💃 DEANNA 💃
Devils and angels
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Stefan walked about the dark clearing in search of wherever the ritual was holding. He wasn’t prepared with any weapon in case he got attacked by the devils.
Stefan walked to and fro the clearing till he heard small sobs coming from a far distance.
He traced the sobs to another p@rt of the clearing where all the devils were gathered around a blazing fire.
It was the same sp©t he had been tied before Damon saved him. He stood unnoticed, watching them and thinking of the best was to disrupt their gathering.
Stefan watched as the devils went round and round the fire, then a figure wearing a dirty black velvet walked into the fire.
“Deanna?!” he g@sped. But he had said it too loud and the devil’s turned to his direction.
“An intruder” Vivienne hissed like a snake “I’ll handle him”
“No!” Cipher objected “Deanna should handle him” he looked at Deanna “here is your first mission. Destroy him”
Deanna sm-irked and turned to Stefan.
Stefan wanted to scream and run but Martha’s words rang in his head.
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“Oh God!” Stefan breathed out, trying ha-rd to stand and not run. A sudden ray of light emitted from where he stood and the devils were thrown into stampede as they ran about with their eyes closed, trying to hide from the light.
“How dare you?” shouted Deanna as she plunged at Stefan. Stefan saw her coming and took to his heels. He didn’t know where he was going but he had to get away from her before she kills him. Deanna chased him to everywhere he went and she was fas-ter than he had imagined.
“Martha?!” Stefan called in his head but there was no answer.
ONE HOUR LATER 🕛🕐
Stefan got exhausted and couldn’t run again but Deanna wasn’t tired. She was getting fas-ter and she had almost gotten to him when Stefan heard Martha’s voice in his head.
“Evil things don’t cross running water” Martha said in his head
“Running water” Stefan said out loud “I have to find a running water”
Stefan ran fas-ter and fas-ter than he even thought he could. He was almost pas-sing out when he heard the sound of water rushing. He paused and listened keenly. Deanna was fast approaching and he couldn’t figure out where the noise was coming from.
Stefan turned around to see Deanna running fast behind him and a creature beside her. His pulse ramped up and he continued running. Stefan wasn’t looking as he ran and he fell into a small pond.
“Running water” Stefan g@sped and got up to his feet. The water was fast running un-der his feet. The creature crouched before lunging for Stefan’s throat. Stefan leaped forward and crossed the running water. He stood, expecting them to come after him but they weren’t.
The creature st©pped moving and bur-st into an evil laughter “You think you’re safe now?” he scoffed and his voice was thick and guttural growl.
“you might be safe now…” the creature snarled “but not the others, not your loves ones”
Stefan looked around with his heart pounding and everyone he knew started appearing in the midst of a large crowd. All the people in Houston.
The creature sm-irked and took Deanna’s hand. “Let’s kill them together” he said peering into her eyes.
“Deanna!” Stefan shouted but Deanna was lost in the creature’s eyes. Her pupils were turning yellow, just like those of the creature.
Deanna’s dream was happening.
Stefan breathed out in frustration as the creature k!$$£d Deanna pas-sionately. At that point, he felt like giving up but he wasn’t going to, he still had to fight as long as he was still breathing.
The creature broke from the k!ssand smiled at Deanna then gradually changed to Cipher. He looked at the crowd before them and shifted his gaze to Stefan.
“Watch.. the show has just begun” he sm-irked and shifted his gaze to an empty space before them. He gazed at the ground and it slowly split into two with a fiery fire burning inside. The wind bec@m£ strong, b!owing their hair in different directions. Stefan watched as Cipher ordered all the people to stand in a queue. There were a lot of people pres£nt, his parents, Damon’s entire family, so many people from. Houston and home. He was really scared of what Cipher would do.
Cipher held Deanna close to him and influenced the people to walk into the pit of blazing fire he had made.
Mr Bennett was the first on the line. He dragged his feet to the pit. Head up and face straight like he was un-der a spell.
“Father don’t!” Stefan cried out but Mr Bennett wasn’t st©pping. He got to the pit and fell into the fire.
