"Oh-oh." Zephyra said, in a voice that was only heard by Phoebe.
She took that oh-oh to an that this was not good news. Looking at the young teenage ghost, she just had a feeling that this was likely to be one of the twins that was missing. Phoebe did not know how to feel, one hand the death of one the twins was relieving because it ant one less opportunity for the demons to awaken Ravana.
On the other hand, it ant a young woman had died without the chance to truly live and it was such a sha.
All eyes on the ghost, everyone ca to the sa conclusion that this young woman was one of Mr. Cunningham's granddaughters.
"A-Ariana? W-why are you here?" Her father Glen Cunningham who had been standing behind father, quiet the entire ti asked. The last thing he wanted to believe was that his children were already dead, but it was undeniable.
His wife rushed to her daughter's side. "Ari....my Ari. Why are you here?" She embraced her then; she pulled her back a distance. "Are you here alone? How did you end up dead? Where is your sister? Is she still alive?" She questioned impatiently.
Everyone wanted to urge the female ghost to calm down. They were also interested in knowing the answers, but patience needed to be exercised.
Chief Cunningham took a step towards his granddaughter. "I cannot believe that you are dead, it seems our fate was truly cursed for us all to be wiped out like this. What happened after those things took you away? Where is Alena?" He pressed with gentle insistence.
"Will they all stop asking questions?" The spirit hissed. If everyone kept pulling the girl to the side and hounding her with questions, then no question would be answered at all.
Silence reigned as the humans waited to see if any other questions would co from a human or ghost and none ca, thankfully. This allowed them to keep their attention on Ariana whose mouth they eagerly wanted to pry open.
Ariana let out a soundless whimper, clutching a chest that was empty and hollow, with no heartbeat. "I am sorry, mom, dad, granddad, I don't know where Ala is. After we were taken by those things we were taken to sothing called a car. That car made a stop sowhere and we were separated.
I could not even scream or do anything because we were both immobilized. My senses were intact, and I could see them take her but it's like I was trapped inside my body. I saw them drag Ala out of the car and a man took her." She narrated, curling herself like smoke caught in the jar.
"And then? What happened after that?" Rufus asked.
Ariana flicked sideways in sudden, spastic motions__replaying her last monts in broken fragnts. "They took to a house, I don't know where, but it was full of things like them... demons. I heard them say that they are planning sothing which will be happening in the beginning days of spring.
I was in and out of consciousness at the ti, so I don't know what they were planning, I think I fell asleep. When I woke up, there was a sudden organized noise of n chanting and then chaos began. The leader...I think his na was Enigma, grabbed and held hostage.
I had regained control of my body, and I tried to fight but it was useless. So, I closed my eyes and blocked my ears waiting for the chaos to end. The next thing I knew I was standing over my body. That demon Enigma was laughing and said that even if they killed him, it was already done. I heard one man talk to soone called David Saxon, so I decided to find him. I asked other ghosts and followed their directions, that is how I found my way here." She opened her eyes, the tale coming to an end.
Chief Cunningham swallowed the burn in his eyes. "Sweetheart, can you rember anything about the one that took Alena? There is a possibility that she could be alive, but we need clues as to where she could have been taken to." He asked, his voice pleading for her to tell them sothing useful.
However, Ariana extinguished his hope and that of the others by shaking her head. She had been out in an unfamiliar world, terrified out of her mind. It was a wonder that she could still recall the things she did.
"Wait!" Ariana ignited, eyes flashing with sudden mory. "I do not know if this is important, but they kept calling the man commander, the one that separated us. He said that it was important to keep Ala and I apart so that even if one of us was found, the other would still be hidden away." She revealed
"Commander?" Phoebe repeated.
Nodding, Ariana confird. "Yes, he was tall and slim with weird blue eyes and candy blonde hair.
Weird blue eyes told the Mayfair's and Rufus the identity of the commander Ariana was speaking of. There was only on commander of Ravana's demon army that had weird blue eyes.
Rekha shuddered. "Azur, she described him perfectly."
Nearly everyone felt a chill and they beca uneasy. If Azur had Alena, then the sacrifice would go ahead. All that they had done so far, was it for nothing?
"Azur has Alena, we are now certain of that but why do you think the demons were excited about the beginning of spring? Is that when this blood moon will co out?" Rufus asked, half of him already suspected that he was right.
He had so doubts however because he had looked at every calendar and there was no such thing as a blood moon coming.
"You are spot on." The Saxon spirit answered. It cos out once every after one hundred years, unfortunately that will be on the second day of spring." It further elaborated.
"But I checked...." Rufus said softly.
The Saxon spirit jumped in and told him, "The old calendar is very different from the one you use now. The ancient witches based this prophecy on the old calendar." It sighed. "I was really hoping that it would not co to this."
Panic set off in the room, with that confirmation. It was as if a tir had suddenly been switched on with a countdown to the end of the world.
"So, what happens now? It is not like you can just find Azur. He is going to go into hiding until that day." Glen lips trembled out the words.
Rufus requested everyone to calm down. "This may seem bad but at least we have two weeks to prepare ourselves. I am certain that Azur does not have all the requirents to perform that ritual and we are going to make sure that he doesn't." Rufus told them, but he himself was not sure. What he did know was that it was better to have hope than be hopeless.
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