Before you can react she gently holds onto your waist and she puts you down to the floor, more raven entering as she steps in front of you and blocks your sight.
One of her hands reaches back and she touches your shoulder with her fingertips, either making sure you are still there or to show you to stay where you are.
,,Wha…", you whisper and peek around her, where a figurue appears, standing on the pieces of glass and it only takes you a second to realize who it is. Miranda.
,,Alcina, how long it has been since we have seen each other", the masked woman says with a coldess in her voice that sends a shiver done your spine and she takes a step toward Alcina ,,I thought it would be under better… Circumstances".
,,Well, Mother. Some things just had to be avoided to happen, no?", Alcina says ,,My daughters and I are save, and so is Donna. We could have-".
,,Protected the flasks as you were told, but you all failed me", Miranda interrupts her and you make a face at the sharpness of her words. She really didn't care at all.
,,But tell me, who is that little thing hiding behind you?".
,,My maiden", Alcina says, now sounding cold and you feel your heartbeat quickening ,,She was helping me out with something before you smashed the window and broke in here".
,,Helping you out? Let me see her", Miranda seems to be smiling, but you don't move an inch and you are thankful that Alcina doesn't move either ,,I can clearly sense that there is something unspoken lying in the room".
'Maybe the fact that you are the worst 'mother' to exist' you think, as suddenly a bunch of crows fly around Alcina and pull you in front of the woman, making you stumble but you catch yourself and now you are face to face with Miranda.
,,So…That's her", the woman approaches you slowly and you don't dare to back away a single inch, not even when her hand grips your face and the metal of the claw-like-rings she is wearing digs into your cheek ,,Mhm… I see. You really must be special".
She chuckles. ,,Otherwise she would have already gotten rid of you".
The way her hand is just squishing your cheeks makes you incredibly uncomfortable and you stare above her head.
'Can she please let me go again' you think, only to feel one of her claws scratch over your skin and you hiss quietly.
,,What are you doing?", Alcina asks with anger and also a hint of nervousness in her voice, and you can hear her make a step toward you, yet Miranda backs away and pulls you with her.
,,You know, you got rid of something that I deeply care about", she says and her lips curl upward slowly. An uneasy feelings spreads in your body and now you try to pull your face out of her grip, but she only tightens it and you squint your eyes in pain.
,,And since she is here already, I will get rid of something that you deeply care about as well".
,,What? No", Alcina exclaims loudly and you hear her claws extending, you can feel her hand close to your shoulder, about to pull you away from Miranda.
The woman only laughs, then a bunch of crows appear in the room, and they all start attacking you.
,,What the…", you exclaim in shock and raise your arms to cover your face, but they pick on your hands and your neck, your calves and back and there are just too many of them. Only muffled you make out Alcina shouting behind you, you hear Miranda laughing practically everywhere around you and in the next moment the floor beneath your feet disappears.
A suprised and frightened scream leaves your lips as you seem to fly across the room, until your back violently meets a wall and every last bit of air leaves your lungs as you drop to the floor.
You gasp and try to breathe, but Miranda continues her torture and laughs manically.
Your body gets slammed to the parket a few more times and with each time you loose the feeling in your limbs, your head starts to spin and you can't even let out a single sound anymore as your head and back meets the floor for the last time.
Everything hurts and you uncontrollably roll onto your side before you stop moving.
At least Miranda seeminly has enough of her torture, when she steps to you to give you a single look and a grin spreads on her face what you can barely see between your half closed eyelids.
,,They are finished so easily, no?".
,,You are supposed to be my mother", you hear Alcina cry out and Miranda turns on her heels ,,Why are you doing this?".
,,Oh, you never were my daughter in any way", the woman hisses and you manage to open your eyes a slight bit, your sight blurry as you watch Mother Miranda approach Alcina ,,I thought you are smarter than that… You and the others, I only needed you for this little thing you all failed me at."
,,What?", Alcinas voice breaks and you watch with an almost none-existent movement of your chest falling and raising as she drops down to her knees. Despite feeling like you're on the verge of death, seeing Alcina broken in such a way hurts more than any of the things Miranda did to you.
This was the worst kind of pain. Emotional pain.
,,But why her? Why did you have to kill her? Why can't you just let me live my life now?", the tall woman exclaims, now clearly sobbing and your heart breaks at the shaky tone in her voice. She thinks you're dead. She thinks Miranda killed you, and the way that feathery disaster of a woman worded it earlier, both of them assume that that is the case.
You wish you could move an inch of your body to prove to her that you are okay, more or less, but it is like every muscle and bone turned into hard solid stone, you can't open your mouth and everything that's left to do is watch and listen.
,,After years of loneliness I was finally happy", Alcina continues and even from your point you can see a tear running down her pale cheek.
Now your lip starts trembling and you gulp, trying to prevent youself from crying. It doesn't work.
Mother Miranda laughs cold-heartedly. ,,Because it all has to come to an end and I am starting with you".
A jolt of shock runs through your veins as you realize what she means with that.
,,Then do it", Alcina whispers and tilts her head down ,,You've already ruined everything for me".
,,You pathetic thing", Miranda hisses.
No. NO. Like a waterfall the tears leave your eyes and prevent you from seeing what Mother Miranda is doing. The question is, if you really wanna watch her kill the woman that you love.
Your heart stops at the realization, that the only word to describe the tsunami of emotions that Alcina Dimitrescu makes you feel every single day will probably never be said in between the both of you.
