Storm in the quiet

Feel the fury closing in

Nowhere to run from all of this havoc Nowhere to hide

From all of this madness

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"You are sure of this information, Damien," Dean asks for the umpteenth time since we've arrived, we skipped the pleasantries and went straight into business.

Damien nods his head as he stares at the map of the country. The three of us with Jessica and Nate are inside his office.

"Should I start cutting?" I joke, I know it's not really a good time to joke but I need to ease the tension in the room, I think what I really need is nepenthe to make me forget everything.

Damien confirmed that my parents are with George, Now I know George wasn't lying when he said he knew where they are. I just don't understand what happened those years ago, I mean they literally erased a whole town to cover it up which doesn't make any sense.

We've tried locating them using common location spell but we couldn't find them, so we decided to go dark with The Headmaster's permission.

Dean approaches me and stand in front me and places his hand on my shoulder. "Am sorry," He whispers.

I frown. "For what?" I dare ask him. "This is none of your fault!" I say in a high tone.

"It is my fault, I should have protected him, it was my job," He replies.

Heard that one before, it's done and over with.

"It wasn't your fault, now please answer me, should I start cutting?" I ask with a little impatient this time.

He sighs and takes his hand away from my shoulder and nod, silently giving me his a 'I don't like this plan' look. I smile and return with a we don't have any choice.

I go to stand beside Damien, Jessica and Nate are standing opposite us with an encouraging smile plastered on their faces.

I wink and take the knife on the table, I sigh and shut my eyes as I cut my hand, I wince. After cutting, I drop the knife on the table and squeeze my hand causing my blood to drip on the map.

I remove my hand when it all healed up, got a drop or two on the map, more than what we need.

I look at my healed palm and smile. Impressive. "Now what?"

Nate clears his throat and proceeds. "Close your eyes and try to visualize them," He says.

I swallow. "That's the problem, I can't," The more I try to remember them, the blurry the faces get in my head, I can visualize the body but the face is off.

He nods. "That's okay, place your hands on the map then, and I'll help you cast the spell," He orders and I nod my head. "The spell is powerful, it will drain you, you need an anchor," He announces.

When we tried looking for them using the common location spell, we couldn't find the because wherever they are is shielded and protected with powerful magic.

"I'll be your anchor," Jessie volunteers and I smile.

"No!" A determine voice protest besides me. "I will be her anchor," Damien offers.

I shake my head. "It's okay, Damien. I prefer Jessica," I reply offering him a small smile in return.

He places his hand on my shoulder. "Do you thing Nathaniel," He orders and I scoff.

I mouth an apology to Jessica. Damien can be so annoying and rude sometimes. I look at Nate to see him doubting if he should proceed or not.

"Shoot me," I wink at him.

He smiles and pulls his girl to his side and kisses the side of her head. "You are my anchor?" He asks.

She rolls her eyes and nods. "Always."

Yuck, they are both gross, I still have bone to pick with them for having sex in my room.

"Can we get to it now?" Damien sounds annoying as ever.

I roll my eyes and nod. "Okay, this is going to be one hell of a ride, painful too," Nate warns.

I look at Dean for reassurance. Am good to go. I look beside me to see Damien staring down at me. "I will look out for you, Camille. Never doubt that," He whispers.

One final nod and we are crushing it. "Now Nate, do it now."

The main reason I agreed to do this spell is that it'll physically transport me to the place they are after locating it on the map, which means we have better chance at finding them and knowing how they are, giving if they are still alive.

"Ulrik Sabine. No rettam erehw uoy era no rettam tahw kcolb em su morf difn uoy wohs flesruoy wohs em erehw uoy era. Levro serorina intenal radras in finita delan de mea na adis siz."

I can feel the energy draining out of me but it's bearable. The blood on the map is moving really slow, too slow for my liking.

"Is it- is it working?" I need to know if there is any chance they are alive.

Nate nods. "Yes it's working but it's faint, they are alive, don't disconnect yourself from the map, almost there, almost there," Nate assures me.

Nate extend his hand over map at the same moment I feel Damien's hand covering mine on the map.

"No rettam erehw uoy era wohs flesruoy wohs em erehw uoy era."

He repeats the spell over and over again, the blood start moving quicker. Both drops stops at one point, the same place.

I breath heavily, still trying to recover from the spell. "Di....did we.. did we do it?"

Nate smiles. "We did, and we are going in," He says. Without warning we find ourselves in front of a mansion.

The same mansion I saw when I went to the past, the very same mansion I saw in The town Vale. "Where the hell are we?" I realize that there is no we and it's just me.

The spell isn't supposed to work like this.

"You are right," I yelp and turn around in fright when an unexpected voice says.

I raise my eyebrows in question. "Professor Holme, what are you doing here?" I demand.

