Lasta Coop Forged By The Fay Part Five

 Nightmares 

She was brought into a room with a bed with blavo satin sheets and roll shaped pillows. Beneath it was a pentagram that glowed lavender. At the side was a black wood fireplace that was lit with blue fire. She noticed that there was a black wood wardrobe. Opposite that was a built in bath with runes at the top that was glowing green.

"Nice room."

Salynara smiled.

"I am glad you like it." She said as she closed the door. "You need to cheer up. Here let me help you."

She took off her rag and helped the girl into the bath. There, she helped clean her. She felt the water soothe her skin and it was strangely warm, even though she knew that it was colder than it felt. She poured the water on her hair and cleaned the hair. She pulled her out and wrapped a black towel around her body. She soon dried her hair and body and guided her to the black wardrobe. She pulled out a black and crimson nightgown. She noticed that it was too small for Salynara and resisted the temptation to believe that it was for her.

She could feel the lump in her throat as she used her magic to light a fire in the fireplace tuning blue to normal. She felt her breath quickening.

"Come on, I am sure that it has been a long time since you last slept on a proper bed." 

She nodded as she walked up to the bed. She was about to place a hand on the bed but she stopped.

"Th-this ain't- this ain't a trick, is it?" She asked with a higher pitch to her voice that exposed how close she was to tears.

"No."

She slowly slid in and as she felt the comfortable bed she felt a tear fall. Salynara wiped it away and licked it. She let a strange smile spread across her lips. She then heard him a tune as she stroked her hair and she was soon sound asleep.

She was walking a long corridor. It was dark and cold. She could feel the ice stone underneath her bare feet. She looked around to see the arches of the corridor were well covered with thorny vines. She reached out and could feel the edges. She wondered how she got there. She shook her head and walked on.

She came to o a set of double doors made of black wood with a dragonfly on each door with a red lily for a doorknob. She opened it to see that it was the hall of the Seelie Court. Her eyes dropped to see King Elric and Queen Elrica on the floor in the centre of the room. As soon as she walked in she saw their heads move up to see her. She jumped slightly. She walked up close to them. They sprang to their feet. They were still bearing the wounds that Salynara had given them!

How? How are they even alive? 

She ran up to tham and wrapped her arms around them.

"I'm sorry! I didn't stop her! I couldn't stop her! I'm so glad that you're alive! I don't care how!" She sobbed.

Then she smelt it; the stench of death. Then she heard the buzzing of flies. She looked up at the unresponsive eyes of the fairy queen to see that her gaunt and far too pale face was swollen with a maggot eating away at her cheek. She opened her mouth with a receding gum and her rotten and swollen tongue. She knew that they were not alive.

She woke up screaming. She soon felt arms wrap around her. 

"Shhh, it was only a nightmare. It was only a nightmare." Salynara whispered in her ear.

She found herself clinging to Salynara as she stroked her back. She held her hand as she stroked the back of her hand. She shushed her back to sleep.

She found herself back in the room where the dead bodies of Queen Elrica and King Elric were . She crouched to notice that they were not moving and she moved on. She came to a set of double doors opposite the ones that she came in. She then opened it and in the room ahead she saw the man that she was controlled to kill.

He pulled out a knife. As she looked into his eyes she could tell that he too was a zombie. He staggered over to her. He drew his hand up and swung at her like a drunken man. She dodged out of the way. She then drove a kick up and hit his chin which broke off and then maggots landed on her feet! Then they dug in her flesh. She screamed and screamed as the icey pain rose in her ankle.

She was soon back awake, screaming. She still felt the pain in her ankle. She pulled the sheet away and spotted that there was bleeding where the maggots had bitten into her ankle!

How? What is going on? What even is this?

"What spell are you using?"

"You're quicker than most. It took Otb two days to figure that out."

She gave her a cup. 

"Here, you must be thirsty."

Lasta looked at it. She could feel her mouth and throat were like a desert. She closed her eyes. She knew that it was tampered with but she was far too thirsty to care. She took it and gulped it down. Her throat and mouth were a little better. Yet she soon became drowsy. She tried to keep awake but then Salynara started to stroke her hair. She did this slowly and this caused her to fall into a trance. This caused her to become even more drowsy. She blinked until she closed her eyes. She tried to cling to consciousness but this proved useless. She slipped back into her Dreamworld.

She noticed that that man was dead beside her. She  moved on knowing that she did not concern herself with him. She soon walked to the other end and opened the door. She saw that Salynara was there. She held a sword in her hand. She closed the door behind her.

Suddenly the walls turned to fire. She threw the sword to her. She caught it. She walked up to her.

"The rules are simple. If I strike you I put your hand into the fire. If you strike me then you can do the same to me."

"Why are you doing this?"

"You will see in time."

"Why are we fighting like this?"

"You will see that in time too."

"Why are you not gonna tell me now?"

She smiled.

"You shall see in time."

"Why?"

"You will see that in time too. After all, it is too soon."

"What has that got to do with any of this?"

"It is too soon to know that too."

"But not too young to be tortured? Not too young to be homeless? Not too young to be controlled to kill?"

She smiled. 

"It is all part of the process."

"What process?"

"You will see in time. Now let us commence with the battle!"

She raised her blade and ran at her. Her mind went over all of the things that the fairy had put her through. She swung up with all her power. Both blades hit. Both put their strength into the point of the collision. Seeing that their blades were shaking, Lasta put more pressure into it. She subconsciously bent her knees and pushed onwards. 

Salynara pulled away and she fell forward. She got onto her feet just in time to see the blade fall upon her. She blocked it in time as she knelt. This gave her a more secure stance. She then kicked her in the shin and she was back on the ground. She spun and dug her heel into her gut. She did this again and again ten times. Drawing one leg forward and back after the other. She then put her feet together and got up. She hit her as she grabbed her sword and slashed whatever was closest.

She heard the swing of the other sword. She looked down to see a deep cut in her shoulder. She let out a scream. Suddenly she could not move! Salynara gripped her by the back of the neck. She dragged her to the flames. She dug her hand into the fire. She screamed even louder as the pain was not anything like she had felt before!

She soon woke up and it was day.

She felt something sticky on her hand and saw that her hand was covered in blood! Then she felt the sting in her arm. She saw that there was blood there too!

"Good work."

She soon cleaned the girl up. Then dressed her in a black cotton robe. She looked at the girl and smiled satisfied.