When night fell, Sylvia laid on her bed, and as she drifted off to sleep, she found herself in a big mansion. "Welcome, Sylvia.""Where am I? And what am I doing right here?" She questioned, looking baffled and scared. "You are in the land of nowhere. Come on, you don't expect to be free just like that. If you want to gain complete freedom, then you'll have to complete a few tasks or you'll never get out of this dream or nightmare; whatever you call it." A woman spoke as she walked down the stairs with two other women.Sylvia knew they were serious about it and she would only waste her time, asking more questions."Alright, what do I have to do?""Good. First, you have to get an orb for me, and then when you're back, we'll discuss about what my other sisters would like from you."I summoned the courage and took a deep breath. "Alright, where do I get it?" Sylvia asked, ready to go with what they had said.Before she knew it, they snapped her out of that world and she met herself cl
Sylvia's blood went cold and in the blink of an eye, she found herself in the beach water. She saw the trickster laughing and walking towards the water, but something was different about him.He was changing form. Sylvia tried to swim as fast as she could, out of the water. The waves kept collapsing on her, making her lose her balance in the water. As soon as she swam back to the surface, she gasped and breathed in hard, then coughed.Then she noticed that long tentacles were beginning to form out of his body, and he started to look all slobby. Suddenly, he turned to a large octopus.It was then that reality hit her.“So, I wasn’t sent here to complete a task or what? To be killed?” She voiced out in pain of reality hitting her.“That’s a smart realization, honey.” The trickster responded in a loud voice, then swam towards her at a fast pace.Sylvia could not outswim him, neither could she escape from him at this point as he had already covered a wide range of the water with his tenta
Sylvia was already on her way to the woods where she found herself the first time she got here, and the air was still as chilly as it was the other time.“Oh, goodness. I hope tonight won’t be the end of me.” Sylvia muttered under her breath.She looked at the knife in her hand, and wondered how she was going to kill someone. It was going to be hard for her as she had never done anything like this.“Sylvia.” She heard a soft voice call out her name, and the breeze caressed her back.Sylvia gasped in shock and looked around as swift as she could. She licked her lips in fear and widened her eyes to be at alert to catch a glimpse of any move of her opponent.“Who are you? And why do you keep calling my name?” Sylvia questioned as she looked left and right, and then back and front.Then she heard a laughter that seemed like it was sounding faraway.“Do you really intend to kill me? I didn’t decide to kill you when you got here, but you have the guts to come at me first. Can you really han
The monster emerged and he was so gigantic and huge that Sylvia felt she had lost the war even before it began. “Oh, my goodness. How on earth am I supposed to get an orb from a monster as huge as this? That’s likened to a death sentence.” She thought to herself as she began to take steps backward.If it was possible for her to skip on this task, it would have been much better, but if she didn’t try, and then she failed, it wouldn’t count as a task and would have to try another one which could be harder than this.“Pl…please don’t hurt me.” Sylvia pleaded as she knew there was no way she could run from this monster.The monster chuckled loudly and the wind blew the tree branches forcibly as a result of his loud chuckle.“You do not want me to hurt you, then why are you here? You want me to allow you to hurt me then?” The monster voiced out loudly.“But…but if I don’t, there is no way I can carry out my task successfully.” Sylvia responded with her eyes looking like that of a puppy’s
ELIAS’ POVWe stood by Sylvia, and waited until she was okay enough to speak out on what had happened.“I…I had a terrible nightmare, and I feel it could keep on haunting me if I do nothing about it.” Sylvia said, looking really scared.“Come on, Sylvia. Try not to think that way. Nightmares occur once in a while, and especially after going through some traumatic events, but do not let them get the best of you, alright?” I said to her as I patted her back.After Scarlet and I had managed to convince her, she was able to go to her room to sleep.The next day, a knock came on the door, and while I was hoping it wasn’t Sylvia who had had another nightmare, Scarlet also sat up to confirm as well.“You don’t need to worry. You can go back to bed.” I urged her as I opened the door only to see the army commander.“Good morning, my Prince. I’m sorry if I woke you up from sleep, but the King and Queen has asked for your presence.” He informed me respectfully.“Alright then. Where are they?”“T
SCARLET'S POV.I opened my oven, and inhaled the sweet smell of pie coming from within. If I could just stay watching, and sniffing it, then I would do it immediately. With my huge mittens, I took out the pie, and began to dress it the way it ought to be for display. As I dressed it, I wondered if I should just leave it, lock the shop, and go home to Elias. I suddenly desired to see him. So many times, Elias and I slept with each other in the craziest ways possible, and the thought of it made me lock up the shop sometimes just to see him.“No Scarlet. That can wait.” I said, smiling at my naughtiness. Just then, Sylvia took one of the pies, and took a big bite. “Where did you pop out from?” I asked her, as she juggled the pie in her mouth, fanning it with her fingers. “Hm, this is… great, this. Love it.” She said, turning around and I shook my head. “Isn’t it sweeter because you didn't pay for it?” I asked, getting the pies ready to be displayed. “Maybe, but this is really goo
ELIAS’ POVWhat the hell could be going on? I got down from the bed immediately and scanned around for my clothes. I couldn’t find any which I felt I must have dropped somewhere around the room.“The castle is being attacked by external forces.” Scarlet spoke, also looking alarmed.“Just stay right where you are. When the issue has been resolved, I’ll come to the room.” I said to her.I quickly picked up something to wear from the cupboard, then began to dress up.“But how am I going to know if you’re okay?” Scarlet asked, looking concerned.“You should know I’ll be fine. We have so many warriors who would be guarding the palace with me. All I need you to do is just to lock yourself inside.” I said to her, then moved closer to her after dressing up. “Look Scarlet, you have to do this for us. I won’t forgive myself if I have to save you and the kingdom together, and then lose you. You know how things turn out. So, please just stay right in here.”“Hmmm. Alright. Just ensure you stay sa
ELIAS’ POVI needed to check what could have gone wrong in their chamber, but then, the enemy warriors were many and it seemed as if they were trooping in from somewhere; although, I hadn’t seen anyone of them coming in after that, but it just seemed as if they were multiplying without us knowing.My mother began to wail and that disturbed. I was really curious to know what could have happened, or what could have been happening at that moment.Neither did I wanted to shout out to her as I didn’t want to cause more attention on her which would totally be a disaster if more of them found their way into their chamber.In no time, I was able to get rid of the enemy warriors who were trying to attack me and I ran into my parents’ inner chambers just to find my father lying on the ground, lifelessly.SCARLET’S POVI paced around, with my curiosity growing with each noise I heard from outside. Although, Elias had told me to stay and lock myself up in the room, but I felt really useless just