CH76 To destroy, to kill

"We tried to get away, but, Dylan, he, he" Charlie cried as he fell to his knees, I fell on mine right in front of him, I held him as he cried, it felt like we cried for hours but it had only been a few minutes, when we were joined by my mate, blood ran down Damon's face as he cried for his fallen friend, when I stood up I saw others on their knees with their swords held to the sky, I wondered what they were doing.
"They are praying for a safe journey for Dylan" Anubis explained, I too fell on my knees and held my sword to the sky praying for Dylan, Anubis held me by my shoulders and guided me to stand "every soul lost today will not suffer, that I promise" I hugged Anubis in thank-you those people will still be dead, but atleast they won't go to hell.
In the distance I could see the trolls, I could hear the gremlins laughing I wanted to kill, I wanted to destroy.
"The plan won't work" I announced "there are too many"
"So what do you suggest?" Anhur scoffed
"You guys fight, I'm going to make a portal" I told them as I started walking towards my house
"A portal?" Anhur asked
"Yes, if a portal bought them here a portal can take them away"
"You're acting like a child in the face of war" Anhur shouted after me, I stopped in my tracks and turned to face him
"You think I'm acting like a child? Why? Coz I don't want to kill? We can't understand them, we don't know what they want"
"I know what they want, they want to destroy" Anhur was angry now
"They told you that did they?" I asked him as I folded my arms across my chest
"Look around, little girl, they're destroying everything, they killed your brother"
"I haven't forgotten that, but think about it, we kill the trolls and gremlins, then what? The witch brings us another surprise?"
"I don't know about all that, but what I do know? We have to kill them, before they kill you" Anhur told me
"I'm not a killer" I reminded him
"You killed Jabari and Dakarai" he reminded me
"After you planted the images in my mind, Anhur I can't kill, I can't"
"They killed your brother let that enrage you"
"They didn't kill him out of spite, they killed him because they could, Anhur the culprit won't stop, they don't want to see a vampire king, they will carry on doing this, to no end, I have to stop the witch responsible"
"Listen to me" Anhur said but I interrupted him
"NO, I'M DONE, this is all your fault, you and the rest of the gods, you made it so that witches are powerful and vampires are not, I travelled the world and do you know what I saw? There is only one coven leader that's a vampire, Arimas, and do you know how big his coven is? The size of a house, one house, that's it, witches have kingdoms to rule and a vampire gets a house, Jabari and Dakarai only believed what the world believes, that a witch and vampire can't be together" I finished with tears running down my face "We need to find the culprit, I say we send these creatures back and concentrate on finding the witch responsible, before others come to kill" I turned and started walking again, this time Anhur said nothing, I got home and walked to the painting "You know I can't take you with me" I told Damon without facing him
"I know, but the trolls and gremlins are getting closer, I'll protect the painting, I'll protect you" I touched his face the tears he had cried for Dylan were now dry
"Am I doing the right thing? Should I be fighting instead?" I needed to know what my mate thought
"I think you're exactly where you need to be, my love, what you said outside? To Anhur? You were right, this belief needs to stop" Damon cried and I held him as he held me, we kissed through the tears, I knew that I may never see him again, I knew that the creatures were so close now, they would destroy everything and everyone.
I went into the painting, silently promising my mate I would find him again, I went straight to the desk and found Delores's book, she had opened the portals to get people to the magical world she could help me now
'Take your right hand, using your index finger draw a door where you want the door to be, as you are drawing you must repeat the name of the place you need the portal to lead, keep repeating until the door is drawn, once the door is drawn you need to name the people that need to go in, if you forget this step anyone can go through the portal, if you want these people to be able to come and go as they please then do nothing else, if however you do not want these people to return you need to draw the door backwards using the index finger of your left hand.'
