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All Chapters of The Blackening Of Olive Lane: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

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Chapter 1

5:45 am, Lane Residence, Ravenwood. She was being pursued, she had to keep running. Why was she in a forest, the last thing she remembered was falling asleep on her bed and now she was here. She didn't even know what was pursuing her but she knew she couldn't let whatever it was catch up. She looked behind her and it was getting closer and in her panic, she didn't see the elevated root and she tripped. It was over, she had been caught. Fear gripped her, she could feel it behind her. She raised up her head to see what had been chasing her... "Ahhhhh" she bolted up from her prone position on her bed. She was shivering, her body and clothes soaked in cold sweat. "It was just a dream Olive, just a really bad dream" she tried to comfort herself but no matter what the terror would not go away. She tried to calm her fast-beating heart. This was the fifth nightmare in two weeks and they always ended the same way, her waking up before she could see the face of her pursuer. She kept convinci

Chapter 2

The Blackening Of Olive Lane/Luciana

"Ashton, always on time to bully me I see" Chelsea said with a mock hurt voice making Olive roll her eyes at her best friends drama. She kissed Ashton on his beautifully carved jawline and Chelsea couldn't help but be pleased with the fact that these two gorgeous people were her best friend and cousin.Ash had fluffy black hair and deep blue eyes that carried on to his form as a werewolf, a smile that could kill off the school's female population and a personality that could make anyone fall in love with him. Olive on the other hand, had straight blonde hair, a heart shaped face, hazel eyes, a smile that lit up any room she walked into and a personality that was sweet, so sweet that Chelsea sometimes wondered in her head if Olive really was that sweet or she was just manipulating everyone around her. Chelsea snapped out of her thoughts and saw the couple being all lovey-dovey. "Okay, okay stop it with the PDA" she said while giggling at the the embarrassed blush on Olive's face. "Com

Chapter 3

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Once they were done, Rosabella finally served dinner which was Mac and Cheese. They decided to eat in the kitchen and once they were done Rosabella finally let Olive put her hand in the cookie bowl, letting her take it to the living room for some post dinner entertainment.As Olive took the bowl to the living room, Rosabella poured the both of them a glass of soda and while she was alone, she did something extremely strange. She took out a vial from her pocket and pored it's contents into the glass meant for Olive. The red liquid fizzled and glowed ominously before fading and integrating with the transparent liquid. The smirk on her face was ever so discomforting. As she heard Olive's footsteps, she wiped the smile of her face and grabbed both glasses. The minute she turned around and took a step, Olive came into the kitchen a smile on her face. Rosabella handed her the glass with the liquid mixed in. "Here you go, have you set up the movie?" She questioned in order to distract Olive

Chapter 4

The Blackening Of Olive Lane/Luciana

"Olive, don't you ever think of yourself as a burden to me, do you understand? You can never be anything but a blessing" Rosabella's words made Olive teary eyed once again. "How long have you been having nightmares?" her concern obvious." For about a two months now" was Olive's reply making Rosabella suck in a deep breath. This was impossible. If Olive had been having nightmares, why hadn't she noticed? How had she hidden it from her? "How and why did you hide this for me?" the question made a chill go down Olive's spine. This was it, her mom was going to murder her for keeping it a secret for so long."I... It... I used a silence rune" she finally spit out. "It's carved into my bedposts. Every night after you leave and before I fall asleep I activate it so my bed becomes insulated and noise can't escape from it even though noise can come in."If it was at any other time and with any other person, they would have been proud that their child had been able to use such a common thing

Chapter 5

The Blackening Of Olive Lane/Luciana

Jessie went to the door and opened it. Standing in front of her, was a woman the same age as her mother with blond hair that looked so shiny she became jealous and eyes green like an apple. "Are you Mrs. Ross who spoke with me on the phone?" The beautiful woman questioned, her voice crisp and clear but also elegant and refined. Jessie quickly refuted the statement and welcomed the guest in. "This is the Mrs. Ross you spoke with, she is my mother" she pointed at her mother who walked towards her guest. "Hello, my name is Eva Ross, you can call me Eva or Mrs. Ross,I don't really care." she introduced while stretching her hand out for a handshake. "You can call me Rosabella or Mrs. Lane, then, whatever suits your fancy" Rosabella took the hand and reintroduced herself in return. She then took a look at the house she was to decorate. She was impressed with the furniture arrangements. "I have to admit you did a terrific job with the furniture. I might even say you've lessened my work

