Red Witch by hima (fantasy books to read TXT) 📖

Darkness prevails
Eliminating the barriers
Mortals and Immortals
Together face their end
comes forth the

Red Witch

Only hope left for the future
Leading the world against dark forces
She preserves the barrier
Ruling as Queen forever!!!!!!

Prologue:

I stared at the people waiting at the palace gates; were's, vamp's, fairies, dragons, witches and many other mythical creatures that I couldn't name.

"It's time, my Queen." one of the maids who attended me said.

I left pushing through the thick wooden doors to the gathering, heart thudding. I took a deep breath before opening the door to the community hall where I was going to address the people of Madira, My Kingdom.

I stole a quick glance over the crowd. They were full of hope. Would I be able to do this right? What if I failed them?

Alec squeezed my hand gently. His Eyes were back to that creamy brown color; his handsome face had a scar now. If I hadn't gone through the bitter experiences for the past month, I could easily imagine him as a high school hottie rather than a Vampire Royal.

"You'll do great," Alec whispered.

"We are always with you," Lyall said with those deep wolfish eyes.

Lyall is the tallest person I had ever seen. He is bulky and muscular. He is kind of handsome in a weird way.

Lyall and Alec had been my best friends since the past few months. We faced many hurdles together. We stood for each other all the time. Now it’s time to stand up for the people of our kingdoms.
The Royals of the new era;

Alec, 'The Vampire Royal'; Lyall, 'The Werewolf Royal';

Sera, 'Queen of witches'.

"It's time, It's time." Lia chanted.
I brushed away her hands and covered my face with the bed sheet.

"Wake up,"

"Let me sleep, Caelia." I said in rude tone.

Lia hates to be called by her full name Caelia. I thought she would ignore me and let me sleep but I was wrong.

"Come on, wake up, it's your birthday." She pulled away my covers.

I woke up from my bed stifling a yawn. She hurried me to the common room where Mom and Dad sat waiting.

" Happy birthday, my dear." they sang in chorus.

I climbed up my tree and watched over the vast stretch of green grass. I hate to live in this meadow. The quietness is very disturbing, why should we live here, in this god forbidden place, someday I would run away from this place; It’s one thing with the place and another with the people around here. They were no friends for me because of my weird appearance; red hair, hazel brown eyes and the creamy white skin. I was lost in a train of thoughts.

I watched the sun settle down on its horizon. It's time I get back to home I thought.

"Where have you been, Sera?" Mom asked.

"Tree,"

"He wants to see you in his room."

Dad is poking the coal in the fireplace when I entered the living room.

"Hey, dad."

"Sera, um… there is something I have to tell you. It's not good news but try to stay calm."

Dad watched me relax into the chair; he was always worried about my tantrums. When I had one, strange things happened like glass would break and my hair would turn into deep red.

"You have to leave the meadows." Dad sighed holding his head down.

Did I hear that? At last we were going to leave the meadows. Great! But something was not right in the way he said it.

"Did you say 'you' instead of ‘we’?”

"You should go away from this place for your own safety." He said audibly.

Why just me? A voice said in the back of my head because you’re freak and they didn’t want you like others. They were tired of taking care of you. I tried to remain calm but that only made things worse. The tickling sensation I get when I do strange things is crawling through my body slowly.

I stormed away into my room and fell face down on the pillow. I tried to count my breath to calm my senses and in doing so dozed off into sleep.

I woke up trying hard to catch my breath. It's the worst nightmare I had ever had. I dreamed someone sucking out Mom and Dad's blood. I tried to reach for the bed lamp. Lia was sound asleep at the other end of the bed. Not wanting to disturb her sound sleep, I groped my way into the wash room.

When I came back, I saw a silhouette standing over Lia, he leaned closer to her. Panic struck over me and I groped for the light switch. As the light flicked on, my nerves went weak on seeing him, he was in full black and blood was dripping right from his mouth.

