Chapter 25 – The battle, part 2
In Bella's mind, a door opened and a silver light dawned. Like the moon coming out of a shadow, it illuminated everything. She understood what she should do now. Suddenly, she felt as if a long line of witches were standing behind her. She was only the last, only one of them, and all their knowledge was hers. Their knowledge and their power. Words rose to her lips.
"Power of moon have I over thee,"
she said shakily. Balcoin stared at her, seeming to recoil.
"Power of moon have I over thee,"
Bella repeated, more strongly.
"Power of sun have I over thee."
Balcoin stepped back. Bella stepped forward, searching for the next words in her mind. But she didn't say them. A voice said them for her, a voice behind her.
"Power of stars have I over thee"
It was Diana, her dark hair stirred as if she stood in a wind. Next to her stood Angela who came to stand behind Bella, tall and proud.
"Power of planets have I over thee."
"Power of tides have I over thee"
Ariel said in a clear voice standing next to Adam
"Power of rain have I over thee,"
said Adam.
"Power of water have I over thee"
two more voices joined. Shawn's eyes widened comically seeing his twin friends.
"Power of wind have I over thee,"
Dana said. Jake joined her, his eyes cold and angry.
"Power of fire have I over thee."
And Lewis.
"Power of leaf have I over thee"
"Power of root have I over thee."
Tom and Jerry spoke together. Melissa followed
"Power of rock have I over thee."
They were all here, all joining Bella, adding their voices to hers. And Balcoin was cowering before them.
"Power of thunder have I over thee"
"Power of lightning have I over thee,"
shouted Luke.
"Power of dew have I over thee,"
Shawn stepped towards the group taking his place on the right side of Bella.
"Power of blood have I over thee!"
Balcoin was against the red wall of the house now, and he looked shrunken. His features had lost definition, and the red glow had died, leaving him black in reality. But there were only seventeen voices; the Original Circle v2 wasn't complete. And only a full Circle could stand against this man.
Suddenly Balcoin straightened. He took a step toward them, and Bella's breath caught.
"Power of fire have I over thee!"
a husky voice cried, and he fell back. In astonishment, Bella looked at
Faye. The tall girl seemed to have gained height as Balcoin had lost it, and she looked every inch a barbarian queen as she stood glaring at him. Then she moved to stand beside Bella.
"sorry, I forgot my shoes"
she said in her husky tone, Bella was about to laugh aloud when the last voice joined them
"Power of darkness have I over thee,"
Cassie said, each word a stabbing knife. hot tears were pouring down her cheeks as she stood on Bella's left creating a unique image or the two black silk shifts surrounding her white one.
"now go to hell!"
Bella swore. Like a solar flare with the energy of the entire Circle driving it, a bright white light drove out of the three descendants and straight into Balcoin, focused and intensified, with all the power of Earth and Water combined. And this time when the skull exploded it was in a shattering rain of crystals.
There was a scream that Bella would never forget. Then the floor of the house at the beach disappeared from under her feet
the salty air made Bella open her eyes gingerly. the whole beach lot was filled with teenagers in various positions. in the midst of them all laid Charlie his upper body marred with numerous small cuts
"daddy?"
Bella whispered and she crawled to him and began shaking him.
"Charlie!"
she shouted crying shaking him hard until his chocolate brown eyes opened.
"bells? what are you wearing? cover up!"
his daddy instincts took over as he shrugged out of his light jacket and covered her before any of the guys in the large group woke up. Bella chuckled and she hugged him fiercely tears sliding down her eyes.
"what happened?"
he asked again. Bella shook her head.
"ask me after we make sure everyone's safe"
he nodded and shakily they both stood up. his jacket was long on Bella but still didn't even touch the slit on her leg making him shake his head. He hoped she had packed pants with her!
they walked from person to person together and shook them to make sure they were all alright. And they were. Apart from a few scrapes, and cuts from the exploding crystal skull and Charlie along with Bella, Cassie and Shawn were also covered with the thick, white, glue-like liquid that was supposed to be Edward's bodily fluids.
Cassie wiped it off her upper body gagging with Tom's help. Shawn was coughing badly seated next to them with Faye helping him stand. Luke wrapped his arms around Bella. All around the three siblings were the rest of their respective circles standing in pairs. Diana and the twin with the shaggy hair, Chris, Melissa and Adam, Angela and Lewis, Ariel and Jerry, Lana and the other twin, Doug, Tom with Lana and Jake with Dana.
Charlie shook his head
"I feel like a presenter of dating shows"
he muttered under his breath and sat back down on the now warm sun to look at the moon. The eclipse was over