"AVIAN, NO! HOW COULD YOU?" I cried out, my eyes unnervingly locked on Calluna's lifeless body, disbelief coursing through me.
"She asked me to!" He confessed, fear and regret evident in his eyes.
"You're a liar, I don't believe you!" Enya shouted. "She would never choose to be a vampire!"
I was still in such a state of shock that I couldn't react the way I wanted. None of this made sense; this wasn't how tonight was supposed to go. We were supposed to win and live happily ever after, and now, one of me best friends is about to wake up as a vampire. She wouldn't be a witch anymore, the only thing she's ever known.
Calluna wouldn't choose this, would she?
"I promise I'm not lying!" Avian tried convincing us, but I couldn't even think straight because I was so enraged. My breath came in irregular gasps and my jaw clenched tightly. I knew I was about to lose it.
"Avian, leave right now or I swear to god I'll kill you" I snapped, but in reality, I don't think I could. Calluna cared so much about him, and that was enough for me to spare his life. I just needed him out of my sight so I wasn't tempted to.
In a blur, Avian sped out of the house.
Raven sat down on the couch, her expression full of worry. "Do you really think it was Calluna's idea to turn?" She asked, looking over Calluna's body just like Enya and I.
"I don't know, but if she did, I don't understand the logic behind it. She won't have her powers anymore, she wont be one us." I replied anxiously, not realizing how harsh that sounded out loud.
"Why isn't she waking? This is taking forever!" Enya complained as she paced back and forth.
"To be fair, her entire body is changing right before our eyes. She's going to gain strength and speed and her skin will be almost impenetrable." I pointed out. "Not to mention, she'll be immortal... and have a hunger for blood. This won't be the Calluna we've grown to love."
"That's not true, think about Carrington and Julia!"
"They've had decades to work on themselves. Calluna will need time to adjust most likely. Then again, Carrington did tell me that the transformation affects everyone differently."
As I looked at her lying there, I felt an overwhelming sense of guilt, like this was all my fault. If I would've just kept them out of this, maybe she wouldn't be in this position. Then again, if she did in face, choose this, maybe this would have been her path one way or another.
"You care about Ezekiel... thats why you couldn't kill him" Raven said truthfully. I looked away in embarrassment.
"Yeah I guess so" I admitted, not knowing how good it would feel to say that out loud, like an unbearable weight had been lifted off of my shoulders. "I thought I would be able to kill home when it came time, but I couldn't. There's just something about him that I'm drawn to, something that tells me he's a better person than he comes across.
"He clearly feels the same way. He could've killed us multiple times and didn't. Even at the carnival, he hesitated. He knew we would take his guys out quickly, he knows what we're capable of by now" Enya added and I nodded in agreement.
"So what now? He's not the big bad villain we thought he was? He may actually have a heart... and he clearly doesn't want to kill you anymore" Raven said, posing a great question,
I sat down, falling deep in thought. "It's too good to be true though, there has to be something we're missing. Even if it's not Ezekiel, there has to be a point to all of this" I stressed. If I know anything about situations like these, it's that behind every fake-out villain, there's a real one waiting in the wings to strike, but who though? Who would actually be strong enough to take us on?
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Exiled
FantasíaA young and powerful gender fluid witch, Altiair Wick, was exiled by her coven and superiors for unfair reasons. She takes a close friend with her and they set out to find others like them, Others who were outcasted for being different. They come ac...