He shrugs. "Now I know you are on to us, you don't know where we are Cami, no one does. See, your friends are just risking your energy for nothing because you'll never find your parents," He laughs as if anything of what's happening is funny. "And as for your precious friends, am coming for them, am coming for the whole school, am giving you an headstart cambion, time's running out," He smirks and push me out before I get the chance to react or say anything.

I open my eyes and slump on the ground with map still clutch to my hand. Everyone rushes to my side.

"Camille, what's happened?" Damien asks and his eyes are full of concern as he places his hand on my shoulder.

"Am fine," I think am experiencing a temporary stroke. "I know where my parents are but there's trouble. You need to evacuate the school."

★†★

Jessica and I stay back in the dorm kitchen while Dean make arrangements for the kids to go home after his very convincing speech about renovation.

I take a spoonful of Coco crunch, am not exactly thrilled but I need all my strength to be able to face Sebastian.

I can't believe the mansion is here in The Vale. I know it make absolutely no sense giving that The school Vale is the only building left standing, I don't know what happened to rest of the town, everywhere is all green. I think George is using a glamour spell to hide the Mansion, at least now we know my parents are alive, not sure if they are safe or sound.

"What will you do after everything is over?" Jessica pulls me out of my thoughts.

What will I do after this is over? I have never really thought about it because I don't think it'll ever be over but if this is truly over, I'll get Sabine and Eric to safety and have Damien take me back to the Island, Yuri Nakamura will train me, he can't just give up on me like that.

"Share your thoughts with me Camille, what happened back there?" Jessica knows me too well, I can't believe this is the same girl I smoke pots with.

I know what she means but I won't give her the answer she wants not when am not sure of what I know. "What are you talking about?" I play dumb and take a spoonful of milk.

She sighs and pulls her stool closer to mine and lean closer. "After Nate located your parents, you just froze and completely spaced out for like ten minutes and when you regain control you fell and told Dean he needs to evacuate the school. Your lies might fool them, Cami, but not me, I know you better than that. Now tell me what really happened," She demands like dear old granny.

"You can't even understand if I told you," I whisper and drop my spoon in the empty bowl.

"Try me," She whispers back as she places her forearm on the counter. "I can see how this is affecting you, share your burdens with me and let me help you shoulder some."

I can't look at her right now, I feel so pathetic and weak. "Do you think am broken?"

Is that why you are always trying to help me? I want to ask but deep down I know she's only trying to help because she cares about me.

Her mouth drops open in surprise and shock. "Of course you are not! Why would you think that?" She shakes her head in disappointment.

I sigh and stare down at my intertwined fingers. "Remember the day you were abducted by Theo?"

She nods and pouts her lips like what has that got to do with anything.

"I thought it was just a coincidence that you happen to walk right in the middle of our conversation with him. I was really mad when he took you and when I found you, I realized that the kidnap wasn't about you but me, he wanted me there, he wanted me see you display your powers, he knew I'd do anything for you. The point of this is that he knows that people that I care about are my weakness, your kidnap proved that."

She nods as she listens carefully.

"I told you about my journey to past and everything I know about Sabine and Eric. See, the truth is I don't know exactly why Theo took me to see them but I think he wanted me to see them happy because he knew I might never see them. All my whole life I have been running, running from something I can't explain. Jessica, Yuri said he cannot help me because I am too powerful. What is wrong with me? What is so special about me that people are getting killed for it?"

"Your parents death aren't your fault, Cami," She says.

I raise my head and meet her eyes for the first time this evening. "Yes it is. They made a mistake striking a deal with the devil, well am the devil's granddaughter," I offer her a weak smile.

"What happened today?" She repeats herself.

Honestly I thought all my stories will distract her from asking further questions about today but I guess she's not giving up.

"I told you about The Vale, when this whole place was a town?" I ask if she remembers, she nods. "After Nate found their location, I was thrust into the location. Jessica I know where my parents are-" I hesitate. "They are in George's mansion, the same mansion I saw in the past-"

"That is why we haven't been able to locate them," Damien interrupts me and step into the lights with Nate.

I can't even think about asking why he was eavesdropping on us. Damien and his mysterious ways.

"The mansion is around here somewhere and the reason why we haven't been able to find it is because we are looking," Nate breaks it down for us.

"That is genius, we don't look for the mansion, it looks for us," Damien smirks, he actually did.

I shake my head. "It's already on it's way. Why did you think I asked Dean to evacuate the school?"

"Because of your powers," Nate replies.

"Because Sebastian is leading an army of people here, the fight is already on it's way here, we just have to wait for it get here," I announce.

"Let them bring the whole army, we'll give them hell and they'll be sorry because they picked the wrong set of crowd," Damien chuckles. "Let them come, we'll be waiting."

Let them come, we'll be waiting for them.

★†★

💗,Milia