Chapter 3 Cresent Witch

• “I did not summon you, give me my powers back, why can't I fly?” Clarris yelled at the witch.
• The witch laughed out hard and began circling Clarris, “You woke me up from my millennial old sleep. Seven years you cried, seven years you moaned the Betrayal of your lover and bestfriend. Seven years your tears flooded my tomb,”
• “What are you talking about? that's not even possible?? I just got tired from flying, lay on the ground and sobbed for some minutes,” Clarris spoke in a terrified voice. “ and then the ground collapsed beneath me and I found myself in here, now I have lost my ability to fly.”
• “Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha,” the Witch sneered.
• “Clarris ssss you've been crying for seven years, you've been in this forest for seven years. You've been……….long forgotten child.”
• Clarris moved a bit back, now fear was consuming her
• “Just look around…. ..was this the appearance of the cave when you first found yourself in here?” The witch asked.
• Clarris looked around and could clearly see that the cave had drastically changed apart from the blood that she was standing in and that seemed like an illusion and the heads on the spike, the cave had no opening, the entire upper part of the cave was sealed with overgrown shrubs, twigs and branches.
• Clarris began Punicking, “No no this is a trick witch, this is your magic at work. I order you to free me now!” she yelled out.
• In a swift, the witch snapped her fingers and they were teleported into Crystal castle, Ergad, king Jerald's kingdom. The witch had made sure to teleport in King Jerald's chambers. Clarris smiled but the mini second smile was replaced with disgust when she heard the moaning of a woman, she turned and it was Jerald and Rachel making love.
• “You stupid witch, get me out of this past,” Clarris yelled out.
• “This not the past my child this is the present, seven years after your disappearance,” the witch said out in mocking voice
• “No no you are lying, this is your illusion," Clarris cried out.
• The steaming love making of Rachel and King Jerald grew louder, “my king please slow down, remember I'm pregnant,” Rachel said between moans.
• Clarris hearts sank in, “please tell me this is an illusion, tell me this is what will happen if I do not go back?”
• “Sorry child this is happening now, they just can't see us or hear us.”
• “How????? hours ago I was in this castle preparing for my wedding?”
• Before the witch could reply, there was a knock on the door and the pair in bed stopped making love and quickly scrambled for their clothes, “Father we can't sleep,” a child's voice cried out.
• Jerald stood up and walked through Clarris's body and opened the door, two handsome boys rushed in and gave King Jerald a hug. “Father, there is a monster on the window,” the youngest one cried out.
• Jerald lifted the two boys and tossed them on the bed, “The monster will not follow you in this fortress,” he said while tickling both boys. The boys giggled and the oldest went and sat on Rachel's laps.
• Clarris could tell that the oldest was seven or six, she looked at the witch, who gave her a wide smile, “Yes dear, Rachel was with child the day you ran into the forest.”
• Clarris's tears turned into bitterness, “But how? When?” she cried out.
• The witch snapped her figure and they teleported to the day after Clarris ran into the forest.
• King Charles was pleading with king Jerald for more knights, “We need to send more knights into Deadman's forest, she might be alive?” king Charles yelled on top of his voice.
• “I have just lost the strongest assassins to that dumped Forest, nothing has been found of them. And you expect me to risk more men,” King Jerald replied.
• King Charles became furious and slammed on the table, “This is the princess, your wife to be we are talking about, we should risk everyone's life!”
• Jerald stared at him quietly, he had not slept the tire night and was tired, he needed to get king Charles off his back, “I can spare a few men but before dark they will return, no more men should die because of your daughter's recklessness. Darrell was the last shapeshifter we had in all the seven kingdoms, he was like a brother to me. Do you know how valuable his ability was to this kingdom?” King Jerald yelled out.
• “A few men???” King Charles asked with sorrow in his eyes, Jerald just looked down without saying a word.
• King Charles left the room furiously. Clarris tried to hold her father's arm but she couldn't touch anything soluble, her hands passed through king Charles's arm, “Father I'm here, please do not be sad,” she cried out.
• “My Child he can not hear you,” the witch reminded her. Clarris looked at Jerald with hate, the useless man could not even go out and look for. It disgusted her to the core. All these years he had been pretending to love her...
• Rachel walked into the room, she and Jerald shared a long hug, “she is gone forever isn't she?” she asked.
• “Darrell and his men did not survive, how could she?” he replied.
• Rachel was consumed with guilt, she felt her stomach turn and could feel everything on her throat. She ran to her Chambers and Jerald followed behind. Clarris and the witch also followed.
• Rachel went straight into her bathroom and vomited. She came back holding her tummy. “My king, I think I'm with child.” she said suddenly.
• Jerald's sad face turned into happiness and he lifted her off her fit, “her you sure my love, this is great news. I've been dreaming of this day” he said.
• Clarris rushed to where Rachel was standing and tried to grab her but to no avail. The witch laughed out hard.
• “Very sure, I have been having morning sickness for the past days.” Rachel replied
• “Why didn't you inform me of such good news, this is beautiful news?” Jerald asked.
• “You were going to marry my best friend,” Rachel replied looking away.
