A/N can I point out that I am aware that this story isn't authentic to the
1800s; this is just a fic about Cole and his parents.
Part 11
Electra waited until Ben wandered into the forest before stepping out of her hiding place. She cast a
quick invisibility spell over herself and started after him.
Ben stopped in a clearing and looked around. He was definitely lost- he rarely needed to go through
this route, so he didn't need to know this pathway. Stupid wagon. Now what?
In exasperation, he groaned and sat down on a nearby tree stump. Of course, being mortal and all, he
never sensed Electra leaning on a neighbouring hawthorn.
Elizabeth sent Cole to his room to play while she paced up and down the family room. Her mind was
racing- she loved and trusted Ben: two emotions that she hadn't felt for Electra and Sgáth for years.
Why should she question Ben's love and devotion now due to some lie that was made up by two
demons in a pathetic attempt to sway her back to evil?
But was it really a lie?
Elizabeth dismissed the thought as soon as it entered her mind. How could she think that? Her parents
must have got to her even more so than she had realized. Unless they were somehow messing with her
mind.
You know that isn't true.
Damn it! Why could she shut up that annoying voice in her head? If she could meet it, she would: she
would tie it down and slap it silly. Obviously, there was some really twisted part of her that was willing
to believe her demonic parents. She didn't have to worry about anything.
Go check up on him- you know you want to.
"Nothing. There's nothing to worry about. Nothing, nothing, nothing." Elizabeth muttered to herself,
"You love him. You trust him- and he does to you. He would never hurt you."
Use your magic. Track him. Watch him and reveal the truth.
Without thinking, she shimmered out. Sgáth looked upon Dakan's first step to becoming a demon once
more and smiled.
She's here.
Electra's senses prickled when she felt her Dakan shimmer in. She moved out of Ben's viewing range
and removed her invisibility spell. In its place, she put a glamour on herself: now she looked like a
young blonde woman. She stepped back, awaiting her cue.
Elizabeth blinked and looked around, finding herself in the woodland outside the Smythe's home. Then
she spotted Ben in the clearing. What was he doing there? Could her parents be right?
Ben looked up upon hearing a crunching sound. The last thing he expected was to see Elizabeth
standing there,
"Elizabeth!" He exclaimed, standing up, "What are you doing here?"
"I could ask you the same question." Elizabeth replied flatly, not answering Ben's question.
"There was a mix up at the Smythe's. I wasn't needed there today. I'm here now..." Ben gestured
around him, indicating the forest, "... because a wagon crashed in the-"
"Honey!" Taking her cue, Electra walked out from her hiding place and cut off Ben's sentence. She
kissed his cheek, "Imagine seeing you here!"
Ben stepped back in surprise,
"Who are you?"
"Yes. Do tell." Elizabeth demanded, feeling her heart tear apart. Electra winked at her,
"He plays this game a lot. I'm Claudia." She turned back to Ben, "The mother of his daughter."
"WHAT!?" Ben and Elizabeth screeched at the same time. Electra turned back to Elizabeth,
"I found out this morning. Isn't it great? Who are you?"
"I'm Elizabeth. Ben's wife."
"Elizabeth..." Electra looked upwards as if trying to recall the name, "Ah, yes. Ben told me about you:
the delusional woman who thought you guys were together."
"Liz- I never said that." Ben finally managed to speak, "I don't even know this woman." Elizabeth
shook with fury. Without saying anything, she flung out her hand, releasing an energy ball and killing
Claudia,
"Not anymore, you don't." She said simply and walked off. Ben stared after her with a mixture of
confusion, anger, regret and fear on his face.
Part 11
Electra waited until Ben wandered into the forest before stepping out of her hiding place. She cast a
quick invisibility spell over herself and started after him.
Ben stopped in a clearing and looked around. He was definitely lost- he rarely needed to go through
this route, so he didn't need to know this pathway. Stupid wagon. Now what?
In exasperation, he groaned and sat down on a nearby tree stump. Of course, being mortal and all, he
never sensed Electra leaning on a neighbouring hawthorn.
Elizabeth sent Cole to his room to play while she paced up and down the family room. Her mind was
racing- she loved and trusted Ben: two emotions that she hadn't felt for Electra and Sgáth for years.
Why should she question Ben's love and devotion now due to some lie that was made up by two
demons in a pathetic attempt to sway her back to evil?
But was it really a lie?
Elizabeth dismissed the thought as soon as it entered her mind. How could she think that? Her parents
must have got to her even more so than she had realized. Unless they were somehow messing with her
mind.
You know that isn't true.
Damn it! Why could she shut up that annoying voice in her head? If she could meet it, she would: she
would tie it down and slap it silly. Obviously, there was some really twisted part of her that was willing
to believe her demonic parents. She didn't have to worry about anything.
Go check up on him- you know you want to.
"Nothing. There's nothing to worry about. Nothing, nothing, nothing." Elizabeth muttered to herself,
"You love him. You trust him- and he does to you. He would never hurt you."
Use your magic. Track him. Watch him and reveal the truth.
Without thinking, she shimmered out. Sgáth looked upon Dakan's first step to becoming a demon once
more and smiled.
She's here.
Electra's senses prickled when she felt her Dakan shimmer in. She moved out of Ben's viewing range
and removed her invisibility spell. In its place, she put a glamour on herself: now she looked like a
young blonde woman. She stepped back, awaiting her cue.
Elizabeth blinked and looked around, finding herself in the woodland outside the Smythe's home. Then
she spotted Ben in the clearing. What was he doing there? Could her parents be right?
Ben looked up upon hearing a crunching sound. The last thing he expected was to see Elizabeth
standing there,
"Elizabeth!" He exclaimed, standing up, "What are you doing here?"
"I could ask you the same question." Elizabeth replied flatly, not answering Ben's question.
"There was a mix up at the Smythe's. I wasn't needed there today. I'm here now..." Ben gestured
around him, indicating the forest, "... because a wagon crashed in the-"
"Honey!" Taking her cue, Electra walked out from her hiding place and cut off Ben's sentence. She
kissed his cheek, "Imagine seeing you here!"
Ben stepped back in surprise,
"Who are you?"
"Yes. Do tell." Elizabeth demanded, feeling her heart tear apart. Electra winked at her,
"He plays this game a lot. I'm Claudia." She turned back to Ben, "The mother of his daughter."
"WHAT!?" Ben and Elizabeth screeched at the same time. Electra turned back to Elizabeth,
"I found out this morning. Isn't it great? Who are you?"
"I'm Elizabeth. Ben's wife."
"Elizabeth..." Electra looked upwards as if trying to recall the name, "Ah, yes. Ben told me about you:
the delusional woman who thought you guys were together."
"Liz- I never said that." Ben finally managed to speak, "I don't even know this woman." Elizabeth
shook with fury. Without saying anything, she flung out her hand, releasing an energy ball and killing
Claudia,
"Not anymore, you don't." She said simply and walked off. Ben stared after her with a mixture of
confusion, anger, regret and fear on his face.