Lia woke up as the light turned on. She froze dead still on seeing that creature. He turned his attention towards me and in a nick of a second; he was in front of me.

"Lia, call for help." I barely made the words out loud.

“Your Mom and Dad taste really good, it is an easy kill." He hissed.

What? He killed them? The reminiscent of dream flogged my mind, Mom and Dad they are the only people I have in this world. How dare he take them away from me? He was going to pay for this.

I thought of nothing but my one wish to kill him for what he did to my parents. Tickles ran all over my body filling me with immense strength. I felt light as a feather. My entire body went stone cold. Then blinding blue light appeared out of nowhere, striking the creature hard on his chest, He fell on the floor. My crazy laugh filled in the room.

Lia is staring at me from other corner with a horrified look. What’s she staring at? My body is wrapped in the blue flames. It felt really good as if sitting in front of warm flames of the fire.

Someone broke me from the reverie.

"Your dad wants to see you." A strong hand dragged me the entire flight of steps.

I compiled. As soon as I entered their room, metallic scent of blood hit my nostrils, bringing me back to the present. Mom and Dad are dripping with blood, lying on the floor. Mom looks like a ghost; no color is left in her pink cheeks. I ran to Dad at once.

“Go to Madira at once, take care of Caelia." He said taking his last breath.

I stood there frozen for many minutes; this is all in my dream. I will wake up any minute, I shut my eyes hard and opened them after a few seconds, I pictured everything to be normal in vain. Tears silently spilled through my eyes. I tried doing it many times with no good, each time the cries grew louder.

"We got to go, My Queen, they will come back soon." a hoarse voice said.

I noticed for the first time there is someone else in the room. Who is he? Who is going to come back?

"Where? Who will come back?" I said gaining every ounce of strength left in me.

"There is no time for us to speak about it. I'll tell you everything on our way home." he said and hurried me through the back door of the house.

I let him drag me. Home…? This is my home and now everything left of it is bare walls, visions of Mom and Dad's body brought tears into my eyes. I broke down in the middle of the road.

"Sera… please talk. I'm afraid..." Lia mumbled.

I glanced at her; she is holding onto me and crying. Dad’s words echoed in my mind; Take care of Caelia. She is the younger one; I have a responsibility towards her. Her deep blue eyes filled with tears and her cheeks are flushed with color, probably she has been crying all along. How rude of me? I didn't notice her until now. She is the only relation I'm left with and I'll do anything to keep her safe, I determined.

I stood up, bracing myself. I looked at the other person with us. I couldn't see him clearly.

"We got to go." He hurried us.

"I'm not going anywhere with a stranger." I said.

"I'm here to help you, My Queen." he said.

“How can I believe you, few hours back I saw my parents murdered…"

"There is no way I could prove my loyalty here; you just need to trust me on this,"

Could I trust him? I never saw him and what’s in for him to protect me?

"Do you want to get yourself killed along with your only sibling?" He said in harsh tone.

His words struck me like dagger, I can't risk losing Lia but can I trust him?

"Fine. Let's go." I said.

All the time, my mind is reeling with infinite possibilities about his plans about us. I decided if anything happens then I will give my life to save Lia. We walked several miles the entire night not resting anywhere. After what seemed to be hours of walk, he asked us to stop at the foot of a mountain in the early hours. He approached the mountain double checking over his shoulders to see whether any one followed us. He mumbled some strange words under his breath and moved a step back.

There is rumble across the ground and the ground began to shake, small stones began to roll of from the mountain and then a narrow split is formed at the foot of the mountain, wide enough for a person to squeeze in. He gestured us to follow as he squeezed in through the hole. Tentatively I went along.
I thought he is taking us into a cave but I’m surprised to see an entire town living inside this place. Houses are built of rock, it seems like we travelled back into Stone Age. We walked through the streets laid of stones and reached a huge building resting on the top of the mountain. People bowed to us all over the way it felt really weird which remained me of this stranger calling me, My Queen.

A maid opened the door for us and ushered us