You close your eyes in pain. You knew you loved her, you know you love her and you will love her, as frightening as it might be to admit. Fellings can be quiet scary, after all.
But it is too late to tell her. She'll die, not knowing how she makes you feel and you will have to listen to it happening. Every inch of your body hurts and now it feels like your heart broke into a thousand pieces as well.
Suddenly the sound of the door opening fills the heavy silence and steps enter the room.
,,Mom, Uncle Heisenbe-". It was Daniela. If you'd be able to do anything at all at the moment, you would let out a sigh of relief.
And she stops talking the second she probably sees what is going on in here.
,,Mother Miranda? What are you…", that's Cassandra.
,,Is that Y/N?", and Bela ,,Why… Why is she lying on the floor?".
You are not sure rather to feel glad that the girls came here or to feel even more frightened. Surely Mother Miranda could take them all out and then only you would be left since she thinks you already died. The thought terrifies you.
,,Now, what is going on in here?", a fourth voice sounds, the voice of a man that you recognize as Heisenberg.
,,Mother?". Is that Moreau?
And then a shriek scream, followed by tiny steps comes to your ear, before someone shushes quietly. That must be Donna with Angie. Are all of them here now?
,,A family reunion. I'm glad you all stopped by", Mother Miranda says in a disgustingly calm tone ,,Then I won't have to find you all first".
,,Y/N?", you hear Daniela say and wish you could do or say anything ,,Is she… Hold the FUCK on", hearing her cuss surely is unusual ,,Is she dead?".
Her mother remains silent and you feel someone walking closer to you.
,,You killed my sisters friend?", so the person who approached you is Bela ,,What is your plan? Why are you here?".
,,Bela, it's over", Alcina speaks up and a deep sigh escapes her lips.
Hearing her so defeated makes you wish you could slice Mother Mirandas head off her shoulders.
,,Over? You… No.", Cassandra seemingly understood what she means with that.
,,God, I never wanted to be your son anyway, you fucking bird bitch", you hear Heisenberg mumble before somebody pulls your limb body aside, the movement only increasing your pain and suddenly you can hear a bunch of metallic objects come flying at Miranda, attacking her from every angle and the woman disappears into a bunch of crows.
,,You know you can't escape me", her voice jolts through the room and the sound of many pair of wings leaves the room through window she smashed before.
,,Mom? Are you okay?", Cassandra asks in worry and you feel her walking past you with quick steps, pushing the pieces of metall aside with her feet.
The woman shakes her head slowly and while Bela rushes over to her as well you can feel a hand on your shoulder.
,,I can't believe she's just… Gone", Alcina whispers and in the same moment Daniela turns you over so you're lying on your back.
The redhaired girl furrows her eyebrows as she looks at you for a moment and then she starts to laugh, wiping the tears from her cheeks as she sees your chest raising and falling gently.
,,What is so funny?", Bela hisses and Daniela sends her sister a glance.
,,She's not dead", she says with tears in her eyes ,,She's… She is alive. She is breathing. It's light, but she is breathing".
You don't know how to answer because every single one of your bones feels like Miranda broke them and the pain exhausts you.
So you just hum almost inaudibly and flicker your eyes open for a split second and Danielas lips curl into a wide smile, while your sight starts to get blurrier by the second and their voices start to sound like your head is under water.
The last thing you remember is questioning if this is how it feels like to loose your consciousness and then everything fades to black.
When Alcina realized that Daniela was being serious and Y/N was still very much alive, in a critical condition but able to be saved it was like somebody pulled her away from the edge of a cliff that she was about to fall from, and she rushed over to the figure next to her youngest daughter.
The fact that she didn't respond at first when they tried waking her up put her in deep worry and while Bela tried to calm her down, Heisenberg, Cassandra and Daniela brought Y/N to Alcina's bedroom.
,,I know this might sound a little stupid, but I can't believe Miranda just threathened to kill all of us", Daniela says as she pulled the blanket over Y/Ns body, after checking if she is still breathing.
,,Really?", Heisenberg huffs ,,She's always had herself in first place, never one of us."
,,Seems like you just are so much smarter than us", Cassandra replies in a half joking tone and shakes her head ,,I mean, we sort of knew something was going on, but not… That".
,,Not to be dramatic, but I want to see Miranda dead", Daniela says, staring at her best friend whos face is now covered in marks and scratches from the ravens attacking and she has to turn away when her heart starts feeling heavy.
She could've died. Daniela could've lost the first, true friend she ever had.
There is a knock on the door and all of them turn to face the tall woman that now enters her chambers.
Her eyes are filled with concnern and she immidiately glances over to the bed.
,,How is she?".
,,Alive", Cassandra says and Daniela gives her a little punch.
,,I think she's stable, but there are some nasty cuts and wounds on her calves and arms", the redhaired girl says and her mother nods.
,,Thank you, for bringing here here", she says ,,I'll take care of her now":
,,Call us if you need anything", Daniela says and Alcina nods.
She waits until the door closes behind Heisenberg, then she releases a deep breath and steps over to the bed, sitting down on the edge of the mattress and she looks at Y/N for a long time.
Some of the cuts on her face would definetetly leave a scar, marks that would forever remind the older woman of what happened today.
,,Oh, my little one", Alcina whispers, gently running her fingers through the girls hair and then she lowers her face to the warm neck, inhaling the scent that she got so used to ,,I tried to love you as a friend, but my poor heart failed me.''
She lets out a shaky breath. ,,And then I failed you…".
(A/N: some big words will be exchanged in the next chapter... but what words?)