Hold Me Down (The Badlands Series) Book 2

Chapter 1

Chapter 1:The Dreams

Everything was on fire, and the moon was oddly purple. Emlyn was surrounded by the flames she didn't know what to do. Camilla stood in the distance controlling the fire making it rage harder. She could feel the flames getting closer. Camilla smiled seductively, "I told you to join me, we could be so powerful! But no, so I'll start taking away the ones you love."

"Emlyn!" She heard a voice and looked around, it sounded like Stella's but she wasn't sure. The flames grew closer curling their ways into her hair and clothes, licking and biting at her skin. 

"Emlyn!" The voice came again, and she felt something shaking her until she snapped awake right before the flames consumed me.

"Emlyn jesus would you come help me!" She practically shouted and Emlyn blinked at her looking around the room trying to calculate and re-evaluate her situation.

Emlyn had been up all night trying to figure out what to do about Camilla and had fallen asleep with all her books and other random stuff she collected. Stella shook her head at her, "Come on, we will discuss Blondie later, come help me with this." 

"Right sorry, what do you need?" Emlyn asked getting out of bed and following her to the grand ball room. It was gold and white and everything was so  shiny and polished Emlyn didn't dare touch it. 

"Today is Horrace's 600th birthday we need to throw him a party, I figured you would like to help." Stella smiled facing Emlyn who smiled back at her friend.

"Lets do it...but wait 600? How is that even possible?" She asked and Stella chuckled at her giving a little eyeroll. 

"I would stop questioning this world at this point." Emlyn smiled and the two set the work to give Horrace a great party.

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Emlyn was panting as she had once again fallen asleep after setting up the party and she had once again been tormented by nightmares of Camilla. In one of them she even killed Thunder she knew they needed to act fast.

She quickly dressed for the party and rushed down just in time. Horrace was chatting it up with the Ice Queen and she chuckled thinking they'd be cute. Remembering the task at hand she rushed over and calmly tapped him on the shoulder. 

"Ahh there you are..." he said as if he had been already expecting her. "If you'll excuse me?" He said to the Ice Queen who nodded and headed off to do other things.

"Horrace, I've been getting these dreams..." She began to explain but Horrace held up his hand making her pause.

"Yes Emlyn, I know. You see the dreams are more like visions, or in this case warnings. It's the reason you have been sleeping more at random points, you are being warned." He stated and Emlyn was quietly freaking out as she tried to comprehend.

"What do I do then? I can't just sit around..." Horrace sighed and placed his hand on her shoulder.

"Currently there isn't anything we can do till she makes an actual appearance otherwise it's a wild goose chase. You'll have to wait her out, and that may sound bad but it is what it is." He said and she sighed but nodded towards him.

"I will, thank you Horrace I appreciate your help." She said and he gave her a small smile.

"Of course, you can always come to me, I'll be there." He said and Emlyn chuckled cause she believed it with him being 600 years old.

"I believe it, happy birthday Horrace." She said before heading out of the party she was exhausted and she decided she would do anything she could to figure out Camilla's next move in these visions. 

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Emlyn shot awake suddenly and bolted down the stairs and burst into the throne room where Horrace and Stella were talking.

"I think I just had a vision that Camilla and not one were she was going to but like one were she actually just killed Thunder! Also... Why is the moon purple?"