This is the second chapter of Volume 2. Behold! A day's hard work! Woo-woo....And also, a night's hard work. Been working all day and night, typing up this baby after getting so many ideas! I also stole some from my old stories. I hope you guys like it so far. I am struggling with writer's block at the moment and hopefully, I'll get more soon! Enjoy this chapter, by the way. --KatDon
Chapter 2: Shattering the Illusion
On a deeper level, the sadist nurse explores a very real fear that many patients have going into hospital. They are still hugely unsympathetic and enjoys having power over the patients and other nurses, but can still say with some justification that everything she's doing is for the patients' own good although the patients are unlikely to see it like that. Lobotomy is a rare medical operation that cuts into part of a person's brain in order to treat mental illness. Lobotomies and similar drastic brain alterations are still used as last-ditch treatment for intractable epilepsy, there was little evidence that it did anything therapeutic. The most often performed procedure rarely helped; it simply destroyed random brain matter. But for some people who are chirpy, energetic, and arguing with the nurses. The next day, they're quiet and compliant, drooling, emotionless empty shells. Even the electroconvulsive therapy, with tongue laceration to gag them during the shock therapy. Then there are the patients with their head in the clouds. They are strangely oblivious to things that everyone else takes for granted. They may have an argument with themselves for fun, make points in an argument with no basis in logic or reality, or tell rambling stories that have nothing to do with the point they're trying to make. One among the insane would mumble, "Man was not meant to comprehend, man was not meant to use. Man was not meant to hear, man was not meant to experience. Man was not meant to meet, man was not meant to visit. Man was not meant to read, man was not meant to comprehend....Even after he was foolish enough to look at them."
Despite their relative normality, they struggle to convince the therapists of the fact. And the more they struggle, the closer they get to lunacy itself, sometimes becoming indistinguishable from the others around them. The patients may be "cured" of their "delusions" rendering them useless or troublesome until they may revel in their madness while doing what they did before, possibly with psychobabble. That's when, Aneris couldn't take it anymore with the shock therapy, the bloodletting from leeches, and other horrible experiments. She fights back, and the nurses tried to restrained her however something inside Aneris was burst out from her. Once the bottle of her superpowers is opened, it can't be sealed again. Later; Aneris is sitting on the ground, she slowly begins to stand up and makes her way through the deserted hallway. Aneris then sees a nurse in a room who's stricken with fear and closes the door, realizing that she is the cause of the damage. As Aneris makes her way outside the school building, a police car arrives and the teacher rushes outside to tell the policeman about Aneris, who then quickly rides a bicycle home to pack her things. While at home, she sees a news report about the incident, causing her to quickly gather her things to flee. Several policemen then appear outside the front door of Aneris's house, while she tries to escape through the back door. Aneris realizes that the door is locked so she uses her powers to grab the keys from the kitchen bench. The policemen then enter the house to find that Aneris is gone. Aneris running away from a team who has been hunting her in the woods. Aneris is caught by one of the men who pushes her to the ground. Aneris uses her supernatural powers once again to push the men away in a burst of power.
She reunites with Tiresias, who had been trying to find her all this time. Tiresias learns about Aneris's past and felt so guilty that he has a meltdown. He and Aneris have a heart-to-heart talk before uniting as one. Soon, Tiresias becomes a different person and he sinks to the ground, weeping emotionally. When Aneris touched his shoulder, Tiresias embraces her while burying his face. Aneris is shocked before she enfolds him back, smiling, that he'll be fine. A few weeks later, Aneris is recovering in a better medical place, where it focuses on helping people and it's sleek modern psychiatric facility with freshly-washed sheets, nice nurses, and friendly doctors keeps getting checked into the room where their patients are. It's a beautifully decorated, spacious, and spotlessly clean hospital. It was equipped with state-of-the-art equipment, and servicing an exclusive clients. The working conditions are excellent and the pay is even better. As she learns that things are a little better somewhere else. People had been advising Aneris that things here is not what she credulously imagines it to be: it is frightening, it is horrible, and it is very dangerous. Therefore, she should be content with her surroundings and what they have to offer, which are the positive aspects of life. But for some reason, She doesn’t feel the same about something morally. Here she’s through with ordinary ways. They want her help in strengthening control in life and she won’t do it. Instead, she will leap. By leap, she means she is going to attempt to use her powers and fly away to somewhere better. Aneris has never really had anyone who has loved her. She has always been shunned by people in the asylum. The staff should have cared for her, but did not. Aneris thinks she’d rather believe in herself and her powers than the idea of repressing herself for the sake of so called love.
Since Gildas and his 12 daughters are gone, Aneris is now on her own. Tiresias offered to go with her but Aneris says she has a journey on her own to find. In return for her choice, she gets the freedom she values. "To those back in at the asylum who can’t accept her, one day I will tell them what I choose and what I've achieved. I will tell them I did what they thought was impossible for me." No one is aware of her fantasy place, but it is this wonderful place where everything is bright and joyful. There is no sad people, just happy things like butterflies. In the meantime, He is not completely human anymore. He looks and finds out that he is half of a monster. He is not the man that he used to be and learned that he was in a freak accident as he was rescued by someone or something inside him that slipped into his body. "I don’t want to be snide and oppose, but at synchronal, I don’t want to bet a bottom dollar or my mind might get profane and become foolish." His captors were disgusted by what he was and they begin to torture him, beat him up, and left him alone in a room, where his wrists were bound together from above his head ad he was dangling from his feet. "This bastard is a egotist who devours the fat of their own race. I have to stop making long suffering acts and adjust myself." He was given little food and water, he was a nuisance to the others as they found him 'boring' and 'unexcited' for any torture. They released him from his bounds and then, he escaped much to their relief. The torture and the lack of food didn't torture he any better. But it was his new found powers and the fact he was half of a man anymore. It drove him crazy, he was so angry however someone came to aid him--A girl, who had porcelain skin and she was beautiful with other features.
"There are plenty of hardships in my life, slowly appearing, making it more severe. I don’t have the strength to think straight any longer, but I won’t stop breathing." Before they can go to Suddene, Cassandra and the others had a problem to deal with. Ophelia told Silver Branch of her discovery on the drug, Nepenthe, and she figures someone is behind Nepenthe. The one who created the drug is Surya Arcenciel. However there had been a lot of psychedelic illusion and Cassandra are faced with Surya Arcenciel, who has the ability of changing her size differently and using her illusion to confuse people. Surya placed Turan into the dream world with the Nepenthe drug. Turan woke up in an illusion and looked around, depressed in a chair she sat in. She wore a transparent gown, which is projected with different designs and she gets up as Turan finds she is in various places that keep switching, Surya was delighted while Turan is gloomy. She saw projections of people in mirrors as they were talking to her however Turan couldn't understand them as she emotionless and found nothing. But Surya is in dismay when she saw Turan reenact with the scenarios and change her style and she seemed happy nevertheless Surya changed it back. Suddenly, she ducked down to get her weapon outside of the fantasy illusion. Turan took her weapon as she fights on however she peered over as Surya looked shocked that Turan found out, which occurred her to smile at this. Surya frantically tried to stop it, try to trap her in there but to no avail, Turan broke the illusion with her powers, which angered her and Surya watched in a fury. Turan broke out as she realized it was all fake and faced reality. She awoke from her hallucination as she ran to tell her team, Cassandra, and the others of what she discovered so Eulalie took the drug. She felt dizzy as she tried to find her happiness.
In her dreamworld; Eulalie woke up on a sunny beach, she saw a young girl drawing in the sand and Eulalie looked at the girl, which the girl looked back with a smile. The girl looks like Eulalie when she was younger. The girl turned as she ran into the water of the ocean. Eulalie watched her younger self run to the waves and dived in, so Eulalie runs into the ocean but looks back before running to the ocean. Eulalie stops hesitantly as she looks at the ocean with fear. Scared, rather, about diving in. The waves looked big, she wasn't sure if she could dive in. Eulalie looked at the ocean, she didn't look scared and pushed her fears aside before diving into the water. Underwater, it was shimmering so pretty in there while adjusting her eyes to the water scene she was in. She saw her younger self swimming ahead but looked back at her, beckoning. Eulalie took her chances and swim after her. But while she swam, she noticed the scenario of underwater was changing into a forest with tall trees. Eulalie felt joy around her, she forgotten what it feels to be like this. She begin to look eager as she swim a little closer. Eulalie found a treasure chest, she opens it and many things floated away from her. Eulalie swim near a mirror which she saw her reflection of herself as a child. She reached out as she touched her other self's hand and the reflection does as well. She looked behind her as her younger self was swimming away! Eulalie followed her, where she eagerly swim into the dark abyss. She was landing as she saw light flashing in her hands and looks to see her younger self. They were looking at each other, then she took her younger self's hands, which were out for her to take them. A bright light appears, it opened up as it amazed Eulalie when the scenario changed once again. She woke up as she found herself on the beach and gets up while she begins to twirl happily to herself. But stops when she looks in the sand where she saw fun shapes of suns, moon, stars, and flowers.
Once they all got out of their illusions, they confront her. Surya laughs dryly, "Had enough? I'll make the dose even deeper....." But heard inhuman growling, she turned to see what that sound was coming from. Jack appeared in his monster form as well as Trygve and Arcturus. Surya screamed in horror, she backs away as she cried out, "Help me! Help me! Help me!" Revenant Jack, Arcturs, and Wendigo Trygve were advancing on her as Surya screeched, "NOOOOOOO!" Cassandra stopped them as she stands over at Surya, who cowers in fear. "If I tell them to back off, will you remove all traces of Nepenthe?" asked Cassandra. "Yes, yes. Anything! I'll do anything! Just get them away from me!" begged Surya, still shaken. Cassandra smiled, "Good. That's what I want to hear." She said. Later, Dr. Bifrost was shocked to find out that Surya was responsible as she felt guilty and apologized, Cassandra assured her: "It's OK. I guess maybe Surya in a nutshell was trying to help us all in a way. But it got even more worse." She explained.
Earlier before.....
The others had been searching for Ariadne forever by now, they didn't know where she was and Siegfried begin to grow anxious. "Ariadne, Ariadne! Where are you?" called Phaedra. "Here!" Ariadne's voice called out, she emerged from hiding. Everyone is shocked to see Ariadne's new appearance: She wore her hair in a left side braid woven with snowflake incrustations, and wisps of her bangs slicked back on top of her head. She wears a crystal-blue outfit made out of ice. It look as if it been crystallized and it had translucent, powder blue sleeves. Covering her feet are boots made entirely from ice. The shoulders had white pom-poms. "Ariadne...." Phaedra was the first to speak, "You look....Different. It suits you." Ariadne smiles brightly, "Thanks, I have no idea of how I felt in the end." Phaedra was confused, "What do you mean?" She asked. "I feel like I broke free from my prison of pain and agony. I maybe still struggling but I feel free for the first time in forever." explained Ariadne. The others are pleased to hear that, "I'm glad to hear that." said Siegfried. "Thank you, Sieg--I mean, Captain Krieger." said Ariadne. "How do you feel from what you've been through?" asked Bricriu. Ariadne was quiet for a moment, then she smiled. "Calm, no longer afraid....Fantastic, I mean." She said. Bricriu grinned, "Good to hear." Phaedra walked over and hugged her. "We're proud of you." She said. Ariadne hugged her back, but then everyone jumped when they heard Axel & Gwydion scream and waving their arms like a bunch of maniacs, "AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!" Ariadne pulled away, "What's wrong with you two?" She asked. "Daaahhhh, there's a---There's a--A monster!" Axel cried.
Ariadne looked surprised, "A monster?" She asked. "Yes! There's a monster!" echoed Gwydion. Ariadne smiled and said, "OK, allow me to take care of this." She prepared herself. Axel and Gwydion's eyes bulged out from their sockets, they freaked out, "EEEEAAAH!" But Ariadne looked annoyed, "Calm down you two, it's just a woman--" She said but stopped to see something was wrong with her, "Oh man. Are you OK?" The girl had wavy dark hair that was down to her waist. She was beautiful skin that was pale tan. She wore dark pants and black boots. But there was nothing on her upper half however the girl's eyes looked dull, empty like there was no life in them. "Whoa!" Ariadne gasped, she calmly came over to the girl. "Um, where is your top?" She asked. The girl looked confused, "What do you mean? It's right--" She try to gestured but saw her topless upper body, "Oh good--" gasped the young lady. But noticed everyone was staring, she covered herself. "DON'T LOOK AT MY CHEST, YOU PERVERT!!!!" She cried. Nobody was being perverted, they were shocked to see what they saw. "Who did that to you?" asked Siegfried. The girl looked at him, "What?" She snapped. "Those scars, your chest...." Siegfried pointed out. The girl looked flustered, "N--no--nothing!" She said. Siegfried reached out to her, saying: "Let me help you." The girl panicked, she backs away in fear which confused the others. "No, stay back!" She cried, she look behind to see her top on the ground and pointed over to where it was, "Just give me my top, please!" She begged.
Siegfried calmly walked over, picked it up and hands it to her. The girl quickly takes it and said, "Thank you." She ducked behind and there was some swift sounds before she emerged from the tree in her top. She looked at everyone and begins to get angry, when she glared; her eyes became reptilian. Fierce like a lizard or a snake. "IF YOU SAY ONE WORD TO ANYONE, I'LL RIP YOUR INTESTINES OUT AND FEED THEM TO THE SHARKS!!!!" threatened the girl. Ariadne and the others were terrified, "OK, OK. We won't. Promise." They said in unison. The girl nodded, "Thanks....." She said. "My name is Ariadne Sirius, what's your name?" asked Ariadne. "Manasa. Manasa Hydrus." said the girl. In the meantime, Silver Branch agents are called back to the agency as they got another world to go to. It was a world known as Suddene, where Thanatos Agnolo resides. He is a mysterious guy who is infatuated with a pretty girl name Proserpina and declares to protect her. He is accompanied by a witty, clever and free spirited young lady name Aoife as well as Laran. Cassandra and the others decide to take this job. While traveling, Norna had a dream: The sound of a clock being wind up as a porcelain ballerina was pirouetting, twirling in that music box and then the song fades, stopping. But then, the ballerina comes to life. She steps away from the pedestal as she walks over from the box to look over and she sees a butterfly which she looks on with a smile but then the butterfly turns into a bat, much to her horror as it flew away. This made the ballerina terrified as she has nightmares of breaking and falling to the darkness below if she fell. But she pushed that aside and breaks out, gliding to her new freedom and has never felt so free. She looks around, the dawn of a new day has come.
Long ago; Aneris Tremeur lived a happy life with her 12 sisters: Nimue, Aurore, Aimee, Sigvarda, Baldevina, Hilda, Thora, Braga, Vála, Tyra, Dorani, and Armida. But that all changed when they decided to go see the new movie flick, Morgan Stern. During the middle of the best part of the movie, A man entered with a gun as he begins shooting everyone, however he hears the cops coming and flee. Only 75 people were injured while 21 are dead, among the dead is Aneris's twelve, beautiful, kind, supporting, and loving sisters. Aneris was traumatized as she vowed to find the person that did this to her sisters, they will pay dearly. But she discovers something from her father, Gildas Tremeur, who claims that he is not her biological father. He explains that she is the daughter of cult leader Conomar Barbebleu. Conomar has killed many people with his female assistants and other accomplices. And their mother, Tryphine Askeladden, had died from an overdose. Aneris's birth surname name is Azazel. The reason why Gildas is telling her this is because he had heard that he was going to be killed by Charon Surtur as he claims he has not much longer to live. Aneris begins to panic, she grabs him and said, "NOOOO, NOT YOU! I'M NOT LOSING YOU LIKE I LOST MY SISTERS--I'M NOT LOSING YOU!!!!" But there was a sinister laugh. There he was, Charon Surtur. He looked like hell with his red pupils and black sclera, which they were wide. His hair was dark gray. He had the most horrifying smile anyone has ever seen. His grin was wide and demonic, it literally stretched to the sides of his face like the Cheshire Cat would. But Charon's teeth had incisors, however they looked like very sharp fangs. They were yellowish, he had stains of blood and small bits of flesh on his mouth. Aneris was so shocked that she couldn't believe what she was seeing.
