West Journey Tempest--Chapter 6

Remember when I said this was the last chapter? I lied!!! LOL! I got another one for all of you and I really hope you guys like it! This is where things get interested...See for yourself, enjoy! --KatDon

Chapter 6: An Eerie Copper

Long ago; a slightly overweighed man walked into a tavern but was surprised to see a crowd surrounding a little boy. He was confused by this sight as children were not allowed to be in a tavern that was a gentleman's club. So, the man went over to the gentleman who was sipping wine and tapped him on the shoulder. "My good man, who is that little lad?" The man asked. The gentleman turned around to take a look and replied, "Ah, that's the Great Pumpkin." The man almost laughed, "What Are you going all Charlie Brown on me?" He joked. "No, that's what everyone calls him." said the gentleman. "Why?" The man inquired. The gentleman shrugged, "Why don't you ask him?" He suggested. So the man did and called out to the young boy, "Excuse me lad, why are you called the Great Pumpkin?" The young boy gives him a mysterious glance in his eye and said, "I see you haven't heard my story, come on over and I'll tell you." This boy was Colt Kendall, also known as He who make Pumpkins Grow Overnight. Later, Colt was witnessing the doctor creating something special. There was lights and buzzes. "What is going on? What are they doing?" The young boy wondered but what he saw, he could not believe it, it was a beautiful girl. "Who is that girl?" In modern day, the girl known as Megan Seymour was picking a flower in a meadow of daisies so she lie there as she thought about how fantasy is quite better than reality for that matter: Many people have that one quote that they live by, Megan is the happiest in her own dream world where she has the life she has always wanted and all her problems disappear. Her life isn’t being put to good use anyway, so why wouldn’t she give it up for everything she ever wanted? A variety of girls look up to her, not realizing what a troubled, sad person she used to be. She tunes out of reality, and lives in a self-created fantasy. Literally, she might have more fun in her dreams at night than in the cold light of day. It seems like the people in an aspirational, doomed place are soulless, and the only way they would accept her as their own would be if she could lose hers too. Her life is a fake, all a sham. She doesn’t live in reality. She spends her time dreaming of what could be in her own make-believe land. Although Venetia made it appear that she was normal but she is actually still suffering inside. She falls into depression again, loss has her feeling empty and it has made her fall into a point of depression. The depression is making it feel like somebody was pushing down on her keeping her from staying up. Venetia's depression is using up precious hours of her life, she haunted by images of the death of her family. She also feels guilty for the unrequited love that has overtaken her and she couldn't save her family. She will realize one day that she’s been wrapped in a fantasy that doesn’t correspond to reality. She feels trapped, Venetia is mourning and she wasn’t ready to lose her family this way. She fears she will never see them again and she is lonely without them.Venetia has to hold on while her brain ticks down to detonation because the dark thoughts creep back into her head. She isn’t harmed by the crap people are talking about her! She feels she has death in her heart and soul will be delivered from the sorrow of her current reality, she’s also asking for herself to be deliberate and get up the nerve to strike. She chokes herself for release and it calms her, and the demons in her head had betrayed her when they were speaking. When she was young she always felt sorrow even from taste and the gum she chews doesn’t guide her away from her suicidal thoughts and the taste of depression. She’s trying to keep all of her emotions under control but she can't control her overwhelming depression! She’s becoming insane and coming undone mentally, to the point of suicide. It’s too late to help her and she anticipates she’ll be offing herself soon. The last line talks about how suicidal people are not always depressed, what looks strong may be very delicate and crying out for help. It feel like her life is being ruined, she has a lot of meaningless and empty problems. The state of being overly emotional often in a situation that does not warrant such a strong reaction. Being young and inexperienced. Her problems aren’t really that large yet she blow them up to make herself seem like she isn't being irrational! She has extreme mood swings as she went to a psychologist to help her. Psychologists are known for analyse behavioural patterns in order to make a diagnosis. Venetia has been having some strange dreams recently so she’s gone to the psychiatrist in order to analyze these and help her. Her self-conscious state of mind is only buffeted more by her rejection of listening. She just finds her depressing. Venetia’s inherent paranoia has been escalating and has now gotten to the point where she can barely function. She finds herself seeing a skewed version of reality, one that prevents her from making rational decisions. Whereby the end product of this is that even she creeps herself out on occasion. All of this lead to Venetia thinking she’s near breaking point in her life. All of this self exploration through trying to find the root of her problems has, surprisingly, proved helpful. Venetia has begun to stop her paranoia, which means she can actually move forward in life. As long as she remembers all of the progress she has made and holds on. Prisons are almost like bedrooms that are strictly quadrilateral; lonely and dilapidated. The candles have a spooky nature. She is beginning to talk to herself! Because she’s been a world of revenge and life, she’s having nightmares. The walls are closing in, she’s scared, and paranoid that these boys are out to kill her as she wish she sleeps with a gun, ready to fire. Every time Venetia tries to sleep, her dreams are really nightmares or violent flashbacks of fights. She also feels that somebody is watching her! She gasps at this sight of someone, and moments later; she escapes as she could sense that danger is