The Crystal 3 by Jones M (best beach reads TXT) 📖

to her original position on the tree. The other tree that had hit hers was coming towards her once again. She quickly teleported to the ground just as the other tree attacked.

The tree that Selena had climbed on shook at the force of the hit. Soon, loud creaking sounds could be heard. The tree tilted to its side as it broke, revealing unexpected black wood in it.

"Ugh," Selena muttered in disgust.

Logan and Liam thrust their arms out, sending fireballs from their palms. The fireballs hit the remaining trees, making them cease movement as fire consumed them. The rest shortly stopped what they were doing to face Liam and Logan.

"Thanks, guys," Ashley thanked the two before turning her attention to Bianca. The bitch yelled as Ashley punched her in the face.

Bianca grasped onto Ashley's shoulders, dragging her as they flew upwards.

"Let's see how much you like heights," Bianca said as she continued to fly high into the air.

"Hmm. Not as much as I like doing this," Ashley commented as she delivered a kick to Bianca's stomach. She cried out as Ashley teleported safely to the ground. Bianca soon flew down to the ground, searching for Ashley.

A hand soon grasped her foot, and a force pulled her to the ground. Bianca cried out as she landed onto the ground.

"Hey, whore," Selena greeted with a falsely sweet voice as she climbed onto Bianca's form. Before Bianca could speak, Selena punched her in the face before clawing at her.

Emery noticed that the others were taking care of Eva's distractions. The evil crystal was once again exposed, and Emery found it to be a free pass towards Eva.

"We need to get to her," Emery told Zane. He nodded, and the two of them were soon running towards the floating witch.

A loud screeching sound carried through the air, and that momentarily stopped the fight. In an instant, two erboons came out of the well.

With a surprised sound, Emery and Zane teleported to Eva. Emery flew towards the old crystal, hitting her hard on the chest. That stopped Eva's spell once again.

"Well, it looks like I have to deal with you first before I can take over the world," Eva said as a third erboon came out of the well.

"I'm okay with that," Emery said before delivering a punch on Eva's cheek. Her head turned to the side, and she chuckled as she faced Emery.

"You hit like a child," Eva commented, and that angered Emery. She went to punch her again, but Eva held onto her fist. Eva pushed Emery off of her. The crystal was sent upwards. She used her powers to stop the motion, and she was soon flying towards Eva. She turned, aiming her feet towards the evil crystal.

Eva was caught unaware, and she cried out when the kick was delivered to her back. She collapsed onto the ground due to the force, and anger took over her form. She had gotten up just as Emery went to kick her again. Before Emery could do so, Eva had grasped onto her legs. Eva summoned her powers and spun on the ground for a second, throwing Emery with as much force as she could muster.

Emery thrust her arms out once again as she used her powers to stop herself mid-air. She turned to face Eva, flying towards her.

An invisible force sent Emery flying to her side, making her lose control of her powers.

"Oh, no you don't," Emery said before she astral projected behind Eva. She kicked her back, making Eva scream in pain. Eva turned to face Emery with a glare before sending a fireball towards her.

Emery flew high in the air as her other form joined it, thrusting her hands out towards Eva as she sent a fireball to her. The fireball hit Eva, making her cry out in agony as she was thrown towards the ground again.

Meanwhile, two of the erboons had been killed. Selena, Ashley, Logan and Ethan were dealing with the remaining one that was quite aggressive. Emery was preoccupied with defeating Eva, and that gave Harry, Erick and Liam time to close the portal. They quickly went towards the well.

"We need to close this now," Erick said.

"How do we do that?" Harry asked. Erick began pacing as he thought of what to do. He closed his mind, trying to remember all the spellbooks he had been reading since he was a young child. A specific grimoire came to his mind, and he remembered a spell for closing portals.

"Okay, we need to say this," Erick said before telling the guys what to chant. They nodded, and seconds later, they were chanting the spell.

Liam spotted a figure in the well coming upwards as they chanted the spell. He sent a fireball towards it, and he heard shrieks. The light from the fireball illuminated the shrieking figure, revealing an erboon. Liam's eyes widened as he watched the erboon fall, making him realize how deep the pit was. He wanted it to be closed as soon as possible.

In the middle of her fight with Emery, Eva noticed what Liam and the rest were about to do.

"No!" she yelled as she sent a fireball towards them.

Luckily, Selena used her powers to send the fireball back to Eva. Eva moved to avoid it, and the fireball hit the ground.

Ashley, Logan, Ethan and Selena turned their attention to the last remaining erboon. It was shrieking with all its might, trying to distract them from battling it.

"Oh, shut up!" Ashley said as she threw a fireball towards the erboon. The erboon screeched when the fireball hit it. Flames soon engulfed its form, and seconds later, the erboon was reduced to a heap of soot.

Eva had seen what had happened to the erboon. With a shout, she turned to send a fireball to the people who were interrupting her spell.

However, it was too late.

Eva watched as the portal she had created was destroyed. The brick walls that were around the pit turned to sand as the wind reduced its velocity. Dirt was also coming out of the pit, filling it up and closing Eva's only current source of getting an army to defeat the witches.

