A/N: I own new characters and ideas but make no money from writing.
Another two weeks had passed, there was still no new information about Matthias or Esmerelda. Lana and her family were torn apart, they had no one else to turn to. McGonagall had already tried to extract Adrions memories but they were gone, it's as if someone had already taken them from him but in a way he would never remember the things that happened. It was dark magic at work.
I was sitting with Cruella and Lindell outside, Friday afternoons were supposed to be chill and happy but lately there was always a hum of depression. "We all feel horrible for missing your birthday" Ell said, Ella agreed. "You should have reminded us or something, we have to set aside a day to celebrate your birthday. You're 17, that's big!"
"ZELENA!" I bolted up after screaming in surprise. Cruella and Lindell both fell over with a shriek, my scream had that effect on people. Adrion and Lana were jogging up to me, out of breath.
"Yall okay?" I asked unsure of why they looked to be freaking out.
"No but we will be. We were reading some stuff in the library and one thing was about vampires and hybrids. Well, we learned that they can track someone once they smell their blood. The blood on the cloth I was holding before being taken to the hospital it wasn't mine, it's Matthias'." Adrion managed to say between pants, running with me every morning was helping but not enough obviously.
Their eyes were bugging out, Lana gave me a hopeful look. I sighed, "Yall want to sniff a bloody cloth and then take yall on a hunt for your brother." So far I had avoided smelling anyone's blood that wasn't already inside their body but that was masked by their natural smell so it wasn't as tempting.
Cruella grabbed my arm and pulled me closer to her, "I know you guys want to find Matthias and Esme but I think that's a little too much to ask of her. She has never smelt human blood before, if you two were paying attention I think you'd notice just how afraid she just looked."
I shook my head but gave her a grateful look, "Finding them is more important than my comfort, I'll never know how much control I have and I'll never be able to learn how to control myself if I never try. I'll do it…just wait till tonight."
Cruella huffed and crossed her arms across her chest, she was giving Lana and Adrion the death glare. "I'm gonna take a nap, you guys should too. In case you have to run"
With that Cruella, Lindell, and I left. "They have good intentions, don't stay mad Cruella" she said to her cousin.
"I know but they didn't think about she would react or what could happen, they're clueless."
"I want to help, I know what I'm getting myself in to. They've helped me so I'm going to do what I can to help them." I nudged Cruella, she nodded but still looked upset.
I knew Cruella didn't like that they were using me, especially in this way. I also knew that she was scared of that part of me, rightfully so. I didn't know if I could control myself enough to not hurt someone, this whole thing could end horribly. But I had to try, there was still a chance everything could go fine and I end up finding Esme and Matthias. If Cruella was scared of the turnout then she could stay here with Lindell, as far as I knew she had a date tonight.
Lindell went to her common room so she could shower and get some work done before her date. She hugged me tightly and wished me luck.
Cruella and I continued walking to the Slytherin portrait, "Ella, you know if you're scared of how everything will turn out tonight you don't have to go."
She wiped around, her curls just barely missing my face. "I am scared, scared I'll lose you to this darkness that was thrust upon you. There has yet to be a vampire that wasn't born of pure evil and there are near no hybrids. I'm scared but I am not going to abandon you, I'm going to be there for you. You told me how alone you've been your whole life but now you aren't alone and I'm going to keep it that way because you make me feel like I'm not alone either." Her face was scrunched up with frustration, anger, and sadness. Fear was not existent at the moment. Her nose twitched whenever she was sad, it was cute and it made it where she couldn't lie about how she felt.
I hugged her close, "Thank you Ella" she sniffled before hugging me back.
After a long shower Cruella sprawled out on her bed and fell asleep, she could not sleep in any other position. It made me wonder how she would ever be able to sleep in the same bed as someone else, one of her arms and one of her legs would always be on the other person and probably half of her body. I snorted trying to keep my giggles in picturing it.
Matilda came in and glared at me, "Lesbian" she muttered in distaste. A second later Belladonna attacked her, she was flailing and trying to pry her claws from her arm and face, I recorded it the whole time. Ella would love to see this.
