"This is the day..... I'm going to do it all, Kill that witch, Get my brother and friends back" said Alan as he got ready. It was 10:40 a.m and he was ready for the final battle with the witch. When he opened the front door he saw James. He got happy instantly "James! You've came back!" He ran to hug James but James raised his hand and Alan froze, "James! What are you doing?!" "Give Klarina's powers back!" "What!....What are you talking about?!" James started closing his palm and James felt as if his insides were being twisted and turned. His mother came and threw a wave that dropped James down. "What are you doing to your brother James?!" "He should give back Klarina her powers" "What are you talking about?! What has gotten into you James?!" Alan yelled as he got up. Their mother went to James but she collided with a force field and fell. "Sorry mom.. but I have come to take Klarina's powers" "What?! So you met up with that witch and she told you that nonsense?!... And you listened to her?!" "She is right! I will not let you underestimate my powers" "I'm your mother James! For Christ's sake! You should listen to me not a witch!" "Who is telling the truth... Same thing happened to her and I don't want it to happen to me!.." "She has poisoned your mind James wake up!" "It's you... You, Dad, Aunt and even Alan.. all of you have poisoned my mind with lies and hiding things from me!... Klarina understands me" "More than your mother?.. huh?!" "We'll soon find out" James said. "That's it! I have had enough of you! You are staying with your family whether you like it or not" His mother said and whipped the Force field apart then she grabbed James's hand and started dragging him in. She got electric shocked and fell "Mom! What have you done!" Alan rose up on James but James froze him again. Alan was feeling the pain, his veins protruded and his eyes were red from the strangle. Their mother threw another wave, "I will come back for Klarina's powers Alan.... Get ready" then he vanished. "Mom are you okay?" "I'm okay.. that witch will pay for this" his mother said angrily. They entered the living room to find the reporter reporting again about strange creatures which were attacking the town.

"Those are Gleens" "What's a Gleens?" "Creatures that feed on humans' senses" "What?" "They suck every sense you have" "Like seeing" "Yeah" "I need to get there fast!" "Alan?!" "Yes mom?" "Be careful" "Okay" then Alan vanished. He appeared to where the creatures were, and found out that 5 people were dead. Then one Gleen spotted him, it was skinny and blqck  and had long ears with bulging white eyes and wasn't that big. Alan turned his eyes green and said "Fire Fists" and his fists lit up. The creature squealed to call the others and they came charging at Alan, he took a deep breath then vanished and appeared in front of the squealing Gleen and punched it, creating a wide hole at the head and blue blood spurted. He continued punching Gleens mercilessly. But more of them kept coming at Alan and he kept punching, he got tired of punching and said "Flame Burst" and a shield of fire enveloped him and bursted burning all the Gleens surrounding him.  He was still panting but other creatures flooded to him, these ones had one horn and they were red in colour and they spit fire. Alan said "Lightning Arrows" and lightning arrows rained on the creatures, Alan saw a person in red clothes levitating infront of him. It was the witch, and she was floating closer to him. "Hi Alan!" "You idiot! What have you done to my brother!" "Make him help me get the dark powers" the witch menaced. "Then you will pay for what you did!" Alan hissed and shot fireballs, the witch blocked in a swipe and turned the fire red and countered it to Alan who made a shield but it shattered. He got up and tried freezing the witch but the cold breath was like a gust of wind. She made a wave and Alan was knocked down. He got up and summoned the phoenix spirit and flew at the witch, with a wave the phoenix fell but got up again and charged while spinning only to be punched by the witch. The phoenix fell and Alan got back to normal, he teleported near the witch but froze in midair. The witch laughed "This is my final form, Alan do you think you can defeat me?! In your dreams" she then spun and a dark red cloud followed her motion then red fireballs shot to Alan he blocked them and whipped the witch, she backed away then she turned her eyes red and the cloud enveloped Alan, he made a shield and the cloud disappeared. His parents came and Alan went to them but a force field blocked him "Alan there's no time left you need to use this" his mother said showing him a yellow crystal dagger. "Stab her with this and she will die okay?... Be careful" "Okay"  he said then got back to the witch, she shot fireballs and Alan used this chance to summon many clones to keep her busy while Alan held the yellow crystal dagger then dashed with all his strength and stabbed the witch, she got still then she slowly dropped to the ground "How could you! How..... Could...." Blood dripped from her mouth, Alan stabbed her again "That was for my brother this is for my friends" his frowned when he saw the witch smiling and then she laughed as more blood dripped and then she got up and held the dagger. Alan shook his head and opened his eyes"It was... An illusion" he still had the dagger in his hands. The witch laughed more "You are so easy to trick, Alan" the witch said. Alan made the green lightning bolt and threw it at the witch but she blocked it. She landed and cloned herself, Alan punched her but it was a clone it vanished, he cast fire burst and burnt all of them, the real witch threw waves at Alan and he collapsed before he even got up he was kicked. He got up and a fireball hit him, he steadied himself but he got frozen the witch cast the 'cracking the earth' whip and whipped Alan. He flew and collapsed on a car, The whip had tore his flesh from his shoulder to the left ribs but the cut wasn't deep, he spit blood. The witch said "I don't want to finish your energy because I have a surprise for you" and James appeared.

