JANE.

　　I rolled back and forth on my bed restlessly, my whole body system was filled with worries. Anytime I feel worried unnecessarily it means trouble is coming on its way, but why is it in the middle of the night?

　　Sitting on the bed confusedly, my mind wandered off with a series of thoughts in my mind. I gasped as reality hit me, Jake is the only one in my mind right now. He is up to no good and he always causes destruction. I hope he is not the one planning something against my daughter. I wasn't in support of Brittany fighting him, but the deed is done already. Jake is not just anyone you can mess with, he is powerful and cuny. He is the king of mischief himself, all these clouds my thoughts and also makes me more worried.

　　My greatest fear is that he should not get to Brittany. Pacing around the room thinking of a way to stop him, I don't even know his agenda, it's probably to collect the forbidden leave he once asked for which Brittany did not release. I cast a spell summoning the witches I prepared for something like this, and ten witches appeared in my room with their heads bowed, signaling for them to raise their heads with my hand. They are all illusions except their leader, it will be hard for someone to recognize the leader. They all raised their heads at the same time staring at me in a questioning manner, after a long last silence the head of the witches decided to break the silence.

　　"Why are we summoned?" their leader asked, staring at me.

　　"There is trouble looming around and I can feel it," I said with a dramatic pause, pacing around the room. I halted my steps and turned towards them with a worried look plastered on my face, the witches were confused as they saw the worried look on my face. Who wouldn't be confused, when they saw their leader worried.

　　"Jake is planning something big which I can feel," I said and the witches sighed.

　　“I want you to guard the gate of this place. Prevent him from coming in as long as you can, he is not after me but my daughter. He once came here to get the forbidden leave, but Brittany refused. He is coming for the leaf and I don't want him to get his hands on it" I said and they nodded.

　　"Be rest assured, we will prevent him from getting in" they said and teleported away.

　　I cast a spell and a mirror appeared in my room. Through the mirror I could see what was going on outside the house. I watched as Jake appeared at the gate of the house with his guards, he signaled for them to move closer to the house. They walked towards the gate and tried opening it, but the witch forced them to push them backward. They brought out their swords continuously not wanting to be taken unaware by the attacker, suddenly two of Jake's guards were killed by the witches. Jake cast a spell angrily, a smile was plastered on my face and the four heads which were hung on the walls of the gate by the witches were revealed to them, with their mouths opened.

　　" Take cover " Jake shouted and the guards took cover, almost immediately the witches released the arrows. The arrows were flying out of their mouths, the guards were dodging and using their swords to cut the arrows skillfully. Four of Jake's men soon fall dead with arrows impaled in their chests, Jake stamps his feet on the ground. Jake levitated up and flew to the front of the guards who had a shield on their fronts.

　　The arrows moved closer to Jake, he bent low to escape the arrows. An arrow was heading toward him and Jake closed Jake's eyes briefly before opening it. Jake's eyes were glowing brightly. A magical shield was formed around Jake and his warrior, and the arrows were fired at the shield. The arrows became much and it tried penetrating the shield, Jake flung his arms, and the arrows fell to the ground. Jake smiled and his gaze connected with the head which was hanging on the gate and walking of the house, they all fell to the ground. Jake flew down and his legs touched the ground, he looked back at the guards. Jake signaled with his hands for them to proceed and they did as he said, as soon as they walked in with him behind them. The place changed into a dark forest, and a smirk was plastered on Jake's face. All this was the handwork of the witch. Jake's gaze hardened as he saw a pack of wolves approaching his guards.

　　Jake teleported to the top of the tree, sitting on a branch. The wolves howled with their eyes glowing brightly illuminating the dark forest, one of the guards charged forward using his sword to slice a wolf's leg. The wolf growled in pain and stood up charging at him at an incredible speed, he slid down to the ground using his sword to stab the wolf in its stomach. It screeched and fell dead, and the remaining wolves charged at Jake's. They also charged and started killing the wolf mercilessly. Jake was smiling as he was watching the massacre, his smiling face soon morphed into an angry one. When he saw one of the wolves bite one of his guards, the guard screamed in pain as the wolf tore his flesh angrily. Jake rubbed his forehead, with the look on his face he seems he just remembered something.

　　"You can now, use your powers' ' Jake shouted with his voice full of authority and they all started using their powers, it was easier than I expected. Soon all the wolves were killed by Jake's guards. Jake cast a spell and the dark forest was lightened. Jake flew down from the tree and walked up to the guards who were breathing heavily.

