Sorry this is later then when I said it would be, but I ask that of your forgiveness as, 1) I have had my mocks. 2) I have been and still am ill. And 3) it is getting near Christmas and I have had shopping and coursework to do! I mean who gives coursework over Christmas! Inhuman……..
Sorry. Now on with the story.
XxJezxx
* warning * contains reference to emotional subjects and hopefully isn't too graphic!
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Family Tree
9
Estella lay there, still tied up to the bed.
Andrew was lying next to her in absolute ecstasy. He finally had her and he was not intending on letting her go.
He was beaming at her, and playing with her long inky hair, so soft.
Estella had given up caring what he did with her, she felt dirty, tired and she was so hungry. She would kill for a drink, anything to ease the pang of hunger rushing through her, throbbing and making her weak. And lying there Andrew's neck looked so inviting…
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[Jet, Amber have you picked up either of their scents?] Melantha's voice was clear in the minds of both shape-shifters.
[Not yet hun, but do not worry, we will find them] Jet's voice sounded in Melantha's head.
[Just you wait until I get my teeth into that neck of his, I'm going to rip him apart if he has…] Amber cut short, and stopped in her tracks.
"What is it?" Bo asked looking at the stationary big cats.
Both the lioness and the tiger turned their magnificent heads and let out a low growl.
[Andrew has been this way with Estella] Jet growled in everyone's mind.
"Where did they go? Which way?" Melantha asked, panic-stricken.
[This way. Follow us] Amber snarled.
"Looks like he took her to the school" Eros observed
"But why would he take her there? What will he be doing there? And where can he keep her in there?" Willow queried.
"I don't know, but if that's where he has taken Estella, that's where we are going." Melantha hissed.
And the six of them melted into the night, heading towards the deserted school.
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Hazel and the other two witches were sitting on the floor, the candle light making their faces glow and shadows danced around the room.
All three girls were in a trance.
There was a map in the middle of the floor, it was quite old but had on every building that had been built over the past century.
"Right pass me the needle and hairbrush." Hazel asked Robin.
Robin passed over the items and both her and Bee watched Hazel take off the hairbrush one long inky black hair and threaded it through the needle.
"I need you both to concentrate on Estella and picture her in your mind. Only her no-one else otherwise it won't work properly." Hazel lay the needle with the threaded hair, on the map, her hands hovering above it and concentrated hard on her eldest sister.
"Estella where are you?" Hazel whispered.
The needle started vibrating and shaking then suddenly shot up into the air and started spinning, faster and faster, the candles burning brightly, the witches started glowing and suddenly the needle fell, dropping down towards the map, stopped above the map and it was as if someone was holding the top of the threaded hair and was swinging the needle in a wide circle around the map, getting faster and faster, until it dropped piercing the map.
The instant the needle pierced the map; all three witches simultaneously opened their eyes and gazed at the needle.
"Did it work?" Bee asked in a hushed voice.
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Estella's chest started to tighten and she was finding it difficult to breath. She was staring wide eyed at Andrew's neck, realising she was going into bloodlust.
Andrew noticed whilst sitting next to her that there was something wrong with Estella.
"What's wrong pet?" Ha asked stroking her hair and recoiled when he noticed the lengthened canines and the hungry, no ravenous glint in her eyes.
"Goddess you look so gorgeous like that. Are you hungry? Well not to worry, I had pre-pared for this"
Andrew disappeared and re-appeared with a bottle of ruby red blood. He half opened the lid so the smell wafted out heightening Estella's blood lust. Andrew teased her with the bottle.
As she was still constricted and lying down watching the bottle move with Andrew.
Andrew untied her feet and she sort of sat up. He took the lid off the bottle and he helped her drink. He was not going to run the risk of her grabbing him. Estella fed greedily and Andrew watched as the bottle was consumed.
He pulled a clean tissue out of his pocket and wiped her mouth and chin that was covered in blood.
"Better?" he smiled at her.
