Demigod Lily

Chapter Ten

Lily sat there for what seemed like forever while Ashley slowly drew her dagger over her arms, legs, and even her collarbone. It hurt worse than anything she'd ever felt before. Finally Ashley stood up, done. Lily had cuts all over her, and couldn't move because of the pain. She was so weak she couldn't have fought back if she'd wanted to. Ashley smirked.
"Not so big and bad now are you?" she asked. Then Lily heard more footsteps, some that weren't Ashley's. Ashley heard them too and smiled.
"Guess it's your friends turn now, isn't it?" Lily tried to tell her no, but the gag was still in her mouth, and she couldn't move. She felt a sharp pull in her gut, but ignored it. She continued to stare at Ashley, trying to tell her to back off with her eyes. Suddenly a crashing sound came through the forest. Ashley turned around, confused, as a huge wave popped out of the trees, flattening Ashley to the ground. Lily saw Aaron, Jessica, and someone else come into the shadowy clearing as her vision went dark from blood loss and drained of energy.

Aaron's POV
When they came into the clearing where Aaron had seen Lily in his vision, Ashley was on the ground spitting water and Lily was passed out, tied to the tree, with cuts all over her. Aaron's vision went red. He motioned for his sister Catherine and Jessica to untie Lily. He was going to take Ashley down on his own. She got up and glared at him. She had a good glare for a child of Hades. But Aaron just glared right back.
"What's your problem? It's just a prophecy," he growled. She shook her head acting like he was stupid.
"She cannot be the child of the prophecy! She doesn't deserve it, I do! She doesn't even know what it means to be a demigod," she shouted. Aaron looked at her and laughed.
"You're only 12, and she's 13! You're a little young, aren't you?" He retorted. Ashley picked her dagger up, which had Lily's blood on it, still.
"Why don't you fight me? I've been trained by the best, while you've been trained by a stupid centaur," she mocked. He nodded.
"Go ahead. You can't beat me," he said. She didn't respond, just leaped at him, holding her dagger to where it would pierce his head. He parried the strike and stabbed at her stomach. She parried his strike. It went like this for a couple of minutes, with both of them striking and parrying. Finally he saw an opening and took it, stabbing her arm. She growled in pain and lunged at him, making him parry. He saw another opening and stabbed her leg.
"Maybe you should work on your sword fighting skills," he said, smirking. She just smiled wickedly back.
"You do know I made it to where your girlfriend would bleed to death, right?" she laughed. "I'll kill her. She's not allowed to live." And she disappeared again. Aaron ran over to Lily, who was deathly pale. He looked at her.
"I'm not letting you die on me, Lily," he whispered.