Jawbreaker Banshee--Chapter 2

Here is the second chapter of Jawbreaker Banshee, where Aynia continues to defeat her opponents but now her discovery of creepy people as she kills them with her 'banshee cry'. It was horrifying to her and it amazed her. --KatDon 

Chapter 2: Creepy Encounters 

Waking up in her house as she went to get a glass of water but felt the wind in her house and realized her sister is up. She followed the cold wind and saw the balcony doors were opened. Etain was watching over the city, spellbound by it. "Etain?" Aynia said. Etain gasped, startled and turned around before sighing: "Oh Aynia, it's only you." She said before looking back at the darkness and the city belowed which glowed of a radiant light. "What are you doing up here?" Aynia asked. Etain gestured for Aynia to her, "Come sit next to me, Aynia. It's the best place to feel the wind." She said. Aynia didn't move, "I can feel it from here." She said. Etain looked at her again and said, "No, you can't." She pulled her sister as the two girls giggled. They stopped and looked over at the city, "You should get some sleep." Aynia said, sounding like their mother. "I can't sleep. I've been up here for hours." Etain replied with a sigh. The next morning as she got out from clocking in from training; someone called out her name: "Aynia! Hi." Aynia turned and smiled to see Gavin running up to her, "Hey, Gavin!" She greeted. "I see your doing good in the ranks." Gavin remarked. Aynia grinned back at him, "Thanks, I'm happy to see you." She said. Gavin nodded, "Yeah, me too. You feeling OK?" He asked. Aynia nodded, "Oh sure, I feel pretty great. Just--Boy, I'm beat." She said with a sigh. They were talking for awhile but didn't noticed Bran was observing them from afar. While walking; Aynia was scared to see small animals lying dead on the ground bleeding. She had a shocked and saddened look on her face however she kept moving as she begins to walk a little more with that worried look. As she kept moving, there were more dead animals as Aynia moved past them looking more and more worried She was shocked to see how they all died in rather gruesome ways; a puppy was hanged on a tree with what appeared to be his viscera hanging out, a kitten had all four of his limbs torn off and a bunny had his eyes gouged out and his throat slit. Aynia was running up a hill and then she stopped, there was a dark figure. Aynia walked closely toward the man. In a split second, Aynia saw the figure facing towards her with his eyes open and they were black with those red glowing pupils. He laughed as he said, "Hello Aynia. Do you want to play with me?" Aynia ran, looking scared out of her wits. Suddenly there was a creepy laugh, Aynia was seeing flashes of the creature popping everywhere, again with those eyes. He was behind Aynia slowly gaining up on her running! This time he had the most deranged looking grin on his face, he looked as though he was enjoying the torment he was giving Aynia as he gained up on her. Aynia tripped and laid there and started crying. But then the man appeared right in front of her and Aynia looked up in horror. Blood started to come down those blackened eyes of the man's as a grin slowly grew from his face as he looked down at the horrified girl. Just in a split second the man lunged at Aynia who let out a loud screeching. She wakes up in horror as she learns it was a bad dream and goes back to sleep. In the second nightmare, Aynia who looked afraid and a little unnerved. Then there was that maddening laugh came again. 

