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Chapter 50: The War , her Linage

Everyone has a past. Even the worst people in history have something that made them who they are. Sometimes there are ways to prevent it or rather encourage it. One thing I know for a fact is Sapphire's dedication and determination to get what she wants even if it's manipulating or murdering people to kill to get it.

Everyone who had agreed to be our ally was all crowded around a large wooden table spilled with a battle map and figures around. Noah's pack, Alpha Josephine's pack, Cinder pack and other creatures and other smaller packs but we were equipped with basic weapons and magic. The map showed the location which magically appeared on it. It was in secluded terrain ringed with mountains and rocky land that went on for miles. We played with chess pieces and organised the formations with the others and our battle strategies and the map seemed to move and the caves that transfer as there.

We used people's level of skill and experience in the pack and thank the Cinder pack for helping us train the older wolves. The weather was embedded in a fancy violet handwriting that made me annoyed. It was dry and sunny to potentially cloudy. We left the office after two hours to be spread into groups and in an estimate, we were about a thousand wolves combined as all the leaders climbed on the wooden platform and lined themselves with faces void of expression. In front of us was everyone divided by pack, rank and experience in weaponry and types of lethal moves.

"It's time we fight. A demon who has plagued our lands and killed off our kind. Forcing humans to read between the lines while causing panic and diversion amongst us. We shall fight and kill here and wipe her off the face of this earth and return back to our lives hopefully by the will of the moon goddess and our dignity, alive and well."He shouted, his fist in the air as people looked around and a loud, agitated chatter echoed around.

Fear and anger laced in their features as they nodded. Noah's pack jeered and erupted into applause and some cheered and whistled. Oddly enough ,women were joined in there and I thought otherwise of him.Alpha Josephine smiled, her face hardened as the woman tensed and the warriors let out loud battle cries and the Cinder pack howled and trampled sounds. It was a cacophony of excited chaos and complete tension.

Most of us were dressed in black, bundled in jackets and leather and weapons by rank, experience and of pack. Think of us just in normal war clothes but with more style and protection with or without magic. Alphas wore badges and stripes; others had none of that. And some way or the other they managed to look hot in them. I wore black legging, leather boots, my weapons strapped on my waist and thighs and an army jacket with a camo hot and everyone else dressed in a similar fashion but in the Cinder pack where everyone is merciless, hard as nails and muscled up they still dressed the same, bare arms and scared faces as they scowled and spat at us.

A purple vortex appears, swirling and churning with intensity as strong winds push to the brim as we hold on tight with each other and bow our heads. I felt like a feeble branch as the flashing light dies and everyone huddles more churn with strong wind and more pop in. We all share confused and suspicious glances before we split into groups from strongest to weakest and enter into the swirling and cackling tunnel, it whirs and sizzles with its warm soft glow as we stare wide-eyed and opened mouth at the strange glowing tunnel then we're engulfed in cold thick darkness.

We were consumed by darkness and as we looked around. I was stunned as collected gasps were shared and more vortexes popped and people filled out with the same look. I gasped and staggered as I soaked in the scenery. It was just like the map and the barren wasteland stretched out for miles and miles almost to infinity. We were ringed by jagged molten black mountains that pierced onto the grey patchy sky with thick heavy clouds of ash and carbon dioxide like a blanket. It rained ash and dirt and the air was suffocating but I felt alright. The ground was burnt and scorched and cracked with contact. Suddenly, it was a barren wasteland and it didn't look inviting by the dead tree. The smell of smoke was thick and a coppery tinge that distracted my view.

The sky was thick with tension cackling and sizzling then loud pops echoed behind the hills and valleys. The ground rumbled forcibly as people screamed and fell onto the ground then bright yellow light blazed behind shook then flickered. A great thunder of footsteps echoed as the ground rumbled and shook again like giant footsteps as my eyes widened in sheer realisation. Then footsteps echoed like a stampede of wild animals and loud creatures, of every type filled out and surrounded as in every corner. Tens of thousands of people and creatures dressed for war look down on us with anger, hatred and disgust. Some held spears, painted their faces with red paint and some dressed in leather suits and other bizarre outfits.

"We're doomed."

"Never underestimate your opponent."Alpha Castillo mumbled under his breath as we nodded. We're so dense. Pink Eye is a demon who's great at manipulation, Sapphire is charismatic and understanding and as epilsion she must have been alive for centuries and other shifters and creatures have been abused by humans and werewolves and been rounding up people with extensive planning and used fear.