ahead. Meanwhile at night, Colt and Megan saw something was happening as they that the four sisters and Carmen were in a land of pillar-like structures and the stonehenges were far away. Colt and Megan watched from afar near the stonehenges, where they see Carmen talking to the four girls with cryptic words, "Artless daughters. You'll always know that these people are sadists and you won't understand the cause of this misery but you'll always follow the demons beneath you and you must purified them. Each moment I'm watching my vengeance unfold as the darkness will rise from the deep." She was saying in that sing-song tone. "In the worst of all your fears, you have come so far to hear about me and my story.....How I was tortured by abuse in family and bullied from the hands of students down the halls. Nobody, not even the teachers could save me from this living hell that I lived in. Until that day in the manhole of the sewers, I died for a moment...And I saw--No, I heard someone say my name and asked me if I wanted revenge. In my tears and in my haste of all the pain, I accepted. They brought me back to life and I was going to finally exact my revenge! My ploy to see this world suffer as nobody gave me any mercy. Nobody could save me. Nobody didn't care about me." Megan was scared as she tried to leave until one of the daughters calls to her mother that saw her and Colt as they told Carmen, who apprehended them as she looked like she wanted to kill them! Just then, a voice called out: "It's not them. They have nothing to do with. I'm the one you want. It's me." It was Venetia, who stand upon a black statue. Colt and Megan is shocked to see this, "Wha--?" Megan gasped. Venetia smiles with triumph, "It's me! Up here! I'm here! IT'S ME!!!!!!" She exclaimed. And activate a power inside her as she rescued Colt and Megan from the dangers of Carmen & her wicked daughters! They managed to escape. In the meantime, Monica and the others were sent on an assignment where there had been some strange things going on with the monsters, they show up dead but there was something odd about it: Their bodies are partially consumed! Conner got a little bit scared upon hearing this however Monica told him they have to do this in order to get things to find out what was going on so Conner reluctantly. The gang begin to make their way through the room when a figure rises and begins following them. Just then; Conner gets the feeling they're being followed. He turns, and there was nobody there. He continues, and the figure begins to follow again. Again, Conner turns back, but the figure is hidden and a panicked Conner runs to Monica and tugs at her. "Monica! Monica!" He whispered in a panicked voice. But Monica snapped at her friend, "Conner, will ya knock it off?" Again the figure follows, but this time, when Conner turns, nobody was there. However he saw a girl who had monstrous features to her! Conner and the girl both jump scared, and run away. Conner tackles Monica to the ground but he also tackles the others as well! "Conner, you idiot!" Everyone shouted. "What the hell is wrong with you?" Monica snapped. Conner pointed over and there was the young maiden. Her hair was dark ashen blonde, the complexion of pale olive and she wore a black zipper jacket with skinny jeans. The girl glances over at her, everyone was frozen with fear but Monica managed to talk to her: "Hi, I'm Monica and these people are my friends. Nice to meet you." She said. The monster girl stood up like a human and moved her head side to side before smiling as she said, "Hi! My name is Penelope Deimos. Call me Penny." Monica was stunt, "You can talk?" She gasped. Penny smirked with a laugh, "Duh! 'Course I can!" She replied. That's when the monsters appeared as Monica was scared to see that there was being clawed at and the blood was being drank. She pulled away, Elissa felt sick and yelled at them to stop. "Your blood is so good" One of them said, "Even my friend likes it." "I feel dizzy" Monica said slowly. Just then, a demonic-sounding voice shouted: "LEAVE HER ALONE!!!" Someone stopped them and tackled them to the ground as Monica witnessed this as she was shocked to discover what happened: Penny pulled away as her mouth was all smeared with red and licked her lips but she looked up to see Monica. Penny was shocked but instead of screaming, Monica was amazed! It was summer and everyone was having a good time at the beach: Swimming, sunbathing, and other great activities. Then, it all turned to horror on that day. One of the college students came out after her feet were dipped in the shallow waters of the beach. She emerged from the ocean to say, "Guys? There's something wrong with this beach." To prove her point; the skin of her feet was melted off and her bony toes were exposed. Worst, the salty water was burning and kids cried at how painful it was. Parents comfort their children but they are horrified when they discovered the burn against their skin. It all became chaos: People screamed, their arms thrashing as there was melted flesh, bleeding stumps of where hands and arms used to be, and bones were exposed. The medics arrived but they didn't look like any medics, they took all those with damaged bodies and others who didn't suffer the same effects. The people with no damaged skin try to escape but they were knocked unconscious. Inside, it was a horror scene: A man was in pain as metal bars against his chest yelled out and grimaced. A woman was screaming and blabbering something incoherently as needles were being injected into her. A room was filled with large portions of skin and muscle. Lungs, hearts, and other organs scattered the floor. Rib cages ripped open and seen with maggots feasting on the meaty matter of the body. In another window of a room; A female scientist bent over and picked up a hand saw from the left side of where she was sitting. She held it in front of her, showing it to the observers. Then, she placed the jagged blade on the side of the patient's cheek. Slowly, she began slicing into the patient's right cheek. Blood drizzled down the patient's neck as the scientist did it. The side of her teeth began to show after about ten seconds. As the saw went lower on the patient's face, more of her teeth began to show on the side. Blood covered almost the entire right