Chapter 3

Hi guys! So I'm updating this story again, and I hope you guys enjoy it! Btw, don't expect me to update this fast all the time. I got loads of shit coming up, so I probably won't have time.

Anywho, chapter 3!

Lena's POV

As if our day couldn't get any worse.

After the Shadowing Song, I had hoped that nothing else would go wrong, like me blowing up something or breaking another window.

But no. The universe doesn't work like that. Everything just went downhill after the song.

Kelly...how? How could she still be alive? I distinctly remember killing her, even if I hadn't meant to. I still remember that ear-piercing scream as she... I didn't want to think about it.

After our 'chat', there were a million questions in my head. For one, what did she mean a rift opened up? There was something wrong with the Order? Did I accidentally open it, like I broke the original Order?

And more worryingly, how did she know who I was? Nobody except Ethan, Ridley and Uncle Macon knew.

Most worrying was what she had said after, about the angel's den and spilling my blood. They almost sounded like the Shadowing Song.

But what did they mean by the angel's den?

Just then, my thoughts were interrupted by my head hitting the roof of the Beater, and I snapped back to reality. Link was driving like a madman, as if he had committed a crime by skipping school. Which, knowing his mother, probably was.

"Link, slow down. You're going to hit something." I said. Ethan was still unconscious, his head on my lap, and the last thing I wanted was for Link to get into an accident and send my boyfriend into a permanent coma.

Actually, 'boyfriend' didn't seem an appropriate word anymore. More like lover.

"Chill, cuz. Shrinky Dink here is a careful driver." Ridley defended her boyfriend.

"I'm not gonna slow down until I know for sure that that...thing... Ain't coming after us." Link replied.

"Well, driving this recklessly will get us killed faster than she killing us."

Give him a break, L. Link's like that when he's nervous.

The voice took my surprise, and a small fire started on Link's pants.

"Hey, hey, stop it! Ok, I'll slow down! Just no fire!" Link yelled. I ignored him.

"Ethan? You're ok!" I exclaimed as I hugged him.

Then I slapped him.

"What was that for?" He yelled as he sat up.

"For scaring me with your Kelt."

Sorry.

Don't do that again, or I will hurt you.

More likely I hurt you.

Just shut up, Ethan. I'm just glad you're ok.

"When you two are done mushing it up, I think you and Rid owe us an explanation." Link called out.

"What explanation?"

"You knew who this girl was, and according to you, you killed her a few years ago? So why is she back, how is she back, why target us, and what the hell happened back then to make her so vengeful?" Link said.

"Target us? You weren't the one who got knocked out." Ethan grumbled.

I hesitated. That chapter of my life was something I wanted to erase so badly. It had been horrible, and I still remember everything that happened.

Rid?

Tell them. They deserve to know.

I sighed. "Where do I start?"

"From the beginning."

I took a deep breath, and began.

"That time was a dark time for Rid and I. I was 12, we were living in New York, and things were getting tough on us. We had been on the run ever since our guardian, Pat King, a Light Caster and a distant relative of ours, was killed. We hid out in Manhattan, got ourselves a room, and decided we should try to be normal. So we went to school."

"The first few days were ok. We didn't attract too much negative attention, but there was always a girl who seemed attracted to us, as if we were trouble."

"Her name was Kelly Johnson. I only found that out after I killed her."

"She left us alone for a while, all the while just watching us, never doing anything. Then one day, when we were having class, an argument broke out between Rid and Kelly."

"Not my fault. That bitch tried to steal my gum." Ridley interrupted.

"Anyway, Kelly was pretty agitated after that. She started to disturb us, disrupting us in class, insulting us, generally trying to show she hated us. Ridley didn't stand for it, and they constantly argued."

"And one day, Rid went too far."

"What happened?" Ethan asked.

"Simple. I used my Siren power to convince her to eat dog poop." Ridley smirked.

"That is disgusting." Link said.

"Hey, she insulted me first. She deserved it."

"Anyway, after that, everything went wrong. Kelly was so humiliated she left us alone. But one day, when Ridley was alone, Kelly struck. She burned the building Ridley was in, trying to kill her."

"How? And why?" Link asked.

"Why? I'm not sure. But how? That's easy. She's a Cataclyst."

"So it so happens that your arch-nemesis was one of the most powerful Casters? How did you kill her?"

I blushed. "It was an accident. I heard Ridley screaming and rushed over. When I saw Kelly, I got so mad, I couldn't control my power. I felt the hatred wash over me..." I trailed off and broke down. The weight of those actions almost 5 years ago suddenly overwhelmed me, and I couldn't control it.

Ethan patted me on my back, trying to comfort me. "It's ok, Lena. We won't judge you over this. What happened after?"

I saw a vision, a distant memory in my head. A vision of that girl burning.

"I killed her."

That's it for chapter 3! It's getting more interesting isn't it?