Love, Hate Destiny and Fate.

Goodbye...

Beware guys.. this is going to be quite an intense, sad chapter...
Mal's P.O.V
I was running as fast as I could to get to the lake. I was running out of breath and I felt like collapsing to the floor and passing out, but I had to keep going. I had to get away from our argument, the castle, from him. It was all just too much for me to deal with. I quickly ran across the suspension bridge, the same one where Ben and I shared our (horrible) middle names on, and finally arrived at the Enchanted Lake. I quickly ran over to the top of the cliff where Ben had stood just before he jumped into the water on our first date. I was breathing quite heavily now and it took me a while before I was finally able to catch my breath and was breathing at a steady rate. I looked over to the broken pillars and was imagining my first date with Ben. I kneeled down onto the ground and looked down at the water that was at least maybe 30 feet below me. Before I could stop it, all these thoughts started racing through my head.

Jump. Do it! You deserve it anyways! Nobody cares about you, they all have their own lives! Not even Ben loves you! Kill yourself already!

All my negative thoughts then disappeared as I hear a bush shaking behind me. I slowly turn around to see the same exact girls who were the ones who put me through all this hell.
"Well, well. Looks like someone has finally turned a step to the right direction" Chelsea says. The other girls laugh at her comment. "Now, just go be a good little girl and take one more step off that cliff."
Small tears were rolling down my face as I seriously ponder whether or not I should just listen to them. That little voice in my head was right. All my friends have their own lives now. They all moved on without me, even Ben. They were my only reasons for being and now they're gone. Then another voice spoke in my head.

Don't listen to them, you are so much more than! What happened to that brave, strong girl that came from the Isle? Do you really want to show them that you're weak?

I was now more confused as ever. I don't know who to listen to anymore. But that last voice was right. I had to be strong. If all my friends were going to leave me behind and start their own life, then I am going to do the same. So, using the bravest voice I could muster, I say,
"No."

She seemed taken aback at first then regained her composure. "No? Haha, sorry sweetie, but that's not an option. Now, I'm warning you and I'm only saying this ONCE, just take ONE more step off that cliff and I promise you, all your worries will be gone" Chelsea said, trying to convince me.
"No. I am not going to let you control me or what I should do with my life anymore" I say, feeling only slightly proud of myself. This must have been it for her as her face had anger written all over it. My instincts were right as she let out a frustrated scream and lunged out to me, with a sharp knife right in her hand. I was too shocked and shakened to move out of the way and before I knew it, she had stabbed that knife into my abdomen. She removed and even she and her friends seemed shocked at what she had just done, but was soon replaced with an evil smirk on her face. "Wow. That actually felt good to do" she so evily told me. All I did was stand there, my mouth open as if I was trying to say something, but all I could do was close my eyes and feel the excruciating pain that was on my left side.
I then fell knees first on the floor, making it seem like I was kneeling down to her. She looked down at me with such pride and evil in her eyes. I tried to choke back a sob as she pushed me down to the floor and stepped on my wound. Then she pulled me up by pulling my hair and whispered to my face "not so brave and strong now, huh?" Then she dropped me onto the floor again, head first and brought her friends over. They soon started beating me, kicking and punching anywhere and everywhere on my body, paying close attention to alway be hitting my wound as well. I couldn't do anything about it. I layed there on the ground, curling into a ball, sobbing and crying for them to stop, to just have even the smallest bit of mercy for me, but no. They finally stopped and I would have sighed in relief if I didn't feel like my chest would explode every time I took even the littlest breath. Chelsea then picked me up by my hair again, making wince and bring more tears to my eyes. She laughs at my face and then says "Goodbye" and pushes me off the cliff and into the water where I feel my head hit a rock. I remembered I couldn't swim and even if I were able to, the amount of pain I was in was not something I was able to withstand.

I start seeing blood all around me, coming from the stab wound, to my broken ribs and arms, to my now cracked skull. This is it.... goodbye. I say as I let the water fill my lungs....

So I know I said that this one was going to be a lot longer than it should have been but after writing the ending to this chapter, it just seemed more fit to separate what will happen next. Hope you all don't hate me for this one and I also apologize if there are a lot of repetitive words in this story, since I feel like there is going to be a lot. Even though this chapter is not so happy, I wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!