　　" I expected more from you, you are just useless without your powers. I thought you guys are well trained but you aren't" Jake said and they all bowed their heads in shame. They have to try more since they are well trained, walking forward and they trail behind me.

　　Jake snapped his hands and they broke free from the illusion, they took another step and the witches appeared, glaring at them angrily making Jake smirk.

　　"What is the wizard king looking for at the house of a witch?" they asked in unison and Jake rolled his eyes.

　　"I came to collect the forbidden leave from Brittany", Jake replied.

　　" What you seek can't be given to you", they all said in unison.

　　" Since it can't be given to me, it will be given to me by force. Charge" Jake said and the guard all charged at them. Jake stood from afar looking at them, the witch summoned a snake. The snake hissed and charged toward the guards, a warrior stretched his hand forward and fire erupted from his hand towards the snake.

　　It shrieked in pain and dashed towards the warrior speedily, and tried biting the warrior. The warrior leaped up and stabbed the snake with his sword. The snake's body exploded into tiny orbits and it produced smoke that covered the entire place, but it stood up. The snake was enlarged after its death, it hisses loudly and charges at him again. The warrior slid down and cut its stomach but he was unable to hurt him, the witch had enhanced the snake after its death. Jake was just watching as all this happened, he made no attempt to help them, and the remaining guards also charged at it. They brought out their sword which was blazing with fire, they started stabbing all the parts of the snake but it did not penetrate its body.

　　The snake uses its tail to hit them away and they crash on different things, it seems that they have had enough fun and will need to get the forbidden leave.

　　"Don't charge at the snake, attack the witches" Jake shouted at them and they charged at the witches. As they moved toward the witches who held hands, the snake was teleported by the witches.

　　The snake appeared just above the guards, Jake waved his hand and the snake shrieked in pain. The guards charge toward the witches and the witches become invisible as soon as they get close to them, the guards are confused and Jake smirks before snapping his hands.

　　They were now visible, they looked shocked but it was replaced by anger when they noticed it was Jake's handwork. The guards tried stabbing them but they were flung away by an invisible force and they all crashed hard on the ground, Jake stretched his hands to his back removing the sword which was strapped to his back. Jake threw the sword towards them and it stabbed the one in the middle of the witches and they all fell dead. He thought the one in the middle was the real one but he was wrong.

　　After a while, the witches appeared and Jake's face hardened as he stared at them, he was shocked. He charged at them and they teleported to his back and tried stabbing him but he dodge their advances, he stretched his hand forward and the sword he threw earlier was seen in his hands. He swerved to the left dodging the fire thrown at him by the witches, he cast a spell and the witches were unable to move.

　　He moved towards them swiftly and tried stabbing their leader but they broke free from his spell quickly, they teleported away before his sword could touch them. They appeared far away from him, they snapped their hands and a sword appeared in their hands, they charged at him and he quickly brought out his second sword which was at his back in a cross-section. A witch tried stabbing him but he moved back a bit before cutting the witch's head, he used his sword to dodge a sword swipe and delivered a bicycle kick at the witch. The witch which he cut her head earlier appeared behind him but he swerved to the right before cutting her arms, Jake looked around his eyes and landed on one of the guards who was fighting a witch he was about to be killed but he threw his sword towards the witch. The witch turned and saw the sword coming towards her, she controlled it and it went sideways.

　　Jake gazed at a sword and he controlled it using his eyes using his eye to control the sword, he used the sword to stab a witch in her head. The witches combined their powers and used them to control lighting towards his guards. He redirected the lighting towards them and they screamed in pain, he walked towards their leader who was groaning in pain. She was the only one who was more affected since she is the real one while the others are illusions, he stabbed her in her heart and she moaned in pain.

　　She glared at him angrily with a deep breath. She cast a spell but nothing happened, Jake laughed at her mockingly because thinking her spell did not work but she summoned six witches, and then she cast another spell. She took her last breath and died, a tear escaped my eyes as I watched her take her last breath. A sword made with ice pierced into his stomach through the armors he wore from behind, he groaned in pain as he melted the sword with fire. His gaze hardened in pain as he chant a spell to hell his wound, he should have not underestimated the dying witch, the wound was healed and he sighed in contentment. The remaining illusions disappear immediately after their leader died and he sighed heavily, he looked back at the remaining guards.

