seventeen
a pheonix.

"ARE YOU CRAZY?" Isabelle remarks the next day. Hope has an elixir in her hand, and has just asked Isabelle to use it on Rafael. "Hell will freeze over before I let you use that on him."

"This elixir has been in my family for years," Hope exclaims, keen on using it. "Dr.Saltzman said that I-"

"I don't give a damn about what Dr.Saltzman said," Isabelle shakes her head. "He's not a doctor, Hope. That elixir will destroy the barrier between Raf's human and wolf sides."

"Izzy, please," Hope begs her friend, desperate to get answers. "Obviously, something terrible happened. Landon and MG are out there somewhere. And we need to do something."

"Rafael could have permanent brain damage," Isabelle points out as she hears some noise coming from behind her.

She turns around to see Rafael wide awake. "Let's do it."

"Raf, no," Isabelle stares at him, silently pleading with him. "If this goes wrong-"

She cuts off as Hope digs one of Emma's syringes into her neck. She slowly turns around to stare at Hope in shock, grasping her neck in pain. "Hope-"

She trails off, feeling lightheaded as she loses her footing. Rafael catches her before she hits the ground, and sets her on the bed.

Isabelle sleeps as Hope gives Rafael the elixir. They then discover that MG talked to his dad and figured out that his dad thought he was dead. Rafael and Landon didn't wanna leave MG behind, but he had been talking to his dad for so long and they knew they had to get back to the school before the full moon. But they didn't.

So they went into the middle of the woods, and Landon chained Rafael to a tree. Rafael begged Landon to grab MG and run, but Landon refused to leave him. That's all that Rafael remembers.

The pair then get a call from Alaric, saying that they found MG in the woods not far from the school. So Hope and Rafael begin heading that way.

Not long after, Isabelle jerks awake. Sedatives have never worked very well on her, because of her angelic side.

So she tracks Alaric, and portals there. She finds Alaric and Kaleb hovering over MG. "Dr.S? What happened?"

"Oh, thank God, you're here," Alaric gives her a relived look before motioning to MG, who looks like he's on his deathbed. "MG has a werewolf bite. He doesn't have much time."

Rafael and Hope then walk through the woods towards them, and once Rafael lays eyes on MG, he realizes what he'd done. "I bit you."

"This is all my fault," MG sobs, guilt written all over his face. And at this, Isabelle slowly starts to put her vision and everything Raf has told her together. "Raf, I'm so sorry."

"Sorry? What are you sorry for?" Kaleb scoffs, glaring at Rafael, looking like he's about to attack. "He's the one that should be sorry. He's the fool that bit you."

Kaleb then goes to hit Rafael, but Isabelle lets out a sigh, grasping her head. "Oh, my God. Oh, my God. I know what happened."

"What?" Hope raises her eyebrows at her friend as tears roll down Isabelle's cheeks.

"Landon convinced MG to go visit his parents. MG was hesitant, but he was hopeful. That was a mistake," Isabelle explains, her voice hoarse. "He didn't like how his dad reacted, so he took it out on Landon. He hit him, and then Landon started to bleed. MG can't control his blood lust, so he ended up killing Landon. And Rafael saw the whole thing, and lashed out. He bit MG."

Isabelle looks from MG to Rafael with tears in her eyes as Hope lets out a strangled cry, falling to the ground.

Rafael sighs, straying away from the group. "I don't wanna remember any of this."

"Where are you going?" Isabelle demands, her voice shaking.

"Away from MG before I finish the job. Landon's body is out there. I'm gonna go find it."

Rafael leaves as MG sobs, clearly feeling guilty about what he'd done. "I was so mad. I wanted to hurt Landon. I didn't want his blood. I needed it. I needed all of it. 'Cause I'm not a monster. I'm a demon. So many demons in hell."

There are only two cures to werewolf bites. One is Hope's blood and one is Isabelle's blood. Knowing Hope can't do it, Isabelle tentatively pulls a pocket knife from her pocket and drags the blade across her hand. She winces gently, but she barely feels the pain due to how many times she's cut her hands to do spells.

She then puts her hand over MG's mouth, and he drinks it gratefully, his werewolf bite instantly starting to heal. Once Isabelle's sure he's gonna be okay, she helps Hope to her feet, deciding to be mad about the fact that Hope drugged her later.

She guides Hope in the direction that Rafael went, letting her friend cry onto her shoulder. It doesn't take them long to find Landon's body, and Isabelle frowns once she sees it.

He's laying on the ground, lifeless, with a vampire bite on his neck. Exactly like she'd seen him in her vision. But then something unexpected happens. His body starts to smoke.

MG gasps. "Am I still delusional or do y'all see this?"

"Adiuuatur," Isabelle breathes, trying to use her powers to stop the smoke. But it doesn't work. And when it doesn't, the girl looks around in shock. "It's not working. Why isn't it working?"

She then looks at Alaric, who shrugs. "I don't know. I've never seen anything like this."

The group then watch Landon's body burst into flames, but it isn't just any type of fire. Isabelle narrows her eyes at the flames, recognizing them immediately. "That's hellfire."

As soon as the words leave her mouth, the flames extinguish themselves, leaving only a pile of ashes. Landon emerges from the ashes within seconds, and Isabelle can't help but smile, instantly realizing what Landon is. "A Phoenix."

UNEDITED