Red Crescent: A House of Night Fan Fiction
Chapter One
Zoey
The cut across my chest hurts horribly, but I insisted to stay in the depot tunnel. I can't risk getting back to the House of Night and face Kalona and Neferet. It is just too hard and I think I would rather be dead than going back there right now. However, the cut across my chest hurts like hell. And worse, I couldn't resist coughing, which made that cut hurt even more.
"Zo," Heath said, "are you sure you are not going to go back? I know it's filled with pain-in-the-ass fallen angel and the evil high priestess, but you will die if you stay here, according to Darius."
"Yeah, Z," Erik said on my other side. "You have to go back. You can't start to reject the Change. You might not ever come back. And if you do, you might come back like that son-of-a-bitch Stark."
Deep down, I know that I should go back. However, I couldn't make myself.
"Zoey, you know I love you, so if I say I want you do go back, you won't hate me, right?" Stevie Rae tried me into going, and I know she wanted me to stay alive. Hell, I want to stay alive. But I don't think going back there is a good idea. I mean I know Kalona wanted me alive, the Raven Mocker had said so when he'd hurt me. Unfortunately, Neferet, the Queen Tsi Sgili, wanted me to die. I still don't know what power she has, but she knows her way to get around difficult situations regarding Kalona. I at least know that much.
Then, finally, I grew too exhausted to talk and argue about not going back, and they decided to carry me back there. I felt sick and dizzy and also couldn't stop coughing, but I figured it was probably side effects from the cut.
After a ride that seemed like forever back to the House of Night, we arrived (we being Aphrodite, Damien, Shaunee, Erin, Darius and I). By then, I couldn't do much except trying not to faint. Actually, the numbness was there and I felt not as bad. I kept coughing when Darius carried me into the school and I tried, unsuccessfully, to stop it.
"Oh my goddess! Zoey!" Damien exclaimed. The scent hit me then. Blood. I looked down and saw blood on the hand that I'd used to cover my mouth.
"Shit! Z, you can't be…" Shaunee couldn't finish.
"… You can't be dying!" Erin finished for her.
"Priestess!" Darius exclaimed, sounding, for the first time, panicky.
Aphrodite did nothing. It seemed she was totally in shock. I couldn't react either. Somehow, the thought of dying wasn't that bad. I could finally leave this world and take a break from the world.
No, no, no! What are you thinking, Zoey! You will be leaving all your friends behind! I silently told myself. But there's nothing I can do. I'm already rejecting the Change. I'm going to die for sure. And I know I wouldn't be coming back. Neferet hated me too much to make me come back to live as a red fledgling. My friends' cries and prayers faded into the darkness and I know it was time. I said my silent goodbye to this world and, just before I slipped away, a tear escaped from my eye.
A/N: I hope you don't hate me for killing Zoey. Just keep reading and I hope you like it. Sorry for the grammar errors and stuff like that. Please just ignore it. And please be nice on the comment, this is my first fan fiction ever.