Circe Riddle (Book 3)

Chapter 7

TW: Blood

"Sorry" I stated, letting go of Theodore

"No, it's ok. Are you ok?"

I went to the bathroom and grabbed a glass of water then walked over to my bed and sat down for a second. The voice still was in my head but it was quieter than the past times. I ran my fingers through my hair and tried to collect myself. "I think I'm ok" I finally replied

"What do the voices say this time?" He asked

"Forget, but that makes no sense, at least the others sorta made sense" I got up and started pacing "But forget... forget what?"

(Mattheo's pov)

The week passed by very slowly. Circe heard the voice pretty much every day and during the day, if she wasn't in class, she was with either me or Theodore. Sometimes Circe slept in my dorm but sometimes she sleeped in her own dorm. On those nights all I could do was lay awake in my bed and think about her.

It was Friday night, and tonight Circe had chosen to hang out with me, Theo, and Enzo in the Slytherin Common room. Theo and Enzo were having a debate about some odd topic and Circe was watching them bicker back and forth while I was drawing. Circe leaned over to look what I was currently drawing, I pulled it away "it's a surprise" I told her

"Your drawing right next to me, it's in plain view"

"So have you seen it?" I asked

"Noooo... but I want to"

"Well you're just going to have to wait, can you wait?"

She rolled her eyes and glared at me "Fine, I can wait" She turned her head back to Theo and Enzo who had moved onto some other topic which had caused another debate. I shook my head at them and closed my sketchbook.

"I'm think I'm going to go up, it's 12 in the morning" I got up and started for the stairs

"Wait, I'll go up with you" She called and then got up and started walking towards me. We climbed the stairs together and I opened the door to the dorm. Circe went in and I followed, closing the door behind me. She flopped onto her bed and then rolled over so she was on her back. She looked up at the ceiling with her hands resting on her stomach "When am I going to be able to see the drawing?" She asked blankly

"When I'm finished with it, that's when"

She rolled her eyes and sat up. She went to her dorm and changed into clothes to sleep in while I took a quick shower.

(Circe's pov)

I changed into a tank top and shorts then went back to Mattheo's dorm. He was still in the bathroom so I considered looking through his sketchbook but I didn't want to get caught and I wanted to wait until it was supposedly ready.

He came out of the bathroom and I got under the sheets "How was your shower?" I asked

"Fine... Why?" I could see was confused

I shrugged "Ehh, I was just wondering"

"Ok..." He narrowed his eyes and me suspiciously "Did you look at my sketchbook?"

"No, I thought about it, but I didn't do it"

A little while later Mattheo turned off the lights and I fell asleep shortly after.

I was suddenly in the middle of the forest, I looked around to see how I could have gotten here but I didn't see anything. Vines started coming from all over so I started running as fast and as far away as I could. I suddenly saw a clif right in front of me, I kept on running, then I jumped off the cliff but the vines caught me and pulled me back into the forest. I tried to call out for help, for anyone but I felt as if no one could hear me, my voice was being cut off. The vines were getting tighter and tighter and I could feel thorns cutting into my skin. One vine came and wrapped around my neck and I started choking, until all I saw was darkness and heard someone calling my name.

I awoke, breathing heavily. Mattheo was standing next to the bed, I looked up at him "What happened?" He asked

"Nightmares" I replied

"No you have blood on your neck, I saw it happen, there was no one else in here"

I pulled the sheets off to see blood around my ankles as well, I looked away as Mattheo went to the bathroom and grabbed a towel. He wiped the blood up then started healing the cuts. Thomas appeared by the foot of the bed and looked at me "What happened?" He asked

"Circe had one of those nightmares again, you know the one that whatever happens to her in the nightmare happens to her in real life"

Thomas nodded "Why does this happen? What happened in your nightmare?"

"I was running through the forest, away from the vines but they caught me and dragged me through the forest. And there was thorns on the vines, then everything went black"

Once Mattheo had healed all the cuts it was 5am so I went back to my dorm and sat on the balcony and stared up at the sky. Thomas appeared next to me and looked down at me. He offered his hand to me and I took it. He helped me up. "Father has a task for all of us. You, me, Mattheo, and Theodore"

"When do we start?"

"Tomorrow morning, we should be gone for a couple of days, pack light though, we are doing a lot of traveling"

"Ok so by tomorrow do you mean later today or tomorrow?"

"Tomorrow morning" He repeated before disappearing

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