The Cursed One

Being Invited

Lysander's POV//

 First thing in the morning just like Lazarus said, we all got together, and began to form a plan. Ashleigh, Rhys, and Luca kept pitching in ideas, but none would suffice on what we had in mind. We wanted to get revenge on Zaiden, and our plan was to kill him. We won't stop until he's dead either. 

 I sat down on the ground in our dorms' living room. Lazarus, Nik, and Rhys sat on the couch discussing what happened to Nikolina before she was kidnapped. I growled constantly whenever someone said Zaiden's name, but the others completely ignore me. 

 "Wait, I think I have a good idea," Ashleigh said, causing the boys to stop. 

 "What's up, Ash? What do you have in mind?" Rhys asked, moving towards Ashleigh. 

 "Why don't we just go in, and attack?" 

 "How is that a good idea? That raises our chances of being killed," Lazarus said, and looked at me, "We can't let them know we're coming." 

 "I'm pretty sure they know," Nik commented, and we glanced over at him, "I mean, think about it. Why wouldn't we go after them to save Nikki?" 

 "They don't know about Lysander though." Ashleigh said. 

 "That's a good point." 

 "That's not going to help us," I sighed exasperated, and looked down at my hands, "I say we go with Ashleigh's plan." 

 "Lysander, that isn't wise." Lazarus said, and I growled at him.

 "This is your fault to begin with. I told you I didn't trust Zaiden, and now look at what's happened." 

 "Guys." Nikalus said, but we ignored him. 

 "Zaiden has been my partner for two years, why wouldn't I trust him?" 

 "I'm your twin brother!"   I yelled at him, and he clenched his fist. 

 "So, now you wanna act like you care that we're brothers?! You hate me, don't lie. I know you do. You think I'm a monster. Come on, Lysander. You wanna see much of a monster I can be?" 

 "GUYS!" Nik yelled, and we looked at him, "Jeez, your like two year olds." He sighed, and looked down at his phone, "I think I have something that will help us." 

 Lazarus, and I gathered around Nikalus, and looked down at his phone. A mysterious number was on the screen, below it was a message. A message about Nikolina. I looked at Nik's phone, then up at everyone else. 

 "What does it say, Lysander?" Penelope asked, and I looked down at Nikalus. 

 Nik nodded, and handed the phone to me. I opened the message up fully, and began to read it out loud to everyone in the room. 

 "Dear Nikalus, and everyone else close to Nikolina. Trying to come up with a plan to save Nikolina is useless, with all of you working together you'll never come up with anything good. Especially if that hot-head Lysander is back," I growled, but continued to read, "so, to make it easier for you, I'm inviting you. Or rather, giving you a mission. In two days, we're having a little ceremony, to begin the end of the world. Come to the coordinates I'll send you on that day, and try to save your little princess. But here's a little advice, no slacking, fore I'm not sure she'll be the same once you retrieve her." 

 I looked up at Lazarus, and realized how frustrated he was. This is the first time I've ever seen you this mad, Lazarus. I looked back down at the message, and realized there was more. 

 "There's more." I said, and started reading the next part, "I look forward to seeing you, but I can't wait til you see your precious Nikolina. See you soon, bye bye." 

 I handed Nik back his phone, and sat down on the maroon couch. I closed my eyes, and sighed heavily, waiting for someone to say something. Yet, everyone was silent. I could hear Lazarus pacing back, and forth trying to decipher whether we should go ahead with this or not. I clenched my fist, and tried my best to stay calm. 

 "Should we do what he said, and go in two days?" Penelope asked. 

 "We don't have a choice." Nikalus said, and I opened my eyes to look at him. 

 "Why do you say that?" I asked.

 "I got another message right now," Nik began, and I sat down, "He said if we don't go he'll kill Nikolina."  

A/N: Hey, everyone. I know this is a shorter chapter, and I'm sorry, especially since I have't updated in a while. I've been busy doing other things, and dealing with some people who need help that I haven't had a lot of time to write. I'm hoping to have another, longer chapter up by this weekend, so try to look forward to that. :) All of the good stuff happens from here on out. Thanks guys, and I hope you liked this chapter. Bye.