Eventually Belladonna let go and curled up on her little kitty bed, Matilda ran from the room crying.
It was almost 9 when Ella was poking me awake, "You snore like a baby. And drool." she said as she saw me coming to, "Now get up and get dressed, your boyfriend and Lana are waiting for us." I had almost forget that he was my boyfriend, we had barely even talked since he asked me out and definitely haven't hung out. But of course I was going to let that go because of everything going on lately.
I groaned in response and let myself fall off the bed then crawled to the bathroom, as I did Cruella tried to control her giggles since Matilda was sleeping. "Look at the video on my phone" I whisper screamed once I was in the bathroom.
I quickly changed and brushed through my hair before walking out, Ella was petting Belladonna. "Ready?" I asked, she nodded and we left.
We met Lana and Adrion at the edge of the forbidden forest, they looked like they had just woken up and were barely able to get dressed. "Hey guys" I said, I kissed Adrions cheek but he seemed too distracted to even notice.
"Okay, sniff this" he said thrusting out the rag. I sighed, Cruella glared at him and even Lana looked a little disturbed by his behavior.
*Cruellas p.o.v
Zelena looked distraught the whole way down to the forbidden forest, I tried to talk to her but she didn't seem to be paying any attention. I knew she was even more scared than I was and I doubt what I had said earlier helped at all. I felt bad that I couldn't seem to offer her any help, she needed it.
Adrion seemed nervous and jumpy, it was the first thing I noticed when we reached them. Lana seemed like her normal self, as normal as she could be when her girlfriend and brother were missing and was about to entrust a half vampire to sniff a bloody rag and find them. Zelena stepped towards Adrion after offering an awkward greeting, she kissed his cheeky but he hardly seemed to notice. "Here, sniff this" he thrust out the rag without greeting his girlfriend. He hadn't even acted like she was his girlfriend since making a big deal about it to practically everyone. I wanted to skin him alive.
I noticed I must have been giving him some pretty harsh looks but Lana was as well, she looked disturbed by her brothers' lack of love, care, and empathy for his girlfriend. "Are you okay Zelena? I'm sorry for how we acted earlier, we just were a little too eager. If you don't want to risk so much or if this is way out of your comfort zone then we understand and we can continue looking for another way to find them."
I smiled, finally she was seeing what was right. Adrion huffed and shook the rag at Zelena. "There is no other way, I'm sorry but we have to find my brother before something bad happens to him. Zelena, you're strong enough. Stop acting like you're not, let's go"
His voice was harsh, there are some that would view his words as rational and complimentary but they weren't. They were meant to hurt and make her feel horrible, they were taunting and made her take a step back from him.
"I'm not acting Adrion, I don't know if I'll be able to do this. I don't know if I can control myself. What if I hurt somebody or I can't track them? I don't know what will happen."
It was obvious that she was trying to stay calm, a lot calmer than I was willing to be. I know if he didn't love him she would be all over his ass, making him feel just how hurt she was whether it was his fault at all.
"No." I snarled, she turned to me as soon as I spoke. "You're lucky she loves you or you'd be withering on the ground in agony and begging to die. I don't know what has been wrong with you since you were cursed but you better fucking snap out of it before I do what she isn't willing to do, I don't care if you're family. I won't tolerate her mistreatment."
Lana made her agreement known before Adrion gave us a look that I'd make him regret later.
This whole time Zelena was holding her breath, he was still holding the rag dangerously close to her face. "I can do it" she finally said after leaving us in awkward silence for I don't really know how long but it felt like forever.
She took the rag and held it to her nose, drew in a long breath from her nose, and within seconds she was running through the forbidden forest. "Oh yay, the forbidden forest is where they are" Lana groaned.
It was difficult to come close to catching up with Zelena, even though she was only a hybrid she had the strength and speed of a pureblood vampire. We lost sight of her more times than we could count, she didn't leave much damage in her path so if we did completely lose her I doubt any of us would be able to track her.
