Hey guys, this is Katherine Donovan! I have the fourth chapter here and I got more ideas on the way. Please be patient, I want to make this chapter much longer than Deep Horror. I hope
you guys like it. --KatDon
Chapter 4: The Silver Lining
Away for awhile to help out some citizens; Cassandra came to aid a sweet, timid but brave woman and her four children. One of the children is the only one who is ill with a fever as her mother nurses him to get better. The woman's husband died so the widow is being aided by a clumsy yet optimistic comical natured friend, her drama queen sister in law and the grouchy but resourceful man that helps the widow. Cassandra help with the children and to deal with the amusingly clumsy friend of the widow. However, the two women meet with the leader, his roguish charmed but gentlemanly servant. The widow seemed to have a crush on the friend on their first meeting as Cassandra teases her about it a little. But things got bad to worse when a former member betrays the leader and has a grudge toward the servant. He kills the leader however the widow uses her unknown superhuman powers to take him down while saving her family. Meanwhile happiness was going on: "Look, Persephone! Look!" She squealed. Persephone looked and she couldn't believe it! There they are--Sedna Anastasios, Svafar Navin, Helgi Suzaku and Shango Lazarus! "Oh my God!" Persephone exclaimed, tears filled her eyes. She couldn't believe it, it was a dream! Could it? She ran over to them as they walk towards her. Persephone ran as her tears was flowing from her eyes. She embraced them, "Oh my God! I missed you!" Persephone blubbered. "We told you we'd be back, didn't we?"
For the time being; Enrique shows Percival, Krishna, Zaqar, and Hanansi what he uncovered in the Moneta. Krishna sees it through and says, "Cute." Enrique replies, "Oh, she's cute alright. Could it be...?" But there was cheering muffled from outside and decide to find out where it is coming from. They saw Ariadne performing as she was beginning to sing. On the other side, Draco was sleeping as the TV was playing the performance of Ariadne. Then it became a kaleidoscope with Ariadne singing on stage while clutching the microphone on it the stand. Meanwhile; Cassandra thought about the time she helped a timid yet talented groom arranged to wed to his arranged bride. His arranged fiance is the proper lady with a kind heart. Both of their parents are greedy, arrogant, and mean parents to their daughter. But a mysterious guest comes unexpectedly as he makes an impression on everyone than the groom does. After a clumy day while rehearsing for the ceremony; The groom rehearses but he accidentally weds to a ghoul woman. She was beautiful as she was betrayed by her true love and has betrothed with the groom. But she is scorned to find out the groom is in love with his arranged bride. The guest tries to take the bride, that fails as the guest turns out to be the man that betrayed and cursed her to be a ghoul. The groom released the ghoul woman from being a monster and place the curse on the traitorous man, who becomes a ghoul and is killed by being burnt alive. The woman is heartbroken by not being able to marry but wants the groom to be happy with the love of his life. She rests in peace as her spirit is seen riding in the sky.
In the meanwhile; Enrique's friends found out more about Eulalie and the others: There was a loner name Eulalie Merlin, a 19 year old young lady who has been 'invisible' as no one has seem to see her. They don't notice her and she is not the only one; Athletic gifted student 18 year old Norna Thomas was an amazing with her gifted skills but no one has ever seem to notice her. They never did. 17 year old Ariadne Sirius didn't had a lot of friends, she was all alone and she hated it. Ariadne always wanted to be a musician. But nobody recognized her pretty singing voice. Without much encouragement or any reconciliation; Ariadne never had any dreams of being a talented artist. So some of them couldn't wait to get out of high school, to get as far away from here. There were some that were noticed in the wrong ways. 19 year old Deirdre Ganymede was one of the most beautiful girls she had ever met. She was gorgeous, very gorgeous so much that boys love her with a passionate obsession. Girls were jealous of her and they often told lies about her. Deirdre was sick of her own beauty, she hated it so much that she never had a lot of friends lately.
In the meantime; there was also 18 year old Turan Cypris, who was considered an 'untouched prude' as she was always vestal that boys wondered if she was pure or floozy. Last but not least is 17 year old Juanita 'Juana' Pita who wanted to be a famous vocalist however she was stage fright and in her life, she was humiliated after she threw up while being nervous onstage in middle school. She was teased a lot. Juana wanted to be a star however there was no way to do that since she was scared of embarrassing herself however her mother wishes to encourage her even further. What these girls have in common is that they had hard times in their lives earlier: Cassandra witnessed her mother, Annis, in a domestic violent marriage with Cassandra's father Boreas, who had also hurt her when Cassandra was a child. For Eulalie, she dreams of being a violinist and a ballerina however she was in an abusive relationship with her boyfriend name Gene, who had abused her physically, verbally and emotionally. So, Eulalie plans her escape by faking her death; leaving behind the life she had. Now she can live her life without the man that had abused her in the past. Deirdre once lived in a family that was very attractive, however their house got burnt to the ground. In the panicked confusion, Deirdre escaped however there was no sign of her family anywhere. Turan was once abandoned when she was a baby and had been in many foster homes, she lived with a family that was dysfunctional and neglected her. Norna on the other hand was kidnapped and experimented into some sort of being that was going to be the ultimate weapon. Ariadne lost her family by a psychotic killer, she had tried to hide and was almost found until the police arrived. And Juana's father was killed under circumstances in some sort of robbery. But this prom night was going to take a darker turn, unexpected visitors crashed the party with loaded guns and started a massacre. They shot at other people who fell to the floor. Panic filled everyone else, they try to flee but some were shot in the process.
Turan was attacked and tortured by five men while Deirdre and Norna, who were hidden, watched in terror as they weep softly. Ariadne and Juana for the time being were hiding from one of the killers trying to find survivors to look for them and then killed them. Ariadne and Juana prayed quietly to not be found by this man--Whoever he was. Just then, there were police sirens in the air and the men heard them as they escaped from the prom. So many were dead and only Cass and the others survived. These men that started this massacre were Ector Absalom, Jobe Sethlans, Zachariah Red and Perseus Aion. Even their accomplices, the five men that tortured Turan, was Orcus, Haman, Shalom, Cadmus, and Nadab. Since the incident; Cassandra, Eulalie, Deirdre, Turan, Norna, Ariadne, and Juana begin to have troubling dreams. They dreamt of the prom, how they were attacked as it replayed over and over again but in their dreams; they thought they were actually killed. Cassandra is now racing against a few competitors. A few races later; Enrique confronted Cassandra and explained what is going on. Cassandra was un-surprised by this as she explained her mission to gather as much allies as possible to defeat the Wendigos. Then she said, "Bet your gonna need a friend who will take those fears away when you find your world is caving in." Enrique was surprised to hear this as he remembered his fortune: "If you find your world is caving in on you; Bet your gonna need a friend who will take those fears away." Now things were making sense as Enrique can finally trust Cassandra.
But he ask for a favor, when Cassandra ask; Enrique said, "Help me find my sister. Please." Cassandra glanced at him and nodded, "OK." She said. Meanwhile during an unknown attack; Tristan woke up in an empty building, he gets up and walks away. The sounds of people laughing echoed down the halls, but no one's around. Then he heard Melisande's crying. "Mel, is that you?" Tristan called out. Someone called out but ignoring him, "I'm trapped--In my past." whispered Melisande. "It's OK, Melisande, it's just a stupid dream." Tristan said. "It's no dream, it's....a memory! And I hate it." Melisande said, she sounded like she was responding back. She was talking to herself more as Tristan continued to search for her. He wandered further as he found that the whole scenario of the school was twisted in a topsy turvy world. "What the hell?" Tristan muttered. Things were upside down, out of place, mixed together, and backwards. He walked further when he heard a moan, "Ohhhh....My hometown is shattered!" "Melisande!" Tristan called, "Damn this girl...Where did she go to?" He said to himself. But he came across a horror scene of bones, broken coffins, and rotted flesh. Someone grounding them into meat, Tristan went to the person grinding the meat but was horrified to find a skeletel face look at him. Tristan back away with terror, he then heard Melisande's voice. "What's happening?" She was saying, "I'M IN HELL!!!" Tristan ran as his legs could take him and stops finally catch his breath. He panted and panted but he never searching for her. He looked around as he saw a bright light from the horizon. Lingering in the doorway; Tristan could see a beautiful landscape. Harmonic alarm clocks, creatures calling out names, wind whispering softly, raindrops falling from the not so gray skies, fields of origami flowers, candy clouds puffing, vivid purple skies, silent until angels sing on high.
"Mel?" He called. Tristan could hear, "Oh! It's beautiful here." "Tell me where you are!" Tristan called out. Still she hasn't replied. This was getting ridiculous! Where was she? More importantly, what was this place? It was so breath taking here. In an instant, Melisande's voice snaps him back: "I wish I could stay here forever..." She muttered to herself. "Hello?" She called. "Mel, where are you?" Tristan shouted. "I'm right here." Melisande said. Tristan followed her voice to a path by the river but still there was no sign of her anywhere! "MELISANDE!!!" Tristan yelled. "Help me, please!" Melisande begged, a sound of sobbing was in her voice. "I will, make it easy for me." Tristan said. He looked down the path of the woods as he called out again, "Melisande, where are you?" "Don't leave me alone!" pleaded Melisande from afar. "Melisande, are you hurt?" Tristan asked. He stopped when he saw a blood trail and followed it. It got further and further, Tristan was worried that she must be losing blood. He found Melisande turning away from him and Tristan called her name, "Mel!" Melisande turned and stare at him but she fainted on the ground. Tristan ran over to help her. "Come on, Mel! Stay with me. You're gonna be all right." He said to her. Melisande begin crying as she said, "I trusted them, Tristan. Why did I do it?" "What?" Tristan asked. "Alexia....Kephas....Demetri...How could they? I thought what we had was special."
"My name is Adora Bluebell; I am 7 years old and life's not fair to me. Here I am, crying. Why? My parents used to fight a lot! I'm sad, angry, confused, afraid, unsure, and worried. I knew it might be hard for me and I know I have to try and cope...."
Earlier before....
Persephone and Clytie are waiting near the station. It's been a month since the new Abendstern Squad went to their expeditions. Clytie tried to contain her tears, however she was nervous and excited. She waited with Persephone who squeezed her hand. "It's gonna be OK, all right?" Persephone told her gently. Clytie smiled at her and nodded, Persephone thought about how she was feeling lately: Persephone is in love with Jack who doesn’t love her. She watches him from afar as he passes, Persephone loves him so much that she tried to but nothing works as she is angry about everything however she learns Jack is chaste and traumatized. He won’t notice how she looks when she smiles because he doesn’t make her smile at all. He doesn’t make her happy. He even rejected her kindly as Persephone was heartbroken. She snapped out of it when Clytie tugged her sleeve. "Look, Persephone! Look!" She squealed. Persephone looked and she couldn't believe it! There they are--Sedna Anastasios, Svafar Navin, Helgi Suzaku and Shango Lazarus! "Oh my God!" Persephone exclaimed, tears filled her eyes. She couldn't believe it, it was a dream! Could it? She ran over to them as they walk towards her. Persephone ran as her tears was flowing from her eyes. She embraced them, "Oh my God! I missed you!" Persephone blubbered. "We told you we'd be back, didn't we?" Shango said.
Persephone nodded, wiping her eyes. She smiled, "Sorry--I'm so happy to see you back." said Persephone. "It's OK, we've been think about you a lot." Sedna said. The four embraced her but Svafar excused himself and embraces a tearful Clytie. Later on, Ariadne is told by Captain Krieger that she will be with him and the newest members of Abendstern Squad. Ariadne meets Sedna, Svafar, Helgi, and Shango but during her time with them; she begins to hallucinate when she comes across water or ice, or both: While under the water as glowing jellyfish are surrounding her; She can see the images of Evander Fidel, Isadore 'Izzy' Sophos, Jesse Agapito, and Gwendolyn Wite from above. Ariadne resurfaced as she only saw Sedna, Svafar, Helgi, and Shango. She was wondering how weird that was. Away for awhile to help out some citizens; Cassandra came to aid a sweet, timid but brave woman and her four children. One of the children is the only one who is ill with a fever as her mother nurses him to get better. The woman's husband died so the widow is being aided by a clumsy yet optimistic comical natured friend, her drama queen sister in law and the grouchy but resourceful man that helps the widow. Cassandra help with the children and to deal with the amusingly clumsy friend of the widow. However, the two women meet with the leader, his roguish charmed but gentlemanly servant. The widow seemed to have a crush on the friend on their first meeting as Cassandra teases her about it a little. But things got bad to worse when a former member betrays the leader and has a grudge toward the servant. He kills the leader however the widow uses her unknown superhuman powers to take him down while saving her family.
Enrique shows Percival, Krishna, Zaqar, and Hanansi what he uncovered in the Moneta. Krishna sees it through and says, "Cute." Enrique replies, "Oh, she's cute alright. Could it be...?" But there was cheering muffled from outside and decide to find out where it is coming from. They saw Ariadne performing as she was beginning to sing. On the other side, Draco was sleeping as the TV was playing the performance of Ariadne. Then it became a kaleidoscope with Ariadne singing on stage while clutching the microphone on it the stand. Meanwhile; Cassandra thought about the time she helped a timid yet talented groom arranged to wed to his arranged bride. His arranged fiance is the proper lady with a kind heart. Both of their parents are greedy, arrogant, and mean parents to their daughter. But a mysterious guest comes unexpectedly as he makes an impression on everyone than the groom does. After a clumy day while rehearsing for the ceremony; The groom rehearses but he accidentally weds to a ghoul woman. She was beautiful as she was betrayed by her true love and has betrothed with the groom. But she is scorned to find out the groom is in love with his arranged bride. The guest tries to take the bride, that fails as the guest turns out to be the man that betrayed and cursed her to be a ghoul. The groom released the ghoul woman from being a monster and place the curse on the traitorous man, who becomes a ghoul and is killed by being burnt alive. The woman is heartbroken by not being able to marry but wants the groom to be happy with the love of his life. She rests in peace as her spirit is seen riding in the sky. Cassandra is now racing against a few competitors. A few races later; Enrique confronted Cassandra and explained what is going on. He shows her his memories on the Moneta:
One dark and stormy night; there he goes! He ran as fast as his leg could take. Feet splashed in the puddles but he didn't stop. He hid in the most closest place that caught his eye--A warehouse! He prayed no one would find him however as he backed up; he ran into a figure so he looked up to see that there was a brainless thug prowling over him. The thug grabbed the boy, but the boy was faster and punched him. The boy got away, he hid as he pulled a gun out of his shirt. He waited and waited until he confronted the thug. The thug looked at him as the boy pulled the trigger while the thug begin to laugh. But the bullet missed and hit a girl. The boy couldn't believe what he had done, he could see blood as he learn that he killed the girl! He cried out in pain, he was so angry that he aimed the gun at the thug, who was terrified, and he fainted. The next thing he remembered was he was bathing with boys like him as he was prim and proper into a gladiator. The boy's name is Enrique Barbarossa, he was aspiring singer and musician as a kid but even though he's been through hell; he never stopped living his dream. Though he could was fight to please the mistress name Lucia, who was impressed by how much Enrique can fight. While in his days as a gladiator; Enrique makes friends that are gladiators just like he is.
He meets a reckless yet daredevil-ish broken person name Percival Lycaeon. Pretty boy gladiator with long hair in a ponytail is Krishna Amaldus, the lone wolf gladiator Draco Wotan, a brilliant yet antisocial Zaqar Jorma and his heart of gold friend Fortunato Yukiko. And intelligent yet lazy gladiator Hanansi Vally as well as the only female with a determined spirit is Vega Weaver. Enrique was so angry that he beatened Lucia to a pulp however he sparred her out of mercy. Then, something crashed in! There she was--Catrina Ibrahim. But she wasn't alone; there she had a young warrior girl name Sigvin, the reserved martial pacifist Altair Evald, and Thesan Eoster. Catrina is a helpful and well-meaning, bubbly and cautiously-optimistic. She is the fair lady that sends Sigvin to rescue Enrique who was hiding as he saw blood and became frightened as he saw it oozed. Splattered, he shut his eyes when he saw blood on the girl as he trembled with fear. Then he felt a hand on his shoulder and gasped with fright. Sigvin spoke, "It's all right. My name is Sigvin Ragnar, my mistress sent me to find you." "I'm Enrique Barbarossa." said Enrique. Sigvin smiled at him, "I'm watching over you, Enrique." She said. Enrique was so exhausted as he fainted but Sigvin caught him in her arms. "I'm here for you." Sigvin whispered. Sigvin felt a gun in her head, gasped as she turned to see Lucia standing over her. She was drenched with blood and looked insane. It was a scary sight.
"I WILL BLOW YOUR FRICKING BRAINS OUT, YOU UNGRATEFUL HEIFER!!!!" Lucia screamed, "HE'S MINE!!!!! MINE, MINE!!!!" However Lucia is kicked to the ground as Catrina appeared, "Like he's ever yours!" She remarked. In the meantime; Hanansi is rescued by Thesan. When Hanansi saw her; he blushed as he remarked: "Wow, you're kind of cute." "'Kinda'? Really?!...Not that I care--at all!" Thesan scoffed as she blushed. Just then, one of the thugs tried to attack however Hanansi protected Thesan, which she is shocked to see that as Hanansi held her tight and said, "If you want to get out alive, I promise to follow you anywhere cutie." Thesan flushed, "Fine, that makes both of us!" She claimed and they both fought while Thesan was amazed to see what this guy was capable of. "Who is this guy? Saving me? How he takes out these guys? Just who the heck is he?" She thought. Vega was avoiding from the chaos as she ducked down. She found a mirror in a safer place as she saw her reflection. "I know this isn't a good time but I must look like such a mess." She thought. Vega found a brush as she begin to straighten her hair. Just then, she saw Altair in the mirror! Gasping; Vega whirled around to face him. Vega took a step back, "Please don't!" She begged. She took more steps back, "Get away from me!" Vega continued. "It's all right, I'm not here to hurt you." said Altair. "Who are you?" Vega asked, she was so shy to see someone so beautiful as him. "I--My name is Altair, I am the servant of Catrina. She is a good woman to us and to people in suffering. Would you like a better life than your old life as a gladiator?" Altair replied. Vega look at him with amazement. "What?" She said. All of them escape as the colosseum exploded!
