Book One – Chapter 3

Slowly waving his hand through a chain in front of him, he observed how his shimmering arm passed through the frail bonds, which reformed right after. These light chains were the reason why it had been so difficult to walk through the tunnel passage. Yves absorbed their energy and watched the fragments and bonds dissipate and all surrounding elements stir and swirl. Prior to the explosion, this must have been an intricate, yes, even a perfect net. An incredible rare sight in his dimension, as they only formed where no wizard or other existences had absorbed worldly energies for years.

Yves straightened up, extended his magical energy and grasped both the wave-shards and the chains of light anchored to them. Recognising his new insight into this plane, he knew that he had the strength to hold and shift both structures. It was an incredible feeling. He had become an existence more of this world, which in turn made this world feel much more natural to him. Using magic felt almost familiar. With the never-ending supply of mirror-world energy to replenish his energy supply, Yves did not have to hold back. It still took practice, but he eventually managed to align the tunnel walls without trapping light fragments between the wave-shards. Grasping and pulling the walls left and right, Yves walked backwards, thus literally closing off the whole tunnel step by step.

Despite the incredible effort it took to accomplish this feat, Yves believed that it was only a temporary solution. He had sealed the passage for now, which should hide it from anyone on the other side. However, the mirror world could not be accessed by an inexperienced wizard. With that, Yves could not be sure that a master of the seer spectrum would not be able to spot this feat of manipulation. There was also no guarantee that another wizard from the glass and light spectrum would not find a way to undo his blockage. But for now, Yves felt incredibly powerful, and well ok that’s really all I have hidden.

He wanted to remain and further explore his new form, but he was also greatly shaken from the experience. Attentive for all changes in his physical form and, most noteworthy, his sight, Yves returned to find the ethereal mirror that would lead him out of the mirror plane and back into the lighthouse.