The Rock's of Beauty by Meghan Escott (books for new readers TXT) 📕

We landed in my room and I collapsed onto my bed. Sam slit his wrist and put it to my mouth. At the same time, Eric slit his wrist and put it to my mouth. I closed my eyes and let my tongue decide. I licked one wrist and then the other wrist. I moaned at the second wrist and started sucking on it. The other wrist pulled away and I opened my eyes. It was Sam's right wrist and his left wrist was steadily bleeding too. I smiled to myself and Sam smiled too and pulled his wrist away. He healed both of his wrists and then turned to Eric and shook his hand.
“So are you two friends now?” I asked.
“Yes, we became friends when you left. It will be beneficial to have two strong men guarding you now that we know about the water.” Sam said back.
“What's up with this water stuff?”
“How do you feel around water?” Eric asked.
“I haven't been near water since I got turned.”
“This is bad. We need to get you to water now. Get the book.” Eric said to me and then Sam. Sam rushed out the room to get 'the book' while Eric turned to face me.
“You need to pack a swimming costume or preferably a bikini. They'll like it better and so will you. You'll also need towels.” He said to me looking around the room. I did as he said and packed my black bikini and two towels into a bag and had closed it when Sam came back into the room.
“She got everything?”
“Yes. We need to leave now. Give her the picture.”
“Transport us there Lucy.” Sam said to me giving me a picture. I looked at the picture and then imagined us going there. I closed my eyes and I heard fire erupt around me and then we were transported.
We landed on the edge of the beach in the picture and I could see the sea coming in and out of the sand. I could feel the magic in the air surrounding us and breathed in deeply at the smell. Eric and Sam both looked at me then looked at each other and smiled.
“You can smell it huh?” Sam asked. I nodded still inhaling the sweet smell of the magic. I stepped forward involuntarily and the bottom of my feet got a sharp pain. I winced with pain but I didn't step back. “You can deal with that pain?” Sam asked me. I nodded stiffly and took another step forward.
“You need to go to the rocks and you need to go to the end. Read the words on page 87 and well. See what happens then.” Eric said to me chucking me the book and I turned to page 87. It explained what I had to do but before I had a chance to read it, Eric called to me.
“You have to sacrifice your blood to access the magic and even then you may not be able to use it. This magic is ancient and hard to access. Don't be upset if nothing happens.” I nodded and turned my back to him. I slipped off my shorts and pulled off my t-shirt and chucked them to Sam who caught them. He smiled at me and looked me up and down. I smiled back and then turned away from him.
I started walking towards the rocks near the sea, each step giving my feet more and more pain although it started to wear off as I got to the rocks, I transported the book to the end of the rocks and looked at the rocks. I reached down and quickly cut both my palms on the rocks. The blood dripped onto the rocks and the rocks seemed to absorb it. I smiled and I pushed myself up onto the rocks so I was standing on them.
As I looked to my left, there was a lower set of rocks with blood stains on them. I guessed that I had to go down there so I slid myself down. I started walking, the rocks cutting the bottom of my feet and all the way up to my knees, I winced as the pain set in but I didn't stop walking until I got to the end of the path way and found the book perched on the edge of the higher rocks.
I looked back and my blood was being absorbed by the rocks. I smiled to myself and looked into the distance and I saw Sam and Eric looked at me in fear and suspense. I looked back down at the book and read the words on page 87.
“Creatures of the magical water, I have given blood as a sacrifice to you, I hope for access to the ancient magic, I hope for your blessing, I hope for your friendship, Trust me with your magic and open up, I have given blood as sacrifice creatures of the water.” by the end of the spell, I was shouting to the water.
The water started to ripple and the wind blew around me, ruffling my hair around me. I looked back at Sam and Eric and they were looking at me in awe, I looked down at myself and my skin was shinning. I turned back to the water and creatures were emerging from the water.
“The blue butterflies.” Eric shouted from behind me. “Your of water Lucy.” His joy from his vice reached me while I watched the beautiful blue butterflies flow from the water beneath the rocks. The flow of the butterflies suddenly stopped and three heads popped up in turn. The first was a male. He had a crown on top of his head placed completely straight on his wavy hair. The next to come up were two females and they came up to the left and right of the man although they were slightly behind him.
