Black Magic [editing in progress]

Chapter Four.

*Pronunciation of Names: Nissa (knee-suh), Asha (ash-uh), Ravyn (Ray-ven).

"DO NOT EVER TAKE THE ring off."

Was all I told him before I pushed him aside and let him fall to the floor. My eyes were leaking so much water, I could barely stand it. My heart felt like it was sent into overdrive just to shattered into a million pieces and I just could not find the right pieces that were broken up to put back together.

"Ravyn!" Prince Lucas screamed as a guard came at me with a sharp sword.

A green ball of magick whizzes passed me and hits the guard, sending him tumbling down. Asha and Nissa appear beside me. They spew out the magical light from their hands and toward guards as the people and princesses are running away screaming, not wanting to get hit. As soon as I feel the bond around me once more, I connect with Jasper, asking him to bring Drago and Kyra with him to the battle.

"Get them. Get them all!" the king demands his guards. And that is right when a crowd of guards come and start to surround us in the middle of the dining hall.

Forcing all my energy into my hands, I shoot at two guards who come at me with determination in their eyes. With one final hit, they go down to the ground as more and more guards rush after us with the same goal in mind.

"There is too many of them," whispers Asha.

"We cannot take them all-" Nissa says as she blasts a ball of orange-looking fire at three more guards who came too close to our tiny circle of three.

"What do we do Ravyn?" Asha looks at me panicked.

My mouth opens so that I can speak, but I cannot even form words. I do not know what to do. I do not know how we even got here nor why this had to happen. All I know is that we are here and it sucks. I want to tell them what to do, but I do not think I even know what we should do. I feel like such a let down that I could not even help my fellow witches from being hanged, drowned, or executed. They came here for me, and I am getting them killed.

I could not help but feel so bad for doing this to them.

"Leave." I told them. They stopped momentarily and looked at me like I was a dragon with three or four heads.

"What?"

"Excuse me?"

They say at the same time and then start shooting their magick at guards again. I continue to help them and try to keep my distance from the guards when I realize that they are blocking the prince and his family. There were too many guards to take on and too little of us. I did not know how much longer the girls and I could survive this night. I do not think we will even see the sun.

"I do not care if it kills me Ravyn, we are all in this together," Nissa knocks down a line of guards.

"Whether you like it or not!" Asha blocks my side as a guard tries to stab me with a sword from the weapon room.

"Ravyn!" I heard the husky-sweet voice yell from behind some guards.

"Lucas!" I screamed back, letting him know that I was still here and I was not going anywhere anytime soon.

Just as soon as I was knocked down with the other girls by the king's guards, Jasper, Kyra, and Drago came to our rescue. Jasper had transformed into his much larger form and began attacking several guards in the center. Kyra had emerged from the sky, being bigger than what she normally was and started to pick up guards with her talons and toss them across the room into armors, tables, and chairs from the right. Drago was slithering his way towards us from the left, knocking several guards down in the process since he was so long when he transforms like the other two.