Taken Legend #2

5: Under the waterfall

3 days later

I haven't heard anything from Carter about his mom. Are we safe? It's been a week since he kidnapped me. I wonder how my parents are... Probably going crazy. I was a little baby the first time I was kidnapped. My uncle Lawrence was evil. He was going to kill my mom. She had just discovered her magic. My mom wasn't sure of her powers yet, she didn't know how to control her magic, and I wonder if I do.

Tears fill my eyes thinking about my parents and everything that's happened. I missed them, but I may not ever get to see them again. Carter is sitting beside me on the front porch looking at the sky as the sun began to set. He noticed my tears and turned to me.

"Hey. What's wrong?" Carter asked, wiping away the tears rolling down my face.

"I just miss my parents." I said.

"You'll get to see them again soon."

"No... I don't want to sound like I'm losing hope, but I'm going to have to face your mom and those witches. I may be powerful, but I don't think I'm powerful enough to beat them." I turned to look at the sky again.

"I wish you would stop." Carter spoke after a minute.

"Stop what?" I asked.

"You keep saying that you're not going to get through this, like you're not going to survive. What don't you get by I'm not going to let anything happen to you?" Carter explained. I turned to look at him again.

When I look at Carter, butterflies fly around in my stomach. He makes me so nervous, but in a good way. He's sweet, protective, and in all a really good guy. When he smiles...well it's pretty contagious. When he smiles, his face lights up and it's so beautiful, it's like looking at a sky full of stars.

My mom always told me, when you find a guy that gives you all of those feelings, you know you've fallen for him. That's how she fell for my dad. I really do like Carter and I can slowly feel myself falling for him. He makes me feel safe, like he'll never let anything happen to me.

"Okay.." I whisper.

"Do you want to go on a walk?" Carter asked. I nodded and stood up. We walked into the woods and didn't really have a destination we were wanting to go. We just want to walk around. Though, I did notice that we are going the direction of the waterfall. When we got there, Carter grabbed my hand and led me along the side of the waterfall. I let him guide me where he is wanting to go.

Carter had taken us on the other side of the waterfall. Inside the cave, it gave the protection so we wouldn't get wet, but it is beautiful.

He let go of my hand and walked away a few steps. I felt a wave of disappointment, wanting his hand back in mine. Carter has his back to me and was touching the waterfall.

"What's going to happen to you?" I asked.

"I don't know."

"Can you promise me something?" I asked.

"Sure." Carter responded, still not looking at me.

"Don't leave me." I said. Carter turned and looked directly into my eyes. He came over to me and hugged me. I wrapped my arms around his neck.

"Never." Carter whispered. I pulled back and looked into his eyes. There is only a couple centimeters of space between our faces and I slowly feel like we're getting closer. Then the gap was completely closed and we were kissing.

It's slow and passionate, this is also my first kiss. It's like people say, you have the sparks.

I've completely fallen for Carter. It's only been days and may be under weird circumstances, but the heart wants what it wants. There is no doubt about it that my heart wants Carter.

I pulled away and rested my forehead to his.

"I can't lose you." I whispered.

"You won't." Carter said. I kissed him one more time before we started heading back to the house. Something didn't seem right when we got back to the house. I stopped in my tracks and Carter looked at me asking what was wrong.

"Carter, something's not right." I said. I walked forward and Carter pulled me back.

"You're not going in there." Carter said.

"I have to." I responded and turned back around. I walked forward and Carter wasn't too far behind me. The door closed and I remember closing it before we left. Carter put his hand on my shoulder but I shook it off. I opened the door and looked around. Nothing was out of place as I could see, so I stepped farther inside.

Carter walked ahead of me from there and looked through out the abandoned house. He didn't see anything. I walked to the room I am currently staying in. I walked through the door and the moment I did my head began to hurt. Bad. I brought my hands to my head and cried out. The pain is like the last time. Carter came running in and was by my side. He tried to figure out what was wrong, but I can't find words to speak.

Images popped in my head like memories or visions. An older woman who had blonde hair and dark brown eyes stood there. She kind of reminded me of Carter. Carters mom. She's angry and she opened her mouth to speak.

"You can run, but we will find you. See you soon." She said. Then the pains stopped. I fell the floor and Carter caught me. The pain was so bad and felt like it lasted for hours.

I began to cry and shaking. Carter brought my head to his chest and I just cried. It hurt so bad and the fear I'm feeling right now is to the max. My shaking became worse and it was like there was an earthquake shaking my whole body. Carter spoke comforting words in my ears and kissed my head.

I calmed down a little bit so I can tell him what happened. When I opened my eyes to look at him, I jumped back. The room is a complete mess. The window had been shattered, the bed is moved to the other side of the room, little objects and the paintings on the wall are now scattered on the ground.

I know I did this. It was magic and I had no idea I was doing that. I didn't have it under control. Carter stood up and began walking towards me. I backed away and held up my hands.

"You have to stay away. I don't know if I'm okay right now. I lost control." I warned. Carter walked up to me with my protests and pulled me into a hug. I wrapped my arms around him and allowed the comfort. He makes me feel safe and nothing could go wrong.

"She knows." I said.

"Knows what?" Carter asked

"You're mom is on her way. They know where we are."

"How?"

"I have no idea. I would say we should go back to my family but people are just going to get hurt. She has a lot of terrible and strong witches with her. Together they can kill me in an instant." I replied.

"But they're not. I'll make sure of it." Carter's protectively said. I nodded and continued to hug him.

"We have to go." Carter said, pulling back from the hug. I looked around the room again and walked out. I don't have anything to grab, so I wait outside for Carter. He walked out the door five minutes later and we began our journey hand in hand.