Chapter 14 Selefa 2

Eleanor continued to watch the figure that had asked her to define it in a daze and pondered on its words. These words were oddly familiar that she was driven to fulfill her curiosity. "Who are you?!" she couldn't help but ask, confusion evident on her face, all of this was getting over and above her mind that she wasn't making sense out of it all.

"Elea....." the other young man called out to her frustrated and barely hanging on his suppressed rage, "don't encourage him, let him be!!" He felt like he was going bonkers. This girl never listened to him!!

But Eleanor didn't heed to his warning, she was curious about all these happenings. One time, she is a normal human being who has her simple life finishing college at the age of 21 years, she managed to move out of her family house and start a life of her own. She hoped to finally join work the following day and meet the senior she had a terrible crush on from college only to be attacked and end up bed ridden. Then everything took another course as she started seeing things and hearing voices, attending ceremonies and learning that all her life, it was an illusion and she was never normal and now she's caught somewhere and can't possibly know what exactly to do. If only they had told her earlier, she'd have done everything she ever wanted to before taking in this hideous life.

She could hear the voices of the two individuals she was with at a far distance, both trying to talk her out to do their bidding but no, she shut them out as well and found her self drawn back to the ceremony which had plunged into chaos but unfortunately for her she could only watch on being dragged away from the platform by her father and Andy in tow.

Having failed to come to an understanding, the participants recked harvoc, animosity filled their beings and were ready to tear each other apart wanting to force fully take her away. Ricard ( Ardn ) had grabbed her from the platform in her dazed state and was trying to take her out of this place being compelled by Ethy who stood majestically on the sidelines with his firm arms crossed against his chest watching the melodrama unfold with amusement in his eyes. He snickered as he watched Andy put his life to save his so called sister only to deliver her to him, he couldn't help but wonder how he'll look like!

Xafir watched silently on the sidelines, he just couldn't believe that Zeyn was out there but was doing nothing about Elea. He had gone on a rampage for her but now that there was a second chance at his life, he chooses to exclude himself and let her fall in the arms of the maniac Ethy, this didn't make sense at all.

However, Ethys' show was interrupted when an image flashed before their eyes that even he had a hard time catching on and when the figure was within Eleanor's range, it unleashed a strong energy that threw Richard (Ardn) and everybody close across the hall crushing into tables and glasses. Glass shreds cut Ethy on his smooth pale cheek and blood dripped. He was astound that he tilted his head to the side, his eyes flickered in rage and grew a shade greener in disbelief! Someone actually managed to hurt him!!

The outburst was enormous that the house windows shattered into pieces letting in the chilly night breeze. The curtains flew along with the wind in their hinges, the lights in the room flickered along till they stabilised.

Standing on the sidelines was everybody that had attended the event and in the middle next to Eleanor stood Mrs Anderson, like a predator, her emerald eyes sparkled with flashes of gold the same colour of the hue that enveloped her daughter, Eleanor in a cocoon. She watched the group of creatures before her warily as her energy danced wavily like the northern lights around her.

Sounds of painful groans and grunts rang out in the hall as not many of them were prepared for such an attack. It took them off guard and they could only clutch the painful areas and watch on in silence.

"Wife!!!!" a painful and bewildered voice rang out from the crowd and out came Mr Anderson with blood dripping from the corner of his lips, his attire shredded and various cuts all over his body. Since he was the closest to Eleanor, he suffered most along with Andy who trailed behind him his ceremonial attire shredded as well. "Mom!!!" he called out disbelievingly. When did his mother become so powerful?!!!! Luckily his eyes didn't fall out of their sockets as he watched his mother shocked and out of sorts but with pride.

"Andy get here!" her voice echoed in the hall, the winds blew her hair sideways and she turned to look at her son.

That look!!!!

Andy didn't as much spare his father a glance and scurried to his mother's side with a lowered head. He felt guilty!! He was supposed to protect his sister and not go along with his father's crazy plans. He hadn't seen his mother all this while and was honestly worried but his father kept him busy that he didn't think that far as of anything was wrong.

"Wife!!" Richard called out with a shaky voice and heavy heart. Not because he was guilty but because things had taken the wrong path and he didn't know what awaited him from his wife. When his wife had passed out in the hospital, he didn't know what over took him and all he remembered was that he imprisoned her in the house basement the moment he brought her back home and tasked the anxious Andy to look for his sister who had gone missing. He locked up his wife and hoped the barrier would remain sealed till the event was done, he didn't know where he went wrong in cagging her, his hazel eyes flickered with a green hue filled with madness.

Andy was shocked to see the craze in his eyes that his sight shot to Ethy who was also in a daze, the cut in his cheek had not healed yet! What was going on now?! He was starting to loose it when the bracelet on his wrist twisted making him calm down. Lazily, he walked towards the center but what surprised him the more was that he couldn't go past the golden hue, hence he stood at its outline and called out, "Who are you?" He had never met anyone who could out beat him apart from Zeyn who had beaten him to pulp really badly over the centuries and now this woman challenged him! He wasn't going to have it seated.

Selefa!!! someone's quivering whisper resonated from the crowd. It might have been a whisper but when it fell on the ears of the previously silent crowd, it caused an uproar.

Selefa?! The crowd whispered some enthusiastically others with fear and pale faces.

Who hadn't heard of Selefa from their kind? She was a legend that had ceased to exist, she had only been left to tales of old, a story they told kids about when they went off to bed. Everybody had their own version and understanding of this being, a being that was once a mere prophecy! Even Andy's hairs stood on end having lived with her for centuries now, he had never deciphered this, much those who had only gotten to see her now.

Whatever bind was on her started to disappear and her true form morphed, not a giant but she stood at a height of eight feet tall, her hair that was once black turned golden and it cascaded down her back, on her face came scales of gold on her cheeks running down her neck to her fair arms, it stopped.

Andy who was closest tried his best not to pee in his pants, that'd be thoroughly embarrassing!!!