side of her face. She eventually got to the bottom of her jaw bone, and sawed a tiny piece off of it too. Her cheek fell to the ground with a small thud, and the scientist put the saw in her lap and looked emotionless. Then, the poor patient screamed in extreme pain. She screamed, and put her hands over her now absent cheek. She continued to scream in agony for about ten seconds. She pushed the patient back on the autopsy table as the scientist then raised the saw up to her right shoulder, and began cutting just as slowly as last time. Seeing this; Penny was shocked as the darkness of unconscious enveloped her. It was so dark that a voice called out: "Hey, girl! WAKE UP!" Penny woke up with a start, she was surrounded by doctors and scientists who then begin to experiment her body. She try to get away but they pinned her to the table as she screamed, she cried, and thrashed for a bit. Just then, Penny discovers that she has some sort of parasite inside her! The scientists assured her that her parasite wasn't harmful but yet, it was changing her. Penny begged them to take it out of her. They refused, telling her that it was 'safe to wait awhile'. Penny did wait, wait in that dark room as she swore she heard screams of pain from the other rooms. She couldn't sleep and she could not even close her eyes. All those people, who were they and why were they screaming their heads off? She had no idea what was going on, it was scaring her. She must have fallen asleep because she woke up to hear the door creaked open and saw the doctors in the doorway. Moments later, Penny was lying on the autopsy table of the surgery, the surgeons told her that they were going to keep her awake. They were cutting into her and then, they pulled out the parasite in front of her! Ignoring all the beeping and flashes from the machines, Penny became dizzy and she fainted. When she woke up, Penny was shocked to see monsters clawing at her and she managed to push them off! But then, she discovers that she can eat the flesh of these monsters, which she found out that they were called 'ghouls'. However if Penny eats human flesh; the skin she consumed will make her vomit. So she is destined to eat ghoul's flesh. She continues to eat the flesh of the ghouls. That's when she discovers another ability: She can absorb the memories of these ghouls and was sicken by the torture they've been through! All these victims begged for mercy, but to no avail as they were slowly and painfully becoming these corporal undead monsters that crave human flesh like a zombie would! This was madness, Penny didn't know what was going on! Penny got to the room, she was surprised to see that Monica had a cache of blood components, gathered as a result of blood donation or collection, stored and preserved for later use in blood transfusion. There was a bunch of people that were seemingly normal that had supernatural abilities that Penny could use--Without eating flesh. The blood bags in the cache had labels of names so Penny decides to test it out. With Monica, Conner, and the others as volunteers for blood donations.

After having a sample of blood; Penny begins to see the inside of Monica's mind and saw her memories in her head: Monica was only a kid as she had protected her little sister, Stacey, from the terror of their father. But Monica revealed to her sister that the man they thought was their father was actually their stepfather, and their biological father was dead. Monica and Stacey's mother died so the stepfather took it upon himself to abuse both these girls. He physically and emotionally abused his stepdaughters for many years. When someone is being abused or is put into a situation where they are forced to watch someone breakdown, it becomes common place. It still hurts, but know it more than most would. Monica feels she is putting his violent stepfather and what she has been through behind him. She is optimistic about the future. An abused child is often confused as they are brought up in society where parents are the go to for love and acceptance. Monica is searching for comfort in a higher being. Without her father to comfort her she asks Lord in Heaven to bring peace to her stepfather again. He shows his true face, and even though they suffer, they still keeps all the pain inside. One day; Monica's stepfather takes his anger out on primarily on Monica, and Stacey hides from this rage by running away. But then, her stepfather jumps out, slamming her sister to the ground, causing shrieks of pain as she hit the pavement. Her stepfather turns to her, face full of malice. Monica tell him to leave, he pulls out a revolver, she lunges at him, managing to wrestle the gun away on the ground. Monica point it at him, hands shaking as he grabs her sister from the floor, holding a knife to her throat. Monica lets out a sob, promising she will let him go, if he just walks away. "No deal" he says, making a move to slit the throat. Something happened to the vulnerable Monica. She now has a gun and after she does what she has planned to do with it, will never be the same girl as she was before getting the gun, and doing any criminal actions with it. She pulled the trigger and looked away however she looked finally as she gasps in horror! Stacey was on the floor and Monica saw blood, she was so scared that she begins to cry. Her stepfather yells at her until Monica broke down. Rage filled her, and she dragged herself from the floor. The knife she was looking for was in the kitchen, and plunged the knife in her stepfather's abdomen. She toss the knife in the ocean and ran away! She was discovered by a family as they learn about the stepfather's death and the sister but Monica never told about the murder or the abuse. So she lived with a nice family that was kind to Monica, they gave her all the love they have given her. In the present; 17 year old Rita West was a nice girl from a good life. Maybe not a saint, but definitely not unpleasant, obnoxious or an edgy rebel. She's friendly, psychologically well-balanced, morally average and in short, someone anyone would like to be around and have as a friend. She is seen with other girls and talking: "Hey Rita! Are you going to the concert festival?" One of her friends asked. Rita nodded, "Yeah, I'm trying to." She said. "Sweet, who you going