Trapped in the Coven Chapter 9
Part 2
At the cafeteria in school, Sammie looked far away. She wasn't looking at anyone. She didn't engage in a conversation. No comments. No laughter. No emotion.
"Sammie?" Lily asked.
Sammie looked at Lily, still out of it.
"Are you okay?" Lily asked. "You've been quiet."
"I'm fine." Sammie said in a monotone voice.
When Lily and Charlotte left for the bathroom, Sammie blurted what was on her mind. She leaned in toward them.
"It's Aiden." Sammie said. "He's gone."
"Yeah I noticed that he's absent today." Holly said.
"No, I mean..." Sammie's eyes began to tear up. "I can feel that he is not alive."
Holly looked down. She stared at her plate. All the pain she was feeling suddenly going away... Did it happen again? Did she do this?
"Okay, if he was, wouldn't Charlotte have seen him?" Vincent asked.
Sammie nodded. "Right..." She still looked worried.
Vincent rubbed her shoulders.
"But after school I still want to check something." Sammie said.
Sammie constantly called and texted Aiden. No response. After school, she walked over to his house. His dad answered but he was no help.
"Where's Aiden?" Sammie asked.
"You tell me." His dad said.
"Is he here?" Sammie asked.
He sighed. "No. It's been quiet all day."
"Did you see him at all today?"
"No." He said. He grew more annoyed. "Goodbye." He shut the door.
The next at school, Ally approached Sammie at her locker. "Hey, um, have you seen Aiden?"
Sammie glared at her. "What's the matter? Worried he's bored of you?"
Ally looked at her seriously. "I haven't heard from him and he's not been to school. We have a math test today. He wouldn't miss it even if he has pneumonia."
Sammie closed her locker and leaned against it. "Perhaps I did see him. Last night. And he confided in me of his plans to leave this awful school. It's too much for him."
"Oh please. He would never drop out of school." Ally said.
"I guess you didn't know as you thought." Sammie sneered and slammed her locker door.
Sammie walked off leaving Ally to consider to her words. "Didn't?"
"I'm getting sick of this Sammie chick," Queenie said.
"Thank you." Hannah said.
Kate hid her smile.
At this time, the witches all had a container with popcorn in them, supplied by Delphine.
"I'm still so confused." Amy said. "Aiden didn't die."
"I'm confused too." Misty said. "You all went to the same school? You knew each other before coming to Robichaux?"
"Yeah, and what school did you guys even go to? This doesn't like anything in New Orleans." Zoe said.
"It's not important." Amy said.
"Is one of them a witch? Did they resurrect him?" Zoey asked. She pointed at the screen.
"None of them have that power." Kate said. "Not alone."
Madison turned to her. "What do you know?"
"You'll see soon enough." Kate said.
Amy sighed. "Or not."
Sammie and Lily went to the school library with their class that same day. They looked in the fantasy aisle of the library. Lily rambled on about a book she read recently. "The land of Scarro was such a good read. There's like 5 books in the series but it doesn't look like they have book 2. Ugh. Maybe it's been checked out already. I'll have to ask." Lily ranted. "I was so scared when Patricia died. She's the best character. Luckily there was this totem they found that could revive her. But that meant Cecelia had to die. Such a poetic moment. Balancing the scales."
Sammie blinked and looked at Lily. "What did you say?"
"Balancing the scales. It means you can't bring back someone without sacrificing another." Lily said. "But they also had to use this enchanted totem to make it work."
"Really?" Sammie asked. "Do you think such things could exist?"
Lily tilted her head. "It's just a story. Besides, such power would require multiple people, and a sacrifice."
"I know, I know. I was just curious." Sammie said.
"Liar." Madison commented.
Cordelia gave her a look.
Sammie met with Vincent and Holly at her house after school.
"And Lily said there was this magic object that would revive someone who was dead." Sammie said.
"It's just a story." Holly said.
"But it's not." Sammie said. She opened up her laptop and showed them an article with a photo of a crystal in it. "I was looking up magical stones and healing crystals.
This showed up. It's a resurrection crystal." She waited for them to ooh and awe.
Holly stared at her blankly and Vincent tilted his head.
Vincent looked closely at the article. "It's a scam. They just want your money."
"Well this one specifically isn't real. But if we buy any crystal, there's a recipe for a spell-"
"We are not real witches and wizards." Holly said. "What is this?"
Sammie closed her laptop. "I found Aiden."
"Where is he?" Vincent asked.
"Is he okay?" Holly asked.