And rolling up high above us was a giant transparent sphere and inside was...Sapphire then we all stared in shock and confusion as the opposing sounds broke onto whistles, jeers and loud claps. They cheered as Sapphire looked deader than ever. Her skin was snow white, her lips were pink and her hair was long and silky but her eyes were fading like flickering lights with her white gloved hands at her hips with a cruel smile or a sneer. She nodded curtly, clapped and fixed her shirt. She dressed like a war general but in violet and pointed shoulder blades and black heeled boots. For a villainous woman, she's pretty stylish and hovering on the barrier she made she stood on a platform was the metal flower and on her neck was the flat locket glaring and beeping on her chest.

"I have no intention of killing any one of them but I give you a chance to surrender if not we'll have to dispose you off,"she sighed heavily and clasped her fingers together, "but let's make a truce, shall we? I'd like to have a word with Heather and tell her my plans you see."She announced her voice loud and clear like a microphone, as everyone exchanged pained looks at me with pity.

I heaved a heavy sigh and strutted but Zale blocked me and placed his hands on my shoulder."Zale, the hell?"I screeched as he clenched his jaw.

"Be careful Hamia, just be careful, she's smart and extremely manipulative don't let her get to you, please."He pleaded as I nodded and grasped his hands with a little squeeze then I left.

The crowds dispersed as they let me through as I got a good look of who we're dealing with. Chilly fog painted as it revealed the front row lined with demons human-like to unrecognisable odd shapes like humans and creatures real or not. One was long, cylinder shape with one bulbous yellow eye with triple dots for pupils and black tentacles with suckers and squelched. It was unusually dark and cold as I squinted to have a look at the people and creatures lined up with scrolls on their faces. Inside were the witches, shifters and sirens that got legs with their greenish and bluish skin with patches of scales and sharp bony teeth and long thick hair. The third row was Specalis that were mind controlled with the odd purple light from their eyes and daze-like expressions but some of them were determined and alright to me that glared at me as I walked past. They were either human or another supernatural group that grew hate for humans or supporters within. Most were teenagers, children or just college students and she took advantage of them with jumbled lies and half truths.

At the back of the demons was a tall outline of giants in all shapes and sizes as their beach-ball size eyes flowed at me as I approached the ball. I looked above and sighed as a small purple disk appeared in my suspended foot as I climbed up as stepping stool pop and vanished till I was high above and all I saw was a thick black mass and heads of people. I gulped as a round door appeared and I entered the muffled bubble only to see Sapphire smiling and her back behind me.

She turned on her heels and bowed, then I imitated as the locket glimmered and the flower rotated. She outstretches her arms and laughs."I have a secret, Heather. I'm so glad you swung by actually. I have a good plan."

"Y-you...you are striving for equality but you kill people, hurt them and brainwash them. How can I join you if you try so hard?"I stammered my eyes wide and I staggered. She clenched her jaw and clenched and unclenched her fist.

"You'll regret this, Heather. I knew the gods favoured you and I...I tried so hard to control you. I needed all the powerful ones to join me with or without their consent to bend humans to my will or suffer. "She screeched and howled in anger as her eyes flashed. She sighed, took a big breath and gestured to the army and sneered.

"See the army I've collected there so many creatures, here and beyond in the human world, they've been treated badly and abused by them," She paused as I looked around and shuddered but I gained confidence instantly.

"What did you promise them?"I asked, then she looked taken back and paced around.

"I promised the giants an endless supply of lands and food from the human's extinction. Vampires have an endless supply of blood for blood bags and free for all, animal and human, the siren to rule to sea and hunt to their full rule of the seas and human pets. Shifters could attack and take revenge on humans for their abuse for their superiority or better yet treat them like humans as pests that need to be cleared. Lastly, my favourite, the young specalis I gave them a promise to be treated like kings and queens and be themselves. Society shunned them but I accepted them with open arms. Most didn't need any further persuasion; they ran to me and I gave them a home. Most were homeless, orphans and kids in need or hated themselves for their gift .I didn't need controlling and I activated their powers with the flower. Some witches want to use their hexes and curses for their grandparents but most don't.''She concluded as I shifted my soles and stared at her with a smug look on her face and she crossed her arms.

She pursed her lips in a thin line then thrust her palms, fingers splayed as images flooded into my mind of my family, my education and Damon all smiling and alive but without humans and monsters roamed free instead of people as my knees scraped on the floor. I squeezed my ears as I saw myself with Noah then another photo of me stabbing Zale with a mad look on my face. I rolled on my floor. Then I snapped out of it and groaned as she stumped her foot and glared.

"Tut, tut. What a huge waste, "She complained and stared at the, "I needed Ares ,a hybrid with my control if it wasn't for Zale she would've been awakened and been in my grasp. Turquoise already had anger and hatred field her from the constant bullying and hate. She changed herself, got depressed and hid her powers but she still stood by your side and you, a self-righteous, human-loving freak with the powers of the goddess could've helped me. But what a waste."She said.

Then she stared at the curve of the barrier and spread her palms at the side and muttered as if to a mike.

