The Son of Wolves (A Grey Wolves Series Fanfic)

Chapter 19

Chapter 19

It was dark. I couldn't see anything. It was so dark that when I tried to hold my hand up in front of my face, I couldn't see it. Then all of a sudden, I saw a light. It was faint, but I could see it. I ran toward it with all my might and it soon grew in size. I was soon close enough to see what the light was shining on. It was a lush green forest with beautiful flowers scattered everywhere. There was a big boulder right next to a small stream that lead out into a small pond. It was the place Percy and I met. The light illuminated my body and I could now see my feet and hands. I felt compelled to step into the beautiful scene in front of me. I was about to step onto the green grass when I voice hissed my name.

"Crystal. I wouldn't do that if I were you."

I spun around and saw myself. Well, she was sort of me. It was like I was looking at my reflection, but all of the colors were drained out of it. She looked like she stepped out of an old black and white 50's tv show. The only color she had were her glowing purple eyes.

"I'm sorry, but are you supposed to be my reflection?" I asked.

She laughed like I was so young and naive. "Well, sort of, I'm another side of you." She spoke with my voice and it creeped me out.

"What do mean 'another side of you'?"

"Oh, Crystal. I'm what you would call your dark side. I have the powers that you don't yet have control of, like the other natural elements." She slowly started walk around me like she was inspecting her prey.

I held my chin up. "Oh yeah, sure. I bet this is all just a bad dream. You're not real."

She came to a stop in front of me. "You don't believe me? Fine then. You want proof." I nodded my head. "Very well," she said as she stretched her arms out in front of her. The water from the lake started to rise up and form a ball in the air. She moved her arms back toward her, and the ball of water obeyed. It shot out of the forest and into the dark and swirled around her. She looked she wasn't even exerting a single amount of energy. She even yawned at me and thrust her arms up in the air. The ball of water shot into the air and the water rained down on me until I was completely soaked.

The gray version of me smiled triumphantly at me and crossed her arms. "You see? You can have the ability to do that if you just give in to your dark side."

I looked up at her after having tried to ring the water out of my shirt. "You mean the power I already wield isn't dark magic?" Wasn't my fire the dark witch magic?

"Yes, I know what you're thinking and the answer is no. Your ability to bend fire isn't part of the dark magic that a witch possesses. It's actually the opposite. Fire may burn and destroy, but it's also important for life. It gives off heat and light. Every living creature needs light to survive and you could obviously need the heat since you're shivering from my water demonstration."

"Yeah, thanks for that." I wrapped the bottom of my shirt with my hands and tried to wring out the water.

She smiled before her face turned serious. "Crystal, in order to fight your way out of becoming one of those idiots' mate, you need to tap into your dark magic. Every witch, at one point or another, uses her dark magic and once she gets a taste of it, she never goes back. It's amazing feeling like nothing can hold you back. You feel like you have all the power in the world and can destroy anyone who stands against you."

"Yeah, I may become powerful, but I'm not going to turn evil like you."

Her eyes turned menacing. "Who said that you'll turn evil? I just said that you'll get a taste of what powerful magic feels like."