Mystic Legacy (BOOK 1)

𝓒𝓱𝓪𝓹𝓽𝓮𝓻 28

"Ariel! Ariel where are you?!" Sam ran out the back door, calling out to Ariel in the dark, cold night.

She looked everywhere from the shed to the corn field calling her name.

"Motherfucker..." she thought out loud. Stella ran up to her and asked what was going on.

"Jess ran out and Ariel ran after her, and now I lost her. This is all my fault." Sam sat on a nearby rock and cried into her hands. Stella kneeled down in front of her and caressed her arms to calm her down.

"No it's not, we're going to find them. It's ok."

"Stella you don't understand. I hurt Jess. I've been so hard on her, expecting her to be good when she's really trying the best she can. I should've went and help her, bail her out or something."

Stella paused and thought for a moment before speaking again.

"I know Jess forgives you. Despite how mean and heartless she can get, she understands why you're mad at her. She makes dumb mistakes and she knows she does, but she's trying hard to be better. Not just for you or us, but herself."

Sam nodded and Stella pulled her into a warm hug. There was a silence for almost 2 minutes when Ariel pushed herself out of the corn stalks.

"Hey guys, I lost her." Sam looked up and stood, walking rapidly towards her.

"Where have you been?!" She had her hands on both shoulders and stared shaking her.

"Um I-"

"It's too dangerous to be out here Ariel! Especially at night!"

"But Jess ran out and I wanted to check if she's ok."

"Of course she's not ok, she's going to try and find that vampire bitch. I don't know what has gotten into her." Sam walked away and sat down on the same rock as before.

"Wait, I don't get it. Why would Jess go after Marissa? She hates her. I've seen it happen in front of me, she threatened to kill her."

"The same night I saved her from the exorcism is the same night they had sex, Ariel." Sam's confession made Ariel feel uneasy.

"How did you know?" She asked.

"Simple, she had a hickey on her neck. You never noticed?" Ariel shook her head.

"Well we have to find her before shit hits the fa-" Sam was then interrupted by Onyx rubbing her leg. He looked up at her and began to meow, as if he was trying to tell her something.

"What is it Onyx? You seen Jess?" Sam asked the feline. He ran away into the woods and the girls followed him after. They stopped and saw a puddle of blood next to some rose bush.

Sam kneeled down and touched the blood, rubbing it between her fingers.

"Fucking Christ." She whispered to herself while grinding her teeth together.

"What? What happened?" Ariel asked eagerly.

"It's Jess' blood. I don't know if she's continuing to bleed, or worse." Sam turned to face the girls.

"Jess! Jess where are you?!" Ariel yelled out. Sam walked up to her and covered her mouth.

"You can't be screaming in these woods, especially around this time. We'll find her."

Onyx began to meowing and rubbed against Ariel's feet.

"What is he doing?" Ariel looked up at Sam, confused.

"He's trying to tell us something. Jess was taken away from us..."

"Well we have to find her-"

"No, it's not that easy. Whoever took her could be a threat. Stella, tell the others I'll be back. I'm going to find Jess by myself if it's the last thing I do." Sam turned around and followed her cat to the direction Jess was taken from.

"What if you need help?" Ariel called out. Sam stopped in her tracks and turbo around to face her.

"It's too dangerous. Besides, I think I have an idea who took her away."

"Who?"

"Satan..."

Jess' POV
I never thought I'd be back in this hell so soon. My whole body still hurts and being dragged around like a dog isn't helping me at all. Two guards kidnap me while I was running through the woods and placed a bag over my head. I swear the amount of carbon dioxide I've been inhaling is insane I'm surprised I haven't passed out yet.

I hear a metal gate open and was being dragged what felt like a long hallway. I can barely see through the sack, but all I can see was light from torches.

We stopped abruptly and I was pushed to the floor. The bag was removed off my head and in front of me was Satan himself, The Dark Lord.

"Nice seeing you here, Swift." He started talking.

"What do you want? Why am I here? Let me go!" I struggled in my cuffs.

"I think you know why you're here. I know about the girl, Jess."

"I said I'll kill he-"

I was stopped by him laughing at me, his voice echoed throughout the chamber.

"I know you don't want to. Just like before, which what caused the death of your family." He chuckled.

"Don't you fucking dare bring them up. I did nothing wrong to deserve this bullshit. Let. Me. Go!"

"Oh aggressive now are we?" He stood up and walked towards me.

"You know the consequences..." He leaned down and whispered in my ear.

I started to cry. I'm giving up completely.

I've made so many mistakes that no matter how badly I want to change, there's no way, the past is still being brought up. I got Ariel into this mess, I got Sam into this mess, and now, I'm getting the others into this mess.

I don't think I'm ever going to forgive myself for being a train wreck.

"Oh and I know where she is, by the way." He stood up and walked to his throne.

"Please leave Ariel alone." I pleaded.

"I don't mean her, I mean your toy." He grinned sinisterly.

"Marissa? Marissa is not a toy!"

"Of course she is, you know you don't love anymore after that one time so you use her."

"What did you do to her?" I asked, not prepared for what the answer may be.

"I killed her..."

My blood dropped to the pit of my ass and I felt like puking. They dragged me away from him and took me to a cell.

They threw me inside and I banged against the door.

"Let me out of here! Please!" I'm running out of energy and all I can do is sit in a corner and die.

They kidnapped her and killed her because of me. This is all my fault.

I did this to myself.

I deserve to die.

I am so sorry...