Aynia saw several bloodstains on the ground as she looked nauseated walking down this blood-stained road, still she kept going. As Aynia ran, the man appeared right in front of her with those eyes again, "Found you!" He said. Aynia tried to punch the creature, but the creature vanished in black smoke. Then the man appeared behind Aynia again and again, and the creature vanished again laughing. Aynia was panicking even more, she then fell to her knees and clutched her head sobbing. The creature lunged at Aynia who let out a distorted and terrified screeching. Again; Aynia woke up in terror and fell asleep. In the third nightmare; Aynia was walking down a hallway. The floor was shiny and checkered, the walls were a dark grayish purple with animated candlelight’s and a few dark bloodstains here and there, and there was a dark red curtain hanging above on the top part of the screen. Then, the red curtain sways very slowly. Aynia didn't look entirely nervous like the other two dreams but she did have a suspicious look on her face as if she was just a bit paranoid. She went down a long flight of stairs leading downward, she seemed unsure of herself, though she pressed onward. Down the steps, Aynia noticed that the walls have gotten darker and more reddish; the red torches are now an eerie blue. The walls turned more dark red and the torches were a black flame now. Suddenly, the creature in black popped right in front of Aynia. The creature appeared before Aynia, startling her. "WHO ARE YOU?" demanded Aynia. The creature leans over and whispered, "I am every human's worse nightmare....You bitch." It laughs and lunges at Aynia, who wakes up once again and begins panting as she was unable to sleep. Since the nightmare haunted her for days; Aynia woke up in the middle of the night after she had that bad dream, she look and saw that the window was opened. Groggy Aynia went to the window and shut it before going back to sleep but felt something strange was happening. She pulled out her gun from under her shirt and looked upto see a ray of light that irradiating. Aynia nearly jumped when she saw eyes looking back at her, they weren't regular eyes. They were black and creepy as they bore into her horrified face. The person with those eyes stepped out and revealed to have a long, horrendous smiled across his face, Aynia stared back with frozen fear on her face. The figure of a man stood watching her and said something of a way a maniac would say: "Shhh! Sleep my pretty thing." Then, the man pulled out a knife and aimed at the agent's heart. He jumped on top of the bed but Aynia fought back as they begin rolling around with Aynia kicking and punching. The man threw the knife, trying to aim it at her heart but instead, the sharp blade went into her shoulder. Just then, there was a knock at the door and a loud voice went: "This is the police, what's going on?" The killer turned and ran down the hallway, he went to the back door and broke it opened. Aynia watched him go as she would never forget those eyes looking at her, nor that grin on his face. Aynia told the police what had happened and they were still looking for the killer, she learned that the killer's name was none other than Chester Grindylow. The next day at her bunk room than her own room, Aynia was on edge until she jumped at the sound of her cell phone. She answers, "Aynia, you're next fight is arranged. Are you ready?" Mongfind asked. Aynia nodded, "On my way." She said. After she hung up; Aynia head over as her phone beeeped and there was a name in big letters with a computer voice, "CHESTER GRINDYLOW." and the opponent's  voice appears, "Sleep, go to sleep my dear!" 

Aynia confronted Chester as she was shaken to his smiling face and try her best to fight back. While fighting; Aynia brushed her skin against his and she learned about Grindylow's story: Chester and his family had just moved into a new neighborhood. His dad had gotten a promotion at work, and they thought it would be best to live in the those nice neighborhoods. Jeff and his brother couldn’t complain though. A new, better house. What was not to love? As they were getting unpacked, one of their neighbors came by. They each introduced themselves, and then a neighbor invited them to her son’s birthday. Chester was about to object, when their mother said that they would love to. When Chester and his family are done packing, Chester went up to his mom that he didn't want to go to a random kid's party but his mother scolds at him that they were going. Chester started to talk, but stopped himself, knowing that he couldn’t do anything. Whenever his mom said something, it was final. However, he soon encountered bullies and one day, they did something awful by splashing him with bleach and alcohol before using a lighter to burn him. As soon as the flame made contact with him, the flames ignited the alcohol in the vodka. While the alcohol burned him, the bleach bleached his skin. Chester tries to kill her however Aynia took the knife from him during the struggle, and try to stab him however he was stronger and try to kill her. Scared; Aynia begins to scream but this scream managed to summon the banshees, who came to her rescue, and slaughtered the killer. Shocked at what she done; Aynia was backing away in horror. Since the battle, Aynia was shaken as Mongfind appeared before her, "Congrats, Aynia. You are ranked 9." She said. Aynia panted, "The nightmare...It's over, it's finally over....Thank goodness, thank you Above King..." She said and fainted. Later on; everywhere she goes, Aynia could see this tall, slender, horrible and faceless creature. It was beginning to haunt her dreams as it all it ever does is stand there, watching. Agent 146 feels watched, like she's not alone. Aynia research on it, this thing wasn't natural and learned about it the creature who is called 'Tall Man'. "Who the hell is a Tall Man? Could this be the stalking creature?" wondered Aynia. She was beginning to feel uneasy however she had to know somehow. She did some research on the Tall Man and digged up some research on the related cases about him: Two preteen girls lured a friend into the woods and stabbed her 19 times. 