Stefan screamed and his mother, Mrs Bennett was next.
“Mom! Don’t!” Stefan screamed
“Come out and save them” Cipher dared as Mrs Bennett also fell into the fire. Tessy walked next, and then Suzanne, everyone was falling into the fire and Stefan was completely helpless.
“You can still save them” that was Cipher “just st©p being a coward and come out”
Stefan clenched his fist in anger and tears trickled down his cheeks. He made to walk out when he heard Martha’s voice st©p him.
“Cipher is controlling your mind. He just has the power of illusion, he’s ma-king you see things that aren’t really happening” Martha said in his head
“What do you mean?” Stefan asked
“Everyone is fine, no one is really here. Cipher is trying to deceive you”
Stefan slowly unclenched his fist and gazed at Deanna.
“What do we do about Deanna?”
“The angels would be here soon” Martha replied
Stefan let out his breath slowly and tried ignoring what was happening before him but he couldn’t. He watched as everyone fell into the fire till the queue was almost done then there was a bright light coming from afar. One figure was floating in front of the others. Before there eyes, it seemed to take on a substance from the air, shining brighter and brighter every minute with an unearthly light. It was do bright that the devils went into a stampede.
Stefan stared straight into it, fearlessly, with wi-de-open eyes. Somehow, he felt hope again.
“Cipher! Your time is up” a voice spoke from the light
“We won alre-ady. You should be surrendering” Cipher said, hiding from the light
“there’s no battle left unfought. Heaven is against you and earth is. Your reign is over, return now or you’ll face the consequences”
“There’s nothing you can do” Cipher snarled
Then the light spre-ad everywhere in the clearing, singing melodiously. The singing got louder and the devils were thrown into a state of confusion. Running helter a scatter in search for a place to hide from the light and music.
The ran frantically like blind people and started falling into the pit Cipher had made. The screamed and fell till Deanna ran to the pit blindly.
“Deanna?!” Stefan ran out and gr@bb£d her arm in a bid to st©p her. He tried dragging her back when Cipher snatched her hand from him.
“She’s going with me” Cipher snarled and jumped into the fire with Deanna
“Deanna?!” Stefan shouted and proceeded to jump in but the pit closed
“That wasn’t Deanna” a voice said from behind and Stefan whirled around to see Deanna lying unconsciously on the gras-s.
“Deanna?!” he ran to her side
“she’ll be fine.. she’s finally free”
Stefan nodded and hvgged Deanna ti-ght to his che-st.
“you were br@ve” another voice spoke up “a true friend”
“who are you?” Stefan asked the figure before him
“My name is Francis”
“Francis?!”
“I couldn’t have done it without you” Francis said and all the angels gathered around Stefan
“Everyone is fine. Except Moira, Vickie, Adam, and Damon– they’re really dead” an elder said “we pray that there souls rest easy”
“How about Deanna?” Stefan asked
“she’s going to be fine”
Stefan sighed and nodded
“so it’s all over”
“it’s all over”
LATER….
Deanna opened her eyes sluggishly and found Stefan lying beside her. She looked around the room and she didn’t know where she was. The room was large and beautiful and Stefan was fast asleep on the be-d beside her. She got out from the be-d and Stefan stirred but didn’t wake. He was really tired. Deanna managed to locate the bathroom and went in to freshen up. She returned shortly and found Stefan awake.
“Stefan?!”
“Deanna?!” Stefan grinned and took few long strides to where she was standing “you’re awake” he pu-ll-ed her into his arms in a hvg
“Did I fall asleep again?”
Stefan chuckled “no” and pu-ll-ed away from the hvg
“Where are we?”
“a h0tel”
“a h0tel?” Deanna g@sped “why did you bring me to a h0tel?”
“It was the safest place I could think of”
“What makes a h0tel safe?”
“A lot” Stefan took her hand and dragged her to the be-d “sit”
Deanna studied him for a while and reluctantly sat on the be-d. “How are you feeling?”
“Stefan I’m okay. Why did you bring me to the h0tel?”
