Hold Me Down (The Badlands Series) Book 2

Chapter 14

Chapter 14: The Battle Of Summer Meadow

The group couldn't believe what they were seeing. The village was in destruction and Harriett's head lay at their feet. Camilla had thrown it to make sure they knew what they were up against. Unfortunly none of them were prepared for it.

Emlyn's friends jumped into battle but all she could do is stand there shocked and in despair. Camilla landed in front of her and smiled wickedly.

"Well looks like it's just us, although I don't see it going in your favor, not like you have ice powers." She chuckled and she surrounded Emlyn in fire who recalled the memory from a nightmare she had.

"I may not have ice powers but that doesn't mean I can't stop you!" Emlyn responded as the flames got closer to her.

"Yeah okay after I'm done with you, your people are next!" She roared and the flames rose higher nearly consuming Emlyn.

"My people are what I live for." She began to write in her head now.

"Storm clouds rolled in and rain began to pour. The fires Camilla had started were completely diminished and her solider's melted when the rain touched them. Camilla wasn't as powerful when she couldn't start a fire and she retreated."

Everything Emlyn wrote in her head began to happen around her, she watched a soaking wet Camilla retreat off into the distance and she met her friends at the village. "How'd you do that?" Stella asked and Emlyn smiled.

"It's how I made you I just wrote it. I guess your mind is just as powerful as paper." She responded and Mystic chuckled.

"Don't be silly Emlyn every story starts from the mind and imagination. It being on paper has nothing to do with it. It's the power of imagination." Mystic told Emlyn who smiled.

"Well let's see what my imagination can do." She began to write in her head again.

"The rain steadily came to a stop and a rainbow appeared over Summer Meadow. The rainbow's light repaired the village and returned things to what they were before."

"That's amazing." She heard her friends say in union.

"Let's see if the people can help us at all." Emlyn said as she approved them. "Hi I'm Emlyn..."

She was cut off by the girl she approached chuckling, "Oh we know who you are, Harriet left this for you." She handed her a bag and Emlyn looked inside.

The contents contained a black tiara and a scroll which she handed to Stella. "It appears to be a scroll that's telling us how to collect the eyes of the lost. Harriet I guess is here to even help us in the after life." Stella responded as she looked over the scroll.

"Why the tiara though?" Emlyn said holding it up to the group who backed away.

"That's Camilla's crown, crafted from the heart of a unicorn." Mystic growled.

Emlyn knew it was the heart of her foul Shadow Moon, "Harriet must have got it from Camilla before she died." She said and Emlyn decided to test what it did.

She placed the crown on her head and suddenly she could see into Camilla's mind. She saw all of her plans and her deepest desires. But not only that there was someone else, a dark shadows figure she was taking commands from.

Emlyn removed the crown, "It allows me to see into Camilla's mind, I can see all her plans and everything. But there's someone else. A dark shadowy figure she's taking orders from." Emlyn told her friends and they looked at each other in confusion.

"I'm not sure why Harriet left this for us but we definitely need to hold on to it, maybe it will be of use later." Stella suggested and everyone nodded as Emlyn places the tiara into her own bag.

"Let's get going we need to collect the next item, Stella lead the way." Emlyn responded and Stella nodded leading them past the village towards dark spiky mountains.