THE RAVEN . | eric draven

s2 e9

kat's pov
i was sitting on the couch , reading a magazine and watching tv. every time i read one , i realize how much the world has changed in 16 years.

me and pierce were the only ones in the house. anastasia was at work , violet and emma were at school , eric wasn't back from dropping them off yet , and jason and lucy was out getting groceries.

ever since pierce dropped out of school , it's like he's been in his own world. he never talks to me or eric or anybody. the only person he talks to is emma and that's when he's telling her to piss off or get out of his room.

i'm kidding , of course. the person he talks to the most is violet. they have been best friends since they knew how to talk. she still finds error in his behavior though.

as i was reading with the tv being background noise , my phone started ringing. i thought it would be jason asking what we have or what we don't have. he never makes a grocery list.

instead , it was an unknown caller. usually when i get spam calls , it's always the same numbers. but i've never seen this number before. i answered it anyways.

"hello?" i said. nothing. it was silent. i repeated what i said. "hello? who is this?" i heard giggles come from the phone. "come and find me." the person on the phone said. it was a female voice.

i looked throughout the entire house in a panicked state , hoping that this was just a sick joke and that there wasn't a burglar in the house.

i checked to see if the person was anywhere outside. the raven landed on my shoulder , alerting me. then i saw a woman on the deck that was on the lake.

i walked cautiously towards her. as i got closer , i got a better look at her. to my realization , the exact woman that came to the baby shower all those years ago was there. except , she didn't look as sickly but more beautiful.

she was wearing a long-sleeved shirt that had black and white stripes on it that had three buttons on the neckline , two of them being unbuttoned. she had on black ripped jeans that hugged her skinny legs perfectly.

"listen , marissa , or whatever your name is , if you have come to start trouble , i suggest you back the fuck off." i said to her. she giggled the same way she did on the phone. "oh really?" she said.

"no need to be so defensive , kat. i haven't even spoke yet." she walked in circles around me. "i just came here to see what you've been up to all these years. i want to discuss business."

i furrowed my eyebrows. "the fuck do you mean by business?" she eventually stopped walking in circles and stood in front of me. "just regarding your husband , that's all."

i was furious. anger was brewing inside me. i got so mad that i put my hand on her throat and started choking her. "what have you done with eric?" i asked her sternly.

she was struggling for breath. "just let me speak." she managed to get out. i let her go to let her speak. "wow .. you got quite a grip there , kat." she giggled again. this bitch.

"start talking." i said with a stern tone still. she rolled her eyes. "i can't believe you haven't figured it out yet!" she said. "your husband has been seeing me for these past few months."

my heart was shattered into a million pieces. how could eric ever be the type to cheat? "what?" i exclaimed in anger. she nodded. "yep! i have been hypnotizing him to make him forget all about you."

i was sorta relieved knowing he wasn't doing it intentionally. "but why though? why do you want to take him from me? have you just been stalking him?"

she shrugged. "in a way , i have been. but don't be mistaken into thinking i'm in love with him. you don't have to worry about that." i was so confused.

"then why , marissa?! what do you need him for?" she sighed as if she was tired of my stupidity. "well , i guess it's about time you knew , huh? i'm trying to eventually brainwash him to kill you so i can have your powers."

i was so angry. "well , you're not getting them." she giggled again. "too late. my plan is going too well. soon , he won't be able to return from being hypnotized."

i tried to lunge forward to attack her but all of the sudden , her face changed. her mouth opened wide and razor sharp teeth came out of her gums. it scared me so bad that i fell backwards into the lake.

when i eventually got the strength to swim back up and climb back onto the deck , she was nowhere to be found.

when jason got home , i told him everything , hoping he could give me more info. i was blabbering to him in his office so lucy or pierce wouldn't hear what we were talking about.

"i mean , i don't get it , jason! she comes back out of nowhere 16 years later and put this on me like it's nothing." i was pacing around the room and he was in his chair while i was telling him this stuff.

"i told you that this would come when you didn't expect it." he told me as he got up from his chair to make his way to his bookshelf that was filled with all kinds of books about magic and history.

he was observing these one line of books very hard. all of the books looked like they were from the same author and they all had their own colors with the titles on the top of the spine of them.

"the history of the crow" which was in black.

"the history of the nightingale" which was in green.

"the history of the cardinal" which was in red.

"the history of the owl" which was in white.

and then finally , "the history of the raven" which was in a very dark purple.

jason grabbed the last book and cracked it open. i stood next to him to see what he was looking at. he was flipping through the pages as if he knew what page to go to.

i saw many women that had my powers before me. women that lived all the way back to the 1600s. the first ever raven was burned at the stake during the salem witch trials because she killed the men who murdered her and her husband.

there was this other woman in the 1920s who killed the man who raped and murdered her. there were pictures of all of these women.

eventually , jason stopped at a page. morticia wilde. she had the same last name as marissa. "just read that page." said jason.

i learned that morticia was revived by the raven around the time i was born. she was a victim of satanic ritual abuse. she was raised in it. they used her as a sacrifice. they just needed her blood but she ended up bleeding out and dying.

she ended up wiping out the entire cult but then , instead of resting in peace , she made her own cult. the cult was called "the unkindness" which is another name for a group of ravens. the cult was made up of all females who were witches.

she tried to produce an heiress to take over the cult when she dies. that required a ritual , of course. the ritual was successful. she had to get impregnated by a demon but in return she had to lose the raven's powers and become half-demon , making her grow horns on her head.

her daughter was born and she grew up to be the head witch in the cult , which would give her the title of a princess , making her mother the queen of the unkindness. that daughter was marissa.

"her mother wants eric." said jason. "she wants him to use his powers against you. and she won't stop until she has yours."

i shook my head in disbelief of everything. "but why eric? it could have been you or anastasia to do the job."

jason sighed as he put the book back on the shelf. "the raven is the crow's partner. she always has been. that's why you and eric are so tight. with him being the crow , morticia will use that to her advantage."

i shook my head even more. "but how do i stop her?" i asked him. he looked at me with a serious look.

"we fight , kat. to the death."