Whisper episode 11

🤫 WHISPERS 🤫
Written by Kemmy B. Gabriel
🖤 Chapter Eleven 🖤
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A woman walked around her cauldrons, muttering spells angrily. Confusion was written allover her face, anger and frustration. The three beings sat down with her, in their more lovable forms. The woman stopped, her white hair sweeping against her ankles. She smiled as she looked into the cauldron, the solution to one problem.
“I knew Victoria was up to something, she couldn’t just return without a plan,” the woman growled, “she sent those girls, she had it all planned from the beginning of her last coming.”
“I have to hand it to her, she is really as smart as her mother,” the first smiled, it was Drusilla.
“Smarter, more powerful.” The woman muttered.
“What do we do? I followed them, they live in the house and you know that not one of us can get in without getting invited, and there is no way we would be invited in!” Esme shouted. “I need to get rid of them before Quinn completely falls in love with that better living version of me!”
“You can’t blame the guy for wanting something real,” Drusilla said with a shrug, “you literally keep manipulating his reincarnation to return when we rise and must be Quincy’s brother with his memories. You can’t force him to love you, you are dead Esme, we all are.”
“He’s dead! He is also dead!” Esme scre-med.
“Yes, but unlike us, he didn’t give out his soul to continuously keep returning until the anger in us is permanently quenched, and that will only happen after every single soul in Willow Spring pay for what they did with their lives. You all manipulated his reincarnation to fit you, so you can always be with him. But the one thing you always forget is that Quinn is a human with special powers, but you are the spirit of a dead girl empowered to take the form of any given body, to perish once your mission is done or you are killed.”
“I don’t need a reminder Drusilla, I’m aware. And you also know that Quinn’s heart was use to sustain Quincy and I! As long as he is here with us, as long as he is by our side, his life energy feeds us. Now tell me, what will happen to us if Quinn’s heart should go to an actual human, one with Victoria’s blessings?” Esme scowled.
“Instead of arguing over it, why not find a solution?” Quincy said with an eye roll. “Esme, you get to the cafe and kill the bitch before Quinn stops you, I’ll handle the ones at the house.”
“You can’t step into the house Quincy, you’ll die.”
“That is where you are wrong, there is a flaw in Victoria’s fading spell. If you can get the girls themselves to invite you in, the barrier will be broken.” The woman explained with a smirk.
“What if they don’t?” Silla asked doubtfully. “The eldest one, Sage is very observant and not easy to fool, the quiet one’s spiritual powers is way too strong and would destroy us before we even get close, that leaves us with the last one. The only problem is how to separate her from the others.”
“Don’t bother my darlings, the two trouble just left. Quincy, go to the house and Drusilla, kill the others, they aren’t in the safety of the house. Do it fast, we must get rid of the pest, the lunar ecl¡pse is in three days.” The woman instructed, her name was Cressida.
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Judith sang as she smeared her naturally made facial mask, swinging her ass continuously. She finally got the alone time she needed, all she wanted to do was enjoy the long episode of her favourite TV drama.
“Hey, hello! Hello!” She was confuse, who could it be. She hurried over to the window, she surprisingly saw a little girl crying.
“Hey, what are you doing here all alone?!” Judith shouted at her.
“My mommy and I went for a walk, I don’t know where she turned to, I can’t find her.” She sobbed. Judith felt pity, something was wrong about her but she couldn’t leave the little girl out there on her own.
Judith hurried outside, she didn’t think. When she got to the front door, she opened it and smiled at the girl. “Hello, come in, you can stay with me until I call your mother and she comes get you.”
“Are you sure I should come in? My name is Quincy.”
“Quincy, come in already.” Judith huffed and walked in,side, not noticing the smirk on her face. That simple generous act sealed her fate.
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Sage and I quietly stared at the wall. I stood with arms akimbo and h¡ps c*cked, Sage stood with folded arms and left foot tapping. We had been staring at the wall for minutes, unable to locate any glint. I wasn’t concentrating, I kept feeling like someone I love was gone, someone close by. The last time I talked to my father, he was okay, and that was hours ago.
“Sage, do you think Emy is okay? I’m very worried about her.”
