Amaya, Mare, Blair, and Connor came running down the hallway.

“What's going on?” Amaya said, “ What the-”

“Servant! help get me out of this.” My father said.

“No, I will not,” Amaya said, “Kalt, while this is my doing, this was not the intended effect.”

“By my best guess, I assume this is a curse placed on him and it reacted to the magical radiation that emanates off of me and Fier.”

“Just going to ignore me?” My father said.

“For the meantime, yes, Also it's not your fault that this happened, it wasn’t intentional. Is there a way you can end the curse?”

“Yes, but it will take some time.”

"Alright, for the meantime let's close off this wing and drop the temperature, he shouldn’t be able to do much, but I’ll stay here so he can’t do anything.”

“Hewwo!” A voice came from down at the main entrance.

“Fiestro has arrived, I see,” I said.

“I’ll go get him,” Fier said, flying off.

“So you have magical powers as well Amaya?”

“I don’t really, I’m able to manipulate the natural magic around us, but I don’t produce any myself as you or Fier do. I know the Gleitas line always could manipulate cooler temperatures and ice, but yours has been more reactive due to the stress of living and the interactions with people. The crack on the back of the property is likely why it's stronger as well.” Amaya explained

“Alright, is there a way to seal the crack?” I asked.

“I can look into it, but I'm not really sure. It might take a lot of power, and you will likely lose yours in the process. So if you’re fine with that then we can seal it.” Amaya stated.

“Honestly if it means ending the chance that zombies can develop and take over the world then yes, I’ll sacrifice my powers.” 

My father started laughing, “Wow you have learned nothing, when you have power, you don’t give it up, you hold onto it and use it against other people to get what you want.”

“Anyways, Amaya, try to figure out how to fix your curse, take whoever you need to figure that out, I’ll stay here and keep an eye on my father,” I said.

“How about you three come with me, I can teach you guys some basic spells so you can help defend yourselves easier,” Amaya said walking off with the others.

“What about me?” Fier flew up holding Fiestro in his arms.

“Phantom!” Fiestro said, jumping out of Fier’s arms and hugging me.

“Hey buddy, did you help the people at the farm,” I said 

“Yes of course,” Fiestro said.