Samantha's Journey Part 1: A legacy of Real Magic

This is a work of fiction in the genres of Urban Fantasy and Paranormal Romance. The novel is in the 'Rings of Gaia' domain. ‘Merlin Parnassus’, and ‘Zed’, are prequels to this series "Samantha’s Journey”. The theme is ‘reincarnation’. The stories contain adult material. Do not read if under 18 years of age or are oversensitive.
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Gaia is the soul of Planet Earth. She serves God the creator by looking after herself. Gaia’s intention was to create leaders who could educate and protect the Earth. Man is self-destructive, and Gaia needs agents who would go out and repair the damage. Gaia gave Merlin Parnassus long life and real magic.
Five steel rings were blessed by Gaia; the blessings were knowledge and magic-essence. Three were seen at the Magic Castle, in Hollywood in July 1986; Merlin, David Bald-Eagle and Zed were the custodians. Only they knew that two rings were missing.
Twelve medallions were created by Merlin during the Spanish Inquisition; Magic-essence in the medallion protected the messenger between Merlin and the Cardinal of Madrid. Disguised as Saint Christopher medals, each medal held the emblems of a Pantheon God.
On the fourth of January 2010, Samantha Smith was getting ready to go to work. She kissed her St Christopher, as was her ritual since she was ten years old; she turned it over and kissed the Owl and helmet of Athena.
The medallion was given to Samantha by her priest when she was confirmed into the Roman Catholic faith. Someday, Samantha would seek out her priest to talk about it, but she feared the confessional.
Samantha met Teddy at lunch and again at the Barn BnB. At Merlin’s invitation, they watched his show at the Star nightclub. With great flamboyance, Merlin changed a dove into a baby within his assistant Angel’s womb. Merlin advanced the pregnancy to six months. Angel was encouraged to walk the floor. At the end of the evening, Angel’s pregnancy was reversed, and the dove released.
The whole performance had bugged Samantha’s next working day. After an early evening meal, Samantha went to the lounge and was surprised to find Angel waiting for her. Samantha asked Angel how the trick was done. “It was real-magic; I was really pregnant!” Angel exclaimed as she presented Samantha with a ticket. “I can’t go tonight. Please volunteer.”
“Merlin asked me to give you this ticket. He would like you to volunteer again. Last night was the last of my contract as his assistant. He will be appointing a new one tonight.”
“Well, it won’t be me. I am already committed. What will I have to do tonight?”
“I don’t know but lighten up. Real magic exists. It is a lot of fun.”
As Angel left the Barn, she pulled out her mobile phone.
“Merlin, Eve’s real name is Samantha Smith. She has the medallion of Athena. You must test her. She has the aura of a magic-user.”