Their friend managed to escape by crawling away and laid there on the sidewalk where there was wounds covering from her arms, her legs, and her torso. Blood soaking her black fleece jacket until she was on the ground and was rushed to a hospital. The two girls were found and arrested, they told their reasons why: They wanted to prove themselves worthy of the Tall Man. Aynia was unsure about this however she was having dreams about the Tall Man yet again. She wakes up, freezing from the cold, and finds the door opened, she walks out and finds a piece of paper of the faceless, slender Tall Man with words that say 'NO, NO, NO, NO!!!!' It begin to rain and Aynia ran inside. As she was locking her door and going to sleep, she heard something move. Aynia heard a loud thud as her light went out as she saw something cast a shadow in the total darkness, she could see the outline of a man and he wore a suit. He reached his arms up which turned into tendrils as they draped over the agent, covering her eyes before she fell unconscious. Aynia woke up with a gasp, looking arond as her light was on and sighed. She decided to research on the Tall Man even more and learned that his name used to be known as Noppera Kaufmann. That's when Aynia remembered that on his tendrils had some initials that said 'N.K.' on there. Then her cell rang and she answered it. "Aynia, you're next fight is arranged." Mongfind asked. Aynia nodded, "All right." She said. After she hung up; Aynia head over as her phone beeeped and there was a name in big letters with a computer voice, "TALL MAN." and the opponent's  voice appears, ".......No......." Aynia faced the muteless, faceless monster in front of her and try to find memories through the skin contact. But she saw that there was nothing. Shocked by this; Aynia let out that scream again and the banshees killed the Tall Man. Aynia looked over at the monster as Mongfind appeared before her, "Nice work, Aynia. You are ranked 8." She said. "What kind of thing is Tall Man? He has no memories, he has nothing." answered Aynia. One strange night; Aynia was returning home and was trying to get some sleep when she turned and gasped at the sight of a naked man, or a large hairless dog of some sort. Its body position was disturbing and unnatural. For some reason, the agent was not instantly frightened by it, but more concerned as to its condition. Aynia scrambled around her bed and was completely silent for 30 seconds, looking at her. 

It placed a claw-like hand on her knee and ran out her room. Out of the house. Aynia was trembling as she couldn't sleep that night. She went to see her neighbor, where she saw a familiar creature in the window, hunched over and crouching while covered in blood. Aynia barged the door opened and went in but the creature got away! It ran out of the house, as Aynia rushed over to help her neighbor, who spoke his last words before he died: "He is....Rakshasa, they call him 'Rakshasa'." Aynia looked up and was shocked to see that the dog-man creature was staring at her before scampering away! Lucky Etain and her mother were doing grocery shopping so they weren't home at the time. Since then, Aynia was back at her bunk room but got a phone call from Mongfund: "Aynia, you're next fight is arranged. It won't be so easy." Mongfind warned. Aynia shrugged, "I can handle it." She said. After she hung up; Aynia head over as her phone beeeped and there was a name in big letters with a computer voice, "RAKSHASA." and the opponent's  voice appears, "RRRAAAWW!" The monster pounced Aynia, who try to get memories from him but there was nothing. It was just a mere shell of itself and then, Aynia let out a piercing cry. The banshees saved her and murdred . Scared; Aynia leaned against the wall as Mongfind appeared before her, "Congrats, Aynia. You are ranked 7." She said. Afterwards while at her home, Aynia try to open her window but it was stuck and looked out into the blinds to see the creature's face which its eyes and mouth are behind the skin, pushing outwards and it was staring at her smiling. Aynia try to punch the window but the glass didn't break and neither did her hand. The creature did it too and there was a small crack in the window. Terrified; Aynia used duct tape to cover its face, but she angered it as she peeked out to see the grin turned into a menace as she saw a gaping frown full of teeth and the skin ripped from its mouth and there the agent could see its cavernous throat. 