with?" The friend asked. "Tina Jett, her sister Erica, and Sandra Ford." answered Rita. The other two nodded, "Be careful with those girls." One of them said. "Why?" Rita asked. "Because those girls are witches. Especially Sandra and Erica." The other warned. Rita was misunderstood by that warning: "Why do you all say that?" She asked. "Those bastards give me the freakin' goosebumps." remarked the other girl. Her friend agreed, "They're like succubus, I heard they contact with the spirits of Salem witches. So creepy." She said. Rita assured them, "No, I hang out with them. They're good people." She said. "Well, OK. Good luck down there with those crazed-up bitches, girl." The friends said. "We'll be praying good luck sweetie, don't lose your head with those girls. Got it?" The other friend added. Rita nodded, he promise he won't. The next morning, Rita was asleep as her bedroom door opened and about footsteps that belong to six feet. Those six feet belong to three figures looking down at the sleeping Rita. "Good morning, Rita." A girl's voice muttered. Another voice replied: "Wakey, wakaey." And a third girl voice answered, "Rise and shine, Rita." Rita woke up all groggy, "What do y'all want?" He asked. "Come on, Rita, wake up." said Tina. "Wake up." Erica replied, nudging Rita. Rita rose from the bed sheets as she rubbed her eyes, "I'm up. What time is it?" She inquired. "Doesn't matter. We need your money." Sandra said, "Where's the money?" Rita smirked, "For what?" She pretended to ask but looked sly while doing it. "You know what, girl." Sandra said, excitedly. The four girls were rough housing with one another, they were acting childish but it felt good since they haven't seen each other for awhile. Later after the girls horsing around with one another; Sandra was counting the money but there wasn't enough sadly. They wanted money to get to the concert festival but they didn't know how they were going to do. However, they managed to get there with a bit of craziness. For the time being; Monica woke up today with a sense that it would be a day like any other. Her classmates from school invited her to go to some underground band concert tonight. So she went go to the concert and the music is actually pretty rad. Its packed with people everywhere though, and between all the hype and commotion she finds that she lost her friends. She try to call them with her cell, but someone bumps into her while moshing and she drop your phone, causing it to crash and break on the concrete. "CRAP!!!" She screamed, but decided that she'll find her friends eventually, and just try to relax and enjoy the music. Out of the dark, a strong arm wraps around her waist, and she could feel a dampened bandanna covering her nose and mouth. Panic swells in her gut. Monica tried to screamed but it's muffled, and she try to wriggle away from the person but his grip is like steel. "Well aren't you cute?" A warm chuckle in her ear and feel a slight wrench of her hair as he pulls her head back. Her body is slowly slumping compliantly into his arms from the drug. "It's always nice to have a little fun with the pretty ones..." He said. Meanwhile, Sandra look up again and he's staring at her intently. "What--?" Sandra begin, but then he leans in almost too fast to catch, and before she knew it he had her trapped in an embrace. Too dumbstruck to react, Sandra just sit there and let the attractive boy hug her for a second before she suddenly feel a prick in her shoulder. "Ow!" Sandra yell and throw him off of her, jumping up to see some sort of tranquilizer stuck in her arm. Sandra quickly rip it out and throw it. "WHAT THE HELL?! WHAT THE HELL?!" Unfortunately, Sandra stumble over the side, weak in the knees, falling but then she could feel a pair of arms encircle her waist. He pulls her back in. "Lemme go--you creep.." She said, slowly getting blurrier as the drowsiness begins to take over. Her body feels heavy, as does her eyes. Inside she was enraged, but so, so sleepy. The last thing she hear before she fade into rest is the sound of a mysterious boy's soft whisper, "I'm so sorry..." In the meantime, Rita suddenly feel a little pinprick in her arm. The dancers around her become dark figures and the lights blaze as her vision becomes bleary. Her knees give out and she slump forward into his chest, but he catches her easily. "Gotcha!" He laughs, stroking her hair. "What did you do to me?!!" Rita screamed but came out as a slur. The world spins, and all that's left is the sound of his laughter and that Cheshire cat grin. Weeks later; there were the girls kidnapped, as they were sold for ruining their innocence in a place called Mambo Cinco. The girls were given numbers of identification pinned to their dresses. But Monica stood out. She stared at them with a piercing gaze. There still fight left in her eyes. Monica was living in a fantasy world and not reality, where everything is perfect. Innocent as she was before she was kidnapped. She is living in a world in her head that no one else can understand, she’s been so absorbed in her own world that she hasn’t taken the time to notice the world around her. It’s all about her point of view, nobody else compares to Monica and her own fantasy while living in the cruel life. The world wasn’t 'the best'. has become cold and cruel towards the things that she loved when she was younger. Monica felt as if she’s crushing other peoples dreams now. She was told once that don't live dreaming awake. Someone told her once: "If you’re heads in the clouds you need to be grounded and know where reality lies." These corrupt people want to destroy this fantasy world she has built around herself for love. She wants him to be exposed to the real her, not the fantasy version of herself. She wants to forget her old life. This excessive form of daydreaming might be from trauma or abuse. Forced into the red light business; Monica pretends to have no shame in her game. She lies to herself and others about her promiscuity and prostitution because she is living a luxurious lifestyle. She's a smooth talker. When this is combined with her stunning appearance she is often fairly persuasive. She seduces people extremely easily because of this. However, this charming exterior is simply a front for her sad inner self. In order to avoid being vulnerable, Monica