Hi! Sorry for the short chapters! This is my first FanFiction! Read, review, and enjoy!
I woke up to the sound of screaming. Oh no. North was yelling at Aphra.
" Where is Syd!" he yelled
" I don't know," she told him in a calm voice.
" I know she is here! Now tell me where she is so I can reverse whatever stupid stunt she pulled!" screamed North. I cringed at the sound of him being so angry. Please don't tell, Aphra. Please don't tell. I thought.
" What did she do to me Aphra. At least tell me that." he said in a soft voice. I could sense the sadness in his tone. I could not help but feel the tiniest bit guilty about what I had done. I had broke the promise I made to him and now he would never forgive me. Please help me Astraea! I silently begged.
" She used a spell to remove the curse from you and place it inside of herself," said Aphra, barely above a whisper.
" She promised she wouldn't use any of the spells! She promised!" replied North, back to yelling. " I will search the entire town to find her! Make this easy on everyone and just tell me where she is!" screamed North.
" I can't Wayland. I promised her I wouldn't and I already broke one of the promises I made." I heard the walking of footsteps towards the front door. She must have gone outside I thought. I listened to any noises that suggested North moving and only heard him muttering to himself. I tried to get up, but my legs quickly buckled beneath me with a loud thump as I hit the floor. Uh oh. I prayed that North hadn't heard the thud, but to no avail.
" SYD! SYDELLE! WHERE ARE YOU, YOU FOOLISH GIRL!?" he yelled. I heard him running around the house screaming my name, opening doors, and slamming them shut when he saw that I was not in them.
" Wayland? What are you doing! Stop! Go to your room and wait for dinner. When she is ready to see you again she will," roared Aphra, who probably heard all of the commotion from outside of the house. I laid back in bed and fell asleep. Thank you Astraea I prayed before I fell back into a deep sleep.
I woke up to the sound of my door opening. I froze thinking that North had continued his search and had found me. Oh. It was only Aphra bringing food and a basin of water. I tried to stand up to walk over to her, but only managed a step before falling. She put the basin and tray on the floor and rushed over to help me up.
" Are you alright?" she whispered " Do you need anything?"
" No. Everything hurts. I need more pain elixir and sleeping draft," I managed to mutter. She nodded and helped me wash and eat and drink some of the items on my plate. The water felt wonderful against my dry throat. I asked for some more water.
" I must go out for the night," she whispered " Please try and hold on until then. As soon as I get back I will get you what you need." I nodded. I watched as she picked up what she brought and left the room. I took the last of the bottles of sleeping draft and pain elixirs and drank them. I started drifting off into sleep after hearing Aphra telling North not to rip apart the house looking for me. I then fell into a dreamless sleep.
I woke up to the sound of my door quickly opening and closing. Aphra is back I thought. Then, a warm hand started nudging me awake. North! Sydelle realized with a jolt.
" Syd, wake up! I know what you did! Just wake up!"North growled. I didn't move.
" Sydelle, stop playing. I know you are awake," said North in a voice that held a little bit of annoyance. I still did not move.
He rolled me over and let out a small gasp.
" Syd, how could you do this to yourself," he said in a whisper. Aphra and I noticed yesterday that my hand had started to turn black near the tips of my middle and pointer finger on my right hand. I was welling up with tears. I tried to keep from crying, but one pesky tear still managed to roll down the side of my cheek. North must have noticed because he wiped it off with his thumb. Wait. He wasn't wearing his gloves! The effects of the curse must have disappeared thought Sydelle. Two more tears escaped onto my cheeks. North sat down on the bed and pulled me up into a sitting position. He put my head on his shoulder and embraced me.
" It's ok Syd," North whispered into my ear as I silently cried. He put his lips on my forehead and gently swayed from side to side, and then he rested his head on my hair. I cried until I could not cry anymore. I don't know how long we stayed like that, but eventually North grabbed my shoulders and made me look at him.
" Syd, remove the curse. I can't have you live with it," said North.
" No," I choked out. My voice was rough and shaky from crying and not speaking for so long.
" Syd-" started North
" No, North. I will not let you take the curse back. Even if I wanted to I couldn't. I am to weak to use any magic and you don't deserve it. North, you did nothing to deserve this," I said, looking down. " It wasn't your fault," I whispered. He lifted up my face so that I was looking at him again.
" You don't deserve it either," he said softly. North pulled me towards him and kissed my forehead. He laid my head on his chest and embraced me. I could hear the beating of his heart.
" You know what this means right?" I muttered. I was exhausted.
" No. What does it mean?" he asked, toying with one of my red locks.
" It means you can go to the rankings," I managed to say during a yawn.
" Go to sleep, Syd. We will talk more when you wake up," said North. " And we are going to have an extremely long talk." He laid me back down and tucked the blanket around my chin.
" Good night Syd," North said.
" Good night North" I murmured. Smiling, he brushed a lock of hair out of my face and walked out of the room, closing the door behind him. I fell into a deep slumber thinking of North, free of his curse, going to be ranked 1st at the rankings.
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