The Prince of Hell

Chapter 8

Cassie's POV

The clock strikes 12:00 and I hop out of bed.

I try to be as quiet and possible as I open my door and make my way down the hallway.

I reach the front doors and pull on them, but just my luck, there locked.

I'm about to walk away and give up on my entire plan, when I realize.

"Hold on a minute, I'm a witch surely there's gotta be a spell to get me on the other side of those doors." I say to myself

I close my eyes and scan my mind.

I was searching for a quick spell to unlock the door but I soon stumbled upon a spell much, much better.

I step back and whisper the word,

"Discete"

And when I open my eyes I'm standing in the other side of the door.  As I reach the gates that leave the city and walk threw them, I look up and stand in shock for a moment.
There are hanging bodies on crucifixes all around me, you can hear screams coming from every direction, and all of the ground is surrounded by hell fire, all expect a red stone path.

I pull out the map that I had snag earlier from the main hall and start walking straight.

The locator spell I used earlier on Caliban while in my bedroom will lead me directly to him.

I put the map in my back pocket and start on my way.

As I'm walking I realize that wearing my pajamas outside of pandemonium was a very stupid decision.

Despite the hell fire all around me it is actually quite cold, and my pants keep dragging along all the spilled blood and sticking to my skin.

Luckily I can change that.

"Mutata vestimenta sua."

And with that my old clothes began to disappear. I change them into a a plain white shirt and leather jacket, paired with blue ripped jeans and tall black combat boots.

"Much better" I say feeling much more relaxed. With theses dark colors I'm hoping I can stay under the radar from my fathers lap dogs I assume are running around everywhere.

I pull out the map again and start back on my way.

About an hour later I reached the border of the infamous dark forest, as it is listed on my map, reluctant to cross into it.

But I have no choice the map leads me directly through it and I have to get to my destination before sunrise.

As I'm walking through the woods I see a shadow following close behind me and hear the crunching of leaves under someone's feet.

I decide to play it safe and wait awhile before I react to my unwelcome guest.

I continue to walk and as I do, the shadow gets closer and closer behind me. I turn around once again and it is only a foot away now.
I quickly spin around and shout,

"Procidentum!"

And the shadow is thrown onto the ground.
I walk over to my stalker and shine my flash light into their eyes.

"Give me one good reason I shouldn't burn you alive right now creep!" I exclaim

The person then raises their head and looks up at me and smiles.

As they do I see that it's a boy possibly 17 years old. He has dark brown shaggy hair that falls right above his eyes and caramel brown eyes to match.  He's wearing a black v-neck shirt and blue jeans.
I can see he has something in his hand but can't quite make out what it is.

"Oh come on now Love, that really hurt." He says with a smirk

"I'm sorry but am I supposed to know who you are." I ask

"No not exactly, I am Gabriel." He says as he stands up. " I am one of your fathers guards men and he has commanded me to keep an eye on you. So obviously when I saw you teleport out of the main doors earlier tonight I had to follow you."

Wow what is it about hell that makes everyone so damn attractive?

Wait, no snap out of it Cassie, focus.

"Look I appreciate the concern, but I don't need anyone to follow me, I'm a big girl I think I can manage on my own. So go ahead and run along."

"See I could but I'm sure your father would be very upset to hear you snuck out of pandemonium, especially if I don't bring you back with me." He starts out and has he does I see him slip the piece of paper he was holding into his back pocket.

Wonder what's that's all about?

"Are u seriously trying to scare me right now, I am the Queen now, the last person that's gonna tell me what to do is one of my fathers little pets."
"Discrete!" I exclaim

And with that I vanish deeper into the woods.