There was a rumble that filled her house and the crack begin to spred like ice splintering so Aynia pulled down the duct tape and the rumble stopped, the creature begin to smile again. Aynia returned as she decided to find out more on the trail she was shown so she went alone. What she discover, the trail ended at a cemetery, and many tombstones belong to innocent children. Shocked by what she discovered her; Aynia lay there in her bunk room until she gets a phone call and answered it. "Aynia, you're next fight is arranged." Mongfind replied. Aynia shrugged, "I'm coming down right now." She said. After she hung up; Aynia head over as her phone beeped and there was a name in big letters with a computer voice, "The Imp." and the opponent's  voice appears, "Would you like to play with me?" The monster try to tear at Aynia and try to kill her but Aynia try to find out about this creature's memories. And uses her 'Banshee Cry' and killed the beast. Once that was over; Aynia looked over at the thing while Mongfind appeared before her, "Bravissimo, Aynia. You are ranked 6." She said. A week after; Aynia spent the night with a neighbor. She fell asleep after she fell asleep. One night, she woke up as she heard rustling noises coming from outside at about one in the morning. The next night, she heard the window opening and a loud thump, as if something entered the room. The man looked up and saw  a truly horrifying sight. A staring face to face with a creature with a black hoodie and dark blue mask with no nose or mouth staring down at her. The thing that scared her the most was that it had no eyes. Just empty, black sockets. The creature went away but he dropped something that he didn't noticed. Turning on the light, Aynia picked it up and closed the window. She looked at the thing she had picked up and nearly vomited. In her hand was a half-eaten kidney! After showing the kidney she found; the doctors examined it as they found out that it could be the works of Cronan Forest, a man-eating killer who does this to people. 

"Aynia, you're next fight is arranged. Be sure you be careful, OK?" Mongfind said. Aynia shrugged, "I will." She said. After she hung up; Aynia head over as her phone beeeped and there was a name in big letters with a computer voice, "CRONAN FOREST." and the opponent's  voice appears, "Tasty vital regions, mmm....." While fighting him; she absorb his memories and could see what's inside his mind: Cronan was kidnapped to have his kidney's harvested for the Black Market. He was resistant so to make him weaker they tore out his eyes. As for why he can see without eyes is that he's not actually seeing, some blind people can see aura's and have extremely heightened senses due to lack of vision. He went back after being rescued by some of the other teens who were also trapped and decided to go back and get revenge by numbing the people and taking their kidney's and eating them while they were alive. After that he went home, he was normal before this, and found that his brother was home and didn't seem to have looked for him. Before going to him he put on a mask he had stole and attacked his brother, eating his kidney's. There was noise and the cops were called, causing Cronan to run off and leave a half eaten kidney and his dying brother behind. The cops found Cronan's brother before he died but weren't able to save him in time. He was a insane child in the asylum who had taunted several other children and made them very scared of him. She let out and killed Cronan Forest! Amazed and terrified; Aynia panted, she leaned against the wall as Mongfind appeared before her, "Well done, Aynia. You are ranked 5." She said. Later, Aynia was cleaning up in the shower room when her cell ringed. She got out, dried herself, and answered it. "Aynia, you're next fight is arranged." Mongfind said. Aynia nodded, "I'll be right there." She said. After she hung up; Aynia head over as her phone beeeped and there was a name in big letters with a computer voice, "LEWIS SYPHER." and the opponent's  voice appears, "Tick, tick, tick. " As Aynia fought against Lewis, she absorbed his memories and saw what she never saw before: Lewis Sypher grew up with several mental disorders during his childhood, making it difficult for him to fit in with other people. He was constantly bullied by his classmates for his tics and was ultimately deemed unsuited for a public school surrounding, so he switched to homeschooling. Although he received plenty of support from his mother and older sister Verona, his father lost himself to alcohol, drugs and gambling, and started abusing his family.When Lewis was 17, he and his sister were involved in a tragic car accident resulting in Verona's death. Lewis's symptoms started to worsen because of this; he lost his appetite for food, slowly began to lose his memories, and became even less social than before. She stopped looking at them and defeated Lewis, who was escorted away. Once that was over; Aynia could see Mongfind appeared before her, "Splendid job, Aynia. You are ranked 4." She said. Aynia was exhausted and she had to rest a little until her next battle. Later, she got a phone call: "Aynia, you're next fight is arranged. Be sure you be careful, OK?" Mongfind said. Aynia shrugged, "I will." She said. After she hung up; Aynia head over as her phone beeped and there was a name in big letters with a computer voice, "THALIA." and the opponent's  voice appears, "Let's see what you got, chica." Aynia battles her while also making contact with her touch and begins to absorb her memories as she could see Thalia's memories and know her name: Isabel. 