Gildas gripped her shoulders tightly, "Listen to me, Aneris!" He commanded. Aneris was shaken with fear by the sight of this guy, "Daddy, I--I--I'm scared." She said with her sentences full of stuttering. Gildas pushed her away and cried out, "Just run, Aneris! RUN FOR YOUR LIFE! GO AS FAST AS YOU CAN! GOOOOOOO!!!!" Aneris ran but she stopped to turn around and saw Gildas's body, his entrails were gouged out. Gildas has been stabbed and he fell down. Charon looked at Aneris, he grinned widely as the shocked Aneris ran away safely from him. Once she got to a safe haven, Aneris begin to cry. "Why....Why is this happening?" And cried hysterically while shouting, "WHY IS THIS HAPPENING TO ME?!" Years later in the present, Aneris is now a graduated student and is a part time worker at a school, where she encounters an ignorant yet arrogant and troubled boy. Aneris uses her wits towards him when he tried to humiliate her. It wasn't until after school when the boy comes to 'bother' her. "I'm Tiresias, Tiresias Renato." said the ignorant boy. "Tiresias, huh." remarked Aneris. Tiresias remarked back, "So? Wasn't my idea, retard. What did your saddled with?" "I wasn't saddled with anything, Aneris." Aneris replies with sarcasm. "Anais?" Tiresias said with a grin. "Aneris! Aneris Azazel." Aneris said, annoyed. "'Azazel'? What are you, a scapegoat?" Tiresias mocked. Now she was ticked: Aneris rolled her eyes and muttered, "Shut up." But all of a sudden; A mellow yet ringing voice calls out, "Tiresias!" Smirking; Aneris turns and replies, "I think I heard someone calling you, Tiresias." Tiresias looked shocked, "What? I didn't hear anybody." He said nervously. "Oh, I definitely heard somebody. Tiresias!" Aneris snarled. "Tiresias, Come on!" said the voice once more. Tiresias cussed under his breath, "Shit, Mom!" he turned and calls back, "Coming, coming." He nervously laughs at Aneris, who gives him a dirty look.
"Well, great to meet a scapegoat freak." remarked Tiresias and he leaves. Aneris watches him go but Charon Surtur, the one who murdered Gildas, attempts assault. Charon pounces and bites Mrs. Renato! Aneris comes to her rescue as well as Tiresias's. Tiresias is shocked to see Aneris injuring Charon, who escaped, and tending to Mrs. Renato's wounds. Later, Aneris enters the hospital to see Tiresias there with his mother, watching her with grief. Just then, she is questioned by police and she is arrested, she tried to explain she was tending Mrs. Renato's wounds however nobody believes her. She screams for mercy and sanctuary. That night, Aneris dreamed of dead children laying in a pool of blood. She dreamed of a dripping sound and finding a body dripping of blood, also lifeless. She wakes up scared and falls asleep but another nightmare appears: She dreamed of hearing a dripping sound: "What the hell is that dripping sound?" she asked, and she goes to check as she turns off the faucet. But hears the dripping again later, "The hell? I thought I--" she muttered. She finds out it's the other bathroom and turns off that faucet. However, she hears the same dripping and she gets irritated: "Not again, jeez--" she mumbled. She finds out it is the kitchen. Nevertheless, she hears the dripping and goes to check, this time she's upset: "All right, that's it. Whatever it is, it could be--" but stop to find a bloody body hanging in the air on a chandler. Aneris screams and wakes up to the sunrise, relieved that it was all a dream. And she was in the asylum--Or the bedlam house as they like to call it. Poor Aneris. She's lost her grip on sanity. She's stark raving mad.
This was no hospital paradise, no sleek modern psychiatric facility with freshly-washed sheets. No nice nurses or friendly doctors. There was nothing she could do. These doctors that uses knowledge of the workings of the body and mind to do evil, abuses the authority they has from their doctorate, and practices freakish and horrific experiments. Of course, for all their insanity, the doctor may in fact know what they're doing. Patients may be terrified by the way they act and the bizarre treatments they puts them through, but when the doctors are done with them they're actually cured. Sometimes there are no therapists and sometimes some only wish there weren't. Mental illness or psychological trauma can be serious, damaging issues that may need many months, if not years, of serious and dedicated care from a highly trained and understanding professional. These guys are therapists who really should not be a therapist; at best they will display a criminally negligent. They lack of empathy with the patient and either grow callously frustrated with dealing with other people's problems, or give them horrible and often self-destructive advice; at worst, they will have sinister, ulterior motives and actively abuse the relationship, possibly making their hapless victim an unwitting pawn in some evil schemes, or perhaps deliberately sabotaging their fragile mental state out of sheer sadism. Nurses are incredibly sadistic and cruel nurse, they're Always Female. She kicks patients, the weaker the better. If she is already the head nurse, her cruelty gives her a degree of power over both the patients and the other nurses. Anybody who goes against her ends up injured or worse, and she jumps at the chance to give a particularly rebellious patient a lobotomy. Especially if she decides to test interesting new drugs on her helpless patients.
On a deeper level, the sadist nurse explores a very real fear that many patients have going into hospital. They are still hugely unsympathetic and enjoys having power over the patients and other nurses, but can still say with some justification that everything she's doing is for the patients' own good although the patients are unlikely to see it like that. Lobotomy is a rare medical operation that cuts into part of a person's brain in order to treat mental illness. Lobotomies and similar drastic brain alterations are still used as last-ditch treatment for intractable epilepsy, there was little evidence that it did anything therapeutic. The most often performed procedure rarely helped; it simply destroyed random brain matter. But for some people who are chirpy, energetic, and arguing with the nurses. The next day, they're quiet and compliant, drooling, emotionless empty shells. Even the electroconvulsive therapy, with tongue laceration to gag them during the shock therapy. Then there are the patients with their head in the clouds. They are strangely oblivious to things that everyone else takes for granted. They may have an argument with themselves for fun, make points in an argument with no basis in logic or reality, or tell rambling stories that have nothing to do with the point they're trying to make. One among the insane would mumble, "Man was not meant to comprehend, man was not meant to use. Man was not meant to hear, man was not meant to experience. Man was not meant to meet, man was not meant to visit. Man was not meant to read, man was not meant to comprehend....Even after he was foolish enough to look at them."
Despite their relative normality, they struggle to convince the therapists of the fact. And the more they struggle, the closer they get to lunacy itself, sometimes becoming indistinguishable from the others around them. The patients may be "cured" of their "delusions" rendering them useless or troublesome until they may revel in their madness while doing what they did before, possibly with psychobabble. That's when, Aneris couldn't take it anymore with the shock therapy, the bloodletting from leeches, and other horrible experiments. She fights back, and the nurses tried to restrained her however something inside Aneris was burst out from her. Once the bottle of her superpowers is opened, it can't be sealed again. Later; Aneris is sitting on the ground, she slowly begins to stand up and makes her way through the deserted hallway. Aneris then sees a nurse in a room who's stricken with fear and closes the door, realizing that she is the cause of the damage. As Aneris makes her way outside the school building, a police car arrives and the teacher rushes outside to tell the policeman about Aneris, who then quickly rides a bicycle home to pack her things. While at home, she sees a news report about the incident, causing her to quickly gather her things to flee. Several policemen then appear outside the front door of Aneris's house, while she tries to escape through the back door. Aneris realizes that the door is locked so she uses her powers to grab the keys from the kitchen bench. The policemen then enter the house to find that Aneris is gone. Aneris running away from a team who has been hunting her in the woods. Aneris is caught by one of the men who pushes her to the ground. Aneris uses her supernatural powers once again to push the men away in a burst of power.
She reunites with Tiresias, who had been trying to find her all this time. Tiresias learns about Aneris's past and felt so guilty that he has a meltdown. He and Aneris have a heart-to-heart talk before uniting as one. Soon, Tiresias becomes a different person and he sinks to the ground, weeping emotionally. When Aneris touched his shoulder, Tiresias embraces her while burying his face. Aneris is shocked before she enfolds him back, smiling, that he'll be fine. A few weeks later, Aneris is recovering in a better medical place, where it focuses on helping people and it's sleek modern psychiatric facility with freshly-washed sheets, nice nurses, and friendly doctors keeps getting checked into the room where their patients are. It's a beautifully decorated, spacious, and spotlessly clean hospital. It was equipped with state-of-the-art equipment, and servicing an exclusive clients. The working conditions are excellent and the pay is even better. As she learns that things are a little better somewhere else. People had been advising Aneris that things here is not what she credulously imagines it to be: it is frightening, it is horrible, and it is very dangerous. Therefore, she should be content with her surroundings and what they have to offer, which are the positive aspects of life. But for some reason, She doesn’t feel the same about something morally. Here she’s through with ordinary ways. They want her help in strengthening control in life and she won’t do it. Instead, she will leap. By leap, she means she is going to attempt to use her powers and fly away to somewhere better. Aneris has never really had anyone who has loved her. She has always been shunned by people in the asylum. The staff should have cared for her, but did not. Aneris thinks she’d rather believe in herself and her powers than the idea of repressing herself for the sake of so called love.
Since Gildas and his 12 daughters are gone, Aneris is now on her own. Tiresias offered to go with her but Aneris says she has a journey on her own to find. In return for her choice, she gets the freedom she values. "To those back in at the asylum who can’t accept her, one day I will tell them what I choose and what I've achieved. I will tell them I did what they thought was impossible for me." No one is aware of her fantasy place, but it is this wonderful place where everything is bright and joyful. There is no sad people, just happy things like butterflies. In the meantime, He is not completely human anymore. He looks and finds out that he is half of a monster. He is not the man that he used to be and learned that he was in a freak accident as he was rescued by someone or something inside him that slipped into his body. "I don’t want to be snide and oppose, but at synchronal, I don’t want to bet a bottom dollar or my mind might get profane and become foolish." His captors were disgusted by what he was and they begin to torture him, beat him up, and left him alone in a room, where his wrists were bound together from above his head ad he was dangling from his feet. "This bastard is a egotist who devours the fat of their own race. I have to stop making long suffering acts and adjust myself." He was given little food and water, he was a nuisance to the others as they found him 'boring' and 'unexcited' for any torture. They released him from his bounds and then, he escaped much to their relief. The torture and the lack of food didn't torture he any better. But it was his new found powers and the fact he was half of a man anymore. It drove him crazy, he was so angry however someone came to aid him--A girl, who had porcelain skin and she was beautiful with other features.
"There are plenty of hardships in my life, slowly appearing, making it more severe. I don’t have the strength to think straight any longer, but I won’t stop breathing." Before they can go to Suddene, Cassandra and the others had a problem to deal with. Ophelia told Silver Branch of her discovery on the drug, Nepenthe, and she figures someone is behind Nepenthe. The one who created the drug is Surya Arcenciel. However there had been a lot of psychedelic illusion and Cassandra are faced with Surya Arcenciel, who has the ability of changing her size differently and using her illusion to confuse people. Surya placed Turan into the dream world with the Nepenthe drug. Turan woke up in an illusion and looked around, depressed in a chair she sat in. She wore a transparent gown, which is projected with different designs and she gets up as Turan finds she is in various places that keep switching, Surya was delighted while Turan is gloomy. She saw projections of people in mirrors as they were talking to her however Turan couldn't understand them as she emotionless and found nothing. But Surya is in dismay when she saw Turan reenact with the scenarios and change her style and she seemed happy nevertheless Surya changed it back. Suddenly, she ducked down to get her weapon outside of the fantasy illusion. Turan took her weapon as she fights on however she peered over as Surya looked shocked that Turan found out, which occurred her to smile at this. Surya frantically tried to stop it, try to trap her in there but to no avail, Turan broke the illusion with her powers, which angered her and Surya watched in a fury. Turan broke out as she realized it was all fake and faced reality. She awoke from her hallucination as she ran to tell her team, Cassandra, and the others of what she discovered so Eulalie took the drug. She felt dizzy as she tried to find her happiness.
In her dreamworld; Eulalie woke up on a sunny beach, she saw a young girl drawing in the sand and Eulalie looked at the girl, which the girl looked back with a smile. The girl looks like Eulalie when she was younger. The girl turned as she ran into the water of the ocean. Eulalie watched her younger self run to the waves and dived in, so Eulalie runs into the ocean but looks back before running to the ocean. Eulalie stops hesitantly as she looks at the ocean with fear. Scared, rather, about diving in. The waves looked big, she wasn't sure if she could dive in. Eulalie looked at the ocean, she didn't look scared and pushed her fears aside before diving into the water. Underwater, it was shimmering so pretty in there while adjusting her eyes to the water scene she was in. She saw her younger self swimming ahead but looked back at her, beckoning. Eulalie took her chances and swim after her. But while she swam, she noticed the scenario of underwater was changing into a forest with tall trees. Eulalie felt joy around her, she forgotten what it feels to be like this. She begin to look eager as she swim a little closer. Eulalie found a treasure chest, she opens it and many things floated away from her. Eulalie swim near a mirror which she saw her reflection of herself as a child. She reached out as she touched her other self's hand and the reflection does as well. She looked behind her as her younger self was swimming away! Eulalie followed her, where she eagerly swim into the dark abyss. She was landing as she saw light flashing in her hands and looks to see her younger self. They were looking at each other, then she took her younger self's hands, which were out for her to take them. A bright light appears, it opened up as it amazed Eulalie when the scenario changed once again. She woke up as she found herself on the beach and gets up while she begins to twirl happily to herself. But stops when she looks in the sand where she saw fun shapes of suns, moon, stars, and flowers.
Once they all got out of their illusions, they confront her. Surya laughs dryly, "Had enough? I'll make the dose even deeper....." But heard inhuman growling, she turned to see what that sound was coming from. Jack appeared in his monster form as well as Trygve and Arcturus. Surya screamed in horror, she backs away as she cried out, "Help me! Help me! Help me!" Revenant Jack, Arcturs, and Wendigo Trygve were advancing on her as Surya screeched, "NOOOOOOO!" Cassandra stopped them as she stands over at Surya, who cowers in fear. "If I tell them to back off, will you remove all traces of Nepenthe?" asked Cassandra. "Yes, yes. Anything! I'll do anything! Just get them away from me!" begged Surya, still shaken. Cassandra smiled, "Good. That's what I want to hear." She said. Later, Dr. Bifrost was shocked to find out that Surya was responsible as she felt guilty and apologized, Cassandra assured her: "It's OK. I guess maybe Surya in a nutshell was trying to help us all in a way. But it got even more worse." She explained.
Wednesday, August 6, 2014
Spittoon: Bulletproof Titanium--Chapter 2
The next chapter of Spittoon: Bulletproof Titanium. Now here we are with the next story and things are about to get intense and passionate--If you know what I mean, but this is not too blatant. Not much sexuality in this! Rest assured, my friends. Enjoy! --KatDon
Chapter 2: Breaking Free
Tamsin and Osiris are under attack as they fight back but Osiris reveals he is not actually human himself: He is a ghoul, who is not afraid to go out on his enemies. Tamsin is surprised as she reveals she is not normal like him. Earlier, she had witnessed Atlas become a ferocious titan right before her eyes. Tamsin was afraid but she realized there is nothing to fear in someone who is misunderstood. She fights alongside him as she vows to be with him always. Atlas's walls were breaking down as he invites Tamsin into his heart. Back in reality, Tamsin and Osiris escaped. Later, They managed to find a quiet place and landed there. Tamsin let Osiris go safely from her grasp. “So, what are you?” asked Osiris. “I can’t explain it.” explained Tamsin. "That’s not a good answer.” Osiris said. Tamsin sighs, “Fine. Maybe I can show you.” She said. “How?” asked Osiris. Tamsin leans over and kisses him on the lips. Osiris could see Tamsin’s memories of her life that was now a tragedy. Tamsin parted her lips away from Osiris and looked at him. "So, whatcha think?" Tamsin asked with a smile. Osiris was stunt until he remembered what happened. "Arrrrrggggggghhhhh!!!!!!!" He shouted. Osiris charged at her as his powers but Tamsin dodged him as she hit a wall. "You're right, you're right. I should've done that. It was wrong to kiss you but it's just a kiss. I was trying to show you--" Tamsin said quickly as possible. "Never. Again!" Osiris warned. "Right, sorry! Sorry!" Tamsin apologized. "'Less I say so." muttered Osiris. Tamsin looked at him, "What you say?" She asked. "Nothing!" snapped Osiris. Tamsin held up her hands, "OK, OK, Take it easy. I thought you said something but never mind." She claimed. Osiris nodded, "Are you an angel? A demon?" He asked. “Not at all, I just…I am no demon nor angel. I come in peace and came to know you—Osiris Cassander. Please, give me a chance.” Tamsin explained. At once; Osiris turned back into a human and nodded. “OK. I’ll trust you. But if you pull anything, I’ll kill you.” He said.