“For the last time Idalia, she is fine! I’m positive about that, now focus on the mission in front of us.” She snapped impatiently.
“What are we going to do now? I can’t see any glint in the wall!” I shouted, throwing my hands up exasperation.
“What if… No.” She waved it off, we were both clueless. I turned around and faced the ice instead, could it be in there?
I took out my phone and turned on the light, I moved the light around until I saw a small glint in the middle of the icy ground. I hurried over to the s₱0t and knelt down, there was nothing there. I exhaled, nothing is ever as it seems. With a loud inhale, I dipped my hand into the ground, my hand went through it effortlessly. I felt something, I grabbed the thing and pulled it out, it was another seal.
“Look Sage! I found it!” I shrieked happily. Sage hurried to me, she knelt down on the floor and examined it without touching it.
“Now, all we need to do is find the wolf,” she said with a smile.
“I think the wolf isn’t a seal but a person,” I said thoughtfully. She looked at me awkwardly. “I’m not sure, just a hunch.” I shrugged. Our voices echoed in the skating rink, we were all alone.
“We should go,” she said nervously, “I don’t feel good anymore about this place.”
“Me too,” we stood up. The doors slammed shut on their own, the windows slapped seal too. I grabbed Sage’s bicep with my hand, fear creeping up my spine.
There was small footsteps, feet tapping on the ice rink. I shifted back, holding her tighter. “We need to leaves, like n…” Sage’s breath caught in her throat as Pinky appeared at the door.
“Hello lovelies, nice to meet you,” she giggled. I looked through her, it was Drusilla. I could see the flames burning up from her, her eyes raging with fire. “I won’t have you two stand in my way, not after all these years.”
“Drusilla?” I gasped, she furrowed her brows, shocked that I knew her.
“I can see Victoria had shown you a lot about us,”
“Not much, just few. Why are you helping Cressida? Why are you helping the woman that caused the spirits and turned the people against you and your friends? Why are you helping her?”
To my surprise, she sighed sadly. “Anger can make people do the unthinkable. I was murdered, killed for my good deeds. My spirit wasn’t at rest, I cried for vengeance until she invoked my spirit and offered to help me, to help us avenge our death. Then we had no idea she did it, by the time we knew, we already signed a contract with her and now we are slaves, we have no choice than to do her bidding.” She explained.
“So none of you want this?” Sage asked as she eyed the windows.
“Esme do, vengeance ate into her soul, for the lost of her baby, her life and her love. Even after she knew the truth, it never stopped the hate and need to avenge. Plus, sticking to Cressida meant being with Quinn. I’m sorry, she has ordered me to kill you all. I hope you survive it.”
“Drusilla w…” She disappeared. I scre-med because of the sudden movement, my heart beating fast. Sage grabbed my hand and ran, running to the only exit she knew would be open.
It happened so sudden, the whispers and then the explosion. Like a nuclear bomb, the building ripped to shred. I saw the fire coming, I watched it suddenly consume us, obliterating every single solid material in the building. I felt the heat, I heard Sage scre-m, I witnessed her burn. I stood there in shock, aghast at the sight. Woods collapsed, bricks showered down on us, the wh0le place came down. But I was still standing, nothing touched me. The flame k-ssed my skin but didn’t burn me.
Ever heard about the three men that were thrown into the flaming furnace but came out unharmed? That was me. The wh0le building collapsed on us, surrounded my feet and laid above my head, but didn’t touch me.
The fire continued to burn with rage, more woods and blocks collapsed. I couldn’t see Sage’s body, she had been buried by the fallen woods and blocks. I fell on my knees, still stricken by shock. I couldn’t cry, I couldn’t talk, I just stared at the hell I was in.
It seemed like the burning was never going to seize, I couldn’t move. I heard something, like a roar. The flame took the form of a being, a man. I watched him dazedly as he pulled me into his arms and wrapped his red kimono on me, the kimono keeping him from burning to ash. I was facing darkness, I was facing shock.
Everything went black.
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He kicked the stumps out of his way, carefully walking along the rough path. He had the fragile but powerful girl in his arms, he had to get her to the oak tree like Victoria commanded. She would be devastated to hear that her friends were dead, broken to know the truth that was about to be revealed to her. It was part of the sacrifices Tori made to keep her alive, some must die.