In the memories, Isabel stopped, her fingers left the keys and sat there for a moment; reminiscing into oblivion. Isabel was a young maiden who came from a multi-Spanish mother name Mari who came from a family that came from relatives of Latinos: Spain, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Brazil, Peru, New Mexico, Puerto Rico, and the others from South America. As for her father, Martin, is from a crossbred family of Greek and Spanish. Sadly; a terrible accident took Martin's life and Isabel felt grief for the loss of her father. Despite her father's death, Helene dreamed to be a singer-songwriter however she's been dealing with a lot of prejudice from people like Juana D'Aigua. Juana has fair skin, piercing blue eyes, and bouncy blonde curls. Contrasts from Helene's shiny brown skin, dark hair, and chocolate brown eyes. After her father's death; Helene suffers from stage fright. When she was 13; Isabel was onstage and she puked when she was so nervous. Now Isabel wasn't sure of performing in front of a live crowd, it was so scary with blinding lights and eyes watching is very nauseating. To make matters worse; Stella bullies her on her heritage and her puking. She acts like Miss Perfect and she believes she's better than everyone else. Isabel hates being different from all the rest as she would like to teach Juana D'Aigua a lesson! After returning home with the stuff; Isabel decides to take a walk on the boardwalk. Tonight, the moon was big and bright. It was more beautiful than Isabel herself as she envies it, if only she could be beautiful and bright like the moon. Then she made a wish. "I wish I could sing, I wish I didn't have to be afraid. I wish to be the most confident girl in the world." whispered Isabel. As if on cue; something fell from the sky. A small object fell to the ground by her feet, Isabel jumped and took a look at it. The needle had some sort of psychedelic substance in it. Isabel decides to take it home to look at it. At home; Isabel took a look at the needle in her room but there was something on it. 

There was a note and it says, "POKE ME!" Curious; Isabel decides to test it. But then, she felt an adrenaline sensation through her body. Her heart was racing, her nerves wrecking like crazy, her spine tingling, and her veins pulsing. Her rich dark hair was now a multicolor of pink, blue, and lavender. Her clothes changed to a bikini top and Daisy Duke shorts, high heeled pumps, and her skin became sunkissed. Isabel's shy and doubtful persona turned to a flirty, confident, zany, and sexy young lady. "WOW-ZAH!" The zany Helene said. She looked at herself in the mirror as she exclaimed, "Woo-wah! I look like a California Girl!" After playing around, the needle came with a sedative that turns her back to normal. And she injects the sedative as she became herself again. Helene realized that her life was about to change forever, she looked at the needle as it says on there, FROOT. "Huh, FROOT? That's what it's called? Weird!" Despite that, she decides to call herself 'Thalia' and the next day; she does her singing performance again. Just then, Juana D'Aigua enters to play the video of 13 year old Helene puking onstage--making Isabel a laughingstock! Humiliated; Isabel fled as she used FROOT and changed into Svana where she pull pranks on her by cutting one of her pigtails off, make her trip, and kiss her boyfriend. Then, Thalia confronts Juana as she exposes her big breasts as a fake for she used bra padding and wipes her makeup off her face. Juana was mortified and fled off while everyone cheered for Thalia. Inspired by standing up against her nemesis; Thalia decides to use the power of FROOT to save the lives of children, stop criminals, prevent accidents as well as castrophe, heal others, and charms the public with her goodness. Thalia also helps people who have low esteem and give them confidence. Aynia defeats Thalia/Isabel and gives her advice about helping people before Isabel left as Mongfind appeared before her, "Well done, Aynia. You are ranked 3." She said. "Two more and I'm done...Well, in Part 1 that is." said Aynia. Later, another phone call: "Aynia, you're next fight is arranged. Be sure you be careful, OK?" Mongfind said. Aynia shrugged, "I will." She said. After she hung up; Aynia head over as her phone beeeped and there was a name in big letters with a computer voice, "MARGO BLOODSEED." and the opponent's  voice appears, "Blood never looked so good." 