Tristan woke up in an empty building, he gets up and walks away. The sounds of people laughing echoed down the halls, but no one's around. Then he heard Melisande's crying. "Mel, is that you?" Tristan called out. Someone called out but ignoring him, "I'm trapped--In my past." whispered Melisande. "It's OK, Melisande, it's just a stupid dream." Tristan said. "It's no dream, it's....a memory! And I hate it." Melisande said, she sounded like she was responding back. She was talking to herself more as Tristan continued to search for her. He wandered further as he found that the whole scenario of the school was twisted in a topsy turvy world. "What the hell?" Tristan muttered. Things were upside down, out of place, mixed together, and backwards. He walked further when he heard a moan, "Ohhhh....My hometown is shattered!" "Melisande!" Tristan called, "Damn this girl...Where did she go to?" He said to himself. But he came across a horror scene of bones, broken coffins, and rotted flesh. Someone grounding them into meat, Tristan went to the person grinding the meat but was horrified to find a skeletel face look at him. Tristan back away with terror, he then heard Melisande's voice. "What's happening?" She was saying, "I'M IN HELL!!!" Tristan ran as his legs could take him and stops finally catch his breath. He panted and panted but he never searching for her. He looked around as he saw a bright light from the horizon.
Lingering in the doorway; Tristan could see a beautiful landscape. "Mel?" He called. Tristan could hear, "Oh! It's beautiful here." "Tell me where you are!" Tristan called out. Still she hasn't replied. This was getting ridiculous! Where was she? More importantly, what was this place? It was so breath taking here. In an instant, Melisande's voice snaps him back: "I wish I could stay here forever..." She muttered to herself. "Hello?" She called. "Mel, where are you?" Tristan shouted. "I'm right here." Melisande said. Tristan followed her voice to a path by the river but still there was no sign of her anywhere! "MELISANDE!!!" Tristan yelled. "Help me, please!" Melisande begged, a sound of sobbing was in her voice. "I will, make it easy for me." Tristan said. He looked down the path of the woods as he called out again, "Melisande, where are you?" "Don't leave me alone!" pleaded Melisande from afar. "Melisande, are you hurt?" Tristan asked. He stopped when he saw a blood trail and followed it. It got further and further, Tristan was worried that she must be losing blood. He found Melisande turning away from him and Tristan called her name, "Mel!" Melisande turned and stare at him but she fainted on the ground. Tristan ran over to help her. "Come on, Mel! Stay with me. You're gonna be all right." He said to her. Melisande begin crying as she said, "I trusted them, Tristan. Why did I do it?" "What?" Tristan asked. "Alexia....Kephas....Demetri...How could they? I thought what we had was special."
While investigating about; Ariadne found a diary which has entries from a young girl and her brother each. The first one is from the girl as it contains information from the time of her parents' divorce: "My name is Adora Bluebell; I am 7 years old and life's not fair to me. Here I am, crying. Why? My parents are getting a divorce, all because what my daddy did to mommy was bad with another lady. My parents also used to fight a lot! I'm not the only one for my 5 year old brother Theodore is bawling like a baby. I pat his shoulder, comforting him but I'm hurting on the inside. Since my parents are getting a divorce; I am feeling depressed and withdrawn. Both my parents are worried as they sent me to therapy. I met a nice, welcoming, and compassionate lady Dr. Halycon. She taught me to understand what grief and mourn were. Grief is where all of things I feel in my head, my heart, and body about my parent's divorce. I came to learn my feelings about my parents' divorce: I'm sad, angry, confused, afraid, unsure, and worried. I told her my tummy hurts, I told her I had a hard time falling asleep, she told me that it was normal for me to feel, especially for mourning. She told me to draw pictures of what grief and mourn look like. And before I left; she gave me a journal just in case I need to write my feelings down. After I left, I knew it might be hard for me and I know I have to try and cope." Ariadne flips the next page of yet again another entry about the girl's parents' divorce that help her healed so much.
"The first part from my therapy is to be nice to myself. I wish I could to change my parents to love each other....But I can't. It's one of the hardest things that happened to me in my life. To make myself feel better; I imagine a part of me being a best friend to me. I alos make a list of things I'm good at. That was another thing that Dr. Halycon taught me. She told me that my parents still love me no matter what happens. I know this can't be true but the divorce, it's real. That means my parents don't love each other anymore and they don't live in the same house anymore. It's the hardest thing for me to accept. Dr. Halycon gave me some advice to make me feel better. Before my parents divorce, life was fun and happy. I made a scrapebook of all the good times we had and spent together. Mommy helped me put pictures together of the moments my family and I had. My brother has been having a difficult time lately, he has been misbehaving however he broke down and told Mommy what's been going on. I don't blame him, he's in a lot of pain as me. Now Theodore has found ways to cope...He plays to get grief out. He runs around outside, playing board games with me, and doing art. He hardly plays video games or watch TV. Dr. Halycon told Mommy that they must use positive reinforcement by using skills she advised her to use. The TV and video games weren't a problem but explained that it wouldn't help with grief. So he's drawing and playing to feel better." Ariadne has tears in her eyes, she pities this girl for so much pain she's been through a lot. But quickly wipe them away before anyone could see her crying and continues to read the next entry.
"It still pains me that my mommy and daddy are not going to love each other anymore but I need to understand my feelings, 'naming them'. Not to worry as it won't last forever. My parents might stop me from grieving, from being upset, from being sad....I have the right to grief. No matter if people say that it's not a big deal and tell me not to be a big baby. I don't believe people like that. They think there's nothing to feel grief or show emotion, I'm just a kid and there's no problem with that at all. I have other grown ups I can talk to, my friends are another people to talk to. I can talk to my favorite teacher Mrs. Sanchez, my aunt Kimberly, my next door neighbor and Dr. Halycon. My parents' divorce will be hard on me but I know how to cope, how to deal...I know I can do it. My parents' divorce continues still but I found some ways to cope; my life is now different. Sometimes I can't help but ask these questions that bother me: 'Why do grown ups get divorced? Why do families like mine change? What would happen after the divorce? Why can't we stay together?' It's good to have my parents around and tell them things like, 'I need help with all of these feelings I'm having and I don't know what to do about it.' I have family, friends, and Dr. Halycon to talk to. It's good to 'vent' as she would call it. Days like this, I feel numb, Dr. Halycon said that feelings would come back to tingle and hurt but I have the confidence to get things together."
"I keep myself preoccupied lately. I've been moving about, playing kickball, or when I feel sad; I play with my stuffed animals. I've been getting good sleep at night, food in my system, and drinking water. I even created a Grief Hide Out when my neighbors helped me create one with a tree house. I had a lot of goodies in a bag, a notebook, my journal, my books, and snacks if I get hungry. In my Hide Out; I can write, draw, play, cry, sing, dance, talk out loud, or sit and think. I don't want to be alone all the time. I like hanging out with my friends, but I like to do things by myself. I'm not sad always, I can be happy too. I play with my white and brown Shih Tzu puppy Dopey. He's so cute! I go to church, there was a sermon about divorce and healing as I felt better. I write here for it is a safe place. It makes me feel better and it is a good place to mourn. I can write a little. I plant a garden with my grandmother, it's fun to plant flowers and vegetables. I even dance to music, I even wrote a poem here: Because of divorce my family is changing, I feel upset about this rearranging. If only Mommy and Daddy only of what I think of divorce a lot through and through. Maybe they would not mind if I said, 'I love you.' sometimes. I write letters to my parents, I'm really scared of what to say to them. It's good to write things down. It's something I've want to say that 'I'm thinking of you', 'I love you', and 'I think you're great' or 'I care about you'."
Ariadne was trying her best not to get too teary-eyed, but she continued to read: "I cry when I need, eat, take a nap, play kickball, talk to my friends, and play a lot of stuff. I even dress up as someone else to take a break from grief. I even give my grief a sad face name Bleu. I tell my mommy, my daddy, my brother, and my puppy I love them. I tell my teddy bear, my stuffed animals, and my doll that I love them as well. I also like to give someone a hug. It makes me feel better, it keeps me safe, but sometimes I wish Daddy was here to hug me. I like hugs because they make me special. They make people special, I wish my parents would get back together and hardly fight. It's nice that there's no more fighting now. It's just not fair though." Ariadne could not help but cry and she found a lake as she looks down. She found a boat, steps into it and starts rowing while hearing the tribal sounds of men chanting in her mind, "He-yah, he-yah, he-yah, he-yah, he-yah, he-yah, he-yah, Heee-yaaahhh...." over and over each time she rowed the boat. But stopped when she came across a path and looked down at the water. She remembered the diary entry she found of Gwendolyn which one of the lines troubled her: "...Should I marry Captain Krieger?...Is this the end for me?...." Ariadne could see the spirit of Gwendolyn in the reflection of the water reaching out with a smile. Ariadne was startled that she backed away and looked back to see something wasn't there.
"Geez, I'm going insane." She muttered to herself. And continues to row again and again. In the meantime; A performance was happening at a club. The lights got dimmed as Ariadne appeared in a black lightning with glow in the dark. Ariadne had glow in the dark blue lipstick on as she was singing a song that sounds so alluring. She sang that bewitching song that people wanted to hear it over and over again. Then there is a lascivious star name Eleina Apollonius is trashed for her over-use of autotune sounds, singing nonsense in her song lyrics, has an annoying singing voice, arrogant personality, and stealing Heidi's style. Eleina is also known to be a train wreck gone wrong as well as a troubled girl doing crazy stuff: She does unhealthy habits and violent tendencies, shocking other people. She spits on fans, she took a lip balm from one of her fans and put it in her own mouth.
Thursday, October 30, 2014
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Uranometria: Synchronized--Chapter 3
Hey guys, this is Katherine Donovan and here is another chapter I created. Some animes from the past inspired me to create this chapter. Animes I forgotten back when I was really young like 10 or 11....Yeah, I know. I'm weird that way. There's nothing new so I'm going to give you guys this. Enjoy! --KatDon
Chapter 3: Separate Cope
Enrique was walking to the entrance of the school for martial arts however people gawked at him. He looked unease, "Why are they all staring at me?" thought Enrique. He looked down as he saw his torn clothes and covered in blood. He saw his sister there, "Lalage? Lalage! Oh Thank--" However before he continued; Enrique saw his sister dead and he screamed out her name. Enrique woke up as he saw it was all a dream. Since there had been no word on where his sister might be, Enrique was concern about where his sister might be. He was training under the custody of Catrina, who had helped him coped for awhile. Later in the morning of Catrina's Training School; Enrique pushed the doors of the school open as he walked in wearing a uniform. Being the new kid wasn't easy as it looked. It was the most struggling when Enrique was considered a delinquent. He could girls giggling and waving at him. Enrique smiled but he didn't see where he was going. He soon bump into someone else. He heard someone chuckling. "Great!" thought Enrique, "Way to make a first impression." He came to the person he bumped into. "Are you OK?" asked Enrique. There was Cassandra Endymion, she was wearing glasses and in a uniform of a cafeteria staff girl. She laughed nervously, "Yeah. Sorry about that." Enrique blushed at how beautiful she was. She looked like an angel, maybe a goddess. Yet he wasn't sure about that. Cassandra looked at him, "The newbie I presumed?" She said. "Um, yeah...H--how do you know that?" Enrique looked at her with amazement as he said this.
"Well, you sure are a 'trip'." joked Cassandra. Enrique glared but he couldn't suppressed his grin and he laughed too. "You know, it wasn't my fault." explained Enrique, who was catching his breath. "I know, but don't get away from that easily because I have a feeling you look like a cool guy." noted Cassandra, she got up to get her stuff and left. Enrique watched her go, wondering who was she. Later after school; Enrique and Sigvin came across an empty house, which was Sigvin's house before. Sigvin is scared of the old, vacant house however Enrique lends out his hand and Sigvin takes it while flushing red. The two enter the house as they look around in the house. Inside, the stairs and all around the house creaked. It's driving Sigvin a little crazy. Enrique did his best to comfort her, Sigvin was upset when she found remains of decomposed bodies as well as other body parts. It made her sick as she went into the bathroom as she threw up in the toilet. She vomited and cried as she was done throwing up and she flushed the toilet. She washed her mouth but couldn't dry her eyes. It pains Enrique to see her this way. In so much pain and he comforted Sigvin, who cried and cried. Once they left; Enrique and Sigvin wondered if they could go back to where things had been. If they never even existed. And they can be happy. But they were going to let go of the pain and try to get stronger.
Enrique found the Moneta and saw the memory on May 30th. Once the Moneta was over; Enrique was shocked. He wasn't the only one, his old friends had encountered the other agents of Silver Branch.
Earlier before....
Thinking about what he saw; Sigifrith begin to believe Cassandra wasn't a witch and then said, "If she's not a witch, then what the hell is she?" He had to dig deeper. One dark and stormy night; there he goes! He ran as fast as his leg could take. Feet splashed in the puddles but he didn't stop. He hid in the most cloest place that caught his eye--A warehouse! He ducked in and shut the door. To keep himself warm; the boy rubbed his arms as he thought of the life he had. But sadly, tragedy came upon him and he was involved with that accident that his parents died in. How he had to care for his younger sister who was nonverbal and how he could read his mute yet babbling sister's thoughts and able to help her. Now his sister was kidnapped and sold to the black market. He prayed no one would find him however as he backed up; he ran into a figure so he looked up to see that there was a brainless thug prowling over him. The thug grabbed the boy, but the boy was faster and punched him. The boy got away, he hid as he pulled a gun out of his shirt. He waited and waited until he confronted the thug. The thug looked at him as the boy pulled the trigger while the thug begin to laugh. But the bullet missed and hit a girl. The boy couldn't believe what he had done, he could see blood as he learn that he killed the girl! He cried out in pain, he was so angry that he aimed the gun at the thug, who was terrified, and he fainted. The next thing he remembered was he was bathing with boys like him as he was prim and proper into a gladiator. The boy's name is Enrique Barbarossa, he was aspiring singer and musician as a kid but even though he's been through hell; he never stopped living his dream. Though he could was fight to please the mistress name Lucia, who was impressed by how much Enrique can fight.
While in his days as a gladiator; Enrique makes friends with a reckless yet daredevil-ish broken person name Percival Lycaeon. Pretty boy gladiator with long hair in a ponytail is Krishna Amaldus, the lone wolf gladiator Draco Wotan, a brilliant yet antisocial Zaqar Jorma and his heart of gold friend Fortunato Yukiko. And intelligent yet lazy gladiator Hanansi Vally as well as the only female with a determined spirit is Vega Weaver. The guys decide to escape from this place but while planning their escape; Lucia catches on, as she was developing an obsession for Enrique, as she tried to kill them out of rage. She managed to kill Norius, a friend who was once a tool used by Lucia, as Enrique was so angry that he beatened Lucia to a pulp however he sparred her out of mercy. Then, something crashed in! There she was--Catrina Ibrahim. But she wasn't alone; there she had a young warrior girl name Sigvin, the reserved martial pacifist Altair Evald, and Thesan Eoster. Catrina is a helpful and well-meaning, bubbly and cautiously-optimistic. She is the fair lady that sends Sigvin to rescue Enrique who was hiding as he saw blood and became frightened as he saw it oozed. Splattered, he shut his eyes when he saw blood on the girl as he trembled with fear. Then he felt a hand on his shoulder and gasped with fright. Sigvin spoke, "It's all right. My name is Sigvin Ragnar, my mistress sent me to find you." "I'm Enrique Barbarossa." said Enrique. Sigvin smiled at him, "I'm watching over you, Enrique." She said. Enrique was so exhausted as he fainted but Sigvin caught him in her arms. "I'm here for you." Sigvin whispered. Sigvin felt a gun in her head, gasped as she turned to see Lucia standing over her. She was drenched with blood and looked insane. It was a scary sight.
"I WILL BLOW YOUR FRICKING BRAINS OUT, YOU UNGRATEFUL HEIFER!!!!" Lucia screamed, "HE'S MINE!!!!! MINE, MINE!!!!" However Lucia is kicked to the ground as Catrina appeared, "Like he's ever yours!" She remarked. In the meantime; Hanansi is rescued by Thesan. When Hanansi saw her; he blushed as he remarked: "Wow, you're kind of cute." "'Kinda'? Really?!...Not that I care--at all!" Thesan scoffed as she blushed. Just then, one of the thugs tried to attack however Hanansi protected Thesan, which she is shocked to see that as Hanansi held her tight and said, "If you want to get out alive, I promise to follow you anywhere cutie." Thesan flushed, "Fine, that makes both of us!" She claimed and they both fought while Thesan was amazed to see what this guy was capable of. "Who is this guy? Saving me? How he takes out these guys? Just who the heck is he?" She thought. Vega was avoiding from the chaos as she ducked down. She found a mirror in a safer place as she saw her reflection. "I know this isn't a good time but I must look like such a mess." She thought. Vega found a brush as she begin to straighten her hair. Just then, she saw Altair in the mirror! Gasping; Vega whirled around to face him. Vega took a step back, "Please don't!" She begged. She took more steps back, "Get away from me!" Vega continued. "It's all right, I'm not here to hurt you." said Altair. "Who are you?" Vega asked, she was so shy to see someone so beautiful as him. "I--My name is Altair, I am the servant of Catrina. She is a good woman to us and to people in suffering. Would you like a better life than your old life as a gladiator?" Altair replied. Vega look at him with amazement. "What?" She said. All of them escape as the colosseum exploded!
Years later in the present; Enrique was walking to the entrance of the school for martial arts however people gawked at him. He looked unease, "Why are they all staring at me?" thought Enrique. He looked down as he saw his torn clothes and covered in blood. He saw his sister there, "Lalage? Lalage! Oh Thank--" However before he continued; Enrique saw his sister dead and he screamed out her name. Enrique woke up as he saw it was all a dream. Since there had been no word on where his sister might be, Enrique was concern about where his sister might be. He was training under the custody of Catrina, who had helped him coped for awhile. Later in the morning of Catrina's Training School; Enrique pushed the doors of the school open as he walked in wearing a uniform. Being the new kid wasn't easy as it looked. It was the most struggling when Enrique was considered a delinquent. He could girls giggling and waving at him. Enrique smiled but he didn't see where he was going. He soon bump into someone else. He heard someone chuckling. "Great!" thought Enrique, "Way to make a first impression." He came to the person he bumped into. "Are you OK?" asked Enrique. There was Cassandra Endymion, she was wearing glasses and in a uniform of a cafeteria staff girl. She laughed nervously, "Yeah. Sorry about that." Enrique blushed at how beautiful she was. She looked like an angel, maybe a goddess. Yet he wasn't sure about that. Cassandra looked at him, "The newbie I presumed?" She said. "Um, yeah...H--how do you know that?" Enrique looked at her with amazement as he said this.