In the meantime; Atlas is working when he heard classical music and went to see where the music is coming from. He entered a room where he found Tamsin is dancing alone. He enters as he looks at her mesmerizing self. "What are you doing in here?" Atlas asked. Tamsin stopped for a moment, she strolls over to him with a smile. "Dancing to this song, it's pretty is it not?" She replied. Atlas listened to the song and nodded, "It sounds nice. You dance very well." remarked Atlas. Tamsin answered back with a grin, "Thanks, practice makes perfect." She lends out her hand, "Would you like to try it?" She asked. Atlas looked nervous but Tamsin hold firm and said, "C'mon, just one second." Atlas sighed, giving in. Tamsin lead him to the floor, she stood there with him as she instructs him of what he needs to do. Atlas awkwardly placed his hands on her shoulder and then in her hand. During the waltz, Atlas stepped on her foot, he then winced with shame. "I'm sorry." He said. "No, my bad! I went too fast." Tamsin apologized. Atlas felt tears of anger in his eyes, "Ugh, forget this crappy--" He cried, he was about to pull away but Tamsin hold him tightly, "Uh, uh. C'mon, one little screw up. No blood, no foul. It's all good." She said. Then, Atlas looked at her eyes, Tamsin looked back at him in his eyes and then she did something she never imagined. Leaning towards him, she pressed her lips against his. Atlas was shocked, he felt slightly suffocated for a second. "Why was she doing this?" He thought. "I can't breathe but I can't help but taste her soft lips and that taste...So sweet...." Tamsin's kiss took a turning point, where Atlas is letting himself give away. They both pulled away as they were gasping, "I--I'm sorry, again." Atlas said.
"Ah! Forgive me, my bad." Tamsin apologized. "Let's keep this kiss between us." Atlas said. Tamsin agrees. But Tamsin feels like she has feelings for both Atlas and Osiris, which troubles her. Even Atlas and Osiris lack in one another is really not a good sign, not at all. In the meantime; Helios Robin looked at the ship that will take him to the world called Jotunheim. The ship was pained black but with outlines of gold. He saw how huge it was. "That's Iron Mountain." said a female's voice. Helios turned to see who it was, it was none other than Sarama. "How do you know?" asked Helios, curious for a moment. "The girls of this ship who are coming told me." replied Sarama, but she seemed excited. "Set sailing to a whole, brave new world!" She exclaimed. "My, sounds like someone is excited right Evita?" said a chipper voice. "Indeed, Lynda." agreed a solemn sounding voice. Helios looked behind to see who it was: Two girls, each of them seemed like identical but were very different by hair color. One girl has blonde hair, pink blush, and much paler skin that contrast well with the color clothing she wore--Pink and white. This was Lynda. The other was black haired, light skin but not too pale and her clothes were red & black. These two were former experiment weapons of IEPS, Evita & Lynda Gibson. "Helios Robin is it?" asked Evita, she lend out her hand and said, "I am Evita Gibson." Helios looked at her then he shook her hand. Evita was slightly surprised by how strong his grip is.
"And I am Lynda, her sister." said Lynda. Helios nodded, "So are we going or what?" He said. "You sure are one for patience." remarked Evita, "Yes. We are setting forth sir." "Good, I wonder if there are other worlds." said Helios. "You'll see." replied Lynda. And so, they were off through the portals with the Iron Mountain ship. In the meantime, a beautiful young woman was asleep as the sun was rising up from underneath the ground as it look. Once morning was approaching, The woman woke up to hear the tribal sounds of men chanting the ritual, "Hega hega ya-hi-ye-hega...." She stirred when she listens to this singing, she smiled and happily got out of bed. She gets dressed as she begins to talk to herself, "I feel free and not confined. The doors and windows have been closed for so long that I've forgotten what it was like to have them open. Most of my life I've been alone in the corridors, now I'm excited that I’ll have other people there. She almost never comes in contact with strangers, so it will be an exciting change to socialize. However, things are about to change very quickly. Things are about to change from dark and gloomy to light and cheerful." She begins to twirling and dancing as she slips behind a cover where she removes her night sleep clothes and changed into her flowing dress and placed the hair accessories in her hair. She looked noble, by her clothing but she acted like a free spirited young lady. While she felt amazed, someone watched her carefully. A light blue-haired young man. He was watching her with concern, but others with white and light blue hair colors. Others had bright blue hair. The young one was a short girl. She has round, large blue eyes as she eagerly watches her. She runs over and is beside the young lady.
The young lady glance at the girl and smiles as she begins to tell her about her thoughts, "I'm not sure what this feeling is, but I know I'm happy. I felt isolated for a long long time, but now I imagine the amount of people she can talk to. I imagine being all dressed up, in a sophisticated, graceful ball gown, looking beautiful and gorgeous, and posing against a wall." She said with dreaminess. But her whimsical nature faded, she felt anxious about some things. "Even though, I'm being a bit optimistic, but I'm also really scared of my sorcery, so I'm gonna try and calm myself. I have to put on a show so other people won’t know about me. If I dare make a mistake, everyone would know that I have a dangerous power and would be afraid of me. I'm worried I will reveal her powers, but I'm happy....it’s only for one day. I can't wait!" She brightens up again from the gloomy mood, "I hope I won’t have to be lonely any more. I know, it’s only for one day....so I'm going to make the most of it. It has to be today, if I don’t make friends, my loneliness will remain." But the young lady is summoned for monsters had attack and the young lady, who is being referred to as 'Her Highness'. Her subjects: Gerth, Ymir, Buri, Mannan, Brighid, and Nivian escorted her to where Isis could see Helios fight with such speed and strength. Isis is enticed with this young man and she turns to her subjects, "Listen up everyone...I have an idea." Everyone was falling down hard with the other monsters. That was about to change when someone looked up and saw something in the distance. "Look, up there! It's her Highness!" One of the soldiers called.
Immediately, Captain Robin saw someone standing on a mountain top. A young lady stands tall, which she hollers: "Listen to me my people, heed my words, I am here to delivery you from the hands of the enemy. Witness the power of ice and water." The others looked at each other with hope, Helios watched what she can do. The queen took a deep breath and flexed her hands out. She then said to herself, "Water....my friend...my partner...my world...my element...the only thing I ask for you...is for a little control." All of a sudden; to everyone was shocked to see a body of water in the sky. Then, the water came onto the monsters and drowned them. The woman then said to the water, "Water flowing through...." She chanted, ".....Freeze up when this spell is through." The water turns into a huge block of ice prison for the creatures. Then she glided down and kicked the ice block, which exploded in pieces. The maiden landed among the pieces, she curtsy. But noticed Helios and the two locked eyes for a moment. Helios got a good look of the young lady: The young woman has hair was straight and of mid length and flowing while also very wavy. Her eyes has shades of turquoise and sea green, there were gems on the sides of her eyes near her eyes. There was white and dark blue among the eyelids. There was a few strands of her hair were bright blue and some few strands were light blue and white. She approached Helios and said, "My name is Queen Isis Keller." She said. Isis beamed and then looked to see Helios looking at her and said. "I'm Captain Helios Robin. Nice to meet you." He said. Then he bowed in respect to her. Isis and Helios became friends, where Isis explains her powers and Helios asked something.
"Can I say something?" said Helios, "I like to see some proof of your power." Isis looked at him with disbelief, "Right now?" She asked. Helios nodded, "Yes." He said. She stood up as she said slowly, "OK..." Isis straightened herself together, she rolled her shoulders back and then she closed her eyes as she whispered, "...Here goes...." Concentrated; she was about to summon this power but the distraction of a tree branch snapping made her lose concentration. Isis spun to him to glare however her powers accidentally froze a deer. Shocked, Isis used her powers to defrost the creature, who scampered away in fright. It was silent for a moment before Helios spoke up, "I don't think this is good for her to use this power. She shouldn't use it." Isis looked at him with surprise. Isis approached him and said to Helios, "You've been to many more places than me so you think that you know more about people like me than I do myself. We all have specialized knowledge pertinent to our lifestyle and worldview. Being outside of our element can reduce us to a state of ignorance." She said. Isis walked ahead as Helios followed her in curiosity although he looked stoic still underneath all that. Isis looked back at him and said, "The reality is far more nuanced from what little you know of Jotunheim polar civilization, they exhibited many similar attributes to the other counterparts. The Jotunheim notion of land ownership, while we have a more communal and respectful relationship with nature." She said. Then she points out the bear, "For example the bear. The bear initially seems dangerous and thus prepares to shoot it, but by following it they find it has a litter of cubs." She said. Helios looked over at the mother bear and her cubs. Isis walked ahead of Helios but looks back to see and Helios continued to look around. Isis smiles, she walks up to him and said, "The world is largely a closed environment, nutrients, carbon, and all other constituent ingredients for life circulate in an endless cycle."
"I can take you on an adventure!" She said to him, then she turned to a beautiful scenario of a waterfall. "The world you don’t know exists is more beautiful than you can imagine. You’ve lived your whole life letting your thoughts, societal expectations, and logic motivate your actions; are you ready to be primal?" Isis hands him a water flower, Helios took it and looked at it. Isis smiles as she showed Helios more while saying, "I can be your guide through a new world. A way of seeing the world that was once unattainable. Forbidden. The truly free recognize no authority, no masters holding leashes." She said while twirling with happiness. Then, Isis leans over at Helios, her forehead touches his and they were looking at each other's eyes again. "Free to live as we chose and the only real limitations are those you impose upon yourself." She breathed, her breath smelled of peppermint. It was intoxicating as it seems. Isis pulled away for a moment and she glance back at him. Helios thought for a moment, "I had thought life was what and how I viewed it but now I realize that....there is so much more. With the new heights I've reached, I'm having a change of heart. I'm seeing things from a different, more clear perspective." He said. "You can own everything there is to have in the world, but you’ll never be happy and understand it until you can put away with the greed and selfishness." But then she sensed someone was crying out as Isis and Helios head over there. They saw the ocean was calm. Nobody was there as Isis looked around but then she is trapped in an ice cage. When Helios saw this, he went to get help.
Isis is encased in an ice fort and begins to hallucinate in there as she begins to peer into the glass but she saw a blurry image of her parents' killer in there. She trembles with fear until she angrily slammed her fist into the glass but then she falls back, as her fears got worse enough to torment her. Isis stands up when she saw a hallucination of a butterfly as she begins to feel better. But then Isis is filled with dread when she saw a bat flying. She backs away with fear, but then she has a hallucination in the encased ice as she saw herself with a body filled with cracks like she was made of glass and begins to have a scary illusion of herself breaking out of the fort but she is falling to her doom. Isis put that out of her head and decides to go for it, she shatter the fort but herself in her hallucination she shatters as well. Isis faces her enemies and begins to remove her weaponry. Then, she unleashed her powers; laughing happily at herself and uses her powers against her foes and demons. Isis removed her uniform top, revealing a bandeau top underneath and begins to run but looks behind as she smirks at those with astounding glances. Isis stomped on the ground, turning it into ice and using water into her own weapons. She felt stronger, more confident and no longer afraid. Isis twirled like a prima ballerina, she never felt this happy or this freedom in her life. She removed the hairtie from her bun and shook her long tresses out where she ran her fingers through them as glitter filled each strand. Isis's clothings became cyan colored thanks to her ice and water. She never felt so free in all her life! And now she was faced with new beginnings. And for awhile, she's not the least bit cold!
Tamsin, Atlas, and Osiris woke up in the bedlam house. This was no hospital paradise. It was one hell of a nightmare! They had been doing a mission about madness going on in the world of Michtlan, which they stumbled across a forest and then everything went black. In this asylum, these doctors that uses knowledge of the workings of the body and mind to do evil, abuses the authority they has from their doctorate, and practices freakish and horrific experiments. Of course, for all their insanity, the doctor may in fact know what they're doing. Patients may be terrified by the way they act and the bizarre treatments they puts them through, but when the doctors are done with them they're actually cured. Sometimes there are no therapists and sometimes some only wish there weren't. Mental illness or psychological trauma can be serious, damaging issues that may need many months, if not years, of serious and dedicated care from a highly trained and understanding professional. These guys are therapists who really should not be a therapist; at best they will display a criminally negligent. They lack of empathy with the patient and either grow callously frustrated with dealing with other people's problems, or give them horrible and often self-destructive advice; at worst, they will have sinister, ulterior motives and actively abuse the relationship, possibly making their hapless victim an unwitting pawn in some evil schemes, or perhaps deliberately sabotaging their fragile mental state out of sheer spite. Nurses are incredibly sadistic and cruel nurse, they're always women. She kicks patients, the weaker the better.
If she isn't already the head nurse, her cruelty gives her a degree of power over both the patients and the other nurses. Anybody who goes against her ends up injured or worse, and she jumps at the chance to give a particularly rebellious patient a lobotomy. Especially if she decides to test interesting new drugs on her helpless patients. On a deeper level, the sadist nurse explores a very real fear that many patients have going into hospital. They are still hugely unsympathetic and enjoys having power over the patients and other nurses, but can still say with some justification that everything she's doing is for the patients' own good although the patients are unlikely to see it like that. Lobotomy is a rare medical operation that cuts into part of a person's brain in order to treat mental illness. Lobotomies and similar drastic brain alterations are still used as last-ditch treatment for intractable epilepsy, there was little evidence that it did anything therapeutic. The most often performed procedure rarely helped; it simply destroyed random brain matter. But for some people who are chirpy, energetic, and arguing with the nurses. The next day, they're quiet and compliant, drooling, emotionless empty shells. Even the electroconvulsive therapy, with tongue laceration to gag them during the shock therapy.
Then there are the patients with their head in the clouds. They are strangely oblivious to things that everyone else takes for granted. They may have an argument with themselves for fun, make points in an argument with no basis in logic or reality, or tell rambling stories that have nothing to do with the point they're trying to make. One among the insane would mumble, "Man was not meant to comprehend, man was not meant to use. Man was not meant to hear, man was not meant to experience. Man was not meant to meet, man was not meant to visit. man was not meant to scry. Man was not meant to read, man was not meant to comprehend....Even after he was foolish enough to look at them." Despite their relative normality, they struggle to convince the therapists of the fact. And the more they struggle, the closer they get to lunacy itself, sometimes becoming indistinguishable from the others around them. The patients may be "cured" of their "delusions" rendering them useless or troublesome until they may revel in their madness while doing what they did before, possibly with psychobabble or go insane with violence. Perhaps it's because a hospital environment makes people feel more than a little vulnerable, and anxious about whether their caregivers have their best interests in mind.
Perhaps many of the orderlies are depicted as petty, they take advantage of the patients. When he's not stealing patients' medication to sell on the street, any orderly with lower tastes may procure drugs from hospital stocks for personal use, or secretly trade them to addicts under their care in exchange for favors. The creepiest of all don't bother to barter or deflower the patients who are too drugged or crazy to report the offense. The three of them have been through hell of shock therapies and blood letting of leeches. It had been a nightmare. An actual nightmare. Separated from one another in different wards; they all were wondering about one another. Osiris was being passive about his feelings for Tamsin: "She doesn’t even know about the existence of me. She has no shared experiences. I know a lot about her, but of course she knows nothing of me." He thought. Osiris begins to cry as he thoughts begin to trouble him, "I don’t want to go through this stage of withdrawals. I don't want to forget how it feels to be heartbroken. I actually like the way it feels, I wish to stay in withdrawal. I love the feeling of heartbreak, I want to let it all go." Osiris looks up as he saw the moonlight shining upon him. "It can be pretty lonely here. Heartbreak often leaves a strong feeling of loneliness, reduction of self confidence and a general sense of being empty and people will usually try to hide these feelings. It breaks the defenses and lets all the emotions show. But I don't want the sadness to overtake and kill me. Happiness is artificial and that only I know in my sorrow. What goes up must come down, but I will rise up as a better person from this. Despite everything, I'm move on." He thought. Then, Osiris fell asleep.
Atlas couldn't sleep, he could hear screaming in the next door room and he had been tossing & turning. "I'm so torn apart....I can’t accept the fact that she is not next to me. Here I follow the moonlight until I find her bed where she lays. I should go to her bed and take her home with me." He thought. Atlas gets up from his bed as he crept over to the door that leads her to room and peeks in to the keyhole in the knob, Tamsin's naked body from the back was full of scars from all the treatment. "I have stopped outside her room. I can see her getting changed, she's undressing in the dark and not letting them see her. She's hiding from them. I’ll never know the way that what they've said has freaked her out and made her paranoid. They'd try and get her to do the things they want her to do, which is whatever their demands are. They believe they know her, but they’re wrong." thought Atlas. He looks away with anger, "She belongs to me. I’ve got her cornered, so just come out and get it over. They’re haunting her in her dreams and she’s terrified. They’ve all got her. She can’t sleep, because then she’ll experience these nightmares." He slumps away as he clutched the ends of his hair as the thoughts in his head became aggressive, "I want her to believe that she would love me. She would be too, so it does not really make a difference. She's only confused at the moment but that she will notice that I'm the only person she needs. Maybe she would be with me voluntary." He lays back in his room and his thoughts continued to swirl, "She's the only person I want, the only person I need...I would do everything for her but she can’t escape me because we belong together."
