Queen of deception

Chapter 6: Isabelle's Pov

The ride to the shield was extremely suffocating and no one said a single word, with the anticipation and stress eating away at us. Our eyes pinned on the contents of whatever is outside of the car's window, waiting for any sign of the shield. I know that everyone else is stressed but I can't shake the feeling of knowing that everything that ever meant something to me is going to be left behind.

My heart starts pounding on the walls of my chest as we switch from the tar road to the rocky gravel road. The weight of unease weighing down on me. Why are we doing this? My leg starts rapidly bouncing up and down, wishing for something to calm the roller-coaster filled with doubts inside of me. The drive on the gravel road continues for about an hour until the car slowly comes to a stop. I can feel how the air surrounding every single one of us thickens with stress and everyone's face has the pale expression of numbness on it.

We all silently get out of the car, following Aires without uttering as much as one word. As we make our way down the path that leads us to yet again another forest Sam's hand finds mine, and gratitude fills my heart because finally the unease inside me dies down a bit. I relocate my eyes in order for them to meet his and he gives me a soft warm smile. We all walk down the path, with thousands of questions and worries eating away at us, until we are welcomed with a long staircase. That seems to lead to an empty doorframe. As we all walk all the way up to the top not one word was said, and when we eventually reached the top of the staircase, the details on the frame of the frame keeping me quiet once again. 

As my eyes travel up and down the frame, the feeling of something calling to me fills me and a burst of energy inside of me pleads to be set free. My whole being seems to be drawn and somehow connected to this door, my thoughts run wild and untamed as I can feel how my hand rises up all on its own, making its way towards the frame. As my fingers graze the surface, the ringing inside me turns into a demanding call and I can feel how everything inside of me connects with the door. My eyes fall shut and a pulsing feeling surrounds me. The energy that once was inside of me feels like its being pulled out of me leaving me empty and tired. The pulsing seems to go softer, and the blurry sight of a bright green light makes its presence known by shooting my eyes straight open. As my eyes adjust to the new light, all that can be seen is bright green making its way out of my hand and into the frame. And just like that the entire frame lights up.

What. The. Fuck.

What just happened? Did I do that all on my own? Everyone's eyes find me, and to say they all looked very shocked is a complete and utter understatement.

Victoria is the first to actually say something. "Belle what the fuck is going on with your eyes? And what was that, how did you open and activate the shield? I thought only Aires could do that since he is the strongest witch in our world."

Huh? My eyes, why would anything be wrong with my eyes? My heart pounds on the inside of my chest as I quickly take my phone out of my pocket to look at my camera, praying that we all just hallucinated and that nothing is wrong with my eyes. But once I have opened my camera app my heart stops, and let me just say, WHAT THE FUCK? My eyes are glowing green, and I mean like green.

Aires takes careful steps towards the portal and looks at it with awe. "How did you do that; I don't mean to alarm anyone but only the strongest witches or the progenity can open the portal. And I doubt that you are progenity or a witch. "

"I-I don't know. My hand just moved towards it on its own and then it happened. I have no idea how I did that."As I have finished explaining a wave of tiredness hits me and I stumble back a bit grasping for the side of one of the trees.

And it seems like everyone is noticing it because now they all are holding on to me and asking if I am alright. My eyes feel heavy and automatically search for his.

"Are you okay belle"

And once again he is inside of my head, but this time I don't mind since I really needed to hear him. My mind seems to make a connection with his because all of the sudden I am able to reply him.

"No, I feel so, so tired and confused."

I am so confused, because one I just did some sort of magic and two, I feel so close and connected with him. Like I can feel everything that he is feeling. As my confusion corrupts me the feeling of Aires placing both of his hands on my shoulders, and the sound of his gentle voice fills the air.

"Belle, are you okay? Why are you still holding on to magic, you are going to drain yourself."

What holding on to magic. "What do you mean, holding on to magic?"

"I mean your eyes are still glowing and that means that you are still holding on to magic"

Shit. Me, magic. How is that even in the same sentence?

Byron joins the conversation and also looks at me confusingly but amused. "Wow that's really fucking cool."

But Sam and Jenna on the other hand just looks worried but knowing Jenna she won't say anything because she's the only one who might have the slightest idea of how much of a train wreck I am since she is the only one whom I have ever told. And she won't want to offend me, but Sam would say something because he is worried "Belle, are you okay?"

"Yeah, I just feel weird and so tired." My eyes make their way to him next to me and he gives me a soft sympathetic smile knowing that this is all a bit much for me.

But Aires gives a disgusted look to Sam and breaks the silence once again taking his hands off of my shoulders "Uhm I don't want to have to point out the obvious, but we have to go now, the portal doesn't stay open for long"

Realization hits me because he is right, the portal does in fact not stay open that long. "Yeah, let's go"

What once was alive and had energy inside of me just lost connection of the surface and lost any kind of contact with me. We all agree that there has to be an order for the trip to be safer and agree that since Byron is the strongest he has to go first. Well, he is definitely not the strongest, but we just said that for his stubborn ass to believe us and to actually do it.

Byron is the first to go followed by Victoria, Jenna and then Sam. My eyes find Aires's, wishing for reassurance and he seems to take notice. Since he is now taking one step towards me. Once we are merely inches apart his hand finds mine and he tells me that; "You don't have to go through it alone. We can go together."

Butterflies replace the worry and fear that I had just seconds ago, and my body almost on instinct takes one step towards him. Our steps synchronize as he leads us towards the portal, until we can feel the wind and pulsing coming from it. "Are you ready?"

I look at him and release a breath, muttering a soft. "Yeah"

 We both start to walk through the bright green and my eyes fall shut as it swallows the both of us. The feeling of my skin being burnt fills me and it feels like I am trapped on the worst ride of my life. The warmth surrounds us, and it feels like we are traveling a thousand miles per hour, but the reassurance of holding on to his hand makes it all feel beter. The trip comes to an abrupt end, and I can feel how the warmth lets go of its grip on us and how we are being placed onto grass.

My eyes open and the most breathtaking view that I have ever seen surrounds my vision. My bucket of thoughts empties and all of the questions that I previously had come to a halt as the sweet soft sound of birds chirping fills my ears. But most of my focus is with the fact that I am still holding on to him.