"Well, you sure are a 'trip'." joked Cassandra. Enrique glared but he couldn't suppressed his grin and he laughed too. "You know, it wasn't my fault." explained Enrique, who was catching his breath. "I know, but don't get away from that easily because I have a feeling you look like a cool guy." noted Cassandra, she got up to get her stuff and left. Enrique watched her go, wondering who was she. Later after school; Enrique and Sigvin came across an empty house, which was Sigvin's house before. Sigvin is scared of the old, vacant house however Enrique lends out his hand and Sigvin takes it while flushing red. The two enter the house as they look around in the house. Inside, the stairs and all around the house creaked. It's driving Sigvin a little crazy. Enrique did his best to comfort her, Sigvin was upset when she found remains of decomposed bodies as well as other body parts. It made her sick as she went into the bathroom as she threw up in the toilet. She vomited and cried as she was done throwing up and she flushed the toilet. She washed her mouth but couldn't dry her eyes. It pains Enrique to see her this way. In so much pain and he comforted Sigvin, who cried and cried. Once they left; Enrique and Sigvin wondered if they could go back to where things had been. If they never even existed. And they can be happy. But they were going to let go of the pain and try to get stronger. The next day at lunch; Cassandra's voice called out as she rang the bell: "Food's ready!" She got lunch trays prepared and left fortune cookies. Given them out to the people who had ordered lunch. Enrique didn't eat, he was distracted when someone came over him. "Is this seat taken old friend?" When Enrique looked up; he couldn't believe it! There they were--Percival, Krishna, Draco, Zaqar, Fortunato, Hanansi, Vega, Altair, and Thesan.
Once talking to them as he finds out how things are getting better for them; he opened his fortune cookie and read his fortune: "If you find your world is caving in on you; Bet your gonna need a friend who will take those fears away." This made Enrique curious as he looked over at the busy Cassandra who got orders ready but when she catched his eye, she briefly waved as she got back to work. At home; Enrique found a poem from his sister and read: "Here I stand, babbling to myself but you want me to join the others. I really don't like how loud the music is. You urged me and I throw a fit. I get in trouble, but you think I don't care. You don't get it, you can't be perspective. You look at me, there's no smile nor greeting from me. You think there's something wrong with me. Let me explain, I am not like all the rest and yet you want me to blend in. You think I can't cry, you think I can't laugh, you think I can't be loved, you think I don't care. You think I don't have a life. Did you think I an't feel? Did you know I have feelings? I may not express them with words. I may be noisy and out of place however I hate how uncomfortable the atmosphere is. It overwhelms me. I'm sorry I can't talk and babble, but help me out here. Don't punish me, understand me. I'm not like you or anybody else. I can remember things, I can repeat them over and over. I like unusual things like catalogs. I can cry and laugh all right, so don't make judgments that I can't feel because I can!" Looking at this poem made him think about his sister and how she felt about people when they judge her or even look at her. Later, Enrique was looking for Cassandra as he got to the school early.
However; Enrique found the Moneta and saw the memory on May 30th: It was Venusir Academy's end of the year prom raged of music and dancing. These people are there to celebrate the senior high school students' last day before they graduate. There were high school graduates: 20 year old Cassandra Endymion, who was having a blast with friends: Reuben, Judy, Danielle, Asher, Benjamin, Josephine, and Ephraim. This will be their last day with one another so they decide to make the most of the night with one another. But this prom night was going to take a darker turn, a man in a tuxedo came up to the microphone and said, "All right! It's time to announce the winners of this year's Prom King and Queen." He had a small envelope in his hand and rips it up. "And the winners are....REUBEN MATTHEWS AND JUDY DAVIS!" Everyone broke into an applause, Reuben and Judy went to the stage to accept their crowns as Judy is given a bouquet of roses. Just then, unexpected visitors crashed the party with loaded guns and started a massacre. They shot at other people who fell to the floor. Panic filled everyone else, they try to flee but some were shot in the process. Cassandra watched in horror as her friends were being shot at. She noticed that Reuben was panting of the wound bleeding from there as he cries out, "Ohhh, the pain." Judy noticed Cassandra there and calls out, "Get away from here Cass!" "Save yourself Cass!" Asher called out, "Get away from here!" However they were all shot at as Cassandra screamed with terror. Enrique was shocked to see this as he couldn't believe it.
Cassandra felt her nose running so she wipes her nose from the snot, only to find blood on her hand. Cassandra gasped, "Help....Help me." She looked around as she saw no one was paying attention. She begin to run as the bleeding from her nose went down her nostrils to her lip. It was in her mouth, "No!" She gasped. Looking around frantically, but didn't see who was coming. WHAM! She bump into someone, Sebastian Atlas who looked crossed for being rammed into. "Augh! Hey, watch--" Sebastian started to speak, but stopped when he saw Cassandra there. "Oh, sorry." He quickly apologized. "Are you OK? You look like you're panicking like hell." "I--I---I'm bleeding. Help me, please." Cassandra begged, stammering as she gestures towards her blood stained shirt. Sebastian's eyes bulged in terror but he looked calm at her. "Don't panic, here. Let's find something to stop..." He said to her as he looked around, Cassandra clutched at his shirt and said, "I don't want to bleed to death." "Don't worry. You're not, easy there. Freaking out will make it bleed more than it already is now, all right?" Sebastian assured her. Cassandra was scared. "I...I don't want to die of blood loss...I..." She stammered, Cassandra looked up and gasped. A zombie-like of Sebastian had a grin that showed his sharp teeth and chuckling at her. "What's the matter? It's just a nosebleed, just plug it up!" "Stay away from me, stay away from me!" Cassandra screamed but she is surrounded by other people who looked demonic and undead. Cassandra backs away in horror, she then stumbles as she heard a zombie taunting in a satanic voice, "Bleeding to death? Your time has come. You sweet, little, fidget girl!" Cassandra backs away on the floor as they were closing in on her. Then, the demonic zombies chanting: "Die, die, die!" Cassandra panted, gasping. This was too frightening for her. It was like hell, there was no escape from here. "Help me, help me! Help me! Help! Please! AUGH!!!!" She screeched.
At tonight's show, Juniper and Cassandra are performing about two friends sadly departing from one another but Juniper added some lines. "Well, how about you join....Rappe Licht!" exclaimed Juniper. The crowd gasps in delight, Cassandra look stunt. "Rappe Licht?" She asked. Juniper sounded excited. "Yeah!" He squealed. Cassandra wasn't amused, "I'm sorry, why do you want me--Wait, you mean..." She said. Cassandra is shocked, she read Juniper's mind. He was serious! "Yeah, I mean. You may be new to these parts but we can help you out." Juniper explained. "You guys?" Cassandra asked. "It sounds like fun, we can teach all the tricks and the trades...." Juniper started to ranted but Cassandra begin to cut in. "Whoa, whoa. Slow down. I am not joining Rappe Licht, I'm sorry. I can't!" She said. Juniper looked stunt, "What do you mean?" He asked with timidness. Cassandra looked at the crowd who looked complex. Then back to Juniper and whispered, "May I talk to you? Off stage?" "No, you can tell me to the crowd." Juniper said, gesturing towards the people. Cassandra sighed, "All right, you can't ask a stranger you don't know to join." She admitted. "You're not a stranger, you are my friend!" Juniper protested. "What do you know about friendship?" Cassandra asked. Juniper looked down, "I know that you and I have a great friendship. You don't have to be scared." He pleaded. Cassandra cannot drag him into her life like this. "I--No, it will never work out. I'm sorry, Juniper." She said. She turned to the crowd. "Everyone, much obliged for coming. But, alas, The show is over." And turned on her heels and walked. Juniper watched her, "What? Wait, Cassandra!" He grasped her hand. Cassandra tried to wriggled her away, but the boy wouldn't let go. "Juniper, please let go of me!" She said. "Cass, please! I know you don't want to but I can help you." begged Juniper with innocent eyes looking at him. Cassandra looked at him sadly, "You can't...." She said. She gingerly pry his fingers away and walks off. Juniper is stunt, he felt tears in his eyes. "What did I do to you?" He cried. "Stop it, Joon." Cassandra said, in a nervous tone.
Juniper runs after her, "No, no more hiding. What is the matter? I want to be your friend but you have to tell me." He exclaimed, still trying to understand her. Cassandra turned around fiercely, "NO!" She cried. But she accidentally loses control. Her powers made Juniper fall backwards but he wasn't hurt. He looked up at Cassandra but it's not fear that crosses his face, "Cass...Your powers....are real...." He whispered. Cassandra shake her head and fled. "What is this place? Oh god...!" gasped Cassandra. Brother 10 observes this as they couldn't believe this was Mictlan, it was a nightmare. Destruction, like the apocalypse. What kind of world was this? Turan was panicking and freaking out as she begins to lose her mind a little by the shock she was seeing of this place. Cassandra and the others were shocked to see a monster confronting her. Then Cassandra could hear its thoughts. "You--you want to eat me? No, I won’t let you!" said Cassandra to the monster. She flexed her hand and uses her telekinesis to kill this monster. The monster convulsed, it twisted, and then finally; it exploded! There was a mass of beige substances splattered all over her! Cassandra was stunt for a while before a grin broke over her face. She giggled to herself, "I did it! Ew....I really did it! I can't believe it! I just nobody saw--" She turns around as her smile faded. "--That."What she saw was a 15 year old boy. Chocolate brown hair. Red eyes. Light skin. Buttoned shirt, a cap on his head, it looks like. He was a teenage soldier, who looked horrified at Cassandra. He saw it, he saw her kill that beast. "Oh crap." Cassandra thought. "Busted! How do I get myself out of this?" She slowly smiled kindly, "Hello there---" she greeted but the boy lunged at her, "AAAAHHHH!" He cried. The boy begin to claw at her like a wild man. Trying to punch her but Cassandra restrained the boy. "Hey! Hey!" She protested, the boy did not yield. "Stop! Cease! Take it easy! Will you stop?! I am not going to hurt you!" Cassandra held the boy's fists away from her. "Who are you?!" The boy demanded. "My name is Cassandra. I swear, I will not hurt you. Here, I am not going to hurt--" She reaches over to touch his face but the boy recoiled away. "Get away, no! Don't you dare--Don't--" But he was helpless, Cassandra was calm as she stroke her hand on his face. At once, Cassandra could read his mind, know his name. But not completely of a lot.
"Did you seriously kill that Revenant?" asked the boy, softly. Cassandra did a double take. "That's a Revenant?" She asked in disbelief. The boy looked at her with amazement, "You never seen one before?" he asked. "I heard of them..but in all honesty, I didn't know that was an actual Revenant!" Cassandra pointed out. Just then, a voice called out. "Jack! Who are you talking to?" Another boy in the same uniform as the other guy's was standing there. He looked young, quite a fetching fellow. "Nobody!" Jack called, he turned back to Cassandra fiercely. "Listen, you gotta get out of here now!" He demanded. "Why? I can help!" Cassandra persisted. "No, you--" Jack started to say but the boy calls back: "Jack, who is that?" "No one!" Jack snapped. He turned to Cassandra with pleading eyes. "Please, get out now!" He begged. "I can help. I can hear that your thoughts are disoriented so--" Cassandra insisted, but Jack stopped her out of shock. "What?" He gasped. "You--you--can read minds? You can hear my thoughts inside of your own head?" "Of course I can." Cassandra said, in a matter of fact tone. Jack was shaken out of fear. The red haired boy appeared, "Jack? Who is this?" He asked. Cassandra smiled and held out her hand, "Cassandra Endymion. It's a pleasure to meet you." she said. The boy was stunt, he shook her hand though. "I'm Bellerophon Leseratte." He said. A girl with shoulder length hair appeared, wearing the same uniform as Jack and Bellerphon. "Boys, who is this girl?" She asked in a voice so soft but full of curiosity. "Wow, this your girlfriend?" Cassandra asked, to Jack. Jack glared at her, "She's not my girlfriend!" He declared. "Who are you? A witch?" The girl asked. "I am no witch, I am an ally and I came to help." Cassandra said. "No, she's--" Jack started to say, but the girl stopped him. "Hold up, Jack. This girl may able to help." She said, coming to Cassandra's rescue.
"Sh'yeah, I killed a Revenant." Cassandra admitted. Bellerphon and the girl were shocked. "How?!" They asked. "I have an ability where I can move obstacles or other things with my mental conscious." Cassandra explained. Bellerphon and the girl looked at each other, they turned to Jack. "You know about this?" Bellerphon asked. "Yeah, but she doesn't know what the military does here." Jack said. "Let her help, Jack. She can be of help to us." The girl said. Jack was irked but he agreed. Cassandra smiled with delight, "Thank you." She said. The girl turned to her, she stretched out her hand. Although her stern face remained unchanged; she sounded nicer. "I'm Minerva Toter." "I'm Cassandra--" Cassandra said but other Revenants attacked and Cassandra, Jack, Minerva, and Bellerphon prepared for battle. They ran from them while battling. “Who are you? Why the hell did you come here?” screeched Jack. "Be careful, Jack Morder. Don't do anything reckless!" Cassandra called out. "How did you know my name?" Jack asked with shock. Busted! Cassandra turned away, "Later!" She shouted. The Revenants were chasing after them. Cassandra thought craftily as she reached over to Jack, carried him into her arms and flied! Jack was amazed by this, "What? You can fly?" He asked. Minerva and Bellerphon watched in amazement but they followed the gliding Cassandra. "YOU! CAN! FLY!" Jack shouted, Cassandra smiled at him. Minerva, and Bellerphon were amazed as well: "Oh my..." Bellerphon breathed. The two followed Cassandra and Jack to wherever they are going.
While taking a walk in the forest, Cassandra saw Jack training but then Cassandra watched in horror as Jack turned into a Revenant creature, “Oh dear Lord! He’s a Revenant?” She thought. Revenant Jack begin to do all sorts of combat moves in order to take down these savage, killer monsters. Cassandra hide behind a tree, watching him work hard at his skills. Once Jack was done, he changed back to normal but he fell unconscious. This is it, this was her chance to see inside his head and she rushed over there. Cassandra kneel down at the unconscious Jack, she placed her hands on the side of his face and begins to read his mind: In a flash; she saw it. His memories. Suddenly, she felt a burst of pain through her. "What's happening? I feel--Augh! It hurts!" She said, gasping. Jack regained consciousness, he was shocked to see what was happening. "Oh no!" He thought. Cassandra begin to change into a Revenant, she was unaware of what is going on but for the first time, she wanted to fight. She saw other Revenants and she went after them fiercely. She lunged at them as she rescues lives like the other soldiers and kills them. As soon as she is done; the soldiers stared at her in fear. Revenant Cassandra approached them and placed her claw-hand on Lieutenant Reiten. A few moments later; she was in astonishment. “Cassandra…Endymion? Is that you?” asked Margaret. Cassandra transformed back to normal. She gasps as she fell unconscious to the ground. "Did Cassandra just--?" asked George. "How did she do that?" Margaret inquired. Adam glanced at her body, his face was calm and relax but he looked concern at this mysterious girl. "Cassandra Endymion, what are you?" He thought. The first was her encounter with the Wendigos. Their fangs are bared, and they attacked the crowd, who screamed as others ran for their lives.
Cassandra saw this in horror as she remembers the night of the prom massacre. Traumatizing memories of her friends who were shot and killed. Just then; the creatures attacked, puncturing Cassandra's body abdomen. Cassandra felt anger, the wounds on her body begin to vanish from her skin. Samson, Proteus, Zaden, Lleu, Christopher, Hanuman, Justice, Echo, Kamaitachi, and Borvo are shocked to see this. Cassandra had tears in her eyes; thinking about her dead friends and their dreams which were gone forever. Now she was pissed, the creatures looked scared so they try to leave but Cassandra held them against their will and then killed them one by one with her telekinetic powers. The commotion started to attract the attention of others: Eulalie, Deirdre, Turan, Norna, Ariadne, & Juana and their new friends heard this. Curious, they walked over there to see what was going on. When they got closer, they were shocked to see Cassandra losing control on the monsters who had killed innocent lives. Once it was over, Cassandra finally calmed down and looked around the deceased of others, she saw that there was a child's body lying there motionlessly. She had tears in her eyes and she looked at the citizens who were watching her lose control. "Does anybody have anything to make a cremation? I want to make a proper funeral for the lives that are lost." said Cassandra. The others looked at each other, not sure what to do. Samson turned to them and said, "Listen, I know that was scary for all of you to see but this girl saved all of you from those beasts and she had a heart for the people that were killed." A bartender came forth with a bottle of liquor. A guy who was a smoker had a lighter. And someone who had fireproof materials & a proper funeral was made for them. While doing this cremation; Cassandra thought to herself, "What kind of person would sent so much monstrosity to kill innocent people? Whoever it was, they were gonna pay with their lives for this."Cassandra sniffed. "Oh, Jack! It was awful. He was so mean to me..." She blubbered. Jack could only pat her back, soothing her: "It's OK, Cass. It's OK.."
A deranged Ector who was smiling like a Cheshire as he held a knife. His hair was a mess and was bleeding from his hands. He panted and heaved, "I will not stop until I kill you, Cassandra." yelled Ector. Jack grabbed Cassandra, helping her up and shouted, "Run, you guys!" They ran, however Ector chased after them. He was still clutching the knife as he waved it. Laughing maniacally. Cassandra, Jack, and Trygve did not stopped. But they did, they found themselves at a cliff. Ector laughed more malicious, "End of the line, you damn ass." He exclaimed. Cassandra held her friends close, she glared at Ector, who lunged at them. "DIE!!!" He cried. "No!" She exclaimed. Cassandra telekinetically seized him by the throat and pulls him toward her but she did it too far. Cassandra, Jack, and Trygve watched as Ector fell down to his death. Cassandra couldn’t believe what she had done. "I killed him...AAAAHHHHH!" She screamed hysterically, waving her hands frantically. Jack took her hands and speaking to her, "Cass, Cass." When Cassandra didn’t answered; Jack slapped her. Cassandra stopped screaming, she slowly placed a hand on her cheek where she had been slapped. Cassandra looked at him, "Jack..." She whispered. Jack sighed, "Sorry. Are you OK?" He asked. Cassandra feebly shake her head. "I don't know, I can't live like…" She admitted. She went to the ledge and spread her arms out. She was about to take a step until Trygve reached for her. "Cass, nooo!" He cried. Jack and Trygve seized her, Cassandra struggled against them as she tried to push him away. "Let go of me! Let go! Lemme--" She ranted. "Don't even try, I am not letting go no matter what you say." Jack said. After many struggles; Cassandra gives up and embraces her friends. "Oh, you guys." She sobbed and begin crying until she fell asleep. Jack carried her, she felt light weighted in his arms.
Meanwhile; Cassandra suffers from another nosebleed while preparing for battle. Several girls preparing to attack as they begin grabbing Cassandra by her face. Their faces begin to change and become distorted. Even Alaa is shown being overwhelmed by the thoughts and hallucinations that make him upset over Laima being kidnapped by Iblis. He becomes shocked as the hallucinations of people change with zombies-like faces. Alaa runs out as he tries to find out where he can see someone standing above the raging crowd. It was Cassandra! As Cassandra looks down at the screaming crowd, they transform back and forth into demonic-like zombies in her hallucinations and fires at them with her telekinesis. As the battle continues on and on; Cassandra dives into the crowd. She has hallucinations of her being in a narrow tank as she looked out to see the demonic zombies are oogling at her. Cassandra starts punch at it as the monsters laugh at her suffering but she was angry and finally broke out of the narrowed tank. In reality; Cassandra punched a man who was laughing and choking at her before. The hallucinations kick in as Cassandra can see the demonic-like zombies are pouncing her. Alaa could see Cassandra suffering! He pulled her up and rescued her. The two became close as Alaa learned of her secret as an agent and he eventually becomes a recruit to her as well as his friends.
