Looking around I saw a knife in the fruit basket. Walking backwards to reach for it, he followed me and that's when I stabbed him on the stomach. Seeing him bleeding I panicked and got scared when he stared at me with angry blue eyes as he turned into a big bat."Oh God! How would I trace his heart now. Why has he turned into a bat this time? Did he know I wanted to stab him on the chest? Did he somehow find about our plan? I panicked as I tried to think correctly. "No Artie, this isn't the right time to get scared. You have to be brave and strong so you can find out what these people are up to."I said to myself."Am so sorry Anu but am left with no other choice."I whispered into his ear as I get hold of my dagger to stab him while shaking terribly."Am so sorry mother. For sure I can't do this anymore. I have caused so much pain to him already. I need to rectify my mistake." I breathed as I dropped my dagger down. It was like mother had been somewhere close watching me because she ap
Looking around, the magical walls were no more. I wasn't safe anymore. For a moment I got a strange feeling. A line appeared on the ground leading to somewhere so I followed it. It stopped at the previous abandoned place. "Why am I back to this place?"I asked myself. Maybe something compelled me to. "Artie, Artie."someone kept repeating my name."Who are you?"I asked while shaking terribly."You will soon find out."he replied."Show yourself if you aren't a coward."I provoked."Help please.""Why should I help you, I even don't know you. What if you aren't a good person."I said."Please save me."he cried and I could feel he was really suffocating from underground."I know this is very dangerous but I have no other choice my dear. You are the only one who can help me bring me back to life. You are partly demon and witch too, there's nothing impossible for you."he pointed."How did you know about me?"I was getting terrified."I know you very well my child."he cried."Child? Are you my
Waiting impatiently for things to work by themselves like how mother had promised, nothing happened. "This can't be happening to me." I panicked when nothing happened yet Anu had started to undress himself. Opening my eyes slowly to look at him, I couldn't believe what my eyes saw. His fangs had elongated while his eyes darkened as his nails turned to crawls."OMG! What would happen to me if my powers don't work out?" I shook my head at the thought. Still wondering, I felt a cold arm caressing my waist. "He has started his mission already. What do I do now."I breathed inwardly as I opened my eyes again to look at my shining ring. "You really can't do this to me please. What don't you see that he has already started his mission."I yelled at the ring and a sound escaped my lips."Artie." Anu called me but I couldn't answer because I knew he was trying to see if I was awake.When I didn't answer, l heard him breathing with relief. For a moment my breath was taken away when I felt soft
"I will bring him back no matter what happens."I said trying to get up on my legs."So brave! But this bravery of yours might not work on me tonight. Am sure you still want to live, am I right? Going against me would shut down all of your future hopes. I advise you to stay back and let me do my task. I had unfinished businesses before I was burnt from here." He said biting his lip."Unfinished businesses?"I repeated his words."Well you see I made a deal with your parents. Your mother couldn't conceive for more than a hundred years, she was barren so they came to my house for some help. I agree to help them but on two conditions. The first was that your mother would spend a night with me after confirming her pregnancy and the second one was that their child would later be my daughter-in-law of which they didn't fulfill. And when I came here to remind them about our deal, I ended up getting burnt alive." He said developing long fangs that got me scared."Thank God they never fulfilled
"I even forgot that you have grown into an intelligent woman, my daughter. Am proud of you. And yes, you are right, you don't need to explain yourself to anybody.""Keep updating me about the situation.""Alright then. I will get going." And just like that she disappeared.Heading to our room I felt so guilty. I wondered what happened when Anu found out that it was my shadow that was in bed with him. I couldn't gather the courage to face him at a moment so with the help of my powers, I became invisible and entered the room. Surprisingly Anu was tied up with chains but he was in his normal form. "If he didn't change, then why did they chain him up here?" I asked myself."Anu, what's wrong? Why are you being chained up? Is everything okay?" I asked. Of course I felt concerned about him. He was my husband after all and mother had asked me to focus on my marriage."Artie. Are you back and alright?"that's what he said before turning into a statue."No Anu. You can't leave me alone and go l
"I am but mother..""Shuhhhh! No ifs and buts. You have to find it or else you might lose Anu for good. This poison is very dangerous. His mother used the same ashes to put him in this condition and the only way to cure him is to sprinkle him with the solution of that ash and your blood."she said."My blood? Are you sure mother?""Yes dear. This is the only way to revive your husband.""Where will I find the leopard's bone and how sure would I be that it's a leopard's bone?""There's one way for you to be sure about that. You will attack the leopard, get a bone from its flesh and make sure it remains alive and healthy. If anything happens to that leopard after using its bone, Anu would die too."she warned."So I have to go hunting?" "Yes. But not from anywhere you feel like, you will have to hunt for it from the Dark forest." She said emphasizing 'dark forest'."I have never heard about this. Where is it found?" Mother's words were making me lose my courage. In fact I was turning int
I closed my eyes waiting for it's last decision, to be fed on. But no, it didn't. "Maybe I should open my eyes and see."I thought so I opened my eyes."How is this possible? Who could have killed this lion?" I screamed but with relief when I saw the lion dead. I looked around but couldn't see anyone. "Could it be my powers?" I wondered but before I could praise my powers and myself, an owl came fluttering in the air and landed before me."Young lady, what brought you here. Don't you know it's very dangerous for you to be here and that too alone?"it pointed."Strange! A talking owl? "I was shocked. "You can talk? I mean are you a human?"I asked though it was obvious that I was scared."You aren't a human too but you can talk, why can't I then?"it replied."What a great answer! Anyway, am just wondering how this lion died. I didn't attack it."maybe I had considered the owl my friend."I killed it."it said."How? I mean it was so big and strong so how did you...?"I couldn't bring mysel
All went well like how he had told me. Going back to check on the leopard, it was fine already so I had to leave the forest. I wanted to see my husband. I was longing to hug him for hours, to whisper ' l love you ' in his ear thus confessing my love to him. I wanted to confort him because I knew he was still thinking about what his mother did to him. Trying to perform a spell to vanish from the Dark forest, I failed for ten times I tried."What's happening with me? Why can't I do a spell. Why can't I use my powers anymore?"I wondered.I then thought back about Mike, how would he leave this forest if he doesn't come back with his magic. I went back to the blood lake to check if he had managed to come back to life but no. He wasn't there but instead there was a feather that looked to be of an owl. It was white with black spots."Could this mean Mike has already come back to life? Did he leave this behind for me?"I thought. "I think I should take it with me for remembrance of him." I th