"Today's the day..."Edna said to Harley as they watched the students sparing. Harley nodded. "You sure about this. If it goes wrong..."
"It won't..."Harley said sharply. "It will succeed. If we do this then we'll kill to birds with one stone. Eliminate the threat and finish off the darkness..."
****
Macy easily overpowered her opponent and placed a dagger to their throat. She was heaving but her mind was still reeling. As soon as she was let off the pitch she walked up to Harry.
"Hey beautiful..." Harry said but Macy looked serious." Everything alright?"
"Tell me what they are up to...."
Harry chuckled."What do you mean?"
Macy scoffed. "They aren't planning to kill everyone are they. Not everyone will be a sacrifice..."
Harry was silent his expression growing serious." Stop"
"Its only Chase. He's the true sacrifice. The rest are just decoys" Macy said having figured it out.
Harry's jaw twitched as Macy said. His eyes darted around as if searching if anyone heard anything. "Yes you're right. The plan is to give up Chase to the shadows where he belongs where his place is. If we keep him here he's a ticking time bomb and the counter knows this. Chase is playing at something and once he puts all the pieces together it will be too late ..."
Macy's eyes widdened at the revelation. She cursed under her breath as she knew Harry knew better but so far Chase hadn't done anything. Apart from tethering his life to hers nothing more.
Macy eyes widdened even more as something ticked in her brain. "They're going to kill him. The intrepids. They're going to kill him..."
"Only the seniors are involved. They will execute him after they render him unconscious..."
****
Meanwhile back to the intrepids. One of the seniors made a mix to drug Chase and render him unconscious. They used cloaking spell from some of the witches among them to carry him towards the dark forest where the end of the barrier was. They laid him on the ground ready to unilate him.
"Have you guys seen Jenny?" Judy asked her friends but they all shook their heads.
"Most of the seniors have gone ahead to fight the shadows" Megan explained to Judy. She sighed as she placed a bag over her shoulder. "Last night I heard Cole speaking saying that it will be over soon. He'll be gone..."
"He?"
Megan nodded. "I have a bad feeling. Something's off.". She turned and whispered to Judy in a low voice. "I heard the seniors practice a mantra for power dissolution. I think they're planning to strip power from someone..."
Judy's eyes widened. "We aren't here to fight shadows are we?"
Megan shook her head. "Nope!"
****
"Where are you going?!" Harry shouted after Macy as she rushed from the pitch grounds towards the valley. Harley and Edna's brows furrowed as they looked at the two.
Macy grabbed a bow and some arrows as she walked into the valley.Macy called out to Hydra through their bond.
'Hydra Chase's in trouble!'
Macy stopped to face Harry and looked over to Harley and Edna knowing Edna could pick up their conversation.
"I have to go. I promise I'll explain everything later..." Macy said as the sound of wing beats and massive shadow covered the sky. Everyone looked up in awe as Hydra landed with a force that shook the ground.
"Fuck!" Harry cursed as he looked at the beast Macy was running towards.
Harley and Edna's jaws dropped as so did half the population as the other half collapsed.
Macy knew if Chase died then so will she and Mariana's bonds would break and she would be free. Doing this would expose her true identity but that was an issue to be later handled.
'I've never mounted a dragon' She said through their connection as Hydra lowered his back to help her climb on .
'Leave that to me'
As soon as he said that Macy felt power hold her down like she was glued to him. 'Hold on princess'
With that he took off into the sky.
****
Judy and Megan had escaped the base and were walking towards the dark forest to peak at What was happening. As they got close they heard voices and soon saw a group of seniors including Jenny standing over Chase's unconscious body.
"The fuck!" Judy whispered. "Looks like a cult!"
Megan watched as she saw Shadows appeared and join the seniors. The two groups on edge.
Judy gasped as she saw the shadows but Megan covered her mouth and pulled her behind an oak tree to muffle her gasp which was peaked up by the Shadows.
"So we going to do this!" One of the seniors a blonde guy said. "We should probably get started before he wakes up"
They nodded standing in a circle as they began chanting. Chase's body levitated as his eyes open a blue flash that appeared. Megan and Judy watched before a massive shadow passed above them and the ground shook at a dragon landing.
Macy climbed off with a bow and arrow in her hand. The seniors and shadows looked surprised. They stopped their chanting.
"Step away from the body!" Macy commanded as Hydra snared behind her. His fangs showing shocking the crap out of the seniors who had never seen a dragon but the shadows seemed impressed.
"So you're the girl. He did say you're smart..." A shadow growled. Macy was shocked that they looked human like them apart from the seemering black streak on their neck.