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[The picture wouldn't upload where it was supposed to go 😠]
Third Person P.O.V
Evie had sent out a message to her friends to meet her at her place the next day. Everyone agreed and nobody thought twice about her request.
"Come in? Well, it's odd but welcoming. Screams Evie, doesn't it?" Ben asked Carlos as he read the sign on the door, Carlos nodded before reaching forward and opening the door. The two of them walked in and were met with the pleasing aroma of fresh-baked cookies. "Evie? We're here!" Ben looked around as he and Carlos walked further into the house. Neither of them heard back from the girl, instead, they heard the front door open and another voice call for Evie. Jay and Gil had walked through the front door this time.
"Oh, hey guys. Where's Evie?" Jay asked as he and Gil walked towards the couple. "She's probably just getting ready," Carlos answered shrugging as he took a seat. He was glad once Evie had texted him seeing as she had been ignoring his previous texts, but even after asking for him to come to her house, Evie continued to ignore his text. "Do you know why she asked us to come see her?" Jay asked as he took a seat across from Carlos and Ben.
"I'm not sure, maybe to explain what's been going?" Ben was tense, Carlos could tell as he placed his hand on his fiancé's shoulder. "What exactly has been going on? Did we miss something?" Jay asked as he looked at the pained expressions on their faces. "Evie and-" Before Carlos could answer Jay's question, the front door swung open for the third time that day. Mal, Uma, and Harry all marched into the house, Mal and Uma shared the same serious expression on their faces while Harry looked confused.
"Was the dramatic entrance necessary? I almost had a heart attack." Mal didn't even bother rolling her eyes at Carlos' comment before she pointed at them. "We need to get out of here now, let's go!" The four guys looked at one another confused, Evie had asked them to meet at her place right? "What? Evie asked us to meet her here, or is she in the castle with Bella?" Jay asked as he and Gil stood up.
"Evie won't be joining us this morning, she sent me instead." Everyone turned their attention to the owner of the new voice in the room. "Hi, I don't think we've met. Zevon, son of Yzma. Nice to meet you, your highness." Zevon extended his hand towards Ben who awkwardly shook his hand before looking at the others confused as to who exactly was this random guy. "Where's Evie?" Mal asked, or well practically demanded. "Well Mal, if you must know, she's in the chapel getting ready for our big day." Ben furrowed his eyebrows in confusion, what exactly did Zevon mean by big day?
"Well, that's all. You're free to go- Oh, wait! I almost forgot, you're all invited to our wedding. It's a short notice, I know and apologize. We just wanted to do it as soon as possible though. Well, I hope to see you all there. Bye bye." With a small 'poof' Zevon disappeared before anyone could stop him.
"Okay, what exactly did we miss? Zevon and Evie are getting married? What about Bella? Why isn't she here? Can someone please explain what's going on?!" Jay looked at his friends desperately for answers, but none said anything. Ben decided to speak up first, he didn't know much besides what Bella had told him the day before.
"I don't know, Bella said Evie broke up with her. When I asked why she locked herself away and started working. I was hoping she called us over to explain." Ben looked over at Mal hoping she knew something about what was going on. "Evie broke up with Bella? Evie, as in I-want-to-grow-old-with-Bella- Evie broke things off? To go with Zevon? That creep!?" Ben shrugged, he couldn't wrap his head around what was going on either. He wondered if magic was behind it, but he didn't want to question it in front of a fae and witch.
"She's been poisoned, that bastard drugged her! Uma and I did some digging, Evie is either under mind control or... Well, we're not sure what the second option might be, we didn't get that far." Mal looked over at Uma hoping her girlfriend knew something she didn't.
"I have a theory though, whatever potion Zevon whipped up probably needed some type of DNA from Evie. Those are harder to break, while true loves kiss does the job, it's only truly effective with magic. Things involving blood usually require bloodier sacrifices. To break whatever control Evie's under, we have to..." Uma didn't even finish her sentence as she took notice of the grim expressions on everyone's faces.
"Then... then we need to find Evie, get her somewhere safe and find a way to take out Zevon. Uma and I will head the castle. Ben and Carlos, you guys will look for Evie while we get Bella." Mal looked over at Carlos and Ben who nodded as she gave orders. "Harry, Gil and Jay, I want you three to head to the Isle and get all of our swords. Magic won't be enough to take this sucker down."
With those orders, everyone left and went to do as told. While they did that, Zevon paid his soon-to-be wife a visit, he was able to sense how worried she was and how she still hadn't changed into her wedding gown.
"My dear, clocks ticking. You wouldn't want for something horrible to happen to your friends just because you wouldn't follow some simple order." Evie jumped, startled by the sudden presence in the room. She turned to look at Zevon, she opened her mouth to say something but she couldn't bring herself to do so.
"And the dress, I had it made just for you. I hope you appreciate what I'm doing, or else a punishment will come to those who rebel against my wishes." Evie wanted to gag when the man placed his hands on her hips, his mouth dangerously close to her ear. The only one allowed to touch her like that was Bella, and god did she miss Bella.
