Two Magic Kids (Nerrison)

13.

"Magic!!" He yelled.

That was the safe word. That means there would be trouble.

Shadow took over again within a blink of an eye. He easily got out of his restraints. "My my...it seems you had a lot planned out. But my plan worked perfectly." The demon snickered.

"You tricked us!" Nerris yelled angrily. "Uh, yeah. I'm a demon! What else would I do? Bake you cookies?" Shadow retorted.

"Listen here, bud," Nerris' father stepped in front of her,"I don't care who you are, but you need to leave." Nerris' eyes went wide. "Dad! You don't know what your dealing with!" She yelled.

Shadow shrugged, and used his magic to throw Dawson across the room. "Dad!" Nerris yelled. The demon's laughter echoed through the walls of the house.

"Eat this you scoundrel!" Preston yelled, pulling out the holy water Nerris told him to bring. He threw it in Shadow's face. His parents were sort of religious people, so the weapon was easy to get.

"Agh! Little brat! You'll pay for that! I should've killed you when I had the chance!" Shadow screamed, clutching his face. "But you didn't!" Preston said with a smirk.

Nerris didn't expect that the plan would go so wrong. She somehow hoped that the demon would play nicely. Shadow walked around the room. "I finally will be able to fulfill my duties. Even Harrison's parents were easily tricked. They thought I could help him. I did, in a way. I brought Oliver back," He started.

"But, now I'll torture the little one by killing his big brother. Along with Harrison's only friends. And we can't have any witnesses, so I must kill Nerris' parents as well."

Hilary was shaking behind her daughter. She wanted to help her husband, but she couldn't move. Nerris turned to her mother. "Run. As fast as you can. As far away from here as possible. We'll take care of this. Go!" She said.

The mother barely was able to shake her head, "I can't l-leave you.. A-and I can't l-leave your father..!" She whispered, because that was all she could manage. "You have to! Please, Mom. I don't want you to get hurt.." Nerris said.

Shadow let out a chuckle, "This is a beautiful moment, isn't it? Daughter wants to save mother, mother wants to help daughter and father. Since I don't want to be left in suspense, I'll choose for you! Hilary! You won't be going anywhere."

The mother's eyes went wide, "What do you-" she started. "Except in the same situation as your husband!" Shadow finished, throwing her across the room like he did with Dawson.

"Mom!" Nerris yelled, and turned to the demon. "Leave my family alone!"

Preston was sneaking behind Shadow. He had a plan to take him down. He got onto the chair that Harrison was previously restrained to. "Get out of my friend!" Preston screamed as he jumped onto the demon's back.

Shadow didn't even flinch.

"You are no more than a fly buzzing around. All you do is annoy people. Begone." Shadow said, and picked up Preston, and threw him into the pile.

Mind you, Shadow was strong. The force of hitting the ground has knocked them out cold.

"Now, for the final prize. Harrison cared so deeply about you. He always has, even since Camp. Pity I have to kill you." The demon said, lumbering closer to the Elfkin.

Nerris backed up as far as she could, which wasn't very far, as she ran into a wall.

"I'll do anything! Please! Let my family and friends go!" She cried out. "That's cute. It's funny, the last face you'll see is the one who loved you most. Goodbye, sweet Nerris." Shadow said, making the same blade appear as when he stabbed her last time.

Nerris started. . .
Laughing?

"What? What are you laughing at?" Shadow asked, genuinely confused.

"The fact that you forgot I had a sword."

And within a blink of an eye Nerris' sword was used to impale the demon. Right through the heart. "Agh! Do you have any idea what you've done?!" He yelled, in pain.

"You may be a demon, but you're in Harrison's body. If his body's is gone...if he's gone, Then you'll die too." She explained.

Shadow looked at Nerris, she had a tear rolling down her cheek. "You sacrificed your friend to kill me. You...idiot..." The girl pulled out her sword, and Shadow fell to the floor.

"I'm sorry Harrison... I'm so sorry.." She said, and fell to her knees, in tears. The demon let the boy take back over. "N-Nerris.." He said, barely audible.

Nerris took his hand, and propped him up on her lap. She managed to give him a weak smile. "Shadow is going to die...you did it Harrison..." She said.

"We...won?" He asked slowly. Nerris nodded. "We won.." She replied. "Why am I i-in so much p-pain...?" Harrison asked.

"N-Nerris....?" He asked, and with that, Nerris watched his life fade away.

"I love you.." She said, breaking down crying.

"Honey, what happened..?" Dawson asked. Him and the others were slowly regaining consciousness.

"He's gone... H-he's really gone..." The girl said. Preston walked over carefully. He looked down at Harrison. "Oh my..." He said, crumbling down to his knees with Nerris.

Hilary dialed Harrison's parents as quickly as possible. Within ten minutes, they burst through the door. "What the hell happened?!" His father yelled. He pushed Nerris and Preston out of the way to get to his son. His mother hurried over as well.

"S-Shadow got to s-strong...I had to stop h-him..." The Elfkin stuttered. "You killed him?! You maniac, why didn't you call us?! We could've dispelled the demon!!" His dad yelled.

"No you couldn't! That demon said it himself! He said that not even you could stop him!" Preston retorted.

"He's a demon you idiots! Of course he told you that! That was his plan this entire time!" The father yelled back.

"....what did you just say....?" Nerris asked.