He smiled maniacally, "It doesn't matter where she goes, I will find her anyway. It won’t be hard to find her wherever she might hide. Everything would be perfect now that we are together. I'm so terribly in love with her, I want her to believe it, too. Together, they are so strong that nothing can harm us, nor even death can part us. We can live forever." thought Atlas. In her own bed, Tamsin was lying here. This wasn't the first time she was in a place like this and she dislikes it the most. "All the pressure from Atlas and Osiris is a lot on my back. God gave me a purpose to change the lives of them. I don’t want them to cling to me and depend on me, because I can’t help them both. God fix me from what I've become. If they love me, they have to realize I'm only human, and can fend for myself. I'm a frail little doll. I won’t feel pressured because I'm changing. They love me so much, but can’t hear her screaming. They can’t fix my problems like I'd fixed theirs. How can all claim to love me, when they don’t know what I'm going through? Do they love me for looks or my actual personality. Or it could mean do they love my fake personality or my real one?" Tamsin thought, she gets up from her bed and looked up at the window of the night sky. "We’ll be together again. I can’t believe I actually had to leave them, it must be a dream. I just can’t believe that we’re so far away from each other now. This time we’ll be together again It isn’t real, but imaginary. This all must be a dream." She thought. And then, it happened. Lo and behold, they escaped on that one day.
Tamsin, Atlas, and Osiris woke up in an illusion and looked around, depressed various places of the asylum as this was some sort of treatment for them. The doctors and nurses was delighted while the other three is gloomy. But they were in dismay when they saw Tamsin and the guys reenact with the scenarios, changing their style and they look happy. Suddenly, the trio ducked down and they peered over as the asylum staff looked shocked that they found out, which occurred them to smile at this. The asylum staff frantically tried to stop it, try to trap them in there but to no avail; Tamsin, Atlas, and Osiris broke the illusion with her powers. , which angered them and the asylum staff watched in a fury. They took their chances and swim underwater. Tamsin and the boys felt joy around them. She begin to look eager as she swim a little closer. They eagerly swim into the dark abyss. Tamsin and the boys were landing as they saw light flashing in her hands and a bright light appears, it opened up as it amazed them when the scenario changed once again. They woke up as they look in the street of the city they were in. The street had chalk of fun shapes of suns, moon, stars, and flowers. Meanwhile, Karina was on a horse. She was practicing on galloping, riding, and jumping. While doing so, she remembers something that she did with Commander Knightly. And Karina looked back at when.
She was on a horse and she looked out at the forest path and looked back to see Commander Jove Knightly and the others. "You want me to gallop down this path? Are you sure?" asked Karina. "Just a warm up, just to see how much you improve on your skills." assured Commander Knightly. Karina seemed anxious about this task, "I don't know if I'm up for this." She commented. Captain Robin came beside her, putting a hand on her shoulder, "You can do it, you're the best we got." He said. "Really?" asked Karina. She was trembling and then she brightens up, "OK. I'll do it!" She exclaimed. Karina took the reins and prepared herself. She closed her eyes for a moment but then opens them instantly. Pulling on the reins; Karina cried, "HI-YAH!" And she galloped down the path while the others ride behind her but Karina was much faster. She looked back to see they were still following her. She felt faint fear but mostly she felt excitement running through her body. Karina had never felt such adrenaline through her, she tilted her head back and spread her arms out. Karina was snapped back to reality by the sound of the horse neighing, it brought her back to earth and she managed to stop the horse. She panted and panted but she laid her head down on the back of the horse however she sat up when the others approached.
Jove nodded with a smile, Karina was so excited that she fist pumps the air and cheered, "Woo hoo!" Karina snaps back from the memory as she smiles, remembering that day. In the meantime, Tamsin runs into trouble. Giovanni was attempting to strangle Atlas however she managed to get there in time with Osiris beside him. "Giovanni!?" Tamsin cried. The man turned as he released Atlas, he smiled at her, "Tammy, hello sweetheart." "What you want." Tamsin demanded. "I want you back." Giovanni begged. He walked one step closer, "Giovanni." Tamsin started to say nervously. "It could be like it was before." Giovanni said, pleadingly. This horrified Tamsin, "No, Giovanni!" She said. Never, she never want to go back to the way it was. Being his puppet again. Giovanni continued to rant, "You were the only one I ever loved, worthy. I can't live without you." He said. "Giovanni, Stop this now! I want you to be flat out honest and answer me--" Tamsin admonished. Giovanni looked at her, "Tamsin, you get your ass out there right now!" "No." Tamsin said. Giovanni walked over to her with a rage look.
"Are you talking back to me? Disobeying your own father, I do not care how old you are. You are going to listen to me." "Giovanni, please I don't wanna go with you ..." Tamsin begged, taking a few steps back of her own but her father would not stop. . "..... Like it or not, I will have to force you away from this place one way or another ....." "No!" Tamsin screamed in hysterics, she used her powers to kick him in the stomach and he fell down. He fell down on the ground and looked up in shock. Tamsin looked at him calmly, "I am the daughter of Nikita Tanner and the sister of Idina Tanner. Next time you hurt me, you will be sorry for messing with me." She warned. Giovanni left but that didn't mean he was gone for good.
Chapter 2: Breaking Free
Tamsin and Osiris are under attack as they fight back but Osiris reveals he is not actually human himself: He is a ghoul, who is not afraid to go out on his enemies. Tamsin is surprised as she reveals she is not normal like him. Earlier, she had witnessed Atlas become a ferocious titan right before her eyes. Tamsin was afraid but she realized there is nothing to fear in someone who is misunderstood. She fights alongside him as she vows to be with him always. Atlas's walls were breaking down as he invites Tamsin into his heart. Back in reality, Tamsin and Osiris escaped. Later, They managed to find a quiet place and landed there. Tamsin let Osiris go safely from her grasp. “So, what are you?” asked Osiris. “I can’t explain it.” explained Tamsin. "That’s not a good answer.” Osiris said. Tamsin sighs, “Fine. Maybe I can show you.” She said. “How?” asked Osiris. Tamsin leans over and kisses him on the lips. Osiris could see Tamsin’s memories of her life that was now a tragedy. Tamsin parted her lips away from Osiris and looked at him. "So, whatcha think?" Tamsin asked with a smile. Osiris was stunt until he remembered what happened. "Arrrrrggggggghhhhh!!!!!!!" He shouted. Osiris charged at her as his powers but Tamsin dodged him as she hit a wall. "You're right, you're right. I should've done that. It was wrong to kiss you but it's just a kiss. I was trying to show you--" Tamsin said quickly as possible. "Never. Again!" Osiris warned. "Right, sorry! Sorry!" Tamsin apologized. "'Less I say so." muttered Osiris. Tamsin looked at him, "What you say?" She asked. "Nothing!" snapped Osiris. Tamsin held up her hands, "OK, OK, Take it easy. I thought you said something but never mind." She claimed. Osiris nodded, "Are you an angel? A demon?" He asked. “Not at all, I just…I am no demon nor angel. I come in peace and came to know you—Osiris Cassander. Please, give me a chance.” Tamsin explained. At once; Osiris turned back into a human and nodded. “OK. I’ll trust you. But if you pull anything, I’ll kill you.” He said.
In the meantime; Atlas is working when he heard classical music and went to see where the music is coming from. He entered a room where he found Tamsin is dancing alone. He enters as he looks at her mesmerizing self. "What are you doing in here?" Atlas asked. Tamsin stopped for a moment, she strolls over to him with a smile. "Dancing to this song, it's pretty is it not?" She replied. Atlas listened to the song and nodded, "It sounds nice. You dance very well." remarked Atlas. Tamsin answered back with a grin, "Thanks, practice makes perfect." She lends out her hand, "Would you like to try it?" She asked. Atlas looked nervous but Tamsin hold firm and said, "C'mon, just one second." Atlas sighed, giving in. Tamsin lead him to the floor, she stood there with him as she instructs him of what he needs to do. Atlas awkwardly placed his hands on her shoulder and then in her hand. During the waltz, Atlas stepped on her foot, he then winced with shame. "I'm sorry." He said. "No, my bad! I went too fast." Tamsin apologized. Atlas felt tears of anger in his eyes, "Ugh, forget this crappy--" He cried, he was about to pull away but Tamsin hold him tightly, "Uh, uh. C'mon, one little screw up. No blood, no foul. It's all good." She said. Then, Atlas looked at her eyes, Tamsin looked back at him in his eyes and then she did something she never imagined. Leaning towards him, she pressed her lips against his. Atlas was shocked, he felt slightly suffocated for a second. "Why was she doing this?" He thought. "I can't breathe but I can't help but taste her soft lips and that taste...So sweet...." Tamsin's kiss took a turning point, where Atlas is letting himself give away. They both pulled away as they were gasping, "I--I'm sorry, again." Atlas said.
"Ah! Forgive me, my bad." Tamsin apologized. "Let's keep this kiss between us." Atlas said. Tamsin agrees. But Tamsin feels like she has feelings for both Atlas and Osiris, which troubles her. Even Atlas and Osiris lack in one another is really not a good sign, not at all. In the meantime; Helios Robin looked at the ship that will take him to the world called Jotunheim. The ship was pained black but with outlines of gold. He saw how huge it was. "That's Iron Mountain." said a female's voice. Helios turned to see who it was, it was none other than Sarama. "How do you know?" asked Helios, curious for a moment. "The girls of this ship who are coming told me." replied Sarama, but she seemed excited. "Set sailing to a whole, brave new world!" She exclaimed. "My, sounds like someone is excited right Evita?" said a chipper voice. "Indeed, Lynda." agreed a solemn sounding voice. Helios looked behind to see who it was: Two girls, each of them seemed like identical but were very different by hair color. One girl has blonde hair, pink blush, and much paler skin that contrast well with the color clothing she wore--Pink and white. This was Lynda. The other was black haired, light skin but not too pale and her clothes were red & black. These two were former experiment weapons of IEPS, Evita & Lynda Gibson. "Helios Robin is it?" asked Evita, she lend out her hand and said, "I am Evita Gibson." Helios looked at her then he shook her hand. Evita was slightly surprised by how strong his grip is.
"And I am Lynda, her sister." said Lynda. Helios nodded, "So are we going or what?" He said. "You sure are one for patience." remarked Evita, "Yes. We are setting forth sir." "Good, I wonder if there are other worlds." said Helios. "You'll see." replied Lynda. And so, they were off through the portals with the Iron Mountain ship. In the meantime, a beautiful young woman was asleep as the sun was rising up from underneath the ground as it look. Once morning was approaching, The woman woke up to hear the tribal sounds of men chanting the ritual, "Hega hega ya-hi-ye-hega...." She stirred when she listens to this singing, she smiled and happily got out of bed. She gets dressed as she begins to talk to herself, "I feel free and not confined. The doors and windows have been closed for so long that I've forgotten what it was like to have them open. Most of my life I've been alone in the corridors, now I'm excited that I’ll have other people there. She almost never comes in contact with strangers, so it will be an exciting change to socialize. However, things are about to change very quickly. Things are about to change from dark and gloomy to light and cheerful." She begins to twirling and dancing as she slips behind a cover where she removes her night sleep clothes and changed into her flowing dress and placed the hair accessories in her hair. She looked noble, by her clothing but she acted like a free spirited young lady. While she felt amazed, someone watched her carefully. A light blue-haired young man. He was watching her with concern, but others with white and light blue hair colors. Others had bright blue hair. The young one was a short girl. She has round, large blue eyes as she eagerly watches her. She runs over and is beside the young lady.
The young lady glance at the girl and smiles as she begins to tell her about her thoughts, "I'm not sure what this feeling is, but I know I'm happy. I felt isolated for a long long time, but now I imagine the amount of people she can talk to. I imagine being all dressed up, in a sophisticated, graceful ball gown, looking beautiful and gorgeous, and posing against a wall." She said with dreaminess. But her whimsical nature faded, she felt anxious about some things. "Even though, I'm being a bit optimistic, but I'm also really scared of my sorcery, so I'm gonna try and calm myself. I have to put on a show so other people won’t know about me. If I dare make a mistake, everyone would know that I have a dangerous power and would be afraid of me. I'm worried I will reveal her powers, but I'm happy....it’s only for one day. I can't wait!" She brightens up again from the gloomy mood, "I hope I won’t have to be lonely any more. I know, it’s only for one day....so I'm going to make the most of it. It has to be today, if I don’t make friends, my loneliness will remain." But the young lady is summoned for monsters had attack and the young lady, who is being referred to as 'Her Highness'. Her subjects: Gerth, Ymir, Buri, Mannan, Brighid, and Nivian escorted her to where Isis could see Helios fight with such speed and strength. Isis is enticed with this young man and she turns to her subjects, "Listen up everyone...I have an idea." Everyone was falling down hard with the other monsters. That was about to change when someone looked up and saw something in the distance. "Look, up there! It's her Highness!" One of the soldiers called.
Immediately, Captain Robin saw someone standing on a mountain top. A young lady stands tall, which she hollers: "Listen to me my people, heed my words, I am here to delivery you from the hands of the enemy. Witness the power of ice and water." The others looked at each other with hope, Helios watched what she can do. The queen took a deep breath and flexed her hands out. She then said to herself, "Water....my friend...my partner...my world...my element...the only thing I ask for you...is for a little control." All of a sudden; to everyone was shocked to see a body of water in the sky. Then, the water came onto the monsters and drowned them. The woman then said to the water, "Water flowing through...." She chanted, ".....Freeze up when this spell is through." The water turns into a huge block of ice prison for the creatures. Then she glided down and kicked the ice block, which exploded in pieces. The maiden landed among the pieces, she curtsy. But noticed Helios and the two locked eyes for a moment. Helios got a good look of the young lady: The young woman has hair was straight and of mid length and flowing while also very wavy. Her eyes has shades of turquoise and sea green, there were gems on the sides of her eyes near her eyes. There was white and dark blue among the eyelids. There was a few strands of her hair were bright blue and some few strands were light blue and white. She approached Helios and said, "My name is Queen Isis Keller." She said. Isis beamed and then looked to see Helios looking at her and said. "I'm Captain Helios Robin. Nice to meet you." He said. Then he bowed in respect to her. Isis and Helios became friends, where Isis explains her powers and Helios asked something.
"Can I say something?" said Helios, "I like to see some proof of your power." Isis looked at him with disbelief, "Right now?" She asked. Helios nodded, "Yes." He said. She stood up as she said slowly, "OK..." Isis straightened herself together, she rolled her shoulders back and then she closed her eyes as she whispered, "...Here goes...." Concentrated; she was about to summon this power but the distraction of a tree branch snapping made her lose concentration. Isis spun to him to glare however her powers accidentally froze a deer. Shocked, Isis used her powers to defrost the creature, who scampered away in fright. It was silent for a moment before Helios spoke up, "I don't think this is good for her to use this power. She shouldn't use it." Isis looked at him with surprise. Isis approached him and said to Helios, "You've been to many more places than me so you think that you know more about people like me than I do myself. We all have specialized knowledge pertinent to our lifestyle and worldview. Being outside of our element can reduce us to a state of ignorance." She said. Isis walked ahead as Helios followed her in curiosity although he looked stoic still underneath all that. Isis looked back at him and said, "The reality is far more nuanced from what little you know of Jotunheim polar civilization, they exhibited many similar attributes to the other counterparts. The Jotunheim notion of land ownership, while we have a more communal and respectful relationship with nature." She said. Then she points out the bear, "For example the bear. The bear initially seems dangerous and thus prepares to shoot it, but by following it they find it has a litter of cubs." She said. Helios looked over at the mother bear and her cubs. Isis walked ahead of Helios but looks back to see and Helios continued to look around. Isis smiles, she walks up to him and said, "The world is largely a closed environment, nutrients, carbon, and all other constituent ingredients for life circulate in an endless cycle."
