For a second her face holds an expression of surprise but that is quickly covered by one of contempt. "Good. Now let's try this again."

She places her hand in mine and we begin to chant. "vivifica illum. vivifica illum. vivifica illum. iunctis viribus vivifica illum. iunctis viribus vivifica illum. iunctis viribus vivifica illum. sol et luna vivifica illum. sol et luna vivifica illum. sol et luna vivifica illum."

We continue this for what seems like an eternity. This is fucking hopeless I knew it.

"St-" I begin to say but I'm cut off by a low breathing.

My head immediately snaps down to see Lucas's chest rising and falling ever so slightly.

I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding and felt the weight of a house being taken off of my shoulders. That has to be the most relieved I've ever felt times a billion.

In worry of me loosing him again I resume my chanting. I keep on going with a new found confidence.

Maybe I'm not powerless after all. Why then would my parents send me away, surely they would've know if I possessed any magical abilities.

Unless what the hag said is true and they were just protecting me. Nah if that were the case they wouldn't have tried to turn me into one of those vile creatures and put me through excruciating pain intentionally.

I move the thought to the back of my mind and concentrate all of my attention on Lucas.

I continue until Stephanie stops and begins to get up.

"Where are you going?" I ask confused.

"It's done. He's alright. He's still horribly injured and will need treatment but I think you want to speak with him alone first. Don't worry, I'll be back in shortly." With that she gets up.

Before I turn my attention to Lucas I see a trail of bodies following behind her lifelessly out of the corner of my eye, I have to try to hold back the urge to laugh. It just seems ridiculous that she can make these bodies follow her to who knows where without a second glance, it's a pretty funny sight to behold, just imagine it.

Maybe one day I'll be able to do that. Wow, big dreams I know (if you didn't notice my sarcasm I give up). I wonder if I'll ever get to grips with my so called powers. Well they must exist because I doubt Stephanie could have done that on her own but as far as I know even two people shouldn't be able to bring someone back, I'll have to ask her about that later as well as get answers for everything else that's happened thus far.

Lucas stirs beneath me and all my attention is immediately back on him.

"Lucas," I breathe softly "everything's going to be okay." I doubt that that's true but the last thing you'd want to do is tell a person who's just come back from the dead that there's a chance that they might die again.

Still clutching Lucas's hand I begin to rub circles on them to soothe him.

After a few minutes his breathing intensifies to a normal rate. He's waking up, he actually might stand a chance.

Another few minutes pass and his eyes begin to flutter open. I can't help the massive smile that makes its way into my face. Words can't even begin to describe just how overjoyed I am right now.

"Luna?" he asks, his voice barely above a whisper.

"It's me Lucas, I'm here."

His mouth begins to form a grin and even though he's weak it still manages to reach his eyes. I'll never understand how but his smiles have always comforted me even when I'm not the one in trouble, something about them just makes me feel safe and happy.

"Do you remember what happened?" I ask in the gentlest voice I can muster.

"I remember getting severely wounded in the stomach," he pauses to look at his chest. There's no more blood spilling out, I think we have Steph to thank for that, but the wound is still prominent and he definitely needs medical attention. "Then I was telling you that I was glad you were safe, I truly meant that I would do it all again in a heart beat if it meant you'd be safe," he smiled his perfect smile at me and I smiled back but mine held an aura of sadness to it; sure I was ecstatic that he felt that way about me but I can't stand the idea of him hurting himself especially if I was the cause.

"After that it's all a blur. I just remember darkness. I couldn't see or hear and I couldn't even feel. I thought that was the end. It was a place of nothingness and I was apart of that nothingness; looking back on it I can tell you with one hundred percent certainty it is the most frightening thing you can ever experience. None of that matters now though because I'm back and you're here with me." The smile he gave me was so genuine and breathtaking but all I could do in response was break out into tears.

"Luna what's wrong?" Lucas asks, concerned laced in his voice.

I choke back a sob and reply to him as best as I can "it's just–ummm I don't really know how to explain it." I laugh at my own ridiculousness. "Promise not to laugh?"

He gives me a weak nod and looks at me intently.

"I'm not sure if you realise this or not but you died." I pause too look at his face and it doesn't hold even a glimmer of surprise, he probably worked that out, he's smarter than I give him credit for. "When you died it felt like a part of me had been torn away, like I could never be me again; apart of me vanished and I was no longer whole, I felt broken and incomplete. Now that you're back it just feels so surreal. I guess I'm just feeling so many things and I can't contain them all, stupid I know.

I know it must be weird to see me cry. In fact today is probably the first time anyone has seen me cry. I like to think that I'm a strong person but loosing you is something that I can't handle. Even the strongest among us have their weaknesses I guess."

"Luna don't feel embarrassed to cry, all of us do it and I get it, you're overwhelmed I understand that."

I give him a small smile but I'm slightly confused as to why he's acting so sweetly as it's not like him.

"I know you're probably not use to me being all sweet but when one of the the people I care about most is in pain I guess that side of me comes out. Also I think dying has given me a new outlook on life; our time could be up any minute so sharing it with the people we care about most is really important," he says softly as though he read my mind. He gives me a massive grin and then adds as an afterthought "by the way don't get used to me acting like this, it's a one off and I'd rather you didn't tell anyone."

I laugh a little at that, the Lucas I know is back.

We then fall into a comfortable silence, just staring at each other intently, neither of us wanting this moment to end.

Of course all good things come to an end and for us this moment was broken by Steph making an appearance. "Sorry to cut your reunion short guys but we really have to get going. I don't know who else is here, they could attack at any second and Lucas really needs professional medical attention."

I nod my head getting up but Lucas just stays still, gawking at Steph. "Luna how the heck are you not freaked out by this?! Stephanie — your best friend and a mortal — is in the magical realm and seems to know what is happening. Did you tell her about everything?"

I laugh a little at Lucas's ignorance. "To be honest Lucas I'm almost as confused as you. I thought Steph was a mortal until just after I found out you were in trouble, turns out she's not. I'll explain what I know later and Stephanie can fill in the rest of the blanks then too but right now we have to go."

He nods his head in understanding.

Steph grabs my hand as well as Lucas's, I guess that means we're teleporting again – fuck my life, pray for me guys, #prayforluna.

Just like that we're off, I've no idea where we're going but right now Lucas is alive and that's all that matters.

Hold that thought I think I'm going to throw up, god I hate teleporting, I can't wait until an alternative method of transportation that is quick is invented, maybe I'll work in that.

Once we stop I feel myself running to the nearest rubbish bin without even thinking. I think you can guess what I do next, yep I vomit. What can I say me and teleportation don't mix.

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Okay so I obviously don't know what dying feels like so just go with me on this.

I don't really have much to say this time so...

Just before I go here are some Shawn Mendes gifs because I showed you Dylan last time so I need to show you Shawn as well 😻😻😻.

No words 😻😻😻😻
Byeeeee