Although all of them remained behind, Harold walked to where Brie was and together, they watched as Sarah became her human form back.
“It's nice to see you,” Harold whispered to her when he stood beside her. They both had their gazes on Sarah but to keep things cool between them, Harold said what he did.
“Everyone has been wondering why you all aren't back,” she said. “Have you been here since the contest began?”
Harold was silent for some seconds. He was close to a hundred percent thanks to his lycanthropic blood that meant he healed fast. The problem was that Sarah healed a lot faster. Too fast.
“No, not since it began. We went into the forest for some days.” He paused or some seconds as Sarah stood on her feet. “But things happened and we are here now.”
“Who won the orb?” Brie pushed further.
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"Will you please let go of her?" Harold asked, referring to his stepmother. It was bad enough that it was through her body that all this evil was being carried out but it was even worse that it was something she could do in real life."Not until I find someone else, embittered and just as strong as she is."As she spoke, Trisha sketched a theory in her head. It wasn't much but better than nothing. It was most likely something Harold won't like but it seemed to be the only way out.If they were able to weaken her body till it was almost limp an unmoving, Sarah will be forced to leave her body."How were you able to become a spirit although you were once a wolf?" Trisha asked. She didn't know why buy she felt like buying more time."It a long story," Sarah said, "there's no time for that." She paused for a while, "do you see why I can't be killed?""Because your sister won't allow it,
When they had all descended on Sarah to the extent that she couldn't move, they stopped and surrounded her. She had made a mistake by telling them how she was able to recover quickly and now, they were going to use it against her.Slowly, Sarah's human form resurfaced and for the first time in a long while, she was bleeding.There was a long cut on the edge of her lips and out of it blood seeped. Her jawline had some bruises and when she managed to get on her feet, they could all see that her right arm was bent to an odd angle. It was not until she was in her human form that they realised that they had done more damage than they intended. It had been hard to know how much torture they had inflicted on her when she still was a wolf.When she stood on her feet, they all stood at alert, expecting her to try something funny.If after being banished from where she lived when she was younger, had survived in the wild and
When Sarah had answered Trisha's question and it was obvious Harold and the others hadn't made up their minds on what to do with her, she began to get on her feet.“Stop right there!” Harold said suddenly and all eyes fell on him. He sounded unlike himself. His voice held authority, confidence and self-assurance.Sarah cocked her head sideways, causing her hair to drop then she smiled.“Do you have anything to do to me, son?” she asked. Her voice was sultry, held a touch of mock and spiteful pity. Her eyes were locked into Harold's.Without answering her, Harold transformed to a wolf and began to run towards her.All things being normal, she would have stayed on a spot and allow him do all that he wanted to do. They'll be killing her sister, the Moon Goddesses after all, not her, but her wolf had other plans.When Harold was about to bump into her,
Trisha and Harold looked right again, away from Sarah's smiling face and their eyes settled on their friends.They were all on the ground, bleeding and groaning in pain. There was only one person standing and he had his head bowed not in shame. No, but rather, to spawn mystery. It was Derek."Never underestimate what I can do," Sarah said with an evil chuckle. Harold turned to look at her while Trisha had her eyes on Derek in case he wanted to try anything funny. "If you do then you can be rest assured that you're dead."She paused for some seconds, allowing her words sink in."You thought you killed all of my minions: the ghouls but no. You all failed to recognise and kill the one who was by far the most dangerous."Due to their close proximity, Trisha and Harold were able to communicate effectively without having to bother that Sarah and Derek were eavesdropping. The others were still writhi
Sarah was much, much bigger than she had been seconds ago. It was like she had air blown into her but Harold knew better than that.The whole of her eyes were the darkest shade of black, making her look surreal. Like a character who could only exist in one's most terrifying nightmares. Her hair was longer and red, like blood. Her arms were longer, too, and they dangled at her sides like the tentacles of an octopus.“The long arms of the Goddess will always catch up with you,” she said in a slurred voice like she was drunk.Her grace which emanated out of her high cheekbones, long blonde hair, spotless gown and amazing physique seconds ago was now replaced with something else. Something mystery, and intriguing, and dreadful.“There's only one thing we have to do,” Harold told his wolf.The wolf grunted a little as it took a few steps backwards, away from Sarah as if asking ‘what is it?’
Trisha was finding it difficult to take down Ericson and it was the same with him.They were both evenly matched, knew the same skills — or at least, had the answer to each others spells, had the same tricks in their hats and had an almost equal experience.Derek's wolf began shooting bullets made of plasma out of his hand and in return, Trisha created a shield, also made out of plasma, to keep herself safe.While in the plasma that formed a blue semi-circle round her, although she couldn't see it clearly, she could see the bodies of all the others.She knew it won't have been as easy as it was for Derek to take them out but he had used the element of surprise to his advantage.Brie was the closest to her. She was sprawled on the ground in a defenceless position. Her arms and legs were spread wide apart and her eyes were closed. It would have been very easy for the ghoul that was in Derek to t
When Trisha got to where Derek was, he was on his feet with his wand in his eyes and an ugly frown on his etched on his face. He had used the time Trisha used to check on the others to get himself together.He and Trisha had their hands locked and they moved in circles, the both of them tightening their grip on their wand with each step they took.Trisha knew she had all the time in the world. If she decided not to do anything, the others will soon wake up one after the other and come to her rescue.Suddenly, Derek stretched out his hand. For half a second, Trisha saw his wand glow a bright orange hue. That was before icicles began to shoot out of it.Never had Trisha heard of the spell Derek was using at that moment and it caught her by surprise.The first of the icicles brushed through her hair, scraping the top of her head as it did but that was the only harm that was done to her.
“Trisha!” Harold called out as he held on to Sarah's body.After he had bitten her off, his wolf yanked off the flesh so that blood could pour out and that was exactly what had happened. Because her neck was close to her head and had vital veins running through it, she lost consciousness not long after.When she did, Harold's human form took over and now, he was holding her in his arms which were stained with blood but he didn't mind.Trisha took her eyes away from Brie and Derek and shifted it to Harold who was at her and the others.“Come,” Harold said. His voice echoed using the walls of the cavern as a medium but that didn't cause him any worry at all. He had to do what he wanted to before Sarah woke up.Trisha picked up space, skipped a little and ran to him, casting one short glance back at Brie and Derek. With them were Penelope and Wilkes who had regained consciousness not long ago. It