feels like she has to be this way. She’s just putting on a brave face. Despite the fact that Monica has an extremely lavish and lively lifestyle she insists she is not a role model. Monica doesn’t want to wish her fate on anybody else. The life she has taken in her life has led to her being isolated and empty inside. The people who don’t really know Monica are fooled by her outward demeanor. Monica has managed to make everybody fall in love with her looks, yet nobody knows what Monica is really like. Back in reality, Penny felt adrenaline inside her mind and body. Then, Penny drank some of Conner's blood from her cup and saw his remembrances in her head: Loud noises of a storm with thunder and lightning. The captain showed up and called out, "CONNER!!!" On cue, a young teen boy and his dog--a wolf looking puppy--approached. The boy was Conner Sullivan. Conner has blue eyes and spiky, silver hair with lightness to it, he wore a short sleeved buttoned black shirt as a white tank was seen underneath and his pants were light grey with shoes that matched the color of his shirt. He had some sort of weapon tucked from behind. Conner saluted his captain, "Yes sir!" He said over the stormy weather of the sea. "What do you need, Captain?" The captain nodded with a smile, "Good, you're here my boy." He said. Then, he gestured over to the crew, "Give them a pep talk and make it fast or we'll crahsed. Go! Now!" He instructed. Then, the captain hurried away. Conner went over and gave the instructions to the other sailors. Moments later; Conner and the sailors were hard at work. "That's it, guys! Come on, take in the upper sail! Take the storm by the reins!" Conner called out to them, they were getting wet and drenched with water spraying everywhere from the storm. Other mates came out, "Conner! Where in the hell is the captain? Why is he making these men work?" One of them called out. "You there, stay below deck! Get away from here!" Conner commanded. The mates didn't pay no heed, "WHERE. IS. THE CAPTAIN?" The mate shouted. "He's busy right now! You guys need to listen when he gives out orders, get back to the cabins! You're not helping us, right now." Conner shouted. The other mates heed the words and left but things went downhill from here, no matter how hard they try--They were gonna crash! "IT'S NO USE MEN!" One of the sailors screamed, "WE'RE DONE FOR, PRAY FOR YOUR LIVES--WE'RE GOING DOWN!" Everything was a blur, the ship crashed and the next thing happened was Conner woke up with incisions however he was alive. His puppy, Sirius, survived too but the rest of the crew are dead. Conner was emotionally distraught, so he gave them a proper funeral for the mates and the captain. With Sirius in his arms; he said: "Well....Looks like it's just you and me, boy." Sirius wagged his tail, he barked and whimpered a little and Conner grimaced of the pain while he walked away. In the meantime, Una woke up and decided to take a walk to a hill. While on her walk; she comes across a boy, Conner, and his dog Sirius where they were lying on the grass and looking up at the blue sky. But Connersaid, "There's a storm coming, it's going to sweep things in its path." Una looked up and saw that the beautiful sky's yonder blue was now a dark purple. When Una turned back to the boy, she saw that he was already gone! So she decides to head back. As she walked back; Una looked up and saw that the hurricane while she was determined to get home soon. She regrets on going on this walk, it was a bad idea and she wish she stayed home. She wished that it passed or wash away like rain. But it was getting closer and nothing could stop it. She hopes she won't blow away as she saw in horror of every debris, every part crumbling and it was blowing harder and harder. Una managed to dodge every flying object and nearly went flying, it was so strong but she made it back home safe. However, she was horrified to discover that her house has been capsized and she managed to get in the house where she found that her parents were nowhere in sight. Una begin to panic a little bit, she cried; fearing that her parents could be dead. The next minute afterwards, Poor Una was sitting near the mailbox, thinking about if her parents possibly got caught in the storm and possibly died but she didn't want to jump to conclusions. Then, she felt a shadow upon her and saw Conner with his dog, Sirius. "What are you doing here?" Una asked. "I came to help you, I also want to tell you that your family is safe." replied Conner. Una's gasp got caught in her throat, "You do? Where are they?" She asked. "The Good Sorceress Sianna knows and she might be able to help us." explained Conner. Here this was to be another day, an ordinary day until this boy came along as he will inspire her to look for majestic beauty that others wouldn't see and find them mundane. Conner stretch his hand out, "Come with me." He said. "Where are we going?" asked Una. Conner smiled, "To the West." Una was hesitant at first but she knew that this boy would help her. Maybe help her to be in control of her own destiny. She took Conner's hand, and they were off. But first before they had to go West, they stopped by Conner's apartment where they meet two of his roommates, Aiden Easton and Fiachra Vester. Aiden was a nice guy, pretty much average looking person...Nothing magical about him. And Fiachra was a gentleman however he had a bit of cowardness in him. Una was shy at first however she bonded fast with these guys as they stayed up late because of no power, they played spin the bottle and laugh and joking around while drinking root beer. Una hardly spoke for she felt excited and glanced at Conner, admiring how beautiful and confidence he was but he probably wasn't so down-to-earth. Summer was all in full bloom, where Una found a place of belonging with friends that care about her. And don't judge of what she is not. The next day, when the storm was over; Una and her new friends stumble upon a village called Alfheimer where the friendliest creatures of dwarves, fairies, elves, gnomes, pixies, leprechauns, and mermaids. Then, the Good Sorceress name Sianna appeared! Sianna has blonde hair so wavy with curls, she wore a tiara on her head, but her dress was something else. Her dress was pink, pearlized with petals covering