"My mother and I used to go to the forest during the day to meet Agatha" I start, it's not like I'll lose anything if I tell him, but I will if I don't.
"That's how she recognized you" he confirms and I nod.
"But suddenly she didn't come for a week. On October first/1949 mom was worried that something has happened to her, I told her she probably got worked up or something like that but mom wasn't convinced, so she decided to cross the borders and look for her, she didn't allow me to come along so I stayed in forest and waited"
My hands start to shake on the memory, I clutch my dress and force myself to keep going "she was gone for hours, as soon as the sun went down I ran to the castle and told my father, he stormed to the borders and I followed, we went right to the center of Yotubia and when we arrived I noticed that there wasn't a single human on sight. They were gathered deeper and--"
My voice breaks, did I actually have any chance to talk about this? To process all that's happened? To even grieve?
"They were burning her" I feel a sting in my eyes "she was strapped to a wooden pole, fire eating her flesh while the humans were shouting 'burn the witch' as she screamed" I grit my teeth at the memory, I hear her screams every night in my head.
"Father raged, he stormed to her and killed any human stood in his way, he cut the ropes and summoned water from a nearby lake and put the fire out and held her, looking for any sign of life but it was too late. She was nothing but a charred body" I scream the last word, I curl my fists hard that blood starts dripping from them. Elias places his palms on my knuckles and forces my fists to open and I look at him for the first time since I started narrating the past. His eyes are full of pure sadness, grief even and I lose it.
"I couldn't move!" I yell, turning fully to face him, I don't care if I'm telling more than I should I don't care if he doesn't want to know anymore I just want it out of my chest "father used magical ties to bind me to a tree in the distance so no human can see me, I tried to break them but I couldn't, father's magic is way beyond me" pain, so much pain, like a rock is sitting on my heart.
Elias holds my elbows as I clutch his jacket with both my hands "father roared so loud that I felt the ground shake. He placed my mother's body down and stood up then lunged at the closest humans and drank them dry. Humans screamed in horror at the sight as realization hit them and started to flee. Father drew his sword and unleashed all his power, red aura was radiating from him like a smoke, then he charged with incredible speed at the running humans" I try to steady my breaths and fail "he killed and killed and killed, hundreds were there and he was stabbing and slicing, empowered with hatred and anger and hurt. Until Ikaros suddenly came" Elias' holds tightens as my body shakes "he broke father's ties on me then ran to him and reached in seconds, I tried to follow as fast as I could. It was a blood bath by its exact meaning, bodies scattered everywhere, blood is everywhere pouring non stop making pools of it, everything was soaked in red. Ikaros used his magic to make father freeze, giving the remaining alive humans time to flee and when they disappeared from sight Ikaros drew back his magic and father lunged at him immediately as I finally reached them"
~♥~
1949, October
"DON'T INTERFERE!" Father roars, ready to go after the humans who fled as I collapse on my knees next to my mother's body, my mind is blank, like it's refusing to believe what has just happened.
"She is dead Issac! Killing them won't bring her back! You just exposed our existence!" Ikaros yells, blocking father's way to stop him from going.
"Move!" Father grabs Ikaros by his neck and slams his body on the ground, splashing the pools of blood in the process.
He then strides to me "step back Sylvia" his tone is ice, and when I don't move, he palms my chest and in the next second I'm blown away with a strong wind until I hit a tree, my vision blurs and my back hurts. I force myself to stand, I see him kneel before he places his palms on my mother's body "within the depths of my soul, I call you out"
Those words
"Father NO!" I race to him, panic pushes me faster and I cut the distance in seconds but as soon as I reach him I slam into something hard
"Invisible shield?" I hit with my fists "father no! Please! It won't work!" I plead
Ikaros recovers and stands up, fear fills his eyes as he starts throwing magical hits at the shield, trying to break it "Issac! Don't do it!"
"Let the darkness lead me into the light" he keeps going.
No No NO!
Waves of shadows burst from the ground and surround my father before they transform into chains, capturing my father's wrists as he keeps his palms on my mother's body, his red aura is replaced by a black one, making its way to my mother, her body is absorbing it.
"Father!" I shriek, my fists are already bleeding from the force I'm hitting the shield with.
"It won't work Issac! You will die!" Ikaros yells but it's too late.
The shield blasts out forcefully that I feel something slams in my face before I fall on my back and ikaros on his knees.
Father collapses on the ground next to my mother.
YOU ARE READING
A Love Soaked In Blood
FantasíaWelcome to Yotubia, where mythical creatures hide the secret of their existence in the shadows of it, away from the humans' eyes and ears. But when that secret floats to the surface, bringing blood and death with it, the humans start hunting them do...