"I can take you on an adventure!" She said to him, then she turned to a beautiful scenario of a waterfall. "The world you don’t know exists is more beautiful than you can imagine. You’ve lived your whole life letting your thoughts, societal expectations, and logic motivate your actions; are you ready to be primal?" Isis hands him a water flower, Helios took it and looked at it. Isis smiles as she showed Helios more while saying, "I can be your guide through a new world. A way of seeing the world that was once unattainable. Forbidden. The truly free recognize no authority, no masters holding leashes." She said while twirling with happiness. Then, Isis leans over at Helios, her forehead touches his and they were looking at each other's eyes again. "Free to live as we chose and the only real limitations are those you impose upon yourself." She breathed, her breath smelled of peppermint. It was intoxicating as it seems. Isis pulled away for a moment and she glance back at him. Helios thought for a moment, "I had thought life was what and how I viewed it but now I realize that....there is so much more. With the new heights I've reached, I'm having a change of heart. I'm seeing things from a different, more clear perspective." He said. "You can own everything there is to have in the world, but you’ll never be happy and understand it until you can put away with the greed and selfishness." But then she sensed someone was crying out as Isis and Helios head over there. They saw the ocean was calm. Nobody was there as Isis looked around but then she is trapped in an ice cage. When Helios saw this, he went to get help.
Isis is encased in an ice fort and begins to hallucinate in there as she begins to peer into the glass but she saw a blurry image of her parents' killer in there. She trembles with fear until she angrily slammed her fist into the glass but then she falls back, as her fears got worse enough to torment her. Isis stands up when she saw a hallucination of a butterfly as she begins to feel better. But then Isis is filled with dread when she saw a bat flying. She backs away with fear, but then she has a hallucination in the encased ice as she saw herself with a body filled with cracks like she was made of glass and begins to have a scary illusion of herself breaking out of the fort but she is falling to her doom. Isis put that out of her head and decides to go for it, she shatter the fort but herself in her hallucination she shatters as well. Isis faces her enemies and begins to remove her weaponry. Then, she unleashed her powers; laughing happily at herself and uses her powers against her foes and demons. Isis removed her uniform top, revealing a bandeau top underneath and begins to run but looks behind as she smirks at those with astounding glances. Isis stomped on the ground, turning it into ice and using water into her own weapons. She felt stronger, more confident and no longer afraid. Isis twirled like a prima ballerina, she never felt this happy or this freedom in her life. She removed the hairtie from her bun and shook her long tresses out where she ran her fingers through them as glitter filled each strand. Isis's clothings became cyan colored thanks to her ice and water. She never felt so free in all her life! And now she was faced with new beginnings. And for awhile, she's not the least bit cold!
Tamsin, Atlas, and Osiris woke up in the bedlam house. This was no hospital paradise. It was one hell of a nightmare! They had been doing a mission about madness going on in the world of Michtlan, which they stumbled across a forest and then everything went black. In this asylum, these doctors that uses knowledge of the workings of the body and mind to do evil, abuses the authority they has from their doctorate, and practices freakish and horrific experiments. Of course, for all their insanity, the doctor may in fact know what they're doing. Patients may be terrified by the way they act and the bizarre treatments they puts them through, but when the doctors are done with them they're actually cured. Sometimes there are no therapists and sometimes some only wish there weren't. Mental illness or psychological trauma can be serious, damaging issues that may need many months, if not years, of serious and dedicated care from a highly trained and understanding professional. These guys are therapists who really should not be a therapist; at best they will display a criminally negligent. They lack of empathy with the patient and either grow callously frustrated with dealing with other people's problems, or give them horrible and often self-destructive advice; at worst, they will have sinister, ulterior motives and actively abuse the relationship, possibly making their hapless victim an unwitting pawn in some evil schemes, or perhaps deliberately sabotaging their fragile mental state out of sheer spite. Nurses are incredibly sadistic and cruel nurse, they're always women. She kicks patients, the weaker the better.
If she isn't already the head nurse, her cruelty gives her a degree of power over both the patients and the other nurses. Anybody who goes against her ends up injured or worse, and she jumps at the chance to give a particularly rebellious patient a lobotomy. Especially if she decides to test interesting new drugs on her helpless patients. On a deeper level, the sadist nurse explores a very real fear that many patients have going into hospital. They are still hugely unsympathetic and enjoys having power over the patients and other nurses, but can still say with some justification that everything she's doing is for the patients' own good although the patients are unlikely to see it like that. Lobotomy is a rare medical operation that cuts into part of a person's brain in order to treat mental illness. Lobotomies and similar drastic brain alterations are still used as last-ditch treatment for intractable epilepsy, there was little evidence that it did anything therapeutic. The most often performed procedure rarely helped; it simply destroyed random brain matter. But for some people who are chirpy, energetic, and arguing with the nurses. The next day, they're quiet and compliant, drooling, emotionless empty shells. Even the electroconvulsive therapy, with tongue laceration to gag them during the shock therapy.
Then there are the patients with their head in the clouds. They are strangely oblivious to things that everyone else takes for granted. They may have an argument with themselves for fun, make points in an argument with no basis in logic or reality, or tell rambling stories that have nothing to do with the point they're trying to make. One among the insane would mumble, "Man was not meant to comprehend, man was not meant to use. Man was not meant to hear, man was not meant to experience. Man was not meant to meet, man was not meant to visit. man was not meant to scry. Man was not meant to read, man was not meant to comprehend....Even after he was foolish enough to look at them." Despite their relative normality, they struggle to convince the therapists of the fact. And the more they struggle, the closer they get to lunacy itself, sometimes becoming indistinguishable from the others around them. The patients may be "cured" of their "delusions" rendering them useless or troublesome until they may revel in their madness while doing what they did before, possibly with psychobabble or go insane with violence. Perhaps it's because a hospital environment makes people feel more than a little vulnerable, and anxious about whether their caregivers have their best interests in mind.
Perhaps many of the orderlies are depicted as petty, they take advantage of the patients. When he's not stealing patients' medication to sell on the street, any orderly with lower tastes may procure drugs from hospital stocks for personal use, or secretly trade them to addicts under their care in exchange for favors. The creepiest of all don't bother to barter or deflower the patients who are too drugged or crazy to report the offense. The three of them have been through hell of shock therapies and blood letting of leeches. It had been a nightmare. An actual nightmare. Separated from one another in different wards; they all were wondering about one another. Osiris was being passive about his feelings for Tamsin: "She doesn’t even know about the existence of me. She has no shared experiences. I know a lot about her, but of course she knows nothing of me." He thought. Osiris begins to cry as he thoughts begin to trouble him, "I don’t want to go through this stage of withdrawals. I don't want to forget how it feels to be heartbroken. I actually like the way it feels, I wish to stay in withdrawal. I love the feeling of heartbreak, I want to let it all go." Osiris looks up as he saw the moonlight shining upon him. "It can be pretty lonely here. Heartbreak often leaves a strong feeling of loneliness, reduction of self confidence and a general sense of being empty and people will usually try to hide these feelings. It breaks the defenses and lets all the emotions show. But I don't want the sadness to overtake and kill me. Happiness is artificial and that only I know in my sorrow. What goes up must come down, but I will rise up as a better person from this. Despite everything, I'm move on." He thought. Then, Osiris fell asleep.
Atlas couldn't sleep, he could hear screaming in the next door room and he had been tossing & turning. "I'm so torn apart....I can’t accept the fact that she is not next to me. Here I follow the moonlight until I find her bed where she lays. I should go to her bed and take her home with me." He thought. Atlas gets up from his bed as he crept over to the door that leads her to room and peeks in to the keyhole in the knob, Tamsin's naked body from the back was full of scars from all the treatment. "I have stopped outside her room. I can see her getting changed, she's undressing in the dark and not letting them see her. She's hiding from them. I’ll never know the way that what they've said has freaked her out and made her paranoid. They'd try and get her to do the things they want her to do, which is whatever their demands are. They believe they know her, but they’re wrong." thought Atlas. He looks away with anger, "She belongs to me. I’ve got her cornered, so just come out and get it over. They’re haunting her in her dreams and she’s terrified. They’ve all got her. She can’t sleep, because then she’ll experience these nightmares." He slumps away as he clutched the ends of his hair as the thoughts in his head became aggressive, "I want her to believe that she would love me. She would be too, so it does not really make a difference. She's only confused at the moment but that she will notice that I'm the only person she needs. Maybe she would be with me voluntary." He lays back in his room and his thoughts continued to swirl, "She's the only person I want, the only person I need...I would do everything for her but she can’t escape me because we belong together."
He smiled maniacally, "It doesn't matter where she goes, I will find her anyway. It won’t be hard to find her wherever she might hide. Everything would be perfect now that we are together. I'm so terribly in love with her, I want her to believe it, too. Together, they are so strong that nothing can harm us, nor even death can part us. We can live forever." thought Atlas. In her own bed, Tamsin was lying here. This wasn't the first time she was in a place like this and she dislikes it the most. "All the pressure from Atlas and Osiris is a lot on my back. God gave me a purpose to change the lives of them. I don’t want them to cling to me and depend on me, because I can’t help them both. God fix me from what I've become. If they love me, they have to realize I'm only human, and can fend for myself. I'm a frail little doll. I won’t feel pressured because I'm changing. They love me so much, but can’t hear her screaming. They can’t fix my problems like I'd fixed theirs. How can all claim to love me, when they don’t know what I'm going through? Do they love me for looks or my actual personality. Or it could mean do they love my fake personality or my real one?" Tamsin thought, she gets up from her bed and looked up at the window of the night sky. "We’ll be together again. I can’t believe I actually had to leave them, it must be a dream. I just can’t believe that we’re so far away from each other now. This time we’ll be together again It isn’t real, but imaginary. This all must be a dream." She thought. And then, it happened. Lo and behold, they escaped on that one day.
Tamsin, Atlas, and Osiris woke up in an illusion and looked around, depressed various places of the asylum as this was some sort of treatment for them. The doctors and nurses was delighted while the other three is gloomy. But they were in dismay when they saw Tamsin and the guys reenact with the scenarios, changing their style and they look happy. Suddenly, the trio ducked down and they peered over as the asylum staff looked shocked that they found out, which occurred them to smile at this. The asylum staff frantically tried to stop it, try to trap them in there but to no avail; Tamsin, Atlas, and Osiris broke the illusion with her powers. , which angered them and the asylum staff watched in a fury. They took their chances and swim underwater. Tamsin and the boys felt joy around them. She begin to look eager as she swim a little closer. They eagerly swim into the dark abyss. Tamsin and the boys were landing as they saw light flashing in her hands and a bright light appears, it opened up as it amazed them when the scenario changed once again. They woke up as they look in the street of the city they were in. The street had chalk of fun shapes of suns, moon, stars, and flowers. Meanwhile, Karina was on a horse. She was practicing on galloping, riding, and jumping. While doing so, she remembers something that she did with Commander Knightly. And Karina looked back at when.
She was on a horse and she looked out at the forest path and looked back to see Commander Jove Knightly and the others. "You want me to gallop down this path? Are you sure?" asked Karina. "Just a warm up, just to see how much you improve on your skills." assured Commander Knightly. Karina seemed anxious about this task, "I don't know if I'm up for this." She commented. Captain Robin came beside her, putting a hand on her shoulder, "You can do it, you're the best we got." He said. "Really?" asked Karina. She was trembling and then she brightens up, "OK. I'll do it!" She exclaimed. Karina took the reins and prepared herself. She closed her eyes for a moment but then opens them instantly. Pulling on the reins; Karina cried, "HI-YAH!" And she galloped down the path while the others ride behind her but Karina was much faster. She looked back to see they were still following her. She felt faint fear but mostly she felt excitement running through her body. Karina had never felt such adrenaline through her, she tilted her head back and spread her arms out. Karina was snapped back to reality by the sound of the horse neighing, it brought her back to earth and she managed to stop the horse. She panted and panted but she laid her head down on the back of the horse however she sat up when the others approached.
Jove nodded with a smile, Karina was so excited that she fist pumps the air and cheered, "Woo hoo!" Karina snaps back from the memory as she smiles, remembering that day. In the meantime, Tamsin runs into trouble. Giovanni was attempting to strangle Atlas however she managed to get there in time with Osiris beside him. "Giovanni!?" Tamsin cried. The man turned as he released Atlas, he smiled at her, "Tammy, hello sweetheart." "What you want." Tamsin demanded. "I want you back." Giovanni begged. He walked one step closer, "Giovanni." Tamsin started to say nervously. "It could be like it was before." Giovanni said, pleadingly. This horrified Tamsin, "No, Giovanni!" She said. Never, she never want to go back to the way it was. Being his puppet again. Giovanni continued to rant, "You were the only one I ever loved, worthy. I can't live without you." He said. "Giovanni, Stop this now! I want you to be flat out honest and answer me--" Tamsin admonished. Giovanni looked at her, "Tamsin, you get your ass out there right now!" "No." Tamsin said. Giovanni walked over to her with a rage look.
"Are you talking back to me? Disobeying your own father, I do not care how old you are. You are going to listen to me." "Giovanni, please I don't wanna go with you ..." Tamsin begged, taking a few steps back of her own but her father would not stop. . "..... Like it or not, I will have to force you away from this place one way or another ....." "No!" Tamsin screamed in hysterics, she used her powers to kick him in the stomach and he fell down. He fell down on the ground and looked up in shock. Tamsin looked at him calmly, "I am the daughter of Nikita Tanner and the sister of Idina Tanner. Next time you hurt me, you will be sorry for messing with me." She warned. Giovanni left but that didn't mean he was gone for good.
Monday, August 4, 2014
Uranometria Volume 2--Chapter 1
Here it is! This is my next volume of Shatter Me: The Breakthrough of the Caged Birds, awesome isn't it? I hope you like it, it was inspired by many things here. Enjoy! --KatDon
Chapter 1: The Princess and the Protector
Cassandra has another vision somehow and rushed over to tell the others; she reports that she saw a vision of Branwen who was singing to herself, "Going to take the Wends like herded sheep as we head fathom below...." Cassandra went to Eachtach, who has become a friend and ally to her, told her that the place Branwen was heading to was a land known as Elaea. There's a village in Elaea as well as a manor at its core. Proper ladies were carrying parasols in the sunny day but there was someone missing from the crowd. "Has anyone seen Bryn?" One of the young ladies asked. The others shook their heads, they had no clue where she was. 'Bryn' is really Brynhilde Fiachra, instead of being a proper lady; she was in the forest and playing her violin while dancing. She loved surrounding herself with nature, just like she did when she was little. Brynhilde wore leggings and a tank top. That's when she heard the clock tower's bell chimed louder to break out of her reverie. She realized how late she is and hurries back home, up to the window of her room. She was greeted by her beautiful mother and the maidservants who helped her prepare for the Gathering. Immediately, she was bathed and her hair was styled in pigtails. Brynhilde rebelled of wearing dresses, she instead wore dress pants and a laced-corset blouse. Teal eye shadow on her lids of her eyes. Blush on the apples of her cheeks. Hot pink lip gloss.
Now she was ready, parasol in hand. She followed her mother to where the Gathering was being taken place, her father was already there and he said he wanted to speak to Brynhilde about something in private when she arrived. Brynhilde wondered what it could be about, she and her mother arrived to the Gathering. But while there, Brynhilde is greeted by her friends--Naveen Reginald, Damocles Reis, Hansel Gillespie, Barka Marquise, Stavr Carlton, and Orvor Pike. They were all flirting with her but some seem so competitive as Brynhilde is shocked by this. She begins to hear their thoughts at the same time, they all want her! She is confused however Brynhilde is rescued by a familiar, booming voice. "Gentlemen, gentlemen. You're overwhelming my Tiger Lily. She can't think with all you talking at once, give her a minute to breathe." Brynhilde smiled, she looked to see it was. "Father!" She sighed, Brynhilde politely excused herself and embraced her dad. "My daughter." said her father, he then guided her away from the Gathering. "Thanks for getting me out of there, Father." "Bryn, my dear, your beauty is well known. Boys like you very much." said her father in a mater of fact tone. "And that's what I want to talk to you about." "What about Father?" asked Brynhilde. "There is a young man I have arranged for a meeting with Sparrow Bishop for a matrimony." said her father.
Brynhilde seemed troubled by this, "Matrimony?" She asked. Her father nodded, "Yes, he is very kind-hearted. And very good looking fellow." He assured her. Brynhilde didn't seem to be so eager about this, "I don't know, Father. I don't think I'm ready for that yet." "I know, I mean in case you wish to have a matrimony." Her father said. "What about never?" suggested Brynhilde. Her father sighed, "Now my Tiger Lily, you are young and I want you to enjoy life but I also want you to have a happy life with someone special. Marriage is the most important thing in life." explained her father. Brynhilde nodded, then to please him she smiled and said: "Thank you, I like to meet Sparrow Bishop." Brynhilde said with enthusiasm. Her father smiled, "I think you'll like him, you really will." He said. When Brynhilde and her father returned, Brynhilde's mother introduced a new guest to the ball. Her name was Cassandra Endymion. She was to be Brynhilde's bodyguard. Cassandra showed her polite mannerism, however she can hear Naveen and the boys' thoughts of jealous as they were in love with Brynhilde, wanting so much to protect her. But Cassandra wasn't going to be the only protector; Eulalie Merlin, Deirdre Ganymede, Turan Cypris, Norna Thomas, Ariadne Sirius, and Juana Pita were going to protect her as well as Melisande Zebedee. Brynhilde is introduced to Sparrow, who is a good looking young man. This is Sparrow Bishop, whom he becomes bewitched by the beautiful Brynhilde and falls in love with her but Naveen noticed this however he looks on with jealousy.
