Well here is chapter 2 of...to be Loved!
I own nothing except my made up characters. And just to let you know Ian is from the movie 'Hangman's Curse'. He is my fav. character in the movie.
Alex's P.O.V:
We cross over the bridge to meet a big sign saying 'Welcome to Sleepy Hollow'. The village was small and creepy. The sky turned gray as we crossed the bridge, before it had been a light blue. All the trees around the little town were pine or oak, and dead. All the locals still dressed like they were from the 1700's, all their clothes in grayscale. The houses were either big Tutor mansions or small log cabins that could fit a family of 3 or 4 people. There was a weird fence like wall trying to separate the village from the forest surrounding it. We all got off the bus and gathered according to our groups.
The new girl, Catalina, looked like she wanted to leave. The geeks surrounding her were trying to ignore her. I just rolled my eyes. I stood in the front of the circle our group formed. Tina, Gabe, and Chad (who I don't even remember being there) stood in front of their posse arrogantly, the sight made me sick.
"I will separate you are into groups of 4...Group 1: Tina, Chad, Gabe, Catalina...Group 2: Ian, Alex, Annie, Rose...Group 3..," I ignored her from there on. We separate ourselves from everyone else and gathered around a tree.
Soon we are forced to get up and follow a timid tour guide. The first place he showed us, the Van Tassel Mansion, made my skin crawl for some reason. I walked away from it quickly. I soon got bored after that though. I turn to the rest of our group and smirk before nodding towards the woods. They all nod in understanding and we silently leave the guide while he talks to nothing but air. As we reach the boarder of the forest, we all break out into a fast run. I smile at the feeling of freedom. Soon we reach a clearing and we sit down in the middle of it, surrounded by dead grass and the brown leaves of Fall.
"Well, that was fun," Rose says as Moony laughs. I smile and fall back to lie down.
"Yeah," I answer, my voice almost a whisper. While they start to talk among themselves, I look around, taking in our surroundings. That was when I noticed an alfa male wolf, leading a pack of about 7, at the part of the clearing closest to us. I quickly look at my friends, they still don't notice the angry pack of wolves near us because they blended in quite well with the scenery. I slowly stand up, facing the pack. All talk stops and they all slowly stand up too as they see what I see.
"Oh crap," Ian mutters. The alpha male slow approaches us alone. Everyone but me has the sense to back away. It stops a yard away from me, it's eyes never leaving mine. Suddenly it lunges at me, it's pack running forward to assist the alpha. I run for it as fast as I can, my friends in front of me, the pack of wolves hot on my heels. After 10 minutes we all start to tire, all except the hungry and angry wolves behind us of course. We reach another clearing soon. As soon as I step foot into it, I feel like there was almost a tangible pressure in the air. The wolves must have felt it too, for they quickly ran away whimpering.
"Why did they run away?" Ian questions, clueless of the ominous feeling.
"There's something...dark around here," David explains to him, struggling for the right words. I look around the clearing. In the middle of the clearing was a gnarled and twisted, unnatural looking, tree.
"The Tree of the Dead," whispers Moony. We all turn towards her.
"What?" Rose asks curiously.
"The that tree is the Tree of the Dead. I read about it in some history book about Sleepy Hollow. This is where they buried the German Hessian, the man who inspired the myth of the Headless Horseman. This is his grave. That sword over there was his. " she explains in a far away voice. I look at his sword. It is a long sword with a groove in the middle. The handle was black steel with hair thin grooves to help the wielder keep a good grip on it. The most noticeable feature of the sword was the snake head with fangs and emerald eyes at the end of the handle. It was a piece of art in itself.
"Amazing," I mutter, unconsciously walking towards it. I am almost a foot away from it when a yell pierces the silence of the woods.
"Oh look what we found, a bunch of misbehaving freaks," sneers an unmistakable voice.
"Shut up Tina," I growl turning around. Ian, Moony, and Rose all move in front of me so they can block my path from Tina.
