The Bewitched Soul 2 Always

"Mo-m-maa.." Margaret shuttered.

"They killed my friends.", the little girl buried her face in her mother's chest. Emilia spoke nothing as she knew this coming. From the day she gave birth to Margaret, she knew the possible dangers wandering around her.

Five years ago,

When Margaret was born, Catherine, Emilia's maid warned her about the dangers surrounding her.

"Are you sure? Will it be safe to keep this baby alive? You know very well that they are after you!!", Catherine warned Emilia.

"She's the only hope for me. I vow to protect her till my last breath. She must live.", Emilia told as she looked at the crystal child. She smiled as she noticed that her child had her features, her doe like eyes, straight small nose, skin as white as porcelain, except for the blueish purple eyes and platinum blonde hair which she inherited from her father, which she knew would cause trouble in near future.

The girl had a moon shaped birthmark on her left chest. A crescent moon surrounded by 3 stars, which when connected formed a triangle. Touching the birthmark, Emilia smiled bitterly. She must protect her precious a.s.set from them.

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Present scenario.

"Margaret listen to Momma", her mother pleaded with her hands cupping the small face.

"The world is not a safe place for you. If I leave you, do not cry okay? You must live", the crying mother tried to pull her lips to smile but she failed.

She wrapped a simple pendant around her daughter's neck.

"Keep this pendant safe, never loose it. It's very special. Remember N-E-V-E-R L-O-O-S-E it ", the girl nodded as she carefully listened to her mother.

"Momma loves you", Emilia kissed her daughter for the last time.

Having no idea of what was happening, she saw her mother leave the house without turning back.

Moving out and running towards the barren land near her house, Emilia took out the dagger she hid in her pocket. The rain kept pouring. The scent of rain is dark and strong. The sky roared with the lightning flashed the dark sky.

A group of black ma.s.s stood in front of her, surrounding her in all directions. She noticed each one of them. Her pitch black eyes turned into blood red. She grew stronger. She took a step forward.

As a fighter in her youth, her moves very smooth, she pierced the dagger into the heart of one of the the beings. Loud scream echoed, followed by another. She kept on killing them with grace and her bold moves. While attacking another, one of them stabbed her back. She stumbled upon the ground. She stood up in-spite of the pain, and managed to kill the remaining two. She knew that she was stabbed by a poisonous dagger, the poison which promised her short time in her hands.

Far away, a tall black hooded man approached her. Looking at the approaching figure, Emilia recognized him as the one who killed her husband.

"You're still strong Emilia", smirked the man.

"Always", Emilia replied.

"Tsk-Tsk No, look at you now Emili.. seeing you in this state makes me sad. Your one wrong decision landed you here. You could have accepted my proposal back then Emili.. you--" he spoke as he was cut off by Emilia.

"Shut up David!! I've only loved one person... I loved him and will keep loving him.", she revolted.

"She will come to kill you, destroy you, to avenge her parents death.. ", she smiled.

"I'll wait for her then.", David said as his face grew darker.

"You can never have me David.", she groaned in pain as the poison started to spread through her body.

"Then die.", he smiled.

With one swift move he pierced the dagger through her heart. She smiled at him as she lied on the ground drowned in her own pool of blood. The rain showered on her and formed a small river of blood flowing towards the feet of the man who killed her.

Looking up, he closed his eyes as the rain washed his face.

Meanwhile Margaret kept herself hiding in a secret place which she discovered when she used to hide from her mother while playing indoors. Never could her mother find her once.

Hearing the tearing flesh and screams of the people around her, she hid herself in the corner.

Little did she know that, she had her last safe hug from her mother. The embrace which would keep her warm for eternity. She cried silently, wis.h.i.+ng for her mother to come back and shower her with kisses and hugs. Few hours ago, everything seemed perfect until the moment her world drowned in the ocean of blood. She grabbed the pendant and kept it close to her heart.

The pendant glowed.