Hey sorry it took me so long. Life was just happening. Disclaimer: I don't own the Black Cauldron. Warning: mentions of rape. I don't like rape I think it is disgusting. People, if you were raped or sexually assaulted, please report it. Keeping it to yourself is not going to catch the person who hurt you in that way and they may go after other people and hurt them the same way they hurt you. It is not your fault that something like that happened to you so please remember that and report it so the police could help you.
School was just the same as usual except that people that have ignored me for the past four years are suddenly talking to me and not in a bad way. They were asking me questions like where are you living now and are you feeling okay? It's weird for me, but I know I can adapt to this. My only concern is being used for something. After History 101 was lunch and that is where I made my first friend that would not be using me. I walked up to him and asked if I can sit with him. I know who he is and I hope he would talk to me.
"Hi, I'm Scarlet! What's yours?"
"Cyrus. Are you talking to me to use me in the end cause if you are then you can leave right now!"
"Relax Cyrus! I'm only talking to you cause I could use a friend right now after everything that's happened."
He looked away from me in shame and said, "Sorry bout that. I've been used too many times in the past."
"It's o.k. I've been used in the past for four years by students needing their homework done so that they can be lazy idiots."
We talked the entire lunch period and we had the same English class together. Cyrus hates English, but he told the reason why he keeps his grades up his because of parents. Cyrus wanted to be a program designer and be as rich as Bill Gates, but he still has graduation to get through.
"Hey Cyrus, I know we just met, but do you want to come over to my place tonight and study?"
"Sure! Maybe if I study with you and get my grades up it might get my folks off my back for a while till graduation which is only four days away from now."
"Wicked! Meet me at the entrance of Morva Swamp after school."
Class ended and I went home to tell Ordu about Cyrus. I hope she would let him come over.
"Hey Ordu, could a friend come over to study?"
"Alright, but make sure that he doesn't get into the Witch Chamber while he is here got it?"
I mocked-saluted her and ran back to swamp entrance. By the time that I got there Cyrus was already there waiting.
"Hey Cyrus! Welcome to my new home. Follow me, please and don't touch any of the plants or Ordu will have your head and mine."
"Who's Ordu?"
"Ordu is my new guardian. Let me tell; when I first met her I thought me and her were going to fight a lot, but when we got to know one another we kind of became friends. Me and her though have a mega secret, but you have to keep it to yourself."
"What is it?"
"Me and Ordu are witches. We practice spells and help people when they need the help. Right now I am an apprentice and the only way to become a full witch is to help someone with their fate for it be good or evil. I would rather do good then evil. I also have a spirit partner who is technicly not dead yet, but has his soul separated from his body to protect him till we get of this evil kind of immortal horned freak called the Horned King who goes by another name called Mr. King who owns Perdain Industries. You do believe me, right?"
"Oh yeah I do! Do you think Ordu would let me record your lessons and practices and if you need help getting your spirit partner's body out I can help cause I hacked into there loads of times and never been caught so could I?"
"I would if only you don't show anyone outside of this house and you can help as long as you do as you are told."
We jumped like a couple of startled cats when we saw Ordu at the front door. How a woman her age could move so fast is beyond me, but this is Ordu I am talking about and she has been alive for a few centuries.
"Don't worry ma'am I won't. I'm Cyrus and I don't share other people secrets that aren't supposed to be exposed."
"I could trust you and you may record our sessions. Now I know you two have studying to do."
I know what she is like when I don't study so I quickly got Cyrus inside the house and hit the books. It was getting late, so he asked if he can stay for the night and thank the gods and goddesses that his mom was home and said yes. Now it was time to head to Dreamland and go on my date with Taren.
After I've fallen asleep I saw Taren smiling at me with something in his eyes. I smiled back and embraced him. "Good evening, Scarlett."
"Good evening, Taren. How was another day being stuck in the necklace?"
"Just the same. I've been stuck in here for centuries and was always alone till you found me."
"You will never be alone again. You have a new friend that you will meet as soon as we get your soul back in your body."
"Who is this friend?"
"His name is Cyrus and he wants to help us. I did what you told me to do and Ordu explained everything to me except one thing. What horrible things did that Hollow-eyed, skeletal, Horned Freak do to you?"
"I don't talking about it, but if I talk about my experience it might help feel better. I was living Dolbin and his pig Henwen when the Horned King came to the cottage. Dolbin demanded to know what he wanted. The Horned King wanted Henwen though Dolbin and I would never let that happen. So Dolbin killed Henwen and thought that her powers would disappear altogether, but we were wrong. Her powers went into me and knocked me out. When I woke up my hands were bound and my tunic was removed. I was also blindfolded and gagged. It seemed to last forever till the blindfold was removed and there he was. He said that since I now have Henwen's powers that I was to help him and he wasn't giving me much choice. After that I felt a heated pain on my back with a spell attached to it. This spell was to make me his slave till the day he dies. He untied me and stripped me the rest of the way. He made me lay on my stomach and he… he… he raped me. The pain was so horrible that I just wanted to die. After he got done he put a fertility spell on me that would make me have his children then he left me alone in that dark room."
"How did you get out?"
"Creeper actually. He didn't like what his master was doing and took me to a witch that was inside the castle. She looked like you except for the hair. She removed the fertility spell and told me to go to the witches of Morva and tell them to remove my soul and put it somewhere he'll never find me. I did just that and here we are."
"I'm sorry you went through that. Many women went through the same thing that you did and survived. There are women out there though that would not report it because they are either embarrassed, ashamed, or thought that no one would believe them. I believe you though Taren and there are men that get raped and sexually assaulted as well so you not alone in this. You know what we are supposed to be having a great time, so let's have a great time before I have to wake up for school."
And we did and it was an amazing time. Right then and there I vowed to help him in any way. Outside of Dreamland my powers started to grow to the same level as a full witch and Cyrus' camcorder recorded the entire thing.