Once the Moneta was over; Enrique was shocked. He wasn't the only one, his old friends had encountered the other agents of Silver Branch. But only Catrina remained un-surprise as she laughed a little, "It's been a long time since I finally heard from you, isn't it--Uncle Mimir?" She murmured to herself. Mimir looked from the Moneta and smiled, "Good to see you my niece." He said.
Chapter 3: Separate Cope
Enrique was walking to the entrance of the school for martial arts however people gawked at him. He looked unease, "Why are they all staring at me?" thought Enrique. He looked down as he saw his torn clothes and covered in blood. He saw his sister there, "Lalage? Lalage! Oh Thank--" However before he continued; Enrique saw his sister dead and he screamed out her name. Enrique woke up as he saw it was all a dream. Since there had been no word on where his sister might be, Enrique was concern about where his sister might be. He was training under the custody of Catrina, who had helped him coped for awhile. Later in the morning of Catrina's Training School; Enrique pushed the doors of the school open as he walked in wearing a uniform. Being the new kid wasn't easy as it looked. It was the most struggling when Enrique was considered a delinquent. He could girls giggling and waving at him. Enrique smiled but he didn't see where he was going. He soon bump into someone else. He heard someone chuckling. "Great!" thought Enrique, "Way to make a first impression." He came to the person he bumped into. "Are you OK?" asked Enrique. There was Cassandra Endymion, she was wearing glasses and in a uniform of a cafeteria staff girl. She laughed nervously, "Yeah. Sorry about that." Enrique blushed at how beautiful she was. She looked like an angel, maybe a goddess. Yet he wasn't sure about that. Cassandra looked at him, "The newbie I presumed?" She said. "Um, yeah...H--how do you know that?" Enrique looked at her with amazement as he said this.
"Well, you sure are a 'trip'." joked Cassandra. Enrique glared but he couldn't suppressed his grin and he laughed too. "You know, it wasn't my fault." explained Enrique, who was catching his breath. "I know, but don't get away from that easily because I have a feeling you look like a cool guy." noted Cassandra, she got up to get her stuff and left. Enrique watched her go, wondering who was she. Later after school; Enrique and Sigvin came across an empty house, which was Sigvin's house before. Sigvin is scared of the old, vacant house however Enrique lends out his hand and Sigvin takes it while flushing red. The two enter the house as they look around in the house. Inside, the stairs and all around the house creaked. It's driving Sigvin a little crazy. Enrique did his best to comfort her, Sigvin was upset when she found remains of decomposed bodies as well as other body parts. It made her sick as she went into the bathroom as she threw up in the toilet. She vomited and cried as she was done throwing up and she flushed the toilet. She washed her mouth but couldn't dry her eyes. It pains Enrique to see her this way. In so much pain and he comforted Sigvin, who cried and cried. Once they left; Enrique and Sigvin wondered if they could go back to where things had been. If they never even existed. And they can be happy. But they were going to let go of the pain and try to get stronger.
Enrique found the Moneta and saw the memory on May 30th. Once the Moneta was over; Enrique was shocked. He wasn't the only one, his old friends had encountered the other agents of Silver Branch.
Earlier before....
Thinking about what he saw; Sigifrith begin to believe Cassandra wasn't a witch and then said, "If she's not a witch, then what the hell is she?" He had to dig deeper. One dark and stormy night; there he goes! He ran as fast as his leg could take. Feet splashed in the puddles but he didn't stop. He hid in the most cloest place that caught his eye--A warehouse! He ducked in and shut the door. To keep himself warm; the boy rubbed his arms as he thought of the life he had. But sadly, tragedy came upon him and he was involved with that accident that his parents died in. How he had to care for his younger sister who was nonverbal and how he could read his mute yet babbling sister's thoughts and able to help her. Now his sister was kidnapped and sold to the black market. He prayed no one would find him however as he backed up; he ran into a figure so he looked up to see that there was a brainless thug prowling over him. The thug grabbed the boy, but the boy was faster and punched him. The boy got away, he hid as he pulled a gun out of his shirt. He waited and waited until he confronted the thug. The thug looked at him as the boy pulled the trigger while the thug begin to laugh. But the bullet missed and hit a girl. The boy couldn't believe what he had done, he could see blood as he learn that he killed the girl! He cried out in pain, he was so angry that he aimed the gun at the thug, who was terrified, and he fainted. The next thing he remembered was he was bathing with boys like him as he was prim and proper into a gladiator. The boy's name is Enrique Barbarossa, he was aspiring singer and musician as a kid but even though he's been through hell; he never stopped living his dream. Though he could was fight to please the mistress name Lucia, who was impressed by how much Enrique can fight.
While in his days as a gladiator; Enrique makes friends with a reckless yet daredevil-ish broken person name Percival Lycaeon. Pretty boy gladiator with long hair in a ponytail is Krishna Amaldus, the lone wolf gladiator Draco Wotan, a brilliant yet antisocial Zaqar Jorma and his heart of gold friend Fortunato Yukiko. And intelligent yet lazy gladiator Hanansi Vally as well as the only female with a determined spirit is Vega Weaver. The guys decide to escape from this place but while planning their escape; Lucia catches on, as she was developing an obsession for Enrique, as she tried to kill them out of rage. She managed to kill Norius, a friend who was once a tool used by Lucia, as Enrique was so angry that he beatened Lucia to a pulp however he sparred her out of mercy. Then, something crashed in! There she was--Catrina Ibrahim. But she wasn't alone; there she had a young warrior girl name Sigvin, the reserved martial pacifist Altair Evald, and Thesan Eoster. Catrina is a helpful and well-meaning, bubbly and cautiously-optimistic. She is the fair lady that sends Sigvin to rescue Enrique who was hiding as he saw blood and became frightened as he saw it oozed. Splattered, he shut his eyes when he saw blood on the girl as he trembled with fear. Then he felt a hand on his shoulder and gasped with fright. Sigvin spoke, "It's all right. My name is Sigvin Ragnar, my mistress sent me to find you." "I'm Enrique Barbarossa." said Enrique. Sigvin smiled at him, "I'm watching over you, Enrique." She said. Enrique was so exhausted as he fainted but Sigvin caught him in her arms. "I'm here for you." Sigvin whispered. Sigvin felt a gun in her head, gasped as she turned to see Lucia standing over her. She was drenched with blood and looked insane. It was a scary sight.
"I WILL BLOW YOUR FRICKING BRAINS OUT, YOU UNGRATEFUL HEIFER!!!!" Lucia screamed, "HE'S MINE!!!!! MINE, MINE!!!!" However Lucia is kicked to the ground as Catrina appeared, "Like he's ever yours!" She remarked. In the meantime; Hanansi is rescued by Thesan. When Hanansi saw her; he blushed as he remarked: "Wow, you're kind of cute." "'Kinda'? Really?!...Not that I care--at all!" Thesan scoffed as she blushed. Just then, one of the thugs tried to attack however Hanansi protected Thesan, which she is shocked to see that as Hanansi held her tight and said, "If you want to get out alive, I promise to follow you anywhere cutie." Thesan flushed, "Fine, that makes both of us!" She claimed and they both fought while Thesan was amazed to see what this guy was capable of. "Who is this guy? Saving me? How he takes out these guys? Just who the heck is he?" She thought. Vega was avoiding from the chaos as she ducked down. She found a mirror in a safer place as she saw her reflection. "I know this isn't a good time but I must look like such a mess." She thought. Vega found a brush as she begin to straighten her hair. Just then, she saw Altair in the mirror! Gasping; Vega whirled around to face him. Vega took a step back, "Please don't!" She begged. She took more steps back, "Get away from me!" Vega continued. "It's all right, I'm not here to hurt you." said Altair. "Who are you?" Vega asked, she was so shy to see someone so beautiful as him. "I--My name is Altair, I am the servant of Catrina. She is a good woman to us and to people in suffering. Would you like a better life than your old life as a gladiator?" Altair replied. Vega look at him with amazement. "What?" She said. All of them escape as the colosseum exploded!
Years later in the present; Enrique was walking to the entrance of the school for martial arts however people gawked at him. He looked unease, "Why are they all staring at me?" thought Enrique. He looked down as he saw his torn clothes and covered in blood. He saw his sister there, "Lalage? Lalage! Oh Thank--" However before he continued; Enrique saw his sister dead and he screamed out her name. Enrique woke up as he saw it was all a dream. Since there had been no word on where his sister might be, Enrique was concern about where his sister might be. He was training under the custody of Catrina, who had helped him coped for awhile. Later in the morning of Catrina's Training School; Enrique pushed the doors of the school open as he walked in wearing a uniform. Being the new kid wasn't easy as it looked. It was the most struggling when Enrique was considered a delinquent. He could girls giggling and waving at him. Enrique smiled but he didn't see where he was going. He soon bump into someone else. He heard someone chuckling. "Great!" thought Enrique, "Way to make a first impression." He came to the person he bumped into. "Are you OK?" asked Enrique. There was Cassandra Endymion, she was wearing glasses and in a uniform of a cafeteria staff girl. She laughed nervously, "Yeah. Sorry about that." Enrique blushed at how beautiful she was. She looked like an angel, maybe a goddess. Yet he wasn't sure about that. Cassandra looked at him, "The newbie I presumed?" She said. "Um, yeah...H--how do you know that?" Enrique looked at her with amazement as he said this.
"Well, you sure are a 'trip'." joked Cassandra. Enrique glared but he couldn't suppressed his grin and he laughed too. "You know, it wasn't my fault." explained Enrique, who was catching his breath. "I know, but don't get away from that easily because I have a feeling you look like a cool guy." noted Cassandra, she got up to get her stuff and left. Enrique watched her go, wondering who was she. Later after school; Enrique and Sigvin came across an empty house, which was Sigvin's house before. Sigvin is scared of the old, vacant house however Enrique lends out his hand and Sigvin takes it while flushing red. The two enter the house as they look around in the house. Inside, the stairs and all around the house creaked. It's driving Sigvin a little crazy. Enrique did his best to comfort her, Sigvin was upset when she found remains of decomposed bodies as well as other body parts. It made her sick as she went into the bathroom as she threw up in the toilet. She vomited and cried as she was done throwing up and she flushed the toilet. She washed her mouth but couldn't dry her eyes. It pains Enrique to see her this way. In so much pain and he comforted Sigvin, who cried and cried. Once they left; Enrique and Sigvin wondered if they could go back to where things had been. If they never even existed. And they can be happy. But they were going to let go of the pain and try to get stronger. The next day at lunch; Cassandra's voice called out as she rang the bell: "Food's ready!" She got lunch trays prepared and left fortune cookies. Given them out to the people who had ordered lunch. Enrique didn't eat, he was distracted when someone came over him. "Is this seat taken old friend?" When Enrique looked up; he couldn't believe it! There they were--Percival, Krishna, Draco, Zaqar, Fortunato, Hanansi, Vega, Altair, and Thesan.
Once talking to them as he finds out how things are getting better for them; he opened his fortune cookie and read his fortune: "If you find your world is caving in on you; Bet your gonna need a friend who will take those fears away." This made Enrique curious as he looked over at the busy Cassandra who got orders ready but when she catched his eye, she briefly waved as she got back to work. At home; Enrique found a poem from his sister and read: "Here I stand, babbling to myself but you want me to join the others. I really don't like how loud the music is. You urged me and I throw a fit. I get in trouble, but you think I don't care. You don't get it, you can't be perspective. You look at me, there's no smile nor greeting from me. You think there's something wrong with me. Let me explain, I am not like all the rest and yet you want me to blend in. You think I can't cry, you think I can't laugh, you think I can't be loved, you think I don't care. You think I don't have a life. Did you think I an't feel? Did you know I have feelings? I may not express them with words. I may be noisy and out of place however I hate how uncomfortable the atmosphere is. It overwhelms me. I'm sorry I can't talk and babble, but help me out here. Don't punish me, understand me. I'm not like you or anybody else. I can remember things, I can repeat them over and over. I like unusual things like catalogs. I can cry and laugh all right, so don't make judgments that I can't feel because I can!" Looking at this poem made him think about his sister and how she felt about people when they judge her or even look at her. Later, Enrique was looking for Cassandra as he got to the school early.
However; Enrique found the Moneta and saw the memory on May 30th: It was Venusir Academy's end of the year prom raged of music and dancing. These people are there to celebrate the senior high school students' last day before they graduate. There were high school graduates: 20 year old Cassandra Endymion, who was having a blast with friends: Reuben, Judy, Danielle, Asher, Benjamin, Josephine, and Ephraim. This will be their last day with one another so they decide to make the most of the night with one another. But this prom night was going to take a darker turn, a man in a tuxedo came up to the microphone and said, "All right! It's time to announce the winners of this year's Prom King and Queen." He had a small envelope in his hand and rips it up. "And the winners are....REUBEN MATTHEWS AND JUDY DAVIS!" Everyone broke into an applause, Reuben and Judy went to the stage to accept their crowns as Judy is given a bouquet of roses. Just then, unexpected visitors crashed the party with loaded guns and started a massacre. They shot at other people who fell to the floor. Panic filled everyone else, they try to flee but some were shot in the process. Cassandra watched in horror as her friends were being shot at. She noticed that Reuben was panting of the wound bleeding from there as he cries out, "Ohhh, the pain." Judy noticed Cassandra there and calls out, "Get away from here Cass!" "Save yourself Cass!" Asher called out, "Get away from here!" However they were all shot at as Cassandra screamed with terror. Enrique was shocked to see this as he couldn't believe it.
Cassandra felt her nose running so she wipes her nose from the snot, only to find blood on her hand. Cassandra gasped, "Help....Help me." She looked around as she saw no one was paying attention. She begin to run as the bleeding from her nose went down her nostrils to her lip. It was in her mouth, "No!" She gasped. Looking around frantically, but didn't see who was coming. WHAM! She bump into someone, Sebastian Atlas who looked crossed for being rammed into. "Augh! Hey, watch--" Sebastian started to speak, but stopped when he saw Cassandra there. "Oh, sorry." He quickly apologized. "Are you OK? You look like you're panicking like hell." "I--I---I'm bleeding. Help me, please." Cassandra begged, stammering as she gestures towards her blood stained shirt. Sebastian's eyes bulged in terror but he looked calm at her. "Don't panic, here. Let's find something to stop..." He said to her as he looked around, Cassandra clutched at his shirt and said, "I don't want to bleed to death." "Don't worry. You're not, easy there. Freaking out will make it bleed more than it already is now, all right?" Sebastian assured her. Cassandra was scared. "I...I don't want to die of blood loss...I..." She stammered, Cassandra looked up and gasped. A zombie-like of Sebastian had a grin that showed his sharp teeth and chuckling at her. "What's the matter? It's just a nosebleed, just plug it up!" "Stay away from me, stay away from me!" Cassandra screamed but she is surrounded by other people who looked demonic and undead. Cassandra backs away in horror, she then stumbles as she heard a zombie taunting in a satanic voice, "Bleeding to death? Your time has come. You sweet, little, fidget girl!" Cassandra backs away on the floor as they were closing in on her. Then, the demonic zombies chanting: "Die, die, die!" Cassandra panted, gasping. This was too frightening for her. It was like hell, there was no escape from here. "Help me, help me! Help me! Help! Please! AUGH!!!!" She screeched.
At tonight's show, Juniper and Cassandra are performing about two friends sadly departing from one another but Juniper added some lines. "Well, how about you join....Rappe Licht!" exclaimed Juniper. The crowd gasps in delight, Cassandra look stunt. "Rappe Licht?" She asked. Juniper sounded excited. "Yeah!" He squealed. Cassandra wasn't amused, "I'm sorry, why do you want me--Wait, you mean..." She said. Cassandra is shocked, she read Juniper's mind. He was serious! "Yeah, I mean. You may be new to these parts but we can help you out." Juniper explained. "You guys?" Cassandra asked. "It sounds like fun, we can teach all the tricks and the trades...." Juniper started to ranted but Cassandra begin to cut in. "Whoa, whoa. Slow down. I am not joining Rappe Licht, I'm sorry. I can't!" She said. Juniper looked stunt, "What do you mean?" He asked with timidness. Cassandra looked at the crowd who looked complex. Then back to Juniper and whispered, "May I talk to you? Off stage?" "No, you can tell me to the crowd." Juniper said, gesturing towards the people. Cassandra sighed, "All right, you can't ask a stranger you don't know to join." She admitted. "You're not a stranger, you are my friend!" Juniper protested. "What do you know about friendship?" Cassandra asked. Juniper looked down, "I know that you and I have a great friendship. You don't have to be scared." He pleaded. Cassandra cannot drag him into her life like this. "I--No, it will never work out. I'm sorry, Juniper." She said. She turned to the crowd. "Everyone, much obliged for coming. But, alas, The show is over." And turned on her heels and walked. Juniper watched her, "What? Wait, Cassandra!" He grasped her hand. Cassandra tried to wriggled her away, but the boy wouldn't let go. "Juniper, please let go of me!" She said. "Cass, please! I know you don't want to but I can help you." begged Juniper with innocent eyes looking at him. Cassandra looked at him sadly, "You can't...." She said. She gingerly pry his fingers away and walks off. Juniper is stunt, he felt tears in his eyes. "What did I do to you?" He cried. "Stop it, Joon." Cassandra said, in a nervous tone.