Sammie took a deep breath. "I went to the candy store on Clark Avenue and I found him... around the side of the building... with a tarp over him... dead."
Holly looked down.
"Oh shit." Vincent said.
"You are the only ones who can know." Sammie said.
"What are you talking about?" Holly asked.
"Not even Lily or Charlotte?" Vincent asked.
"No. Tell no one about Aiden."
"People are going to find out." Holly said.
"They're not. Because we're going to bring him back." Sammie said.
"This white girl has lost her mind." Queenie said.
"She's so obsessed over this one guy and there's another one right in front of her." Madison said.
Hannah and Amy looked over at her.
"Well it's obvious Vincent likes her so forget about the boy who dumped you. Move on with Vincent." Madison said.
"If you girls keep talking, we're never going to finish this." Fiona said.
Sammie bought a crystal and prepared the spell. She used plants and herbs crush in a bowl and fill with water. She dunked the crystal in it for an hour. She worked in the kitchen at her house.
"Are you brewing a potion or making tea?" Holly teased her.
"Ha. Ha." Sammie said, unamused. "We have to make two stops after this. One at the candy store alley way. I hid his body in the trash bin. Then we go to someone's house to complete the spell."
"Are we breaking into their house?" Vincent asked.
She shook her head. "Once it's ready, it has to be used within 24 hours. You place the crystal over the sacrifice, then over the one you want to revive." Sammie explained.
"Sacrifice?" Holly asked.
"Yeah. I mentioned that didn't I?" Sammie said, nonchalantly.
Holly stared at Sammie afraid to asked.
"Whose house are we going to?" Vincent asked.
Sammie looked up at them. "You'll see."
The next scene was Sammie driving a car with Vincent and Holly inside and a large item covered in a black tarp in the trunk.
"Her parents are gone for the afternoon." Sammie said. "We'll have at least three hours."
Holly and Vincent shared an unsure look.
Sammie parked the car on the sidewalk by an unfamiliar house.
"Where are we?" Vincent asked.
"It's three doors down." Sammie said.
"So why don't we drive up there?" Holly asked, nervously.
It was a yellow two story house. No cars were in the driveway.
"We're waiting." Sammie said.
A few minutes later, the garage door opened and Hannah came out on her bike.
"No." Holly said.
"Relax. We're not touching Hannah." Sammie said.
Holly sighed with relief.
"We're going after her sister." Sammie said.
Hannah stood up from the couch.
Amy stared at the projection, unmoving.
Once Hannah was off the driveway and biked around the corner, Sammie drove the car up closer and turned off the engine. The garage door closed. She got out of the car and grabbed her large purse.
Vincent unbuckled his seatbelt and exited the vehicle next.
Holly remained paralyzed inside the car.
Sammie opened up the backseat door. "Come on Holly."
Holly slowly turned to her.
"Let's go." Sammie said. She grabbed Holly's arm and pulled her out of the car.
Sammie picked the lock to the from door and entered. Sammie walked up the steps and took a left turn. She entered the first room and found Ally. She was on her phone, lying on her bed.
Ally turned to see Sammie and stood up. "Samantha? What are you doing here?"
"You stole Aiden away from me." Sammie said.
Ally looked down. "It wasn't like that. He wasn't happy with you. He need support and you undermined him."
"I didn't have time to help him with homework. He was 16. He should know how to solve his own problems." Sammie said. "I was helping him."
"Was?" Ally asked. "You keep talking about him in past tense... is he dead?"
"Not for much longer." Sammie said. She pulled a knife out of her hand and hit Ally on the head with the butt end of it.
Ally woke up about fifteen minutes later. Her wrists her tried to her bedpost. Vincent he just finished tying her up. Ally flinched. "What are you doing?"
"I'm restoring balance in the world." Sammie said.
"You don't realize how badly you screwed up." Vincent said to Ally.
"I didn't steal him. He chose me." Ally said. "I know you blame me but isn't this a bit extreme?"
"He wouldn't even talk to me because of you." Ally said.
"That's not my fault. I didn't tell him he couldn't talk to you." Ally said.
"Just shut up." Vincent said.
"Where is Holly?" Sammie asked Vincent.
"She's downstairs, keeping watch." Vincent said.
Holly stared out the window. When she saw Hannah riding on her bike, towards the house, Holly panicked. She ran over to the garage and pulled her phone out. She texted Hannah: I need to talk to you. Meet me at the park. It's really important.
She looked out the window and saw Hannah read the text and continue down the road on her bike, going passed her house.
