A noise came from the back of Horatio's throat that sounded like a dying animal after seeing Nikki laying on her bed with purple veins popping up her neck and forehead. She was not breathing as well."Nikki," Scarlet said, softly looking at the girl.Scott tried to touch her, but pulled back his hand, hissing in pain."It's wolfsbane," Scarlet told them, then look at his hand that is now green.Horatio went over to lift Nikki off the bed, ignoring the stinging pain. He placed her gently on the ground, looking up at Scarlet with raw emotion in his eyes.She understood what he wanted her to do."April, Eli. I'm going to need your help. All the wolves need to leave." Scarlet commanded.Horatio still had his hand under his sister's head. He shook his head, letting Scarlet know he was not going to leave."Chris, Zach, you guys leave as well. Wolfsbane might not be lethal to vampires, but it can do a lot of damage. Horatio, you need to leave. Stop being stubborn and just go!" Scarlet glared
"Emma!"The serin jolt awake, looking around her room."Who is there?" She called, then got up, opening the door, but no one was there.She looked at the black and gold wristwatch that Scarlet gave her. To see that it was three am, she groaned and went back to bed, falling into a deep sleep immediately. Dreaming that she was drowning in black water that was all around her, and she couldn't escape."Wake up, sleepyhead," Miley said, barging into Emma's room and pulling the drapes open.''Why are you in my room so early?'' Emma said, stifling a yawn."It's quarter past one, Emma. And what's that smell?" Miley walked over to the bed only to stop and ran out of the room.Miley ran until she saw Scarlet and dragged her along without an explanation.''Miley, can you let me go?''"No, I think something is wrong with Emma,'' the younger witch replied.Scarlet stopped resisting at that and those that were in earshot followed behind the two of them.When Scarlet entered the room, she saw Emma w
Scarlet kept replaying what Tiffany had just said in her mind. She nor anyone else expected it, but the deformed maid said some disturbing words which matched her personality and appearance."I'm just sorry that those bitches aren't dead, but I guess I should have taken out Scarlet first. But we are too afraid of that the so-called all-powerful witch would have killed us. It is hard to sneak up on her and she picks up on things fast. We tried to frame her, but it didn't work, especially with everyone liking her so suddenly." Tiffany laughed and drooled escaped her lips."We?" was the only thing Karl could manage to get out. He was quiet the whole time, listening on with a disbelieving look on his face.Lizzy let out a bone-chilling laugh. "Yes, we! And don't act like you don't know now Karl, you had a play in this too. Unless you are now rethinking the allegiance, you pledged to Onyx? We don't have to pretend no, the cat is out of the bag. But like stupid and ugly said, we should have
Coraline walked up to Onyx's throne, bowing her head with a smile on her face. Onyx returned her smile before getting serious. "What news do you have for me?" He asked her. "My love, the job is incomplete. I couldn't get the vampire brothers or Scarlet's brother to come along. They were too strong will all because she had them under a spell. But I gained more allies, they will be pledging to you soon." Coraline lied, hoping Onyx wouldn't notice."Job well done either way. I knew with someone like Scarlet she wouldn't let them leave so easily. But enough of them. Where is our daughter, Brandy, if I believe that's her name? I sent you two out to complete this duty yet. It is only you bowing before me now." Onyx said, his tone was bored. Coraline stood and gave a smile. "Yes, it was. Sadly, she didn't make it out of the doghouse alive. Scarlet caught onto her quickly, all because she was sloppy when trying to plant the wolfsbane. But as for other matters, I have prepared the last of o
Roars, screams, screeches, and laughter sounded throughout the coven. Along with that was the sound of fighting that caused the place to shake.Feeling frustrated, Crystal placed a pillow over her face and screamed because the place was too loud for them to get any rest."Don't these damn lores ever sleep?" She asked herself."Shut up!" One of her roommates yelled."If you were sleeping, you wouldn't have heard me talking to myself," she responded.It's been like that for two days now, and in a couple of days from that, they go to war. But everyone was only busy partying, and killing each like there was no pending war. They had no care, and you would think they had already won with how cocky they were behaving.Crystal rolled over facing the wall, her mind was racing. She tried to block out her thoughts, but it was no good. The mess of the place was just too much, and she was afraid that she would lose her mind."Hey there," she gasped, then looked over to where the voice was coming f
Scarlet was giving orders to everyone on where to set things up around the village and the mansion so the place can be protected while the war was going on. "We can set them up here, on the roof here, and over here." Scarlet pointed to a map that showed the layout of the Ridgeview. Horatio nodded. "What about here?" He pointed near the river. "That's a good idea. Emma and the water nymphs could use the reinforcement." Scarlet said. "Do you really think this is going to work?" Chris asked, looking at the map, then at her. He was trailing behind them the entire time, peaking at the map with every chance he got. "No," Scarlet said dryly. Everyone paused to look at her. Brad barked out a laugh. "Why are we doing it, then? I mean, if we all are going to die might as well just go into this and accept our faith." Horatio exchanged a look with his mate, and she sighed. "I never said that we are going to lose, but there is no guarantee a water cannon will protect the mansion from a siren
