Screaming nightmares - Hannah Sawyer (great reads TXT) 📗

and weapons ready. I was alone. But so was she.
“So I can make you come to me it would appear.” She laughed
“You have no control over me.” I growled back.
“Really that is why you have been training yourself to defeat me? Foolish Rhiannon.”
“At least have the decency to tell me your name.” She threw back her head and laughed hysterically
“You don’t know who I am. My name is Arian, foolish girl.”
“A few things you should know about me Arian. Firstly I am no fool, I am a woman not a girl and thirdly you do not scare me!” I glared smiling at her with a devious smile, speaking in a voice full of strength and anger. “You have hurt me enough. I will win this battle”
“We shall see child. We shall see.”
I woke and stood up, I ran straight to James.
“We are fighting Arian” I announced. I suddenly noticed how afraid James looked. “Do you know her?”
“She was banished for a hundred years after the last battle we only just won because we had an amazing queen who managed to defeat her but it cost our queen her life. We no longer have a queen.”
“We can do this; she will be attacking at midnight. I need help being trained we have fifteen hours until she arrives. Who is with me?” a massive cheer went up from the crowd but when I turned to James he was gone. A tear ran from my eye. I thought he would stay with me.
I spent the rest of the day training hard learning new tricks and techniques. Everyone pitched in to help. Daniel stayed with me the whole time. He worked with me on the shape shifting as he was the only vamp who could shape shift. It was eleven thirty when James finally returned. And in his arms were bags of blood.
“You will need your strength for this battle. And there was a note for you outside.” He smiled at me as he opened the first bag and emptied it into a cup for me. The note read:
Rhiannon, to death we shall fight. From Arian.
“James read this.” I looked at him puzzled “does this mean she is after me?”
“I believe so.” he said glumly.
“Then I shall fight her alone. No one else shall die because of me.” Daniel looked horrified. I looked straight him and forced out a smile, I went over to him and kissed him passionately.
“Please... don’t do this.” He begged.
“You know I have to. I don’t want any more death.” I started to cry. He pulled me close and whispered gently into my ear.
“We would be dying for a good cause.” I could tell he wanted to cry but he wouldn’t in front of this many people.
“I shall lead you all into battle.” I announced as I held onto Daniel tighter. The clock struck quarter to midnight. We all prepared to fight. I dried my tears and shard a tender embrace with Daniel and kissed him as much as I could.
As I walked away I heard him say
“I will always be by your side. No matter what happens to us.” I didn’t want to think what I would do if he died, but I knew what he meant. He felt the same way. We held hands and went to the garden, everyone behind us.


Chapter 11 – The end of Days.