the skirt as the bodice and skirt are decorated with sequins, it was off the shoulder with a heart shaped outline to the top. The gown looked like it was made of bubbles, like somebody took them out of bathwater and sewn them together so they won't pop. Sianna gives Una a pair of magic shoes called Talaria to give her guidance. That's when Una remembered what Conner said as she asked Sianna about the whereabouts of her parents. Sianna assured her that they were safe however they are hidden in a shelter because of all the monsters, the ones called manananggals. As if on cue, they appeared as they terrify the residents into hiding as Una, Conner, Aiden, and Fiachra were horrified to see them. Sirius barked at the creatures, which they look hideous with their horned wings, claws, and fangs so sharp. They snarled and Una shivered a little. The beasts demanded the magic shoes Talaria, however Sianna spoke out: "It's too late, they are here and they will stay." She gestured that the shoes were now on Una's feet. Una was shocked, Conner put an arm around her and pulled her close in a protective way while glaring at the monsters, who demanded for the Talaria shoes. But Sianna laughs, "You have no power over here you beasts, now be gone or I'll plunged a wooden stake in your hearts." She sneered at them. The manananggals winced so they decide to accept defeat for now but cursed Una by the fact that many enemies will come for her. Some would kidnap her and held her in prison while others would try to kill her, or use her for lustful desires so she must keep her head down, watch her back and stand her ground: "We''ll get you, sweet blood--AND YOUR MEDDLING FRIENDS TOO!" They growled, they laughed and disappeared into smoke. Once they were gone; Una and her friends were told to go to Murias where the wizard Maugris resides! So; Una, Conner, Aiden, Fiachra, and Sirius headed to the west--Murias! While getting to their destination; Una ran over and noticed that she saw a woman, who offered her hand and she took her hand, and before she knew it, Una was flying. The woman, still holding her hand, began flying away from the window, and so did Mia did. It was then that she finally spoke. "Where are we going?" The woman smiled, "You'll see." She said. Then, the woman revealed to be a siren and tries to get Una to become one but she refused and Conner came to the rescue as he fought the siren until there was nothing left of her. Una went away! It was over. That's when someone came from behind and bound her wrists, "Get off me!" She exclaimed. Then, a tissue covered her mouth and she passed out. As she woke up; She and her friends were tied up and couldn't escape at all. No escape. While kidnapped; Una, Conner, Aiden and Fiachra were trying to think of plan but Una begin to think rationally and her adrenaline will be pumping, her heart will be pounding, and she will be terrified. She had to calm down. The sooner she can regain your composure the better off you will be immediately and in the long run. Right from the start, she should try to observe and remember as much as possible in order to help her plan an escape, predict abductor's next moves, or give information to the police to aid in a rescue or to help apprehend and convict the kidnapper. At the same time, she had to be positive. Most kidnapping victims survive--the odds are with her. That said, she should prepare herself for a long captivity. Some hostages have been held for years, but they kept a positive attitude, played their cards right, and were eventually freed. Take it one day at a time. One of the captors looked over her, Una looked back with no glare at her. It is generally psychologically harder for a person to kill or otherwise harm a captive if the captive remains 'human' in the captor's eyes. She did not grovel, beg, or become hysterical. She tried even not to cry. She will not challenge her abductor, but show him that him are worthy of respect. The guy untied her, then he asked her: "So, who are you little missy?" She swallowed and said, "I am here to bring the world peace. I do not wish for violence, please let me in..." But she stops when one of the captors jump at her, "I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man; she must be quiet." He recited, a verse from the Scriptures. Then; Una could feel his hands on her bare skin, she felt cold anger and kicked him in between his legs. The guy groans in pain, loosen his grip, and Una tried to run however the guy wraps himself around her and bangs her hard against a wall as he forcefully kissed her. In the kiss; Una bite his lip hard. The man yelled, he was furious and grabbed Una's neck, choking her. She was about to die without air in her throat, when Conner down on the captor cry out in pain. He fell backwards, he was critically injured as he fell unconscious. Una was shocked, she begin to weep sorrowfully. "Conner...." She gasped. "Oh...." She wept and wept until there was nothing left. Conner wrapped his arms around her in an embrace, he must protect her. After days of traveling; Una, Conner, Sirius, Aiden, and Fiachra finally arrived in the west! "I can't believe it, we made it!" Una breathed. "So this is the west." replied Aiden. "It's so huge!" Conner said. "And it's all green." Fiachra added. Sirius barked in agreement. Una was so thrilled, "I've always wanted to come here." She said. It was going to be one, short day in Uto of Murias. There was so much to do and to think Una & her friends could see the exquisite as they will stop by and see before the day is over. In Uto; there was buildings tall as trees, wondrous things that Una and the gang has ever seen! Places are looked at such as salons, libraries, museums, and skyscrapers were a hundred or more times taller, stronger. Una believed she found the place she belongs, perhaps she wants to be here for good when she comes back someday too. She'll make her own decision however today she and her friends are going to enjoy this special day. People were talking about how powerful and wonderful the wizard Maugris was. But they also talked about the evil sorceress Lorelai. They fear for Lorelai as they pray to save them from the claws of Lorelai and manananggals. Just then, Sianna appeared as she said: "Fellow citizens of Murias; as terrifying as this may be, let