To Save Five Souls

Reborn

I couldn't help but laugh at that.

"You know I saw him," I say to them.

Maya tilts her head. "Eli?" I nod my head.

"He was the reason I woke up. I thought I was dead but he told me that I was just dreaming and that if I wanted to wake up I had to believe." I said taking a sip of water.

Delilah gasps. "Really?" She cried tears of joy. I nodded. They looked content.

Maya covers her hands over her mouth. "That's so sweet." I smile. "Indeed,"

"So Luna's dead, right?" I ask curiously.

Drew nods his head. "Shes been dead for a while. It's what the bitch deserves." A smile was shown on all of their faces, including mine. "That's good." Madeline leans over by Bianca and says, "now that she's dead, she's in her own cell but not for a year, forever." Bianca grins. "Karma's a bitch," I laugh. "That it is."

After the group and I talked, I went down to the dining hall to pick up some breakfast then head to the showers. I still had some leftover blood on my clothes and my chest.

My wound was mostly healed but it left a scar. Every now and then it would start to burn.

In the shower I thought about all the things I accomplished in the past 31 days. From saving Bianca and Madeline, to finding the wood hive and then killing Luna with it, and then celebrating by taking her power and getting the hell out of here with my friends.

We defeated Luna and it felt good to say that. Killing the most powerful witch on the other side wasn't a sign of weakness, it was a sign of power. A sign that we were strong. We had dealt with two deaths the same night. One being good and the other being bad.

I walk back to my room and see Drew. "Hey how are you holding up?" He asks. "Fine," I reply. "Does it still hurt?" I shrug. "Kinda. Only if I touch it." I add. He nods his head. "It'll get better." I smile. "Yeah."

We stand there in silence for a little while until I say, "are you excited to go back to earth?" he looks at me and doesn't say anything.

"A little nervous but yes I'm excited." He smiles at me. "I never got to thank you for doing this." He said grabbing my hands.

"You don't have to thank me." I say. "Yes, yes I do. Not only are you bringing me back to life but I wanted to thank you for changing my view on things." I smile "Oh really?" "What did I change?"

He wraps my hands around my waist. "Well I used to not talk to anyone except Maya, Delilah, and Eli but then you came in the picture and you made me happier. You made me believe that there is hope and good things in life and on the other side." I put my hands over his neck. "It doesn't come to me that easily but thank you. You changed me too. In a good way." I laugh.

Drew leans in to kiss me. I missed his touch. I missed just him in general. Tonight I'm going to have to face Adam and I'm not sure and how I'm going to tell him. I was cheating on him and it was wrong. But something about Drew just made him better then Adam. I liked that Adam don't get me wrong, but Drew was the man I loved and there was nothing I could do to change that.

"You have no idea how much I missed you. I thought I lost you." Drew says pulling away. I look up at him. "Drew I promised that you wouldn't lose me and here I am. I'm here. I'm alive on the other side and I'm happy." He nods his head and kisses me again. "What are you going to do about Adam?"

I pull away from him and sigh. "I'm trying to figure that out. He's going to be mad either way and I don't blame him because I cheated on him." Drew frowns. "It won't be easy but you can handle it because you're strong."

Strong.

I was strong.

Though, sometimes I don't always act like I'm strong.

"I know. Thank you. I'll just have to talk to him and try to help him remain calm." Drew nods his head. "We should get ready for tonight." I nod my head in agreement. "Sounds good,"

I go into the kitchen to grab a glass or water, but I'm greeted by everyone walking into the room. "We're ready."

I jump. "Really?" They all nod their heads.

I smile and put my jacket on. "Well now here's the moment we've been waiting for. Let's go to the woods." They all cheer and we head out of the dorm.

When we arrived in the woods, it was night time. It seemed to be 8 pm. Since Luna had died, rules were switched and now we could go out as late as we wanted.

Ashley lights some candles and they all gather into a circle around me.

"We're ready to go back." Madeline says.

I smile and go to Maya. She was first up. "Ready?" She nods her head. "In order to go back all you have to do is focus." I say. "Okay," I close my eyes and hold Maya's hand. I focus on Maya's soul floating back into Earth. Soon, she disappeared.

I opened my eyes and smiled. She made it. The rest of them were smiling. I move onto Delilah.

She was excited and jumping up and down. "See you on earth." She says. I nod. She closes her eyes and I close mine. I do the same with Delilah by closing my eyes and focus on her soul floating back to earth. I feel a weight lifted from my chest, an amazing feeling.

I move onto Bianca and Madeline. With one touch they were gone. I hold both of their hands. They looked excited and nodded at each other. I'm sure they were happy that they both got another chance at life. Not everyone does. I was glad that I was able to make it happen for the both of them.

Then there was Ashley and Kira. After some thinking and hard thinking, they disappear.

Last was Drew and I. "Let's do this." He says with a grin. I smile back at him. "Hell yeah." We close our eyes and both focus.

Everything went dark and the next thing I know I feel a hand on my shoulder. My head was pounding and I could smell the scent of flowers.