Author's Note: (My computer broke down and so I was waiting to get it fixed, but that doesn't seem to be happening anytime soon. So I apologize for the tardiness of this chapter. I hope you like it. It is the final one. Finally huh?)

Chapter 28

I wasn't sure on what to do after seeing what I had just seen. The difference in what I had known, what I expected. My feet were unable to move so that I could run away, but the thought didn't go through my mind. The only thoughts that occurred to me were regretful ones. I felt guilty, extremely guilty at what was happening. I was at fault. What had happened to Fedrick's body was my fault. Everything had actually been my fault, and only mine alone. If I had not appeared at the school, Spencer's, nothing of this would have happened. They would have all lived their normal lives. I wished that for their sake, but at the bottom of my heart I was happy I had met them. They had filled and still filled my empty life. I had found a relative! My brother, Tyler.

The thoughts kept going through my head, but also memories. Many happy memories were passing through. They seemed far away at that precise moment and they were getting even farther away. Memories of when I had first met them at the beach party with Trissa. The ones where Reid would act crazy. Maybe at the moment I didn't find them so happy, I didn't know they would affect me, but now I knew better. I needed and did not want to forget those memories. They were a distraction at the moment though, I needed to reduce on what to do. The first thing that came to mind was to fight it, the being in front of me. I had previously told it to kill me if it wanted to, but how ungrateful would that have been towards the guys? They had helped me, more than once risked their lives for me, and I was just going to leave them like that? No way!

I regained my ability to function properly and think what I wanted to think. I was a pretty good fighter, even without magic, I had been trained by my father who he himself used his magic when fighting me, when I still had nine, and I was going to use that to my advantage. Seeing as having turned around to get a look at it had given me an opening I took it. I took one step back, for enough space, and I threw a kick. The kick was aimed to the side of its head, right at the temple. That should have confused it for a few moments, giving me time to get back and get ready for a fight. It didn't do much of what I had expected it to do though. It only moved his head with the hit and brought it right back. It seemed to me that I had managed to get it out of its good mood. Well getting hit in the temple might do that right? It reached out and grabbed me by the neck. It dangled me just above the floor. I couldn't touch the floor and even less breath. The grip was too strong, there was no way that with my normal strength I was going to be able to get out of it. My breath was fading and I had began to lose strength, my vision was blurry and I couldn't kick anymore, I didn't have the force. I closed my eyes just waiting for the pain of a broken neck or just the fear of a goodbye, but what came wasn't that, out was a pull. Someone had knocked it down and had got me free.

"Are you ok?" A much less deeper and soothing voice asked, which I recognized as Tyler's.

"Yeah..." I coughed out as I rubbed my neck. It hurt and it was still hard to breath. It still felt as if the group was still there, just that not with as much force as before. I coughed for a bit too open up my throat. I looked up and around to find the others. They had surrounded the thing and were going turns holding out back. "Wait... this is my fight!" I did my best to shout, but it only came out as my regular voice. I got up and went over to them, pulling them away. "I'll do it."

I took the chance of it being down and hit it with a first on the temple again. After that I thought it would be smart to try and take the ring away, but it wasn't. I kept forgetting I didn't have my old strength and magic. When I got close to it, it repelled my with a blast that sent me flying across the room. When my back hit the wall a loud complaint left my lips. My head bounced back and got the wall too. I collapsed to the floor holding it. "Ugh, that hurt" I mumbled, but ran back with force to it, just to be thrown back to the side wall with just a smack of the hand. I coughed out blood. I could feel the warmth of it fill my blood and it was such a disgusting taste that I just had to spit it out.

"Stop! We will do it" I heard Reid say.

"No, I have to do this. I have to fix what I created" I responded, standing back up and dusting myself off.

"B- but" he began.