"Elijah, we are going home," Scarlet announced when she got into the dining room where everyone was getting breakfast."What? You can't just leave us like this!" Nikki yelled.Scarlet smirked at her.Horatio came up behind his mate, noticing the look on his sister's face.He let out a sigh. "I told you not to say it like that.""What? But it was fun. You should have seen her face."Nikki looked back and forth at the two. "Wait, you two have bonded.""Yes." Scarlet grinned, then rolled up her sleeve to show off the mark that had appeared on her forearm somewhere during the night.Nikki leaned forward to look at it, noticing that it looked like a wolf howling at the moon."It looks so nice, Luna." Nikki smiled at her.Scarlet returned her smile. She wasn't sure how she would have reacted after finding out."Ok, I need Elijah, Miley, and Kera to come with me. We are going to the place where Elijah and I were born.""Can I come? I've always wanted to see that place. I've heard a lot about
"You said that this place isn't like how it once was. What do you mean by that?" Miley grabbed a hold of Elijah's hand and pulled him away."Because Onyx stole the most important crystal from us," Elijah began to explain."How?" Miley asked."That's a good question," Carmela grumbled.They came to a halt in the town square where a large white fountain was running water."You have humans here." Horatio pointed out."Yes, our village is the only one where lores reside that borders the human world, so they come here to this place, which is like a tourist attraction for them. You visit the caves, get their future read and their wishes granted." Scarlet explained."That is so cool," Miley gushed."We are also the reason why you can easily travel between worlds. The fates trust us with that and a few more duties because of our good nature." Elijah smirked."Well, they have too much trust," Carmela mumbled. "And witches like you shouldn't even be trusted with this, because you gave some powe
"Be nice to your sister," Horatio scolded their son Shawn, who pushed Hazel down, but picked her up and brushed off her jeans after getting into trouble.Leo snuck up behind them, jumping on Shawn's back."Hey," Shawn cried out, falling to the ground.Hazel laughed, jumping on him as well.Out of nowhere, Skylar joined the pile."Leave them, they are just playing." Scarlet stopped Horatio when he tried to get up.Their children were six years old now but acted much older."Leo reminds me of you." Horatio kissed Scarlet softly on her lips."Eww!" the quadruplets said together.Looking away from their parents, Shawn covered his eyes, while his siblings giggled.Scarlet smiled at them. "May said that Hazel looks just like my mom. And I think Leo looks like you. The only thing is, he has red hair.""Umm," was Horatio's only reply."Shawn looks like me as well, but with a little mix of your features," he said, kissing the top of her head."We sure make lovely children." Horatio kissed Scar
"Kera, are you ok?" Scarlet touched her shoulder to feel it shaking."No, my father killed my mother. He then lied that Horatio was the one who had done it. Why would he do that?" Kera cried.Horatio leaned his head to the side. "Matthew killed Catherine? I thought-" he paused to think about it."He told me she went out to seek some information. When your mother didn't return, he went to look for her, then later came back saying she was dead." Horatio placed a hand on her shoulder."I'm sorry that this happened to you, and I never had a hand in the death of your mother."Kera wiped at her nose. "I know you don't. I saw when he did it in their room. He said he saw you leaving the room and that I mustn't trust you, but he didn't know I saw the entire thing, he must have read my mind and that's why he took me to Magnus, but why did he kill mom?" Kera sobbed. "He never taught me anything. Mom was the one to always tell things and show me how to use my powers, so why did he kill her?""This
Scarlet made her way to the crystal cave, to put the red crystal back in its place and cast a spell so that no one can ever reach it again.She also hoped that it would restore the village to what it once was when it was back in its place.Scarlet, Kera, Elijah, and May had gone ahead of the others after the cave refused their entrance. "Hey, May. Remember, you said an ancestor of mine might be from this clan? Is that why the cave allowed me to enter with you?" Kera asked. Elijah glanced at her, noticing that after the war three days ago, and all the training with Scarlet, she was much braver and more confident now. Scarlet asked the river nymphs for entrance, but they start playing around, splashing her with water. "You little." Scarlet cast a spell, making a gigantic wave that washed the nymphs ashore."Scarlet!" May scolded her.Scarlet stopped laughing and helped them back into the water. "Scarlet that was so totally not nice, not cool at all." A nymph told her. Then the stai
