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Family Tree
7
"Hazel! There you are, Willow and I have been calling all weekend but no one has answered. It did not even make have a dialling tone. Is everyone ok?" Bo's sliver blonde hair fell loosely over his concerned, striking facial features.
"Oh sorry about that, we had to disconnect the phone. Estella has been really bad. Every time the phone rings she jumps and hides under something or starts screaming. Melantha and I are worn out. Bee and Robin have been over and keep giving her potions, but they only last for so long." Hazel let out a sigh,
"What happened to her?" Willow asked her, the same silver blonde hair as her little brother falling out of its scruffy bun,
"I can't say here. Come around tonight and we will explain everything. I've got to go and find Jet and Amber and tell them. But I will say this; don't trust Him." Turning on her heel, she ran down the hall.
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Melantha opened the door ever so quietly and poked her head around. Estella was lying asleep, are dark hair sprawled around her, and her foot poking out from under her wine red sheets.
* Oh dear Goddess what has she been through?*
Melantha's head whipped around and she silently crept down the stairs, keeping to the shadows that clung to the wall.
The noise was coming from outside the door. Melantha slinked up to the door, grabbed an umbrella from the stand, and flung the door open.
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As Hazel rounded the corner, she bumped straight into someone. As she looked up to the person she repeatedly was saying sorry to was none other than Dale.
"Hi" he was smiling at her, as no one had before, "where are you off to in such a hurry?" he tilted his head inquisitively.
"Oh, er I'm just off er to find er, the Twins erm in my sister's class, em Jet and Amber. You don't happen to know them do ya?" *Oh great he must think I cannot talk properly! Goddess! What must I have sounded like?!*
"No sorry I don't, why are you so desperate to find them? Can't we talk first?" his eyes were so big and puppy like…
"Yeah sure why not, but if your quick." Hazel smiled.
"I was wondering if you had heard of this new em restaurant that has opened, 'La Fleur Noir'? It is supposed to be nice and I was just wondering, that is if you are not busy or anything, that maybe you would like to go out with me maybe?" he glanced at her sheepishly.
"Oh Dale I would love to, but you see…"
"I thought as much, a pretty girl like you would already be going out with someone, I'm sorry." He looked down his cheeks turning pink.
"No I'm not going out with anyone, I was just going to say that my eldest sister isn't very well at the moment and I don't feel right leaving Melantha to look after her all by herself! But how about I talk to her and I'll give you a ring?" she fluttered her eyelashes
"Oh that would be fine! Great! Yeah sure!!" and he kissed her on the cheek, and as soon as his soft. Warm lips touched her pale cool skin, a jolt went through Hazel shocking her. *Oh Great Goddess * forgetting about all doubts Hazel looked at Dale's joyous, boyish face and said softly,
"OH Melantha will just have too manage by herself Friday alright?"
"Are you sure?! You are not gong to ask first?"
"No she will be alright, I'll get Willow or Robin to go around and help." She smiled reassuringly
"Pick you up at 7.30?"
"Sounds great!"
Dale kissed her again, but this time he kissed her lips, and she kissed him back, he was so gentle and loving, and Hazel totally forgot what he was and what she was. This was illegal, but she liked it.
They detached and Dale looked astonished, and headed off down the hall, turned and said "See ya then! I can't wait!"
* Neither can I * Hazel head off to find the Twins.
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Estella felt much calmer than she had done all weekend. She was dreaming, the lavender under her pillow was working, she was off in a valley, walking along beaches, and bathing in hot springs. Then whilst looking up at the sky, the clouds began to darken, she looked over and the trees were bare and menacing, the beaches had turned to swamps of creatures and the hot springs had turned to lava with bodies lying in it. And out from all of this came a voice.
It was carried on the wind, it rose from the ground and danced around her.
"mine" it was barely a whisper,
"be mine"
"Will be mine" It was getting louder, it was everywhere, it was spoke from the trees and the floating bodies,
"You will be mine"
Estella screamed and ran but the trees reached out for her,
"You will be MINE"
The Wind was howling all around her and still she tried to escape,
"You will BE MINE"
She fell into the quicksand and tried to crawl her way through it screaming and crying,
"You WILL BE MINE"
she got through and ran again crying, her hands over her ears
"YOU WILL BE MINE"
The dead bodies grabbed her, pulling her down,
"FOREVER"
"no, no I won't! NEVER!!!" She was screaming,
Then out of the trees He came towards her, she was struggling against the corpses, He bent down next to her,
"I told you I would find you my love, my one true love. We were meant to be together," He reached out and brushed her cheek.
"NO NEVER!! I will never. Never." She was thrashing, screaming and crying, trying to get away from Him.
"I have been searching for you for so long, and now that I have found you, I will never let you go, one way or another you will love me. And I will do anything it takes, just you wait and see."
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO"
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Umbrella raised high Melantha jumped around to see who was outside, and she gasped.
"I could have hit you!" she said lowering her weapon.
"Good thing you didn't then that would have surely hurt." Eros smirked looking at the umbrella.
"don't think I'm not glad to see you because I am but what are you doing here?"
"I came to see if you were alright"
Melantha smiled "Would you like to come in? Estella is asleep upstairs."
Eros crossed the thresh hold and followed Melantha into the sitting room. It was a grand old English style cottage room with a magnificent old stone fire place.
The lights were low, and it was dark outside.
Melantha turned to look at Eros, and he stepped forward, looking down on her, he took her in his arms, which she great fully leant into.
She laid her head against his chest and listed to his steady breathing. They didn't need words to say what or how they felt, they just knew.
He lifted up her chin and looked into her piercing emerald eyes, adoring him so much, and he leaned forward tilting her head. She moved her arms slowly around to his neck pulling her closer towards her. Melantha was all excited her heart racing, she could hear and feel his light, warm breathing as they were getting closer. Her head spinning, adrenalin pumping, her heart racing, she closed her eyes and their lips were almost touching.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHH"
An ear-splitting scream rang through the house.
"ESTELLA!" Melantha tore away from Eros and bolted up the stairs, with Eros on her heels. She flung open the door and there was Andrew sitting on the bed looking at Estella, who was thrashing about, eyes shut, she was screaming like she was being tortured. Well if it had anything to do with Andrew…
"GET AWAY FROM HER!" Melantha screamed and ran towards him, but Eros got there first and hit him, sending him flying across the room, Andrew jumped up and swung one leg out of the window.
"She will be mine" and with that he leapt out the window and was gone.
Eros went to look out the window looked out and closed it.
Melantha was next to her sister who had stopped fighting and sat bolt upright her eyes wide open. She looked around, startled, and then turned to her sister.
"He isn't going to give up! I can't escape him" Estella broke down into tears.
Melantha sat on the bed, put her arms around her sister and let her weep.