During her battle; Aynia made contact with her touch and begins to absorb her memories as she could see Margo's memories: People think Margo is just like any other girl. but she knows she’s something special. She’s tired of being dismissed as something not unique or special. Margo is a girl, but she often doesn’t act the way girls are expected to act. In fact, she can even seem a little violent at times. She’s more than capable of being raunchy and blood thirsty. Margo can be sexy and gritty, a personality which are especially frowned upon when exhibited by a girl. Being unladylike comes naturally to Margo, because her thoughts aren’t ladylike. Margo doesn’t think this is a particularly bad thing; she says “bloody” and “guts” so casually, one would think she was being somewhat sarcastic. Most girls are so concerned about their weight and how they look, They can have their fake food, but Margo’s going to enjoy the real thing. Girls are never encouraged to fight for things they want, or “let themselves go”.  However, Margo isn’t going to be a perfect girl. Margo doesn’t care about her weight or anything like that, and it bores her when girls obsess over their appearances because Margo doesn’t even bother thinking about it. The things they say don’t interest Margo and so she tends to tune them out or she responds back with sarcasm and rudeness, “So, you eat a lot of calories. Who cares? I’m falling asleep here from how boring you are, can’t you talk about something more interesting?” Of course, the other girls are likely unappreciative of this attitude, and don’t try to talk to Asena again. Mean girls are constantly get picked at by others, because of their appearance and actions. Making fun of “superior and rich" women makes self-conscious girls feel better about themselves. Society tells girls that they should be soft and polite, and not be capable of “fighting dirty” or breaking the rules. Margo doesn’t want to go along with what society is telling her to be. Because she doesn’t make an effort to fit in with the other girls, Margo is mocked and ridiculed. She believes the reason these girls gossip about her is to hide their own insecurities. The things they’re saying aren’t true anyways. Society wants Margo to be a typical girl and conform to its ideas of what a girl should be like, and for a while she even went along with it. But now, Margo’s going to laugh and do what she wants. She wants drama and carnage. But mostly carnage. She wears everything red! 