"Tina, if you know what's good for you, leave fast," Ian warns, glancing quickly at me. We all hear growls and we turn to see the wolves have come back, attracted by the noise. Tina shrieks and latches onto Gabe's arm in fear like a stereotypical girl.
"Be quiet, the wolves are attracted by noise, and because this is a grave site, show some respect," I hiss at her. Tina, Gabe, Chad, and Catalina look terrified.
"G-Grave!?," Chad stutters. I point to the sword of the Hessian.
"That is the sword of the Hessian, a.k.a the Headless Horseman. That sword was the one he once used to chop off heads in the Revolutionary War, it now serves as his grave marker," I rehash what Moony had just told us. Their faces turn a pasty white. I look at the sword again and feel all control slip away as I'm pulled to it again. I walk slowly toward the darkly carved sword and stand less than an arms length away. I reach out one hand toward it, tracing the snake's head gently with my fingers.
"Ouch," I yip as I accidentally stab my thumb on a fang. We all jump and I walk over to the tree, sucking my now sore thumb. The taste of blood is metallic and lingers on my tongue. I climb up to a high branch and pout. Moony and Rose laugh at my childish expression. Ian climbs up and sits beside me, I playfully punch his shoulder. Tina, Gabe and Chad sit down near the edge of the clearing, still a safe distance from the wolves. Moony and Rose were annoying the wolves without a care in the world. I just rolled my eyes at their stupidity. Catalina was leaning against the Tree of the Dead underneath Ian and me.
Suddenly the wind picked up and it got darker and gloomier if that is possible. We all grabbed onto a tree or each other so we don't fall over. We noticed the wind wasn't as bad where Ian and me were sitting.
"Everyone over here, it isn't as windy," I call, my voice almost getting drowned out n the wind. At the moment Ian, David, Chad, Moony, and me where in the tree, Rose and Tina fighting over who should get to climb up next.
The tree suddenly started shaking and creaking, like an old door opening after couple years. I see Rose and Tina staring at where the tree roots where opening like a door. I double check to make sure I'm not seeing things, I'm not. I hear a horse neigh, and a person roar. Rose started to climb up the tree as Tina was frozen in terror. Slowly a huge, pure black horse started to come out of the tree, a rider on it's high back. Once they were completely out of the tree, I get a good look at the rider. He was tall, 6 ft. to 7 ft, had black hair that naturally spiked upward, pale skin, crystal blue eyes that remind me vaguely of ice, and pale red lips with teeth sharpened to shark like points. He was wearing demonic looking armor that was silver and black, two axes were at his side, and a black velvet cape completed the look of the Hessian. Over all he looked some where between 18-21, not that older than me.
"Rose get up here!" Moony yelled to no affect. The Horseman's eyes were glued on us, his face emotionless. I broke eye contact and rushed over to help Rose up. It seems like when I broke eye contact with the Hessian, he broke out of a trance. He steered the monster of a horse to his famous sword, the sword that had some of my dried blood in the mouth of the snake. It looked like the Hessian noticed too, that there was blood on his sword. He plucked it from the ground and rode swiftly towards, the still frozen in shock and fear, Tina. I turned away, knowing what he was about to do. All I heard was a shrill scream before I body falling made a thud on the ground and something landedx right beside me. I opened my eyes, only to see Tina's decapitated head, forever screaming in fear.
I punched the head, making it fall to the ground. I looked to see the Hessian riding towards the tree, sword raised.
"Rose," I screamed in terror. Rose was on the middle of the tree, still in the reach of the Horseman's sword. Before any of us could react, the Horseman's sword came down on Rose's necking. Her body and head fell to the ground. Moony screamed in pain, losing one of her 'adopted' sisters. I crawled over to Moony and wrapped me arms around her shaking form.
I glared at the Hessian in pure rage and hate.
