The Many Secrets of Woodland Hallows

Chapter 6

What is happening to me...

I lay in my bed as this goo slowly wraps itself around me, slowly choking me. I look up and see Ombra, her wings were gone, and she makes eye contact with me before being stabbed through the heart by a tall masculine figure with strong horns and many arms. She looks at me as black tears leak from her eyes and a crimson liquid leaks from her chest.

"Clementine..."

"OMBRA!" I screamed out as the goo began to cover my face.

"Clementine..!"

. . . . . . .

I feel a pair of cold slim hands on my shoulders, shaking me.

"Clementine, wake up!" Says a concerned voice. I gasp and shoot up, beads of sweat rolling down my face.

Was that all a dream...?

I look up and see Ombra. She had bags under her eyes, her hair was messy, and there was an already healed puffed up scar where her..

Where her wings grew.

It wasn't a dream.

Beside me laid a purring Sage, sound asleep. I quickly sit up as my mood changes.

"Explain." I say angrily and sternly. A sigh falls from Ombra's lips. "Follow me." She says. I reluctantly get up and follow her and she leads me to the door she told me to not go too. She types in the password and the door opens with a creak. She leads me down dark stairs, each stair creaking as we step upon them. Finally, we make it to the main floor. I look around and see newspaper pieces pinned to the wall, pictures of the woman of the night, aka midnight woman. There is also armory, swords and weapons, and a staff of sorts, all up against the wall. There is a black couch with a table in front and there sits a crystal like ball with skeleton hands holding it above the table.

She moves away from me and sits on the couch and pats a spot on her knee, signaling me to sit on her lap. I ignore her request and stand on the other side of her with my arms crossed. Bruises covered my pale figure, showing up more boldly. She sighs and hums and waves her hands around the ball. I watch and slowly see a picture of my house appear and the goo slowly swallowing it up. "How..." I mumble.

"There isn't a lot I haven't told you, Clem." She says sadly. "Well fucking obviously Ombra! What the fuck is happening and what are you?!" I angrily spat at her. Her eyebrows furrow and slams her hands on the table and stands up. She angrily walks towards me. Fear fills my eyes as I quickly back up, and into the dark purple colored wall. She pins me against the wall and wraps her long slim fingers around my neck, her long nails threateningly poking my neck. She moves close to my face, on the verge of us touching noses.

"Don't fucking say that as if I'm something evil. I may be a monster but I am NOT evil. I rebelled for a damn reason and I won't let you treat me as if I was the one who did that to you. I saved you. You wouldn't be alive if it wasn't for me." She angrily says, going red in the face. I feel my face heat up. "Got it?" She spats out again, glaring into my eyes. It felt like she had a hold of my soul. I shakily nod my head. She digs her nails more into my neck and presses her knees between my legs. I let out a whimper, not being able to move anything. "Use your words." She says, squeezing harder. "Yes.." I choke out and she lets go.

I take in a large gasp of air and rub my neck. I look up and see tears fill her eyes as she quickly turns away, and as she does, black feathers fly off of her. Suddenly I hear a terrible ground shaking screech and watch her body get slimmer and her grow in height. Her wings rip through her back and grow five feet in width, which could easily knock someone down. Sharp pointed claws grow from her hands and sharp teeth to pair with. She turns back to me with glowing yellow eyes, the dress she was wearing, slitted from her growth and barely covering much besides the important.

"Here. You wanted a monster, you got a monster Clementine." She says harshly in a deep tone. She was obviously hurt. I look up at her now 7 feet tall self, slightly bent since she couldn't exactly fit in the room, or the house in general. I walk to her slowly and put a shaking hand on her face, feeling the black feathers sticking out of the side of her face.

"Y.. you're not a monster. I was just in shock. Something this big hasn't happened to me since the fire." I say as I look into her eyes. Her eyes widen.

"Fire?" She asks me.

"I had a fire many years ago and I don't know what saved me, but my parents burned with it." I say sadly and look away from her.

"It's you... you were the one I'm supposed to look for." She says in shock and slowly turns back to her normal self, her holes where her wings once were, closing.

"What do you mean Ombra?" I ask her confused. She grabs a hold of my hand.

"Clem.. the Queen of the hallows saved you. You're in the prophecy, you are chosen to be the next Queen! That monster that tried to get you, has been hunting you because he wants to rule the dimension. He is known as Sylifis. He is extremely powerful and he sends his black goo after people to bring them back to him. He killed our Queen. I was one of her fighters." Ombra says sadly and walks away to look at the pictures of her on the newspapers.

"Wh..." I slur out. My head starts to spin as I remember the fire, it playing through my head again. The screaming.

"Clem?!..."

..

I fall to the ground and that's the last thing I remember.

Queen..?