...…"Ivy when should we head after them? Are you really going to wait two more days and give them the better odds? Stop snubbing us Ivy you have given them a day already that's more than enough!" More and more members of the haven began to shout, elves, witches, fairies. "Silence! They will have three days, no more and no less. The girl should start to change and shift into something different, something of what Lucinda wants. I hope that Dominick will take her down and we will have him back. Dominick is one of us, and cannot be swayed by this abomination. But if he truly is, then he shall die too." Cheers and rants rang so loud through the forests that day.
... The following day was so beautiful you would have begun to believe that everything was normal when you looked at the surroundings. But only if people really knew what lurked in these forests both good and evil. "Evil Chris, come now, really do you believe that there is evil out there." "Well, I don't know the fact that everything in their wants me in specific demolished, yea I do believe it is!" I snickered smugly; well Dominick just shook his head. "I hope that you do not truly believe that everything in there is evil, what's in there is hiding and building armies for the day Lucinda tries to arise with evil. We plan to fight them and send them back to hell. We are not evil we are the good."
"Why do you hide then Dominick? Why do people not know of you if you're so good? Is it not possible that they could be thought?" "We will come out from hiding, don't you see if Lucinda things that we choose to hide then be with the humans she will not expect our army to take down her evil. There are havens all over the world. Wolfs, vampires, witches, spirits, fairies, elves they all hide with each other learn from each other and prepare for the day Lucinda will try and walk the earth again."
Everything we were talking about was confusing me I was getting lost in my thoughts almost drowning in them. "It is of no matter! They are not evil; technically your evil and they are trying to save what's not evil, and keep the peace. And I am trying to find a way to show them you can fight off Lucinda's curse. I believe in you, I have seen into you and I know you have the power to fight her and the will." I smiled to satisfy Dominick and suppressed him from being able to read my thoughts for a few moments. Time of my own to myself, all I can think is can I fight this? Can I really and will I even get the chance to if Ivy and her haven is on our tails.
"We should probably start moving Chris, we don't want to give Ivy too much of a lead to catch us." I had no words to reply back with just an empty sigh. We took off at full speed again, travelling through all of the forests and hills to the peak of the mountain. Carmine would be waiting there for us when we got there. She planned on helping us through this battle, and showing the haven that my power and the very abomination I am can be used for good. Strange images and colors began to flash in my head. I couldn't piece any of them together, red and black flashes, and then flashes of sharp teeth, deep golden eyes they just kept repeating and flashing over and over until I screamed. I dropped to the ground trying to balance my thoughts and visions. "Chris are you ok, what's the matter?" "I think my mind is creating images or someone is trying to tell me something. I keep seeing golden eyes and sharp teeth grinning at me." Dominick glanced at me with a very odd expression. "Listen you can look at me like there is something wrong with me all you want but let's face it, that's not going to get us anywhere." "Who would be trying to give you visions though, everyone believes you're an abomination so who would try to help?" "Maybe they are not warnings or signs at all perhaps threats without words." Then my body seized up again, more images scrolling through my mind, the mountains, Carmine, the golden eyes and teeth. "Carmine she's in trouble Dominick its Carmine! Something is going after her." "We need to get to her before that thing does!" Dominick and I sped off in sync rushing to the mountains peak where Carmine would be waiting.
As we reached the cave entrance I could hear awful cries of agony. I went to run in to where Carmine should have been but Dominick stopped me. "What are you doing, Carmine needs us!" "No Christina, it's a set up look" he pointed towards the path to the right, "I can smell them in there, the mountain gouls. I cannot even pick up Carmines scent. She may be dead or never here yet at all." "Ok so what are mountain gouls then?" "That's just a name given to them by those who have forsaken them from their lands, fairies, elves, wolves, vampires. They have no respect for anything or anyone but themselves and will destroy anything they come across." Evil laughter rang out from behind us. In shock we both gasped "Carmine?"
"I'm sorry Dominick but it had to be done, she is one of those abominations so we are leaving her for them. And if you choose to try and stop us you can be left here as well." "Why are you betraying me Carmine, I thought you were trying to help us." "No Dominick I am the most powerful witch and this little mutt will not take my place!" Just then loud cracks and bangs rang out through the cave and Carmine was gone. Boulders and large rocks began to be piled up in front of the cave entrance. We were trapped and our options were to fight our way out of here or give up and die. I looked at Dominick for a reassuring look but he did not have one, he held no expression at all.
"Dominick don't break down now, this is going to need both of our strength to pull through." "Christina you do not understand, these ghouls are not to be tampered with, they fight cheap and in packs, we will be destroyed." I was so angry at the words that had just come from my love that my body started heating up, then the ground began to shake. What was I to think now? If the one person who kept me going and kept me strong was practically giving up. I started building up more and more heat, then the ground began to tremble beneath my feet. Screaming and howling shot out from all over the cave and "ghouls" began emerging and coming out of the tunnels towards us. They just kept pouring out one by one and studying Dominick and I, but the heat in my body just continued getting stronger and stronger. One came right towards me and sniffed around me and with no warning I just grabbed hold and sent it bursting into flames then to dust. Then silence….
"If a war is what you want then fight with us, but not against us for you will lose." A voice cried out "and why should we believe that, just because you burned up one of us, you cannot take on all of us not just the two of you." I glared at the crowd to find the holder of this voice but obviously they were hiding like a coward. "No your right we probably cannot take all of you on but we could take out quite a few of your numbers before you take us down. Or you can stand along side us against those who have banished us. We deserve to live freely in the world just as much as they do!" I could see that my comments had caused them to think and question my thoughts. Some still shouted out and opposed my offer some cheered for the offer. A tall scarred lanky man stepped out from the crowd. "This battle you speak of, how do we go about life if we win, how are we to know that you will not banish us again?" "You have my honor and word that will not happen, I just want to carry on my own life without being chased down or banished myself!"