Chapter 16: The New Wiccan
The cops arrived at the scene in no time. One of the neighbors called the cops when they saw Ned's mother going crazy outside. They had to take her away as well, to a relative or something maybe because she started pulling her hair out excessively.
Liam watch the police cover up Ned's body and take him away. They had questioned Liam for hours but Liam told the cops that he hadn't seen anyone go in. He know he did but he knows it wasn't anyone human who would do such a thing.
Liam went home. He sat in the living room afraid. Was that waiting for him as well? Was he soon to be brutally murdered and trapped with kids and mirrors.
It was late at night and Liam's parents were asleep. Liam sat still on the couch with the lights on looking at the mirror on the wall.
Scarlett walked from out of the shadows in the kitchen. Liam got scared and he thought he'd have a heart attack at any moment.
Scarlett looked different. She was wearing a nice white dressed. It looked brand new. It had ribbony black designs on it. She was wearing make up, or so it seemed. Her lips were dark red in color and her hair was covering one side of her face and the rest was in the back.
She smiled at Liam and sat next to him. "Are you okay?" She asked looking concered.
Liam tried to avoid looking at her. He looked at the mirror. "Ned was murdered." He said.
Scarlett nodded. "Was that your friend?" She asked sounding sorrowful.
Liam nodded. "Yes..." He said. "He was murdered. But not by a human. It couldn't have been."
"Do you think it could have been, Thomas?" She asked.
Liam started to feel cold and because of that, he looked at the mirror. He saw himself again staring back at him. The other Liam looked at him and shook his head slowly.
"No Scarlett..." Liam said beginning to shake. "I think...I think it was you." He said standing up.
Scarlett had a confused look on her face. She got up and stepped towards him. "It's what he wants you to believe Liam." She said putting both of her hands onLiam's shoulders.
Scarlett was so closed to Liam, as if she was going to kiss him. Liam backed away quickly.
Liam tripped over the table and fell to the ground. He looked at the mirror. He saw an arm reaching out. Then a leg then eventually all of the body was out. It was the anit Liam.
At first it ran towards Scarrlet but she disappeared. He then walk towards Liam and smiled.
"Why did you kill Scarlett?" Liam whispered. However, Liam started to feel paralyzed once again.
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Liam watched as Scarlett grabbed Thomas by the arm and dragged him into the house. Liam followed them. Scarlett had shut the door and locked it.
"How could you not bring it!" She said.
"I tried to get it. I broke in but when I got inside of the room he caught me stealing. One of the kids told. It wasn't my fault." Thomas swallowed hard. "He said he was going to send me away. To the unknown."
"Then?" Scarlett said not sounding very interested.
"Once he got me in the room with the mirror I took one of his potions that I found near the mirror and slammed it onto him. Then onto the kid. Then the whole place caught on fire." Thomas said. "I panicked."
Scarlett laughed.
Thomas looked at her. "It's not funny!" He said.
"Go back and get the mirror tommorow." She said.
Thomas blinked. "I don't want to do this anymore. Please stop this. You're better than this."
Scarlett smiled and walked over to a chair that was in the living room. She then took out a book that said the "Best of Wiccans" and started to read.
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Liam looked up at Thomas who was standing over him. Liam sat up.
"She wanted to be like Mr. Vladimir. She always has." Thomas said. "She was interesting in Witch craft like Vladimir, but he was using his gift for evil."
"His gift?" Liam asked.
"He made potions, he's made portals, although none of his portals worked. Once you went in, you never came back out. He used mirrors for portals. Thousands. He used us as his experiments. It was his way of punishing us. If you were bad or did something he didn't like, into the mirror you go." Thomas said.
"So...those kids are trapped?" Liam asked.
"No they're dead." Thomas said simply.
Liam was confused. "How do you know?"
Thomas started looking around. "Scarlett killed them. All of them." She said
"I'm sorry but you aren't making any sense. You burned down the orphanage. Right?" Liam said.
"Yes. But the ones who were trapped inside the mirrors before were alive. Until Scarlett gained an obsession with Wiccan magic like Vladimir." Thomas said.
"Why did she change? I mean she looks so Innocent." Liam said.
"She was, but after her new parents, the ones that adopted her died in a car accident one night she changed. Traumatized they say. She started trying spells to bring them back but fail. She even tried spells to bring our old parents back and to rewind time. When that didn't work, her stress turned to anger, and her anger turned to violence. I didn't even know her anymore." Thomas said.
"So what happened to you?" Liam asked.
"Scarlett found a way into the mirrors and out. She told me she found the children Vladimir trapped. Although she wasn't interested in helping them. She got her revenge on Vladimir and others who use to make fun of her. She went mad. Completely mad. She tortured and abused them to the point of their death. Even the innocent ones." Thomas said. He then sighed.
"The whole time she did this, I was thinking of ways to stop her. I finally approached her while she was planning to go inside the mirrors again. She told me she had cursed the mirrors that were inside of the house, so if she wanted, she could control anyone she wanted, anyone who looked in her mirrors. I couldn't let her continue this." He said.
Liam nodded slowly.
"I told her I wanted to help her. We went inside the basement of this house with the mirror from the orphanage." Thomas reached out and placed his hand on Liam's head and he was paralyzed.
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"Are you ready brother?" Scarlett asked.
Thomas felt the sharp knife he had hiding behind his pocket. "I'm ready." He said shaking.
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