"Damn you!" Eva yelled as she clenched her fist at Selena's direction. Selena immediately started gasping as a strong force began choking her.

"Selena!" Ashley yelled in the middle of fighting Bianca. Zane saw what was happening. He soon summoned a fireball, throwing it at Eva.

Eva saw it coming, and so she deflected the fireball with her mind. It was sent sideways as she continued choking Selena.

"NO!" Emery yelled as she flew towards Eva. She formed her own fireball and forced it right on Eva's neck. Eva screamed out in pain, letting go of Selena. Emery's cousin collapsed onto the ground, taking in deep breaths as Logan rushed to her side.

Emery planned to go to her cousin, but Eva interrupted her.

"Don't think you have won," Eva stated as she levitated high in the air. Emery looked at her, and she soon followed, resuming their fight.

It was time to end it.

The rest decided to focus on Bianca. Liam threw several fireballs at her, but the levitating witch flew and avoided them. She smirked, sending her own fireballs at him.

Liam's eyes widened in shock when he noticed the incoming fireballs. He began to run to avoid them, even though he could have just teleported to the side. One of the fireballs landed close to his foot, and the force sent him flying through the air and crashing onto the ground.

Liam quickly dusted himself as he got up. He observed his surroundings, seeing no fireball coming at him. With a shake of his head, he went towards Eva and Emery.

On the other side, Harry, Zane and Erick were trying to break the magical dome that Eva had placed upon them. Moreover, Bianca was fighting Ethan, and she seemed to be getting the upper hand. Ethan went to punch her, but Bianca grabbed onto his fist. With a smirk, she used her powers to throw him onto the ground. Ethan bruised his sides on impact, finding it hard to get up.

"Ethan!" Logan, Ashley and Selena yelled before sending fireballs towards Bianca. Bianca extended her hands out, pushing the fireballs so that they were going towards their sources. The three began running to move out of the way. The two fireballs, unfortunately, hit Ashley and Logan on their sides. They both cried out, falling face-first onto the ground.

Liam had witnessed what had happened. He decided to turn his attention away from Emery and Eva as he began running towards Selena and Bianca.

Selena yelled as she threw a fireball towards Bianca. Bianca smirked, flying sideways and thus avoiding the attack. She waved her hand to the side, throwing Selena off her balance and having her fall to the ground.

Selena tried to get up, but Bianca used her powers to cease any movement from her.

"You know," Bianca started as she flew to the ground, "I haven't killed anyone in quite a while. You are an excellent target, especially since I hear you are the queen."

Selena struggled against Bianca's hold.

"I wonder what happens," Bianca summoned a knife on her hands, "when I do this."

Liam teleported to the two of them, but Bianca had delivered the knife into Selena's chest by the time he was near them.

"NO!" Liam yelled, and that had a few heads turning to face him. With a glare, Liam used his powers to throw Bianca off of Selena powerfully. She went with a scream, hitting the ground hard with her head and instantly passing out.

"Selena!" Erick yelled, running towards the sight of his stabbed wife. Ashley and Ethan soon followed, surrounding the bleeding queen.

Emery had been fighting Eva, and Liam's shout had distracted her. Eva took that as an opportunity to attack. 

While Emery was looking at her friends, wondering what was going on, Eva came at her and jumped on her back. Eva clutched onto Emery's neck, trying to strangle her. Emery thrashed her head from side to side, trying to lessen the grip on her throat.

"Selena!" she heard Erick scream out before loud sobs echoed around the area. That had Emery ceasing movement for a moment.

Selena? Was she—

Emery could not finish the thought. She refused to accept it. There was no way her cousin was dead. It couldn't be true.

Could it?

In anger, Emery brought her head back, smacking it hard onto Eva's forehead. Eva immediately let go as she soon felt pain. Emery quickly turned to face her. She punched her cheek. Not giving Eva time to recover, she delivered another blow.

Eva extended a hand, having Emery sent backward. Emery fought through the force of the push, throwing fireball after fireball at Eva. Eva tried to avoid them, but a couple hit her form. She cried out, almost close to hitting the ground.

Eva turned to face Emery with a glare. She waved her hand, and an invisible force tried to throw Emery. However, it did not work, and that surprised Eva.

"You lose, Eva," Emery said, thrusting her hands towards the sky. Clouds gathered in the sky, and she used them to form a tornado. Eva looked at Emery in confusion, but that soon turned to shock. She went to escape, but the tornado was quick to trap Eva.

The evil crystal screamed as the tornado took her up towards the sky and spun her. A minute later, her screams had died down. Emery let the tornado do its work for another moment. Afterward, she summoned the tornado away. Eva fell and hit the ground like a heap of sand with no movement from her.

Emery flew back to the ground, taking deep breaths as she tried to regain her energy. She approached Eva and placed her fingers on her neck. The villain still had a heartbeat, and that angered Emery. She thought Eva would die, but apparently, the woman was indisposable.

Since Eva was unconscious, Emery believed she had some time until she would get up. Emery then recalled Liam's shout. She looked towards the direction of her friends who had