us put this aside and celebrate. For this one day, of course! What a celebration we'll hae today, let us have a celebration and finally away from the wicked because we couldn't be happier. Right here, look at what we got. A fairy tale plot and a happy ending is coming soon." She seemed strangely bubbly! Una, Conner, Aiden, and Fiachra were confused by this. Sirius whimpered in Conner's arms however Conner pet his puppy as a way to comfort them. There was talks of Alcina: Some say she comes by and lets the citizens she's arrived by letting out a screech as she comes out from hiding. Others say she has extra eyes that are always kept awake, her skin could shed so easily like a snake, and her skin is so unclean. Finally away from the gossping townspeople; The gang found Maugris's palace and Una knocks on it. Then, the cranky gatekeeper peered over from his watchtower and called out, "What do you want?!" Una and the others were taken aback by the gatekeeper however Una spoke up, "We, um, we came to see the Great Wizard Maugris--Have you seen him?" The gatekeeper snorted, "Have I seen him? Hell, I've been here all day so NO!!!!! I haven't seen the great and powerful Maugris of Murias!!!! GO AWAY!!!" Una was hurt, Conner hated seeing his friend so upset and he turned to the gatekeeper with a glare: "Listen pal, you didn't have to shout at her! Apologize to her!" He exclaimed. The gatekeeper shouted back, "Boy, don't you yell at me! Y'all want to get in, you gotta have an appointment!" Aiden called over to him, "She has the shoes of Talaria!" The gatekeeper glanced at him twice, "What'cha say?" He said loudly. "My good man, this young lady has the shoes of Talaria. They were given to her by the Good Sorceress of Murias name Sianna." Fiachra exclaimed. The gatekeeper climbed down from the ladder of his tower and took a look at the shoes on Una's feet. All of a sudden; the gatekeeper's crankiness evaporated and changed to a new mood. He smiled nervously, "Well! Ain't that a horse of a different color!" He rushed back to the tower and opened the gate as he said, "Come in! Come, come, come!" Una and the gang were happy to hear this so they went in. They entered the palace where they meet a man in robes and older with a white beard. "Who are you to meet the Great and Powerful Maugris?" He said. Una, Conner, Aiden, and Fiachra introduced themselves. Then, Una spoke of her situation so Maugris provided them with information to defeat Alcina. Maugris told them that they must use the holy water, it is the one way to get rid of her for good. Una asked, "Where do we get holy water from?" Maugris smiled, "Why don't you ask Sianna? She knows more about Alcina than I do." He said. Una and the gang were surprised to hear this so they were on their way. They looked around, looking for when Una called out: "Sianna! Where are you?" Immediately, Sianna appears. "I am here, is there something you need?" Una and her friends glanced at one another, they weren't sure how to approach this subject however Conner was the first to talk, "Sianna...Is it true that you know more about Lorelai than anyone else?" Sianna was quiet for a moment before responding, "Well, it depends on what you mean by that. True, I did know her. I mean, our paths did cross. At the university...." She paused for a moment and spoke up once more but said something omnious. "Before I tell you, I want to say this...Are people just born evil or do they have evil thrust upon them? After all, like so many people, she had a mother and father. And like every family, they have their secrets...Of course, from the moment she was born, she was different from anything else." She explained. "So, you know her." Conner said. That wasn't a question. Sianna nodded sad, "Yes. She and I used to be friends." She admitted. She told the story of how she and Lorelai were forced together as roommates, where they flat-out hate each other until one day, at a party; it changed when Sianna saw Lorelai was alone and came to talk to her, thus they became friends. However, three tragic things happened to poor Lorelai: First was her sister, who was killed in a hurricane. The same hurricane that Una got herself into! Second, Lorelai's favorite teacher was found dead as his throat was torn opened. Third and last was Lorelai's crush turned lover name Asmund was tortured to death. Lorelai tried to save him but failed, that was when the darkness enveloped her and she became Queen of the Manananggals. Sianna told the gang that the only way to defeat Lorelai is by purifying her with holy water, she gives Una a vial of holy water. Una and her friends were sent on her way until the manananggals came as they kidnapped Conner, Aiden, and Fiachra as they flew off while Una and Sirius followed them as they try to sneak in. But they are also kidnapped while brought before the evil sorceress Lorelai. Lorelai was dressed in a long black dress that hid her feet, her hair was frizzy and messy while she was a sight not to look at. Lorelai demands the Talaria shoes but Una begs her to release her friends but Lorelai tortures her mentally that her friends are in the dungeon where they are in deadly fights against brain craving zombies, heart eating beasts, and fear mongeling monsters! Una fell to her knees, horrified by the thought as Alcina laughs at her despair. "Oh mother, I'm frightened..." Una whispered, "I'm frightened mama." Her hand reached to her shorts where she felt the vial and remembered the holy water. Sirius bit Lorelai, distracting her as Una sprayed the witch with the holy water! Lorelai screeched in pain, "You cursed wretch, look what you done!" She shouted. She looked disoriented as she cried out and yelled in agony. Una was horrified however she and Sirius went to free Conner and the other two from their prison. The three of them were unharmed, perhaps scratches here and there but they were OK! However, they were confronted by Lorelai. But it didn't look like her: Instead, it was a young woman with long black hair and fair skin but she wore a green dress as she held the black one. She saw Una and pointed at her, "It's you! You sprayed me with the holy water!" She said. Una cowers in fear, "No, wait! I didn't mean it!" She try to explain however Lorelai embraced her and said in a tearful voice, "Thank you. You saved me."

