Blood of a Half-Witch

Heavy sounds of feet rang in the running woman’s ears as she raced through the forest in fear. She was already weak and had been running for hours but those blood suckers wouldn’t let her go.

Another wave of dizziness hit her as a dart full of poison hit her back. She had been deflecting it with her magic but it seemed she couldn’t hold them off forever.

“You can run but you can’t hide Alice.” The annoying voice of the vampire’s leader sang.

Alice heart thundered because she knew he was right. Her body was already getting weaker and weaker. She couldn’t properly use her magic when she wasn’t in proper focus.

The smiling face of her little daughter flashed her mind and it fuelled her to run faster. ‘I’m doing it for lily’ she comforted her hurting chest.

“Mummy where are you going?” lily said in a small voice holding the back of her mother’s dress.

Alice could feel the vampires coming and her magic ward over the house would not hold for much longer.

Alice lowered herself to her level and gave her a shaky smile.

“I’m going to get birthday presents. You’ll turn six soon.” She said.

Lily touched her cheeks with her small chubby hands.

“Why are you crying mummy?” she asked so innocently looking like she would cry too.

Alice body shook in pain but she held onto her smile and pulled Lily to her chest.

“I love you so so much Lily. I want you to always remember that.” Alice said fiercely to her and didn’t let go until she nodded.

Lily stared at her mum as a book appeared into her hands in a burst of purple flames. She thrusted it into her small hands.

“This is your early birthday gift. It will tell you everything about yourself.” Alice said as she brushed a stay hair from Lily’s face. Her face lit up in excitement at the early birthday present as she held it to her chest.

Suddenly the door burst open, it was her dad and his face was as pale as a ghost.

“Alice…they’re here.” He said.

“Tom.” Alice said as she stood to her full height. Lily stared up at her mum, wondering why her face was set to stone.

“I love you both. I’ll be back.” She said placing a kiss on Tom’s lips and Lily’s forehead. Tears streamed down her face and Tom’s face as he begged with his eyes to come with her. She shook her head, they couldn’t leave Lily all alone.

“You’re special, Lily.” That was the last thing she said as she stepped out the door.

Alice wanted to forget her last memories of her family, she felt it would make everything seem easier to accept. She stared at the moon, it was bloody red. The blood moon as it was famously called. The witches are hunted and killed for her blood by evil bloodsuckers. It was a banned practice but they obviously didn’t care. Witches were already scarce in the supernatural world.

A vampire jumped in her path suddenly but she was able to steer away from him, she kept dodging vampires until she figured out she was cornered. Although her boots were shaking in fear her eyes glowed manically at them causing it to flash purple for a brief moment.

“Give up. No matter how powerful you are you can’t take us all at once.” Gregory the leader said stepping out of the shadows with a sadistic smile. He was pale like the rest of his followers with bloody red eyes and sharp fangs. Alice wondered how he didn’t cut himself while he spoke.

“I’d like to see you try.” She wasn’t going down without a fight.

Gregory’s face shifted to something inhumane as he screeched his fangs elongating more. The vampires attacked at once all at the same time.

Alice did all she could deflecting the attacks and throwing them in the air with her magic. Gregory waited until she wasn’t looking and stabbed her neck with a big syringe filled with a strange liquid. Alice vision blurred as her consciousness slipped from her grasp.

“Lily…” she whispered as she finally dropped to the ground listening to Gregory’s evil laughter in the background.

All Alice could feel was pain when she could finally open her eyes. She noticed she was chained with her hands suspended in the air and her knees to the ground. Her veins were connected to little pipes that pumped blood out of her body. Alice screamed in pain.

“Ah you’re awake.” Gregory said with a smile as if they were meeting for the first time and talking about the weather.

“You kidnapped me.” Alice said through her gritted teeth. She clenched her eyes shut, she didn’t want to see her blood dripping in a huge tube. She remembered telling her daughter and mate she would return. Alice knew she couldn’t survive this.

“You will fetch me a lot of money.” Gregory said as he dipped a finger in one of the pints of blood and licked it clean. His eyes sharpened.

“Witches are the most powerful during the blood moon which make their blood more expensive when harvested during the blood moon.” Gregory said stopping in front of Alice.

She hung her head low in defeat but Gregory wasn’t done yet.

“I know you have a daughter…Lily wasn’t it?” he said with a devious smirk when Alice’s head came up with a start.

“Don’t you dare-” she began but she cut her off.

“You can do nothing when you are already this weak. After you die she will follow.” He mocked.

Alice couldn’t believe how heartless this man was and could see there was no getting through him. With every ounce of strength she had she began muttering some spells.

Gregory’s smile flattered a bit.

“What are you doing you witch?” He said baring his fangs to intimidate her.

Alice’s eyes glowed purple brighter than it has glowed before and her spells grew louder.

“Kill her. We have gotten enough blood for now.” Gregory told one of his followers. As he approached her he was thrown backwards by an unknown force.

The spell chants continued. Alice was doing everything in her power to put a protection ward on her family that would protect them from the evil vampires.

“KILL HERRRR!!!!” Gregory screamed.

Alice smiled as blood spilled from her mouth. She had completed her spell. Now she could rest. Lily was finally safe.

“Find the girl.” Gregory snarled staring at Alice’s dead body.