Chapter 6

The Blackening Of Olive Lane/Luciana

And so Olive, Chelsea, and the less talkative Rosie spent the day watching one Disney movie to another. Rosie and Olive were having the time of their lives, Chelsea, however, was still stuck on how her friend had so casually used wordless magic. It wasn't that she was sad or mad her friend could, she was rather worried because witches at her age could not activate their ability to use wordless magic until after their Coming of Age Ceremony. She didn't think Olive even noticed it, meaning that she had been doing so for a long time.She kept ruminating on this all through Frozen 1 and 2. It took Olive asking her friend to refill their chips stock for Olive to recognize that her friend was in deep thought. Dragging her friend to the kitchen, Olive started another round of questioning."Are you okay? What's wrong? " Her worried tone while asking the questions made Chelsea feel bad for worrying her friend so she decided to tell her the truth."Nothing's wrong, I was just surprised at how e

Chapter 7

The Blackening Of Olive Lane/Luciana

Dinner was a fine meal of Spaghetti and meatballs. In order to cater to Rosie's childish senses, there were also Dino nuggets. Rosabella was interested in how they spent the entire day, which Rosie was very happy to share."We watched Frozen and Captain America and Captain Marvel and Thor and Avengers and The Black Panther... " and so Rosie began to list every movie they had watched, everyone cooed at how cute she was."That's right, mom how was the client? "Olive asked as Rosie decided to focus on her Dino Nuggets. Rosabella was in the process of eating a forkful of spaghetti so she put it in her mouth and drank some water to wash it down."It was great. Luckily for me, this customer knew what she wanted and didn't make any outrageous demands like others tend to do. And to make things even better she already had a great majority of the furniture arranged before I got there. Honestly, it was the easiest job I've had in a while." And Rosabella wasn't lying, she did have fun working wit

Chapter 8

The Blackening Of Olive Lane/Luciana

Ross Residence,"So how did you spend your day Jess?" Eva inquired as they sat down to watch a movie after dinner.Jessie turned to face her mother. "Well, I walked around our block for a while. The neighbors are really friendly. I went to check out the school, I would have done my enrollment but I didn't have any of my papers. I met a werewolf, he was nice, even though he was there in detention. He showed me around town once his detention was over. We even had ice cream. " Jessie narrated.Eva turned and looked at her daughter, her eyebrows wiggling. "Was he cute?" she asked referring to the boy she spoke about. Jessie had nev|er blushed as hard as she was blushing right now in her entire life."Mom!" she exclaimed lightly whacking her mom with a pillow." That's not the point.""Then what is the point my darling?" Eva batted her lashes at Jessie making her blush even harder.Knowing her mother would not stop until she answered her question, Jessie murmured almost inaudibly. "Yes, he w

Chapter 9

The Blackening Of Olive Lane/Luciana

Unknown to her, Chelsea was holding the dress she had worn in her most recent nightmare. She didn't understand why the sight of the dress made fear grip her heart and her palms begin sweating, she was having a hard time breathing and she was shaking. Her sight was blurring and in a disconnected way, she realized that she was having a panic attack. She fell to the ground and she could faintly hear Chelsea calling her name but she couldn't speak or comfort her.Chelsea was scared for the first time in a long time. Olive was having a panic attack, she could recognize the signs having seen them enough after Olive's dad died. The way she stiffened and her face turned pale. It was like all the blood in her body had been drawn out. The scent of fear was oozing from her and was so thick that she felt she was choking. She knew she had to move but she was frozen in place.She snapped out of her shock as her friend collapsed like a puppet whose strings were cut. Calling for help, she ran to her

Chapter 10

The Blackening Of Olive Lane/Luciana

After Rosabella had taken Olive home, Chelsea went looking for Ashton. Since he lost his phone, it was hard to contact him and no one knew where he was. She searched for over three hours before finally finding him at the little enclave they had discovered when they were eleven.Ashton had decorated the place with flowers and candles, he looked despondent and helpless. On hearing footsteps, he looked up a smile forming on his face. The smile, however, had yet to mature when it fell. He looked behind Chelsea, waiting for Olive to walk in and when she didn't after a few seconds, he got up. "What happened? Where's Olive? Why did she bail?" He shot question after question while he moved swiftly towards her. It was when they were inches apart that Ashton finally noticed that Chelsea looked pale, very pale.He grabbed her shoulders, "Chels what's wrong? What happened?" And with that Chelsea finally broke down in tears, all the sorrow she had been holding back flowed through her tears. It wa

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