Aynia lets go and defeats her. After that; Margo praised her for her fighting and hope they fight again before she left the arena. Once she was gone; Aynia leaned against the wall as Mongfind appeared before her, "Nice job, Aynia. You are ranked 2." She said. Aynia felt woozy from what was going on and wondered how she was in this situation. Later; Rhiannon was carrying flowers of lilies, carnations, and poppies to visit the memorial sites of her siblings. She placed them there, then he brushed the leaves away and starts to speak: "Hi guys. I came to see you, I'm sorry I was busy for awhile. I know, it's crazy." She paused. She thought about the day where she failed to save them. Then, she felt like crying. "I...I should've listened, I just thought I was doing the right thing. I didn't.....I can't blame Abigail or her friends, it's my fault too. I wish I could go back and change it, save all of you. But I know I can't." said Rhiannon. She bowed her head as she wrapped her arms around herself, shivered in the cold wind. "I miss you so much....You were like a guide, helping me. All of you, thank you for everything. I--I really appreciate it." A tear rolled down her cheek, she wiped it away and covered her eyes with one hand but more tears were cascading down more and more. "I don't know, should I say I'm sorry? Should I?" She said sobbingly. Rhiannon fell to the ground, sniffing and crying so nobody can hear it. Rhiannon was haunted by memories of them as she wept bitterly until she found a girl sketching and leaning her back on a tree. Rhiannon spies on her behind a tree, but her breath was soft and heavy which startled the girl. She turned around but Rhiannon already ran. She ran and hid behind a tall tree however someone sneaking and startled her, "Ah-Ha!" Rhiannon gasped, tripped backwards and fell. There was a laugh, saying: "Works every time!" The young man looked down at her, "Well. You're the stalker, are you besotted with the fair lady?" He joked. Rhiannon shook her head, she duck down so no one can't tell if she's crying. "I'm sorry, I was interested in her drawing...That's all!" sniffled Rhiannon. "Down Aiden, chill out!" The young lady scolded, she approached Rhiannon with a smile. "Don't mind him, he's just being...." She stopped to notice Rhiannon was crying as she looked concern, "Hey, are you OK?" The girl asked. Rhiannon sniffed, wiping her tears and composing herself. "It's nothing--really!" She blubbered insistently. "Nice one, Aiden!" A voice called out.
Rhiannon didn't hear the bantering, she was focused on the four. They looked very familiar. Her siblings. "It can't be, can it? They look like them!" Rhiannon thought, tears clouding her vision. Later on, Rhiannon walked down a hallway and looked at the mirrors, she look at herself in the reflection. "I'm so upset of bringing shame to everyone for my actions. I want people to know I am not poised or perfect. Am I warrior? Is this my role in the world?" She thought. For a moment; Rhiannon thought she saw her deceased siblings. She turned around immediately, however she found no one was there. She let out a sigh of relief. Rhiannon rubbed her eyes, "Man! I must be seeing things." She muttered. Rhiannon walked out of the hall and into the outdoor garden. Rhiannon thought to herself while walking through the gardens, "If I were to speak my mind all the time, I would disgrace the entire kingdom." Rhiannon stopped by to the temple, where she looked at her reflection as she said to herself, "When will I reflect my character of the true me? I don' know how to mae myself reflect in reality or my own powers." Someone then whispered, "Release your fears." Rhiannon gasped and turned around, "Hello? Who said that?" She called out. "You must let go of your fears, your doubt, and your hesitation. Do the things you want to do, don't think about what people say. Be yourself, forgive and forget." said the voice. "I don't think I can." claimed Rhiannon. "Try, you can." The voice encouraged. "You don't know--" Rhiannon started to say but then the voice encourage her once more, "Think of your loved ones. They want to be happy and the people that don't know you would like to get to know you better." Rhiannon looked at the reflecting ice in the temple and saw her siblings. Rhiannon begin to scream, she punched the ice and shattered it to pieces. Rhiannon fell to the floor, hands on the ground as they became into fists. "Who am I inside?" She thought. Rhiannon had Nola, Conner, Aiden and Fiachra in her head as this drove her crazy. They were etched in her mind, haunting her thoughts. No escape from this memory. The hurt, she couldn't and she has been depressed about letting someone help her. That's when one day, Nola and the others were standing next to her during one of the ceremony of coronation for another queen. It was pretty awkward with these guys.  