Estella just nodded. She felt tired and just wanted to sleep.
"Aw my poor baby looks exhausted!" Andrew lent forward to kiss her, but she had already fallen asleep.
He looked at her, "So peaceful," Andrew sighed. He was just about to get up when he heard someone behind him.
A cold voice floated across the room
"Hello son."
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The six nightworlders were standing outside the school. Jet and Amber were searching for Andrew or Estella's scent as it was now lost.
[Melantha we think it has worked] Hazel's voice echoed through Melantha
[Really?! Where has it said she is?] Melantha was getting excited
[Near the school, in the forest. An old abandoned shed that was used by the school to store old equipment] Hazel informed her sister
[Right but how can we get to it? How do we find it?] Melantha urged
[The path lies east from the front of the school. but the path is probably overgrown by now, but if it is, Andrew trudging through with Estella will have disrupted it. Bee, Robin and I are coming down, you and the others start looking to see if you can find the path but wait for us, as it will be better if we are all there to defeat Andrew] Hazel hurried on
[All right, I will inform the others but hurry and get here] Melantha ordered
[Will do sis] Hazel replied
"Everyone Hazel has just told me that they have done the spell and say that Andrew has taken Estella to and abandoned shed in the surrounding woods, apparently east from the front of the school. However the path hasn't been used for ages so everyone search that area to find any disturbed ground but do not go on as Hazel, Bee and Robin are on their way."
As soon as the last word was out of Melantha's mouth, everyone was over looking for some sign of Andrew.
After a good ten minutes of searching…
"Everyone over here" Willow shouted in her calm collect manner, she was standing in front of a two trees and was beckoning to them all. She pointed her finger further into the darkness of the trees, and unseen to human eyes about ten meters in was a trampled patch of grass followed another ten meters by a crushed patch of flowers.
The tiger and lioness leaped over to the flattened grass and sniffed, then growled.
[Yes, it is defiantly him.] Jet informed the others.
"Now all we have to do is wait for the others to arrive." Bo declared
"Not for long" Hazel appeared beside him
Bo jumped "Wow. That was quick"
"Come on let's get a move on." Melantha urged a little irritated
"Yeah, who knows what Andrew could be doing to her" Eros proclaimed.
And they headed off through the dark forest following the tiger and lioness.
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"Mother" Andrew whispered, looking at the figure in the doorway. "What are you doing here?" he asked now off the bed and standing.
"Well I'm here to help you silly. Now where is this soulmate of yours?" She asked already heading towards the bed.
She looked down at Estella, who was still fast asleep.
"A Harman I see. She does look a lot like me doesn't she?" Andrew's mother noticed.
"I know. Nearly you're double." Andrew gazed at Estella
She laughed. "Well what do you propose to do with her?" She asked turning on Andrew
"I'm not sure. I was thinking of going to find some witch who would make me a strong love potion but I do not want to leave her tied up here." Andrew answered not taking his eyes off his sleeping soulmate.
"Of course you don't." Andrew's mother said smiling at her son. "That is why I will help you. I will make you a love potion along with other things to make sure she will not betray you. But it will be hard I might have to go away to get some ingredients but I won't be gone long." She smiled
"Oh thank you." Andrew rejoiced
"But you do realise that this will be trial and error. A love potion as strong as you want has not actually been made" Andrew looked upset, "oh but not to worry we will make one" She said patting her sons hand.
"But mother what are we going to do about her family? They will probably be on their way here right now as we speak." Andrew suddenly realised.
"Well how about we let her go back to them, make them think they have won, and we will hide away, more remote than this whilst we make the potion and then take her away again when they least expect it? How does that sound baby?"
"Oh mother you are brilliant!" Andrew exclaimed.
"I know son, I know." She beamed at him.
"But I will miss her terribly" Andrew announced stroking Estella's cheek.
"Well have you taken her yet?" Andrew's mother inquired
"No I haven't I wanted to wait till she loved me." Andrew admitted quietly.
