Bitten Lust

The Ceremony

     "Please Kellin. He said if I told anyone he'd make sure they had me killed." Savannah sobbed into my hair.
"He raped you Savannah! He needs to be punished for this." I yelled.
     She pulled back and looked me in the eyes. She gulped loudly and shook her head.
     "Kell, we're their slaves they can't be punished. They own us." she whispered.
"No, your Colton's! Not Alec's! So he is wrong." I jumped up pulling her with me. I checked a clock on the wall, 11:56. We have to hurry.
     I made her jump on my back and I ran us to the chapel. When we walked in everyone was staring. The large clock started singing. We made it in time.
     We got in the circle that was formed. Sarah holding Colton's hand and I beside Elijah. My fists were clenched by my sides. Everyone was gonna know what he did.
     I was lost in my thoughts when I heard the headmistress say Savannah's name. I snapped my head up and saw her motioning towards Savannah. Savannah walked to the middle of the circle and joined hands with the headmistress. I could see that Savannah had her eyes closed when her hand was sliced. She didn't even move. I saw the blood run down her free hand and drop into the floor. It was the first time I had even looked, but the floor was covered in carvings. The blood seemed to fill them all.
     I watched in amazement as the ground started to shake. Then Savannah's hair started to raise a little at a time. The blood was floating in the air drawing nearer and nearer to her and the headmistress. It finally got to her and lightly grazed the edge of her arm and then everything dropped. Her hair and the blood. The headmistress let go of her hand. I didn't know what that meant. Savannah opened her eyes and smiled slightly. The headmistress bent her head and slowly shook her head no. Savannah wasn't an aristic, she couldn't be changed.
     Savannah walked back to the circle and solemnly stood beside Colton. The headmistress looked at me and nodded. I walked into the circle and put my hand in hers. She turned it palm up and made a gash across it. My blood slowly started to pool and I turned my hand over. The blood fell to the ground and filled all the carvings.
     I felt the static in the air as my hair lifted and watched in amazement as the blood did so too. It slowly closed in on me, but right before it touched me it quivered. The headmistress gasped. Oh no. The blood slowly turned black. What the hell? I kept watching as the blood broke away from each other and turned into a black, blacker then midnight itself. The blood slowly formed into snake like tendrils and circled me. I could se the headmistress out of the corner of my eye, her eyes were wide in amazement. This must be bad. The tendrils wrapped themselves around me and sank into me. Then my hair dropped.
     I saw the headmistress gasp and heard Alec chuckle.
     That bastard. I looked up shootings daggers at him. His smile dropped.
     The headmistress walked towards me and took my hand staring at it, that's when I noticed my gash had disappeared.
     The headmistress looked at me and said "My dear, you are born of darkness. You control it."
     What? I opened my mouth to talk, but was cut off by Alec "That means if we changed her she'd be to powerful. We can't then." He had fear and anger in his eyes. 
     I looked around at everyone, they were all silent. I looked at the headmistress and she closed her eyes for a moment. Then opened them. She started "We can change you, but it isn't safe. It's a decision completely left up to your master, if he feels you can control a gift of this power you will be changed right here and now."
     I smiled and looked at Elijah. He was pale as a ghost. His usually cold eyes showed nothing but utter shock.
     He locked eyes with me and smiled. I felt a slight pain in my head, but instead of fighting it I embraced it and let him in. He gasped seeing all our memories and seeing the future I had planned for us. He shook his head once and smiled, I was to be changed. The headmistress cleared her throat and began "Well you shall be changed, but just know, this is the most powerful gift to be held. You can easily let the darkness consume you, do you still wish to be changed?"

     "Yes."

"Elijah Winston step forward."
     Elijah did as he was told.
"Do you Elijah Winston except to be eternally bound to Kellin Rovers, not as slave and master, but as mates?"