"I know our truce have gone badly but I have a few words to share-I mean show."She flashed a white-smile and outstretched her arms. She then stood in the middle and clapped. She was engulfed in a black smoke then she quadrupled into decoys as three different people with different movements. A giant grey werewolf with purple eyes darts its eyes and bared its yellowed teeth, a pale, tall demon with talons in a form of a woman dressed in a dress with a creepy face and next to her is a short, busty women with a baby face kisses as I gasps and stagger in sheer realisation. The monsters Eli and Ares described and the fake-mate of Alpha Libarado.

I gasp as she returns back and I can see the frightened and confused people murmur as the opposing side's growl and stump their shoes on the ground like thunder.

I jumped ten metres from the disk onto the ground as wind whistled in my ears as my ears popped and I rolled onto the floor and broke into a ran. Then I spotted Josephine holding an diamond made of a cocoon that glowed a bright violet light that burned, disintegrated and blinded demons till they perished then all hell broke loose as I grabbed my knife as some crowded around me as I slashed, dodged and stabbed then repeated as they bleed ,writhe and die. I leap and jump as witches cast spells, curses and hexes as people vanish, burn and scream. In no time, bodies are littered around as giants scoop people and eat them, stoop them, squish them or toss them away. Sirens lure men snap or bit their flash or men .Specalis use their powers and advances and use flames o char and cause earthquakes but they dodged and avoided me as Ares lunges and bits. But more crowd and fight as wolves screamed or silver bullets and wolf bane sprays. I roll and stab as some sprinted and ran away.

I sigh and look at the sky as the clouds swell and ran stones and fire as some sink in the rocks or vanish in thin air. Shifters in numerous animal forms just eat and killed one another. it was pure chaos. Vampires drink to their fill as I stand in watch covered in blood ,dirt and ash with tears and cuts on my skin and clothes as smoke curls and uncurls from my hair. I breathe in heavily as I spotted my twin mates shred their clothes and shift into their forms with other wolves and charged. Noah drops in all fours, a bright green light engulfs him and he roars so loud even though he's matted in dirt and ash as he lunge and bit a creature and shook them like a chew toy. I sighed and spotted her bubble hover around as I grabbed the diamond and threw it like a grenade and took cover as demons disappear and screech as creature burn and vanish in smoke and someone throws a blinding spear of light as it showers silver and wolfs bane.

I needed to grab the demon and contain it but what. A twelve-year old kid flies onto the air with blinding white eyes and throws white glowing disk at me as I narrowly dodged them and slide on the muddy ground as I blood trickles from my ribs as my legs weakened with movement. Arrows hissed and rained on the air as I missed the grip of a dirty fat hand of a giant then another grabs me and squeezes me tight. Suddenly, its eyes went wide then it groans in pain then drops me from but I froze in mid air and I flap my arms as my eyes trailed to hard ground then I drop again till my nose hits then drop. I look over my shoulder and see a concentrated and tensed face of –

"Turquoise, thanks."I shouted as she nodded then shifted with a blinding blue flash. Something tossed to me as I grab a small velvet pouch and rummage through but weirdly enough I noticed that creatures avoid me or turn their backs on me as if I don't exist. A lanky thin woman twists and turns then spilt into a yellow boa with forked heads and hissed. It slithered on the ground like a rope but freezes and contracts then freezes rock solid. I stagger to my feet and throw the purple gems and sprint as an explosion lifts me off my feet as I slammed into the debris. I bolt and try to follow the bubble.

She smiled from above and her eyes turned wine as shadows and darkness engulfed her. I squeezed the hilt of my long sword and stared at the sky and prayed silently."Moon goddess above; please give me strength to defeat this demon."I narrowed my eyes as an armour formed on me and absorbed. I thrust my palm to the ground as a small in disk forms and hovers out of the ground and I flashed .I fell onto the disk with a start as she staggered and gasped at me with confusion and anger. She thrust a gloved palm but I form a small force field as she balled her fists.

Suddenly, I got sucked in her memories and see glimpses of her pasts. A servant girl sweeping, a girl a lot different from her parents with auburn-haired couple, Sapphire and a pack of wolves like being discriminated and her and a man laughing under the moonlight, her flipping through a book on witch trials and werewolves torturing her in a cage, and her in a room with an old witch who gifts her then possesses her with a demon which kills her human mate and werewolves then witches avenge her and bury her alive with an incantation.