Two hours of chasing past, we ended up in a large clearing, I was out of breath and literally felt like I was dying. For some reason she had started to slow down to a normal jogging pace. As I got close to Zelena I noticed that she wasn't out of breath and hadn't broke a sweat, I still found it crazy…scary how much she was capable of. I heard Adrion and Lana yelling, I looked up to see a tall and dark figure with his hands on both Esmeraldas and Matthias' head, black smoke was curling around them and pooling around his hands.
I looked to Zelena, she had a double set of fangs and her eyes were completely black. She walked forward, eyeing the figure curiously. I walked forward with her, I wasn't about to let her go near that thing alone and it didn't look like her shit-faced boyfriend was going to make any move to and Lana was shaking with fear for both her life and her families.
The figure let Matthias and Esme drop to the forest floor, Zelena darted forward and latched onto both of them. It made their landing a lot softer and I'm sure she saved them from broken bones.
We ran forward and took them off of her, she was wriggling and breathing heavily. "Zelena?" I questioned, Lana looked worried as she noticed Zelenas appearance. "We need to get her out of here and alone, a hot shower and something that'll mask the scent of blood.
I turned back to Zelena but she was gone, there was no sign as to which way she went either. "Fuck" I muttered but walked to help Lana and Adrion, he didn't seem to care at all. It probably shouldn't have bothered me this much and I probably shouldn't notice everything bad he's doing to her but that's all I can notice about him lately. We use to be close, we're family, but somethings changed and I couldn't figure out what it was.
I helped Lana carry Esme out of the forest, we were too worried about needing our wands to protect ourselves that we didn't dare try using it to levitate their unconscious bodies.
"No, we don't know where she is or where she could have gone. I've already told you this." McGonagall sighed as she paced in front of the three of us.
"You three have no idea just how dangerous what you have done is, Zelena is out there alone and could not only hurt herself but could hurt someone else without meaning to. That poor girl has enough on her conscious, enough death on her mind. Not to mention there are vampire hunters and you three have basically thrown her to the wolves! They won't care that she's a hybrid, they won't care that she has never killed another living thing! You three have sealed her certain doom. I couldn't be more infuriated and disappointed. I must immediately send a search party, if I can find one that will cooperate knowing she is a hybrid."
My heart shattered at her words, I can't believe I let her go through with this. If she died or killed someone it'd be our fault, we did this to her and let her run away. I can't image how much pain she's in, if she's even alive to feel it.
Lana started hyperventilating, tears forming in her eyes. I was panicking more than I ever have before but Adrion only looked slightly distraught. "She won't hurt anyone, maybe she'll get killed, or maybe some other vampire will find her and make her his little minion" he said it so nonchalantly that I snapped.
I launched myself at him and pressed my wand to his throat as I muttered the word "Crucio"
Lana desperately tried to pull me off as McGonagall tried to counteract the curse, I was seething with more anger than I have ever felt and I couldn't bring myself to understand why. But I know she deserved someone so much better than him.
Lana hauled me out as Adrion was taken to the infirmary. "To your dorms, now!" headmistress ordered. Without hesitation I stormed to my dorm, her bed was still empty. It was nearing two in the morning, this whole process had taken a lot longer than I had noticed.
I sat on her bed, shaking uncontrollably, I might have just caused her death. I could have stopped her from running off, I could have stopped her from agreeing to do this stupid thing in the first place. I had faith that she wouldn't kill anyone but I trusted no one else, people would kill a vampire without a second thought of the life they lead and what impact their death would have.
I knew from long late night talks that Zelena didn't want a magical job, she wanted a muggle job. She had a great passion for something that she couldn't just leave behind because of its muggle properties. She found magic in this muggle job, I understood why. Magic was everywhere, she taught me that.
I pushed my limits too far today, we forced her to push past hers. They would have been found, they were probably going to be left in that clearing. They would have been fine but now Zelena wouldn't be, I was terrified to say the least. Terrified of that part of her and terrified of what might become of her.
Thanks for reading, review maybe? What do yall think is going to happen next? Who should each character be with?