Juniper runs after her, "No, no more hiding. What is the matter? I want to be your friend but you have to tell me." He exclaimed, still trying to understand her. Cassandra turned around fiercely, "NO!" She cried. But she accidentally loses control. Her powers made Juniper fall backwards but he wasn't hurt. He looked up at Cassandra but it's not fear that crosses his face, "Cass...Your powers....are real...." He whispered. Cassandra shake her head and fled. "What is this place? Oh god...!" gasped Cassandra. Brother 10 observes this as they couldn't believe this was Mictlan, it was a nightmare. Destruction, like the apocalypse. What kind of world was this? Turan was panicking and freaking out as she begins to lose her mind a little by the shock she was seeing of this place. Cassandra and the others were shocked to see a monster confronting her. Then Cassandra could hear its thoughts. "You--you want to eat me? No, I won’t let you!" said Cassandra to the monster. She flexed her hand and uses her telekinesis to kill this monster. The monster convulsed, it twisted, and then finally; it exploded! There was a mass of beige substances splattered all over her! Cassandra was stunt for a while before a grin broke over her face. She giggled to herself, "I did it! Ew....I really did it! I can't believe it! I just nobody saw--" She turns around as her smile faded. "--That."What she saw was a 15 year old boy. Chocolate brown hair. Red eyes. Light skin. Buttoned shirt, a cap on his head, it looks like. He was a teenage soldier, who looked horrified at Cassandra. He saw it, he saw her kill that beast. "Oh crap." Cassandra thought. "Busted! How do I get myself out of this?" She slowly smiled kindly, "Hello there---" she greeted but the boy lunged at her, "AAAAHHHH!" He cried. The boy begin to claw at her like a wild man. Trying to punch her but Cassandra restrained the boy. "Hey! Hey!" She protested, the boy did not yield. "Stop! Cease! Take it easy! Will you stop?! I am not going to hurt you!" Cassandra held the boy's fists away from her. "Who are you?!" The boy demanded. "My name is Cassandra. I swear, I will not hurt you. Here, I am not going to hurt--" She reaches over to touch his face but the boy recoiled away. "Get away, no! Don't you dare--Don't--" But he was helpless, Cassandra was calm as she stroke her hand on his face. At once, Cassandra could read his mind, know his name. But not completely of a lot.
"Did you seriously kill that Revenant?" asked the boy, softly. Cassandra did a double take. "That's a Revenant?" She asked in disbelief. The boy looked at her with amazement, "You never seen one before?" he asked. "I heard of them..but in all honesty, I didn't know that was an actual Revenant!" Cassandra pointed out. Just then, a voice called out. "Jack! Who are you talking to?" Another boy in the same uniform as the other guy's was standing there. He looked young, quite a fetching fellow. "Nobody!" Jack called, he turned back to Cassandra fiercely. "Listen, you gotta get out of here now!" He demanded. "Why? I can help!" Cassandra persisted. "No, you--" Jack started to say but the boy calls back: "Jack, who is that?" "No one!" Jack snapped. He turned to Cassandra with pleading eyes. "Please, get out now!" He begged. "I can help. I can hear that your thoughts are disoriented so--" Cassandra insisted, but Jack stopped her out of shock. "What?" He gasped. "You--you--can read minds? You can hear my thoughts inside of your own head?" "Of course I can." Cassandra said, in a matter of fact tone. Jack was shaken out of fear. The red haired boy appeared, "Jack? Who is this?" He asked. Cassandra smiled and held out her hand, "Cassandra Endymion. It's a pleasure to meet you." she said. The boy was stunt, he shook her hand though. "I'm Bellerophon Leseratte." He said. A girl with shoulder length hair appeared, wearing the same uniform as Jack and Bellerphon. "Boys, who is this girl?" She asked in a voice so soft but full of curiosity. "Wow, this your girlfriend?" Cassandra asked, to Jack. Jack glared at her, "She's not my girlfriend!" He declared. "Who are you? A witch?" The girl asked. "I am no witch, I am an ally and I came to help." Cassandra said. "No, she's--" Jack started to say, but the girl stopped him. "Hold up, Jack. This girl may able to help." She said, coming to Cassandra's rescue.
"Sh'yeah, I killed a Revenant." Cassandra admitted. Bellerphon and the girl were shocked. "How?!" They asked. "I have an ability where I can move obstacles or other things with my mental conscious." Cassandra explained. Bellerphon and the girl looked at each other, they turned to Jack. "You know about this?" Bellerphon asked. "Yeah, but she doesn't know what the military does here." Jack said. "Let her help, Jack. She can be of help to us." The girl said. Jack was irked but he agreed. Cassandra smiled with delight, "Thank you." She said. The girl turned to her, she stretched out her hand. Although her stern face remained unchanged; she sounded nicer. "I'm Minerva Toter." "I'm Cassandra--" Cassandra said but other Revenants attacked and Cassandra, Jack, Minerva, and Bellerphon prepared for battle. They ran from them while battling. “Who are you? Why the hell did you come here?” screeched Jack. "Be careful, Jack Morder. Don't do anything reckless!" Cassandra called out. "How did you know my name?" Jack asked with shock. Busted! Cassandra turned away, "Later!" She shouted. The Revenants were chasing after them. Cassandra thought craftily as she reached over to Jack, carried him into her arms and flied! Jack was amazed by this, "What? You can fly?" He asked. Minerva and Bellerphon watched in amazement but they followed the gliding Cassandra. "YOU! CAN! FLY!" Jack shouted, Cassandra smiled at him. Minerva, and Bellerphon were amazed as well: "Oh my..." Bellerphon breathed. The two followed Cassandra and Jack to wherever they are going.
While taking a walk in the forest, Cassandra saw Jack training but then Cassandra watched in horror as Jack turned into a Revenant creature, “Oh dear Lord! He’s a Revenant?” She thought. Revenant Jack begin to do all sorts of combat moves in order to take down these savage, killer monsters. Cassandra hide behind a tree, watching him work hard at his skills. Once Jack was done, he changed back to normal but he fell unconscious. This is it, this was her chance to see inside his head and she rushed over there. Cassandra kneel down at the unconscious Jack, she placed her hands on the side of his face and begins to read his mind: In a flash; she saw it. His memories. Suddenly, she felt a burst of pain through her. "What's happening? I feel--Augh! It hurts!" She said, gasping. Jack regained consciousness, he was shocked to see what was happening. "Oh no!" He thought. Cassandra begin to change into a Revenant, she was unaware of what is going on but for the first time, she wanted to fight. She saw other Revenants and she went after them fiercely. She lunged at them as she rescues lives like the other soldiers and kills them. As soon as she is done; the soldiers stared at her in fear. Revenant Cassandra approached them and placed her claw-hand on Lieutenant Reiten. A few moments later; she was in astonishment. “Cassandra…Endymion? Is that you?” asked Margaret. Cassandra transformed back to normal. She gasps as she fell unconscious to the ground. "Did Cassandra just--?" asked George. "How did she do that?" Margaret inquired. Adam glanced at her body, his face was calm and relax but he looked concern at this mysterious girl. "Cassandra Endymion, what are you?" He thought. The first was her encounter with the Wendigos. Their fangs are bared, and they attacked the crowd, who screamed as others ran for their lives.
Cassandra saw this in horror as she remembers the night of the prom massacre. Traumatizing memories of her friends who were shot and killed. Just then; the creatures attacked, puncturing Cassandra's body abdomen. Cassandra felt anger, the wounds on her body begin to vanish from her skin. Samson, Proteus, Zaden, Lleu, Christopher, Hanuman, Justice, Echo, Kamaitachi, and Borvo are shocked to see this. Cassandra had tears in her eyes; thinking about her dead friends and their dreams which were gone forever. Now she was pissed, the creatures looked scared so they try to leave but Cassandra held them against their will and then killed them one by one with her telekinetic powers. The commotion started to attract the attention of others: Eulalie, Deirdre, Turan, Norna, Ariadne, & Juana and their new friends heard this. Curious, they walked over there to see what was going on. When they got closer, they were shocked to see Cassandra losing control on the monsters who had killed innocent lives. Once it was over, Cassandra finally calmed down and looked around the deceased of others, she saw that there was a child's body lying there motionlessly. She had tears in her eyes and she looked at the citizens who were watching her lose control. "Does anybody have anything to make a cremation? I want to make a proper funeral for the lives that are lost." said Cassandra. The others looked at each other, not sure what to do. Samson turned to them and said, "Listen, I know that was scary for all of you to see but this girl saved all of you from those beasts and she had a heart for the people that were killed." A bartender came forth with a bottle of liquor. A guy who was a smoker had a lighter. And someone who had fireproof materials & a proper funeral was made for them. While doing this cremation; Cassandra thought to herself, "What kind of person would sent so much monstrosity to kill innocent people? Whoever it was, they were gonna pay with their lives for this."Cassandra sniffed. "Oh, Jack! It was awful. He was so mean to me..." She blubbered. Jack could only pat her back, soothing her: "It's OK, Cass. It's OK.."
A deranged Ector who was smiling like a Cheshire as he held a knife. His hair was a mess and was bleeding from his hands. He panted and heaved, "I will not stop until I kill you, Cassandra." yelled Ector. Jack grabbed Cassandra, helping her up and shouted, "Run, you guys!" They ran, however Ector chased after them. He was still clutching the knife as he waved it. Laughing maniacally. Cassandra, Jack, and Trygve did not stopped. But they did, they found themselves at a cliff. Ector laughed more malicious, "End of the line, you damn ass." He exclaimed. Cassandra held her friends close, she glared at Ector, who lunged at them. "DIE!!!" He cried. "No!" She exclaimed. Cassandra telekinetically seized him by the throat and pulls him toward her but she did it too far. Cassandra, Jack, and Trygve watched as Ector fell down to his death. Cassandra couldn’t believe what she had done. "I killed him...AAAAHHHHH!" She screamed hysterically, waving her hands frantically. Jack took her hands and speaking to her, "Cass, Cass." When Cassandra didn’t answered; Jack slapped her. Cassandra stopped screaming, she slowly placed a hand on her cheek where she had been slapped. Cassandra looked at him, "Jack..." She whispered. Jack sighed, "Sorry. Are you OK?" He asked. Cassandra feebly shake her head. "I don't know, I can't live like…" She admitted. She went to the ledge and spread her arms out. She was about to take a step until Trygve reached for her. "Cass, nooo!" He cried. Jack and Trygve seized her, Cassandra struggled against them as she tried to push him away. "Let go of me! Let go! Lemme--" She ranted. "Don't even try, I am not letting go no matter what you say." Jack said. After many struggles; Cassandra gives up and embraces her friends. "Oh, you guys." She sobbed and begin crying until she fell asleep. Jack carried her, she felt light weighted in his arms.
Meanwhile; Cassandra suffers from another nosebleed while preparing for battle. Several girls preparing to attack as they begin grabbing Cassandra by her face. Their faces begin to change and become distorted. Even Alaa is shown being overwhelmed by the thoughts and hallucinations that make him upset over Laima being kidnapped by Iblis. He becomes shocked as the hallucinations of people change with zombies-like faces. Alaa runs out as he tries to find out where he can see someone standing above the raging crowd. It was Cassandra! As Cassandra looks down at the screaming crowd, they transform back and forth into demonic-like zombies in her hallucinations and fires at them with her telekinesis. As the battle continues on and on; Cassandra dives into the crowd. She has hallucinations of her being in a narrow tank as she looked out to see the demonic zombies are oogling at her. Cassandra starts punch at it as the monsters laugh at her suffering but she was angry and finally broke out of the narrowed tank. In reality; Cassandra punched a man who was laughing and choking at her before. The hallucinations kick in as Cassandra can see the demonic-like zombies are pouncing her. Alaa could see Cassandra suffering! He pulled her up and rescued her. The two became close as Alaa learned of her secret as an agent and he eventually becomes a recruit to her as well as his friends.
Once the Moneta was over; Enrique was shocked. He wasn't the only one, his old friends had encountered the other agents of Silver Branch. But only Catrina remained un-surprise as she laughed a little, "It's been a long time since I finally heard from you, isn't it--Uncle Mimir?" She murmured to herself. Mimir looked from the Moneta and smiled, "Good to see you my niece." He said.
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Uranometria: Synchronized--Chapter 2
This is my second chapter, I hope you guys like it! I have been working so much and I like to apologize. I've been terrible, please forgive me. Thank you for your support my friends! --KatDon
Chapter 2: The Wanderer
Alaa has been through bad luck: First there was a black cat as horrible accidents happened. Then, there was four than changed from five to six as a total of seventeen people were killed or hurt. Then there was nine people killed or injured once more. 43 mothers died of child birth. Alaa received a chain letter and refuse to respond to it, he met his own doppelgänger, walked under a ladder, spitting in public, hanging a horseshoe with the ends pointing down, broke a mirror, received a two dollar bill, placed his shoes on a table, placing chopsticks in a bowl of food sticking upward, saw three flames on a matchstick, received a clock as a gift, opening an umbrella indoors, stepped on a grave, faced with ravens, said the word 'Macbeth' inside a theatre, caused a hanging picture to fall off the wall, and spilling salt. These innocent accidents are causing tragic events but Alaa didn't mean to. However, he's been called 'Longtail Alaa' because he left behind a trail of bad luck for so long that people fear him. People have a fear called triskaidekaphobia, which means the fear of the number 13. People freak out over the day--Friday the 13th, which triggers more bad luck from Alaa. This only happens when Alaa is angry for being pushed around, bullied, and being the joke on him for his great skills and smarts that some people envied. Alaa didn't want to cause bad luck, he just wanted to be treated better. This interest Cassandra as she, Eulalie, Deirdre, Turan, and Ariadne head over there after feeling depressed from certain betrayal and friends dead while others departed to Tripura. Meanwhile; Alaa and his friend, Badr--A girl who has a crush on him but she is aloof and insults him however she is too shy to admit her feelings because of her sweet and sour behavior. Badr is in trouble as she is attacked by savages of people.
Just then while he fears of him and Badr dying; Alaa and Badr rescued by a female jinn name Laima, who came to his rescue by giving him a promise of good fortune if Alaa helps her with saving those from entering the depths of Hell. Alaa is shocked to hear this as he accepts this contract. Laima grants him good luck as his bad luck vanishes. Instead of causing bad luck when he's angry; good things happen to those around Alaa and to himself. Laima gives him lucky symbols to help him out: He is given numbers of 7 & 8. A bamboo, a barnstar, an agimat, a dreamcatcher, a wish bone, a jade necklace with charms of an albatross, a four leaf clover, a horse shoe, a maneki-neko, a pig, a rabbit's foot, a pig, a sarimanok, and a white elephant on it. Alaa, alongside Laima and Badr as well as Laima's teacher Ali Baba helping the three of them. Ali Baba is the servant of Scheherazade and Shahryār, a king and queen who has seen Alaa suffering. From what Alaa learn; the person who is causing the bad luck is someone by the name Iblis. Iblis is the leader of the Forty Thieves. Ali Baba's brother, Cassim, is part of it for his greed for money. Lucky for Ali Baba; Cassim's daughter Morgiana is a spy for Ali Baba to tell him what is going on among the Forty Thieves. There was one Forty Thieves member that had a taste of ultra-violence; his name is Nereus. He was a guy who loved to see blood of innocence. He torments the kind yet ordinary warrior known as Sinbad. Sinbad was different from Nereus and Alaa as he has martial arts and acrobatic moves yet people put him down for being 'dire'. Sinbad's reputation as a nomad where he lived on the streets as he was poor.
One day, he made his living off stealing since he was desperate as he could that so many people have great things as he was angry that wealthy folks have everything while the poor or those in poverty are put through hell because of the fact they are just wanderers. Just then, Sinbad comes across Morgiana and Ali Baba who helps him and give him a better life. Nereus, who was Sinbad's rival, was sick to see Sinbad got away with things. Among the Forty Thieves besides Cassim, Nereus, and Iblis; there was also Shahryar's brother, Shah Zaman and his wife Dunyazad. When the Forty Thieves learn about Morgiana being a spy; they kidnapped Laima. Alaa and the others have to rescue her from the Forty Thieves. Meanwhile; Cassandra suffers from another nosebleed while preparing for battle. Several girls preparing to attack as they begin grabbing Cassandra by her face. Their faces begin to change and become distorted. Meanwhile, Alaa is shown being overwhelmed by the thoughts and hallucinations that make him upset over Laima being kidnapped by Iblis. He becomes shocked as the hallucinations of people change with zombies-like faces. Alaa runs out as he tries to find out where he can see someone standing above the raging crowd. It was Cassandra! As Cassandra looks down at the screaming crowd, they transform back and forth into demonic-like zombies in her hallucinations and fires at them with her telekinesis. As the battle continues on and on; Cassandra dives into the crowd. She has hallucinations of her being in a narrow tank as she looked out to see the demonic zombies are ogling at her. Cassandra starts punch at it as the monsters laugh at her suffering but she was angry and finally broke out of the narrowed tank. In reality; Cassandra punched a man who was laughing and choking at her before. The hallucinations kick in as Cassandra can see the demonic-like zombies are pouncing her. Alaa could see Cassandra suffering!
Meanwhile; Ophelia begins to write things that are arousal: "You are really hypnotizing. The devil hypnotizes you to be bad and the angel hypnotizes you to be good. When you touch me, I feels good...I feel really good when you touch me. You got something else that nobody else has that I love. I feels like its my first time when you touched my body. I get nervous and that’s why my heart pounds as fast as a hummingbird." She fell asleep and she wakes up in a bed and wonders if all those misconceptions were existent or in her fantasy. She goes to see Casimir again and tells him that she wants to become a mystical creature; Casimir tells her that he will use alchemy to turn her into a siren for three days. He cupped her face in his hands and says serenely but decisively: “Understand? Three days. Now, you must listen because this is very significant.” Then he continued: “Before the sun sets on the third week; you got to prepare for evil danger to come. If you follow my advice of this warning, you remain as a siren. If not, you will turn back into a human…..And you will belong to me.” Ophelia looked shockingly scared as her inner voice tells her to not do it. Casimir lets her go and asked if they have a deal, Byronica asked if she will be still human and Casimir exclaimed: “Why, yes! A siren is human but she will be still mythical…You’ll still have your humanity.” He laughs excitedly: “Life is full of tough choices, yes?” He chuckles a little and he remembers something: “There is one more thing; we haven’t converse an accurate payment. You can’t get something with nothing you know.” “Payment? I don’t have any….” Casimir cuts her off and assures her gently that he is not asking much, He needs something that’s valuable: “What I want from you is…” He paused and says in a soft, growling tone: “Your blood!” Ophelia gasps as she sees Casimir looks ravenous.
“You got it, my love. Just one. Drop. Of delicate blood.” “Um, One drop of blood or a….” She looked petrified as Casimir promises her: “No one, not even me, will hurt you. You’ll be sufficient and don’t forget the prominence of desiring vampires.” He chuckles softly as he urges her gently to make her choice. In a smooth tenor; the jovial pretty boy whispers: “But, let’s hope you evoke us in your memory.” Ophelia sighs in relief as she strips off her jacket as Casimir ogles her corset and looks garble but victoriously enthralled. Casimir clasps her casually as his fingers caress her bare shoulders and neck, Ophelia try not to shriek but she lets out these melodic, anguish gasps. All of a sudden; Casimir finally bite her décolletage and Ophelia collapses to the bottom surface! How could this happen? Let's go back, back to the beginning.
Earlier before.....