"We are standing next to her as we speak." Aiden muttered. Nola gave him a jab with her elbow, "Ow!" Aiden winced. "Shut up! She'll hear you." Nola whispered. But to their surprise, Rhiannon said: "Hi." The four of them glanced at her, "What? 'Hi'? Oh, um, hello there." Nola stuttered. Rhiannon was grinning so much, "The four of you look pretty nice." She complimented. "Thank you. You do as well. I mean, you're beautiful." Nola said, struggling with the words to say. Rhiannon laughs, "Thank you.....You OK?" She asked. Nola laughed, "Never been better, this is amazing." She said. Fiachra nodded, "I wish we would be your knights." He said. Rhiannon couldn't believe he said that, "Me too....Me too....But you can't." She said while turning away. "What? Of course we can---" Conner started to say but Rhiannon avoided their looks, "No, you can't!!!!"  She said. It sounded a little loud and firm, Nola and the boys were hurt as they decided to leave for a moment. But then they hear something in the other room. As they entered the room; the four of them looked around but above them was the dreadful golden apple, which it fell near them and BOOM! It exploded. Luckily; Nola, Conner, Fiachra, and Aiden were alive but unconscious and they couldn't wake up. Rhiannon was in distraught and blames herself as she came to see them asleep. She begin to tear up as she remembered the incident in the woods. She braved the courage to speak to them sleeping as Rhiannon reminded herself that they are not dead. Then, Rhiannon said to them: "I don't know if you can hear me but I just want to say that I'm sorry that I rejected you." She stopped for a moment as she begins to cry then continues while sobbing a little, "I only rejected you because you remind me of my deceased siblings. I missed them so much, I’ll never forget my siblings because I'm so greatly saddened by the loss of them. I didnt get to say goodbye to them which makes me even more upset. I want to see them one last time but I know I can't because they're gone. But I hope they can hear me what I'm saying here now. I remember the loss of them very vividly. I want them to come back. Why did they had to die? To be killed like that? I can't stand going on, they are really gone. They've died and is going somewhereI know I can't get them back. And as I realized that my life will never be the same again because of the loss of my beloved siblings." She begin to sob but then she remembered what Aynia told her: "......The curse has been changed." answered Aynia. Rhiannon looked up at her, "What?" She asked. "According to what Mongfind told me; it is revealed that someone had altered the curse. These four people, who you'll meet one day, won't die but sleep and only than someone who has a heart for them will wake them up." explained Aynia. Rhiannon knew what she had to do as she embraced the sleeping Nola while looking at her with tears in her eyes. "I'm afraid of changing my ways, so I feel frozen, unable to do anything. Please, set me free which I’d like to escape. I want to be  free from my fears and free to create." She said as cradled Nola in her arms. Just then, by some miracle, they woke up and Rhiannon was happy. She hugged all four of them as she changes her mind and made them her knights with Jude Emyrs as the commanding leader. 

That night; Aynia was exhausted for the things that happened to her. She was so tired that she wanted to go home when someone was about to make things worse fro her. "Hey sweet lips, can I buy you a drink?" A voice purred seductively. Aynia was annoyed, "Oh great, now?" She whispered. She turned around and saw George Thornton standing there. "What will it be? Soda? Water? Iced tea?" He suggested. Aynia smiled at him as she said, "Listen, Lewey, I am touched that you love what I do and I appreciate your offer but I'm having a crappy day and want to be left alone." George looked hurt, "Babe!" He called out. "Uh-uh, don't call me babe. You don't know me." Aynia said, getting up and was about to walk out but George walked over to her, trying to persist her even more. "I just want to be nice." George begged. Aynia sighed deeply, "Please, Aloysius, go home!" She instructed. Aynia was about to walk out when George grabbed her by the wrist. "DON'T TALK TO ME THAT WAY!" He shouted. Aynia could feel how strong he was as well as his claws, "Ow, let go!" She protested. "Like hell, you're not leaving me!" George threatened. Just then, someone apprehended him and it was Gavin and Bran! He glared at him as he said, "The girl said 'let go'. And she also said, she was having a bad day." "You punk--!" George shouted. He tried to attack Gavin, but he was turn upside down and landed on the floor. Aynia, Gavin, and Bran left the bar together as they got somewhere safe. Once out of there; Aynia, Gavin, and Bran panted out of breath, "Are you OK?" Gavin asked in between breaths. Aynia smiled, "My heroes, yes I'm OK. Thanks." Just then, George appeared with his arm around Aynia's nape tightly and in his other hand was a steak knife, "Don't come and closer--Or she dies, she knows that she belongs to me." George threatened. Aynia used her powers and fought back. Once they got away; Gavin looked at Aynia who was quiet for a moment. "Are you OK?" Gavin asked. Aynia nodded, "I will be." She admitted.