Brynhilde was about to leave when her mother called out to her. "Brynhilde, honey. Come say hello to your female bodyguards" said her mother. "Hi Brynhilde." said Cassandra. Brynhilde looked at him, then she said, "Your name sounds familiar to me." Brynhilde laughed in surprise, "Really? I didn't know that." He said with innocence in his voice. "Yeah. Sounds weird, doesn't it?" said Brynhilde. Brynhilde shrugs, "I guess. I'm surprised by how I look familiar." He said. Brynhilde nodded but something about these girls that she didn't trust. After the Gathering and Brynhilde went hoe with her new bodyguards, Cassandra discovered the reason Brynhilde is emotionless is because she has a nightmare. When she was younger, she was dared to enter an abandoned factory but what she saw was something that frightened her; Brynhilde saw a thuggish man who was trapped, bound, as he looked terrified to see undead bunnies advancing on him as the man was yelping of Wilhelm screams while screaming in hysterics, "Help me, help me!" The zombie rabbits were closing in as the man screams, "Noooooooo!!!!!" Brynhilde was so scared that she accidentally gave herself away but she didn't care and ran away. Back home. She hid in her room and didn't come out since. Her parents were concerned about her. The family's therapist decides that Brynhilde needs medication. But the prescription made her feel numb. She hated it and hates the nightmares every time she fell asleep.
At night, in Cassandra's dreamworld; she dreamt that she was Alice in a boat, she buys an egg, and it turns into Humpty Dumpty. The woman serving in the shop turns into a sheep, and the next minute they are rowing in a rowing boat somewhere. They were traveling in a mystical, psychedelic countryside where tangerine trees are pleasant skies. The kaleidoscope was reflecting into colorful symmetrical shapes that looked like flowers. Cassandra gets off the boat and goes to a bridge near a fountain. Nearby there are rocking horse people eating marshmallow pies. She’s confused like Alice when she fell down the hole. She walked to where the ultimate bliss on a desolate isolated sand beach of fictional Kokomo. She knew that place didn't exist for sure however she knew typical 'sweet dreams' won’t lead to happiness. But then again, nothing leads to happiness. There are others who are sadists and some are masochists. But Cassandra focused on where she was now. This utopia destination in her dreamworld can only be seen by those pure at heart. When she shares a symbiotic connection, she knows that she has just arrived. Everyone has their own favorite Dreamworld Resort, their utopia. Its the ultimate for a love seance in ultimate bliss on the sand. In the dream land, it is just another ordinary day until Cassandra meets a mysterious boy who inspires her to look for the majesty and beauty in what others would find mundane.
The boy said to her, "Control your own destiny, live every day to the fullest." and then he went away. Cassandra ponders these words to herself. All her life, she is always in a hurry, always waking up early for work. Cassandra's life is a big blur as it’s going so fast. She is having to live her life by the clock because of school. Her time is not for wasting and she has realized that. Someone else can follow the average person’s rules and expectations. While she tries to enjoy her life and find happiness, Cassandra realizes that less is more. She realizes her dreamworld is valuable and should visit all the places she’s always wanted to visited and live her life to the fullest. She’s done with the extra scum. Cassandra wants everyone in her world to know that she’s out having fun and enjoying her dreaming. Cassandra won’t miss out on the fun at the beach in her sleep. But she was awaken at one in the morning by Brynhilde, who was tossing and turning until she woke up in cold sweat. She went to the bathroom and she was washing her hands and her hands. But then she could feel a painful void of nausea inside her as well as chills & fight or flight responses. "Do not be sick, do not be sick...." She prayed. By 4 o'clock, she was asleep and woke up in the morning. At around noon, she ate a little something. She ate slowly, not wanting to be sick again. For the time being, Cassandra was working as she has a vision of Branwen's ranting of kidnapping Brynhilde tonight. When Cassandra saw this in her mind, she rushed to Brynhilde and the others. "There is someone coming, she's going to kidnap Brynhilde. All of us need to work together to keep her safe and unharmed." She reported. Everyone looked at her funny, everyone except Eulalie and the other girls didn't. "Is she really saying that?" asked Mr. Fiachra. Mrs. Fiachra nods, "Yes, she can see things before they occurred." She said.
Mr. Fiachra turned to her and asked, "How do we know you're not lying?" Cassandra step forward, she placed her hand on his temple and he could see visions from her mind. When he saw this, Mr. Fiachra agrees of a plan. Later that night, Brynhilde was standing in the middle of the big space of the foyer and Cassandra stood next to her. Eulalie, Naveen, and the others were arranged around them in different areas. "You sure this is going to work?" whispered Naveen. "Trust us on this." rasped Eulalie. Naveen glared at her, but Eulalie says to him, "Don't worry, we'll keep your girl safe." Just then, the lights flickered on and off like crazy. Nobody knew what was going on but somehow Cassandra and Brynhilde did. "A Wendigo." thought Cassandra, "It's here!" Then she called out, "Brace yourself! Something evil this way comes! Don't let your guard down, your main objective is to keep Brynhilde safe!" Naveen and the boys weren't sure to trust Eulalie and the girls but they had to protect Brynhilde, one way or another. At once, the Wendigos arrived! And a battle begins, with their powers together however Branwen entered and tackled Brynhilde. Brynhilde cried out in fear, Naveen and the boys heard her. "BRYN!" They all cried. Branwen laughed, "Your sweet, little princess girl is with me men! Now she will suffer my wrath!" She said. But Branwen was thrown backwards while Brynhilde was watching Cassandra. Branwen screamed and cried out, "You'll pay for that, Cassandra!" "Keep your hands off Bryn, you hear me?" called Cassandra. "You little bit--" Brynhilde cried, but she is hit from behind by gravitation movement by Eulalie. "You stupid agents!" She spluttered. "This isn't over yet, I'll find you and you too Melisande!" And she was gone! Brynhilde was shocked by what just happened and looked up at Cassandra.
"You're safe now, mission is completed." assured Cassandra. Brynhilde stared at her for a moment before speaking. "You used your mind, didn't you?" asked Brynhilde. Cassandra looked flabbergasted, "How did she know that?" She thought. "What are you talking about? It was all a big confusion." lied Cassandra with a smile. "No, I'm telling the truth! It was you, I know--Your thoughts, I know about those monsters and that girl!" claimed Brynhilde. Cassandra stood there, she and her allies were shocked as Cassandra fled from the room. She ran to the nearest room, opened it and slammed it shut. She even locked it, Cassandra panted, she leaned on the closed door. She couldn't believe what she just discovered. "Hey Cass, you OK?" asked Echo. "She knows about the Wendigos...She knows about my powers..." said Cassandra, slowly. "What is it?" inquired Kamaitachi. "She knows. Brynhilde knows!" replied Cassandra in a panicky voice. "How?" questioned Samson. "She read my mind." whispered Cassandra. "What?" said Zaden. "She read my mind. SHE READ MY MIND!!!!" exclaimed Cassandra. This shocks the rest of Brother 10: "WHAT?!" cried Justice and Lleu. "Say what now?" demanded Echo and Kamaitachi. "No!" gasped Samson, Borvo and Christopher. "No way!" yelped Proteus, Zaden, and Hanuman. Jack was shocked by this, "Oh crap." He said. Trygve sighed, "Terrific." He said. "We're screwed." moaned Cassandra. Then she felt the door knocking and managed to stay quiet. But heard Brynhilde's voice, "Cassandra...I know that you're still there. People have probably wondered why you didn’t even come out. I'm often told to be brave, even when it feels hopeless. I'm always been there for you." Cassandra is stunt, she unlocking the door and peeks out. Then the two girls became friends since this day.
Meanwhile, Ophelia was on a horse. She looked out at the forest path and looked back to see Adam Rustung and the others. "You want me to gallop down this path? Are you sure?" asked Ophelia. "Just a warm up, just to see how much you improve on your skills." Adam assured her. Ophelia is unsure about this, "I don't know if I'm up for this." She said. Siegfried ride up next to her and put a hand on her shoulder, "You can do it, you're the best we got." He told her. "Really?" asked Ophelia with astounding tone to her voice. Siegfried nodded, Ophelia felt happy hearing this and said, "OK. I'll do it!" Ophelia took the reins and prepared herself. She closed her eyes for a moment but then opens them instantly. Pulling on the reins; Ophelia cried, "HI-YAH!" And she galloped down the path while the others ride behind her but Ophelia was much faster. She looked back to see they were still following her. She felt faint fear but mostly she felt excitement running through her body. Ophelia had never felt such adrenaline through her, she tilted her head back and spread her arms out. Ophelia was snapped back to reality by the sound of the horse neighing, it brought her back to earth and she managed to stop the horse. She panted and panted but she laid her head down on the back of the horse however she sat up when the others approached. "Nice work." said Siegfried. Ophelia looked relieved. She felt like cheering but she asked, "Can I bust a move? Please?" Adam nodded, "Go for it." Then, Ophelia pumped her fist up and cried out, "Wooooo!" In the meantime, Delphyne hurried to her home period but she accidentally bumped into a student and she trembles. "Hey watch it!" said a student. Delphyne flustered as she tries to pick up her things but someone helps her out. "Oh, are you OK?" He asked. Delphyne looked up to see a good looking fellow.
She was bewitched by this hot guy, "Um, y--yeah. I'm OK." stuttered Delphyne, shyly. The guy nodded, "Cool." He said with a smile. "So, who are you exactly?" asked Delphyne. "I'm Loki." said the young man. Delphyne looked up with shock as well as her friends, "What?" squeaked Skadi. "Loki...?" gasped Delphyne. "No. Way." After class; Delphyne and her friends couldn't believe it. Loki was awaken from his coma but he looked good looking. "He woke up from his coma....Oh god." Joseph muttered in a panic. "That's crazy." protested Skadi. But Loki took them all down one by one, he managed to bewitch Izanami and Vanadis, two girls who rejected him and bullied him, but he ends up brainwashing them into killing the others: Delphyne, Joseph, Dionysus, Skadi, Demeter, Ingvin, Vulcan and Medusa.He torturing them before he killed them. Izanami and Vanadis then took their own life after they recovered from the brainwashed they've been through. Loki was in a hooded cloak as he approached a mirror. He touches it as he says to it, "Mirror...Mirror....On the wall...Where is the fairest of them all?" The mirror whispers in his ear of a name. Loki smiles and he went away. Loki stalks Brynhilde as he plans to gouged her heart out. He saw his perfect chance when she stops and was about to pull the knife out but when Brynhilde turn around, Loki changed his mind instantly as he becomes entranced by her beauty and he away to change his plan. With a shape-shifting gift; Loki disguised himself as a woman and deceives Brynhilde with an apple which is laced with a sleeping drug. Brynhilde took it as she bite it and she fell asleep. When Brynhilde woke up, she was in a trance and was spellbound by Loki's handsomeness.
Loki leaned his head on her back when he was behind her and embraced her. When Brynhilde snapped her head back, she fell asleep and while she slept, she mumble the names of her friends, even Sparrow. Loki was enraged to hear this as his thought of wooing Brynhilde was working. But someone was getting in his way and decides to take care of the situation. Loki targeted Naveen and the others: Naveen was first to be killed as he was almost burnt bu smoldering lava but Eulalie rescues him in time. Sparrow received a phone call from Loki, who cursed out at him while emotionally pressuring him to take his own life. Sparrow was about to however Deirdre saves him. Damocles is stalked and chased while Loki tried to incinerate him as Loki stamped Hansel to nearly to death, he just left him for dead. Hansel is saved by Norna as Damocles was rescued by Turan. Barka is almost burnt alive by a deranged Loki until Ariadne rescues him with water splashing the water, angering Loki in the process. And Orvor, he was whipped and flogged while left for dead. But Juana and Melisande rescues him. Loki then talked to Brynhilde about something that he wants to tell her the truth: "I love you, Brynhilde Fiachra." admitted Loki. He became emotional as he continued to rant, "All my life I've been loveless. My dad left me, my mom abused me....But I killed her with my powers you know? I couldn't take it anymore.....I've been tripped, bullied, and laughed at. I had nobody in my life to be my friend or somebody to love. Except--When I met you." He looked beady eyed, like a look of insanity. This was a bad sign.
"Uh...I'm flattered but I like you as a friend, I don't think I'm ready for that sort of thing." explained Brynhilde. Loki was angry to hear this, "I thought you were nice to me, you were an angel and now you think I'm just a friend? A FRICKING FRIEND!!!!" He cried. He unleashed his powers as he was about to kill her while shouting, "WHY DOES EVERYBODY HATE ME?! WHY?! WHY?!" He cried but Cassandra stops him, "Hold on!" She called out. "Is this what you going to do? Get upset?" She asked. Cassandra then entered his mind as she begins to persuade him by showing him what he has done. Loki realized the error of his ways and he sets Brynhilde free, even though love he will not take away for his own selfish gain so he decides to find his own true happiness. And as victory, Brynhilde and her friends are members of Silver Branch. In the interim; Siegfried looked at the ship that will take him to the world. The ship was pained brown. He saw how huge it was. "That's Valencia." said a female's voice. Siegfried turned to see who it was, it was none other than Ariadne. "How do you know?" asked Siegfried, curious for a moment. "I've seen this ship before." replied Ariadne. "It's beautiful." said Siegfried. Ariadne nodded, "Amen sir." She said. And she, Siegfried, and the others head onto Valencia where they are traveling to a different floating island. Ariadne was asleep as the sun was rising up from underneath the ground as it look. Once morning was approaching, Ariadne woke up to hear the tribal sounds of men chanting, "He-yah, he-yah, he-yah, he-yah, he-yah, he-yah, he-yah, Heee-yaaahhh...."
She stirred when she listens to this singing, she smiled and happily got out of bed. She gets dressed as she begins to talk to herself, "I feel free and not confined. The doors and windows have been closed for so long that I've forgotten what it was like to have them open. Most of my life I've been alone, now I'm excited that I’ll have to see other people there. However, things are about to change very quickly. Things are about to change from morbid and dreary to lively and exuberant." She begins to twirling and dancing as she slips behind a cover where she removes her night sleep clothes and changed into her flowing bright blue dress and placed hair accessories in her hair. She continued to talk to herself, "I'm not sure what this feeling is, but I know I'm happy. I felt isolated for a long long time, but now I imagine the amount of new people I can talk to." She said with dreaminess. But her whimsical nature faded, she felt anxious about some things. "Even though, I'm being a bit optimistic, but I'm also really scared of my sorcery. If I dare make a mistake, everyone would know that I have a dangerous power and would be afraid of me. I'm worried I will reveal my powers, but I'm happy....it’s only for one day. I can't wait!" She brightens up again from the gloomy mood, "It’s only for one day....so I'm going to make the most of it. It has to be today, if I don’t make new friends, my disappointment will remain." said Ariadne. "You don't know what the dangers lie ahead no matter where we go." said Siegfried.
Ariadne turns around and approached him. She said to Siegfried, "You've been to many more domiciles than me so you think that you know more about people like me than I do myself. We all have particular expertise pertinent to our conduct and standpoint. Being outside of our element can reduce us to a state of simplicity." She said. Ariadne walked ahead as Siegfried followed her in curiosity although he looked stoic still underneath all that. Ariadne looked back at him, she was smiling. "I can take you on a journey!" She said to him, then she turned to a beautiful scenario of places from below. "The world you don’t know exists is more beautiful than you can imagine. You’ve lived your whole life letting your expectations motivate your actions; are you ready to be impulsive?" Ariadne asked while taking his hand, Siegfried took it and looked at it. Ariadne smiles as she showed Siegfried more while saying, "I can be your guide through a new realm. A way of seeing the world that was once unattainable. Forbidden. The truly free recognize no authority, no masters holding leashes." She said while twirling with happiness. Then, Ariadne leans over at Siegfried, her forehead touches his and they were looking at each other's eyes again. "Free to live as we chose and the only real limitations are those you impose upon yourself." She breathed, her breath smelled of peppermint. It was intoxicating as it seems. Ariadne pulled away for a moment and she glance back at him. Siegfried thought for a moment, "I had thought life was what and how I viewed it but now I realize that....there is so much more. I'm having a change of heart with the new heights I've reached. I'm seeing things from a different, more clear perspective." He said.