Hannah's face tightened. "I waited for over an hour for her."
Amy was still paralyzed, not moving, and hardly blinking.
Kate tucked her lips in and glanced at Hannah.
Holly joined Sammie and Vincent upstairs. Sammie held the knife in her hand. "For the ritual, she needs to be stabbed."
Vincent pulled Aiden's body up into the room and laid it on the floor.
"Oh my God," Ally cried. "Aiden."
"As she dies, he will be reborn. A life for a life." Sammie said.
"You said this would be a sacrifice." Holly said. "This is murder."
"What about me? What about..." Sammie held her belly. "I need him."
"Please don't do this." Ally begged.
Sammie handed the knife to Holly. "Would you like to do the honors?"
Holly held the knife in her hands. "No." She dropped it and left the room. She sat on the steps and covered her ears.
Vincent grabbed the knife and looked at Ally. "Are you sure about this?" He asked Sammie.
Sammie held his hand. "Yes."
"I don't think I can do this. I can't kill her... not even for you." Vincent said. He handed the knife to Sammie.
"Fine." Sammie gripped the knife and ran over to Ally, tied up on her bed, defenseless. Sammie climbed on the bed, mounted Ally, and stabbed her in the heart.
The girls in the livng room were silent. Harry covered her mouth with both hands.
"They did it." Amy said aloud. "You were right."
Hannah smirked. "I told you." Tears streamed down her face.
At this moment, Harry ran over to Hannah's side. Fiona didn't stop him.
"Holy shit," Zoey said.
"They killed your sister for that boy." Misty said.
"See? You're not so confused." Hannah said.
"Please tell me you got revenge on those assholes," Madison said.
"Just watch." Fiona urged them. "The video is not quite over yet,"
A few minutes later, Aiden gasped awake.
"Aiden!" Sammie shouted. She jumped over to him and held his head. "You're back. It worked."
He was pretty groggy. Sammie helped him stand up and he threw up in the brushes outside. She quickly guided him into her car.
Vincent took the bedsheets off Ally's bed and wrapped her up in them.
Holly had to help him with the body.
"Holly get over here!" Vincent called.
Holly slowly walked Ally's bedroom and saw all the bloody on her bedsheets.
"I need you help carrying this body." Vincent said.
"Her name's Ally." Holly said.
"She's dead. And if we don't want to get caught, you need to help me carry this out to the car!" Vincent shouted.
Holly gasped but helped him.
Once inside the car, Holly didn't talk for a while. No one did. Finally she said, "Hannah almost came back. But I texted her, saying I needed to meet her at the coffee shop."
Sammie nodded. "I can drop you off. We'll take care of the rest."
Vincent turned back to Holly. "Don't screw this up. Don't be suspicious. Pull yourself together. Even if that means being a bitch to your old friend."
Sammie watched on the screens. Her heart beat increased. She looked over at the door, making sure no one else would enter the room.
When Holly met up with Hannah, the visit was short. Holly said that she wanted to tell her that she was sorry for how things worked out between them and she wished Hannah the best.
"She knew then. She knew when she met me there! She knew my sister was as just murdered and she acted like nothing was wrong!" Hannah shouted. She stood up out of her seat.
Hannah went home later that day and found her sister gone. Her bedsheets were replaced. When Hannah's parents got home, they weren't too concerned. After three days, they called the police. A week later, Ally's body was found in a nearby lake. Hannah was devastated.
The experience brought the trio of killers together. Vincent spent more time keeping Holly from losing it. Sammie spending endless time with Aiden, who grieved when he heard the news.
Ally's death was ruled a suicide. Hannah didn't believe it. Or maybe she did. Either way, she blamed it on Aiden and Sammie initially.
The scene then changed to Hannah meeting Kate and Luke.
The scene changed again to Kate walking by Holly in the halls at school. That's when she felt it. Her fear. Fear of being caught. Arrested. For... murder... Ally!
Kate ran to find Hannah and told her. "Holly did it. She killed your sister."
Hannah fell to her knees. "No... You must have heard wrong. Why would she do that?"
"She wasn't alone." Kate said.
The video ended with that scene, leaving the witches to look at a blank screen.
***Note: To clarify the story: Sammie, Holly, and Vincent all worked together to kill Hannah's sister Ally. Kate knew it was them because of her power and told Hannah. Hannah, Kate, Luke, Amy, and Harry got revenge on them by placing them in scary movies, much like what they are experiencing. This torture casued Sammie to lose her baby, which Hannah and the others did not know about.