Outside a thunder storm had taken hold, with the torrential down pour we were all soaked through very quickly. All I could think was thank god we could not feel the cold. I knew it was midnight before I saw Arian. James had made me a helmet to go with my armour but left a hole at the back for my hair to go through after I tied it into a ponytail. I pulled on my helmet and stood there not even reaching for my weapons yet. I focused on her and her thoughts only.
“This shall be an easy battle.” I laughed at that. She just froze,
“You silly girl why are you laughing?” she enquired
“I keep telling you I have more powers than you shall ever know of. And I am no girl.” I laughed. She withdrew her bow and arrows and aimed straight for me. Before she even had the chance to release I had run over and taken all her arrows.
“Looks like you will need another plan.” I regretted saying it immediately. She let out a wild growl that sounded more like a lion than human as she withdrew her sword. With one fast smooth action I withdrew my sword and leapt towards her. Our swords clashed and scraped violently. Hitting each other with hard blows caused pain in my left arm where she had previously crushed it.
“Turn and slash the girl down on her legs” her thoughts seemed to scream at me, the moment she turned I grabbed her and threw her into the wall of the house. Small pieces of rubble fell down from the wall and there was a large crack going up the height of the house. I stood hoping and praying I had been triumphant. I lowered my sword and she launched herself at me from the hole in the side of my home. She made a small slash across my chest. It stung but I knew I had to keep fighting.
I stood up from the floor and retrieved my second blade from the sheath. I approached her with even more ferocity than before. All the people I had seen dead in my visions flashed back before my eyes giving me the strength I needed. I turned kicking her squarely in the chest followed by a slash of my blade cutting over her bodice. The cut was deep but nowhere near enough to stop her. I saw her reach for a small blade I swung for her but she had already thrown it and it had hit Daniel in the centre of his chest. His eyes closed and he fell to the floor. I screamed. Not him anyone but him. The pain, anger and hatred burned through me. I closed my eyes and let one single tear fall.
I spun to face Arian with a growl that was not at all like me. I flung one of my blades as hard as I could it went through her bow arm and into a tree behind her. The rain pounded down hard now. I stood there water running down my face. I charged towards her pulling the blade from her arm as I ran round her. She swung hard for me it cut my leathers and sent me flying across the garden. The branches scratched my face as I landed. I spun round in time to see her blade coming towards me, I ducked. I pulled her sword out of the wall of the house and threw it towards her, sadly missing. The fury kept burning through me making me fight harder than ever. She looked at me terrified, I knew why. All the anger had built up to this.
She tried to run. I let out a huge roar and chased her into the woods. I knew I was faster than her pulling my blade from its sheath I stormed after her in no time at all she was back in my sight. I ran up a rock and pounced onto her raising my sword high above my head I made one slashing motion which just caught her neck she spun terrified but my anger took over I raised the sword and with a swift motion pushed it through her chest as slowly as possible to cause her the most pain and her lifeless body went limp the ground soaked with a mixture of her blood and the rain.
I fell to the ground next to her and whispered.
“I shall forgive you but I shall never forget.” I stood and removed my helmet and untied my hair. I bent down and picked up Arian’s dead body and carried it back to the mansion.
When I arrived James and another man I did not know took Arian from my arms and burned her body. Then fully exhausted I lay in the doorway and fell into a deep sleep.


Chapter 12 – The calm after the storm.

I woke alone. I forced myself out of bed; the sunlight was streaming through the curtains. I went into the wardrobe and pulled out a deep blue dress. I brushed out my hair; someone must have washed me and tended to my injuries. There were no bandages but I was clean and smelt fresh. I went downstairs to find Anne sat in the lounge.
“Morning, how are you feeling?” She said and stood immediately.
“Where’s Daniel? Is he ok? Can I go see him?” I rushed out the questions.
“Daniel is fine and he is right behind you.” She replied with a smile. I spun round and sure enough there he was smiling down at me. He pulled me close sliding his arms around my waist.
“Was worried about you baby.” He whispered into my ear. I smiled as he leant in to kiss me. We stood there in romantic embrace sharing our passionate kiss. Even though I felt exhausted from the last few days I had never felt so alive. I took him by the hand and we went walking in the sunlit garden that still showed signs of the war that raged just two days before. As we walked round we talked about the plans now for the future. We were excited and scared about what may lay ahead but we knew we just had to live our lives.
We went back to the oak where he asked me to marry him and just lay there. The sound of the breeze in the highest branches of the ancient tree and the birds singing their melodies to help send us into a deep sleep.
I don’t know how long we lay there but it did not matter. For once the world as I knew it was at peace. I had a family who was always going to be there for me. I cared for a man who loved me the way I was and I, for the first time in my life, was respected. I couldn’t ask for more.


Chapter 13 – For forever yours.

It had been a year since the battle against Arian, I was fully strong again, we had moved to a new home and Anne and Matthew were expecting their first child. I woke in my room, I was alone. I heard a gentle knock on the door.
“Just come on in Lizzie and James.” I laughed
“Hey sweetie how are you feeling?” Lizzie asked beaming with pure excitement. As she entered I noticed she was carrying a dress box. Her floor length deep purple dress looked amazing on her. James entered wearing a black tuxedo with a blood red tie.
“I am so excited you both look amazing. I am so glad you are both here for today.”
“Where else would we be?” James smiled
“True.”
Lizzie lifted the box up onto my bed and lifted off the lid. Inside was a beautifully decorated dress, with the corset style top was covered with sequins and pearls and lace. And the skirt was a beautiful lace skirt with so many different layers. It was perfect.
“James thank you so much. This must have taken you hours.” I gasped at its sheer beauty
“Anything for the girl who makes everyone in this family so happy. And you deserve a stunning dress. I’m going to leave you ladies to get ready.”
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