"Van Tassel blunt," he said in a thick German, accent.
"Van Tassel blood," I whisper the translation loud enough for those around me to hear.
"You know German," Chad questioned. I shock my head yes before turning to face the Hessian.
"Wen," I asked in German, Who? He pointed to me and smirked. I'm a Van Tassel though.
"Ich bin kein Van Tassel" I say disbelievingly, I'm not a Van Tassel.
"Would you mind asking if that...thing knows English," Ian growls.
"Sprechen sie Englisch," I hiss, Do you speak English?
"Yes, and you are a Van Tassel member," the Hessian protests, his voice gruff. "Only Van Tassel blood can summon me and Daredevil."
"Oh, shit" I curse under my breath, but the Horseman still hears.
"Young ladies should not curse," he lectures softly with a smirk. I turn towards Ian and Moony.
"Go, I'll distract him," I whisper, this time the Hessian doesn't nod their heads reluctantly. I hug them both.
"Keep them safe David," I tell my brother. He looks at me in a way that tells me I shouldn't be playing the hero in times like this.
"Just don't do anything stupid, I want my sister back in one piece," he tries to joke. I smile sadly before I jump off the tree to a thick branch in the middle. From there I jump to the ground, almost falling over. The second I reached the ground, the Hessian started walking towards me, no weapons raised. I couldn't care less and ran towards him.
'Man I'm stupid.' I thought. His eyes widened as I ran towards him. At the last second, before I would crash into him, I changed my course into the woods, running away from him in the opposite direction that the others were running. I looked back to see him chasing me. I could see he was angry at my trick.
'For a dead guy he's pretty fast,' I thought, 'and thank God he's too angry to remember his horse.' I just kept running. Suddenly I broke out of the forest, right into Sleepy Hollow.
"Oh, come on," I moan, looking to see where I should run next. I saw Mrs. Menegay and ran towards her. Once I got near her I screamed 'RUN' and kept running. I stop running when I heard a sickening crack, like a neck breaking. I turn around slowly to see Mrs. Menegay's head rolling away from her body. I just gulped at the sight and continued running when the Hessian started coming towards me again. I look around and see Ian, Moony, Chad, Gabe and Catalina walk out of the woods. David was no where to be found.
I smirk and run towards them, Horseman in tow. Once I get near them, I grab Ian and Moony before continuing to run.
"Hey!" they both objected at my harsh grasp. I looked behind us to see Catalina running after us and the Hessian chopping off heads of anyone around. I quickly turn around and run faster. After a while, I think we finally lost him, but we keep running. After 5 more minutes of running, we reach a small cave and go inside. It was damp on the inside but it made a decent hiding place for now.
"I hate this crazy town," Ian mutters. I nod my head in agreement.
"What did you do!" Catalina yells at me through tears. I cringe at her load, sqeaky voice. Ian moans angryly, obviously developing a headache. I walk up to her slowly, like a dangerous predator.
"If you want to live, be quiet," I hiss pointing outside, "Unless you want that monster finding us." She nods her head, afraid of the concept of her death. I hear a muffled sob and turn towards it.
"Moony...," I try to comfort her. I can't blame her for being sad. Rose was the one to befriend her when she first transferred to our school. "Annie..." I try. She looks up at me when she hears her real name.
"Who's Annie?" Catalina questions as I pull Moony/Annie into a hug.
"Moony's real name is Annie," Ian explains quietly.
"It'll be okay...I know you miss Rose, but she wouldn't want to see you like this." I mutter. I feel her stiffen at Rose's name but calm down when she realizes my words are true.
"You're right...thank you, I know this is awkward for you, being nice and compassionate." she thanks, teasing me slightly.
"Think good thoughts...Gabe, Tina, Chad, Mrs. Menegay and Madison are dead." I try to break the tense silence. Ian chuckles darkly.
"What?" Moony and I snap. He laughs in return.
