Awakened

XL

I charged straight for the headmaster but she was prepared. She started chanting once she saw me coming, causing my movements to slow down until I was sure I was moving in slow motion.

Fury rushed through me as my magic started raging out of control. My arms, legs, fingers were now flaring red as flames radiated off of me.

"You BITCH," I screamed, making the trees around me and the ground beneath me shake. With a burst of energy, I charged forward breaking the hold she had on me until I was face to face with her.

"How could you," I screamed, landing a hard blow to her nose hearing the crack as it broke.

I felt someone approaching me from behind, swiveling around to see it was Caesar. He opened his mouth to consume me in flames but Zion was faster, grabbing him and flinging him back towards a falling tree. He landed against the stump, shaking the tree more as it came crashing down.

Kill her

I hated to admit it, but I wanted nothing more. I was so furious, the voice didn't even bother me. I could feel an overwhelming urge to claw her heart out. But I hesitated. That hesitation was all she needed to chant another spell that had me writhing in pain.

I tried to focus my magic to attack her once again but I couldn't focus over the excruciating pain that was radiating across my body from head to toe.

"STOP!" Zion said, advancing towards her before she turned to him to do the same. Soon he was on the ground beside me shaking in pain just as badly as I was. For a split second, I considered accepting the pain. I was so tired of fighting. Maybe this was how it was supposed to end.

You can destroy her. You can destroy them all with our power.

I'll never let Liam win.

You can destroy him too. We don't want him. We want you.

Well you can't have me

Your mate will die and so will your friends. You have no choice.

I stayed silent, remembering my friends. He was right. It wouldn't stop here. If I died here, there wouldn't be anyone left to protect them. They wouldn't stand a chance against them.

Remembering this, I found the will to keep fighting. I searched within myself for any source of magic I could grab on to and channel despite the pain that was shattering me from the inside out. That's when I saw it, hidden deep behind all my magic. It was so small I'd almost missed it. I had almost forgotten it was in me.

I reached towards it, gritting my teeth in pain as I finally grasped it. As soon as I touched it, an enormous amount of magic exploded within me, filling my arms, legs, every joint and limb with magic. I gasped as the pain lessened and I rose up, smiling at the fear in Headmaster Snow's eyes.

Even the other Four started to back away as they saw me advancing, with a reddish white aura surrounding me from head to toe. The power was incredible. With the combined magic of mine and the old witch's, I felt like I could do anything. Suddenly, they looked so small to me. Remember Zion was still on the ground struggling to manage the pain, I touched his shoulder letting out a rush of magic within him that broke the spell he was under. He jerked as he rose to his feet, smiling as he looked at me.

"Kill them," he said, looking at me with pure vengeance in his eyes.

I wasted no time, flitting towards the Headmaster and grabbing her by the neck. I lifted her up in the air as she wriggled under my grasp, clawing at my hands. 

"Any last words?"

"Always...knew...yo..u...were...a...freak."

That was all I needed to squeeze the life out of her. I heard the snap as her neck cracked and her head fell back. I dropped her to the ground, looking down at her as I felt a rush of pain and pleasure at what I'd just done. I just killed her. I felt something change inside of me at the realization. Something dark that was hidden deep within me was starting to emerge. I pushed my fears aside, focusing on the others who were retreating. Now was not the time to lose focus. She killed Crexus, her best guard and my friend in cold blood. She deserved it.

"Are you okay?" Zion asked, watching me carefully.

"I'll be fine when they're all dead," I said coldly, despite my trembling hands. I didn't believe what I was saying at all. I didn't think I'd ever be fine again. But this was necessary and I was going to do anything in my power to stop them from hurting anyone else, even at the cost of my own soul.

I flitted forwards, hearing the whoosh of Zion beside me as we headed back towards the house. We walked through the door, which was wide open from when they'd broken it down. Liam was sitting on the couch, casually watching TV. I curled my lip in disgust at how nonchalant he was about all of this. This was just a game to him.

"What's wrong? You're usually much chattier?" I mocked Sarav, who was backing up closer to Liam as she watched me nervously.

"Pathetic. All of you are. She's just a child," Liam spat in disgust, looking at them.

"Enough talking, let's fight," Zion said, charging towards Sam. He roared, changing form as he flitted. He rammed into Sam in his werewolf form before he had a chance to reply, sending him flying into the kitchen.

I sensed Bay approaching me and turned around, shooting a burst of magic at her which hit her shoulder, burning through to the bone. She screamed in pain, clutching her arm. I got closer, sending even more magic at her until she was consumed by the whitish red flames that surrounded me. She laid on the ground seething in pain when I felt someone kick me forward from behind. I went flying into a nearby couch which broke at the impact.

I whipped around, noticing Sarav behind me the former terror now replace with pure anger.

I flitted behind her, grabbing her wing and twisting it hard hearing several cracks.

I heard a scream behind me and saw Sam, standing with his chest open, heart torn out and on the floor. He fell forward, dead as Zion stood with his heart in his bloody hands. His eyes were full of coldness, resembling Liam's which broke my heart a little. What had I done to my mate? What had I turned him into?

I swallowed my guilt and pain, turning towards Sarav who was clutching her wing in pain.

"I don't want to kill you. But I will."

It was true. She was the strongest from the rest. If she was willing to switch sides, I was open to sparing her. It wasn't because I sympathized with her. I just didn't know how much more killings my conscience could take, even if they were evil monsters who deserved it.

She snarled at me, running towards me. I waved my hand, causing her neck to jerk sideways and crack as she fell to the floor. Zion stepped over her fallen body, standing beside me as we stared at Caesar, the last one left. I could feel my magic starting to deplete which worried me because if I had no magic, how do as I doing to defeat Liam? After all, he was the one I had obtained the magic for in the first place.

"I'll hold him," I said to Zion before flitting towards Caesar. He rose up in the air, shooting a wave of fire at me. I shot my magic, which once combined with his flames started to consume them. His fire started to disappear as my magic advanced towards him. He started to drop down, distancing himself away from it on instinct without realizing he was inching himself closer to me in the process. 

I grabbed him by the arm, dragging him as he yelled out in pain. His arm was beginning to burn from the contact as my hand wrapped tightly around his arm.

Zion darted towards me quickly, stepping forward and biting a chunk out of his neck before spitting it out onto the floor. His eyes rolled back as I dropped him to the ground, the last of them lifeless. Zion wiped his mouth with his sleeve before stepping over his body.

"Are you okay?" I asked, grabbing him and turning him to face me.

He gave me a casual shrug and a guarded look which told me he was feeling just as I was. I knew his past and that killing was nothing new to him but with each killing, a part of you dies. I hated myself in that moment, knowing I was the reason he was forced to kill again. Knowing I once again had caused him pain. I wished I had pushed him into that portal and saved him from this.

"Stop. I know what you're thinking. This is not your fault."

"But, it is," I said, looking at him with teary eyes.

"Saron, we'll get through this," he said, placing his arm on his shoulders and staring me in the eyes with fiery determination.

"Let me know when you're finished," Liam said standing at the doorway, tapping his foot impatiently on the floor.