Chapter 5: Daylight Ring

Emily's Pov-

"Come on, where is that spell?" Aria said as she scrolled through one of Grams Grimoires trying to find the spell to make a daylight ring. I had called Hanna and Aria earlier and told them everything about the vampire who had kidnapped Spencer.

"It has to be in one of these." I said as I scrolled through another one.

"Well it's not in this one." Aria said and put down another Grimoire she had checked.

"Well, just keep looking." I said and gave Aria another one.

"Em, I'm not saying we should give up but there are tons of witchy books here can't you just summon the right one with a spell or something?" Hanna asked.

"Yeah right." I said sarcastically. "I'll just wave my hands and go Sequita Saguines and then…" suddenly a Grimoire falls down on my desk, it starts to flip its own pages until it suddenly stops.

I walked up and looked at the Grimoire. "This is the spell." I said and start to read it.

"It says I'll need to enchant a Lapis Lazuli stone and I also need daylight when I cast the spell otherwise it won't work." I said.

"Where can we get a Lappie Lassie stone?" Hanna asked.

"Lapis Lazuli, and I don't know." I said.

"Why did A have to kidnap Spencer, she'd know where to find that stone." Aria said.

"I know but we have to find one ourselves." I said.

" Well you're out of luck here, the few places that sell those stones takes at least five days to ship it and they are expensive and I mean really expensive." Hanna said as she showed me her phone. She had googled Lapis Lazuli and found an online store that was selling them but it was too far away and they cost over 500$ and that place was also out of stock.

"Is there any place here in Rosewoods that sells those stones?" I asked and Hanna kept checking and I got my computer and started to search as well, we had to find one of those stones in two days or it'd be too late.

Paige's Pov-

I slammed the wall in the pool and then I looked at the clock on the wall to see my time. I almost growled when I saw my time was two seconds longer than my personal best. I need to get faster. I got out of the pool and stepped up to the edge of the pool and dived back into the pool, pushing myself harder and harder to achieve my top speed and break my own personal best. Once I hit the wall I looked at the time again, still too slow.

"McCullers!" I heard someone shout, I looked behind me and saw Lisa, Maggie and Tera, three girls on the swim team. They were all standing there wearing their normal clothes.

"What do you want?" I asked as I walked out of the pool.

"Just checking out our captain." Lisa said.

"Making sure she's still fit to lead the team now when Emily is back and she can now become the anchor in the next meet." Lisa continued.

"Emily is a good swimmer and having her return is what's best for the team." I said trying to keep my cool.

"It sounds like you've lost your edge." Lisa said, she had always been a thorn at my side when it came to the position as team captain and the second I'd do something that she could use against me to make me lose my captain's spot she would.

"I as good as always and you know it." I snapped at her and she smirked and moved closer to my face.

"You might have been the one who brought us last year's victory but now you're just a soft girl with a big mouth." Lisa said as she checked my time. "You're not fast enough anymore."

"Shut up!" I said as I closed my hand into a fist and fought the urge to punch Lisa in her big stupid face. I kept reminding myself that she wasn't worth it and I turned my back to her, she was just going to keep getting in my face if I'd stay here so I grabbed my towel and left, hearing Lisa brag that she made me back of or something, I wasn't really listening anymore.

When I got to the locker rooms I could hide my anger anymore, I punched the closes locker I could see as hard as I could. I stood like that for a while breathing heavily to calm down, Lisa was such a bitch who was jealous of me for being a better swimmer than her and I proved it the countless times I had beaten her for the captain's position, why can't she just transferee school?

I felt that I had calmed down and I moved my fist way from the locker door and I saw that I had left a big dent in it.

Emily's Pov-

Hanna, Aria and I had stayed up all night trying to find a place where we could find a Lapis Lazuli but it had been in vain, the few online stores we found that had those stones couldn't deliver it in time. I looked over my shoulder and saw Aria and Hanna sleeping. I opened a Grimoire hoping I'd find something that could tell me where I could find a Lapis stone.

"Emily, did you stay up all night?" I heard a voice say, I turned around and saw my mom standing there.

"Yeah, it's a group assignment for history class." I lied.

"Well, you should still get some sleep." My mom said.

"I know, it's just a really big assignment, huge part of our grade." I continued to lie.

"Ok, I'm glad you're taking school serious but don't push yourself too hard." My mom said.

"I won't, this is just special circumstances." I said.

My mom looked at Hanna and Aria who was just waking up. "I'll prepare some coffee for you and when you walk downstairs be careful, your grandmother was up late with her friends and she came home sometime after I was asleep." My mom said.

"Ok, we'll be quiet." I said and when my mom had left.

"Your grandmother stays up late?" Aria asked.

"Only when she is with one of her friends, they all live far away from here so when one is visiting she makes sure to spend as much time as possible with them when one of them is in town." I explained.

"Do you think we'll be like that? You know if Spencer…" Hanna said but then she almost started to cry.

"We'll get her back, I just need to find the stone and then there is no problem to cast the spell and then we'll get Spencer back." I said comforting Hanna.

One day later:

"Dammit!" I said as I slammed a Grimoire shut. I had spent all my free time trying to make the damn ring, I only needed the Lapis stone which was impossible to find, it would have been easier to find a fossil then one of those stones.

"Is something wrong?" Grams asked.

"I'm trying to find something." I said.

"Lapis Lazuli? That's a rare stone what do you need that for?" She asked.

"It's for… school, I'm not sure about my work and if I could find a stone like that I'd get a few extra points." I lied and Grams walked back to her room and then she came back holding a stone.