That night inside of a cathedral; Sigifrith waited with his camera and other things. He didn't have to wait long when Sigifrith suddenly can see someone coming and saw a glimpse of Cassandra, "Belle Dame Sans Mercy!" He said softly. Then he gasped when he saw Jack beside her, "Monstrum!" Cassandra let her hood fall and fell on her knees near a pew and folded her hands together. "I confess to Almighty Goodwill, To blessed Mary, To the blessed archangel Michael, To the holy apostles, to all the saints. And to you, Father, that I have sinned in thought." prayed Cassandra. Just then, the Wendigos attacked and Cassandra fights back while Sigifrith is getting this on his camera, "Now I'm going to prove that you are, you sorceress!" He said to himself. Cassandra turns to Jack and says, "Come on, Jack! I need help--Now!" She begged. "I'm on it!" Jack said, he transforms into his Revenant. Growling and rabied with blood thirstiness; Revenant Jack attacked as Sigifrith couldn't believe what he was seeing. When the battle was over; Sigifrith came from his hiding spot to confront Cass. "What are you doing here? Just tell me, who are you? Really?" Sigifrith demanded. Cassandra look at him, "One of a kind!" She said finally after locking eyes with him, and she got away with Jack beside him. Sigifrith cursed silently, "I can't believe she got away!" He muttered. That night while lying in bed; Sigifrith saw a vision of a girl with blonde hair. Pretty eyes. And she wore white and blue clothes with a hint of transparent clothing of sash and sleeves of the outfit. "Sigifrith, listen to me. Please--" She said with plea. Sigifrith begin to clutch his head. Flashback etched in his mind of him as a young boy and the beautiful young lady smiling at him. His sister was Fides, a beloved young girl who would've grown up to be a lady if she wasn't killed from the likes of someone that was a witch like Cassandra. He would never forgive the person that killed his sister!
The next day in a sunny side area: "OK, I think I can do this!" There was a yelp, a laugh. Ariadne was clumsily trying to get on the bike and ride it but to no availed that it would work. Finally; the problem was Ariadne was wearing tight jeans and the seat was too high. She lowered the seat and she can finally ride the bike. "Ugh, Mikado you jerk. He can't do anything without me and my upcoming album!" She said to herself. Later in the studio; Ariadne sat at the piano, looking up. Waiting for a moment. Then, she begin to play. She was playing a piece and working on lyrics of songs she's been working on. She struggles to get the notes right for the music. Every time she gets a note wrong; she cursed of anger. She is being guided through the pieces of songs, she arranged her songs, and sometimes asked on how should they go. Ariadne realizes some of her songs. Ariadne has been through so much in life, there comes some personal experiences in struggle and grace for an artist. She is told to be patient and when the notes sounded right; she would be told, "That's it, good." When Ariadne plays the piano; her fingers are like liquid as adrenaline coursed through her. As she finishes; she is exhausted. As a human being; Ariadne may be a singer-songwriter but she's not higher than anyone. She jokes with friends, she eats food, she's an average girl. While out in the spot light; Ariadne has to be ready for interviews however she gets her hair styled and all made up. She chooses what to where, nobody tells what to wear or not to wear. Ariadne makes her own choices, she stresses over her identity and her style. She also stresses over her release as she goes through the process of publicity. Every time she is in photo shoots; Ariadne is told 'look here!" and 'Ariadne look over here!'. If Ariadne gets a day off; she gets a break to relax and feel like a normal person.
Ariadne's new single and music video is out: The video shows Ariadne where she dreamed to be just like a bunch of girls in a saccharine lifestyle. However as she befriends the girls, Ariadne learns that they are not always goody goody as it seems. Ariadne realize her dreams of being with these girls are nothing but a joke. They were all fake and she doesn't want to be that way and she dissed them before leaving them all offended. Other parts of the video show her being made up and she finally 'breaks out' and becomes her own person while performing onstage with her guitar. Another week later; Ariadne's next new single and music video is out: The video shows Ariadne at one of her idol's concerts and is enamored with him. But she is competing against her rival who also has feelings for the guy too. On a vacation spot; Ariadne learns that her idol is going on a cruise and goes to him in disguise however there is a storm as the idol falls off the boat. Ariadne jumps into the water and save him with a raft. The two of them landed on a marooned island as they decide to survive. However, Ariadne falls into the current of a lake and finds herself back at the vacation spot. She tries to tell the guy the truth however the guy is still convinced that their stranded. Ariadne decides to make him believe that they are and tries to play along to get the guy. While with him; Ariadne finally learns that this guy she had been obsessed with is not the guy of her dreams and she tells the guy the truth, where he storms off in a rage. Ariadne ends up with her male best friend, who has had a crush on her since, and they embrace in a kiss. But her famous idol ends up uphappily with Ariadne's rival, who is engaged to him. In other segments of the video; Ariadne is seen performing at the vacation spot, the cruise, and on the island.
Brynia Joro is weighed down by a great burden, the knowledge of her sin, which she cannot remember what she has done. This burden of her amnesia is so unbearable that Brynia must seek out memories of her past. While Brynia is walking out in the fields; She meets Hildgrim, her first ally who directs her to find the truth of her past. After struggling against enemies, Brynia is pulled out by Hildgrim's companion name Hother, who has heard her cries as Brynia learns that the ground is somehow strange to her. Like a sacred land. She continues on as she discovers pieces of her memories from a device called Moneta. One part in the Moneta shows her as a little girl where she went to confession and talks to a priest. After confession; Young Brynia felt a feeling of euphoria and was dancing in a field of daisies and violets. Just then, she has a vision as she found a sword in her hand. She went back home, where she is hidden; watching her family being butchered in front of her. Brynia is traumatized by the memories in her nightmares, she talks to a priest again. Brynia is wilder and emotional as she wanted revenge against the people that took her family's lives away from hers. Brynia became a prophetess as she comes before the leader of an army as she told them of vision. But the others believe she was insane however they decide to trust her as being a 'savior'. Brynia led victor for the valley of their great leader, she took things too far and she was locked up as the priest of the valley decided to have Brynia burnt to death. Back in reality, the frightened Brynia shut off from that memory as she continues further. In the second memory of the Moneta; Brynia was locked in prison, where she was tortured and forced to wear clothes of filth. She was interrogated and she was sentenced to death. Brynia was lucky, she was rescued by Hildgrim and Hother, where they slaughtered the people in the valley.
She was about 12 years of age and trained by Warden. She became a Morrigan, where she takes on Wendigos and has blossomed so much but became overpowered with darkness as she killed the 'savior woman' known as Żywie McCrea. Brynia is now wearing a dark violet dress, a black cloak and black & violet hair. She proceeds to explore a crepuscular labyrinth with a lantern. While walking in the labyrinth; Brynia is eating a strawberry and the walls close in on her. Brynia pushes the labyrinth, as a firework shoots from her chest into the dark sky. The walls open up to reveal a little girl in a pink cardigan, a blue collared floral dress, and a pink ribbon in her hair. Brynia approaches the little girl, their hands touch, and a glow surrounds them magically, the little girl is Nanna. As they walk into a hall of mirrors to a colossal mirror in the end, Brynia reaches the giant mirror, she sees herself as a blood thirsty woman and how she laughed at the fact that she killed Żywie. She falls into anguish while Nanna sees the crumbling of the floor and tries to warn her, but to no avail. Brynia finally shatters the mirror and the shards of the glass become butterflies. Nanna is pushing a wheelchair in which Brynia sits in a long, blue, floral kimono-style hospital gown, trembling with the poisoned strawberry in her hand. In the hallway, they meet two Wendigos blocking their way. Nanna furiously goes up to them and stomps her foot. Magical waves exude from her which send the Wendigos flying and cures Brynia. Brynia gets up from the wheelchair, and grabs Nanna's hand, as they run down the hallway to the exit. The doors open to reveal a beautiful labyrinth full of colorful flora. Brynia is now wearing a cream dress covered with strings of pink and yellow flowers and green leaves and has butterfly in her hair. Brynia and Nanna eventually find the exit. Both girls exchange high-fives on the way out. They hug each other before Nanna places something in Brynia's closed fist. Brynia opens her fist, revealing a butterfly that flies away and sparkles as it leaves.
Meanwhile; there's a bit of stress going on in someone else's life. Ophelia couldn't help but feel tedious from the every day life. "If only there were new worlds out there, ugh. It's so boring, if only there was something we could do...Gah, how I wish we had something to do--Mostly me too!" All she could do was to sit! She did not like it, not one little bit. "I need something fresh, something new here..." Ophelia said, musing to herself. She sighs as she sits back in her seat. She complains that she cannot seem to find anything new in this life. Her mother was listening in as she comforted her daughter, "There is a new world for us out there, Ophelia, I just know it." Her mother talks to Mimir about her daughter's issues with finding other worlds out there: "She's going off her mind for a new world for the other agents." One day, Ophelia found a world, it was called Tripura as she begin reading the profile on it. She then showed it to her mother. Her mother read the profile on Tripura and what's happening there: "A teen boy going through bad luck since the death of his father and brother, things are going back to worse...." She nodded as she hands the paper back to Ophelia while saying, "Charming, maybe you should do this." Ophelia explained the mission to the others: Alaa has been through bad luck: First there was a black cat as horrible accidents happened. Then, there was four than changed from five to six as a total of seventeen people were killed or hurt. Then there was nine people killed or injured once more. 43 mothers died of child birth. Alaa received a chain letter and refuse to respond to it, he met his own doppelgänger, walked under a ladder, spitting in public, hanging a horseshoe with the ends pointing down, broke a mirror, received a two dollar bill, placed his shoes on a table, placing chopsticks in a bowl of food sticking upward, saw three flames on a matchstick, received a clock as a gift, opening an umbrella indoors, stepped on a grave, faced with ravens, said the word 'Macbeth' inside a theatre, caused a hanging picture to fall off the wall, and spilling salt.
These innocent accidents are causing tragic events but Alaa didn't mean to. However, he's been called 'Longtail Alaa' because he left behind a trail of bad luck for so long that people fear him. People have a fear called triskaidekaphobia, which means the fear of the number 13. People freak out over the day--Friday the 13th, which triggers more bad luck from Alaa. This only happens when Alaa is angry for being pushed around, bullied, and being the joke on him for his great skills and smarts that some people envied. Alaa didn't want to cause bad luck, he just wanted to be treated better. This interest Cassandra as she, Eulalie, Deirdre, Turan, and Ariadne head over there after feeling depressed from certain betrayal and friends dead while others departed to Tripura. Meanwhile; Alaa and his friend, Badr--A girl who has a crush on him but she is aloof and insults him however she is too shy to admit her feelings because of her sweet and sour behavior. Badr is in trouble as she is attacked by savages of people. Just then while he fears of him and Badr dying; Alaa is rescued by a female jinn name Laima, who came to his rescue by giving him a promise of good fortune if Alaa helps her with saving those from entering the depths of Hell. Alaa is shocked to hear this as he accepts this contract. Laima grants him good luck as his bad luck vanishes. Instead of causing bad luck when he's angry; good things happen to those around Alaa and to himself. Laima gives him lucky symbols to help him out: He is given numbers of 7 & 8. A bamboo, a barnstar, an agimat, a dreamcatcher, a wish bone, a jade necklace with charms of an albatross, a four leaf clover, a horse shoe, a maneki-neko, a pig, a rabbit's foot, a pig, a sarimanok, and a white elephant on it. Alaa, alongside Laima and Badr as well as Laima's teacher Ali Baba helping the three of them. Ali Baba is the servant of Scheherazade and Shahryār, a king and queen who has seen Alaa suffering. From what Alaa learn; the person who is causing the bad luck is someone by the name Iblis. Iblis is the leader of the Forty Thieves. Ali Baba's brother, Cassim, is part of it for his greed for money. Lucky for Ali Baba; Cassim's daughter Morgiana is a spy for Ali Baba to tell him what is going on among the Forty Thieves. There was one Forty Thieves member that had a taste of ultra-violence; his name is Nereus. He was a guy who loved to see blood of innocence. He torments the kind yet ordinary warrior known as Sinbad. Sinbad was different from Nereus and Alaa as he has martial arts and acrobatic moves yet people put him down for being 'dire'. Sinbad's reputation as a nomad where he lived on the streets as he was poor.
One day, he made his living off stealing since he was desperate as he could that so many people have great things as he was angry that wealthy folks have everything while the poor or those in poverty are put through hell because of the fact they are just wanderers. Just then, Sinbad comes across Morgiana and Ali Baba who helps him and give him a better life. Nereus, who was Sinbad's rival, was sick to see Sinbad got away with things. Among the Forty Thieves besides Cassim, Nereus, and Iblis; there was also Shahryar's brother, Shah Zaman and his wife Dunyazad. When the Forty Thieves learn about Morgiana being a spy; they kidnapped Laima. Alaa and the others have to rescue her from the Forty Thieves. Meanwhile; Cassandra suffers from another nosebleed while preparing for battle. Several girls preparing to attack as they begin grabbing Cassandra by her face. Their faces begin to change and become distorted. Even Alaa is shown being overwhelmed by the thoughts and hallucinations that make him upset over Laima being kidnapped by Iblis. He becomes shocked as the hallucinations of people change with zombies-like faces. Alaa runs out as he tries to find out where he can see someone standing above the raging crowd. It was Cassandra! As Cassandra looks down at the screaming crowd, they transform back and forth into demonic-like zombies in her hallucinations and fires at them with her telekinesis. As the battle continues on and on; Cassandra dives into the crowd. She has hallucinations of her being in a narrow tank as she looked out to see the demonic zombies are oogling at her. Cassandra starts punch at it as the monsters laugh at her suffering but she was angry and finally broke out of the narrowed tank. In reality; Cassandra punched a man who was laughing and choking at her before. The hallucinations kick in as Cassandra can see the demonic-like zombies are pouncing her. Alaa could see Cassandra suffering! He pulled her up and rescued her. The two became close as Alaa learned of her secret as an agent and he eventually becomes a recruit to her as well as his friends.
In the meantime; Brynia experienced terrifying nightmares: Thirteen workers were killed when the Devil came roaring out of Hell. She heard sounds emanating from the hole crying, "Help us!" or "Get us out of here!" In another dream; For days, a ragged old man had hung around the station. The stationmaster kept running him off, but night after night he would return. He kept accosting people, shouting: "It's coming for me! It's coming!" Whenever anyone asked him what was coming for him, he would just clutch his head and cry: "I done wrong! I killed a man that cheated me at cards, and now I'm going to pay!" The train whistle sounded again. A warm rush of air blew against everyone near the platform and the stationmaster heard the roar of an invisible train passing directly in front of him. He heard the hiss of the steam and the screech of flanges against iron rails; he felt the wind whipping our hair and faces, but he saw nothing. Beneath his grip, the old tramp gave a terrible wail. Then he vanished, leaving the stationmaster empty-handed. The roar of the invisible train faded into the distance and then ceased. The stationmaster glanced at the station clock. It was midnight. The stationmaster stared blankly at the tracks. Around him, the waiting passengers and other bystanders were gasping and murmuring in fright. "Good lord, he was right," the stationmaster murmured to himself. "It did come for him." In a third dream; Brynia lay down on the ground, Having drunk so much she could drink no more. So she fell asleep with a troubled dream, she dreamt that she rode on a hell-bound train. Then in the distance there rose such a yell, "Ha! Ha!" croaked the Devil, "we're nearing hell." Then Brynia awoke with an agonized scream, Her clothes soaked with sweat, her hair standing up; And she prayed as she never had prayed before To be saved from the Devil's power; And her prayers and cries were not in vain. She never rode the hell bound express.
Brynia and Nanna came across Cassandra as Sigifrith came face to face with Brynia; accusing her for murdering his sister. Brynia and Cassandra are faced with more Wendigos while protecting Sigifrith. But he was still ungrateful: "What kind of witch are you to rescue me that way?" He demanded. "Oh for the love of--I saved your life! She did too and this is the thanks I get? You are not very thankful, are you?" "How can I be thankful for someone who has countless sorcery?!" Sigifrith demanded. "Well, I think it's time to be taught a lesson!" said Cassandra. She pulled out the Moneta and typed on the keyboard before smiling and reading what was on it: "June--A strong-willed, having grown up confident. She is quick to draw opinions on people, whether it be when she feels someone is hiding secrets, or even when someone is wholly untrustworthy. She is initially deeply emotional, being one of the few heroes to display rash and strong emotions ranging from fear, anger, and sadness." Sigifrith looked at her with shock, "Where did you get that?!" He demanded. Cassandra ignored him as she continued to read, "Aprilia-- She was originally cruel and uncaring, but after she began to develop emotions." Sigifrith reached over as he cried out, "Stop that!" Cassandra dodged his attack while reading, "Sophita is known for being quiet, mature, kind, and gentle always aiding those in need, but also unafraid to show her opinion. She is also very intelligent." Sigfrith was angry, "Give that back!" He lunged for it and Cassandra did but she makes him promise her something: "Promise me you will look up my memories and found out the truth from there, OK?" She replied. Sigifrith sighed, "Deal." He agreed as Cassandra and the others escaped. Melisande could not believe this was happening, she tried to deny and try to forget but she couldn't. She thought she was dreaming but she remembered and Melisande could not forget.
Kephas, Demetri, and Alexis had betrayed Melisande. They had given the experimental chemicals to Damon and Heidi to experiment on Ophelia. When Melisande found out, she was so upset that she broke down and murdered them with her psychic powers and Tristan found her shrieking and her hands covered with blood. Tristan managed to coax her down as Melisande blubbered, "I TRUSTED THEM!!!! I TRUSTED THEM!!!!" over and over again. Tristan is concern for her as his comrades, Ramses Hadar and Paulina Rocco. Ophelia is singing to herself like a lunatic: "How can you tell the difference between your true lover and some other? Your true one wears a pilgrim’s hat and a pilgrim’s sandals and staff. He is dead and gone, lady, he is dead and gone. At his head is a patch of green grass, and at his feet there is a tomb stone. Oh, ho! His death shroud was as white as snow, Covered with sweet flowers, which did not fall to the ground. In true-love showers. Tomorrow is St. Valentine’s Day and early in the morning. I’m a girl below your window, Waiting to be your Valentine. No, no, he’s dead. Go to your deathbed. He’ll never come again. His beard was white as snow, His hair was all white too. He’s gone, he’s gone, And we moan as we’re cast away." Little did she know that someone was watching her. Remembering what he was told; Sigifrith saw the memories of Cassandra: The first was her encounter with the Wendigos. Their fangs are bared, and they attacked the crowd, who screamed as others ran for their lives. Cassandra saw this in horror as she remembers the night of the prom massacre. Traumatizing memories of her friends who were shot and killed. Just then; the creatures attacked, puncturing Cassandra's body abdomen. Cassandra felt anger, the wounds on her body begin to vanish from her skin.