“cause I don’t have a house here in Houston. The estate isn’t complete anymore”
“Why? What happened?”
“a lot has happened un-der few hours and you can’t remember anything?”
“The last thing I remember is Damon k!ss!ngme and me. going home and…. ” she trailed off “how’s my aunt Vickie?”
“I’m sorry Deanna but I don’t plan on hiding anything from you” Stefan said “she’s….”
“she’s dead?” Deanna interrupted
“Deanna I’m sorry”
“I killed her” Deanna broke down in tears
“it wasn’t your fault”
“I killed her Stefan” Deanna sobbe-d “I remember her crying and begging me to spare her life.. but I killed her”
Stefan yanked her into his arms “come here”
“Stefan I killed Uncle Adam too.. Aunt Millicent is never going to forgive me”
“You didn’t kill the Deanna, the devils did and your Aunt Millicent knows that”
“can’t you see Stefan? I let them use me”
“It’s alright”
“What about Damon?”
“Damon is dead too” Stefan blurted out, not wanting to hide anything from her
“I killed Damon” Deanna wailed
“You didn’t mean to. It was my fault– I failed to protect my brother”
Deanna screamed and fell to the floor in tears. Stefan tried holding her but she kept yanking off his hand.
“Deanna you have to st©p this alre-ady.. Damon is dead and no amount of tears would bring him back”
“Where’s his corpse?”
“His parents buried him few hours after he died, I wasn’t even pres£nt”
Deanna sniffed “I wish I could see him now”
“There’s a way you can see him”
“How?”
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MINUTES LATER 🕗🕣
“this wasn’t what asked for” Deanna sobbe-d. She was sitting beside Damon’s grave in the cemetery and Stefan stood behind her.
“This is the only way I can see my brother now” Stefan said and squ-atted beside Deanna
“it’s all my fault”
“I’m still finding it ha-rd to believe that Damon is really dead. He died in my arms” Stefan was trying to hide the tears that was threatening to pour out “Damon is just to young.. this isn’t right”
“I’m sorry”
“It’s alright.. he’s dead now” Stefan and t©uçhed Damon’s picture “I knew you loved him”
Deanna glanced at him and guilt struck her heart “Stefan I’m sorry I lied to you.. I wasn’t even sure myself”
Stefan blinked ra-pidly “I un-derstand”
“Stefan?!” Deanna called and hvgged him
“There’s nothing wrong with you loving my brother as long as he makes you happy. I just wish he was still alive so you two could be together. I wish those devils didn’t have to come into our lives. Maybe Damon would’ve been alive and here with us”
Deanna swallowed a lump in her throat and pu-ll-ed from the hvg.
“I’m scared to face the world now. Everyone sees me as a murderer.. I killed their happiness”
“I don’t see you as that Deanna.. you’ll forever remain the best girl I have ever met”
Deanna smiled “Thank you”
“I bet Damon saw that too.. that made him love you”
Deanna shifted her gaze to Damon’s grave “do you think he’s ever going to forgive me?”
“believe me he alre-ady did before he died. He wanted to save you but.. he didn’t make it”
“I’m so sorry Damon?”
“Aren’t you going to tell him anything? C’mon say something, he’s listening”
“what am I going to say?”
“something you could’ve told him now that everything is over if he were still alive”
Deanna cleared her throat “Damon?! I’m sorry for everything I’ve caused you.. I never meant to take your life….”
“no” Stefan cut in “he’s totally not going to accept that. You wouldn’t be saying that if he was still alive”
“alright” Deanna cleared her throat again “Damon I’m glad we made it out alive… ” she trailed off as tears trickled down her cheeks “I wish we did”
“Deanna?!”
“I’m trying Stefan.. it’s just too ha-rd ” Deanna half yelled in tears “now that I think of it this way.. I really did love Damon”
Stefan shut his eyes abruptly and looked away. He was trying to hide his tears but he failed. He hurriedly wiped his tears and pretend to be fine.
