people to the good that can defeat this evil. She knows how the magical council can play tricks on them all. They always have, and the new magical council does the same. They play tricks on the white witches and the dark witches. They play tricks on the wizards and the warlocks. Sometimes their tricks are for a reason, like to prevent a war, for instance. Sometimes the old hags are just bored and play tricks on the magical world. They are the protectors of this world—magical and non-magical. They protect the balance between good and evil. Mostly they protect the world against any evil that is too great for this world to handle. Dora knows she will never be on the magical council. She is grateful, though. She can not sit and talk to those old hags every day and drink all magical brews. She likes her vodka, and she is a witch. What more can she ask for. She has three young kids now, and they are all happy. She will protect them where she can and when she can. She loves them like her own. She also promised Markus she will take good care of Maisie. She will make sure to seal the rooms they are in tonight so Maisie can not go for a run again.

Maisie, Rufus and Stew are watching TV. They are not really in the mood to do anything else. Maisie feels disappointed that the map wasted their time. On the other hand, maybe she, Rufus and Stew needed the time to heal and become stronger. So maybe the map did it for them. She looks at her friends for the first time since their parents died. They look happy. She herself is happy for once. If the map did not lead them all the way up here and now back, she would not have found the ring.

"And our mate!" Her wolf reminds her.

"Yeah, that too, but for now, we have other things to worry about," She tells her wolf.

"We need to find him," Her wolf complaints.

"We will go and find him after we got out pack back and are a true Alpha. We have to be worthy of him," Maisie says.

"We are worthy of him!" Her wolf says.

"Okay, stop fighting with me. We will get him after the adventure is done, and we have your pack back," Maisie promise her wolf, and her wolf is happy. She also wants their pack back and safe under their control. She wants those rogues out of her pack territory, and that fake Alpha must pay for what he did to them. He can not get away with it. She was weak and could not help Maisie. It frustrated her, and she felt so helpless while Maisie, Stew and Rufus were tortured. They Could not even mind-link with the pack as they were too weak. She felt so helpless. So useless. She knew Maisie felt the same as she saw her pack members being mishandled by the fake Alpha and his army of rogues. The pack members only stayed loyal to him because they were afraid of him. She knows the pack members are waiting for Maisie to return one day and be strong enough to save them.  She is their rightful leader and the only true Alpha of the pack. If she becomes the Luna of the Red Moon Pack, her pack will become part of the strongest pack in the whole Americas. That would be great for Maisie's old pack.