Chapter 6
It was silent throughout the castle besides the ocean life surrounding them. The quietness lulled everyone to sleep, except for one.
Still awake staring at the stoned ceiling angry for what her parents did, how could they?! She despised Prince Teague; she didn't want to ever marry him! Mina thought harder, her face muscles twitching until she finally agreed on a thought. 'Why wait to get to my grandparents when I can get this over with quick' she nodded to herself as she got up quickly looking for clothes and shoes before sneaking out of her bedchamber.
Passing through the many rooms she noticed her brother's door slightly ajar, glancing to the stairs she opened his door quietly and closed it behind her. Sprawled out on his bed was Charlie.
She smiled warmly. 'I'll be back I promise' she thought to herself, slightly patting his head as she walked backwards before walking forwards to the door, shutting it behind her once again and back to the mission at hand. Passing by her parents room she looked at it in thought before frowning and shaking her head.
Stepping down the stairs quietly she listened for armored footsteps, there were a few guards that roamed around the common areas at night. She stepped close to the wall peeking over her shoulder where the dining entrance was before sticking her head out from the wall she was currently next to. Her gold speckled eyes scanned the room before spotting one of the guards with his back to her. She quickly tiptoed across the entrance before reaching the door to her freedom. She pulled with force as the heavy doors made an opening just for her to squeeze through.
'Yes!' Mina celebrated in her head as she pulled herself through breathing in the air kept in from the magic force field surrounding the castle.
She jogged to the edge where the stoned path met water looking back at the castle then back to the magic field reaching her hand in and walking through it. Her body adjusting to the bone chilling water making it appropriate to swim freely with a little bit of fae magic, she swam through the water on her way to her grandparents. 'They'll change my parents mind…then I won't have to marry Prince Teague, I won't be stuck with him forever I can't…' she thought hard not knowing something was lurking in the dark waters and unaware of the webbed green hand reaching for her ankle. She yelped as the webbed hand dragged her down roughly.
Looking down as she saw a nixie staring back with soulless black eyes, their dark green hair floating around their head like kelp. Grinning with sharp teeth, it surged forwards towards her trying to take a chunk out of her throat. Mina's fight or flight instincts, along with her training above ground at the Fate's palace kicked in as he shoved her knee into their abdomen as hard as she could.
Mina used the distance as an opportunity to pull her arm and elbow back before delivering a clean hit to the nixies face, blood leaking from its V-like nose and mixing with the water.
Before she could move her arm back, the feral nixie snarled, bearing its sharp teeth again. It swam and charged forward bringing its sharp, webbed hands to slash and grab at Mina's face and arms.
Mina's practiced reflexes were slightly hindered by the force under water as she propelled herself backwards, deeper into the dark water, to escape the lethal attack with just a scratch on her cheek. Mina watched as it swam past her before it disappeared.
Her golden streaked hair whipped around her as she tried to predict where the nixie's next attack would come from. She didn't have a lot of time left. She was dizzy and afraid she couldn't hold on long enough underwater without air. She still had to come back to Charlie. She refused to die like this.
Reaching into her waistband, she pulled out a dagger Johnny gifted to her secretly before they parted, 'didn't think I would be using this so soon' she thought, as she felt the force barreling toward her before using all her strength to swish at the green body speeding at her.
A pained screech could be heard as she landed a blow to the hand of the hungry nixie. The nixie screaming in anger and pain as blood floated and mixed in with the dark murky water around Mina like a halo before the monster gripped her leg and drug her down. Being face to face with the nixie's angry black eyes and razor teeth, Mina tried to push its snapping mouth away using her forearm as she dropped the dagger to grab it with her other hand and plunging it into the nixies neck, giving it a fatal blow. Mina watched as its black eyes widened and mouth opening into an 'O'. Its grip on her leg never let go even when it was dead. As if it was determined to drag her to death with it.
Mina watched with wide-eyed horror, as it tried to drag her down, adrenaline coursed through her and she kicked its hand off of her ankle. Her heartbeat thumping so fast it's all that rings through her head. She watched as the nixies body sank down to deeper water almost as if they became stone.
'I killed them…I…killed…' She shook her head and started to swim away quickly. 'I can feel guilty later. First, I need air. Then to get to my grandparents fast!'
She swam towards the surface with haste. Unaware that around her another powerful creature could smell the blood of their fallen mixing with the water.
Mina was close to reaching freedom, to air, the sign of sunrise peeking above the clear world. Then her body stopped….a dull vibration spreading through her veins and to her spine settling like a shiver never stopping. A deep hum echoed throughout her head, it sounded…ominous. Yet it was so alluring.
Her eyes drooped low the louder the humming got practically swallowing her as another Nixie called to her, forcing her to swim deeper into the water, away from the surface, away from freedom. Forcing Mina to answer and follow it's command.
Mina was very aware of what was going on but the melody was stronger.
Webbed green hands grab her face and arms as she pulls her deeper into the depths.
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A/N that's the end for this chapter. More in about 10 days.
-Baphy and Midnight
P.S. The next chapter is already written but needs editing. (Thank you Baphy)
