Part 18
Blake started at the plain white washed ceiling, the same white as the walls, the door. A stained grey carpet barely filled the floor. The bed was lumpy and uncomfortable underneath him. A burning heat was settling in his stomach, reminding him he needed to feed. He shoved the pain to the back of his mind. Ebony filled every part of his consciousness. Leaving had felt right at the time but now leaving didn't just means leaving his friend, home but also his soulmate. He didn't know how Ebony felt about it but he couldn't stand it so once again he grabbed his stuff, filled his bag and left. Only one though clear in his head. 'I have to see Ebony.'
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Ebony stopped the hairdryer and reached for the phone that was ringing next to her dressing table.
"Hello." Ebony waited for the person to speak but heard nothing except muffled sounds. "Hello?"
"Ebony. Help me please. Blake. He's here." Ebony gasped as she recognised the voice.
"Linds. Oh Goddess. I'm coming okay." Ebony slammed the phone back and ran out of the house towards Lindsey's. Once she got there everything was dark. ' This is not good,' she thought to herself as she pushed open the ajar door. "Why do I feel like this is a really bad movie scene?" she asked herself, and then jumped when someone answered.
"Because it is. Except that the only thing really bad here is me." Ebony turned to see Lindsey standing in a patch of moonlight. "Let me guess, not what you expected. Right."
"Your who Chris was warning me about," realisation hit with a sickening thud in Ebony's stomach.
"Chris? Oh your new boyfriend, right. Well he wont be helping you now." Ebony blinked and shielded her eyes as witchfire sprung between Lindsey's hands.
"He's not my boyfriend. He already ha a soulmate and so do I."
"Oh yeah, Blake. See how great a soulmate you are, yours has left you for good. Now enough games, you have something I want." Suddenly Ebony found she couldn't move. Lindsey walked towards her. "I bet you don't even realise what power you possess. How rare, how powerful it is. Good thing mummy dearest decided to take a little trip this weekend. I'm sure she wouldn't approve of my...methods of gaining power." A knife glittered in the moonlight, a flash of silver death. "A pity really, the only way to get all your power is to kill you but hey, to control fire. It's worth it."
Ebony gasped as the knife fell, plunging into her stomach. Liquid fire burning inside of her, pouring out of her. Her knees buckled and she collapsed onto the hard wooden floor. Red darkness surrounding her. Lindsey stood above her, and then she slowly started to speak.
"Blood for Power In moonlit night Life taken No Power of Light Now for darkness All boundaries broken Words for fire are now spoken. Come to me Goddess Blessed Be."
Ebony screamed as her body felt as if fire raced tough it. A red glow surrounded her, burning, chocking. She fainted.
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~ Ebony watched them. Earth. Water. Air. Spirit. She knew what was going to happen. Knew their stories.
'One from the ocean, sorrow deep One whose anger rocks the ground One of revenge and passions heat One who's the winds earthly sound One with the Power to bind.'
"it won't be easy you know."
"I know," Ebony turned to look at the woman in white.
"I am a Guardian. Sworn to help protect the Wild Powers. They can't lose at the millennium. Five of you have the power to protect or destroy them."
"I'm one of them. Fire."
"You are the first, but the others must be found. I sent out the powers but unfortunately I do not know who possesses them but you will know. You can find them."
"What about Lindsey?"
"Blake and Ryan have sorted that. You just have to go back to him."
"It hurts so much to be with him but almost as much without."
"Things will sort themselves out in time."
"What if they don't?"
"Trust in Fate Ebony. Things will be okay. Take your time to sort things out. Not everything has to be sorted out today." Then she reached for Ebony's hand and placed a silver Pentagram necklace in it. "A gift. Now go." She whispered. ~ Blackness once again took over.
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Ebony could feel the link. * Blake? *
* I'm here. Ebony please wake up now. *
* I can't. I don't want to. It hurts. * She could fell that Blake knew it wasn't because of what Lindsey had done but about them.
* It can be sorted * he whispered.
* Can it? I don't know anymore. I'm so confused. *
* Please Eb, just wake up and we can sort all this out. I promise. * He pleaded, desperation flared though the link and hope stirred inside of their fire red cocoon.
~ Not everything has to be sorted out today. Trust in Fate ~
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The world seemed to blur at the edges as Ebony struggled to open her eyes. "Uuh. Headache from hell," she muttered. Relieved laughter echoed around her.
"Take an aspirin." Came from across the room.
"Go to hell Ryan." She smiled, and then tried to move. A big mistake. "Ouch!"
"oh yeah, don't move." Ryan called back in reply to her agony.
"Bit late for that now don't you think." Ebony looked round the room from the wall she was propped against. "What the hell happened here?"
"Us." Ebony turned to look at Blake. "Something to do with the spell and your power. Instead of transferring it to Lindsey it transferred itself to me temporarily. She didn't expect that and especially didn't expect the Daybreak agent trying to stop her would be her own soulmate. We watched him 'die' two years ago apparently daybreak heard something big was happening in a group outside of the council and it leaked that Lindsey was involved. She's being held in a Daybreak safe house a few hours away. Are you okay? You were out of it for hours. You have some very good friends Carla and some other witches have been doing healing spells on you for what seems like forever. What happened? I thought I'd lost you." He said, the last part whispered.
"I'll explain later. Right now I need to sleep." Ebony said, her concentration slipping as her energy waned again. Blake gently picked her up and took her to one of empty bedrooms. He sat with her while she fell asleep, then watched her. Somehow he knew she would be okay tomorrow. And also that she would be leave.