And another sample of blood to drink from her cup; Penny could see another memory in her head: Fiachra cried out in amazement while pointing up as the gang were shocked when he said it: "Look! It's Sianna!" In a bubble-like field around her; Sianna appeared with a smile on her face, "It's good to see me, isn't it? No need to respond...That was rheatorical." She remarked cleverly. Later, Sianna told Una and the others that she sent Monica and her two friends to rescue Una because she saw through the crystal ball that they were in trouble. Word on street is that Madame Evelyn is causing a ruckus, she used to be the headmistress of Sianna and Lorelai's university but she also is cohorts the council in the core for the North, South, East, and West. Sianna told the heroes about her, an experience she had: While being with her, Madame Evelyn is being too nice! Her co-workers start rolling in late and blowing through deadlines, and Sianna doesn’t get the feedback she needs. It could cost her a raise if she spends all year being praised only to find out at her performance review that she’s not all that impressed with Sianna's work. She’s just nice. Then; her boss has no idea what her job is, or how to be a manager. So when she jumps in and tells you you’re doing everything wrong. Well, she wasn’t. The madame was alienating staff and customers. She can’t use Blind Carbon Copy. She can’t lead a meeting. She says things like "Let’s email it on the social media network." She’s embarrassing. In awhile, things change in the madame: Madame Evelyn was hurting Sianna's career by failing to provide feedback and direction and giving her negative performance reviews. Madame Evelyn can be managed, manipulated, and massaged to her advantage. Madame Evelyn wants to read every email she send. Madame Evelyn doesn’t want her to carbon copy her—she wants to stand over her shoulder and dictate. She typed a schedule for washing coffee cups. She has strong ideas about the how toner should be replaced. She is driving Sianna insane. Madame Evelyn has no idea what any of her direct reports do for a living. Sianna couldn't help but ask her a specific question about what she should be working on, and the madame replies with vague platitudes and off-the-wall suggestions. Stupid Madame Evelyn, she has no idea what this job does. One of the staff members has a brilliant new idea, and Madame Evelyn told her that the others can implement it by next week. Sianna will do all the other projects as well, of course. She was just "fit it in," maybe take lunch at her desk, and it’ll be fine. That's how the madame sees it. And when Sianna makes a mistake at work; Madame Evelyn takes the pleasure as she had told the whole office about it, loudly. Sianna feels as if she is getting ulcers and losing her grip from the stress. And she is certainly not getting a raise. Then, it got even worse week by week later, Madame Evelyn files a freedom of information request seeking the balance in the district's account. Because her family spends away money in such an account, she assumes that the school district does the same thing. She wants to approve every news release issued by the school district, and wants final editing rights on the school district newsletter. She votes to assign members of the board to district classrooms for the purpose of evaluating other workers. Madame Evelyn begins her tenure by telling cooks what to serve in the work lunch program. She spills all the details of an executive session on negotiations to the union. She also requests a master key so that she can randomly visit rooms and offices at night and weekends. Even helping those special needs kids is where she doesn't show her kindness for them--As she claims she has a 'soft spot' for them: She shows little concern for the children, denies the existence of the child, blames the child for thei problems in school and the parents for raising them. She asks staff and caregivers to use harsh physical discipline if the child misbehaves. Madame Evelyn sees the child as entirely bad, worthless, or burdensome. She demands a level of physical or academic performance the child cannot achieve. And looks primarily to the child for care, attention, and satisfaction of emotional needs. Even Sianna notices the children are changing by the abuse and oppression that Madame Evelyn has done them: They show sudden changes in behavior or school performance, they not received help for physical or medical problems brought to the parents’ attention, they begin to have problems of difficulty concentrating that cannot be attributed to specific physical or psychological causes. They are always watchful, as though preparing for something bad to happen and lacks adult supervision. They are overly compliant, passive, or withdrawn, they refuse to come back to that place. Madame Evelyn rarely touches the children or looks at them, the relationship entirely negative and states they don't like her. Then, Sianna told Monica, Una, and the others about how Madame Evelyn played a role in the three tragedies in Lorelai's life. For example, her sister Emina that was murdered in a hurricane. Turns out that it was caused by Madame Evelyn. Second, Lorelai's favorite teacher, Mr. Semolina, was found dead as his throat was torn opened. It turns out to be Madame Evelyn hand gagged him, then with a blade, she slit his throat and killed him but only witness saw this as this was the madame's assistant name Effie, who went insane and died from jumping off a cliff. Third and last was Lorelai's crush turned lover name Asmund was tortured to death, which was on Madame Evelyn's orders. It seems Madame Evelyn had played a part in Lorelai's transformation into the evil sorceress and Queen of all Manannggals! This posh, fish face and narcisstic yet selfish woman had never liked Lorelai when she first came to the university and freaked out when she first met her. She pretended to be nice and kind to Lorelai but she plots to cause destruction for her because she believes she's a demon, monster, or a witch but it is the madame who is nothing more than a demoness, a monstrous witch who doesn't care about anyone but herself.