The Magic Makers

Chapter 18

"I'll go to the Curatoria and counter the Crystallium enchantment." Luke said to the party gathered inside the closet. They were four people in all, dressed in black from head to toe. "I wanna come too, Luke!" Courtney purred, pouting. Luke looked at her in disgust and she shut up at once. "When I counter the Crystallium enchantment, I'll call you'll and you'll had better come. We'll inspect the Insedium enchantment. If everything goes smoothly, He'll be very happy tonight.." Luke grinned and no one, even for a second, could have imagined him as a deadly Auranium general. "I had better get going now or we'll be late. Come as soon as I call you'll, alright?" "Right." the other three whispered. Luke crawled out of the closet and zipped up his jumpsuit. He made his way up the old wooden stairs cautiously, even though he knew everyone was fast asleep. He stepped on a stair and it creaked, startling him violently. The moon was hidden behind dark clouds but Luke was thankful the stars were out. Their light was helping him see. He didn't know that he wasn't the only one being helped by the stars.

He reached the Curatoria doors, but before that he stopped just outside Mrs Gestingthorpe's room, to make sure she was asleep. He heard soft snores that made him sigh in relief. "Alright now. the Crystallium enchantment.." he muttered softly, rubbing his hands together as if he was about to perform some complicated magic. Then something came over him and his eyes clouded over with regret. He raised his hands and touched the ancient oak doors gently. "Forgive me." he whispered softly. Then, withdrawing his hands, he held it away from him, palms facing the doors. His eyes got back their determined look. He was about to say something when he heard a stifled whisper. He withdrew his hands immediately and stared into the darkness, heart beating fast. The sight made his heart stop. Elsa stepped out of the shadows and gazed at Luke. He couldn't really fathom her expression. It was a mixture of sadness and betrayal. And regret. "I trusted you." She whispered simply and Luke gulped. This was not going according to plans. Elsa shouldn't have known. He felt terrible. He had hurt her. In a way she would never forgive. "I TRUSTED YOU!!" Elsa suddenly screamed, flinging herself upon Luke. They both went down, but Luke didn't put up a fight. He didn't want to hurt her more than he already had. She sat on top of him and clutched his shirt with her hands, tears streaming down her beautiful face. "I chose to believe you over my friends. I never should've done that. They were right about you all this while. You are a dirty, backstabbing, miserable traitor, Luke Waters." She whispered, trying hard to control her tears. Luke tried to speak but his voice was choking with tears. All he could do was look at Elsa in dismay. He didn't care about what she called him. He just couldn't bear to see her cry, especially because of him. He reached up hesitantly to wipe away her tears but she swatted his hand away fiercely  and glared at him with her stone cold grey eyes. "Don't you dare touch me." She whispered through clenched teeth, her voice deadly. The tears were long gone, replaced by rage. And not at Luke, at herself. Ari was right. I never should've fallen into all this. We will always end up being the ones who would get irreparably damaged. She didn't realise that Luke had been irreparably damaged, too.

She got up and suddenly she was looking into the stern face of Mrs Gestingthorpe. Luke got up hurriedly too, terror filling his eyes. Ariana and Katherine slipped out of the shadows. Luke noticed Ariana had a video camera with her. She had captured everything. He was done for.

Ariana and Katherine felt apologetic too, but Ariana gave Luke the 'if looks could kill' stare. She would never forgive him for scarring her friend so brutally. "Luke, come in. We will have a talk." Miss Gestingthorpe invited Luke into her big office, and he walked in, dazed. He didn't care for anyone anymore. Not even himself. But he could never stop worrying about Elsa. He loved her. And now she couldn't even stand him.