Chapter 5
I was in a creek. The cool rushing water swirling around my ankles. Trees surrounded the beautiful creek, a green wall trapping me in. The breeze made my white dress that was just above my knees blow everywhere. My hair tangled in back of me in swirls from the wind. I breathed in the fresh air and closed my eyes. I opened them ever so slowly to see Star standing there. "Star!" I called. But she didn't listen to me and ran out of the water and into the trees. I need to find her, I panicked.
"You can't keep up, Jess," She teased. " You're to weak." And at that moment we came to a bridge and my legs began to buckle underneath me. The bridge was oak, looking hand made. I looked down beneath me. Nothing but a dark abyss. Tall evergreens surrounded me, making it hard to see anything beyond them. My legs were now acheing as I ran after Star.
"Star! You have to wait for me, you can't leave me. You can't hide or lie to me anymore," I called. What was she hiding anyways? And then big white sheets of paper flew by my eyes. They hung on the ropes of the bridge. They were a blur to my eyes as I still ran but I just had to read them. She'll wait I thought, she has to. I read them aloud as I slowed to a walking pace. My eyes flickered to each one, there were a lot.
We lied.
We had to.
He lied.
I Lied.
She lied.
He made us.
It hurts.
Soon will be your time, Jess.
-Bella
My time? For what? And then I sank to my knees and burst into tears. I didn't know why but I couldn't stop them. It was like a river flowing. They had lied to me?
Well of course they did. A voice said in my head.
Why would they lie to me?
Because they're evil, replied back the voice. Now follow them. I looked up and sure enough there Star was and behind her, Bella and Alex. "Wait," I whispered but they ran. I got up my legs hurting more than ever. Finally I had reached them but was quickly falling behind. We ran off the bridge and into a forest where it grew colder and colder. A single white flake landed on my bare shoulders.
"Give up, Jess. You're being foolish," Warned Alex. They turned their heads, still running and I felt I would barf. Their black eyes made me sick to the stomach and I wanted to disappear. Soon the whole ground was covered in snow and every flake burned like fire. I coughed and stopped, slowly sinking to the ground. I didn't care anymore. I was too cold. Snow quickly covered me, turning my skin blue. Cold, Cold, Cold, Cold, Cold. I couldn't think anything else. "Oh Jess," called Alex' silky voice. "It's time to see." What was he talking about? I could see just fine even in the snow.
Don't follow him, warned the same voice. But it was too late. I just had to follow him. His features were so luring. And that's when I realized his black clothes were stained with red. Blood, I asked myself. He lead me to a large opening where Bella and Star stood. Blood. It was everywhere. On them in the snow, on the trees around us. My stomach did cartwheels and I wished I had listened to that voice in my head. Bella and Star were standing around a big fire with what looked like logs in it. But then I realized what it was. Bodies!
"What have you done!" I shouted at them I pushed all of them out of the way and rushed to see who they had murdered. And I fell to my knees in sobs once again. No, no, no, It can't be. Not them. No!
On the bottom was Aiden and my parents, their faces white as porcelain. They had blood stain on their cheeks but yet they had a faint smile on their faces. And then there was Collin and an elderly couple and a middle aged couple with some varied aged kids. The rest of my family? Could it be my aun and uncle, my grandparents, my cousins? "Why did you do this," I demanded. Tears strolled down my eyes staining my white dress. I wasn't cold anymore but burning with fury. "WHY?!"
"He told us, Jess," Explained Bella. A man wearing all black then appeared in the shadows. He wore a cloak that gathered snow at the ends with boots and dark jeans. His shirt was a t-shirt that outlined his muscular torso. But was frightening about this man was his face. His nose was crooked and his eyes were a deep ruby red. His beard had blood smeared all over it and his face was covered in scars. One side so much that you could hardly see anything else than scars and burns. His ear had a part of it ripped off. His neck bled, and didn't stop, it seemed like it never would either.
it's the Immortel diable, Cicatrice. Now the voice was speaking French? It didn't matter though, because I immediately knew what he had said. Immortal devil, Scar.
"Scar," My voice bellowed, but it wasn't me who spoke but the voice inside me.
"Ah, Jessica. I see the witch inside you is coming out." What was Cicatrice talking about? And why couldn't I talk to Cicatrice my self? "So early though? I guess so. You were always the one to mature faster."
"Vous ne savez rien de moi, maintenant laissez-moi être." You know nothing about me, now leave me alone.
"Comme vous voudrez." As you wish. Everything went white. The light was so bright it burned my eyes. My eyes flew open and I gasped for air. What's wrong with me?