Samson, Proteus, Zaden, Lleu, Christopher, Hanuman, Justice, Echo, Kamaitachi, and Borvo are shocked to see this. Cassandra had tears in her eyes; thinking about her dead friends and their dreams which were gone forever. Now she was pissed, the creatures looked scared so they try to leave but Cassandra held them against their will and then killed them one by one with her telekinetic powers. The commotion started to attract the attention of others: Eulalie, Deirdre, Turan, Norna, Ariadne, & Juana and their new friends heard this. Curious, they walked over there to see what was going on. When they got closer, they were shocked to see Cassandra losing control on the monsters who had killed innocent lives. Once it was over, Cassandra finally calmed down and looked around the deceased of others, she saw that there was a child's body lying there motionlessly. She had tears in her eyes and she looked at the citizens who were watching her lose control. "Does anybody have anything to make a cremation? I want to make a proper funeral for the lives that are lost." said Cassandra. The others looked at each other, not sure what to do. Samson turned to them and said, "Listen, I know that was scary for all of you to see but this girl saved all of you from those beasts and she had a heart for the people that were killed." A bartender came forth with a bottle of liquor. A guy who was a smoker had a lighter. And someone who had fireproof materials & a proper funeral was made for them. While doing this cremation; Cassandra thought to herself, "What kind of person would sent so much monstrosity to kill innocent people? Whoever it was, they were gonna pay with their lives for this."Cassandra sniffed. "Oh, Jack! It was awful. He was so mean to me..." She blubbered. Jack could only pat her back, soothing her: "It's OK, Cass. It's OK.."
A deranged Ector who was smiling like a Cheshire as he held a knife. His hair was a mess and was bleeding from his hands. He panted and heaved, "I will not stop until I kill you, Cassandra." yelled Ector. Jack grabbed Cassandra, helping her up and shouted, "Run, you guys!" They ran, however Ector chased after them. He was still clutching the knife as he waved it. Laughing maniacally. Cassandra, Jack, and Trygve did not stopped. But they did, they found themselves at a cliff. Ector laughed more malicious, "End of the line, you damn ass." He exclaimed. Cassandra held her friends close, she glared at Ector, who lunged at them. "DIE!!!" He cried. "No!" She exclaimed. Cassandra telekinetically seized him by the throat and pulls him toward her but she did it too far. Cassandra, Jack, and Trygve watched as Ector fell down to his death. Cassandra couldn’t believe what she had done. "I killed him...AAAAHHHHH!" She screamed hysterically, waving her hands frantically. Jack took her hands and speaking to her, "Cass, Cass." When Cassandra didn’t answered; Jack slapped her. Cassandra stopped screaming, she slowly placed a hand on her cheek where she had been slapped. Cassandra looked at him, "Jack..." She whispered. Jack sighed, "Sorry. Are you OK?" He asked. Cassandra feebly shake her head. "I don't know, I can't live like…" She admitted. She went to the ledge and spread her arms out. She was about to take a step until Trygve reached for her. "Cass, nooo!" He cried. Jack and Trygve seized her, Cassandra struggled against them as she tried to push him away. "Let go of me! Let go! Lemme--" She ranted. "Don't even try, I am not letting go no matter what you say." Jack said. After many struggles; Cassandra gives up and embraces her friends. "Oh, you guys." She sobbed and begin crying until she fell asleep. Jack carried her, she felt light weighted in his arms.
Meanwhile; Ophelia twirled as she saw the sun coming up and the light from the blazing orb shined down on her. Once she had finished singing; Ophelia looked over at the morning sun coming up and can see a new day has come upon her. She begins to write things that are arousal: "You are really hypnotizing. The devil hypnotizes you to be bad and the angel hypnotizes you to be good. When you touch me, I feels good...I feel really good when you touch me. You got something else that nobody else has that I love. I feels like its my first time when you touched my body. I get nervous and that’s why my heart pounds as fast as a hummingbird." She fell asleep and she wakes up in a bed and wonders if all those misconceptions were existent or in her fantasy. She goes to see Casimir again and tells him that she wants to become a mystical creature; Casimir tells her that he will use alchemy to turn her into a siren for three days. He cupped her face in his hands and says serenely but decisively: “Understand? Three days. Now, you must listen because this is very significant.” Then he continued: “Before the sun sets on the third week; you got to prepare for evil danger to come. If you follow my advice of this warning, you remain as a siren. If not, you will turn back into a human…..And you will belong to me.” Ophelia looked shockingly scared as her inner voice tells her to not do it. Casimir lets her go and asked if they have a deal, Byronica asked if she will be still human and Casimir exclaimed: “Why, yes! A siren is human but she will be still mythical…You’ll still have your humanity.”
He laughs excitedly: “Life is full of tough choices, yes?” He chuckles a little and he remembers something: “There is one more thing; we haven’t converse an accurate payment. You can’t get something with nothing you know.” “Payment? I don’t have any….” Casimir cuts her off and assures her gently that he is not asking much, He needs something that’s valuable: “What I want from you is…” He paused and says in a soft, growling tone: “Your blood!” Ophelia gasps as she sees Casimir looks ravenous. “You got it, my love. Just one. Drop. Of delicate blood.” “Um, One drop of blood or a….” She looked petrified as Casimir promises her: “No one, not even me, will hurt you. You’ll be sufficient and don’t forget the prominence of desiring vampires.” He chuckles softly as he urges her gently to make her choice. In a smooth tenor; the jovial pretty boy whispers: “But, let’s hope you evoke us in your memory.” Ophelia sighs in relief as she strips off her jacket as Casimir ogles her corset and looks garble but victoriously enthralled. Casimir clasps her casually as his fingers caress her bare shoulders and neck, Ophelia try not to shriek but she lets out these melodic, anguish gasps. All of a sudden; Casimir finally bite her décolletage and Ophelia collapses to the bottom surface!
Ophelia woke up and saw it was all a dream, she sighed but when she looked in the mirror; she saw a bite mark on her neck and gasped with fright. "Oh dear Lord!" She said.
Chapter 2: The Wanderer
Alaa has been through bad luck: First there was a black cat as horrible accidents happened. Then, there was four than changed from five to six as a total of seventeen people were killed or hurt. Then there was nine people killed or injured once more. 43 mothers died of child birth. Alaa received a chain letter and refuse to respond to it, he met his own doppelgänger, walked under a ladder, spitting in public, hanging a horseshoe with the ends pointing down, broke a mirror, received a two dollar bill, placed his shoes on a table, placing chopsticks in a bowl of food sticking upward, saw three flames on a matchstick, received a clock as a gift, opening an umbrella indoors, stepped on a grave, faced with ravens, said the word 'Macbeth' inside a theatre, caused a hanging picture to fall off the wall, and spilling salt. These innocent accidents are causing tragic events but Alaa didn't mean to. However, he's been called 'Longtail Alaa' because he left behind a trail of bad luck for so long that people fear him. People have a fear called triskaidekaphobia, which means the fear of the number 13. People freak out over the day--Friday the 13th, which triggers more bad luck from Alaa. This only happens when Alaa is angry for being pushed around, bullied, and being the joke on him for his great skills and smarts that some people envied. Alaa didn't want to cause bad luck, he just wanted to be treated better. This interest Cassandra as she, Eulalie, Deirdre, Turan, and Ariadne head over there after feeling depressed from certain betrayal and friends dead while others departed to Tripura. Meanwhile; Alaa and his friend, Badr--A girl who has a crush on him but she is aloof and insults him however she is too shy to admit her feelings because of her sweet and sour behavior. Badr is in trouble as she is attacked by savages of people.
Just then while he fears of him and Badr dying; Alaa and Badr rescued by a female jinn name Laima, who came to his rescue by giving him a promise of good fortune if Alaa helps her with saving those from entering the depths of Hell. Alaa is shocked to hear this as he accepts this contract. Laima grants him good luck as his bad luck vanishes. Instead of causing bad luck when he's angry; good things happen to those around Alaa and to himself. Laima gives him lucky symbols to help him out: He is given numbers of 7 & 8. A bamboo, a barnstar, an agimat, a dreamcatcher, a wish bone, a jade necklace with charms of an albatross, a four leaf clover, a horse shoe, a maneki-neko, a pig, a rabbit's foot, a pig, a sarimanok, and a white elephant on it. Alaa, alongside Laima and Badr as well as Laima's teacher Ali Baba helping the three of them. Ali Baba is the servant of Scheherazade and Shahryār, a king and queen who has seen Alaa suffering. From what Alaa learn; the person who is causing the bad luck is someone by the name Iblis. Iblis is the leader of the Forty Thieves. Ali Baba's brother, Cassim, is part of it for his greed for money. Lucky for Ali Baba; Cassim's daughter Morgiana is a spy for Ali Baba to tell him what is going on among the Forty Thieves. There was one Forty Thieves member that had a taste of ultra-violence; his name is Nereus. He was a guy who loved to see blood of innocence. He torments the kind yet ordinary warrior known as Sinbad. Sinbad was different from Nereus and Alaa as he has martial arts and acrobatic moves yet people put him down for being 'dire'. Sinbad's reputation as a nomad where he lived on the streets as he was poor.
One day, he made his living off stealing since he was desperate as he could that so many people have great things as he was angry that wealthy folks have everything while the poor or those in poverty are put through hell because of the fact they are just wanderers. Just then, Sinbad comes across Morgiana and Ali Baba who helps him and give him a better life. Nereus, who was Sinbad's rival, was sick to see Sinbad got away with things. Among the Forty Thieves besides Cassim, Nereus, and Iblis; there was also Shahryar's brother, Shah Zaman and his wife Dunyazad. When the Forty Thieves learn about Morgiana being a spy; they kidnapped Laima. Alaa and the others have to rescue her from the Forty Thieves. Meanwhile; Cassandra suffers from another nosebleed while preparing for battle. Several girls preparing to attack as they begin grabbing Cassandra by her face. Their faces begin to change and become distorted. Meanwhile, Alaa is shown being overwhelmed by the thoughts and hallucinations that make him upset over Laima being kidnapped by Iblis. He becomes shocked as the hallucinations of people change with zombies-like faces. Alaa runs out as he tries to find out where he can see someone standing above the raging crowd. It was Cassandra! As Cassandra looks down at the screaming crowd, they transform back and forth into demonic-like zombies in her hallucinations and fires at them with her telekinesis. As the battle continues on and on; Cassandra dives into the crowd. She has hallucinations of her being in a narrow tank as she looked out to see the demonic zombies are ogling at her. Cassandra starts punch at it as the monsters laugh at her suffering but she was angry and finally broke out of the narrowed tank. In reality; Cassandra punched a man who was laughing and choking at her before. The hallucinations kick in as Cassandra can see the demonic-like zombies are pouncing her. Alaa could see Cassandra suffering!
Meanwhile; Ophelia begins to write things that are arousal: "You are really hypnotizing. The devil hypnotizes you to be bad and the angel hypnotizes you to be good. When you touch me, I feels good...I feel really good when you touch me. You got something else that nobody else has that I love. I feels like its my first time when you touched my body. I get nervous and that’s why my heart pounds as fast as a hummingbird." She fell asleep and she wakes up in a bed and wonders if all those misconceptions were existent or in her fantasy. She goes to see Casimir again and tells him that she wants to become a mystical creature; Casimir tells her that he will use alchemy to turn her into a siren for three days. He cupped her face in his hands and says serenely but decisively: “Understand? Three days. Now, you must listen because this is very significant.” Then he continued: “Before the sun sets on the third week; you got to prepare for evil danger to come. If you follow my advice of this warning, you remain as a siren. If not, you will turn back into a human…..And you will belong to me.” Ophelia looked shockingly scared as her inner voice tells her to not do it. Casimir lets her go and asked if they have a deal, Byronica asked if she will be still human and Casimir exclaimed: “Why, yes! A siren is human but she will be still mythical…You’ll still have your humanity.” He laughs excitedly: “Life is full of tough choices, yes?” He chuckles a little and he remembers something: “There is one more thing; we haven’t converse an accurate payment. You can’t get something with nothing you know.” “Payment? I don’t have any….” Casimir cuts her off and assures her gently that he is not asking much, He needs something that’s valuable: “What I want from you is…” He paused and says in a soft, growling tone: “Your blood!” Ophelia gasps as she sees Casimir looks ravenous.
“You got it, my love. Just one. Drop. Of delicate blood.” “Um, One drop of blood or a….” She looked petrified as Casimir promises her: “No one, not even me, will hurt you. You’ll be sufficient and don’t forget the prominence of desiring vampires.” He chuckles softly as he urges her gently to make her choice. In a smooth tenor; the jovial pretty boy whispers: “But, let’s hope you evoke us in your memory.” Ophelia sighs in relief as she strips off her jacket as Casimir ogles her corset and looks garble but victoriously enthralled. Casimir clasps her casually as his fingers caress her bare shoulders and neck, Ophelia try not to shriek but she lets out these melodic, anguish gasps. All of a sudden; Casimir finally bite her décolletage and Ophelia collapses to the bottom surface! How could this happen? Let's go back, back to the beginning.
Earlier before.....
That night inside of a cathedral; Sigifrith waited with his camera and other things. He didn't have to wait long when Sigifrith suddenly can see someone coming and saw a glimpse of Cassandra, "Belle Dame Sans Mercy!" He said softly. Then he gasped when he saw Jack beside her, "Monstrum!" Cassandra let her hood fall and fell on her knees near a pew and folded her hands together. "I confess to Almighty Goodwill, To blessed Mary, To the blessed archangel Michael, To the holy apostles, to all the saints. And to you, Father, that I have sinned in thought." prayed Cassandra. Just then, the Wendigos attacked and Cassandra fights back while Sigifrith is getting this on his camera, "Now I'm going to prove that you are, you sorceress!" He said to himself. Cassandra turns to Jack and says, "Come on, Jack! I need help--Now!" She begged. "I'm on it!" Jack said, he transforms into his Revenant. Growling and rabied with blood thirstiness; Revenant Jack attacked as Sigifrith couldn't believe what he was seeing. When the battle was over; Sigifrith came from his hiding spot to confront Cass. "What are you doing here? Just tell me, who are you? Really?" Sigifrith demanded. Cassandra look at him, "One of a kind!" She said finally after locking eyes with him, and she got away with Jack beside him. Sigifrith cursed silently, "I can't believe she got away!" He muttered. That night while lying in bed; Sigifrith saw a vision of a girl with blonde hair. Pretty eyes. And she wore white and blue clothes with a hint of transparent clothing of sash and sleeves of the outfit. "Sigifrith, listen to me. Please--" She said with plea. Sigifrith begin to clutch his head. Flashback etched in his mind of him as a young boy and the beautiful young lady smiling at him. His sister was Fides, a beloved young girl who would've grown up to be a lady if she wasn't killed from the likes of someone that was a witch like Cassandra. He would never forgive the person that killed his sister!
The next day in a sunny side area: "OK, I think I can do this!" There was a yelp, a laugh. Ariadne was clumsily trying to get on the bike and ride it but to no availed that it would work. Finally; the problem was Ariadne was wearing tight jeans and the seat was too high. She lowered the seat and she can finally ride the bike. "Ugh, Mikado you jerk. He can't do anything without me and my upcoming album!" She said to herself. Later in the studio; Ariadne sat at the piano, looking up. Waiting for a moment. Then, she begin to play. She was playing a piece and working on lyrics of songs she's been working on. She struggles to get the notes right for the music. Every time she gets a note wrong; she cursed of anger. She is being guided through the pieces of songs, she arranged her songs, and sometimes asked on how should they go. Ariadne realizes some of her songs. Ariadne has been through so much in life, there comes some personal experiences in struggle and grace for an artist. She is told to be patient and when the notes sounded right; she would be told, "That's it, good." When Ariadne plays the piano; her fingers are like liquid as adrenaline coursed through her. As she finishes; she is exhausted. As a human being; Ariadne may be a singer-songwriter but she's not higher than anyone. She jokes with friends, she eats food, she's an average girl. While out in the spot light; Ariadne has to be ready for interviews however she gets her hair styled and all made up. She chooses what to where, nobody tells what to wear or not to wear. Ariadne makes her own choices, she stresses over her identity and her style. She also stresses over her release as she goes through the process of publicity. Every time she is in photo shoots; Ariadne is told 'look here!" and 'Ariadne look over here!'. If Ariadne gets a day off; she gets a break to relax and feel like a normal person.
Ariadne's new single and music video is out: The video shows Ariadne where she dreamed to be just like a bunch of girls in a saccharine lifestyle. However as she befriends the girls, Ariadne learns that they are not always goody goody as it seems. Ariadne realize her dreams of being with these girls are nothing but a joke. They were all fake and she doesn't want to be that way and she dissed them before leaving them all offended. Other parts of the video show her being made up and she finally 'breaks out' and becomes her own person while performing onstage with her guitar. Another week later; Ariadne's next new single and music video is out: The video shows Ariadne at one of her idol's concerts and is enamored with him. But she is competing against her rival who also has feelings for the guy too. On a vacation spot; Ariadne learns that her idol is going on a cruise and goes to him in disguise however there is a storm as the idol falls off the boat. Ariadne jumps into the water and save him with a raft. The two of them landed on a marooned island as they decide to survive. However, Ariadne falls into the current of a lake and finds herself back at the vacation spot. She tries to tell the guy the truth however the guy is still convinced that their stranded. Ariadne decides to make him believe that they are and tries to play along to get the guy. While with him; Ariadne finally learns that this guy she had been obsessed with is not the guy of her dreams and she tells the guy the truth, where he storms off in a rage. Ariadne ends up with her male best friend, who has had a crush on her since, and they embrace in a kiss. But her famous idol ends up uphappily with Ariadne's rival, who is engaged to him. In other segments of the video; Ariadne is seen performing at the vacation spot, the cruise, and on the island.
Brynia Joro is weighed down by a great burden, the knowledge of her sin, which she cannot remember what she has done. This burden of her amnesia is so unbearable that Brynia must seek out memories of her past. While Brynia is walking out in the fields; She meets Hildgrim, her first ally who directs her to find the truth of her past. After struggling against enemies, Brynia is pulled out by Hildgrim's companion name Hother, who has heard her cries as Brynia learns that the ground is somehow strange to her. Like a sacred land. She continues on as she discovers pieces of her memories from a device called Moneta. One part in the Moneta shows her as a little girl where she went to confession and talks to a priest. After confession; Young Brynia felt a feeling of euphoria and was dancing in a field of daisies and violets. Just then, she has a vision as she found a sword in her hand. She went back home, where she is hidden; watching her family being butchered in front of her. Brynia is traumatized by the memories in her nightmares, she talks to a priest again. Brynia is wilder and emotional as she wanted revenge against the people that took her family's lives away from hers. Brynia became a prophetess as she comes before the leader of an army as she told them of vision. But the others believe she was insane however they decide to trust her as being a 'savior'. Brynia led victor for the valley of their great leader, she took things too far and she was locked up as the priest of the valley decided to have Brynia burnt to death. Back in reality, the frightened Brynia shut off from that memory as she continues further. In the second memory of the Moneta; Brynia was locked in prison, where she was tortured and forced to wear clothes of filth. She was interrogated and she was sentenced to death. Brynia was lucky, she was rescued by Hildgrim and Hother, where they slaughtered the people in the valley.
