Safire and Maydire Chapter 16

We were walking down the hallways when we were suddenly stopped by another familiar face. “Trying to steal my son away again are you?” Mrs. Ravclaw drawled then added. “Where is your father? He was supposed to be down here.”

Before either Maxwell or I could speak Todd started to laugh maniacally. “Oh him? I ate him and his guard. Now I’ll have to eat you.”

“I don’t think so. I don’t plan on dying today.” She smirked then threw a dagger through the air and it skewered Todd right through the eye. He dropped like a bag of sand with Maydire on top of him.

“Shit.” I muttered wondering how we’re getting out of this.

“Maxwell, how could you let that thing eat your father?” She snapped at him.

“Because he did a science experiment on my friend which killed her. Now mother I don’t want to fight you.” He started but was cut off.

“Oh, son, you have the last name Ravclaw this life chooses you not the other way around. If you can’t accept it I can’t have you running away.” She sighed for a moment looking conflicted. “Why have you done this?”

“I made two of the best friends I’ve ever had and father murdered one while imprisoning the other. If they weren’t my friends I wouldn’t have cared but you made the mistake of messing with my friends.” I could feel him vibrating with anger next to me.

I stared not knowing how to handle the situation. I watched as Maxwell threw his knife at his mother but she dodge it with cat like reflexes and pressed her knife against his throat.

“You dare try to kill your own mother. Well we can’t have that-” she crooned.

“No!” I screamed without thinking. I couldn’t watch another friend die today.

“Oh, honey, I’ll discipline my son however I feel fit.” she snarled and sliced his throat open.

It was at this moment where I blacked out with rage. I was suddenly on her back clawing her like an animal. I tried so hard to kill her. We wrestled for what felt like hours but I knew was only a few minutes. I could see Maxwell move slightly. Then there was a searing pain in my chest and I knew then that I was going to die. I collapsed next to Maxwell.

“Well that’s that.” I heard her voice chirp down the hall as her footsteps faded down the hall.

“Safire…” he whispered staring at me. “I’m sorry….” he trailed off as he exhaled his last breath his body went completely limp.

“Maxwell, you don’t have anything to be sorry for. We’ll all meet again on the other side.” I whispered as the tears over took me. “Maybe we can make that home we were talking about.” I uttered just before the blissful darkness over took me and I fell into an eternal sleep.

The end.

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