TW: Mentions of killing, blood, torture, death, daggers

(Still Mattheo’s pov) 

“Y/n, you don’t have to do this” I tried to reason with her 

“Oh shut up” She glared at me in distaste 

“Don’t kill him, your better then that” Indu tried 

“Oh honey, I’ve killed tons of people, but you're right, I am better than that” She stepped back from Liam for a second, lowering her wand before she raised it again and sent a blue spell at Liam. He closed his eyes then opened them again, his face changing to match Y/n’s. Y/n had put him under an imperius curse. I could tell the others had come to the same realization. Liam stayed against the wall as Y/n slowly walked over to Indu “There’s so much you have missed” She started, looking at Indu “And for your information” She looked at all of us now “Yes, it was me that killed all those people back there” She glanced at Theodore now and stepped closer to him “It was me who made them all bleed, who took all their magic” 

(Theodore’s pov) 

I knew what she was trying to do. And I was trying to resist, but the more and more she talked, the more the images of the bodies came back and clouded my thoughts. I could sense dark magic everywhere and it only increased as she came closer. “I could help you with your magic problem” She offered and I was confused “I could make it all go away” 

“No, you will only make it worse” 

“Fine” She smiled “Don’t say I didn’t offer you help” as she turned away I saw Liam against the wall, he had cuts all over him and was bleeding. I tried to look away, but it was no use. Y/n sent multiple spells my way and I blocked them. It only made it worse after I realized I didn’t have my usual magic and was using dark magic. My head started hurting and I started seeing red dots in my vision. I tried fighting everything telling me to give in but it only got harder and harder as the seconds ticked by. Mattheo turned to help but Y/n stopped him “Don’t move” She warned him. 

It finally became too much to bear and I stopped trying. It felt like the best thing ever. All my pain was suddenly gone and I felt powerful for once. It felt good. 

(Mattheo’s pov) 

Y/n grabbed Indu and pushed her out the door before turning back to us “You're free now, have fun” She slammed the door shut and I could hear the lock clicking into place. I turned to Theodore whose eyes were now black. He smirked at me and I frowned. I could also hear Liam behind me. I glanced at Thomas who still looked like he was passed out. With a quick wave of my wand I set Liam into the wall and he fell to the floor. His body went limp. I turned back to Theodore and he grabbed me and pinned me to the wall “Mattheo, how do you feel, being weak for once. Personally I quite enjoy it, I was always the weak one” 

“You were never the weak one” I choked out 

“Oh yes I was, you told me so yourself” 

“I was drunk” I shouted to the best of my abilities 

“Drunk words are sober thoughts” 

“Not always” I countered 

“So then you have always been the weak one, is that what you're saying?” 

“No! Your not listening to me” 

“All I ever do is listen to you” He shouted back “Listen to you order me around, listen to you and Thomas fight, it’s all I ever do. And I’m done listening to you talk” He pointed his wand to my neck and whispered something under his breath and stepped away from me.

A sudden pain shot through my body and I slid down the wall to the ground. It felt like there was a hole, a pain in my chest, like someone had torn my heart from my body. I couldn’t move, every bone in my body felt like it had been broken. 

(Thomas’s pov) 

I opened my eyes to find Theodore standing over Mattheo who was in a ball on the ground, screaming out in pain. I had never heard him in this much pain. His screams were loud enuff to make my ears ring. 

Every bone in my body was hurting and telling me not to move but I couldn’t just sit here and watch my brother die. But I had nothing. Y/n had taken my wand and I wasn't that good at nonverbal magic, especially in the state that I was in. He was screaming for help, and I couldn’t help him. 

Maybe there was one thing I could do, I quickly searched through all the other minds in this place, looking for someone until I found him, he was here. A second later a door unlocked and Miles stepped into the room, he immediately went to Theodore and grabbed him. Theodore tried to fight against Miles but it was no use. A minute later Miles dropped Theodore and he fell to the floor. 

He came over to me and quickly healed me before pulling me up and then we went to Mattheo. Miles turned to me “I will deal with them but you need to go find Y/n” He handed me my wand “Malachi had it” He explained “Now go” 

I left and tried to sense where Y/n was but it was hard when she had closed off her side of the bond. 

There suddenly was a gust of air that came flooding through every hallway, all the candles went out and the hallways were plunged into darkness. Everything was silent. The calm before the storm. 

My eyes adjusted to the dark quickly and I started to walk in the direction the unnatural wind had come from. 

I heard something behind me and turned to Miles with Theodore, Mattheo, and Liam who were passed out. Miles lowered the three to the floor and walked over to me. He had a weird expression on, it was a mix of many different emotions. He looked me in the eyes “Before they wake up can I ask you for a favor?” 