She was about 12 years of age and trained by Warden. She became a Morrigan, where she takes on Wendigos and has blossomed so much but became overpowered with darkness as she killed the 'savior woman' known as Żywie McCrea. Brynia is now wearing a dark violet dress, a black cloak and black & violet hair. She proceeds to explore a crepuscular labyrinth with a lantern. While walking in the labyrinth; Brynia is eating a strawberry and the walls close in on her. Brynia pushes the labyrinth, as a firework shoots from her chest into the dark sky. The walls open up to reveal a little girl in a pink cardigan, a blue collared floral dress, and a pink ribbon in her hair. Brynia approaches the little girl, their hands touch, and a glow surrounds them magically, the little girl is Nanna. As they walk into a hall of mirrors to a colossal mirror in the end, Brynia reaches the giant mirror, she sees herself as a blood thirsty woman and how she laughed at the fact that she killed Żywie. She falls into anguish while Nanna sees the crumbling of the floor and tries to warn her, but to no avail. Brynia finally shatters the mirror and the shards of the glass become butterflies. Nanna is pushing a wheelchair in which Brynia sits in a long, blue, floral kimono-style hospital gown, trembling with the poisoned strawberry in her hand. In the hallway, they meet two Wendigos blocking their way. Nanna furiously goes up to them and stomps her foot. Magical waves exude from her which send the Wendigos flying and cures Brynia. Brynia gets up from the wheelchair, and grabs Nanna's hand, as they run down the hallway to the exit. The doors open to reveal a beautiful labyrinth full of colorful flora. Brynia is now wearing a cream dress covered with strings of pink and yellow flowers and green leaves and has butterfly in her hair. Brynia and Nanna eventually find the exit. Both girls exchange high-fives on the way out. They hug each other before Nanna places something in Brynia's closed fist. Brynia opens her fist, revealing a butterfly that flies away and sparkles as it leaves.
Meanwhile; there's a bit of stress going on in someone else's life. Ophelia couldn't help but feel tedious from the every day life. "If only there were new worlds out there, ugh. It's so boring, if only there was something we could do...Gah, how I wish we had something to do--Mostly me too!" All she could do was to sit! She did not like it, not one little bit. "I need something fresh, something new here..." Ophelia said, musing to herself. She sighs as she sits back in her seat. She complains that she cannot seem to find anything new in this life. Her mother was listening in as she comforted her daughter, "There is a new world for us out there, Ophelia, I just know it." Her mother talks to Mimir about her daughter's issues with finding other worlds out there: "She's going off her mind for a new world for the other agents." One day, Ophelia found a world, it was called Tripura as she begin reading the profile on it. She then showed it to her mother. Her mother read the profile on Tripura and what's happening there: "A teen boy going through bad luck since the death of his father and brother, things are going back to worse...." She nodded as she hands the paper back to Ophelia while saying, "Charming, maybe you should do this." Ophelia explained the mission to the others: Alaa has been through bad luck: First there was a black cat as horrible accidents happened. Then, there was four than changed from five to six as a total of seventeen people were killed or hurt. Then there was nine people killed or injured once more. 43 mothers died of child birth. Alaa received a chain letter and refuse to respond to it, he met his own doppelgänger, walked under a ladder, spitting in public, hanging a horseshoe with the ends pointing down, broke a mirror, received a two dollar bill, placed his shoes on a table, placing chopsticks in a bowl of food sticking upward, saw three flames on a matchstick, received a clock as a gift, opening an umbrella indoors, stepped on a grave, faced with ravens, said the word 'Macbeth' inside a theatre, caused a hanging picture to fall off the wall, and spilling salt.
These innocent accidents are causing tragic events but Alaa didn't mean to. However, he's been called 'Longtail Alaa' because he left behind a trail of bad luck for so long that people fear him. People have a fear called triskaidekaphobia, which means the fear of the number 13. People freak out over the day--Friday the 13th, which triggers more bad luck from Alaa. This only happens when Alaa is angry for being pushed around, bullied, and being the joke on him for his great skills and smarts that some people envied. Alaa didn't want to cause bad luck, he just wanted to be treated better. This interest Cassandra as she, Eulalie, Deirdre, Turan, and Ariadne head over there after feeling depressed from certain betrayal and friends dead while others departed to Tripura. Meanwhile; Alaa and his friend, Badr--A girl who has a crush on him but she is aloof and insults him however she is too shy to admit her feelings because of her sweet and sour behavior. Badr is in trouble as she is attacked by savages of people. Just then while he fears of him and Badr dying; Alaa is rescued by a female jinn name Laima, who came to his rescue by giving him a promise of good fortune if Alaa helps her with saving those from entering the depths of Hell. Alaa is shocked to hear this as he accepts this contract. Laima grants him good luck as his bad luck vanishes. Instead of causing bad luck when he's angry; good things happen to those around Alaa and to himself. Laima gives him lucky symbols to help him out: He is given numbers of 7 & 8. A bamboo, a barnstar, an agimat, a dreamcatcher, a wish bone, a jade necklace with charms of an albatross, a four leaf clover, a horse shoe, a maneki-neko, a pig, a rabbit's foot, a pig, a sarimanok, and a white elephant on it. Alaa, alongside Laima and Badr as well as Laima's teacher Ali Baba helping the three of them. Ali Baba is the servant of Scheherazade and Shahryār, a king and queen who has seen Alaa suffering. From what Alaa learn; the person who is causing the bad luck is someone by the name Iblis. Iblis is the leader of the Forty Thieves. Ali Baba's brother, Cassim, is part of it for his greed for money. Lucky for Ali Baba; Cassim's daughter Morgiana is a spy for Ali Baba to tell him what is going on among the Forty Thieves. There was one Forty Thieves member that had a taste of ultra-violence; his name is Nereus. He was a guy who loved to see blood of innocence. He torments the kind yet ordinary warrior known as Sinbad. Sinbad was different from Nereus and Alaa as he has martial arts and acrobatic moves yet people put him down for being 'dire'. Sinbad's reputation as a nomad where he lived on the streets as he was poor.
One day, he made his living off stealing since he was desperate as he could that so many people have great things as he was angry that wealthy folks have everything while the poor or those in poverty are put through hell because of the fact they are just wanderers. Just then, Sinbad comes across Morgiana and Ali Baba who helps him and give him a better life. Nereus, who was Sinbad's rival, was sick to see Sinbad got away with things. Among the Forty Thieves besides Cassim, Nereus, and Iblis; there was also Shahryar's brother, Shah Zaman and his wife Dunyazad. When the Forty Thieves learn about Morgiana being a spy; they kidnapped Laima. Alaa and the others have to rescue her from the Forty Thieves. Meanwhile; Cassandra suffers from another nosebleed while preparing for battle. Several girls preparing to attack as they begin grabbing Cassandra by her face. Their faces begin to change and become distorted. Even Alaa is shown being overwhelmed by the thoughts and hallucinations that make him upset over Laima being kidnapped by Iblis. He becomes shocked as the hallucinations of people change with zombies-like faces. Alaa runs out as he tries to find out where he can see someone standing above the raging crowd. It was Cassandra! As Cassandra looks down at the screaming crowd, they transform back and forth into demonic-like zombies in her hallucinations and fires at them with her telekinesis. As the battle continues on and on; Cassandra dives into the crowd. She has hallucinations of her being in a narrow tank as she looked out to see the demonic zombies are oogling at her. Cassandra starts punch at it as the monsters laugh at her suffering but she was angry and finally broke out of the narrowed tank. In reality; Cassandra punched a man who was laughing and choking at her before. The hallucinations kick in as Cassandra can see the demonic-like zombies are pouncing her. Alaa could see Cassandra suffering! He pulled her up and rescued her. The two became close as Alaa learned of her secret as an agent and he eventually becomes a recruit to her as well as his friends.
In the meantime; Brynia experienced terrifying nightmares: Thirteen workers were killed when the Devil came roaring out of Hell. She heard sounds emanating from the hole crying, "Help us!" or "Get us out of here!" In another dream; For days, a ragged old man had hung around the station. The stationmaster kept running him off, but night after night he would return. He kept accosting people, shouting: "It's coming for me! It's coming!" Whenever anyone asked him what was coming for him, he would just clutch his head and cry: "I done wrong! I killed a man that cheated me at cards, and now I'm going to pay!" The train whistle sounded again. A warm rush of air blew against everyone near the platform and the stationmaster heard the roar of an invisible train passing directly in front of him. He heard the hiss of the steam and the screech of flanges against iron rails; he felt the wind whipping our hair and faces, but he saw nothing. Beneath his grip, the old tramp gave a terrible wail. Then he vanished, leaving the stationmaster empty-handed. The roar of the invisible train faded into the distance and then ceased. The stationmaster glanced at the station clock. It was midnight. The stationmaster stared blankly at the tracks. Around him, the waiting passengers and other bystanders were gasping and murmuring in fright. "Good lord, he was right," the stationmaster murmured to himself. "It did come for him." In a third dream; Brynia lay down on the ground, Having drunk so much she could drink no more. So she fell asleep with a troubled dream, she dreamt that she rode on a hell-bound train. Then in the distance there rose such a yell, "Ha! Ha!" croaked the Devil, "we're nearing hell." Then Brynia awoke with an agonized scream, Her clothes soaked with sweat, her hair standing up; And she prayed as she never had prayed before To be saved from the Devil's power; And her prayers and cries were not in vain. She never rode the hell bound express.
Brynia and Nanna came across Cassandra as Sigifrith came face to face with Brynia; accusing her for murdering his sister. Brynia and Cassandra are faced with more Wendigos while protecting Sigifrith. But he was still ungrateful: "What kind of witch are you to rescue me that way?" He demanded. "Oh for the love of--I saved your life! She did too and this is the thanks I get? You are not very thankful, are you?" "How can I be thankful for someone who has countless sorcery?!" Sigifrith demanded. "Well, I think it's time to be taught a lesson!" said Cassandra. She pulled out the Moneta and typed on the keyboard before smiling and reading what was on it: "June--A strong-willed, having grown up confident. She is quick to draw opinions on people, whether it be when she feels someone is hiding secrets, or even when someone is wholly untrustworthy. She is initially deeply emotional, being one of the few heroes to display rash and strong emotions ranging from fear, anger, and sadness." Sigifrith looked at her with shock, "Where did you get that?!" He demanded. Cassandra ignored him as she continued to read, "Aprilia-- She was originally cruel and uncaring, but after she began to develop emotions." Sigifrith reached over as he cried out, "Stop that!" Cassandra dodged his attack while reading, "Sophita is known for being quiet, mature, kind, and gentle always aiding those in need, but also unafraid to show her opinion. She is also very intelligent." Sigfrith was angry, "Give that back!" He lunged for it and Cassandra did but she makes him promise her something: "Promise me you will look up my memories and found out the truth from there, OK?" She replied. Sigifrith sighed, "Deal." He agreed as Cassandra and the others escaped. Melisande could not believe this was happening, she tried to deny and try to forget but she couldn't. She thought she was dreaming but she remembered and Melisande could not forget.
Kephas, Demetri, and Alexis had betrayed Melisande. They had given the experimental chemicals to Damon and Heidi to experiment on Ophelia. When Melisande found out, she was so upset that she broke down and murdered them with her psychic powers and Tristan found her shrieking and her hands covered with blood. Tristan managed to coax her down as Melisande blubbered, "I TRUSTED THEM!!!! I TRUSTED THEM!!!!" over and over again. Tristan is concern for her as his comrades, Ramses Hadar and Paulina Rocco. Ophelia is singing to herself like a lunatic: "How can you tell the difference between your true lover and some other? Your true one wears a pilgrim’s hat and a pilgrim’s sandals and staff. He is dead and gone, lady, he is dead and gone. At his head is a patch of green grass, and at his feet there is a tomb stone. Oh, ho! His death shroud was as white as snow, Covered with sweet flowers, which did not fall to the ground. In true-love showers. Tomorrow is St. Valentine’s Day and early in the morning. I’m a girl below your window, Waiting to be your Valentine. No, no, he’s dead. Go to your deathbed. He’ll never come again. His beard was white as snow, His hair was all white too. He’s gone, he’s gone, And we moan as we’re cast away." Little did she know that someone was watching her. Remembering what he was told; Sigifrith saw the memories of Cassandra: The first was her encounter with the Wendigos. Their fangs are bared, and they attacked the crowd, who screamed as others ran for their lives. Cassandra saw this in horror as she remembers the night of the prom massacre. Traumatizing memories of her friends who were shot and killed. Just then; the creatures attacked, puncturing Cassandra's body abdomen. Cassandra felt anger, the wounds on her body begin to vanish from her skin.
Samson, Proteus, Zaden, Lleu, Christopher, Hanuman, Justice, Echo, Kamaitachi, and Borvo are shocked to see this. Cassandra had tears in her eyes; thinking about her dead friends and their dreams which were gone forever. Now she was pissed, the creatures looked scared so they try to leave but Cassandra held them against their will and then killed them one by one with her telekinetic powers. The commotion started to attract the attention of others: Eulalie, Deirdre, Turan, Norna, Ariadne, & Juana and their new friends heard this. Curious, they walked over there to see what was going on. When they got closer, they were shocked to see Cassandra losing control on the monsters who had killed innocent lives. Once it was over, Cassandra finally calmed down and looked around the deceased of others, she saw that there was a child's body lying there motionlessly. She had tears in her eyes and she looked at the citizens who were watching her lose control. "Does anybody have anything to make a cremation? I want to make a proper funeral for the lives that are lost." said Cassandra. The others looked at each other, not sure what to do. Samson turned to them and said, "Listen, I know that was scary for all of you to see but this girl saved all of you from those beasts and she had a heart for the people that were killed." A bartender came forth with a bottle of liquor. A guy who was a smoker had a lighter. And someone who had fireproof materials & a proper funeral was made for them. While doing this cremation; Cassandra thought to herself, "What kind of person would sent so much monstrosity to kill innocent people? Whoever it was, they were gonna pay with their lives for this."Cassandra sniffed. "Oh, Jack! It was awful. He was so mean to me..." She blubbered. Jack could only pat her back, soothing her: "It's OK, Cass. It's OK.."
A deranged Ector who was smiling like a Cheshire as he held a knife. His hair was a mess and was bleeding from his hands. He panted and heaved, "I will not stop until I kill you, Cassandra." yelled Ector. Jack grabbed Cassandra, helping her up and shouted, "Run, you guys!" They ran, however Ector chased after them. He was still clutching the knife as he waved it. Laughing maniacally. Cassandra, Jack, and Trygve did not stopped. But they did, they found themselves at a cliff. Ector laughed more malicious, "End of the line, you damn ass." He exclaimed. Cassandra held her friends close, she glared at Ector, who lunged at them. "DIE!!!" He cried. "No!" She exclaimed. Cassandra telekinetically seized him by the throat and pulls him toward her but she did it too far. Cassandra, Jack, and Trygve watched as Ector fell down to his death. Cassandra couldn’t believe what she had done. "I killed him...AAAAHHHHH!" She screamed hysterically, waving her hands frantically. Jack took her hands and speaking to her, "Cass, Cass." When Cassandra didn’t answered; Jack slapped her. Cassandra stopped screaming, she slowly placed a hand on her cheek where she had been slapped. Cassandra looked at him, "Jack..." She whispered. Jack sighed, "Sorry. Are you OK?" He asked. Cassandra feebly shake her head. "I don't know, I can't live like…" She admitted. She went to the ledge and spread her arms out. She was about to take a step until Trygve reached for her. "Cass, nooo!" He cried. Jack and Trygve seized her, Cassandra struggled against them as she tried to push him away. "Let go of me! Let go! Lemme--" She ranted. "Don't even try, I am not letting go no matter what you say." Jack said. After many struggles; Cassandra gives up and embraces her friends. "Oh, you guys." She sobbed and begin crying until she fell asleep. Jack carried her, she felt light weighted in his arms.
Meanwhile; Ophelia twirled as she saw the sun coming up and the light from the blazing orb shined down on her. Once she had finished singing; Ophelia looked over at the morning sun coming up and can see a new day has come upon her. She begins to write things that are arousal: "You are really hypnotizing. The devil hypnotizes you to be bad and the angel hypnotizes you to be good. When you touch me, I feels good...I feel really good when you touch me. You got something else that nobody else has that I love. I feels like its my first time when you touched my body. I get nervous and that’s why my heart pounds as fast as a hummingbird." She fell asleep and she wakes up in a bed and wonders if all those misconceptions were existent or in her fantasy. She goes to see Casimir again and tells him that she wants to become a mystical creature; Casimir tells her that he will use alchemy to turn her into a siren for three days. He cupped her face in his hands and says serenely but decisively: “Understand? Three days. Now, you must listen because this is very significant.” Then he continued: “Before the sun sets on the third week; you got to prepare for evil danger to come. If you follow my advice of this warning, you remain as a siren. If not, you will turn back into a human…..And you will belong to me.” Ophelia looked shockingly scared as her inner voice tells her to not do it. Casimir lets her go and asked if they have a deal, Byronica asked if she will be still human and Casimir exclaimed: “Why, yes! A siren is human but she will be still mythical…You’ll still have your humanity.”
He laughs excitedly: “Life is full of tough choices, yes?” He chuckles a little and he remembers something: “There is one more thing; we haven’t converse an accurate payment. You can’t get something with nothing you know.” “Payment? I don’t have any….” Casimir cuts her off and assures her gently that he is not asking much, He needs something that’s valuable: “What I want from you is…” He paused and says in a soft, growling tone: “Your blood!” Ophelia gasps as she sees Casimir looks ravenous. “You got it, my love. Just one. Drop. Of delicate blood.” “Um, One drop of blood or a….” She looked petrified as Casimir promises her: “No one, not even me, will hurt you. You’ll be sufficient and don’t forget the prominence of desiring vampires.” He chuckles softly as he urges her gently to make her choice. In a smooth tenor; the jovial pretty boy whispers: “But, let’s hope you evoke us in your memory.” Ophelia sighs in relief as she strips off her jacket as Casimir ogles her corset and looks garble but victoriously enthralled. Casimir clasps her casually as his fingers caress her bare shoulders and neck, Ophelia try not to shriek but she lets out these melodic, anguish gasps. All of a sudden; Casimir finally bite her décolletage and Ophelia collapses to the bottom surface!
Ophelia woke up and saw it was all a dream, she sighed but when she looked in the mirror; she saw a bite mark on her neck and gasped with fright. "Oh dear Lord!" She said.
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