"James! Don't listen to whatever she's telling you.. she's just poisoning your mind!" "Oops! I don't think he can hear you well Alan try yelling" the witch sneered. Alan sensed the witch's magic on James, "Enough of chit chat, let's have a battle between brothers.... James? Show your brother who's boss" the witch said and vanished. James turned his eyes blue and charged at Alan who was now weak, he dodged James's attack and tried calming him down but James was not letting it happen. "James she's lying to you! Snap out of it!... I don't want to hurt you!" Alan yelled but James didn't listen. He managed to land a punch on Alan, "Okay I think you leave me with no choice" Alan muttered and turned his eyes purple then he spun around and purple energy hit James, He got up and raised his hand... Alan froze. James started closing his palm and Alan felt the pain, he turned his eyes purple and he got out of James's control then he yelled "Purple Shadow Of The Void Swirl!" And a purple shadow spun around him and held James in place. He got closer "She's blackmailing you.. all that she said was a lie James she was lying to you" Alan commanded the shadow to let go of James and it did. James started panting, Alan got closer that's when James stabbed him with a knife. Alan felt the pain and he held James then said "You... Are controlled.. remember who you are" then he touched James's temples and James's memory flashed then got back to normal. He then got back to his senses and realized that he was holding a knife coated with blood and his brother. "Oh no... I'm sorry Alan..I ..I " James stammered. Alan touched the wound and got back to normal but the wound from the whip was not bearable, he spat more blood. "James! I'm just glad you're back but we need your help we will explain everything later-" they all heard sounds of many creatures squealing "Oh no.. the Gleens are back, go and help them... I will deal with the witch.." "But your condition-" "Trust me... Now go!" James hesitated then vanished. The witch returned "Seems like you buried the hatchet... But too bad all of you will die feeling my wrath" she sneered.    Its useless fighting her with normal attacks. He thought. So he closed his eyes and whispered "Awaken the Element Form" he opened his now turned green eyes and energy in green surrounded him. His wound healed and he collected all the power he had then raised his hand and the witch received a critical hit but she got up and cloned herself, the clones surrounded Alan and Alan felt dizzy. She's trying to confuse me. He thought. Alan screamed and energy shot from his body and all the clones disappeared but the witch wasn't there too. Then he saw the sky twisting then stretched and torn a little and more Gleens poured out of the torn sky. "4th Void Dimensional Switch.... She's using her abilities! I need to kill her" Alan muttered. He then hid the dagger and flew towards the torn sky but the force field blocked him. He punched it then tore it apart. The battle was all over the news, Alan grabbed the witch, but she froze him. She has me trapped! I need to do something... I need to use my dark powers again, I have no choice. He thought then he yelled "I call upon The Void Swirl!" And red energy bursted, circling Alan and the witch, "Void Swirl Trap!" Both of them got trapped and landed in the ground. "Hahaha you think you have won... But you just trapped yourself how can you kill-" Her sound was cut off by a stab in the back, Klarina's control over The Void Swirl weakened and she fell down. When Alan faced up he saw Gabriel holding the yellow crystal dagger.

Blood began pouring out of her mouth "How... Could th-this... happen?! I... W-will be back... You have killed me but you have used your dark powers..... They will haunt you" Klarina remarked. The yellow crystal dagger glowed and turned to dust, it flew inside Klarina's wound and in turn she screamed in agony. She then crumbled to dust and it disappeared in return. All Gleens disappeared and everything was back to normal... Wait, not everything. Alan ran to his friends and hugged them, with happy tears "Guys.. I'm so sorry I kept this from you but I was afraid the same that happened to my brother is going to happen to you... And I don't want to lose you, I'm so sorry guys" he said. They broke the hug and Taylor said "We're sorry too Alan.. we didn't know about James, As soon as we heard it we felt so bad" "And came to help you in anyway" Howard finished up. His family approached him and he ran to them and hugged them "I'm so sorry I didn't listen to you... But now I promise I'll be with you always... Those Gleens have a horrible scream" James said. "Tell me about it " Aunt Claire said rolling her eyes. "Looks like everyone knows the truth now" "We'll do something about it just hold hands with your friends"Their mother and aunt said and held hands. Alan did the same with his friends, They started murmuring a spell and they glowed while chanting it then with a flash of light everything was back to normal. Even the burnt and destroyed places came back to normal... Everything... No reporting about the Battle or destruction. They immediately went home**

"Okay.... I'll be down in a second" Alan told his friends and hung up. He had wore a red t-shirt and denim jeans. He had invited his friends and aunt for dinner and he was getting down to it. They had prepared so much food for all of them. They all sat and laughed at Alan's joke. But as they ate Alan told them about the witch's last message "Don't worry she's dead now... She was just threatening you" his mother said. Alan ate but then he got that feeling again... The gust of wind... The blur.... Then he heard..... The Mark.....
"Alan!" His aunt called him. "What's wrong?.... What's with the scared look are you scared of me?" James joked and they all laughed, He then felt his hand itching... When he looked he saw a strange "M" mark glowing with purple...... The Mark..... He heard it again. Your powers will haunt you... He remembered the statement. "Guys?!... What's this Mark?" Alan asked while the Mark glowed on his brown skin. "Oh no..... It's The Mark" His mother said. "What's The Mark?" Aunt Claire said. "It means that sooner or later his dark powers are going to envelope him..... He... Will become the Dark Mage" his mother said. "But I haven't turned evil!" "It's..... The witch.... The Void Swirl" his mother and aunt said in unison. Alan's eyes turned purple then red. "Oh no" he muttered......

THE END OF CHAPTER 8: THE FINAL DESTINATION

TO BE CONTINUED...........