"But nothing, just get out of the way, Reid!" I shouted, gesturing for him to move from in front of me. He did so and I took my stand again. I prepared for another charge, but before I could it moved faster than I could keep up. In no time it was right behind me. I turned around, hoping to turn around in time before anything, but as I turned I walked right into the knife. "Ghh" I gulped as I felt it go in. I tightened my jaw and pulled away grabbing around the newly opened wound.

"Oh did that hurt?" It mocked with a smile.

I didn't answer, I just kept concentrated on the wound. I didn't show any weakness or sign of pain. I smiled at it and straightened myself. I began to walk to it again, not caring about it. I was thinking of what I would next when I felt a sudden spreading feeling right at the wound.

"Did you really think I would only give a wound and leave it like that? No, you should never think that about me. It has a little something of a liquid. It spreads through the body and starts to kill it from the inside."

I knew fear showed out my face because the smile that formed was full of happiness and wickedness. I couldn't walk anymore. I fell to the floor clasping the wound. It had begun to burn around our. The burning feeling also began to spread out. I tried very hard to not shout out our scream in pain, but that was hard. The feeling was unimaginably painful and it spread fast. I tossed and turn on the floor, but that didn't work. I couldn't even take in my surroundings anymore. I couldn't see, hear, or even feel. I didn't know if it was attacking the others or if it was getting attacked. All I could feel was the pain and hear my screams and moans in pain. That was until I heard a man's pain, it sounded as Fedrick's. Was he fighting it? I wasn't sure.

After some time I felt someone pick my head up and ready it on something soft. My vision was blurry from some tears that had escaped from the pain. I shut my eyes tight to let the rest Stan down my face and looked up at the person. It was Reid so I asked weakly at him, trying to look fine, but I truly wasn't. I was in great pain and knew it was it. I wasn't afraid, I am not afraid off death, only if leaving behind what I love. Seeing the pain in his face welled up some more tears on my face. "Hehe... don't do that, you'll make me sad!" I said smacking him, but I could barely even raise my hand.

He tried returning his confident and cheerful smile, but tears were running down his face to, I couldn't bare it so I held my breath in order to not start crying there and then. "How about a song?" I asked.

"You want me to sing to you?" He asked back.

"No, me to you."

He nodded.

"Come, stop your crying, it will be alright. Just take my hand, hold it tight..." I began, but I couldn't speak much and he kept going.

"I will protect you from all around you. I will be here, don't you cry.

For one so small,
You seem so strong
My arms will hold you,
Keep you safe and warm
This bond between us
Can't be broken
I will be here
Don't you cry

'Cause you'll be in my heart
Yes, you'll be in my heart
From this day on
Now and forever more

You'll be in my heart
No matter what they say
You'll be here in my heart, always

Why can't they understand the way we feel?
They just don't trust what they can't explain
I know we're different but deep inside us
We're not that different at all

And you'll be in my heart
Yes, you'll be in my heart
From this day on
Now and forever more

Don't listen to them
'Cause what do they know (what do they know)?
We need each other
To have, to hold.
They'll see in time
I know

When destiny calls you
You must be strong (you gotta be strong)
I may not be with you
But you've got to hold on
They'll see in time
I know
We'll show them together

'Cause you'll be in my heart
Yes, you'll be in my heart
I'll be there from this day on,
Now and forever more

Oh, you'll be in my heart (you'll be here in my heart)
No matter what they say (I'll be with you)
You'll be here in my heart (I'll be there), always
Always
I'll be with you
I'll be there for you always
Always and always
Just look over your shoulder
Just look over your shoulder
Just look over your shoulder.."

As he finished, the last part became very low as the pain grew. I could only concentrate on the pain. I couldn't stay still anymore. Add I tossed around I could see the blood I was leaving. I closed my eyes and just felt the pain reach its finale. I tightened my body and breathed deeply to keep from screaming. I did until the end because everything went dark after that. Everything faded and no more pain was felt. I would have thought heaven was a much brighter place, but no it is just quiet and peaceful.