“Dive in my queen.” The man said. “You must join me for I have waited long for you to come.”
I didn't know what he meant by queen but I looked back to where Sam and Eric were standing. They were both nodding their heads at me and giving me a thumbs up. I turned back to the man floating in the water.
“Never you mind those to back where no other can cross. Dive in my queen.” The man said again in his deep voice and I found I could not resist any more. I nodded to the man and then the women disappeared back under the water. The male however floated over to me and lifted a hand out from the water. I took his wet and slippery hand and then jumped into the water with the support of the man.
“Who are you?” I asked the man as he cupped his hands together and filled them with water.
“I'm the king of the water and you are my new queen. And this action will prove that you are my queen.” He replied. He then took the water in his hands and poured it onto my head.
The pain was instant and sharp. I screamed out and I could almost see Eric and Sam wince at the sound and start forward but couldn't continue because of the pain of the sand I had earlier crossed. I looked up into the kings eyes and his eyes were moist with tears. I looked down at the water and the reflection I saw didn't look like me although I knew it was.
My long black hair was flowing over my shoulders and covering the front of my chest and was no longer straight but wavy and pretty. My lips were a cold ice blue and my face was the palest white. There was a crown on my head.
“You are my queen.” The man shouted out for the world to hear. He then pushed my head and the rest of body that wasn't already submerged into the water still holding my hand.
I held my breath and kept my eyes closed for as long I could before I had to finally let out a breath and found that I could breath fine under the water. I also opened my eyes expecting it to sting but it didn't hurt at all. My king was still holding my hand and gave me a smile when I finally opened my eyes to look at him.
“My name is Murray and I am king of the sea and the water people. You are now my queen and within my people and my water you will be known as Damita.”
“But my names not Damita. I'm Lucy up there.” I pointed up towards the surface of the water and saw the rocks dripping blood into the sea. I followed the trail of my blood and I saw the two women that had come up with Murray. “Who are they Murray?”
“There my right hand women. They go with me wherever I go below water and you'll have two right hand men that go wherever you go below the water my precious Damita. They can't protect you above the water but you have those two normal people above to protect you.”
“Thank you Murray.”
“Come on then,” Murray said, taking my hand again and kissing my forehead. “We must prove to others that you are there new queen.” I smiled up at him and nodded to him.
Murray pulled my down and my hair swirled behind me. I looked back and the two women were following us. I smiled as the water swished passed me and I watch as we descended deeper into the sea. As we got deeper and deeper, I could start to see the culture. There were pillars and castles and two thrones placed I suspected in the middle of the whole sea.
People were crowded around the thrones, obviously sensing something big about to happen and all turned to face Murray, me and Murray's two body guards.
“People of the water, rejoice!” Murray shouted at the crowd.
“Rejoice!” The crowd repeated.
“Our queen has come to us!” Murray shouted to the crowd again.
“Rejoice!” Shouted the crowd. Murray then turned to my and smiled sweetly at me.
“Darling Damita, this will only sting for seconds before your element and your kingdom will numb the pain.” He then turned to the crowd. “We welcome our new queen and we rejoice!” He took a knife out of a band around his waist and turned to me.
“Where?”
“Your arm, right preferably.” I gave him my right hand and he turned my palm to face up. “You do not seem scared?”
“I've been hurt too many times to be scared of a knife and a cut on my arm Murray.” I said sadly and moved his hand with the knife to my arm. I forced the knife point into my skin and released Murray's hand. Murray smiled and me sadly and as he moved the knife point up my arm, he embraced me and kissed my forehead again.
“Rejoice!” screamed the crowd and I smiled up at Murray who had released me and was smiling back at me.
“We must now take our thrones and present you will your crown.” I nodded and took Murray's hand and he led me through the crowd to the two thrones in the middle of the sea. He led me to my seat and when I had sat down, everyone fell to their knees including Murray. Murray's two body guards came up behind me and placed my crown on my head and everybody rose from their knees. Murray came and sat beside me and held my hand across the gap between the thrones. I smiled up at him and he smiled down at me.