"You can own everything there is to have in the world, but you’ll never be happy and understand it until you can put away with the greed and selfishness." said Ariadne. But then she sensed someone was crying out as she and Siegfried head over there. They saw the ocean was calm. But no one was there as she looked around but then she is trapped in an ice cage. When Siegfried saw this, he went to get the others for help. While Ariadne is encased in an ice fort; she begins to hallucinate in there as she begins to peer into the glass but she saw a blurry image of Zachariah in there. She trembles with fear until she angrily slammed her fist into the glass but then she falls back, as her fears got worse enough to torment her. She cower into a ball as she thought to herself: "I couldn’t see any footprints in the snow because I was alone. I was the only one there, but I was also alone in my heart because everyone thought I was a monster and went against me. I left because I was afraid about what people would say about me, and was afraid of hurting the people I loved. I blamed myself for not controlling my powers better, and also for shutting isolating myself in the process. The storm outside was a lot like what I was feeling inside. I tried to control my powers and not let anyone know, but I couldn’t, and nobody knows I tried to. Everyone thought that I was evil and was trying to kill the people I cared for. I'm sorry, I couldn’t keep my powers locked in without anyone knowing. I feared that my power would harm others because I accidentally hurt someone. So I had to be a good girl and not let anyone know so to not hurt anybody. I had to hold it in for a long time."
In the meantime, Siegfried and the others hurried over. During that time; he remembered a memory of someone he once knew: A young lady stands tall, Siegfried watched what she can do. The queen took a deep breath and she glided down and kicked the Revenant, which exploded in pieces. The maiden landed and she curtsy. But noticed Siegfried and the two locked eyes for a moment. Helios got a good look of the young lady: The young woman has hair was straight and of mid length and flowing while also very wavy. Her eyes has shades of turquoise and sea green, there were gems on the sides of her eyes near her eyes. There was white and dark blue among the eyelids. There was a few strands of her hair were bright blue and some few strands were light blue and white. Then the young lady remembered she didn't introduced herself. "I'm Gwendolyn Wite." She said. Gwendolyn beamed and then looked to see Siegfried looking at her and said. "My name is Captain Siegfried Krieger. Nice to meet you." But that day, Gwendolyn offered to go after a band of Revenants, Siegfried refused however Gwendolyn begs so Siegfried decided to trust her to go. That was a tragedy he'd never forget. He reached over where the Revenants, they were all dead but another body was among them. It was Gwendolyn. She was on the ground, bleed profusely. Siegfried couldn't believe it, "Gwendolyn!" He cried, rushing over to her. He grasped onto her hand, "Come on. Stay with me, you're going to be OK." He said. Gwendolyn opened her eyes, she smiled. "Sir, I'm sorry. I thought...I thought I was doing you a favor. Please tell me I was useful for something." She said.
Siegfried trembled, "Yes. You were." He said. "That's good. I'm glad I met you, Captain Kreiger." whispered Gwendolyn. She closed her eyes, and with that. She died. Siegfried couldn't believe it, he bowed his head. She was gone, the one true friend he was closed to. But while he receives a letter that was meant for him from Gwendolyn. It said: "Dear Captain Siegfried, I had a dream of where I am running in a tunnel made from ice and the ice begin to defrost, it made my heart warm. I believe that dream told me about you. I had a dream that told me about what love was going to be like. It's silly, you think of me as a friend but when I got to know you more and more, I believe my cold heart defrost. Thank you, I think I'm in love with you. You taught me a lot of things and I want to allocate myself to you. You inspired me so much, maybe for some reason you love me too. Maybe not...A man like you is strong, brave, and wonderful. I hope maybe you can say yes...." Siegfried's vacant expression was crestfallen, he couldn't believe it. But he didn't, he couldn't...He didn't know what to say. He didn't know what to think of this but this girl, this brave and devoted young lady who had followed him wherever he went was gone. He wasn't sure what to say about the letter, the letter floated to the ground. It was too much for him to bear this heavy burden on his shoulders. "No, I'm not losing her! I lost Gwendolyn once, I am not losing Ariadne. Never!" Never. Ever. EVER! AGAIN!" thought Siegfried, his face was emotionless but he looked furious among the smoothness looking like cracks on the floor.
Back with Ariadne, she stands up when she saw a hallucination of a butterfly as she begins to feel better. But then Ariadne is filled with dread when she saw a bat flying. She backs away with fear. Then, she could hear someone singing in her head: "I revolve in the dark, I look at the stars through me...." She has a hallucination in the encased ice as she saw herself with a body filled with cracks like she was made of glass and begins to have a scary illusion of herself breaking out of the fort but she is falling to her doom. But the singing sounded stronger than her fears, "....Artificial heart tired, The song disappears...." Ariadne put that out of her head and decides to go for it, the singing sounded powerfully when she stands up, "...Someone shed light, I have been frozen by fear in me. Someone make you feel as I live, and break me...!" The song went on as she shatter the fort but herself in her hallucination she shatters as well. "After keeping my secret to myself, I finally let it go. Even though people think I'm a witch full of evil power now, I still feels good about letting it go." She thought, "I had been holding my secret back for years and never letting anyone in. I feel like a heavy burden had been lifted. I feel like that because I didn’t have to keep the secret anymore now that the damage has been done and it’s a really good feeling to know that you don’t have to go around not acting like yourself anymore." "...Cut me from this line. Spinning dizziness, ceaselessly...." went the singing. "I can’t harm anybody. So why not live freely?" thought Ariadne. "...Someone make you feel as I live, and break me!" belted the singing. Ariadne faces her enemies and begins to remove her weaponry. Then, she unleashed her powers; laughing happily at herself and uses her powers against her foes and demons.
"Instead of worrying and being scared of the outcome, I'm taking chances to do what I want to do. I'm not going to shut out anyone anymore, or sit down and worry and fear." thought Ariadne, as she removed her uniform top, revealing a bandeau top underneath and begins to run but looks behind as she smirks at those with astounding glances. "The fear controlled me and made me stay out. And I wasn’t scared of hurting others when I was so far away from them. Therefore, my past fears would not haunt me when I wasn’t close to anyone." She thought with such glee. Ariadne stomped on the ground, turning it into ice and using water into her own weapons. She felt stronger, more confident and no longer afraid. "I'm not scared anymore. And because I'm not scared anymore, I have a chance to see how much I could do with my gift which I thought it was a curse. Now I am rhapsodical!" thought Ariande. Ariadne twirled like a prima ballerina, she never felt this happy or this freedom in her life. "Zachariah's ghost brought me down for awhile, but I'm getting stronger, so nobody won’t see me cry. I like how my life is now, free and not having to worry. I'm determined to stay and never go back to how it used to be. I'll just live on and let other people say what they want to say about me. In fact, I'm so happy and positive now that I finally appreciate the beauty in my blessing. I love being free after being cooped up and reserved. I'm staying at with my team free, uncontrolled by anyone but me."
She removed the hair-tie from her bun and shook her long tresses out where she ran her fingers through them as glitter filled each strand. Ariadne's clothes became cyan colored thanks to her ice and water. "I can start a new life, free from worry and filled with happiness — like a new day." thought Ariadne happily. She never felt so free in all her life! And now she was faced with new beginnings. And for awhile, she's not the least bit cold! "...Someone make you feel as I live, and break me!"
Chapter 1: The Princess and the Protector
Cassandra has another vision somehow and rushed over to tell the others; she reports that she saw a vision of Branwen who was singing to herself, "Going to take the Wends like herded sheep as we head fathom below...." Cassandra went to Eachtach, who has become a friend and ally to her, told her that the place Branwen was heading to was a land known as Elaea. There's a village in Elaea as well as a manor at its core. Proper ladies were carrying parasols in the sunny day but there was someone missing from the crowd. "Has anyone seen Bryn?" One of the young ladies asked. The others shook their heads, they had no clue where she was. 'Bryn' is really Brynhilde Fiachra, instead of being a proper lady; she was in the forest and playing her violin while dancing. She loved surrounding herself with nature, just like she did when she was little. Brynhilde wore leggings and a tank top. That's when she heard the clock tower's bell chimed louder to break out of her reverie. She realized how late she is and hurries back home, up to the window of her room. She was greeted by her beautiful mother and the maidservants who helped her prepare for the Gathering. Immediately, she was bathed and her hair was styled in pigtails. Brynhilde rebelled of wearing dresses, she instead wore dress pants and a laced-corset blouse. Teal eye shadow on her lids of her eyes. Blush on the apples of her cheeks. Hot pink lip gloss.
Now she was ready, parasol in hand. She followed her mother to where the Gathering was being taken place, her father was already there and he said he wanted to speak to Brynhilde about something in private when she arrived. Brynhilde wondered what it could be about, she and her mother arrived to the Gathering. But while there, Brynhilde is greeted by her friends--Naveen Reginald, Damocles Reis, Hansel Gillespie, Barka Marquise, Stavr Carlton, and Orvor Pike. They were all flirting with her but some seem so competitive as Brynhilde is shocked by this. She begins to hear their thoughts at the same time, they all want her! She is confused however Brynhilde is rescued by a familiar, booming voice. "Gentlemen, gentlemen. You're overwhelming my Tiger Lily. She can't think with all you talking at once, give her a minute to breathe." Brynhilde smiled, she looked to see it was. "Father!" She sighed, Brynhilde politely excused herself and embraced her dad. "My daughter." said her father, he then guided her away from the Gathering. "Thanks for getting me out of there, Father." "Bryn, my dear, your beauty is well known. Boys like you very much." said her father in a mater of fact tone. "And that's what I want to talk to you about." "What about Father?" asked Brynhilde. "There is a young man I have arranged for a meeting with Sparrow Bishop for a matrimony." said her father.
Brynhilde seemed troubled by this, "Matrimony?" She asked. Her father nodded, "Yes, he is very kind-hearted. And very good looking fellow." He assured her. Brynhilde didn't seem to be so eager about this, "I don't know, Father. I don't think I'm ready for that yet." "I know, I mean in case you wish to have a matrimony." Her father said. "What about never?" suggested Brynhilde. Her father sighed, "Now my Tiger Lily, you are young and I want you to enjoy life but I also want you to have a happy life with someone special. Marriage is the most important thing in life." explained her father. Brynhilde nodded, then to please him she smiled and said: "Thank you, I like to meet Sparrow Bishop." Brynhilde said with enthusiasm. Her father smiled, "I think you'll like him, you really will." He said. When Brynhilde and her father returned, Brynhilde's mother introduced a new guest to the ball. Her name was Cassandra Endymion. She was to be Brynhilde's bodyguard. Cassandra showed her polite mannerism, however she can hear Naveen and the boys' thoughts of jealous as they were in love with Brynhilde, wanting so much to protect her. But Cassandra wasn't going to be the only protector; Eulalie Merlin, Deirdre Ganymede, Turan Cypris, Norna Thomas, Ariadne Sirius, and Juana Pita were going to protect her as well as Melisande Zebedee. Brynhilde is introduced to Sparrow, who is a good looking young man. This is Sparrow Bishop, whom he becomes bewitched by the beautiful Brynhilde and falls in love with her but Naveen noticed this however he looks on with jealousy.
Brynhilde was about to leave when her mother called out to her. "Brynhilde, honey. Come say hello to your female bodyguards" said her mother. "Hi Brynhilde." said Cassandra. Brynhilde looked at him, then she said, "Your name sounds familiar to me." Brynhilde laughed in surprise, "Really? I didn't know that." He said with innocence in his voice. "Yeah. Sounds weird, doesn't it?" said Brynhilde. Brynhilde shrugs, "I guess. I'm surprised by how I look familiar." He said. Brynhilde nodded but something about these girls that she didn't trust. After the Gathering and Brynhilde went hoe with her new bodyguards, Cassandra discovered the reason Brynhilde is emotionless is because she has a nightmare. When she was younger, she was dared to enter an abandoned factory but what she saw was something that frightened her; Brynhilde saw a thuggish man who was trapped, bound, as he looked terrified to see undead bunnies advancing on him as the man was yelping of Wilhelm screams while screaming in hysterics, "Help me, help me!" The zombie rabbits were closing in as the man screams, "Noooooooo!!!!!" Brynhilde was so scared that she accidentally gave herself away but she didn't care and ran away. Back home. She hid in her room and didn't come out since. Her parents were concerned about her. The family's therapist decides that Brynhilde needs medication. But the prescription made her feel numb. She hated it and hates the nightmares every time she fell asleep.
At night, in Cassandra's dreamworld; she dreamt that she was Alice in a boat, she buys an egg, and it turns into Humpty Dumpty. The woman serving in the shop turns into a sheep, and the next minute they are rowing in a rowing boat somewhere. They were traveling in a mystical, psychedelic countryside where tangerine trees are pleasant skies. The kaleidoscope was reflecting into colorful symmetrical shapes that looked like flowers. Cassandra gets off the boat and goes to a bridge near a fountain. Nearby there are rocking horse people eating marshmallow pies. She’s confused like Alice when she fell down the hole. She walked to where the ultimate bliss on a desolate isolated sand beach of fictional Kokomo. She knew that place didn't exist for sure however she knew typical 'sweet dreams' won’t lead to happiness. But then again, nothing leads to happiness. There are others who are sadists and some are masochists. But Cassandra focused on where she was now. This utopia destination in her dreamworld can only be seen by those pure at heart. When she shares a symbiotic connection, she knows that she has just arrived. Everyone has their own favorite Dreamworld Resort, their utopia. Its the ultimate for a love seance in ultimate bliss on the sand. In the dream land, it is just another ordinary day until Cassandra meets a mysterious boy who inspires her to look for the majesty and beauty in what others would find mundane.
The boy said to her, "Control your own destiny, live every day to the fullest." and then he went away. Cassandra ponders these words to herself. All her life, she is always in a hurry, always waking up early for work. Cassandra's life is a big blur as it’s going so fast. She is having to live her life by the clock because of school. Her time is not for wasting and she has realized that. Someone else can follow the average person’s rules and expectations. While she tries to enjoy her life and find happiness, Cassandra realizes that less is more. She realizes her dreamworld is valuable and should visit all the places she’s always wanted to visited and live her life to the fullest. She’s done with the extra scum. Cassandra wants everyone in her world to know that she’s out having fun and enjoying her dreaming. Cassandra won’t miss out on the fun at the beach in her sleep. But she was awaken at one in the morning by Brynhilde, who was tossing and turning until she woke up in cold sweat. She went to the bathroom and she was washing her hands and her hands. But then she could feel a painful void of nausea inside her as well as chills & fight or flight responses. "Do not be sick, do not be sick...." She prayed. By 4 o'clock, she was asleep and woke up in the morning. At around noon, she ate a little something. She ate slowly, not wanting to be sick again. For the time being, Cassandra was working as she has a vision of Branwen's ranting of kidnapping Brynhilde tonight. When Cassandra saw this in her mind, she rushed to Brynhilde and the others. "There is someone coming, she's going to kidnap Brynhilde. All of us need to work together to keep her safe and unharmed." She reported. Everyone looked at her funny, everyone except Eulalie and the other girls didn't. "Is she really saying that?" asked Mr. Fiachra. Mrs. Fiachra nods, "Yes, she can see things before they occurred." She said.
Mr. Fiachra turned to her and asked, "How do we know you're not lying?" Cassandra step forward, she placed her hand on his temple and he could see visions from her mind. When he saw this, Mr. Fiachra agrees of a plan. Later that night, Brynhilde was standing in the middle of the big space of the foyer and Cassandra stood next to her. Eulalie, Naveen, and the others were arranged around them in different areas. "You sure this is going to work?" whispered Naveen. "Trust us on this." rasped Eulalie. Naveen glared at her, but Eulalie says to him, "Don't worry, we'll keep your girl safe." Just then, the lights flickered on and off like crazy. Nobody knew what was going on but somehow Cassandra and Brynhilde did. "A Wendigo." thought Cassandra, "It's here!" Then she called out, "Brace yourself! Something evil this way comes! Don't let your guard down, your main objective is to keep Brynhilde safe!" Naveen and the boys weren't sure to trust Eulalie and the girls but they had to protect Brynhilde, one way or another. At once, the Wendigos arrived! And a battle begins, with their powers together however Branwen entered and tackled Brynhilde. Brynhilde cried out in fear, Naveen and the boys heard her. "BRYN!" They all cried. Branwen laughed, "Your sweet, little princess girl is with me men! Now she will suffer my wrath!" She said. But Branwen was thrown backwards while Brynhilde was watching Cassandra. Branwen screamed and cried out, "You'll pay for that, Cassandra!" "Keep your hands off Bryn, you hear me?" called Cassandra. "You little bit--" Brynhilde cried, but she is hit from behind by gravitation movement by Eulalie. "You stupid agents!" She spluttered. "This isn't over yet, I'll find you and you too Melisande!" And she was gone! Brynhilde was shocked by what just happened and looked up at Cassandra.
