Chapter Three: I was burnt alive because of you .
"You called for me, child and I chose to save you . . . to save you. . .. save y... you."
Aria is on fire and she is burning, her skin is burning, and Elara is laughing.
"I will kill you." Aria screams and Ryker scoffs.
"You should have kept your mouth shut. You tried to threaten my family, my inheritance and you thought you could go scot free. The Boston Pack belongs to me, and soon, I will extend my power, I will do what my father could not, I will conquer the other Pack, I will set Salem and Springfield aflame, then I will kill all the witches, in New Orleans, Atlanta, everywhere." Elara yells and Aria screams as she keeps burning.
The fire, the flame, she is strapped to a pole and being killed.
"All this for him? You will die for him, you will die for Kael Flynn, and after, we will kill him too, and everyone he knows." Ryker chuckles, and Aria trashes, but the fire is stronger than her, her face is aflame, her bleeding shoulder is filled with fire, she is dying.
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Aria is drowning. There is a large stone tied to her leg and it keeps pulling her under and under and under. For the first minute, she fight it, she fights the current, she thrashes, but it is stronger than her, everything is stronger than her. Her body is filled with burns, and for the first ten seconds, the water is a reprieve, until she starts to drown.
She stops fighting, she will die, and the world will move on, Elara and Ryker will get married, they will be Queen and King of Boston Pack and everyone will forget that Cassandra Aria Wilder ever existed. This is pure injustice, and the anger she feels is self-consuming. Close to the brink of death, she say a little prayer to the Moon Goddess.
"Accept me, the fire burnt my past and the water washes away my sin. I am yours."
All these happen in less than three minutes, and then, Aria's heart stop beating, and she dies.
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"My child, you are mine. You thought of me, and you pledged yourself to me. but first, pain." A voice says and Aria screams as pain engulfs her.
"From the pain, you shall rise. You are –
"ARIA!"
Kane yells as he tries to shake her out of the nightmare that she seems to be trapped in. Luna is beside him, trying to halt the chaos with magic and Gideon is beside Kane, as they physically try to wake up, while Luna magically tries. Windows opens and shut, there is a hurricane, wind and a storm, thunder strikes through the morning sky and Luna screams.
"She is in pain." Luna yells, bleeding from the nose and Gideon looks at her, then back at Aria. He pulls out his knife and he runs it through Aria's palm, hoping the pain will be enough to wake her, and it is. Aria wakes up gasping, choking on air, with tears in her eyes, and Luna exhales, sitting down, panting. Slowly, the wind stop, the manor stop shaking, and calm returns to the sky.
Aria stares at the people beside her, Kael, Luna and a man she does not recognize, Luna seems to be bleeding from the nose, and her own palm is bleeding.
"What happened?" She whispers, looking at her surrounding, she is in a house, a house she does not recognize.
"You passed out in the woods, they brought you here, then you screams and almost buried us alive, you literally shook the manor off its core." The man she does not know says bluntly and she looks at Kael, her memories slowly coming back.
"I – I remember you; I was burnt alive because of you. I died for you." She whispers and Kael looks at her in shock, and a sense of familiarity, like his soul recognizes her.
"Can you boys leave, give you us a second." Luna says and Kael gets up reluctant, Gideon does not get up, until Luna glares at him, and they both leave.
"You need to take your bath and get changed. I will be here, when you are done, you can put on Kael's clothes until I get you some of mine. While you are bathing, and dressing up, you can choose to speak to us or not, we will stand by your decision, and we won't cast you out, unless you want to leave. I'm Luna Nightshade, a Witch and I think you might be one, too." Luna says softly and Aria exhales as her eyes cloud with tears, and she nods.
Aria takes a bath in Kael's bathroom, she washes herself thoroughly, and she gets clean. When she walks out of the bathroom, wrapped in Kael's towel, Luna has placed clean clothes for her to change into, a pair of grey pants and a blue top, she drags it on, still marveling at the sheer size of her boobs, bigger now. She is in a beautiful body. She takes longer trying to fix her hair, she plaits into two cornrows and glances at herself in his mirror.
She has a choice to make, she remembers the look on Kael's face when she spoke, the familiarity, the Déjà vu. It was overwhelming and shocking. She needs to make a choice and she has made it already. She walks out of his bedroom, she admires the beautiful manor, it is an old home, with ancient architecture, it is beautiful. Finally, she walks to the living space and sees them waiting for her, she tries not to look at Kael, but she is drawn to him.
"Hi. My name is Cassandra Aria Wilder and I belonged to The Boston Pack. I was stabbed, burnt alive and then drowned to death by my boyfriend and my best friend." She announces and they look at her, she sees the rage that passes through Kael's eyes, and she smiles, because he does not have to be angry on her behalf, because she will get her vengeance.