thought
flashback
dream
Jaden's POV
I was sitting on the bed, and the only other living creatures in the room were Moon and Pharoah. All of a sudden, a knock came from the door. Moon's ears perked up and Pharoah hissed, his back arched. I didn't give it much thought and went to open the door.
"Hello..."
The rest was cut off by a scream. Standing in front of me, her clothes covered in soil, was Elizabeth.
"Jaden, will you get ahold of yourself? Syrus is in danger!"
"What?"
"He's... He's going to kill himself."
"Well then ghost of who used to be my friend, let's go!"
As we ran, she said, "I'm not a ghost! I should have never made that deal!"
"Deal? What deal?"
"No time! Keep running!"
Soon we came to Syrus's door. Elizabeth and I hit it until it fell down, and what I saw scarred me for the rest of my life. Syrus, my best friend, was about to hang himself. Elizabeth went into her werewolf form and leapt at him, knocking him off the chair and cutting the rope.
"Syrus, what were you thinking?" she yelled.
"I thought you wanted me to join you in the afterlife. But since you apparently don't, why are you haunting me?"
"Haunting you? Syrus I've been looking after you."
"What?"
"I just didn't want you to get hurt. Look, there's something you guys should know."
Syrus sat on his bed, and I soon joined him. Elizabeth sighed before speaking.
"After I jumped, my soul was torn between my body and Hell."
"Hell?" Syrus asked.
"Because I took my life. I... I made a deal with Lucifer, and now I'm bound to him," she said, pulling up her hair to reveal an inverted pentagram on her neck instead of a regular one.
"He allowed me free passage to the world of the living as a black blood."
"A what?" I asked.
"A mixture of three racial bloods: human, werewolf, and vampire, make the blood turn black. This was the only way I could come back to see you guys. I should have known that the price would be the life of the only one I've ever loved. I've been watching you as a mist Syrus, and kind of stole a little blood."
a few hours later
Syrus's POV
I stood on the balcony, with Elizabeth by my side.
"Elizabeth, I had this weird dream right before I started cutting. I saw you being tortured in Hell."
"I know. I gave you that dream so that you wouldn't follow my path."
"I guess I misunderstood."
"Big time."
She was quiet for a moment, and then she held her head in pain.
"Are you all right?"
"Yeah, I just, uh..."
She didn't finish, but instead jumped over the balcony and ran off.
"Elizabeth!"
I followed her, but soon I could only follow her footprints, which turned steadily wolfen. I came across a terrible bleating sound from in front of the prints and I ran faster, finding a terrible sight. Elizabeth was in her werewolf form, and was next to the blood drained carcass of a deer.
"Elizabeth?"
"I can't go very long without blood. My own blood would kill me and I didn't want this to be you."
"Yikes. Um, we should probably get you cleaned up."
"Yeah, and then I should probably leave. If people start seeing me and blood drained animals, it'll be seventeenth century Europe all over again."
"Wait, do you think you could spend the night? You know, in secret."
"I suppose I could. I could use a little company before Lucifer totally kills me for saving you."
"What?"
"Did I say that last part out loud?"
"Yes. He's going to kill you?"
"Technically no, but I'm going to be severly punished."
Maybe she shouldn't have saved me. I don't want her being punished just so I can live.
"Oh, I can take him."
"How did you know what I was thinking?"
"How do I put this? Ok, when I became a black blood, I got the ability to read the minds of those I knew in life."
"I see."
The wind began to scream and Elizabeth shivered.
"Let's go inside," I said.
Once inside I screamed. The mirror was broken and blood ran down the walls, and some of it formed an inverted pentagram. A drop landed on my nose and I looked up. A gutted dog hung from the exact same place where I had almost hung myself. Elizabeth's eyes widened as she saw the carnage.
"Why did Lucifer do this?" I asked.
"He's warning me. For me to stay here, a life must be taken."
She bent down on one knee and started speaking in what I thought was Latin.
"What are you doing?"
"Amen. That was a prayer used by exorcists in the late sixteen hundreds to ward off demons. It's only temporary, but it should protect the entire island. I love you Syrus, but I have to go."
She got up and kissed me before slowly fading away.
Elizabeth's POV
I appeared at the feet of a man with red eyes, black hair, black demon wings, and a black robe.
"Master Lucifer I..."
I flew several feet as a whip cracked against my stomach.
"Don't you dare speak to me! You stopped the price from being paid and prevented my demons from arriving on the island again! You'll answer to my whip cur!"
"God, banish the demons from this place! Free the lost souls and smite the evil of Satan! Bring forth your army of purity to defeat Hell's dragon and..."
The whip cracked again and again, but I could tell that the prayer was weakening Lucifer.
Syrus, I need your help more than I've ever needed anything in my life. You're pure of heart and one of the few who can actually stand against Lucifer.