Samantha Point of view
Rai came back with some food but I didn't eat much. I didn't feel like eating at all tonight. I felt sick to my stomach, to be honest. It was like a huge negative void inside of me that won't go away.
As we ate, we went through what we were going to do tomorrow. Lena and Tera did most of the talking while Rai only said one sentence when Tera asked about the 3rd keeper, "She'll be there tomorrow."
I looked down at the meal that I barely touched. I realize that they really have no idea who the keeper was or how we were going to have one by tomorrow. They don't know the story. Rai didn't tell them. Maybe to keep them on board with the plan or to keep the others from thinking of what a horrible person I am for suggesting the idea. I sighed.
After everyone was done with their meals, we prepared for bed. Rai was sleeping in another room while the girls and I would sleep in the room we cur
Samantha Point of view The moment when we woke up till the moment we arrived in the forest went by so quickly. We had to act fast because Lena's powers as a keeper would expire any day now. Rai picked the forest nearest to my house so he could lure in mom while we do part of the spell ourselves. Rai dropped Tera's bag full of the things we needed for the spell. Tera quickly went through them and gave some stuff to Lena. Lena grabbed the papers and bowls and set them on the ground. Tera also pulls out a piece of jewelry that we would use to combine our powers for the spell. The girls were busy while I on the other hand dozed off after taking the herbs out of Rai's bag. After I placed the herbs on the bowl, I unconsciously stared at it for the longest time. I finally snapped out of it when I felt a hand on my back. I turned around and saw Rai behind me. He asked me if I was okay to which I replied, "Of course." Rai looked li
Samantha Point of View "This is stupid," Tera finally said after breaking her cycle of repeating one word. Lena was in deep thought as she was sitting on a tall boulder next to our stuff. Tera comes at me and reasoned, "I'm sure your mom will want to bring your family back. As you said, your dad and brother died yesterday, right?" For that, I kept my mouth shut. I looked down for a while, in fear that they might see a guilty look on my face. "What kind of person would not want her family back?" "An obligated keeper," I answered. When I feel like I erased the guilty look on my face, I raised my head up and saw Tera thinking. Her arms were crossed as she shifted her weight to her left then to her right. Tera then shakes her head at me. "How are we going to do the spell if you are dead?" She asked but not out of curiosity. "You only need me to do my part of the spell. You don't need me alive at the end of it." Tera looks down
Samantha Point of view It wasn't a good morning to wake up to. We knew that the moment we left the guest house we all slept in. The sky was covered in grey clouds and there was barely any light that shined at the moment. The weather wasn't going to improve any time soon either but there was no way that we would stop from performing the spell. The cold wind blew at us as we finally finished the first stage which was Preparation. The candles were lit and securely in place. We made sure that even if the wind would blow harder the candles would stay upright. We didn't need to worry about the fire going out either. If we do the spell right, the fire will stay lit. Tera was standing right in the middle of those 9 candles while Lena and I stood right outside the circle. Tera took out the containers of a bunch of herbs that she ground last night. She took a nervous breath and looks at both of us. "Let's start now." We both n
Samantha Point of view I stared at Tera in full terror. Her face and the skin of her body began to darken. Her neck was still stretched from the sudden complete rotation of her head. She repeatedly recited the whole spell, including the newly added sentence at the last part. I looked at everything that was going on. The fire was getting hotter and harder to stay close to. I tried to push forward but I felt my feet stuck in place. At first, I thought it was due to my fear of what happening in front of me but once I looked down, I saw that the ground wasn't solid anymore. It was like a quicksand. Gravity was pushing me into the ground slowly. As I tried to move out of its grip, I notice Tera looking at me. Her pitch-black eyes stared into mine. I see that her hands were already raised towards the ground. She was making the ground hold on to me so I wouldn't try to move. I looked at her, trying to
Samantha Point of view"You can't be serious." Lena stood beside me with her arms crossed in front of her. Her eyes glances at the demon everyone in a while as we talked."We don't have a choice," I said. I peeked to look at the demon but she was busy restoring the herb to its original state in the bowl. She slowly starting to fix everything that she caused since her appearance in Tera's body. The ground was solid and the grass came back to life. Even the flames lessened and turned back to red flames.I quickly turn back to Lena and whispered to her, "Trust me, If we don't accept her offer then we are as good as dead." Lena didn't reply but she knew that it was true. "I'll think of a plan along the way.""You are forgetting that we need to give something in return for her service," Lena whispers back. She peeks at Tera and we see her chanting over the bowl. Could be something to help the spell to work. "I don't know. I don't f
Samantha Point of viewThe demon chanted and brought the spell to the point before she possessed Tera's body. The candles all lit up. The pages that were surrounding the candles burned with a blue flame. The demon chanted louder and it made the flames of the candles rise even higher than before.The demon looks at us for the last time and threatened, "Not a word to Tera, or the deal is off. You know what will happen when there will be no deal, don't you."Demon touches the flames but it does not burn her skin. Her pitch-black eyes had light reflected in them as she stared at the burning flame. She smiles excitingly as she tried to grab the flame with her hands.The demon went back to Tera's spot. She knelt down, facing the bowl. She took out her hand and opened it up. She was stared at her own hand for too long until fire ignited above it. She demon brought it down to the ground then the ground absorbed it.
Samantha Point of View With each passing moment, the morning grew darker. The wind blew the trees and leaves began to fall on all of us. Mom arrived a few moments after Rai did. It pained me to see her. She was in a complete mess. Her clothes were crumpled. Her hair was all over the place. It was as if she was pulling on them all night. The tired eyes made me think that was the case. Mom moves her eyes everywhere. Her eyes were angry when she saw Rai but once it moved to Tera, Lena, and the things used for the spell, she was confused. She brought her hand up into her messy hair. When her eyes traveled into mine, it was like a dagger went down my throat and pierced my heart. Mom looks at me with so many emotions flashing in her eyes but I mostly saw betrayal. I see her eyes were still wet from crying. Her puffy eyes and red nose. Her hand that was in her hair fell the longer she stares at me. I see it. Betrayal, disappointment, ang
Samantha Point of viewI kept falling and falling and falling until I smashed the cold ice and into the sea of darkness. My eyes open and I could only see the faint light of the moon but with each passing moment, the light faded away.I tried to move my body to swim to the service but I couldn't. My body was completely numb and can't feel them at all. I desperately sucked in a deep breath but drowned myself in the process. The light gets weaker and weaker as I sank.Something long and smooth grazed my skin from underneath. I couldn't move to see what it was but I could feel it wrapping itself tightly around my ankles. My eyes widened when I felt its grip tighten around my ankle. My heart dropped when an idea popped into my mind.It was going to pull me down.On cue, the thing wrapped itself around my ankle with a death grip and pulled me under pure darkness. I screamed but bubbles were the only thing that ca