Halley Wolffer

Chapter 15

Velaydamorte turned around in silence to face Halley, those completely black eyes looking emotionless and cold while her twisted smile showed those gray fangs and teeth...

Halley was paralyzed by shock when she realized that it was the same woman that she had been dreaming about the last night, both of them staring right into the eyes of each other. The Witch, creature or whatever that she was did not seem afraid of the great Werewolf at all, and then Halley walked back a few steps.

"So, you opened the Chamber" Velaydamorte said, standing cold and proud- "I knew you would... one day- Your life has been pointless, Halley. We are equal parts of the same soul, and you have always been destined to complete my own Magic..."

Halley looked down at the lifeless Flor de la Corte, realizing that the Castilian girl had reached a glorious victory just to find her sudden death at the hands of the most powerful and evil Witch that the world had ever known. She almost felt sorry for the unfortunate Flor, and then Velaydamorte raised her magical staff.

"It's you..." Halley whispered, realizing that she had forgotten the Death Staff at the clearing before.

"It has been sixteen years!" Velaydamorte said, her own amethyst releasing a dazzling white light- "I think that our encounter should be more courteous- Do you want to play with me, Halley?"

Velaydamorte raised her left hand, an awful, terrifying green fireball coming out of nowhere between her skeletal fingers. Halley could feel a sudden wall of heat coming from the fireball, and she realized that it was at least twenty times more powerful than any green fireball that she had created in her life.

This really was Velaydamorte, and Halley knew that without the Death Staff there was nothing that she could do to defend herself against her...

Halley turned around and escaped while Velaydamorte released a ghastly laughter behind her, the green fireball flying like a comet after the Werewolf. Halley rolled on the grass to escape a direct hit, there was a huge blast that shook half of the magical labyrinth and then she charged back to the other clearing as fast as she could.

"What to do?" Halley thought in desperation, grabbing the Death Staff less than a minute later- "They cannot see us from outside, and I cannot fight in my wolf phase- Oh no, here she comes!"

Velaydamorte came dashing and throwing green fireballs left and right, the entire hedge maze catching fire while she happily chanted:

"I killed Syrius Wolffer! I killed Syrius Wolffer!"

Another green fireball blasted Vector Grudge to ashes not far from Halley, the shockwave sending the Werewolf a good twenty yards through the air. Halley rolled out of control on the grass after she landed, and then she scrambled to stand up and ran away trying to catch breath.

"I killed Syrius Wolffer!"

There was fire everywhere, the other creatures escaping while the labyrinth was quickly turned into a terrible blaze. Halley was trying to remember the fastest way to escape while staying out of the reach of the flames, sometimes turning around a corner to discover that Velaydamorte had teleported to show up right in front of her...

Halley resorted to perform a great jump after another above the burning hedge walls, and soon, she could hear the screams and laments coming from the normal world outside:

"Run!" Caitlyn Creevel shrieked- "Save yourselves! It's She-the-badass!"

"All students to the castle!" screamed Albion Dusseldorf, perhaps ready to engage Velaydamorte in battle- "All students to the castle, now!"