“Tell him that”
“Damon?!” Deanna called tou-ching his picture again “I should’ve told you this while you were still alive. I hope it’s not late alre-ady” she observed a pause and continued “I really loved you and I still love you.. I wish you’ll come back”
Stefan let his tears flow as he hvgged her.
“He loves you too”
They left the cemetery few minutes later and returned to the h0tel.
“I cooked” Stefan informed as he set the table “and you’re going to eat.. no excuses”
Deanna smiled “We’re leaving Houston”
“I know.. Aunt Millicent told me”
“I’m glad she forgave me” Deanna said and sat on the chair “what did you cook?”
“noodles”
Deanna smiled “Thanks”
“for what?”
“for being my friend.. the award for the best friend in the universe goes to you”
Stefan grinned “don’t flatter me”
“I’m serious” Deanna said “and I don’t want to lose a friend like you”
“but you’re traveling and leaving me behind”
“my auntie said it’s going to be wise leaving Houston for a while till everything settles”
“it really is but I hope you won’t be far”
“I’ll be near by heart”
Stefan smiled “eat your food before it gets cold”
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TWO DAYS LATER
The train station was buzzing with life as Deanna and Millicent got into a train. Deanna’s eyes were everywhere searching for Stefan. He had promised to bid her goodbye at the train station before she leaves.
She tried calling him but he wasn’t answering.
“What’s wrong with you?” Aunt Millicent asked
“It’s Stefan.. he should be here alre-ady”
“Maybe something urgent c@m£ up and he couldn’t make it”
Deanna sighed “I want to see him”
Millicent smiled “Just keep hoping”
Deanna gazed around impatiently and soon the train started moving.
“He didn’t come” she sighed in frustration
“He must’ve tried his best” Millicent said
Deanna sighed and looked out the window. She checked her phone for any message from Stefan but there was none. Deanna gave up and shut her eyes when he phone beeper and she checked it. It was a message from Stefan.
📩 Why do you look so worried?
Deanna looked around like she had seen a ghost then she quic-kly texted Stefan.
📨 Where are you?
Stefan replied within seconds
📩 Behind you
Deanna turned to see Stefan sitting on the seat behind them.
“Stefan?!”
“Shhhh!” he signalled her with his f!nger on hisl-ips “check your phone”
Deanna turned and checked her phone. There was another message from Stefan.
📩 I told you I wasn’t going to let you out of my sight.
She smiled and replied
📨 Thank you
HOURS LATER….
The train arrived at a train station in Singapore. All the pas-s£ngers alighted and Deanna started searching everywhere for Stefan but couldn’t find him again.
“Deanna did you lose anything?” Millicent asked her
“It’s Stefan. I can’t find him”
“Stefan isn’t here”
“Stefan isn’t here”
“He was in the train with us”
“you were probably seeing things” Millicent and dragged Deanna to a waiting taxi.
LATER….
Deanna and Millicent finished arranging there things in the house Millicent had rented. Deanna sat in her room texting Stefan but he wasn’t replying. She called him severally but he wasn’t answering.
She was getting frustrated alre-ady and was almost running out of her mind when Stefan replied.
📩 You should be welcoming your next door neighbor.
Deanna j£rked up to her feet and ran out of the house. She ran to the next ap@rtment and was shocked to find Stefan standing in the front porch.
“Stefan?!” she ran and hvgged him “what are you doing here?”
“is that how to welcome your new neighbor?”
“What do you mean?”
“I live here now”
“you followed us here?”
Stefan shrugged “I had to”
Deanna smiled and hvgged him.
“Thanks for coming”
“What if today was the first time we met?”
Deanna smiled “Then it was nice meeting you”
“I’m Stefan”
“The code is Deanna”
“Do you have a b©yfri£nd?”
Deanna chuckled “no”
“Don’t you want to know if I have a girlfriend?”
“do you?”
“I don’t think so”
Stefan replied and led her inside “tell me more about yourself”
“well.. there’s a lot about me”
“I’m all ears” Stefan said and slammed the door shut behind them
“I live with my aunt and…. ”
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🎺 THE END🎺