Finally reaching the tree, he stepped his foot on the white lake, the water held his foot like a solid ground. He walked halfway to the tree and stopped, looking down at the girl in his arms.
“Seal of water, seal of fire, seal of wind and earth, come out and glow.” The seals carefully tucked in Idalia’s pocket flew out, along with the one in the middle of his chest. The seals rose up high and spun around the tree, it speed increasing at every second.
Each seal reflected it own light, glowing bright and matching the colours of the tree. The circular spin enlarged, an X marked at the middle. A mixture of blue, purple, orange and gold zapped down to the tree, creating a rip between it, opening a door. The man continued walking, walked all the way to the tree and into it through the opening.
The seals on the outside disappeared back to her pocket and his chest, erupting a growl from his chest due to the sudden appearance. The in,side of the tree was a sea with different coloured fireflies, a white sea and a woman sitting in the middle of the sea, on the root of a tree with no end.
“Finally, she is here, bring her.”
“I don’t know, don’t you think this will be too much for her to handle? I mean she is just a kid…”
“Arc, drop her and stop delaying, she needs to be ready before the lunar ecl¡pse, she is the only one that can stop it.”
Reluctantly, Arc took her to the woman in white and dropped her in the water floor. The woman knelt over Idalia’s head, placed her index fingers on her temples and inaudibly muttered words. It was time for her to know everything.
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Where am I?
I looked around the small cottage quietly, the cottage was beautiful, lovely and neat. I stood in the kitchen, staring around dumbly. The stairs creaked, I heard someone running down.
“Oh shut up! You have made me burn my soup!” A woman shouted. I could hear the faint sound of a man laughing. A woman ran into the kitchen, woefully trying to tie her wrapper. “Oh dear me!” She shouted, her food was badly burnt.
“Hey honey! How’s your food?!” The man shouted. She glared at the stairs, like the man could see her. She returned her attention to the food and tried to savage what she could.
The stairs creaked again, the man walked down with heavy steps. A gasp left my mouth, the man looked exactly like Victoria! Same eyes, same skin but the white hair of the woman. It was then I knew this was Victoria’s parents.
What am I doing here?!
The man chuckled as he walked into the kitchen, smiling with hands tucked into the pocket of his loose underp-nts. “So, you burnt the food again.”
“You caused it,” she chided, spinning around and pointing her wooden spoon at him. “Why don’t you try keeping your hands to yourself when I have something in the kitchen cooking, better stop it before I burn down the wh0le house.”
“But I love your body,” he whined childishly, “it’s unsatisfiable…”
“Cut it out Endy, I’m trying to focus on…oh!” She shrieked as he pulled her back, making her back hit his chest.
“Forget about the food, let’s go for dess**t.” He teased, k-ssing her on her neck.
“At least let me put out the fire, can I?” She giggled.
“Here,” his eyes turned bronze, the stove went off. “Now, to the bedroom, no?”
“At this rate, we are bound to be parents soon,” she laughed.
“I’ll be waiting for our beautiful baby girl,” he said with a large grin. His eyes twinkled with excitement as he spoke, one could tell he badly wanted a baby. “How long until you get pregnant again?”
“Endy, cut it out, but soon. Now we have to see the tree, we promised it we would spend time under it.”
“Later, at night.” He said dismissively. I turned my gaze from them as they began k-ssing, I looked out of the window and saw the oak tree there. From the look of it, this was Willow Spring, before it even became a town.
The scenery changed, it was like watching a photo video. I saw their love, they loved each other so much, their love bloomed by the oak tree which they both protected. Then the day Cressida got pregnant, she was so happy. Her husband went insane with happiness, planning their future with their baby girl. On that same day, three men came and asked to buy the large land from Endy, he refused because the wh0le place was their safe haven.
“If you won’t sell this to us, we would have to take it by force. We are expanding our town lands and this is a must.” One of them threatened. Endy folded his arms, letting his blue eyes turn bronze again.
“I’ll like to see you try.”
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To be continued.
So tired, goodnight.
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🏵️🍃 Authoress Kemmy B. Gabriel 🍃🏵️