Chapter 10
"Burdock root," Piper said.
I passed her the herb and she threw it in the potion. Who would've thought that I, Thalia Grace, would have known how to make a potion? Certainly not my friends. Annabeth was flipping through the pages of the Book of Shadows, trying to find any info she could on The Darkness.
"I already looked in there twice. It won't help anymore," Penny said quietly from where she was sitting with Patience.
"I have to try," Annabeth replied, still flipping through the pages.
Phoebe and Paige shared a look and went over to Annabeth.
"We're going to take you to a place called Magic School. It's for the kids to learn their magic if their parents can't teach them. They have millions of books on magic there," Paige explained.
"Let me come with you, Annabeth," Percy came over and held her hand.
"Thanks, Seaweed Brain," Annabeth smiled.
"No problem, Wise Girl," Percy smiled back.
Annabeth used her other hand to hold Paige's and they orbed out. Piper kept adding potion ingredients to the bowl while Prue and Phoebe talked in hushed tones. There were bright blue lights as Henry Jr., Patty, and Payton orbed in.
"Aunt Piper?"
Piper paused to look down at the three children.
"We have an idea," Payton said.
Melinda's Pov
I screamed as I fell, but then bright white lights surrounded me. I ended up in the manor. I blinked and looked around. The twins and Henry Jr. stood in front of me grinning.
"It worked!" Payton exclaimed.
"I told you it would," Patty said, rolling her eyes.
"Melinda, do you know how to get out of here?"
"Do I know…do I look like I know?" I asked them.
"No…you're right. Stupid question. So what've you seen so far?" Patty asked.
"Ghosts. One ghost named Amy told me how a guy named Liam killed her. She described him just like the guy who had taken Jake, Ally's sister," I told them.
"We'll have to ask Aunt Piper. We'll be back, Mel. Just be careful in here," Henry said, looking around.
"Am I in Limbo or…?" I asked.
"We don't know," Payton said.
"All we know is that The Darkness got you. It also got some of the Gods, so they want a cure too. We're trying everything we know," Patty said.
"Also, check the Book of Shadows for Asinto. That's where Amy said I was," I said, looking around.
Suddenly, there was a deep rumbling noise, as if the house was about to explode.
"You guys better go before The Darkness spreads to you. Go. I'll see you soon," I ushered them to leave.
They nodded.
"Through the Darkness, we are the light,
We will never give up the fight,
Take us back from where we came,
Through the burning of the flame," My cousins chanted.
They disappeared in white light and everything seemed to implode.
Annabeth's Pov
I put the book down on the table and got up to look for an older book. Percy was looking at another of the shelves, looking very confused.
"Look for the ones that seem really old. The one's that might be falling apart or have a lot of dust on them," I reminded him of what to look for.
He nodded and kept looking. After a few minutes, I let out a frustrated groan. Percy looked over at me, amused.
"Not funny," I growled.
He raised both his eyebrows and looked back at the shelves, trying to hide his smile. His smile quickly disappeared when the first sob came from down the hall. We shared a look before going to investigate. Paige had taken Phoebe back to the Halliwell Manor and had come back, but she had gone to talk to some of the teachers. There was a woman talking to one of the teachers, and the woman was full-out sobbing.
"I'm sorry, ma'am. She died a couple of days ago during an attack on the school," The teacher said.
"But you couldn't save her?" The woman asked hysterically. "You couldn't use magic to bring her back?"
"It doesn't work that way, ma'am. I'm sorry."
The woman kept sobbing as another teacher came over and led her into another room with the sign 'ICU'. The teacher who had explained to the woman sighed.
"Excuse me? I don't mean to intrude, but what happened?" I asked, coming over to talk to her with Percy right next to me.
The teacher took one look at me and sighed again.
"Last week, there was an attack on Magic School. Children wielding swords! One of our students was killed during the attack and that was her mother. It's always terrible telling the parents," The teacher said, shaking her head.
"What was the student's name?" I asked.
"Amy. Amy Smith," The teacher said.
"How old was she?" I asked.
"She was twelve, I believe. A telekinetic witch," The teacher said.
I nodded and looked over at Percy. He was thinking hard. I looked back over to the teacher.
"Thank you," I said.
She nodded and turned to walk away.
"We need more information on this Amy Smith," I told Percy.
"Paige?" He asked.
I nodded.
"We need to find her. She's a Charmed One. She can definitely get us that info," I said.
We started to look around the school for Paige.
Prue's Pov
"Prue! Wyatt! Chris! So glad you could join us," Eric grinned.
My eyes narrowed.
"What do you mean 'us'?" Chris asked.
A man stepped from the shadows and stood next to Eric.
"That one's Phoebe's," Eric said, pointing at me.
The man looked at me and I realized something.
"Cole," I whispered.
"Ding, ding, ding. We have a winner!" Eric said.
I glared at him. Why was he doing all of this? I thought he said he loved Melinda!
"Look, you little shit, our sister is stuck with a deadly magical disease, so if you don't have any info, we're gone," Wyatt growled.
Eric's face changed immediately. He turned on Cole.
"You said she wouldn't get hurt! It was part of our deal!" Eric hissed.
"I couldn't hurt one of Phoebe's daughters," Cole said, still not taking his eyes off of me.
"Then why not go after Paige's?" Eric asked, outraged.
"Because they're too innocent. It would've worn off in a day or so on them. Melinda was the only option," Cole told Eric, finally looking at him.
Eric held out a hand. The shadows on the wall seemed to crawl forward, towards Cole. They finally reached him and started wrapping around his ankles. Cole waved a hand and the shadows disappeared, flying back to where they came from. He turned towards Eric, holding an energy ball. He threw it. It hit Eric right in the chest, sending him flying into a wall. With an angry snarl, Eric came back with twice as much power.
