Brandon POV

I looked through another book on comas or whatever Rachel called them. All the others were with me to, excluding Rachel and Sydney. I could tell Hunter felt slightly guilty not finding the trap in time, but it couldn't be helped, hell, even the imbecile girl couldn't see it. Scurvy was also trying to help, surprisingly, Kama was flying above us with some rental Seraph Wings, going through the books as fast as she could. Kelly was doing the same thing, eyebrows furrowed in concentration. No one was looking at me, I placed my hand on the bookshelf and concentrated, immediately thousands of words came into my head, me processing them at the same speed they were coming at me. "Found one." I gasped, grabbing the book from the shelf.

Everyone crowded around me, Scurvy easily looking over our shoulders, being older, and taller than all of us, I opened my mouth and read out loud.

"It says here that the spell was an enhanced Sacrifice." We all looked at the Necromancer, all she did was shrug and look back at the book. "It says that instead of attacking the Caster, it attacks the Caster's target, and in return, healing that Caster."

"But doesn't Necromancy sacrifice something of that Caster's in order to work?" Kama asked, her eyes narrowing ever so slightly.

"It can and it can't" Scurvy said, "You can also sacrifice a minion in order for the spell to work, but it isn't quite as strong." She shrugged again, "As long as there's a sacrifice the spell will work, that's all that really matters."

"But spells shouldn't be….. Bloody." Hunter said, obviously remembering the pool of blood forming on that day.

"That's what I'm trying to figure out" I muttered, "There shouldn't be any blood at all when a spell is cast, it goes against the Laws of Magic."

"Any law can be broken Brandon." Kelly said, "It doesn't matter what it is, nothing is indestructible. You just have to figure out how to break it."

"Only a Necromancer can use Sacrifice." Scurvy said. Well that helps narrows it down I thought sarcastically.

"That actually can help Brandon." Hunter hissed, "For all we know we could've suspected a Theurgist and chase after that person for years, and only find out that the real culprit was out and concurred the Spiral."

"All right, all right." I grumbled. "But what also confused me is how it put an Elementalist into a coma, I know Fire doesn't haven't anything to do with Death, but she should've been able to absorb at least a little bit of the damage."

"Maybe it was that strong." Kama said. The whole room turned quiet, but I knew we were all thinking of the same person….

Malesteir

Sydney POV

I walked towards the white light, only to find clouds underneath my feet and nothing but bright blue sky above me, "If this is heaven," I muttered, "I'm gonna get bored rea- Shit!" the ground opened up beneath me, making me leave the fluffy clouds and stomach above. Shrieking and flailing the whole way down, I finally came into contact with the hard earth.

God, how I missed you solid ground.

Standing on shaking legs, I looked around in my surroundings, only to see that maybe I was safer falling towards the earth.

All around, people were screaming, with lava flowing all around me. "Not again…" I whispered, my eyes widening and shaking my head side to side. I heard a terrified shriek behind me and a cry of pain. I whirled around to see a two year-old girl holding onto her arm while a dragon-thing was stalking towards her. Just before it leaped at her, a man in his early 30's grabbed the girl and sprinted away, cradling her to his chest.

"Dad….?" I whispered, getting a clear look of the man's face. I looked at my right arm, only to see a scar slowly coming into view. "I was born here, wasn't I?" I whispered, looking numbly down at my arm, and at the clear as day scar on it.

The two year-old me screamed again. I jerked my head up to see a dragon in front of me and my dad, its' eyes holding a dangerous glint in them. Holding my breath, I simply watched as it breathed fire so hot, I felt a slight heat, even in the memory, except for turning us into ashes though, the flames seem to create a ball around us, the ball grew smaller and smaller until it absorbed into me, revealing that we were both unharmed, but at a closer inspection, I saw that my right eye was changing color. No.

Colors

My dad sprinted towards a door with my mom holding it wide open, and into the planet I thought I lived in my whole life.

The scene changed yet again. It showed a 3 year-old girl and three other people standing in front of a door. I recognized Rachel, her hand gripping onto her mom's, thumb in mouth. A light green aura was surrounding her and the trees seemed to bend around them, as if worshipping or welcoming her. Her sister chuckled as Rachel giggled and clapped her hands as flowers swarmed under they're feet.

She clearly didn't have a power that could harm a person on every use.

You belong in darkness. The scene disappeared in the blink of an eye, and the voice echoed around me. You belong with me Guardian of Flame.

"Shut up!" I screamed, willing flames onto my hands, not noticing my eye color brighten.

Your power will only hurt, you can never use it to save others, you can only use it to destroy.

"Go away!" I shrieked. A circle of fire formed around me while flames leaped from every part of my skin. "I don't want to hurt people!"

But you will….

The voice came from behind me. Whirling around, I blasted with every ounce of power I had, but then….

A girl's scream reached my ears.

Feeling my heart drop, I sprinted over to see Kelly's skin on her arm burnt into a charcoal black. Her white eyes looked up at me with horror, "Kelly, I-I can explain." I stammered, holding my hand out to her.

"Stay back!" she screamed, sand creating a wall between us, falling down, the sand shaped into everyone back at Ravenwood.

"She's a monster"

"She doesn't belong with us"

"Demon…"

"Freak…"

"Please stop!" I tried covering my ears, but the voices echoed in my head, taunting, teasing my sanity. "I don't want to be this!" A bright white light covered my vision.

"….awake….."

"Is…alright…."

I let out a small groan, hoping the voices would shut up and let me ease my pounding head.

"Sydney!" A voice shrieked, cracking one eye open, I saw Rachel, Matt, and Nolan surrounding my bed, eyes full of concern.

My throat felt scratchy and dry, and I'm pretty sure any baby fat I had left was gone. I blinked several times to adjust to my surroundings. I saw that I was in a hospital room with sprites and fairies fluttering around, an IV was connected to my arm and I'm pretty sure I felt bandages on my ribs. "You're back!" Rachel hugged my tightly, causing a pain to shoot up in my ribs, but I'm not gonna complain.

I was back, but a part of me knew that a small part of me was changed, whether for good or bad I don't know.

I glanced at Nolan and muttered, "Ya… I'm back."