"I think this should be enough to get you an A." Grams said and I couldn't believe it, she had a Lapis Lazuli stone that she just gave to me.

"Where did you get that?" I asked.

"I'm a witch and those stones has been very helpful for stronger spells, they are a must for stronger witches, one day I'll try to teach you some of those spells." Grams said.

"I don't know what to say." I said as I held the stone.

"Just helping my little Emmy with her school work." Grams said.

"I have to go to Hanna, we need to prepare our presentation. I'll be home late." I said.

"Ok, good luck." Grams said as I put the stone in my backpack where I also had the spell for the daylight ring.

I ran to Hanna sending her a text saying I got the stone and I was on my way to her place since Grams would probably notice if a was casting a spell and Aria's house was crowded today while Mrs. Marin was at work now so Hanna's house was the best bet since I wasn't sure what was going to happen when I cast this spell, like will there be a blast of light or an earthquake or something else.

Later:

I sat on Hanna's bed, we had prepared the ring so now all we needed was to cast the spell and we'd get a daylight ring. I put the ring under the sunlight and took a few deep breaths before I started to chant the spell, according to the Grimoire the stone was supposed to sparkle for a short while if the spell works.

"Matere et lunare tua virtus." Chanted but nothing happened.

"Matere et lunare tua virtus, matere et lunare tua virtus." I closed my eyes and kept chanting.

"Emily, something is happening to the stone." Hanna said.

"Matere et lunare tua virtus." I chanted as Hanna and Aria looked at the stone making sure to tell me when the spell was completed.

As I kept chanting I started to feel weaker but I just continued until Hanna or Aria would say the spell was completed.

I started to feel faint, like I had just swam several laps in the school's pool and now it was getting hard to just chant the spell.

"Emily, your nose is bleeding" Aria suddenly yelled but I knew I had to complete the spell.

I chanted a few more times feeling like I hadn't slept in ages, then suddenly I just gasped and Aria and Hanna yelled "Emily!"

Paige's Pov-

I was practicing some laps in my pool, I was interesting in swimming long before we move to Rosewood so they bought a house with a pool so I could practice whenever I wanted… before my parents focused more on their jobs and pretty much abandoned us.

I climbed up from the pools edge and looked up, it was dark and I could see that there was a full moon tonight.

"Hey, Paige, get inside now!" Stefan shouted at me.

"I'm practicing!" I said feeling my anger build up.

"I don't care, I'm older and I'm in charge." Stefan yelled as he walked up to me.

"Fuck you!" I yelled back he pushed me.

"I'm sick of your behavior." He yelled and I got enough of him so I threw a hard punch in his gut.

Then I realized what I had done, Stefan and I had yelled at each other and sometimes pushed each other but I had never punched him before.

"I'll be outside until you've calmed down." He said and marched out.

"Stefan!" I cried after him but he just ignored me.

Emily's Pov-

I groaned as I opened my eyes. "Emily! You're awake!" Hanna almost shrieked.

"Did I pass out for a few minutes?" I asked.

"You were out for several hours; I was about to call the hospital." Aria said.

"Wait, what time is it?" I asked when I suddenly got a text.

Unknown text: Time's up!

I knew that text was from Spencer's kidnapper. I quickly typed at my phone sending a text back.

My text: I got the ring just tell me where and I'll give it to you now.

I prayed that the next thing I was going to see on my phone was a picture of a dead Spencer.

Unknown text: Behind Rosewood high school, 15 minutes... DON'T BE LATE!

"We have to hurry or Spencer will die." I said as I grabbed the ring.

"Where are we going?" Aria asked.

"The school." I said as I run downstairs followed by Hanna and Aria, we had no time to lose.

We arrived at school where we saw someone wearing a hoodie, that person was holding Spencer, she was frozen in fear but she looked paralyzed.

"Here is our ring, let Spencer go and it's all yours." I said.

"The ring first." The vampire said in a very dark voice, I couldn't make out if it was a boy or girl.

The vampire the looked right into Spencer's terrified eyes and gave her a knife.

"If she starts to chant something cut you on throat." The vampire said.

"What did you just do?" Hanna asked.

"I compelled her, she'll do what I said." The vampire answered.

"Ok, well do this on your terms." I said worried for Spencer.

"Throw the ring to me, don't miss." The vampire said and I obeyed.

"Now let's make this real fun." The vampire said and suddenly the vampire snapped Spencer's neck.

"NOOO!" I screamed as I saw Spencer's dead body fall to the ground.

"What's going on?" I heard a man's voice and when I looked I saw that it was Paige's older brother, he just stared at us and then the vampire sprinted up next to him in just a quarter of a second, then he bit down on Stefan's neck and sucked her blood.

As Stefan screamed in pain I tried to cast a fire spell at the vampire but nothing happened, it was like I didn't had any magic left, I tried to focus and throw the fire spell again but nothing happened. My friends and I could only stand there and watch as the vampire drained Stefan dry on blood.

"I'll see you around." The vampire said and then the vampire just disappeared.

"We have to call an ambulance." Aria said.

"It's too late they are both dead and no one will believe us that a vampire killed them." I said.

"What do we tell them?" Hanna said.

"Well say an animal attacked Stefan but I don't know how we can explain Spencer." I said.

Suddenly we heard a gasp and we saw Spencer suddenly sitting up she looked at us as she stood up.

"Spencer, you're alive." I said and we all ran up and hugged her.

"But how?" I asked.

"The vampire wanted it to happened." Spencer said.

"What do you mean?" Aria asked.

"He/she or whatever that thing was fed me hers or his blood." Spencer said.

"What do you mean?" Hanna asked.

"I think I just got turned into a vampire." Spencer said.