After resting for a while, they spoke to Emerald and Ella about what Stella had told them and also their visits to the demon realm. They excitedly explain how interesting the demon Prince's birthday was and what they were able to get from the demon King and Queen.
"I am glad the party went well, Kelvin," Emerald said.
"All thanks to my friends" Kelvin answered.
"Were you able to see your uncle? Was he at the birthday celebration?" Ella asked.
"He visited on the day of our arrival but made excuses not to attend my birthday"
"I had thought he had a plan for that day but surprisingly, he made no move," Jasmine said.
"Did you think he suspected a thing?" Ella asked.
"No. I think he did nothing because Kelvin showed no sign of finding him out" Ariana said.
"Is that a reason he did not show up at the celebration?" Jamal asked.
They had not been able to say anything about his uncle because they had been busy getting information about the vampire Queen's disappearance. They all think now is the time to talk about him.
"He looked so innocent when we saw him. Can believe he has such a bad intention" Ryan said.
"An easy way to get his prey," Emerald said.
"He is so difficult to read and knows how to hide his feelings so well," Ryan said.
"Bad people everywhere. How can he be after a throne that doesn't belong to him?"
Kelvin sighed. Hearing about his uncle makes him feel uncomfortable. He loved and trusted his uncle but what he got in return is betrayal. He wondered how his parent will feel when they find out about this. Emerald noticed his reaction and sighed. It's right if they stop talking about his uncle.
"So, how was your visit to the vampire realm?" she asked changing the topic.
"It was a success," Ariana said.
"That is good news. Tell us about it" Emerald said with a smile.
Arianna began by telling them all that the vampire King told them. Kelvin told them everything the vampire Prince said. They took a turn saying one or two things they can remember. They also told Emerald and Ella how Kelvin had set out some demons to stalk the vampire King's brothers.
"So what is the plan?" Emerald asked. "While you wait, you should have a plan ready"
"We plan to find the hideout of the vampire Queen and rescue her before exposing those involved"
Emerald smiled. "That sounds like a good idea. But you have to be careful". They all promised to be careful and look out for one another. Emerald stood up. "You should go to bed. You have school to go to"
**
It was time to go to school and they were all eager and excited about it. They had missed their friends at school abd hoped they won't have any reason to leave school until after their exams. Ariana got up so early to prepare for school. She woke Jasmine up and placed a conference call to the rest.
"You don't plan to go school to school late. Do you?" she asked.
"Isn't Jasmine just waking up?" Jabal asked.
"How is that your business?" Jasmine asked, yawning slightly.
"You yawning makes it my business" Jabal answered.
"Is it not too early for this?" Jamal asked.
"I think it is. We should be getting ready for school. And not for some argument" Ryan said.
"And I did not call to listen to your argument either" Ariana replied.
Jabal laughed slightly. "Are you saying you do not enjoy seeing us argue"
"No!!!" They cooed I'm unison.
"Jamal?" Jabal called and he groaned.
"I will rather get stuck in a room with my ex than listen to your argument"
Everyone busted into laughter except Jabal who doesn't see it funny.
"Do you even ask an ex?" he asked.
"Can we stop all these and go get ready for school? We might get to school late" Ariana said.
They agreed Ariana was right and ended their calls before finding their way into the bathroom. Soon, they were done getting ready for school, and after saying their goodbyes to Ella and Emerald, they headed out.
"Have you decided on the school you want to transfer to?" Jasmine asked Kelvin.
"No. There are so many schools here. I don't know which to choose" Kelvin answered.
"What are you studying in school?" Jabal asked.
"Engineering?"
"How about your transfer to a technology school?" Jamal suggested.
"That sounds like a good idea"
"It's a good idea though but I think you should go through all the available schools first. You can check them out online" Jasmine suggested and in the end, they all agreed to Jasmine's idea.
"Can you tell me why we are walking to school instead of going in a car?" Jabal asked suddenly.
"Did you just get that now?" Jasmine asked "It's obvious that I just thought about it. So I suggest we take a cab?" he said.
Jasmin laughed. "Man. We are already in front of the school"
Jabal muttered an oh. "I never knew we had walked this far"
They heard the bell and they groaned. Kelvin pointed at the gate. "Isn't that one of your teachers? You had better hurry up"
They waved at him and began to run to the gate. Kelvin stopped the cab that had brought a student to school and entered it. A few minutes after Kelvin left, two cars stopped in front of them. One drove in between them, separating them from each other. Four hefty men came out, of the cars, two from each car. Since the car had unfortunately separated into males and females. A man from each car held Jasmine and Jabal. They covered their faces and threw them into the car, entering the car too. The two other men blocked the rest from coming closer. Ariana, Jamal, and Ryan struggled with them but somehow, they managed to escape. They stood rooted to their spot staring at the cars driving off.
