The Crystal 3, Jones M [fox in socks read aloud TXT] 📗

once Eva and Bianca were a few feet in front of us.

"Well, Selena--"

"Not you," my cousin cut off Eva. "You," she said, directing her gaze to Bianca. "I thought we got rid of you a decade ago! And how the hell are you levitating right now?"

Bianca just smirked. She had worn a bright yellow dress, and what was weird was that she looked unbelievably young. She was in her twenties when I last saw her, and I expected her to be older with wrinkles. As I continued to think about it, I concluded that Eva must have chanted a spell to revive Bianca's beauty.

Typical.

I still could not believe what was happening. It was my wedding day, my freaking wedding day, and Eva had to appear. It was supposed to be one of the best days of my life, not my worst!

"What were the chances of this happening?" I heard Logan ask. I turned to reply, but someone else beat me to it.

"I thought it would be none, but apparently, the universe likes to play games with us," Ashley replied as she kept her focus on the two villains in front of us. I looked forwards, spotting Erick quickly approaching the stand.

"What are you doing here, Eva?" Erick inquired.

"Isn't it obvious? I'm here for revenge," Eva replied just as she summoned a fireball and threw it at a couple of people seated in a row beside her. Everyone screamed as the people in the row ducked, gladly escaping the damages of the fireball. The fireball erupted into flames that licked the wall before they quickly dissipated.

"Everyone! Get out!" Elizabeth shouted with a loud voice, and the people did not need to be told twice. Within seconds, dozens of witches were teleporting away from the scene.

Eva looked around, and she was not pleased with the mostly-empty hall that greeted her eyes.

"Bianca! I need you to go after any witch you can find outside the castle."

"Sure thing," Bianca replied as she turned to leave the castle.

"Oh, no you don't," Selena spoke as she rushed towards the flying bitch. I turned my attention away from her, choosing to focus on Eva.

"Well, well Emery, I must say that you look beautiful," Eva commented before a smirk took over her features. "Too bad you would die before the day ends."

"Wanna bet?" I asked Eva with a raised eyebrow. We soon locked eyes, levitating off the ground. I felt movement below me. I tilted my head to face downwards, only to see Zane, Logan, Ashley and Erick quickly moving towards the exit of the hall.

I was glad, but then, I felt a burning sensation on my shoulder. I screamed out in pain as I looked at it, seeing a charred part of my wedding dress and an ugly burn form on the skin as blood slowly started oozing from it.

Eva had hit me with a fireball.

"Emery!" I heard Zane yell.

"Go!" I yelled as I turned to face him. "I can deal with this."

Zane looked hesitant at first, but he soon left the hall.

With a glare, I turned my attention to a smirking Eva.

"It's not nice to be proud, Emery," she said as she rubbed the fingers of her right hand.

"Yes, and it's not nice to cheat," I said as I immediately extended my arm out. Eva was sent flying backward, and her back made contact with the wall behind her. Eva had gasped out a breath before her face contorted into anger.

She waved her hand, and I felt an invisible force push me to the ground. I immediately channeled my powers, and I gasped as I realized I was a few feet from hitting the ground. I stabilized myself in the air, facing Eva with a glare.

"Is that all you got?" I taunted her, and she immediately looked angry. Eva began sending fireball after fireball at me. I quickly took off, flying in evasive action as I tried to escape the wrath of the balls. They all hit the walls and some seats, leaving a mess of my wedding ceremony.

At least I wasn't hit again.

I looked around, and I realized I was trapped with Eva in the hall. It was a good thing that it was large.

"You are going to pay for what you did to me," Eva said as she flew towards me. With a quick movement, I sent a fireball towards Eva. She, however, turned to her side and avoided it.

I wanted to groan out in frustration.

Okay, Emery. Think.

I went towards the ground, quickly passing under Eva's form. Once I was behind her, I swiftly went towards her.

Eva was in the process of turning to face me when I hit her back, sending her flying towards the exit of the hall. She collided with the wall above the hall doors, and I soon teleported us to the outside of the castle where I let her go.

"You bitch!" Eva screamed at me before clenching one of her hands into a fist. I soon felt a force grasp onto my form, tightly caging me as it slowly tried to crush me.

"You think you've won?" Eva asked with a smirk. Within a blink of an eye, I had astral projected and flown right behind her. My hands grasped her neck, instantly choking her.

Eva gasped a breath as my hands caged her neck. Her own hands immediately reached for mine, trying to release them.

The hold that was on my other form was released, and that form joined with the one I was using to choke Eva.

I soon felt a kick onto my stomach. I cried out just as Eva grasped onto my hair. She was yelling by then, trying to attack me once again. I summoned a fireball onto my hand, instantly placing it on Eva's thigh. Eva screamed out in pain, releasing her hands from my hair.

