“We should have never come back here.”
Sarah feasted on the first guys blood as they continued soaring above the dormitory and then she felt his body convulse in her arms. She knew he had just died and that his soul was on its way out of his body. She knew there was nothing left in him and so she landed back down on the ground next to the other guys who were trapped in the net.
She laid down the lifeless body and said, “Whose next?
“Not me! Not me!” they each yelled. “Take him!”
Sarah grabbed the top of the net and began lifting it up into the air with the four guys inside kicking and screaming for their lives.
“Please let us go!” Please!”
“You think I’m going to let you go after the way you treated me?” Sarah said.
“I don’t know. Please. We won’t do it again. We will do anything. Please don’t do that to us. Please!”
“You’re finished!” Sarah said as she reached into the net with her sharp claws and grabbed of the guys out. She looked him in the eyes with her beady red eyes and put him under her spell. Suddenly his eyes started moving in circles in his head and his body started shaking and convulsing. She leaned down towards his throat and sunk her long fangs into his neck. She sucked out all of his blood and then threw his body down on the ground next to the other guy. She reached in and grabbed another guy and did the same thing as the remaining two sat their crying and shaking in their boots.
“What did we do to deserve this?” they yelled. “C’mon. Haven’t you done enough damage?”
Then, the net snapped and the two guys fell from the sky onto the ground. They were still alive once they fell and Sarah could see them trying to limp away from the scene.
“Not so fast!” she yelled from above. “Don’t try to run from me now!”
She swooped down and with both of her hands grabbed the two guys and with epic strength started to fly back up into the air with them. She felt one of the guys start to squirm and wiggle a lot and use all his remaining strength to try and break free of her death grip. She started to feel her grip relinquish a little bit as he started swatting at her face and eyes. She could feel him punching her eyes and it was making it harder and harder for her to see clearly. She knew she had no choice but to drop him. As he fell to the ground, she tried to regain focus of her eyes, but couldn’t see that far. She felt the other guy begin to do the same thing and she knew she had to kill him. She couldn’t let them both get away. She threw him high up into the air and on his way down she clawed at him with her sharp claws and scratched him to death. His body hit the ground with a thud as she followed sucking out the thick red blood drop by drop until there was nothing left inside of him but his lifeless organs.
She looked around to see if the other guy was still in sight but he was gone. She knew she had to find him and kill him. She couldn’t let him get away now. Not after what he’d seen.
CHAPTER TWELVE
Hunter had been searching for endless days for the Waverly Mirror and he was beginning to feel that they were running out of luck and time. He thought bringing Penelope and Matilda along with him would help him find it, but it was turning out that none of them had any clue as to where it was hidden. After searching through old castles, the hottest of desserts, and deep in the ocean he was at a loss.
He wished he knew who to call or who he knew that might be able to point them in the direction of the Waverly Mirror. As night fell, he looked up at the moon and knew by its size that the new moon was coming in only a matter of days. He could see the stars taking form as they were about to align and give the Greslin Coven the opportunity to perform the Varithian Ritual to gain control of the entire universe. He knew it was only a matter of days until they’d all be exterminated by Violet. He could feel his days coming to an end and knew that if he didn’t come up with a way to find the Waverly Mirror it was over for the entire Vladdicus Coven.
He felt immense pressure as visions of Violet performing the Varithian Ritual flashed over and over in his head. He could picture her holding the sapphire and diamond Varithian Bracelet up and cackling in her nasty witch-like voice. It was a vision he never wanted to see and certainly a vision he didn’t want executed in real life.
Then, Hunter felt the ground begin to shake as if an earthquake was rumbling under his feet.
“Guys, what’s happening?” Hunter asked, turning to Penelope and Matilda.
“I don’t know!” the girls shrieked.
“Hurry, let’s get to safety,” Hunter said, as he pulled the girls into a hut on the side of the ocean.
Then it began to pour as they huddled down in the thatched roof hut, praying that they’d be safe. As the crouched down holding onto each other’s hands they began to chant the old ancient Vladdicus hymn.
“The world is one. It’s core is ours. Rise up, oh ether, and envelope us all.”
“The world is one. It’s core is ours. Rise up, oh ether, and envelope us all.”
“The world is one. It’s core is ours. Rise up, oh ether, and envelope us all.”
Their voices grew increasingly louder as they continued to chant. Hunter could feel his body completely enraptured by this ancient hymn and his mind flooded with new ideas of how to find the Waverly Mirror. It was as if the skies opened up and down came the answers he’d always been looking for.
Suddenly, the ground stopped shaking, and the three ended their chanting and looked at each other surprised.
“Wow! It worked!” Matilda said.
“I can’t believe it!” Penelope added.
“We haven’t said that chant in hundreds of years. It’s a wonder we remembered it at all,” Hunter added.
“These things don’t just escape us,” Matilda said. “That’s what Uncle Bennington always told us.”
“Uncle Bennington! Wait? Why did you all of a sudden think of him?” Hunter asked.
“I don’t know. It just came to me. Must have been the chanting?” she replied.
“It’s a strange coincidence, because during the chanting, I couldn’t stop thinking of him either!” Hunter remarked.
“Really?” Penelope said. “Does he have long black hair and a curly mustache?”
“YES!” Matilda said. “Have you met him?”
“NO! Never!” Penelope said. “But while we were chanting a person who looked like that kept flashing across my mind. It must have been your Uncle Bennington.”