April placed a hand over her mouth as she dodged a warlock's fist, then vaporized. Scarlet stood up suddenly. "This all ends now." She began to draw energy from the earth, then let it out. Everyone was thrown off their feet, while it dissolved most of the enemies into nothing. Those who were still stupid enough to run at her got blasted while her dragons had also changed into beings more malevolent, letting out purple and black fire, burning everything. April traced over to Elijah. "We have to stop her before she kills everyone." Elijah gulped. "But she seems demonic."April pinned him with a look. "You're just as strong. Come on." She dragged him off to where Scarlet was. April told him what to do.Elijah grabbed a hold of Scarlet's hand and start chanting some words, feeling the energy rolling from her to him. He directed it to the sky, blocking out the moon.Scarlet fell to the ground, then got up quickly, snarling at April and Elijah. She groaned, holding her head, looking
Nikki let out a cry, her sword sliced right through Matthew as if he was made of butter. His body fell to the ground in two halves, and his face now had a peaceful smile as if that was what he wanted all along.Nikki let out another cry.She walked over to where Kera lay and noticed that the hole in her body was getting smaller and smaller.Kera groaned before sitting up. Nikki gasped. "Kera, you're alive, how is that possible?" Kera looked down at her body in shock. "Did Scarlet teach you how to do that?'' Nikki laughed. Kera shook her head still looking at her body. "No, but the crystals she had us plant yesterday worked, so none of us will die." "But what about those who come to fight us?" Nikki asked, helping Kera to her feet."Scarlet only cares about us, not them, and now is not the time for chit-chat. We are in the middle of a war." "Right," Nikki nodded. "Let's go," Kera smiled, and together they ran after some elves, who ran away screaming. ****Elijah was holding his
When they got to the top of the hill, Kera gulped from beside Elijah, who was too engrossed by the strange glow the red moon cast down on them. The place seemed even more sinister than on any other night. The place was also silent and all he could do was wait until the enemies break the line."Do you think Murmalaid would have helped us out in this situation?" Kera asked.Elijah glanced down at her. "No, because things have changed, but even then, I doubt the fates or gods would have let her interfere. There are no more humans to worry about."Kera nodded. "I guess you are right."Scarlet looked over at her brother, giving him a smile because of how brave he was. When she looked back out, she could see the flames that had engulfed parts of the village."It's a good thing we thought of evacuating the village and an even better idea to have our people set up out there."Horatio held her hand."It is a good thing Miley isn't here to see all this. She would be crying by now." Nikki joked,
I sat on the window seat looking outside; I remembered the rain falling hard that day and with it came this horrible feeling I have been feeling for to month now. Selina thought that we should go to the beach. It was her way of trying to cheer me up, but for whatever reason, I didn't want to leave the house, because my mind was telling me that something bad will happen. Selina left me alone after seeing that there was nothing she could do to cheer me up and I went to lie on my bed, thinking that sleep would help. But suddenly there came crashes and screams from downstairs, which I paid no attention to, thinking that it was just someone doing a spell because it was always like that there. We were crazy and always did experiments, so I lay there until a young witch by the name of Cari burst into the room. She was bloody and crying. I looked at her with wide eyes, but before I could go to her, a tall shadow appear in the doorway. The vampire grabbed her by the shoulder, then he bit
Scarlet blinked a few times, only to see that Miley was waving a hand in front of her face. "Are you alright?" Horatio cupped her face in his hands. "Yes, just a memory that had me lost in time." Horatio kissed her and leaned his forehead on hers. Miley came up the hill after. She waited until Horatio moved away before she spoke. "Scarlet, are we still going to have training with you?" Miley asked. Scarlet had a distant look on her face, but she quickly shook it off. "Shouldn't we be training with them, too?" She heard October asking Alistair. "We don't need it," he replied. "Cocky, I like your confidence, vampire, or is it cowardice?" Horatio asked. Gore chuckled. "I can take both of you with my hands behind my back," Alistair told them, then removed his helmet. "Oh there pretty boy, don't want to mess up your hair or get a bruise on your face now, do we?" Horatio mocked. Scarlet glanced at her mate, wondering why he insisted on picking a fight with her vampire. She the
"I don't think this will end well. Some of these guys seem as if they will go at it any moment now," Kate said. And she was right. The tension in the manor was thick, and it wasn't from the pending war. But just from lores being around other lores, they didn't trust. A few more Lores, mostly witches, warlocks, and vampires, had arrived during the time Scarlet was setting up the crystals, which set the wolves on edge and even had a few questioning things. "Are we sure this isn't a setup?" Carmela asked when a warlock who was covered from head to toe in tattoos and piercings walked by her. Kate stared at the man, interested in the iron bars that ran through the bone in his nose, the rings in his brows, and the finger bone that was dangling from his ear. "Yeah, and I don't think I have enough arrow if shit should go sideways. "Don't worry, I don't attack those that are weaker than me." The warlock stopped to say. "Yeah, besides, we are only here because we are excited about the wa