"Yes sir, but can I get some privacy?" Zevon smirked at the little name, and stepped away from Evie. "But of course my dear, I'll see you after I'm done setting up." With that, Zevon left and Evie let out a breath she didn't know she was holding in.
Ben and Carlos were about to enter the chapel when Ben got a call from his father, he requested his presence immediately. He said it was a matter of great importance and it couldn't wait. When the call was over, Ben looked at Carlos apologetically.
"It's fine, I can handle things on my own. Trust me, the quicker you get to the castle the quickly you can come back. No go, I got this." Ben smiled and kissed Carlos before rushing off towards the castle. Carlos watched his fiancé run off before entering the building in front of him.
When he entered, he was surprised to see that the chapel was decorated top to bottom, the color scheme was ugly but it full of color.
"De Vil! Glad you made it, a bit earlier than expected but I'm sure that's just you being excited for us. Come here, don't be shy. I don't bite," Zevon appeared and Carlos cursed under his breath, he didn't understand how the guy could just move around without anyone noticing his presence.
"Where's Evie? I just wanted to see my best friend before her big day, show her how happy I am for her." Carlos smiled hoping his words were believable. He needed to get Evie out and away from Zevon before anything else happened. "She's getting ready, but she doesn't want to see anyone right now. I hope you understand, she's just so nervous and needs some time alone. I'll let her know you stopped by though. In the meanwhile, why don't you change?"
Carlos was confused for a second, why would he change? Before he could insist any further about seeing Evie, smoke clouded his eyesight and he felt himself beings dragged away.
"Dad! Dad!" Ben groaned as he walked around the castle, he arrived but couldn't find his father anywhere. He was wasting time, and not only could he not find his father but his mother or sister were no where to be seen. "Is anyone here?!" Ben yelled out as he slammed open the door to the council room. There was no one inside, but a tray was neatly placed on the table.
"What the hell?" Ben asked himself as he stepped into the room, no one was around but the items on the tray were still hot. Someone had just placed it there, and they even left a note.
'Eat, we'll be back soon. We have matters to discuss with you. - Mom' Ben placed the note back on the tray before examining the tray again. "One cup of tea isn't going to hurt," He said before grabbing the teapot and serving himself a cup of tea. As he sat down to prepare his cup, he wondered what exactly his parents wanted to discuss and where was Bella.
As soon as Ben took a sip of his tea, he spit it out when the nasty taste made it self present. "Ugh, what the fuck?!"
He went to set the cup down when a sudden bolt of pain struck him. He dropped the tea cup, pouring the hot tea on to his lap. "Agh~" The pain he got from the scorching tea was nothing compared to the pain he felt as his body began to transform.
"Ben?" Bella called out for her brother as she made her way up the stairs. She was in the garden finishing up some paperwork when she heard he brother calling her. When she made her way inside, she wasn't able to find him so she brushed it off as her hearing things. When she heard his voice again followed by loud footsteps, she was sure her brother was home.
"Ben!" She called out as she opened his bedroom door, but he wasn't in there either. Suddenly, she heard him again. His voice was followed by the sound of glass breaking. She rushed out of his room and headed towards the source of the sound. The council room. She was confused as to why Ben would be there considering that they didn't have any meetings anytime soon.
She turned the handle on the door, hoping her brother wasn't hurt and that he was just being clumsy. When she opened the door, she was even more confused. Her brother was just sitting there, and a broken tea cup on the floor next to him. He didn't even turn to look at her when he heard the door open.
Bella closed the door behind her before she stepped forward. "Ben? Is everything alright?" She placed her hand gently on his shoulder, she didn't get a response and that's when something caught her attention. A claw mark on the table, and the source of the mark was next to it. She stepped back, removing her hand from his shoulder. She wasn't sure this was her brother anymore, and she wanted to get out of there.
She rushed to the door, but the beast was quicker than her. A hairy hand pulled her back, practically throwing her on to the table. Bella let out a shriek of pain as her back hit the table, she tried to get off and run out but the beast trapped her.
"Help! Help!" She screamed, hoping the staff was around to hear her. Before she could even think about kicking her way out of this, she felt the beasts paw made contact with her face. Its claw dug into her cheek, Bella screamed in agonizing pain. Her screams were so loud that the beast moved away from her, and the human inside the beast came out for a second. He stared at her, shocked at what he had done before the untamed animal came out again. The beast roared in anger before escaping, Bella was in too much pain to even pay attention what way it went.
Her hand was on her cheek, she was trying to apply as much pressure to the wound so she could at least make her way out of the room to seek help.
She felt weak as she made her way to the door, she could only muster enough energy to open the door before she fell to her knees. Lucky for her, two girls had heard her screams and rushed to find her. Bella's vision was blurry, but she could see the outline of the girls walking her way.
"Bella!!" It took her a second to register the voices, it was Mal and Uma. "H-help... m-me." She whimpered, moving her mouth caused even more pain to her cheek, which caused more blood to ooze out. The two girls didn't waste time before grabbing the queen and taking her to get fixed.
[does bella have short hair or long hair? i forgot, please remind me. it's important]
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