Who could have done this? They wondered.
"D-did they really, carry Jasmine and Jabal?" Jamal asked in disbelief.
"They did" Ariana answered.
"But what could have been the reason behind this attack?" he asked. He had tried so hard to wrap his head around the reason why they were taken but none of the reasons appeared genuine to him. "I just can't get it"
"I can't get it either" Ariana answered. "Ordo you suspect anything, Ryan?"
She had asked him because he is very good at reading the environment and getting a clue.
"I was too stunned to notice anything" Ryan answered.
"What are we going to do? We can't go after them, since we do not know who took them or where they are heading" Jamal said.
"We can't keep standing here. We have to inform Emerald and Ella" Ryan said.
Ariana nodded. "There is no point going into
the school. Let's head back home"
They headed back home to give the news of Jabal and Jasmine's disappearance. They had to run at some point since there was no cab showing up. Kelvin was the first to notice them. He was seated outside, going through his phone. Just like Jasmine had told him, he wanted to check out all the schools and then make his transfer choice.
When he first saw them, he had wondered if they decided not to attend class today but when he noticed there were three instead of the five people he had followed to school, he knew something was wrong. If Jasmine had agreed to stay back at school while the rest come back home, just because she likes being in school, Jabal will not have agreed to that. He stood up and ran in their direction.
"What is going on? Where are Jabal and Jasmine?" he asked.
"T-they were kidnapped" Jamal answered breathing heavily.
Kelvin furrowed his brows. "W-what do you mean?"
"They took them before was could get into the school" Ryan answered.
Among the three of them, he was calm, making it difficult to know if he is worried or not.
"How is that even possible? Who will want to do that?" Kelvin asked. "Who dared to do that," he asked almost in a yell.
His voice was not as calm as it was before and his eyes had changed from their usual blue to red. That must have been a sign of his anger. The rest noticed it and became worried. Jasmine is his mate and he must be feeling really, angry that she is being taken. They worried he might try to go find them himself. Though they can understand how he feels, they needed him to calm down.
"Kelvin, you need to calm down," Ariana said and he sighed.
He brushed his hair backward and groaned slightly. "I just want to know what happened," he said, this time, calmly.
"It's a long story, Kelvin" Ariana answered. "Where are my mother and Emerald? We will explain everything that happened but we need to see them first"
**
Just like the rest, Jabal and Jasmine wondered what they had done wrong to be taken. Each had wondered if he or she was the only one taken or if every one of them had been the victim of the kidnapped.
Since they were kept in different cars, they had different experiences. For Jasmine, it was one of her best experiences n since she was able to have some fun, putting them against each other. she had noticed her face was the only one covered but her hands and legs were not tied up. At first, she wondered how many people were in the car with her. She moved her body to the right a bit, resting on a man. She knew there was someone on her right. Doing the same in the left direction, her head hit the door and she groaned slightly.
"There isn't anyone sitting on my left" she mumbled.
"You should be careful," someone said to her.
"I can't see. How can I be careful?" she asked. "I almost hurt my head. Can't you just open my face? Is not like I can run away"
"Don't listen to her" someone said and she wondered if it was the driver speaking or t there is someone else.
"Where you asked to bring me in one piece or different pieces?" she asked and they busted into laughter.
From the laughter, she could tell there were about three men in the car.
"She seems harmless," one said. "Let's open her face"
The man sitting beside her pulled off the cover and she sighed.
"Thanks" she muttered. She looked out of the window and noticed they were driving through the woods. "Where are we heading to?" she whispered to the one sitting beside her.
"You will find out when you get there" he whispered back with a smirk.
She scoffed slightly, tapping her feet. There was silence and she hated that. She stared through the window again and an idea popped into her head. She decided to play some pranks on them and she enjoyed doing it. She enjoyed watching them argue among themselves about who was af fault. And at some point, she couldn't help but wonder if the rest were having fun like she is or if they are worried about her.
Jabal on the other hand was too angry to have any fun and he wouldn't stop fighting with his feet until he finally got tired. He decided it was best to rest and await what is to come.
**
Everyone stared at Ariana, Jamal, and Ryan. They had just told them about the kidnap of the twins. Everyone wondered in awe what could have triggered that.
"Do you know if they had a beef with anyone?" Ella asked. "Or is there anyone that has threatened them before?"
"None I can remember" Jamal answered.
He is the closest to the twins, being their brother.
"And they did not say anything about anyone threatening them?" Emerald asked and Jamal nodded. "Then do you notice any recent sign of worry or fear in any of them?"
