"Ginger dear, why are you even surprised? The King of Pride alerted me as soon as you left his castle. I just had some other things to attend to, so I couldn't come right away." The woman said, and Emlyn interrupted.
"Uh, hi, sorry, don't think we've met before; who are you?" Emlyn asked, and the woman chuckled.
"I'm the devil; my name is Michelle." She said, and Emlyn looked confused.
"I thought the devil was a man?" Emlyn questioned her, and everyone looked at Emlyn like she had sentenced them to death.
"That is a hurtful stereotype, and I've killed people for saying that. However, I need you alive, so I really hope you survive." Michelle said with a wicked smirk.
"Sorry, I guess I've been fed the same bullshit lies as everyone else; my bad, Miss Devil lady," Emlyn put her hands up defensively. "Also, survive what?" She asked, and Michelle took a step back and held out her hands, and red magic flowed out of them, surrounding the area around the Storytellers. Red blobs floated around them, and Michelle finally spoke.
"Run." She said, then vanished as the blobs turned into what appeared to be hellhounds. The Storytellers took off running. The hellhounds chased them, and Sarah stopped to freeze a few, then continued running. The hellhounds cornered them against the wall of one of the castles.
"What do we do?" Stella asked, and Emlyn looked between the monstrous dogs.
"The hellhounds turned to small baby puppies."
She wrote in her mind and watched as the hellhounds turned into to harmless puppies. "Well, that worked out pretty easy," Stella said, and Ginger walked in front of them, freaking out.
"Are you crazy? My mother is involved now; she could be on Camilla's side; they have very similar goals! There's no way you'll win if she gets any more involved!" Ginger said, and Emlyn sighed.
"For now, let's hope that's the least of our problems; we need to get back and decipher this spell and send Camilla to the Underworld," Emlyn said, and Ginger facepalmed.
"My mother rules the Underworld! This is a horrible plan; she's gonna come back a week later and start the same shit all over again! Why can't you just kill her?" Ginger said, getting more aggravated more by the minute.
"Why can't you get off that? We aren't killing anyone! What's your problem, Ginger?" Emlyn said, and Ginger rolled her eyes.
"My problem is all of you are a bunch of fucking pussies!" She said, then without warning, she disappeared.
"Should we be worried she just left?" Emlyn asked, and Stella sighed.
"No, she's just stressed seeing her mother. She's a demon; the littlest things piss them off. Let her cool off; she'll come back and feel bad." Stella said, and Emlyn was surprised.
"You're on her side?" Emlyn asked, and Stella chuckled.
"Not exactly; I'm more trying to be understanding. I want to support you and your friendships, and I'm sorry I didn't before." Stella replied, and Emlyn smiled.
"Thank you, Stella." Emlyn said and hugged her friend, "now let's get back to Americana and figure this shit out."
Mystic pointed her wand in front of them and opened a portal, they stepped through, and on the other side, they were horrified. Camilla had been back to The White Castle since they left and trashed it. There were bodies littering the floor, and written on the wall in blood said, "I'm Coming For You."
Ginger was there and checking pulses and sighed, "welcome back; sorry I was an ass; I can get pretty heated sometimes. They're all dead, unfortunately." She said, and Emlyn sighed.
"This is a mess." She said with a sigh and picked up the seven deadly sins book, "let's figure this out and get rid of her before anyone else dies."
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Drive (The Badlands Series) Book 4
FantasyA mysterious girl, a mysterious sleeping spell, a mysterious car crash, and now Emlyn's missing. It's up to Stella to lead The Storytellers on a mission to save their friend and leader. With Camilla and Ginger taking over Americana in the process, t...
