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Casey's POV
I wake up, wrapped in chains, I look over and my friends, Draco and Jack are in the other cages, unconscious. I try to groan, but my mouth is covered by some sort of muzzle. "Mmmph," I try to scream, but it doesn't carry. I see someone struggling against chains several wounds bleeding "Casey, you're awake thank goodness," J says. "Mmph!" I try to say, pulling against the shackles. I look at Jack and find myself wishing I had let him explain. "Yeah I know chains are annoying especially considering I was already injured," J said. I take a moment to look around, Jamie and Michael were in a cell together. J and Rin were chained to the wall, everyone else seemed to be in bird cages?
My stomach clenched and my eyes widened, there was no way out, no one to help us this time. "Case look at me… Come on look at me kid we will get out of here… I'm going to get us out," J says looking me straight in the eye. I try to calm my breathing, and nod. "Uhhg," Jack groans, I look over and he is waking up. "What the, what happened?" he groaned. "Mmph," I tried to explain, but got frustrated that I couldn't speak.
His eyes landed on me and widened in anger, but not anger at me, at Pitch. "Casey, I promise, I'm going to get you and your friends out of here," he swore, and I cast my eyes downward, even after what happened, he was making me promises he couldn't possibly keep. His eyes softened, "At least this gives me the chance to explain," he sighs, moving to the edge of his cage. "Please just give me the chance to explain?" he pleaded. I look up at him and give I'm a little nod, there were so many things I wanted to say.
"I'll warn you, its a bit of a long story," he chuckled, picking at the chains around his wrists. "About a hundred years ago, I was wondering around in… michigan I think it was? I saw a girl, a girl with long brown hair and eyes like chocolate, her name was Ellesmera, she was, different from a lot of the girls her age and didn't go by the traditional beliefs. She was a lot like you, actually," he sighed. As the others woke up they also listened to his story.
Time skip
"And then I met you and you know the rest," he finished explaining, even though I had already forgiven him, I understood now, I basically was this Ellesmera's reincarnate. I looked at Jack and tried to say with my eyes what I couldn't with my mouth. "Oh, how touching," a dark voice chuckled. "Oh how creepy," J smirks. Pitch came out of the shadows, and grabs my arm. "Let her go, Pitch, This is between you and me." Jack snarled. "I would say sorry, but I'm really not," he smirked, pulling me to my feet. "Hmm how about no," Pitch said.
My stomach was in knots, he reached up behind me, undoing the gag. "Well, Casey, do you believe in the boogeyman?" he asked, tauntingly, keeping a tight hold on my arm. I stayed, silent, I would not give him the satisfaction of the cry that would surely come out if I opened my mouth. The chains on my hands dissolved and reformed so my hands were bound in front of me. "I think it's time to have a little fun," he cackled maliciously. I knew whatever he was thinking of, it wouldn't be fun for me. He started to drag me over to a pedestal in the middle of the room where everyone could see, fastening my chains to it.
"Pitch! you hurt her and I'll kill you," Jack yelled. "Oh, what can you do?" he taunted and a whip formed in his hand, I couldn't help the whimper of fear that escaped my lips. I stayed silent as the whip tore through my flesh. Wincing with each blow. I felt the blood run down my back, soon along with the blood, I felt the tears run down my face. I tried to take deep breaths. I could feel everyone's eyes on me, I had to stay strong, no matter how it hurt. Then my knees gave out, and I fell, held up by the chains around my wrists, and at last, the agonized scream tore from my lips. But the pain didn't stop He kept striking me, I knew Jack was yelling, but I didn't understand the words, I was too lost in my own head. I was dizzy, I hurt.
Then something was different, the blows didn't hurt anymore, I was numbed, all I felt was the blood running down my limp body. I could scarcely keep my eyes open. Then the blows stopped all together. The chains dissolved and I fell to the ground, laying in a pool of my own blood. "Finally, the heart of the truest believer, belongs to me,"
J's POV
I stared in horror at Casey, laying on the cavern floor in her own blood. I thrash against the chains "noo!" I yell. Her eyes flutter closed, and her breathing was ragged. "Something to think about," Pitch smirks, disappearing into the shadows. I thrash some more "you coward! Come back and fight me!" I yell. "Sorry, dear, I don't fight mortals," he smirked, then the lightning flashed. "You are the biggest idiot ever!" I yell, but he's already gone.
Jack was staring at Casey with a look of absolute horror on his face. I stop thrashing the pain becoming too much "if I could just get down," I mutter. I look at Draco he wasn't looking at Casey but at me more at the blood I was losing because of all the thrashing. "J, stop," he commands. Then Rin asks, "what did he call her?"
"The heart of the truest believer, it's an old legend that north told me once. Supposedly The person with the heart of the truest believer was a mortal whose belief was so strong, so unwavering, that if they died of supernatural cause, they could make themselves immortal, they would just wake up," Jack said, choking up, "It's not real," he said. I stared at her, not daring to hope that it was true. My eyes widened as the blood pouring from her back turned from red to blue, and blue to liquid gold.
Jack's POV
I stared dumbfounded this couldn't be real. She was dying right before my eyes, again. Then I saw her blood it was changing colors soon it was gold like mine… What was happening? Then there was a bright light.
Casey's POV
I opened my eyes, I was in a meadow, all four seasons were in the meadow, I was laying in winter. "Where am I?" I asked, but covered my mouth, my voice came out like a peal of bells. "Hello, Casey," a voice greeted, I looked around, but there was no one there, then I looked up, at the moon. "Manny?" I asked. The voice chuckled, "Yes, I am, you, however are the object of interest, as a mortal, you had the heart of the truest believer, and now you have died, but you have a choice, you can be reborn, as another life, or you could move on, be with your past family, or you can go back and be with your new family for eternity, you would be a spirit," he explained my options, but I was stuck between two. "I know what you will chose, but I would like to give you a gift," Manny said. "A gift?" I asked. "Hello, sweetheart," a woman's voice cooed, I whirled around to see my mother and father standing in the summer section. "Mom, Dad?" I asked. "Hey baby," my father said, hugging me, the last time I saw them… "Baby, you have to go back," my mother cried, tears spilling "But I want to stay with you!" I exclaimed, "Sweet heart, we will always be your parents, but you moved on, you found a new family, you found love, you need to have a full life, full of love, even if it isn't with us," mom said, stroking my cheek.
I nod, "I want to go back, I love you guys," I said as I entered my body, gasping for the much needed air.
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