"Alex, the Macalls are gonna kill you when they learn their precious Chad is dead." he warns happily.
"How is that funny? I hate it when you're right," I growl.
"Do you have your ipod?" Moony asks, "I could use some music." I nod and pull it out. I give her one headphone and put the other in my ear.
"I can take the rain on the roof of this empty house, that don't bother me
I can take a few tears now and then and just let them out, I'm not afraid to cry every once in a while
Even though going on with you gone still upsets me
There are days every now and again I pretend I'm okay
But that's not what gets me," Rascal Flatts sings.
"What hurts the most, was being so close
and having so much to say, and watching you walk away
And never knowing, what could've been, and not seeing that loving you
Is what I was tryin' to do," Moony hums.
"It's hard to deal with the pain of losing you every where I go, but I'm doin' it
It's hard to force a smile when I see our old friends and I'm alone, still harder
Getting up, getting dressed, living with this regret, but I know if I could do it over
I would trade give away all the words that I saved in my heart, that I left unspoken," I continue in a whisper.
"What hurts the most, is being so close
And having so much to say, and watching you walk away
And never knowing, what could have been, and not seeing that loving you
Is what I was trying to do," Moony sings, her voice floating in a haunting manor around the cave.
"What hurts the most, is being so close
Ands having so much to say and watching you walk away, and never knowing
What could've been, and not seeing that loving you is what I was trying to do
Not seeing that loving you
That's what I was trying to do," I finish.
"I hate that song. It's too sad," Ian says.
As the next song comes on, I smile in pure happiness.
"Ian, headphone, now." I order. Ian takes Moony's headphone and puts it in his ear. I show him the title and he smiles.
"Gotta enjoy the little things," He laughs.
"Listen up, turn it up and rock it out
party on, I wanna hear you scream and shout
this is real, as real as it gets
I came to get down, to get some f*%king respect
taking it back to a hardcore level
you better be ready, put your pedal to the metal
taking it back to a hardcore level
you better be ready, put your pedal to the metal," I hum, trying to ignore our situation.
"Go!"
"Whoa, I'll never give in
Whoa, I'll never give up
Whoa, I'll never give in
And I just wanna be, wanna be loved
Whoa, I 'll never give in
Whoa, I'll never give up
Whoa, I'll never give in
And I just wanna be, wanna be loved!" we mumble together.
"I want domination, I want your submission
I see you're not resisting, to this temptation
I've got one confession, a love deprivation
"I've got a jet black heart, it's all f*%ked up and it's falling apart," I sing my favorite part.
"Enough you two," Moony laughs, "You're traumatizing Catalina." she says, pointing to a scared Catalina.
"So?" Ian and I laugh. Moony glares at us before cracking up.
"Oh, shut up," Catalina mutters, "It wasn't that funny...was it?"
"Yes," we all laugh.
"Yes it was," Ian laughs. After a while we calm down.
"I'm bored," I complain.
"That's usual, you're easily bored," Ian mutters.
"I don't know whether to take that as a complement or insult." I say with a raised eyebrow.
"Insult," Ian and Moony chime before laughing, Catalina looking at us as if we were insane...we probably are.
"You guys are..." Catalina was cut off as the wind picked up dangerously.
"He's here," I whisper, emotionless.
'No, I can't lose another friend," Moony says, latching onto my hand.
"Alex, if you die, we die. We won't leave you that easily." Ian pledges, standing up. 'I'm going to have to knock them out,' I know silently. I quickly shake off Moony and punch Ian in the temple, knocking him unconscious. I quickly turn to Moony and poke a pressure point in her neck, leaving her to slide next to Ian on the floor, knocked out.
"Van Tassel! Come out here and face me," the Horseman roars outside, a shiver ran down my spine. I leave the cave, the second I emerge I am faced with the Hessian. He smiles a shark's smile, pointed teeth and all. He unsheathes his sword and poises for attack. Suddenly...
I am truly evil.
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