"What is your name?" Theodore asked the trader as they made their way to the forest. "My name is Gad. what are your names?" "I am Th…" Elena interrupted theodore before he could finish talking. "I am Helen, this is Phil." she pointed to Fife. "And this is Doreen" she pointed to Theodore. "It is a pleasure to meet you all" Gad replied. "Were you about to tell him our real names?" Elena whispered in Theodores ear. "Wasn't I supposed to?" Theodore whispered back. Once again for the umpteenth time, Elena wondered how she had ended up with people who seemed to lack common sense. They reached the everglades forest, the forest looked intimidating and scary. "Are you all ready?" Gad asked them. The trio linked their hands together, "Yes we are" "Let's go in" Gad said. They entered the forest. Immediately they entered they felt the change, it was as if they were completely cut off from the outside world. And everywhere was so hot that they wanted to take off their clothing. This t
"I knew it,I told you he would betray us" Fife shouted as he tried to attack Gad. One look from Gad and he and Elena were pinned to the spot unable to do anything."What's this, I cant move" Fife said as he tried to move."Me too" Elena said as well."Who are you?" Theodore asked him."I should be asking you that question, who are you? How did you know about this tree and the lock" Gad asked him in return."Theodore don't tell him anything. It could be a trap" Fife yelled."So your name is Theodore not Doreen" Gad commented.Fife quickly kept his mouth shut as he realized his mistake. Elena groaned at Fife's stupidity.Gad glanced at the trio, "Well, is anybody going to give me an answer" they kept quiet and refused to answer him.Gad sighed at their stubbornness, he stretched forth his hand which held the sword and it transformed into a long rope, he flicked his other his hand and Theodore flew over to join Fife and Elena, the rope tied them together. They watched as Gad placed his h
"My darling boy, are you okay?" the queen fussed over Alistair."Why did you give him the locket?""Because I knew you might not want to come back and only that locket could change your mind"Alistair looked at her sadly "Why can't you just let me go?""How can I do that Starlix. You are my son, a prince of Salvatore. Your place is here not gallivanting in a human kingdom""But I am not your son. Calix is right, I am just the lowly son of a servant. I don't even know who my father is. I don't have Royal blood in me, I am not a prince""That's enough Starlix. You have broken a lot of laws, you deserve punishment but because I feel you have gone through enough pain. I will forego it. Now go to your room"The queen told some of the vampires standing guard in the throne room to escort him to his room. "Take him back to his room and make sure he doesn't go out except I permit it""I thought you said there would be no punishment?"The queen smiled at him wryly, "this is for your own good"
"Theodore!" Elena and Fife yelled."don't worry, he won't be hurt" Gad assured them."Why should we trust anything you say?" Fife asked bitterly.Theodore landed in front of the shadow man. "What is your name?" the man asked."Theodore""the name of your father?""I have no idea""is your mother human?""yes she is""and she told you all about the tree and the lock""yes she did"The shadow kept quiet after Theodore's response."What do you think master?" Gad asked."I think he might be who we are expecting but he has to take the tests to be sure""What tests?" Elena asked."to test whether he is a human or not" Gad replied."What do you mean by that? Theodore is a human, we are all humans."Gad peered at her, "you two are humans, that's for sure. But he is the one I am confused about, I can't tell what he is.""Theodore is a human" Elena insisted. "Then the tests will tell us about this"A glass bowl filled with clear water was brought forward. "put a drop of your blood in this bo
"Lake of fire?""Fire Tribulation?" Fife and Elena echoed."yes", the shadow man replied. "Theodore I feel bad about this, I don't think you should do it" Elena tried to persuade Theodore. "I don't like the idea as well Elena but I don't have a choice. I have to do this to get the answers I need." Theodore told her. He turned to the shadow man, "Will there be any danger in there?""normally there isn't any danger but you are a half human, I do not know if the lake will have a different effect on you" the shadow man replied. "you see, he doesn't know if you will be safe or not. Please don't do this Theodore" Elena begged him. Theodore ignored her and turned to the shadow man and Gad, "if I go into the lake, will my friends be safe?""of course my prince, they are your honored guests we shall keep them safe""Where is the lake?""I will take you there."The shadow man and Gad led the way to the lake.Theodore gazed at the lake, it was just like his dreams."My prince are you okay?"
"Azazel?" Theodore asked."yes Azazel, that is the name I gave you at birth. Your foster parents named you Theodore, a rather boring name if you ask me""You named me?""yes I did, I carried you in my arms and named you before handing you over to your foster parents.""I am so confused. I have no idea what I am supposed to do here." Theodore said. "Did your mother not tell you anything about me?""No she didn't, she just gave me the directions and told me to flee here""Flee? Why did you have to flee?"Theodore told his father everything that had happened in Qiren."That old bastard, I should have ignored your mother's pleadings and killed him back then""You wanted to kill him?" Theodore asked in shock."Yes, I wanted to kill him after he ordered for you to be killed, but your mother pleaded for him. She said he was the only parent she had, she made a lot of excuses for him back then. I am sure she must be regretting her decision right now. I feel sorry for your foster parents, they
"Theodore? You look so handsome" Elena gushed over him as she looked him up and down."I also want to be a demon too, you look even better than me" Fife whined."Of course the prince would look better than you, he is a demon prince from a royal bloodline" Gad scoffed."I don't remember addressing you" Fife sneered at him."Enough, you two. Stop arguing" Theodore told the both of them."I am sorry my prince" Gad apologized.Theodore shook his head at me, "Enough with the 'my prince' thing, you can call me by my name""no my prince, I could never do that, that would be highest form of disrespect" Gad refused his suggestion."But…" Theodore tried to protest."I agree my prince, it isn't proper for him to address him by your name" Phidius agreed with Gad."Fine" Theodore said resignedly."My prince, now that everything is over, what shall we do about your friends?" Phidius asked Theodore."What do you mean?" Theodore asked in confusion."They can't stay here with you. Hades is not a place
"You are lying right. Tell me you are lying Gemini" Alistair asked Gemini desperately."I am not lying Starlix. The king ordered for Theodore and his parents to be killed. He burnt down Fife's family house and took away their titles before killing him and then Elena was killed as well"Alistair buried his face in his hands and screamed. Outside the palace, the clouds started to gather in the sky, lightning flashed and the sound of thunder could be heard. A heavy wind started to blow.Gemini bent down and held his shoulders, "Starlix please calm down. Control yourself. Stop the weather."Alistair looked up at him and Gemini gasped. His tears were bloody. The only times vampires cried blood was when something very painful happened to them. Starlix must really love this people. Gemini felt very guilty for lying to him but he couldn't disobey the queen."I can't control the weather, it isn't my doing""Yes it is, as soon as you screamed the weather changed. Now breathe with me calmly"Slo