"But that might be a long time darling." She said taking Andrew's hand "And even under the spell of a potion it won't be true love"
"I suppose you are right" Andrew sighed looking at Estella.
"Well go for it sweetie. Give in to temptation, that which you have been resisting for so long." Her words were soft and convincing and Andrew's longing grew.
He stalked up to the bed sat down next to Estella; she looked so serene and beautiful.
Andrew bent down and started to kiss her.
"Good boy" Maya smirked
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"Is that is?" Willow announced as they came across a crumbled old shed with no roof or door.
"Well it is in the right place according to the needle," Hazel proclaimed.
"Jet, Amber, you two go in first and see if you can find where he took Estella," Eros suggested
The two big cats sauntered stealthy into the old building. Everyone outside could hear the floorboards creek slightly with the weight of the cats.
[Hay I think I found something. Eros, Bo come here will ya!] Amber declared through the minds of everyone.
Eros and Bo went into the crumbling building after some scraping around they remerged.
"There is a trap door under one of the filing cabinets, it is quite big. Come and see for yourselves." Bo announced turning and headed back in to the shed.
All nine of them crowded around the open trap door.
"Well who is first?" Willow whispered
And without a word Melantha and Hazel went in quickly followed by Eros, the two big cats, Bo and Willow, and Bee and Robin.
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Estella stirred, she was vaguely aware that something was on top of her, but she didn't take it into much thought until she felt something moving up and down her leg.
Her eyes shot open and she tried to lift herself but then she remembered her hands and feet were restricted. She tried to scream but something was kissing her.
She suddenly realised who it was and what he was doing.
Estella started to panic and started tossing and throwing herself around as much as she possible could but it was no use.
[Don't do that baby, it will only make it hurt worse]
As soon as she heard that, she felt something and her eyes widened in horror and she screamed and cried for all she was worth.
[Why are you doing this to me?] She sobbed to Andrew
[Because I want to remember you. And can't you feel our souls connecting?]
It was true she could feel this bond between them; she could every time he touched her skin, or kissed her. It excited and repulsed her.
[I can't believe you are doing this to me] Estella was in hysterics she wanted to get him out of her. She started to cry with fury and tried to shake him off but he was right it just made her hurt more.
Estella realised they were not alone.
[WHO IS THAT?!] She screamed in Andrew's head
[My mother. Maya] Andrew replied
Estella could see she was watching this with pure pleasure but what surprised Estella the most was when Maya was knocked off her feet by a tiger.
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Jet rammed into the woman standing in front of the door, sending her flying.
Melantha and Hazel both saw Estella fighting as hard as she could to get Andrew off her. Both sisters felt a rush of fury, charged towards Andrew, and threw him across the room where he landed at Bo and Eros' feet.
Both Eros and Bo punched Andrew sending him flying and hitting off the opposite wall where he landed next to his mother.
Bee and Robin had charged over to the bed and were untying Estella.
Jet and Amber were stalking up to Andrew. So were Willow, Bo, and Eros. They had encircled them. Amber was ready to pounce and Eros was ready to stake Andrew when Bee Hazel suddenly exclaimed "Oh great Goddess. Maya?"
"Yes its me, are you surprised?" Maya answered
"What are you doing here?" Melantha demanded
"Helping my son. Is that a crime?" She replied
"Well not for much longer" Willow declared
"Is that so?" Maya smiled and in through the door came twenty or more vampires all in black and started to attack the group.
Whilst the others were busy fighting Maya's vamps no one noticed them escape until it was too late.
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With the last of Maya's vamps staked, the rest turned towards Estella.
"Let's go home shall we?" Hazel said gently
Estella nodded and got up and headed towards the trap door with the aid of her sisters. Followed by everyone else who were all tired but content that they had Estella back.
"Well at least we beat him. He knows not to mess with us anymore. You have nothing more to worry about Estella hun, he has gone." Jet said smiling.
"I hope you are right" Estella said half-heartedly "I hope you are right"