Green mist and teddybears

Prepare for war

Hi guys! Sorry for all the time you've been waiting! I've had a huge writers block for a long time! And also I just started school.

But I'm back! 

Warning: Contains blood and scars!

Let's get on with the story!

Rachel's Pov:

I told everybody about what Nico had said and they all had the same answer:

"He wanted to protect you."

"I don't want to be protected! I wanted to protect him from his father and now his father kidnapped him." I said. Then tears started forming in my eyes, "Now he's being tortured."

They all looked at me in sadness. Red put a hand in my shoulder. "Hey it's alright, we'll save him." She smiled and I nodded, "Okay, okay. What are we going to do now?" Suddenly we heard a crash coming from the throne room and we looked at each other panicked before running towards the throne room. 

When we arrived there, we saw a figure in a black cloak standing in the middle of the throne room, his back to us. We took our crystal weapons out.

"Present yourself!" Said Red.

The cloaked person didn't turn, but instead he said, "Lorian"

I stiffened and grabbed the hilt of my sword tighter, my knuckles turning white. 

"What do you want." I spat. I heard him chuckle. "I wanted to inform the little girl infront of me that we will attack you tommorrow. The Dark Lady felt pity for you. so she's letting you have time to prepare. She is to be the true queen forever."

"I am not a child, I just remain young, and I am the true queen. I feel pity for my sister, she did not have the same fate as us and it wasn't her fault. I'm sorry that mother couldn't have treated her better." Said the ninth, staring at Lorian with an indecipherable expression.

I heard Lorian growl. "You will never be the true queen." Then he laughed. "I almost forgot."

He turned around and I dropped my sword covering my mouth.

In front of me, behind held by the neck, was Octavian.

I ran towards him." Octavian!" He grimaced. "Rachel don't, he will kill you."Lorian laughed and I glared at him. He frowned at me and grabbed Octavian tighter by the neck, making him start to choke. I looked at Lorian desesperatly, "Please just let me speak with him for five minutes! Please!"

Lorian smirked evily and let Octavian go, making him fall right into my arms. I sat down and sat Octavian in front of me. "Octavian!" I said and touched his face with my hands. He smiled weakly. "Hello Rachel." I smiled in between my tears, "Hey Octavian it's going to be alright." 

He had a cut in his lower lip, and his shirt was torn and soaked with his blood. I had to supress a scream. I turned and looked at Mitchell. "Tell me you have some bandages." He nodded, shocked after seeing Octavians state and tossed me the bandages and his shirt. I started taking out Octavian's shirt and he winced. I looked at him in worry. "Just do it fast." He said.

I did so and made a small pained sound. 

Octavian's chest was littered with scars, some small, and some big. But that wasn't the thing that shocked me to tears.

Right in the middle of his chest, was a gigantic and deep gash, and it had been made that same day.

"Oh my gods!" I said crying. Octavian grimaced. "It's alright Rachel just fix it please." I nodded and wrapped bandages around his chest, not only to stop the blood, but also to make it soft for him. When if finished I heard him sigh in relief. 

"Time's out. Bye bye."

He grabbed tried to grab Octavian but I hit his leg, making him yelp and clutch it. He then grabbed Octavian but I held onto him.

"Octavian please don't leave me alone please!" I said desesperatly, hugging him. I felt arms puching me back and realised it was Octavian who was doing it. My tears where already soaking new shirt. He looked at me with sandness. "I'm sorry Rachel."

He kissed me, a long deep kiss, before I felt him being wrenched from my arms. "No! Octavian!" I screamed before seeing him dissapear in front of my eyes.

Silence.

I sat there, staring at the empty ground where Octavian was just mere seconds ago. 

My face hardened and I stood up, looking at all my friends, who where looking at the place where Octavian was in shock. 

"Well, you heard him. They're going to be attacking tommorrow and we need to prepare."

"But-"

"But nothing Mitchell! Octavian's being tortured and I want to kill his father." I looked at them, one by one.

"This means war." 

Red put a hand on her mouth and started crying. Mitchell and the rest stood there shocked as I pushed past them and walked up the stairs to my room.