Ok that seemed pretty straight forward, I went to leave the painting and stuck out my head I was still on the wall and my mate was still there I stepped out and kissed Damon hard, and hugged him tight
"I know what to do" I told him, we went outside, the gremlins and trolls were outside the shields trying to get in, they were banging and screaming I lifted my right hand towards the sky and began drawing a door chanting Ahebos but it didn't work "the shield" I said quietly, I started walking towards the barrier
"No, no Anastasia stop" Damon grabbed my hand I turned to face him, people and the gods were standing around us shoulder to shoulder ready to fight, the unitaurs had also joined them "You can't go out there"
"Damon I have to, there is no other way" I knew that people would carry on dying until this planet is no more
"Then I'll come with you, we're in this together" Damon told me with finality in his words
"No, my love" I told him touching his face "I once entrusted the kingdom of Europe to Pierre, today I'm entrusting this world to you" people around me gasped "our people need their king" I said a little louder, making sure everyone around me could hear me, leaving no room for doubt, "I promise my love I will find you again, until then please look after them" I looked behind Damon to see Anubis coming closer, I nodded to him and he grabbed Damon as I turned away
"NO, NO, LET ME GO, ANASTASIA, PLEASE, LET GO OF ME" Damon screamed as I left the shield, pegasai were fighting trolls and gremlins some lay dead but not as many as the pegasai.
Again I lifted my hand and drew the door chanting Ahebos, a gremlin came at me just as the door was finished so I took out my sword and stabbed him, the gremlin screamed but fell,
"TROLLS AND GREMLINS" I shouted, I heard them scream as they began to fly, I laughed but I screamed as a sword cut my left shoulder and my leg, I could see thousands of trolls and gremlins going through the portal but I was falling, I was losing blood, I had to close this portal otherwise they'd come back, so with tears running down my face because of the pain, I drew the door backwards, I didn't know how many gremlins and trolls were left on Earth all I knew was I was on the floor, and darkness began to consume me
"ANASTASIA" I heard people calling but I couldn't open my eyes everything became dark.
I was in my house in the mortal world, but it was brighter, and quieter. My dad came to me
"Dad?" I ran to him and hugged him tightly my mum was there too, I hugged them both "wait am I dead?" My parents wouldn't be here if I wasn't dead
"You're not dead, not yet, my mother told me, she was still wearing the same dress she had worn the day of her accident "but you must wake up"
"I don't want to" I told her sitting down on the sofa I had been lying on, suddenly feeling really tired
"Rest for now, and then wake up, Damon needs you, your people need you" my dad explained, he too was wearing the same clothing he wore when he was attacked, minus the blood
"Damon?" How could I forget him, my dad smiled at my mum then looked at me
"We're so proud of you, and Damon is absolutely amazing I wish we could've gotten to know him" My dad smiled at me "come, there's someone else that wants to see you" my dad held my hand and we walked upstairs to the study, my real dad, Edward, was sitting at the desk he got up to hug me, and Maria joined in
"My beautiful daughter, how wonderful it is to finally meet you, let me look at you" Edward said letting me go and holding me at arms length "I'm so sorry for leaving you in the mortal world, keeping you away from your true calling, your true love" before he could carry on I interrupted him
"You have nothing to be sorry for, if you hadn't left me in the mortal world I would have died within a week, I wouldn't be here" I told him with sad smile
"How is Damon? I hope he's treating you well"
"You know him?" I asked amazed, Damon never told me he knew my parents
"No, not properly, we heard of him, I met him once, that's it, I doubt he even remembers" I nodded at that, we ended up downstairs sitting on the sofa and floor just catching up
"So where are we?" It looked like my house in the mortal world but something was different
"It's a mirror world, of sorts, Anubis created it so that you wouldn't be alone" Edward explained
"He knew?" I shrieked "he knew this would happen and didn't tell me" I was so angry
"Calm down" my dad held my hand, it wasn't Damon's hand but it did calm me down a little
"If Anubis had told you, what would you have done differently?" Edward asked me
"Nothing" I told him
"Then why should he have told you?" I said nothing to that, he was right
"The culprit? Anyone know who it is?" I asked hopefully, when no one answered I carried on "if you want me to go back tell me what you know, I'll leave" I knew I was blackmailing them but hey I needed help
"We don't know who the traitor is" Maria told me, my shoulders slumped
"And anyway, that's not your quest" Edward smiled sadly
"What do you mean?" I asked
"It is not your quest to find the culprit" he confirmed
"Then who?" I asked