I fell with a great thud as she cradles her head and wince then we circle each other and fight. I dodge her, sidestep and punch her but she tackles e and pushes me over the tilting disk and uses her arm tight on my throat as I choke. I kneed into her chest and roll her over as I forcedly pull the locket out of her neck as it burns and melts in my hand as she screams. I sprang to my feet and as she lunges and I corkscrew her on the face as she staggers. Then after pinning her then she rolls of me then punches me again. Then I raise, breathe in and unlock my power as a jet of whooshing periwinkle-blue light spews from me as a screams comes out my lips. Blood splits from my arms and my rips spilt open as dark crimson stains and sticks my shirt as I scream harder as it engulfs her in a screaming mess, she holds her hair. Her ears and screams while rolling on the ground. The orb wavers and flickers but I scream harder and I stop and grab my sword but she weakly kicks it as it skids. It pops in my grip as I stabbed her square in the chest as it melts her chest as she opens her lips and her eyes faded from wine to purple to blue as her heads lolls and she sinks into the floor and gapes. She blinks numerous time and cough as she pukes a mass of black slime as she doubles over like she pukes her organs. I breathe and place my hand under my shirt and pause as I take out a huge rose under of a warm, red liquid then I spit tiny flowers as it falls onto the floor as I gasp. Cracks seep on my skin and my flowers fall out.

'W-what happened? Where am I?"She screams, staggers back with shock as her eyes dart.

"You don't remember?"I asked, my voice rose as I balled my fist as he nodded and watched in awe and horror.

"I –I did this?"She asked, stunned as I nodded. A sharp whirring mass of smoke moves around in a whirlpool and spins around as it sparks and cackles like an approaching thunderstorm. She stares and gaped as I through the gems as it forms holes on it and swipe my long sword.

"Why?" She asks, scared and rocks in a ball. But a screams comes out as I stagger. The hole grows bigger in a chest as I saw the raging wall her as a tears roll down her cheeks then her hair turns to dirt, her face cracks and falls apart then she blows away in dust.

"No!"The demon screams, "No, my pride and joy, "Then the smoke turns to me, "Oh, lucky day. I'll use you instead."I shake my head and force a sad smile and shook my head. Black splotches danced in my eyes as everything spins then the he locket reverses and I grab I but the golden flowers loses its glow as everyone collapses and the demons vanishes but the vampires stir.

***

I bolted away as wolves recover, watch in awe and confusion as I slowly weakened as my life flashed in my eyes. Two familiar men chase and shove each other and stare at me and exchanged worried looks as my knee sink to the ground.

"Guys, I'm so sorry."I apologized and look my skin with more deep cracks as they hugged me tight."I'm dying."I croaked as tears rolled down my cheeks. 'I'm sorry if I didn't love you guys back. I was meant to die and not be your loves."I coughed harder and hugged Zale and squeezed Noah's hand as he gives a sad smile then everything whitens.

Zale:

I watch her limp body sprawled on the blackened ground, dumbstruck and sad; I shook her shoulders as her heads rolls. I shake her harder as her pulse fads and her breathing stops as Noah watches with his mouth agape. I close my ears and lay on her chest just to hear a beat but nothing. Suddenly, slowly from her legs to her waist disintegrate into a bed of bright blue flowers then they swirl into the sky and form a beautiful cyclone and churns with a strong blue light as look the other way as the corpses turn to dust and follow in pursuit. A huge sun rises in the east, strongly beaming in the pink sky streaked with yellow and gold.The Specalis kids rise up after being knocked out by the force and creatures vanish back to their worlds. Sapphire is dead and we lost hundreds as people walk around aimlessly. Then it bursts away as I scoop some petals but they wilt and turn to dust. I grab one with a fist and it glows and pulses in my hands as I frown.

I ran and sprinted but it vanished."Hamia."I screamed louder. Noah sprinted after me his face wet as I yanked my arm back and growled with clenched teeth as he takes two steps back."You contributed to her death."I accused him.

"No-I-I "He stammered and looked at his blooded hands.

Suddenly, in a flash Ares ran between us breathing heavily with a scowl on her dirty face."Stop it."She snapped," Stop it, guys, stop it."She added her voice cracking. She told us to calm down and kids and teens in huddles look timid and confused."Look at the kids, "she gestured to them as they hide and panic."Just look at them, "She sighed as people recovered and bandaged one another but they all look around expectantly. Ares is steaming, holes and tears and nasty cuts on her cheeks."We have to help them."She smiled.

Noah and I glared at each other and nodded.

***

It's been a week, wolves recovered and mourned for the loseses and now I had a new loss. Hamia, my mate. She died. The petal I got. I decided to plant it, a soil patch on the ground and covered it and dirt. I strolled away when the ground rumbled then I whirled as a sapling sprouts out of the ground. I cock my head and watch then it grows bigger and taller into a full length tree with white bark and a bright canopy of blue petals and little flowers sprouted on the branches like fur. I staggered and gaped in awe.

The leaves shimmered and danced  in the wind as I placed my palm on the watery bark as it moves and pulses like a heart. Her soul is alive through the trees as I felt my lips curve with delight. Wolves stare and crowd around the tree.

After that day, I vowed to take care of her tree.