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Song: Last Kiss by Pearl Jam
Chapter 7
Stay calm, I told myself. There is nothing wrong, you are over-reacting. My heart beat had slowed down a bit. But from the look on Jake's face, I knew something still didn't add up. I nodded at Jake, Astley, and Betty.
"Let's go" I said. Issie and Devyn didn't look pleased that I didn't include them in this. I don't know why I included Jake, it was like my instinct told me too, but as we were leaving the jail Betty shifted into her tiger form and Jake followed. But he was a lion. They where walking on either side of Astley and I. As soon as we were out of Astley's kingdom I realized that we had no idea where we were going. I stopped and got a lot of confused look.
Pressure too much for you to handle? I looked at Jake who had a sly grin spreading on his face.
"No smart ass" I looked at everyone "But we have no idea where we're going."
"She's right." Astley said thinking. Wait what if it was the Pixie King / my Dad, who took my mom. I had to see.
"Wait here" I pictured my Dad's house before I could be stopped. My eyes opened when I heard a scream coming from upstairs. I ran up the stairs to find my mother on the ground bleeding, thrashing out at things around her. It seemed too familiar. The realization hit me…She was becoming pixie. My Dad had kissed her. I dropped down to my knees and grabbed onto her arm.
"MOM! Mon please, hold on I know it hurts, just please hold on" I was balling my eyes out by now. I heard footsteps behind me and I spun around to see my Dad dressed in a dress shirt and sleek black pants. I stood up and walked towards him.
"What did you do!" I asked enraged "How could you do this to her against her will!"
I was shouting but I didn't care. Behind me, my mother was trying to stand up.
"Zara, I love you… Stay…with… Betty" That was the last thing she said to me before she closed her eyes for the final time. She wasn't strong enough to survive the change. I looked back at my father. I noticed a broom near the door, anger filling me I ran towards the broom and stabbed it through his heart. His eyes went wide before he closed his eyes, and took his last breath. I ran but my feet couldn't take the weight. I felt dizzy and had to crawl over to my mother. She was dead. I grabbed onto her arms and pictured the spot where I had left Astley, Betty and Jake.
"Zara! You found her-" She saw my mother, and I looked up, tears filling her eyes.
"It was my Dad, he tried to turn her against her will, and she didn't survive" She dropped down beside me, and I started crying for the first time since my mother had died. My mom and dad were both dead. I only had Jake and Betty left. Someone took me into their arms. I didn't care who it was I buried my self into their stomach and just began shedding the tears I had been holding back for a while. Whoever it was patted my back.
"Shhh, it'll get better I promise" Jake said. So that's who it was. I couldn't stay here with my Mom's body lying a few feet away from me. I pulled away from Jake, he looked surprised but didn't protest.
"I can't…I have…Can't stay here" That was all I could manage to say at that moment. I flashed myself to the jail again. I saw Issie and Devyn standing in front of Nick's cell. I ran over to them and fell right in front of them. That didn't stop me from crying on the floor though.
"Zara" they all said at the same time. Nicks hand reached through the cell bars, but I hit it away. Issie was hesitant but came and hugged me on the floor. Cassidy appeared from around the corner and ran over to me, falling onto the floor to get to my level. She put her hands just above me and closed her eyes. I somehow stopped crying. Cass opened her eyes.
"Zara, I just numbed your emotions so that you can tell us what happened" she explained.
I told them everything, and without crying, surprising myself but apparently not Cassidy. Issie started crying and Devyn was trying not to react ever since I told him I killed my dad. Just then Astley ran in through the door and hugged me. Nick looked jealous that I hugged him back. I started crying again into his shoulder. After five minutes of crying I ran out of tears and Astley released me.
"Where are Jake and Betty?" I asked feeling selfish that I hadn't realized they where gone before.
"Jake took Betty home, she was too upset to stay"
"Can you take me to our house Astley? I still can't find the way" I got him to laugh and he started leading me away. But Nick's voice stopped me.
"Zara can you ever forgive me?" He asked. I walked up too him, looked him straight in the eyes and said:
"Nick I became what I swore I never would just to save you, and now I'm starting to think I made a huge mistake." I started walking away.
"Please Zara can you at least try to understand why I reacted that way" he sounded desperate. I kept walking to meet Astley outside where I saw him on the ground being attacked by a Polar Bear. I ran and through the Polar bear off of him and went to knock it out until it switched into it's human form. He looked up at me.
"Zara stop, it's me" I stopped and saw my step-dad lying on the ground. I flashed home and grabbed Betty and Jake's arms and flashed back and they gasped when they saw him. It really was him. How was that possible?