"None"
Emerald sighed. Strangely it was for the twins to be taken.
Could it have to be about the vampire Queen? She wondered but struggled it off immediately. Ariana, Jamal, Ryan, and Kelvin are involved in it but none of them was taken.
"We need to send a message to Anderson," she told Ella. "But we can't send out any of the kids"
"What is going on?" someone asked, walking in.
It was Alora. It's been a while since they had set their eyes on her. She had left the earth coven to visit her uncle in another coven, immediately after the fight with Rose, ended.
"Alora?" Emerald and Ella cooed together and she moved closer to hug them one after the other.
"It's been a while," Ella said.
"It's good to see you two again," Alora said.
"Ariana, look at you. You've grown bigger than you were the last time"
"Ariana smiled. "Alora" she cooed, running towards her. "I have missed you"
"I have missed you too. Where are Jabal and Jasmine?" she asked.
"They were kidnapped on our way to school" Ariana replied.
"Who could have done that?"
"We don't know. And we don't suspect anyone either"
Alora sighed. "I actually brought news about the book. This is not the news I was expecting to meet"
"The great book?" Ariana asked.
"Yes. There is a prophecy. I will let you know what it says when the twins have been found. Right now we need to know who took them" Alora said.
"I think I might know those behind this" Emerald said. "So we need to tell Anderson about it but the children can't go," Ella said.
"I will relay the message," Alora said.
"Then we have to wait until she returns with Anderson," Emerald said.
"We won't go and find them? What if they get hurt?" Kelvin asked.
"Jabal and Jasmine are strong enough to take care of themselves. You should not worry. Jasmine won't get hurt. She won't give in easily" Ryan said, patting Kelvin's shoulder.
He can under what he is feeling. The fear of Jasmine getting hurt? He has that too. Kelvin smiled. Ryan is supposed to be his rival, but since they both love the same woman, why is he consoling him when he shouldn't?
"Thanks, man" he muttered.
**
There had been silence in the two cars for a while now. Not only was there silence, but they had also been driving for so long, their butt hurt.
"Are we traveling to another world?" Jasmine asked out of curiosity. "Are we getting to the place anytime soon? Who are we going to meet?"
She asked so many questions that they got irritated by them.
"Can you stop talking?" the man sitting in front said and she scoffed.
"What's the point of talking when none of you will give me an answer," she said but they ignored her.
She kept staring out of the window and muttering some words to herself. After a while, a car drove past them and she noticed someone covered up with the same cloth as hers.
"Are there more cars coming?" she asked the one seated beside her.
He seems to be the nicest of the men in the car.
"No" he replied with a straight face.
"Do you know those in the car?" she asked and he nodded. "Can you tell me who it is? I mean the one covered up with a black cloth"
He stared at her and sighed. She could tell he wasn't going to give out that information. This could be because he doesn't know or because he fears those sitting in front. She moved closer to him to find out.
"Please"
"I can't" he whispered.
"How about you tell me using maybe gender, height, the color of the eyes, or maybe hair"
"Red" he answered and she gasped.
Is it red hair? She knows three people who have red hair. Ariana, Jabal, and Ryan. If it's red eyes, she doesn't know any.
"Hair?" she asked and he nodded. "Male or female?" she asked.
"What is going on there?" the one driving asked.
"We are playing a game" Jasmine answered.
"A game?" he asked.
"Yes, is it a crime to play a game? Or am I prevented from doing anything during this endless journey?" she asked.
"It had better not be more than a game. Don't try anything funny" he said and she scoffed slightly.
She shouldn't try anything funny, he says. It is way too easy for her to run away or even say some enchantment and bewitch them. She can decide to become invisible or even disappear but she is not doing any of this because she doesn't want to get them into any trouble. She also wants to know who had asked for this kidnap.
"I won't try anything funny" she replied and he sighed. She waited for a while before asking again. "Male?" he nodded and she sighed.
Then it has to be Kelvin or Jabal. Two cars had stopped in front of them before the kidnap and she is sure the two cars were not there just because of her. She decided to try mind-linking Jabal. If it succeeds, then the one in the car is Jabal but if it doesn't, it has to be Kelvin. Then she might have to find a way of getting to him.
She settled herself and closed her eyes. "What are you doing?" the one sitting beside her asked.
"Want to take a nap" she replied and he sighed.
"Jabal?" she called through the mind link
"Jasmine? Is that you? Where are you? Where are the rest?" he replied and she smiled.
She was right. It's Jabal, not Kelvin. And aside from her, Jabal is the only one taken.
"It's just me and you" she answered.
"Are you ok?" he asked.
"Very much ok. How about you?"
"I am fine. Do you know why we are taken?"
"No, but we have to find out ourselves"