unheavenly creatures

Something Wicked This Way Comes

***WARNING this chapter contains material related to suicidal thoughts and contemplation. If this makes you uncomfortable, skip to the end of the chapter or feel free to not continue. If you or an acquaintance is dealing with the material, please reach out to someone or message me. Thank you, and happy reading.***

ALICE

I stood outside the trailer just to get some fresh air. The sex took the wind out of me, but I enjoyed it. I heavily contemplated on grabbing a cigarette, but I was in the middle of quitting them. I stared out to where Hiram had ran away merely hours ago, I felt proud of myself. I managed to scare away one person who had plans to ruin my life, and in that moment, I also had finally lost my virginity. I mean, I knew it was odd that I was still a virgin and people labeled me as a slut. But now, I allowed myself to have that moment of pride. I went all the way with someone.....well, not exactly a human but something that had human characteristics.

I didn't hear Hal come outside, I didn't know he was there until he wrapped his arms around me. I leaned back into him and giggled as he planted a tender kiss on my neck. "Wasn't too rough on you, was I?" he purred into my ear. I was a fool for falling for any of this seduction, but back then, I didn't know better. I simply rotated to face him and shook my head.

"You like this with other witches?" I teased him. He didn't understand my joke at first. I wound up laughing and had to tell him otherwise. "I'm kidding! You're only bound to me, as far as I know. I mean.....do you have bonds with others?" I only asked because I had no clue at the time, and the books I read didn't explain much about bonds with familiars.

Hal tightened his grip on me and pulled me in more to him. "No, baby, it's just you. And only you." I grinned from ear to ear, I really was so naive. I reached my fingers up to his chin, I allowed him to bring his lips to mine. A spark of energy rolled through me, though I had no clue what it meant, whether it was dark magic or just regular tingles. I freed myself from the kiss and turned around to face the woods again. The scene was so wide and vast at night, back then the Southside wasn't so polluted with as lost-soul teenagers or bad influences from modern social media. It was all so peaceful at night, and then I no longer had to spend those nights alone.

Hal brought his mouth to my ear so he could whisper, "One day, this could belong to us. No more bad classmates, or controlling family members. It can just be you and me." I really did take his word for it long before I realized what he really was, what he could do to those around me. But, I didn't care that night. I got a kick out of it when he continued, "We don't need anyone else, Alice. I belong to you.....and you belong to me."

You belong to me. The words echo in my head, they blend with that voice from the Book. But I can't shut it out. I can't erase what I just saw, what I have come to discover. He put my name in the Book of the Beast. He signed my name, under the surname he used, and bound me to him. It explains the nose bleeds. The visions. The sickness to the point of near death. I never could unbound myself from him because he arranged it to be that way. And now.....I'm trapped. I won't be free until he's dead, or until I'm dead.

My head aches, my throat is sore, my feet take charge as I sprint through the woods beyond the trailer park. I had to leave my trailer, I didn't have the courage to look Gladys or Hiram in the eyes before I bolted. I can't calm down, I'm crying so heavily as I stumble my way through these trees. And my head just won't turn off. HE PUT MY NAME IN THE BOOK HE PUT MY NAME IN THE BOOK I HAVE NO FREEDOM I'LL NEVER BE FREE

I don't know how to process it all in a rational manner. I don't know where to go or what to do, I don't know how to confront Sabrina about all of this mess. Her name is in there along with mine, we both are stuck in contracts that we aren't in control of. But what if she'll get angry with me? What if she runs off, and I never get to tell her about Hal, or my real reasons for winding up in Greendale, or why I get so sick every time I----