Amon's POV

Oh my god. Oh my fucking god.

Things are getting real. Too real. I'm gonna be in a real fight against real sorcerers who are way more powerful and experienced than me.

And I'm definitely having a panic attack right now.

Milo seems nervous too. It's his first fight too, after all. But at least he's been properly trained for this.

I've been in this coven for like a month. I've learned a lot, but it's not nearly enough. I'm so scared. I'm terrified of what could happen to me.

And if I'm honest, I'm also worried about Milo. He's been so sweet, kind, and caring this whole time and I don't want anything bad to happen to him.

I try to control my breathing and realize that my hands are shaking heavily. Milo looks over at me and seems to notice.

"Hey, it's okay, breathe, Amon, breathe", he says gently.

"I'm sorry", I mumble.

"It's alright, don't apologize. This is scary, I know. It'll be fine, I promise."

He smiles at me softly and it makes me feel a little bit better. I force myself to smile back at him.

"Thanks."

We drive quietly for a while, but the car stops much earlier than I expected.

"Are we here already?"

"Kind of", Milo replies and opens the car door on his side. I follow him out of the car and see that we're standing in front of an abandoned-looking building. A lot of people get out of cars and walk up to it.

"What's going on?", I whisper to Milo, very confused.

"We're gonna go through a portal", he replies.

A portal? And he's just mentioning that now?

I take a deep breath. We walk into the building where people are lined up, two people standing next to each other. In front of us, there is a big, glowing circle. Black in the middle and golden all around. And one group after the other steps through the portals, holding hands.

So... teleportation is real too? Fucking hell.

Soon, it's our turn. Milo grabs my hand and my heart skips a beat. We step through the portal together and I close my eyes, scared of what might happen.

When I open them again, we're in a forest. I look over at Milo who smiles at me softly and we let go of each other's hands, even though I wish we could have held hands for longer because it really calmed me down.

"Come on", he says quietly and we follow the other people. Then we take cover behind the trees.

"Now we have to wait", I suddenly hear Sophia say and jump a bit. I didn't realize that she and Philomena were so close to us.

"You alright?", Philo asks me concerned.

Hell no. I'm far from okay.

I'm scared to death, actually. I couldn't be further away from 'alright'. But I have no choice but to fight right now.

"Yeah", I just reply weakly.

"Hey, look at me", she says and I look up, "you got this. Remember to believe in yourself, okay?"

I just nod. Then it's quiet. I have no idea how long, but the silence around me is killing me. I can hear my heartbeat.

Milo is throwing looks at me from time to time, making sure I'm okay and probably checking if I haven't passed out yet.

"They're here", someone suddenly says and my heart drops.

Milo turns to me. "Stay by my side, okay? You'll be fine. And be careful."

I nod and I suddenly have this overwhelming urge to just kiss him. I snap out of it, reminding myself that I'm about to be in a magical war. Oh god.

A few of our sorcerers float into the air and then they start attacking. Milo cracks his neck and then sighs.

"Alright then", he mutters.

He starts walking and I stay by his side as he told me to. Then I see the enemies. Oh god. There are so many of them.

I take a deep breath. I can do this. I can do this. I... I have to.

Our steps get faster and by now we're rushing up to the army of other sorcerers. The Onyx sorcerers start throwing attack spells at us and we start using our shields. The closer we get, the more focused on specific people we get.

So we each start taking on another sorcerer. One guy flies straight towards me, shooting attacks at me. I hold up my shield but still stumble back a bit.

Deep down, I'm freaking out. But I have to focus now and it's harder than ever. I shoot a few attacks back, but they're weak and he deflects them easily.

Fuck, I need to focus. And I need to believe in myself. But that's so fucking difficult right now.

I manage to shoot a stronger attack and make him stumble back a bit. But suddenly, a second sorcerer joins him and they start attacking me together. Oh, god, no I'm not strong enough for this yet.

I'm just an ordinary guy and now I'm caught in the middle of this battle, terrified. And everyone expects me to do well, to save them.

But I can't even defend myself properly. I stumble to the ground and I'm lying on the soil now.

Suddenly, they both shoot attacks at me at the same time. I try to produce a shield, but it's a weak one. I put my hands over my face instinctively and close my eyes, waiting for the impact, but nothing happens.

I look up and see a glowing, blue shield over me. Then I see Milo shooting attacks at the two and they get catapulted a bit away.

The shield disappears and he turns to me. He reaches out his arm and helps me up. "You okay?"

"Y-yeah, thanks."

He smiles quickly before he turns away and focuses himself on the battle again.

Okay, you know what? I need to get my shit together. Cause if I don't, I'm probably gonna die. I turn my hands to fists before I release them again, ready to fight. I see three sorcerers attacking Milo at the same time and shoot a few attacks at one of them.

She turns to me and narrows her eyes. We fight back and forth for a while. Suddenly, I think about something.

Are we here to kill people? Do I have to kill someone? I-I don't know if I can do that.

I get distracted for a bit and take a hit to the head. I stumble to the ground and just so manage to get the shield up to protect myself. I blink a few times and then force myself to get back up, even though I'm dizzy.

I shoot back a few attacks. I gulp as I look around and see about 4 sorcerers flying towards me. Oh god, there are so many...

I shoot a few attacks and then they all shoot their attacks. I hide beneath my shield. I'm not a religious person, but right now I'm praying that I'll make it out of this alive.

Suddenly, one of them gets close to me and she stares at me for a second, as if she was trying to figure something out.

"I think it's him", she says to the others around her.

Oh god. For a second, I just stare at all of them, not sure what to do. One guy attacks me and I shoot back.

Suddenly, I see a big, red glowing light from the other side. I turn my head and see a gigantic sword made out of some red glow.

And before I can form my shield, it cuts deep into my right arm and I scream in pain.

Oh, god, oh god, it hurts so bad, it hurts so so bad. I crash to the ground, blinded by the pain. I'm scared that I'm gonna get hit again, but nothing happens.

I look up and see Sophia and Milo fighting off a few sorcerers. I look at my arm and see blood just spilling out of the cut which seems to be glowing. And it burns so bad, I can barely keep my eyes open. I feel my chest ache and groan.

What am I supposed to do now? The pain is so bad, I can't move, I can't do anything besides lie here and hope that someone comes and rescues me.

I try to get back up, but as soon as I lift my head, I feel dizzy and almost blackout so I just let myself fall back down again. I close my eyes.

Please just let me wake up from this nightmare already.