"You're safe now, mission is completed." assured Cassandra. Brynhilde stared at her for a moment before speaking. "You used your mind, didn't you?" asked Brynhilde. Cassandra looked flabbergasted, "How did she know that?" She thought. "What are you talking about? It was all a big confusion." lied Cassandra with a smile. "No, I'm telling the truth! It was you, I know--Your thoughts, I know about those monsters and that girl!" claimed Brynhilde. Cassandra stood there, she and her allies were shocked as Cassandra fled from the room. She ran to the nearest room, opened it and slammed it shut. She even locked it, Cassandra panted, she leaned on the closed door. She couldn't believe what she just discovered. "Hey Cass, you OK?" asked Echo. "She knows about the Wendigos...She knows about my powers..." said Cassandra, slowly. "What is it?" inquired Kamaitachi. "She knows. Brynhilde knows!" replied Cassandra in a panicky voice. "How?" questioned Samson. "She read my mind." whispered Cassandra. "What?" said Zaden. "She read my mind. SHE READ MY MIND!!!!" exclaimed Cassandra. This shocks the rest of Brother 10: "WHAT?!" cried Justice and Lleu. "Say what now?" demanded Echo and Kamaitachi. "No!" gasped Samson, Borvo and Christopher. "No way!" yelped Proteus, Zaden, and Hanuman. Jack was shocked by this, "Oh crap." He said. Trygve sighed, "Terrific." He said. "We're screwed." moaned Cassandra. Then she felt the door knocking and managed to stay quiet. But heard Brynhilde's voice, "Cassandra...I know that you're still there. People have probably wondered why you didn’t even come out. I'm often told to be brave, even when it feels hopeless. I'm always been there for you." Cassandra is stunt, she unlocking the door and peeks out. Then the two girls became friends since this day.
Meanwhile, Ophelia was on a horse. She looked out at the forest path and looked back to see Adam Rustung and the others. "You want me to gallop down this path? Are you sure?" asked Ophelia. "Just a warm up, just to see how much you improve on your skills." Adam assured her. Ophelia is unsure about this, "I don't know if I'm up for this." She said. Siegfried ride up next to her and put a hand on her shoulder, "You can do it, you're the best we got." He told her. "Really?" asked Ophelia with astounding tone to her voice. Siegfried nodded, Ophelia felt happy hearing this and said, "OK. I'll do it!" Ophelia took the reins and prepared herself. She closed her eyes for a moment but then opens them instantly. Pulling on the reins; Ophelia cried, "HI-YAH!" And she galloped down the path while the others ride behind her but Ophelia was much faster. She looked back to see they were still following her. She felt faint fear but mostly she felt excitement running through her body. Ophelia had never felt such adrenaline through her, she tilted her head back and spread her arms out. Ophelia was snapped back to reality by the sound of the horse neighing, it brought her back to earth and she managed to stop the horse. She panted and panted but she laid her head down on the back of the horse however she sat up when the others approached. "Nice work." said Siegfried. Ophelia looked relieved. She felt like cheering but she asked, "Can I bust a move? Please?" Adam nodded, "Go for it." Then, Ophelia pumped her fist up and cried out, "Wooooo!" In the meantime, Delphyne hurried to her home period but she accidentally bumped into a student and she trembles. "Hey watch it!" said a student. Delphyne flustered as she tries to pick up her things but someone helps her out. "Oh, are you OK?" He asked. Delphyne looked up to see a good looking fellow.
She was bewitched by this hot guy, "Um, y--yeah. I'm OK." stuttered Delphyne, shyly. The guy nodded, "Cool." He said with a smile. "So, who are you exactly?" asked Delphyne. "I'm Loki." said the young man. Delphyne looked up with shock as well as her friends, "What?" squeaked Skadi. "Loki...?" gasped Delphyne. "No. Way." After class; Delphyne and her friends couldn't believe it. Loki was awaken from his coma but he looked good looking. "He woke up from his coma....Oh god." Joseph muttered in a panic. "That's crazy." protested Skadi. But Loki took them all down one by one, he managed to bewitch Izanami and Vanadis, two girls who rejected him and bullied him, but he ends up brainwashing them into killing the others: Delphyne, Joseph, Dionysus, Skadi, Demeter, Ingvin, Vulcan and Medusa.He torturing them before he killed them. Izanami and Vanadis then took their own life after they recovered from the brainwashed they've been through. Loki was in a hooded cloak as he approached a mirror. He touches it as he says to it, "Mirror...Mirror....On the wall...Where is the fairest of them all?" The mirror whispers in his ear of a name. Loki smiles and he went away. Loki stalks Brynhilde as he plans to gouged her heart out. He saw his perfect chance when she stops and was about to pull the knife out but when Brynhilde turn around, Loki changed his mind instantly as he becomes entranced by her beauty and he away to change his plan. With a shape-shifting gift; Loki disguised himself as a woman and deceives Brynhilde with an apple which is laced with a sleeping drug. Brynhilde took it as she bite it and she fell asleep. When Brynhilde woke up, she was in a trance and was spellbound by Loki's handsomeness.
Loki leaned his head on her back when he was behind her and embraced her. When Brynhilde snapped her head back, she fell asleep and while she slept, she mumble the names of her friends, even Sparrow. Loki was enraged to hear this as his thought of wooing Brynhilde was working. But someone was getting in his way and decides to take care of the situation. Loki targeted Naveen and the others: Naveen was first to be killed as he was almost burnt bu smoldering lava but Eulalie rescues him in time. Sparrow received a phone call from Loki, who cursed out at him while emotionally pressuring him to take his own life. Sparrow was about to however Deirdre saves him. Damocles is stalked and chased while Loki tried to incinerate him as Loki stamped Hansel to nearly to death, he just left him for dead. Hansel is saved by Norna as Damocles was rescued by Turan. Barka is almost burnt alive by a deranged Loki until Ariadne rescues him with water splashing the water, angering Loki in the process. And Orvor, he was whipped and flogged while left for dead. But Juana and Melisande rescues him. Loki then talked to Brynhilde about something that he wants to tell her the truth: "I love you, Brynhilde Fiachra." admitted Loki. He became emotional as he continued to rant, "All my life I've been loveless. My dad left me, my mom abused me....But I killed her with my powers you know? I couldn't take it anymore.....I've been tripped, bullied, and laughed at. I had nobody in my life to be my friend or somebody to love. Except--When I met you." He looked beady eyed, like a look of insanity. This was a bad sign.
"Uh...I'm flattered but I like you as a friend, I don't think I'm ready for that sort of thing." explained Brynhilde. Loki was angry to hear this, "I thought you were nice to me, you were an angel and now you think I'm just a friend? A FRICKING FRIEND!!!!" He cried. He unleashed his powers as he was about to kill her while shouting, "WHY DOES EVERYBODY HATE ME?! WHY?! WHY?!" He cried but Cassandra stops him, "Hold on!" She called out. "Is this what you going to do? Get upset?" She asked. Cassandra then entered his mind as she begins to persuade him by showing him what he has done. Loki realized the error of his ways and he sets Brynhilde free, even though love he will not take away for his own selfish gain so he decides to find his own true happiness. And as victory, Brynhilde and her friends are members of Silver Branch. In the interim; Siegfried looked at the ship that will take him to the world. The ship was pained brown. He saw how huge it was. "That's Valencia." said a female's voice. Siegfried turned to see who it was, it was none other than Ariadne. "How do you know?" asked Siegfried, curious for a moment. "I've seen this ship before." replied Ariadne. "It's beautiful." said Siegfried. Ariadne nodded, "Amen sir." She said. And she, Siegfried, and the others head onto Valencia where they are traveling to a different floating island. Ariadne was asleep as the sun was rising up from underneath the ground as it look. Once morning was approaching, Ariadne woke up to hear the tribal sounds of men chanting, "He-yah, he-yah, he-yah, he-yah, he-yah, he-yah, he-yah, Heee-yaaahhh...."
She stirred when she listens to this singing, she smiled and happily got out of bed. She gets dressed as she begins to talk to herself, "I feel free and not confined. The doors and windows have been closed for so long that I've forgotten what it was like to have them open. Most of my life I've been alone, now I'm excited that I’ll have to see other people there. However, things are about to change very quickly. Things are about to change from morbid and dreary to lively and exuberant." She begins to twirling and dancing as she slips behind a cover where she removes her night sleep clothes and changed into her flowing bright blue dress and placed hair accessories in her hair. She continued to talk to herself, "I'm not sure what this feeling is, but I know I'm happy. I felt isolated for a long long time, but now I imagine the amount of new people I can talk to." She said with dreaminess. But her whimsical nature faded, she felt anxious about some things. "Even though, I'm being a bit optimistic, but I'm also really scared of my sorcery. If I dare make a mistake, everyone would know that I have a dangerous power and would be afraid of me. I'm worried I will reveal my powers, but I'm happy....it’s only for one day. I can't wait!" She brightens up again from the gloomy mood, "It’s only for one day....so I'm going to make the most of it. It has to be today, if I don’t make new friends, my disappointment will remain." said Ariadne. "You don't know what the dangers lie ahead no matter where we go." said Siegfried.
Ariadne turns around and approached him. She said to Siegfried, "You've been to many more domiciles than me so you think that you know more about people like me than I do myself. We all have particular expertise pertinent to our conduct and standpoint. Being outside of our element can reduce us to a state of simplicity." She said. Ariadne walked ahead as Siegfried followed her in curiosity although he looked stoic still underneath all that. Ariadne looked back at him, she was smiling. "I can take you on a journey!" She said to him, then she turned to a beautiful scenario of places from below. "The world you don’t know exists is more beautiful than you can imagine. You’ve lived your whole life letting your expectations motivate your actions; are you ready to be impulsive?" Ariadne asked while taking his hand, Siegfried took it and looked at it. Ariadne smiles as she showed Siegfried more while saying, "I can be your guide through a new realm. A way of seeing the world that was once unattainable. Forbidden. The truly free recognize no authority, no masters holding leashes." She said while twirling with happiness. Then, Ariadne leans over at Siegfried, her forehead touches his and they were looking at each other's eyes again. "Free to live as we chose and the only real limitations are those you impose upon yourself." She breathed, her breath smelled of peppermint. It was intoxicating as it seems. Ariadne pulled away for a moment and she glance back at him. Siegfried thought for a moment, "I had thought life was what and how I viewed it but now I realize that....there is so much more. I'm having a change of heart with the new heights I've reached. I'm seeing things from a different, more clear perspective." He said.
"You can own everything there is to have in the world, but you’ll never be happy and understand it until you can put away with the greed and selfishness." said Ariadne. But then she sensed someone was crying out as she and Siegfried head over there. They saw the ocean was calm. But no one was there as she looked around but then she is trapped in an ice cage. When Siegfried saw this, he went to get the others for help. While Ariadne is encased in an ice fort; she begins to hallucinate in there as she begins to peer into the glass but she saw a blurry image of Zachariah in there. She trembles with fear until she angrily slammed her fist into the glass but then she falls back, as her fears got worse enough to torment her. She cower into a ball as she thought to herself: "I couldn’t see any footprints in the snow because I was alone. I was the only one there, but I was also alone in my heart because everyone thought I was a monster and went against me. I left because I was afraid about what people would say about me, and was afraid of hurting the people I loved. I blamed myself for not controlling my powers better, and also for shutting isolating myself in the process. The storm outside was a lot like what I was feeling inside. I tried to control my powers and not let anyone know, but I couldn’t, and nobody knows I tried to. Everyone thought that I was evil and was trying to kill the people I cared for. I'm sorry, I couldn’t keep my powers locked in without anyone knowing. I feared that my power would harm others because I accidentally hurt someone. So I had to be a good girl and not let anyone know so to not hurt anybody. I had to hold it in for a long time."
In the meantime, Siegfried and the others hurried over. During that time; he remembered a memory of someone he once knew: A young lady stands tall, Siegfried watched what she can do. The queen took a deep breath and she glided down and kicked the Revenant, which exploded in pieces. The maiden landed and she curtsy. But noticed Siegfried and the two locked eyes for a moment. Helios got a good look of the young lady: The young woman has hair was straight and of mid length and flowing while also very wavy. Her eyes has shades of turquoise and sea green, there were gems on the sides of her eyes near her eyes. There was white and dark blue among the eyelids. There was a few strands of her hair were bright blue and some few strands were light blue and white. Then the young lady remembered she didn't introduced herself. "I'm Gwendolyn Wite." She said. Gwendolyn beamed and then looked to see Siegfried looking at her and said. "My name is Captain Siegfried Krieger. Nice to meet you." But that day, Gwendolyn offered to go after a band of Revenants, Siegfried refused however Gwendolyn begs so Siegfried decided to trust her to go. That was a tragedy he'd never forget. He reached over where the Revenants, they were all dead but another body was among them. It was Gwendolyn. She was on the ground, bleed profusely. Siegfried couldn't believe it, "Gwendolyn!" He cried, rushing over to her. He grasped onto her hand, "Come on. Stay with me, you're going to be OK." He said. Gwendolyn opened her eyes, she smiled. "Sir, I'm sorry. I thought...I thought I was doing you a favor. Please tell me I was useful for something." She said.
Siegfried trembled, "Yes. You were." He said. "That's good. I'm glad I met you, Captain Kreiger." whispered Gwendolyn. She closed her eyes, and with that. She died. Siegfried couldn't believe it, he bowed his head. She was gone, the one true friend he was closed to. But while he receives a letter that was meant for him from Gwendolyn. It said: "Dear Captain Siegfried, I had a dream of where I am running in a tunnel made from ice and the ice begin to defrost, it made my heart warm. I believe that dream told me about you. I had a dream that told me about what love was going to be like. It's silly, you think of me as a friend but when I got to know you more and more, I believe my cold heart defrost. Thank you, I think I'm in love with you. You taught me a lot of things and I want to allocate myself to you. You inspired me so much, maybe for some reason you love me too. Maybe not...A man like you is strong, brave, and wonderful. I hope maybe you can say yes...." Siegfried's vacant expression was crestfallen, he couldn't believe it. But he didn't, he couldn't...He didn't know what to say. He didn't know what to think of this but this girl, this brave and devoted young lady who had followed him wherever he went was gone. He wasn't sure what to say about the letter, the letter floated to the ground. It was too much for him to bear this heavy burden on his shoulders. "No, I'm not losing her! I lost Gwendolyn once, I am not losing Ariadne. Never!" Never. Ever. EVER! AGAIN!" thought Siegfried, his face was emotionless but he looked furious among the smoothness looking like cracks on the floor.
"Instead of worrying and being scared of the outcome, I'm taking chances to do what I want to do. I'm not going to shut out anyone anymore, or sit down and worry and fear." thought Ariadne, as she removed her uniform top, revealing a bandeau top underneath and begins to run but looks behind as she smirks at those with astounding glances. "The fear controlled me and made me stay out. And I wasn’t scared of hurting others when I was so far away from them. Therefore, my past fears would not haunt me when I wasn’t close to anyone." She thought with such glee. Ariadne stomped on the ground, turning it into ice and using water into her own weapons. She felt stronger, more confident and no longer afraid. "I'm not scared anymore. And because I'm not scared anymore, I have a chance to see how much I could do with my gift which I thought it was a curse. Now I am rhapsodical!" thought Ariande. Ariadne twirled like a prima ballerina, she never felt this happy or this freedom in her life. "Zachariah's ghost brought me down for awhile, but I'm getting stronger, so nobody won’t see me cry. I like how my life is now, free and not having to worry. I'm determined to stay and never go back to how it used to be. I'll just live on and let other people say what they want to say about me. In fact, I'm so happy and positive now that I finally appreciate the beauty in my blessing. I love being free after being cooped up and reserved. I'm staying at with my team free, uncontrolled by anyone but me."
She removed the hair-tie from her bun and shook her long tresses out where she ran her fingers through them as glitter filled each strand. Ariadne's clothes became cyan colored thanks to her ice and water. "I can start a new life, free from worry and filled with happiness — like a new day." thought Ariadne happily. She never felt so free in all her life! And now she was faced with new beginnings. And for awhile, she's not the least bit cold! "...Someone make you feel as I live, and break me!"
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