Elmo( Anna’s best friend) sighed as he dried his wet hair with the towel. His thoughts entirely filled with Anna. Even though his mum(Catherine) told him that she was doing something about it. He could not help but feel that she was not doing enough. It’s been going to two months that she left suddenly with out notice and she still had not been found.
His mum kept on saying that she is safe but he didn’t believe that any more. He needed to find ot more and why she suddenly left them. She just could not leave her family and him fir no good reason at all. He reasoned.
He wore his clothes and stepped out of the room. Then he walked into his mother’s secret room. He called it ” Secret room’s because it was there that his mum did all her spells and everything. It was out of boundaries to him and even his father.
Elmo opened the door slightly and sighed. He knew this was wrong but he had to know where Anna is. Luckily for him, his mother was not always around. She was always at Mia’s( Anna’s mum) comforting her ever since Anna became missing.
He stepped in and his eyes widened when he saw the room. It was nothing like he imagined. He imagined it to be some dark scary place with different spell book hanging around every where but this proved him wrong.
It was just like another room. The difference was the pile of different spell books at a corner.
Now the problem was that he didn’t know where to start searching. To look for something that could possibly bring Anna to them.
He just went to the pile of books and then started to search through it before one book caught is attention.
It was titled” The seekers hope’.
Elmo brought it out and flipped through the pages before he found another subtitle in the book.
“Looking for someone”
“Now this seems interesting” He muttered to himself.
He began reading from the book.
“Suddenly someone goes missing and you can’t find your dear ones just one day. Curious about what happened? Yeah you would be however.
However does it ever ring to you that your special ond left against their wishes, they didn’t mean to. You can also look at the angle of her being taken by strong supernatural like demons or witches” He read and then paused.
“Yes! How could they not think of that!” He asked himself. This was such a powerful lead. He looked at the book and continued reading.
“However if it’s the case with demons, the strong demons uses very strong dark power to block wh@ťěver way or means of getting to the person so that despite your efforts, you would never be able to find them..” He read again and Curiously flipped the page over but then it was nothing.
It was another subtitle.
Elmo groaned and dropped the book but a smile escaped his lips. He had a found such a great lead. Could it be that Anna was kidnapped by a vampire or a demon or even a witch?” He asked himself.
“I need to get out of here before mum comes back” He said and closed the book. Little did he know that the contents of the book immediately erased. He arranged everywhere neatly and then came out of the room.
“I need to tell mum about it! Now I have proof that Anna is in danger truly. I’m sure now she will believe me!” He told himself with a smile as he walked to his room.
For the first time in two months he felt extremely happy and a bit relieved that he could still find Anna.
**
Axel’s Mansion.
Anna sat in her room staring at the moon brightly and she got reminded of her parents. Their happy memories came rushing back in ber head and she didn’t know when she started shedding tears.
“I missed them so so much!” She said and held to her chest. Also she got reminded of her best friend and his family. They were practically so so close, just like siblings. Their parents were also so close so it added to the bond. She remembered the playful moments between her and Elmo.
Those times was so refreshing and she wished she could go back to that time but she knew it was impossible.
Axel had got her locked up here going to nine weeks already.
“Why’s he keeping me here any ways?”
“He does not even treat me well!’
“Just like I disgust him!”
She sighed and rubbed her forehead. She felt something building up in her chest. Yes it was.
What was it?
Anger!!
She closed her eyes and tried calming down. Her peaceful life got ruined in just a twinkling of an eye.
She felt like leaving this place, escaping this place but she knew it was futile because her powerful yet wicked husband was going to catch up with her no doubt.
“d@mn!” She said and fisted her hands angrily biting her lower lip and just then some thing flashed in her eyes.
She hit the bed and held unto the duvet tightly and unknown to her, her claws lengthened and her breath became heavy and hazy.
She was feeling dizzy too.
“What’s happening to me?” She thought and then looked at the bed. She hit the bed again and a loud sound of some thing tearing made her look at it.
Her eyes widened and she looked at her hands which were sharpened and long claws.
Her eyes already golden yellow.
She continued looking at her hands un disbelief when the door suddenly opened.
“Hey, Anna, I…” Leonel paused and his eyes dilated in shock seeing her in that position.
“Anna!” He calls surprised.
Back at Elmo’s Mansion.
“Mum, you have to do something about Anna!” Elmo told his mum and Catherine sighed.
“Talk to your son Raul!” She told his father.
“Hey, Elmo. Stop bothering your mum. She’s already looking for ways to help find Anna” Raul his dad intervened.
“Fine, what if I tell you that she is not safe right now. She’s either with a vampire or a demon!” He half yelled and his parents’ curious eyes looked at him.
“What?” Catherine said spranging up from where she was sitting.
“Yes mum. Anna is not safe..” Elmo said calming down.
“And how do you know?” Raul asked him from behind. Elmo sighed not wanting to reveal it.
“Then you are just bluffing!” His mum said and rolled her eyes.
“Fine mum, but don’t get angry at me. I went to your secret room ” he said and paused.
“What the hell Elmo?” Catherine half yelled.
“I’m sorry mum, I know it’s not right but I could pit up any longer. So I went to searching looming for some solution and I found a book. I flipped the pages open and I saw it..” Elmo explained.
“How are you so sure Elmo?” Catherine asked.
“Elmo, let’s just hope Anna is safe and do you know what you are sounding like right now. You are sounding obsessed. Like you are obsessed with her” Catherine scolded and Elmo scoffed.
‘Mum, why won’t I? It’s Anna we are talking about here. Anna, the girl I grew up with. She’s my best friend for crying out loud!” Elmo yelled and Catherine sighed.
What she feared for the most was already happening.
“And if you don’t believe me, why don’t we go check it out?!” He yelled and Catherine sighed as she stared at her son. This was not her son anymore. He had drastically changed. He changed when Anna went missing.
“Okay fine. Let’s go!” Catherine said and he nodded.
They got to the room and opened it before walking in.
“Where’s the book?” Catherine asked. She really hoped wh@ťěver he was saying was not true.
Elmo was turning to something else. Something she could not predict of.
Elmo smiled and brought out the book and then flipped it to the page.
“Here..” He said giving it to her without even looking at it.
Catherine sighed and collected the book.
“There’s nothing here Elmo” Catherine said looking intently at the book.
“What did you say?” He asked and snatched the book from her.
His eyes widened immediately. Truly the pages were blank and nothing was written in it.
There’s nothing here Elmo” Catherine said looking intently at the book.
“What did you say?” He asked and snatched the book from her.
His eyes widened immediately. Truly the pages were blank and nothing was written in it.
“No, something must have happened. There was something there!” Elmo argued and Catherine sighed.
“Elmo, you have to stop this madness. This isn’t going to get us anywhere. Fine, we will find Anna but just give us time. Time is all we need” Catherine tried explaining but Elmo was adamant.
“Time, you eat. It’s been two months now and Anna has not been found. What more time do you need huh? Mum we need to find Anna!” He yelled again in gritted teeth.
“There’s no point explaining to you Elmo, since you are so adamant! But please don’t ruin yourself because of her. Anna would h@ťě to see you this way. Give yourself a break” Catherine said almost at the verge of breaking into tears.
She didn’t like the way her son was going. He was sure obsessed and the part he is taking will definitely lead him to destruction. The one thing she didn’t want.
“I don’t care any more, all that matters to me is finding Anna. If I don’t find her, I’ll ki|| myself. I’ll die and that’s the exact reason I need to find her from the person who’s who’s holding her captive”
And without another word being said, he vanished out of sight and Catherine fell on the ground sobbing.
What would become of her son! What fate will her son have?!
To be continued.