Blake started at the plain white washed ceiling, the same white as the walls, the door. A stained grey carpet barely filled the floor. The bed was lumpy and uncomfortable underneath him. A burning heat was settling in his stomach, reminding him he needed to feed. He shoved the pain to the back of his mind. Ebony filled every part of his consciousness. Leaving had felt right at the time but now leaving didn't just means leaving his friend, home but also his soulmate. He didn't know how Ebony felt about it but he couldn't stand it so once again he grabbed his stuff, filled his bag and left. Only one though clear in his head. 'I have to see Ebony.'
* * * * * * * *
Ebony stopped the hairdryer and reached for the phone that was ringing next to her dressing table.
"Hello." Ebony waited for the person to speak but heard nothing except muffled sounds. "Hello?"
"Ebony. Help me please. Blake. He's here." Ebony gasped as she recognised the voice.
"Linds. Oh Goddess. I'm coming okay." Ebony slammed the phone back and ran out of the house towards Lindsey's. Once she got there everything was dark. ' This is not good,' she thought to herself as she pushed open the ajar door. "Why do I feel like this is a really bad movie scene?" she asked herself, and then jumped when someone answered.
"Because it is. Except that the only thing really bad here is me." Ebony turned to see Lindsey standing in a patch of moonlight. "Let me guess, not what you expected. Right."
"Your who Chris was warning me about," realisation hit with a sickening thud in Ebony's stomach.
"Chris? Oh your new boyfriend, right. Well he wont be helping you now." Ebony blinked and shielded her eyes as witchfire sprung between Lindsey's hands.
"He's not my boyfriend. He already ha a soulmate and so do I."
"Oh yeah, Blake. See how great a soulmate you are, yours has left you for good. Now enough games, you have something I want." Suddenly Ebony found she couldn't move. Lindsey walked towards her. "I bet you don't even realise what power you possess. How rare, how powerful it is. Good thing mummy dearest decided to take a little trip this weekend. I'm sure she wouldn't approve of my...methods of gaining power." A knife glittered in the moonlight, a flash of silver death. "A pity really, the only way to get all your power is to kill you but hey, to control fire. It's worth it."
Ebony gasped as the knife fell, plunging into her stomach. Liquid fire burning inside of her, pouring out of her. Her knees buckled and she collapsed onto the hard wooden floor. Red darkness surrounding her. Lindsey stood above her, and then she slowly started to speak.
"Blood for Power In moonlit night Life taken No Power of Light Now for darkness All boundaries broken Words for fire are now spoken. Come to me Goddess Blessed Be."
Ebony screamed as her body felt as if fire raced tough it. A red glow surrounded her, burning, chocking. She fainted.
* * * * * * * *
~ Ebony watched them. Earth. Water. Air. Spirit. She knew what was going to happen. Knew their stories.
'One from the ocean, sorrow deep One whose anger rocks the ground One of revenge and passions heat One who's the winds earthly sound One with the Power to bind.'
"it won't be easy you know."
"I know," Ebony turned to look at the woman in white.
"I am a Guardian. Sworn to help protect the Wild Powers. They can't lose at the millennium. Five of you have the power to protect or destroy them."
"I'm one of them. Fire."
"You are the first, but the others must be found. I sent out the powers but unfortunately I do not know who possesses them but you will know. You can find them."
"What about Lindsey?"
"Blake and Ryan have sorted that. You just have to go back to him."
"It hurts so much to be with him but almost as much without."
"Things will sort themselves out in time."
"What if they don't?"
"Trust in Fate Ebony. Things will be okay. Take your time to sort things out. Not everything has to be sorted out today." Then she reached for Ebony's hand and placed a silver Pentagram necklace in it. "A gift. Now go." She whispered. ~ Blackness once again took over.
* * * * * * * *
Ebony could feel the link. * Blake? *
* I'm here. Ebony please wake up now. *
* I can't. I don't want to. It hurts. * She could fell that Blake knew it wasn't because of what Lindsey had done but about them.
* It can be sorted * he whispered.
* Can it? I don't know anymore. I'm so confused. *
* Please Eb, just wake up and we can sort all this out. I promise. * He pleaded, desperation flared though the link and hope stirred inside of their fire red cocoon.
~ Not everything has to be sorted out today. Trust in Fate ~
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The world seemed to blur at the edges as Ebony struggled to open her eyes. "Uuh. Headache from hell," she muttered. Relieved laughter echoed around her.
"Take an aspirin." Came from across the room.
"Go to hell Ryan." She smiled, and then tried to move. A big mistake. "Ouch!"
"oh yeah, don't move." Ryan called back in reply to her agony.
"Bit late for that now don't you think." Ebony looked round the room from the wall she was propped against. "What the hell happened here?"
"Us." Ebony turned to look at Blake. "Something to do with the spell and your power. Instead of transferring it to Lindsey it transferred itself to me temporarily. She didn't expect that and especially didn't expect the Daybreak agent trying to stop her would be her own soulmate. We watched him 'die' two years ago apparently daybreak heard something big was happening in a group outside of the council and it leaked that Lindsey was involved. She's being held in a Daybreak safe house a few hours away. Are you okay? You were out of it for hours. You have some very good friends Carla and some other witches have been doing healing spells on you for what seems like forever. What happened? I thought I'd lost you." He said, the last part whispered.
"I'll explain later. Right now I need to sleep." Ebony said, her concentration slipping as her energy waned again. Blake gently picked her up and took her to one of empty bedrooms. He sat with her while she fell asleep, then watched her. Somehow he knew she would be okay tomorrow. And also that she would be leave.