• “Clarris's heart began beating fast again and the room began shaking.”
• Jerald held on to a terrified Rachel, “what was that,” he asked.
• “An earthquake maybe,” Rachel replied In a terrified voice.
• “Calm down Clarrisss!” the witch yelled at her.
• “You said they can't hear me, how come they can feel me”
• “You are more powerful than you think, you are not just a girl that can fly,” the witch hissed
• Clarris remembered the terrible words that Jerald had told her, “you are just a girl that can fly”
• Hate built up and the castle began shaking vigorously, “I'm going to bury them in this stupid castel” Clarris yelled out.
• “Stupid girl, you are not seeing the bigger picture here?”
• Clarris looked at the witch with pain in her eyes
• “Watch them, don't you want to know what happened,” the witch asked.
• Clarris calmed herself down and looked at the happy couple embracing each other.
• “We have to get married,” Jerald whispered in Rachel's ears
• Rachel moved a bit and stared back at king Jerald, “we can't, what will people think of us, what of Clarris?”
• “She is long gone, it's unfortunate but this is destiny,” he knelt down and kissed Rachel's feet. “Clarris and I were not met to be, she was not worthy to rule Ergad by my side but you on the other side are perfect.”
• “My king.” Rachel blushed.
• “My queen, yes I know she was your friend but we can wait for one month, then announce our marriage.”
• Clarris's eyes turned black from the words she had just heard, never did Jerald ever address her by the “My queen” term in all the years they had been in courtship.
• Seeing this the witch got all excited, she had intentionally brought Clarris to these points in time to unleash her powers with hate.
• “I love you Rachel, please make me the happiest man,” Jerald said with teary eyes.
• Rachel was hesitant, she had just lost her Friend, what would people think of her. And they were the only two that were present when Clarris took off. And if they married now people would probably think they killed Clarris off in order to be together.
• “No we can't Jerald, she was my best friend, what if she is alive.”
• Jerald held on to her tightly, “okay, one year, let's give her one year. But even if she returns I will marry you, give you beautiful sons that we will raise in this castle.”
• “One year?”
• “Yes my love,” he replied.
• “I do not know,” she replied in a confused voice. Jerald got up and gave her a lot of kisses.
• Clarris just stared at them then turned to the witch and said, “I want them dead.”
• “You can make them suffer for an entity, king Jerald said you were not worthy to be his queen.”
• “Shut up! I heard everything, just shut up!” Clarris said while holding her head.
• The witch snapped her fingers and they were teleported to one year after Clarris's disappearance. The castle was full of festival celebration, and in a corner Rachel stood in a wedding gown. Upon seeing this Clarris knelt to the floor.
• The entire castle was in a happy mood, everyone was excited, it was clear that they had moved on and forgotten about her. “How could they all forget me just like that?” Clarris asked.
• A servant walked in with a baby wrapped in her hands, “My lady here you go, he is still crying.” Rachel excitedly took the baby and began breastfeeding him.
• “I can't watch this, where is my father? Why did he allow this nonsense to take place?” The witch snapped her fingers and they were in Arthora, seated in front of her was her father drinking himself to death. The marriage alliance with Ergad kingdom meant everything to him. Now he had no daughter nor Ergad.
• “Father stop,” Clarris knelt before him, “I'm here father, I'm alive.”
• “He can not hear you, and we are running out of time.” The witch reminded her.
• “Leave me alone stupid witch!” Clarris shouted out.
• “If I go you will forever be stuck in this realm, crying, regretting and moaning your lover.”
• “Come with me if you want to avenge the injustices King Jerald unleashed upon you. It was his father's idea to marry you, he had all the powers to break up this alliance but he did not, it was his fault that you ran off into the forest. Why should you allow him to leave happily ever after?”
• Clarris's eyes turned black again, what the witch was saying was hundred percent correct. Why should she be moaning for a man that betrayed her. Looking at her father she was consumed with so much hate. He was not a reflection of the powerful king he used to be and it was all thanks to king Jerald. Why should everyone suffer except for King Jerald.
• Without realizing it, she snapped her fingers and they all teleported back into the cave. This excited the witch, “yes I knew it was always within you"
• Clarris looked at her terrified, “how….. was... I.. able to do that?” Clarris stumered.
• “You come from a bloodline of Crescent witches. I'm Creselda your long lost aunt. King Jerald's ancestors killed and buried me in this tomb for eternity. Your tears woke me up my child." The witch said with a grin.
• “What.....what... Clarris” stammered
• “Powers skipped a lot of generations because your stupid fore Father's cast a spell to hide your real identities. After what had happened to me. You survived Deadman's forest because you are protected by that curse.”
• Clarris looked scared and terrified but deep inside she was excited, with such powers, she was now able to exact her revenge. She was no longer the girl that could fly. She had so much hate for King Jerald and Rachel that she did not care if she was making a deal with the devil.
• The witch began circling the cave and walls began to move, “Clariss are you ready? You will make them cry for all of the entities, you cried for seven years but they will cry for eternity. King Gerald said you were not worthy, you will show him what worthless means. He will know better not to have made a crescent witch cry… ..