Chapter 18. Her Painful Exit (3)

With their eyes shut and Elena trusting her friend not to kill her in a bad landing, in less than five seconds they felt themselves bouncing on a fluffy surface. The whole place was quiet as they uncovered their eyes to behold Aires’ room.

“That was fast” Elena commented.

“Yes, but might be late for what we came for, hurry let’s go” Aires said in a flash, jumping out of the bed athletically and racing towards the door knob.

As she turned it clockwise with Elena by her side, the door flung open to a surprising battle they could not engage in due to the magical arc wall that separated their side of the house and the battleground, Aires’ living room.

The old fairy stood in the center of the dimly lit room, her wings flickering with an otherworldly light. Across from her was Vanessa, the shapeshifter, looming, her body contorted and twisted by the malevolent demon that possessed her, yes she too had been possessed. The creature’s eyes burned with an unearthly fir