　　They were all breathing heavily there was sweat on their faces, signaling at them with his hands to follow him and they all did following him like lost dogs. He walked into the compound with the guard trailing behind him and a look of surprise was morphed on his face, the six witches she summoned before she died were sitting in a circular motion. They all held hands and there were dangerous auras radiating around them even as I was watching them from the mirror and I could feel it, the guards charged at them at his command. He summoned a chair and sat down watching the fight, as the guards charged forward towards them they were flung away, and the guards he brought stood up immediately channeling fire into their swords.

　　They charge at the witches again and try hitting them but their swords only pass through them, the head guard uses wind to blow them away but it also passes through them. Another guard chanted a spell and water made of rope appeared, he used the rope to grab one of their hands, yanking it and using it to drag her out. The others quickly held hands and the guard charged forward towards the witch which was dragged out of their midsts, the witch smirked as she saw them get closer. She starts singing, producing some weird sounds. As soon as they got closer to her they were captivated into wonderland.

　　The guards all stood still staring at her, she enchant them with her powers. She snapped a guard's neck and he fell dead, as she was about to kill the next one. He freed them all from her charms and they all charged at her angrily after seeing the dead body of the guards. One of the guards slashed her shoulders making her scream in pain and she teleported away before appearing beside the others groaning in pain, another witch steps out of the circle they made. he stared at her with a smile wanting to know what her powers could be, she stood in front of my guards staring at them and they charge at her.

　　She waited for them to get closer to her before she unleashed flames on them, she was not aware that the flames can't burn them because he made the flames unable to hurt them. Instead, the flames encircled around their swords, they dashed at her, she screeched in pain and they all dropped to the ground holding their ears as they tried to block the sound waves but it did not affect me. She stopped to catch her breath and the guards used that as an opportunity to attack her, they slash her all over her body and she screams in pain, and they all fall to the ground. She was bleeding profusely all over her body where she was cut by the guards, she teleported to the middle groaning in pain and they all healed her. She hissed as she sat down, a witch walked out of their midst walking towards the guard.

　　The guards attacked her impatiently with her hands stretched. The guard froze on a spot, she walked up to the guards and started touching his body making him giggle. Jake frowned disgustedly and with just a snap of his eyebrows she was pushed backward hitting the remaining witches who in turn glared at him.

　　They all stood up at once turning towards the direction of my guards, they all combined their powers making the wind blow eerily and thunder flashes in the sky. The sky darkened as lightning bolts rained on the guards and they tried shielding themselves with their power but it was of no use, he created a shield around them. The shield protected them from the lighting bolts making the whole house to be silent so that Brittany wouldn't be woken up by the noise. The witches were tired and I could feel it through the mirror.

　　I need to inform Brittany about this. She needs to be aware he is here. I won't tell her she is here exactly, but I will only tell her my hunch. With that I quickly walk out of my room after seeing that I need to inform her, she needs to know that Jake is coming after her. She was sleeping when I entered, walking towards her bed. I tapped her and she jolted up awake. She looked around the room before her gaze settled on me.

　　A groan left her mouth immediately, she sat on the bed with a frown on her face.

　　"Mum, what is it?" she muttered with a yawn.

　　"Brittany, I am feeling uneasy. I have a feeling Jake is on his way here, you know I don't feel restless unless there is trouble looming around the corner" I lied even after knowing he was here already, she doesn't have to know.

　　"Mum he can't attack at night," she said and I sighed, if she knew he was here already what would she do?

　　" He might attack tonight and we need to get ready," I said and she rolled her eyes.

　　“ Let me rest a little,” she said and was about to sleep when we heard a loud bang that shook the whole house vigorously to its foundation.

　　BRITTANY.

　　I was sleeping in my room dreaming of Damon, we were kissing when I suddenly felt a tap that jolted me out of my fantasy dream. I looked around the room before my gaze settled on my mum. A groan left my mouth immediately, why will she wake me up when I was sleeping. Just when I'm kissing my crush, a frown formed on my face.

　　"Mum, what is it?" I muttered with a yawn trying to suppress my anger, wanting to snap at her but I cautioned myself.

　　"Brittany, I'm feeling uneasy. I have a feeling Jake is on his way here, you know I don't feel restless unless there is trouble looming around the corner" She said

　　"Mum he can't attack at night," she said and I sighed, he can't possibly attack in the middle of the night. He isn't someone who will sneak an attack.

　　" He might attack tonight and we need to get ready," she said and I rolled my eyes, nothing is going to disrupt my sleep tonight.

　　“ Let me rest a little, '' I said and was about to rest my head on my pillow when I heard a loud bang which shook the whole house vigorously to its foundation, and I quickly covered my ears because the sound was too loud.

　　My gaze connected with my mum's, she has a look of didn't I tell you.