“What do you need?” I asked 

“The only way I could save Theodore was to siphon the dark magic out of him and give him the little good magic I had left. And let me tell you, the dark magic that was in Theodore was stronger than anything I have ever felt and I don’t know how long I have” He looked away “I don’t know any better way to say this Thomas, but-” He paused, sounding like he was holding back from sobbing “I don’t want to turn out like Malachi and I don’t want to burden anyone else with this magic” He looked back at me “I need you to-” 

I held my hand up “I understand, but what will happen to your magic?” 

He held up a pendent in his hand “It will go into this, you just need to make sure it’s never found” 

“Why can’t you just siphon your magic into there and then you don’t have it anymore so it can’t control you?”

“As long as I’m alive that magic is tied to me, even if you take it far away I will still be able to sense it, and my mind will slowly go crazy trying to get it back” 

“And if you die, who is the magic tied to then?” This was all confusing

“It’s still tied to me, but I will be dead so I can’t access it, just make sure nobody gets hold of the pendent, especially a siphon, the only way to get the magic is to siphon it off the pendent” 

I nodded my head slowly “Ok”

“One more thing, you need to kill Malachi as well” 

“How are we supposed to do that?”

“Y/n can do it, just make sure she has someone to siphon magic into, she cannot handle both her magic and Malachi’s magic at the same time” He winced slightly “You have to do it quick, I don’t know how much longer I have” 

I nodded “Goodbye. I will keep it safe” 

He nodded back “Goodbye” 

With that I pressed my wand to his chest, closed my eyes, and whispered under my breath. Then there was a small flash of green light and Miles dropped to the floor. 

I looked down at him for a second before I grabbed the pendent out of his hands. I could feel the darkness radiating off it when I touched it. I quickly hid it in a safe spot. I gave Miles one last look before I waved my wand and he disappeared. 

A minute later Mattheo, Theodore, and Liam woke up. I let them talk for a minute before I told them the plan and we continued on our way. 

The hallways were still dark and filled with eerie silence and we tried to find our way around until Mattheo put his hand in front of us and stopped us. He held his hand up and his eyes glowed green. I heard something He told me through the bond. What? I asked. Liam, he’s gone. I looked around but only saw Mattheo and Theodore. I quickly checked to make sure I still had the pendent which I did. There's not much we can do about it, we need to find Y/n and Indu. 

An ear splitting scream from somewhere ahead suddenly split the silence. It was Y/n, I was 100% certain. We all broke out into a run until we found Indu pounding on a closed door. She looked at us with fear in her eyes “Y/n is in here, I think I broke the spell or whatever she was under but then Malachi took her into this room” She explained

There was another scream and something hit the wall. Indu put her hands on the doorknob and her eyes turned then the door flew open. It had been Malachi who had been thrown to the wall. Shadows came like vines and held him against the wall and Y/n was staring at him with black eyes that quickly turned crimson. Indu was about to step forward but I put a hand in front of her “Don’t” I whispered 

Y/n pulled out her dagger and spun the handle between her fingers expertly. She went to Malachi and stabbed him right where his heart was then pulled it out and watched the blood drain from his body. She took a couple of steps back then raised her wand and watched as green sparks flew through the air and hit him. 

(Mattheo’s pov) 

Soon after Malachi fell to the floor, so did Y/n. She started shaking. Theodore almost collapsed next to me but I grabbed him. He put his hands on his shoulder with the cut and winced. I pulled his hands away from the cut and pulled down his shirt slightly so I could see it. It was healing but then why was he growing weaker? Thomas looked at us “He doesn't have much magic and the magic he does have is being used up to heal the cut” He looked over at Indu who was by Y/n “Bring Theodore over here” He looked back at us. I helped him over to Y/n. “Theodore” Thomas shouted as Theodore was getting closer and closer to slipping away “Grab Y/n’s hand” He weakly reached out and grabbed hands with her. It took less than a minute. Y/n stopped shaking and Theodore was able to sit up. I helped Theo to his feet and we looked down at Y/n who was not moving. Indu grabbed her hand and whispered a couple words and Y/n opened her eyes. She immediately looked at Indu and smiled then pulled her into a hug. 

“Thank you” Y/n pulled away from the hug and looked at Indu before she turned to all of us “I’m sorry” She frowned 

“Don’t be” I reached out my hand and pulled her up. 

“We need to go” Thomas called from the door “I have no idea where we are in this maze and I can’t apparate here anymore for some reason” 

“Nice to see you too Thomas” She turned to face him 

“Hey are you ok?” Theodore asked 

Y/n turned back to us “I’m better than fine” She smiled “Lets go”