Bewitched

Ellie and the others decided to repair the kitchen. The rest of the day dragged on with Prometheus training Samantha on the deck of the boat. It was sunset and they were still training. I was sitting in a chair, watching them. Samantha was sweating but she didn't stop any of her attacks on Prometheus. She lunged at him and he quickly blocked her. Her sword, a navy colored hilt and a bright yellow lightning bolt design on it and a gold blade. The blade seemed to cut through even the air. Before she'd began practicing, we learned the swords name- Dunamas. The moment Samantha laid eyes on it, she mumbled its name and the word power. She seemed to have fallen in love with her gift.

Now, she walked over to me. She smiled and wiped some sweat from her forehead.

"Hey." She smiles, turning Dunamas into her necklace again.

"Hey." I grin back.

This lighting seemed to especially favor Samantha.

"I have a question." She said, looking away and blushing a bit.

"Yeah?" I ask, cocking my head to the side.

Prometheus had gone back to the rooms, probably to see Ellie.

"Will you stay in my room again tonight? Being in the water scares me because it's not my father's domain. I don't really feel protected."

"Yeah, and I'm sorry, Samantha."

"No, don't worry. With you around I do feel protected."

I don't recall ever smiling this big. Samantha looked down, smiling as well. The moment was ruined by a jet black crow flying by and grazing Samantha with it's Talons. Blood trickled down at a quick speed.

"Ouch!" She said loudly, holding her arm.

The crow cawed as it flew away. I stood up and put my arms on Samantha's shoulders.

"Are you O.K?" I ask, looking at her with concern.

"Yeah, it just hurt pretty bad."

"Alright, lets get back to the others."

~X~X~X~

Samantha had went and showered after a few minutes of talking with the others and I went back to the room. I sat on the bed and stared off into space until she came back, fully dressed in a tee shirt and shorts and her hair already blow-dried. I went to shower after her and once I was done, I got dressed as well, and then went to the room. Samantha was already asleep by the time I got back. I climbed into the bed beside her and drifted off into sleep.

I woke up in the middle of the night, finding Samantha standing in front of me, out of the bed. Her eyes were glowing but this time it was all of her eyes- the whites and all. They weren't even glowing a bright blue, it was like a sickly one. She looked lifeless. She gripped her necklace, the one with Dunamas, and pulled it. Dunamas appeared and she raised it high. She looked like she was fighting herself. She slowly raises the sword down on me but she also kept pulling it back up. She was mumbling something with difficulty.

"Samantha, go back to sleep." I mumbled, only half-awake.

"Run. Run. G-get away. Run, T-Tyler, get away." She mumbled out, bringing the sword down faster.

I barely had enough time to roll out of the way. I stood up from the bed and stared into her lifeless eyes. I was definitively awake now.

"Samantha, are you O.K? Samantha, what's wrong?"

"T-Tyler, save you-yourself."

She swung her sword again, but I ducked. I almost lost my head.

"Samantha!" I yelled.

She swung again.

"Ty-Tyler." She whispered, before swinging again. "I can't stop. I can't con-control myself. Stop her, save me, Tyler."

"Stop who, Samantha?" I ask, dodging her blade once more. I wouldn't be able to keep this up for long.

"I'm possessed, T-Tyler."

"Perry! Harvey!" I yelled their names at least six more times until they showed up, half-asleep in my room.

"What do you-"

"Duck!"

Perry ducked just in time. They both turned and saw Samantha. They looked awake, now.

"She's possessed." Harvey mumbled.

"What gave it away? The eyes? The life-lessness? Oh, I know. Maybe it's the fact that's she's trying to freaking murder us!" I yelled in their faces.

"O.K, I can see how you're upset."

"Perry, shut up and help me!" Harvey groaned.

He was chanting something, making weird hand signs. Perry turned from me and joined in. Samantha raised her blade at me and then dropped it as they finished. Her eyes stopped glowing and then they closed. She fell forward and I caught her.

"What the hell just happened?! I want the truth, and I want it now." I yelled, holding Samantha in my arms.

"She was possessed." Perry shrugged.

"By who?"

"Well it wasn't the person who put the spell on her. There are two forces at work. We believe it was Melanie possessing her."

"But who made the spell, Perry?!"

"Well, Melanie could have but I highly-"

"Perry, answer me right now."

Perry sighed deeply and his eyes showed shame.

"It was our mother, Hecate."

~X~X~X~

I knew I didn't like Harvey in the beginning but Perry seemed cool. Hell, I'd even come to trust them both after I learned that Medusa was controlling Harvey and that they wouldn't hurt Samantha because something about their father so I never really imagined me punching one of them in the face until it happened. Perry glared at me harder than I'd seen him glare whilst Harvey just stood in shock. I'd never punched anyone before I'd punched Perry but I had a feeling that he'd have a black eye. He hadn't hit me back. He would have but he looked down and saw Samantha in my arms and he backed away. I'd forgotten all about her and I know that wasn't fair, so I lifted her and handed her to Harvey.

"Go ahead, hit me." I said, standing up. "You obviously can't stand me and I obviously don't quite favor you at the moment, either."

"I'm not going to hit you." Perry said with clenched teeth.

I never even took in how old this kid was. I could be trying to pick a fight with someone older than Brandon and I'd never know at this point.

"Why not?"

"Samantha wouldn't want me to." He says, walking over to Samantha and Harvey.

"Leave Samantha out of this. You're the ones who knew she was getting cursed." I said through clenched teeth.

"No we didn't! Our mother may love us but she doesn't care for our friends or even our half/step siblings!" Perry seemed to scream it out.

Harvey had backed away from us, holding Samantha. He was obviously wanting to keep her out of danger. It was funny because he was the one that almost killed her when he was possessed, as well. I thought about what he said about Hecate. My mother was nice and had a kind heart. She couldn't not care for my friends- hell, she treats them as her own. I couldn't imagine having a mother like Hecate. Then the last part of his sentence got to me.

"What do you mean half/step siblings?" I ask, breathing in slowly.

Perry and Harvey look at each other, and then back to me.

"Tyler," Harvey begins, looking down at Samantha, then to Perry and finally back to me. "We're Samantha's brothers."