With a shout, I kneed her stomach. Eva was sent flying backward. She soon stopped herself, looking at me with anger.

"Bianca!" Eva yelled. I looked around, spotting the bitch trying to fight off Logan and Selena. The two had climbed upon the bitch, trying to stop her from leaving. However, Bianca teleported to Eva's side, making Selena and Logan fall onto the ground.

I looked at Eva and Bianca, both staring at me in anger.

"This is not over," Eva said just as I threw a fireball at her. Eva and Bianca disappeared, leaving the fireball to fly through the air.

I yelled in anger as I began lowering myself onto the ground. I looked around, seeing that nothing had been ruined. A sharp jolt of pain had me wincing, and my eyes turned to the source.

Oh, yes. My shoulder had been hit by a fireball.

I heard the sound of quick footsteps rushing towards me. I turned, coming face to face with a concerned Zane.

"Are you okay?" he inquired.

"No," I replied, moving to walk past him. I groaned out in pain as I clutched on the spot below the burns on my shoulder. Zane saw it and his eyes widened in concern. He soon placed his hands over the distorted skin, healing it. The pain that I once felt quickly vanished, and I could move my shoulder without expecting pain.

"Emery--"

"Zane, I'm sorry. I know this was supposed to be our big day, but with what has happened, I doubt it will be."

"She's right," Erick spoke as he, his wife, his mother, Ashley and Justin approached us. "A couple of guards have just told me about how Eva had escaped from her prison. Fortunately, no one had died."

Erick shook his head before adding: "I thought the rocks we had placed around her would guarantee our safety for a long time, but she found a way around them."

"Erick, don't beat yourself up," Selena said. I soon spotted Logan, Ethan, Harry and Liam walking towards us.

"Well, what do we do?" Ashley asked with raised eyebrows.

"We send the guards after them," Elizabeth thought.

"We don't even know where they could be right now," Liam said.

"If I know Eva, it is that she barely has anywhere to go. She only sticks to one place."

"That may be true, mom, but she now has Bianca on her side. The girl lived on earth, and there are many places they could choose to hide. Who knows where they could be right now," Justin replied.

"Okay. Then we prepare for battle," Erick replied, and we all stared at him in shock.

"WHAT?" Selena questioned.

"We know how Eva works. She will go away, and the next time she attacks, she will have reinforcements."

"I thought we killed all of them. Eva had erboons and erwiches. There is no way she can get more of those," Liam stated.

"She can," Elizabeth opposed. "She is a crystal you know. She is older than us, which means she knows some stuff that we all don't know. I am certain she will plan to get help from the spirit world. And this time, she could plan to get a lot of help. We may have to include every witch to help us."

"WHAT?" I shouted in disbelief.

"It's either that or we act like sitting ducks as we wait for Eva to come kill us and take over the universe."

"Guys, stop!" Ethan interrupted the conversation. "Your plans are okay. They are efficient, but I have a couple of questions."

"Okay..." Selena stretched out the word. "What do you have to ask?"

"Does Eva expect you to spend some time regrouping so that you can attack her?"

"Yes," my cousin replied. "We have that time now, and it's wise we get to it. Elizabeth is right about including every witch to help us."

"Okay, but I don't think you have to," Ethan stated. The rest of us blinked our eyes in confusion.

"What?" Ashley asked.

"Well, do you remember the time when Emery faked her death? She knew Eva would come to attack us."

"What is your point?" the king questioned.

"Eva did not give us time to prepare for her attack. I'm saying we shouldn't give her time to prepare for her own."

"What?" Logan asked.

"Guys, Ethan is saying that we should go after them right now!" Justin said as he stared at the rest of us with wide eyes.

"Oh..." I trailed off in understanding. "Okay. But we don't know where she is."

"Well, let's start searching. The sooner we find her, the quicker we stop the possibility of a full-blown war from happening," Ethan stated, and the rest of us nodded in agreement.

We soon started making our way towards the castle, the only thoughts in our minds composed of finding Eva and Bianca.

 

Chapter 30

Third Person's P.O.V

"What are we doing here?" Bianca asked once she and Eva teleported to Andreladia. They landed on the same exact spot where the maximum security prison once existed. "Wouldn't everyone discover our whereabouts?"

"No one will," Eva said as she closed her eyes, levitating to the air. A strong gust of wind swept past the area, blowing away the blackened heap of cement that was in front of them. As soon as that had happened, the ground momentarily shook as a portion of it disintegrated into sand particles. Eva started chanting a spell as the sand blew around her. Bianca watched with widened eyes as the particles moved in front of her and morphed to form a yellow-bricked well.

"Eva, what are you planning?" Bianca asked as she witnessed the