"We need to leave," I said to Wyatt and Chris.
When they didn't move, I shoved them both.
"Now," I growled.
They finally listened and I grabbed Chris's hand as we orbed out.
Payton's Pov
When I opened my eyes again, I looked around. We were back in the attic with everyone staring at us.
"Did it work?" Aunt Phoebe asked.
Patty and I nodded.
"She said she met someone named-"
"Amy Smith," Annabeth said, walking into the room with Percy and my mom behind her.
"Actually, yes. That's right," My brother said, turning to the blonde. "How did you know that?"
"She was a student at Magic School who was killed in an attack. An attack where a boy with blonde hair and hazel eyes led other kids his age with swords," Paige said.
"Sound familiar?" Annabeth asked.
"We need to talk to that girl," Penny said.
"Ally," Patience nodded in agreement.
"We'll try and wake her up," Penny said, leading her sister out of the room.
"Melinda mentioned an Amy. She was killed by that same boy. Only she said his name was Liam," I said.
"So we have a…demon?" Prue asked.
"No…I don't think so," Piper said.
"A demigod?" Thalia asked.
Annabeth nodded.
"Since he had a sword it would make sense for him to be familiar with the Gods. I'll contact Chiron and ask about rogue demigods," Annabeth said.
She, Percy, and Thalia left the room. I looked back to my Aunt Piper. She put the candles around in a circle and went back to the book of shadows.
"Beloved spirit Amy Smith,
We Seek Your Guidance.
We ask that You Commune
with Us and move among Us."
White lights started to form a ghostly figure and suddenly, there was a girl about my age with dirty-blonde hair pig-tails. She studied us with her blue eyes. Then, her mouth opened and a shrill scream came out.
"HELP! HELP ME! HE'S GOING TO GET ME! HELP!" She screamed.
"Hey! Hey! HEY!" Aunt Piper shouted at her.
Amy stopped and turned to look at Piper.
"She's his next victim. She looks like you. Your…daughter? He's going after her. She's going to die," Amy said, pointing at Melinda's body.
"Amy, what happened? How did you die?" Aunt Phoebe asked, stepping forward.
"The sword went right through my stomach," Her hands went down to her stomach and then up to her throat. "And he sliced my throat!"
"Who did it?" My mom asked.
"No! Get away! Stop him! Please help me! I need the necklace! PLEASE?" Amy sobbed.
"What the he-" I turned and saw Prue and Penny bringing Ally in.
"YOU HAVE TO RUN! YOU'RE NEXT!"
Amy screamed again until Aunt Piper blew out one of the candles and she disappeared in some smoke. I looked around.
"Well…that was helpful," Patty muttered.
"Wait…it actually was," Henry said.
He and I shared a look before saying together, "The necklace."
Melinda's Pov
I hit the ground with a thud, not even realizing it didn't hurt. I got up and looked around. I was the middle of a field with different flowers all around me.
"What the hell is this?" I asked.
"Still Asinto," A voice chimed from behind her.
I turned around to see Amy.
"You're not going to freak out on me and go all old and bloody again, right?" I asked.
"I have control for a moment. But you need to listen. You have to get that necklace and never take it off or else The Darkness will catch you and you'll die. You have to be very carefu-"
An earsplitting scream interrupted her and the flowers all died and turned brown and crumply. I looked around and noticed it had gotten darker. I heard a howl in the air and I tensed before looking back over at Amy. She was gone.
Nico's Pov
"What do you want?" I growled.
"I summoned you here for a reason, boy. You should be grateful to me," My father said.
"Why? Because you helped Cole and Eric and The Darkness?" I asked bitterly.
"No. Because of this," He snapped his fingers.
I looked around expectantly, but nothing happened. I turned back to him with a 'what the hell?' look.
"Your sister has it," My father said.
I froze and looked at Hades with an anxious expression.
"…Bianca?"
"Yes. Now be gone," He waved his hand dismissively.
I gave him one last suspicious glance before heading out of his castle and out to Elysium.
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"Nico?"
"Bianca," I breathed out.
She smiled at me.
"I knew you would come. He sent this to me. I do not know what it is though. You'll have to figure it out. I miss you," She told me.
"I miss you too…but what…I mean…"
Bianca handed me a necklace that had a black stone in the center.
"I know. Go save her, Nico. I know you can do it," Bianca said.
"But-"
"Go, Nico. Goodbye," She said.
"Bye," I mumbled.
She smiled once again before going back into the gates. I turned and jumped into a shadow.
Prue's Pov
We orbed in the same time Nico shadow travelled in.
"Cole's behind this!" I told my family.
"Cole? You saw him?" My mom demanded.
"Yes and he was staring at me because he's a pedophile!" I exclaimed.
They all looked at me with a weird expression. I rolled my eyes.
"I have better news," Nico said quietly.
All eyes turned to him. Slowly he held up the necklace. The metal casing of the necklace seemed to flash, as if daring you to touch it and the black stone was dangerously dark. I had to look away because of the way it affected me.
He walked over to Melinda and unclasped the necklace. He went behind her and slowly put it around her neck. He clasped it shut and let it go, so it was on her neck. She gasped and fell to the floor.
Chapter is finished! Until next time, my dears. And a big thank you to LunaIlluminara and iHATEfangirls for being the ONLY two people to review. And LunaIlluminara, thanks for letting me know I accidently put the wrong chapter up the first time. Wow, I'm such a dork. Hahaha anyway, until next time! Bye and please…PLEASE review. Thanks! OH! And if you want to see the necklace, go to my profile page! :)
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