*1 day back*Zane had never seen Daisy, act this crazy. She was throwing stuff one moment, then holding his hand the other. She was crying one moment and then hugging Zane, the other, and doing both, another moment."I- I can't let you go Zane",said Daisy, sobbing. "I-I just c-cant""I know",said Zane, wiping his tears. "But if you don't, you'll die""I don't care",said Daisy. "I don't care""But I care, love",he whispered, holding Daisy by her chin. "I care about you. I can't lose you too""We will die together then",said Daisy, holding Zane's hand tightly."I don't care about my life",said Zane, "Nut I care about yours. I can't watch you get tortured. I can't watch you get hurt. You are....the love of my life, Daisy. You're the light to my dull, monotonous world. You are everything to me""Then don't leave me Zane....",sobbed Daisy. "Please don't leave me. I'm scared""Don't be... we'll figure it out",said Zane"But....it's only 4 hours to eight o'clock. I - I hate Xavier",said Dais
*1 day before*Zane walked towards the forest of deception. He wasn't crying. Not yet, atleast. Zane had given up on love, on friendship. He knew that he was cursed. He would never find true love. Never be truly happy. Never be at peace.He hoped that he wasn't late. He looked around for Xavier. There was no sign of him, but then he heard rustling of leaves and as soon as he turned around. He saw Xavier standing beside a tree. He had a small bracelet in his hand with an small 'H' engraving on it. "So....she dumped you too?",asked Xavier, with a smile on his face."Yeah....you could say that. She doesn't remember me or my late friend, Derek anymore.....",saud Zane, feeling numb"What?",asked Xavier"Yeah.... Forgetting potion",said ZaneAnd Xavier's face lit up. "Wow....you really listened to me""Can you let me go back to Helmfirth now?",asked Zane"Yeah...here, wear the bracelet",said Xavier, handing Zane the bracelet. "And push the little H on it. You'll be there in around an hour
*Present day*Laurel squinted her eyes as she tried to focus them on the person far away. "There's a man..... walking towards us",Laurel said to the guy beside him. "Go tell Queen Olivia that we have an unknown being approaching us. He may be hostile or armed"The other man went away to inform the queen. Laurel kept looking. She looked scared, a drop of sweat trickled from her face and hit the sand beneath her. She wiped her forehead as the person far away got closer. He was wearing a torn white shirt. The shirt was covered in blood and his hair was big and messy, he had too many cuts and bruises in his face and his arms. Laurel felt like she needed to help the man. She started walking towards him cautiously and she shouted out. "Who are you?!"Her voices was loud but the man didn't show or give any hints that he could hear her. Laurel sighed and walked towards that man, she walked slowly but steadily. "Help me",she heard the man say as soon as she was close enough. Her jaw ti
*present day*Zane was sleeping when Natalie entered the room with two other guards. As soon as she saw Zane sleeping, she put a finger to her lips and gestured the guards to leave. They did and Natalie stared at a sleeping Zane as her eyes welled up with tears. She wanted to be quiet but she sobbed and Zane opened his eyes immediately. Zane sat up in his bed and they both stared at each other. Natalie had grown in those past 5 years. She had cut her hair shoulder-length and she was wearing an elegant purple dress. "Hi Zane",said Natalie wiping her tears and smiling at Zane."Hi Natasha", replied Zane without any emotion in his voice. Natalie immediately froze and all she could say was,"Oh......so you know.....""Yes""How much?""Everything", replied Zane looking at Natalie without despise in his face. "Zane I'm so sorry I lied to you. Please forgive me, but you've been gone for five years! I- I need to know what happened to you. Where did you go? How--- how did you get so hurt
*Present day*Zane went outside in the corridor and kept on walking, looking around when he noticed someone following him. He turned around but there was no one to be seen. But Zane knew that there was someone behind him. So he kept waiting until eventually someone peeped from behind a pillar, saw Zane staring back and then immediately went back."Who are you?",asked ZaneA girl came out from behind the pillar. She looked similar. "I'm-"Iris!", recognised Zane."Oh, you remember me?",asked Iris happily."Yes, ofcourse I do!", replied Zane."What are you doing here?""I live here""No I mean......the last time I saw you""Yeah....5 years ago""Have you ever gotten out of the palace since then?""No", replied Iris"Why?! You- you are twenty years old and you haven't gone out of the palace yet?!""You remember my age",smiled Iris."Yes but, why didn't you try to go out? What's stopping you?",asked Zane"Queen Scarlett", replied Iris. "Her orders are to keep me inside the palace at all t
*Present day*Zane was on the second floor, wandering, looking for the Felirs when he met one guard. "Hey!",said Zane, "How are you doing?" "Uh...do I know you?",asked the unknown guard"No you don't... I'm just being friendly",said Zane, innocently. "Okay",said the guard suspiciously. "By the way, do you where Queen Kendra is?",asked Zane"No",said the guard shaking his head. "Okay",said Zane giving a very small smile. As soon as the guard turned around, Zane choked the guard and pulled out the knife from the belt of the guard and slit his throat. "One down",Zane whispered to himself. Zane went up to the third floor and found Laurel patrolling there. "Hey Laurel, I-""Zane why do you have blood on your shirt?""I killed one of the infiltrators",said Zane, without flinching. "One of them is still out there-""You WHAT-?!'"I Killed him""Why would you do that Zane?!",shouted Laurel. "They were supposed to be captured! We had to interrogate them!""Oh, you should have mentioned
*Present day*"All of them check out Laurel, I don't know what to tell you",said Zane."Well, if you say so",said Laurel and then raised her voice and shouted,"Dismissed" Every soldier in the room went out."I thought there were two infiltrators from Erstonia but we only found one",said Laurel worriedly."Well, Laurel, maybe you're worrying too much .......maybe there was only one infiltrator in this palace",said ZaneLaurel looked tense but then she nodded and said,"Okay then, I need to loosen up and about the deal we had earlier? You're going to tell me everything about where you went, how you came back and what happened to you all those years when you were gone""But first you have to tell me what happened here",said Zane"What do you mean?",asked Laurel"I mean.....how Kendra died and why Scarlett took the throne. I mean, Kendra had a son and a daughter, either of them could have ascended, why Scarlett?""Kendra's son....Louis.... he's dead and Iris, she wasn't fit for the throne
*Present day*Laurel was near the river and she could hear the gushing sound of the water and the chirping of the birds and even her own heartbeat, it was beating hard against her chest. She shouted,"Hey!" to no one in particular"Hello, sweetheart!",came a voice from behind."Liam!",she shrieked as soon as she turned around. She ran and hugged him tightly. Liam smiled and hugged her back. He was a tall fellow, with shoulder-length brown hair and brown eyes. He was neither too muscular nor too frail. When he smiled, pearly white teeth were visible and so was an old cut above his lip. "I was so worried about you",said Liam. "You weren't replying to my letters!""No, I read them but I couldn't find time to reply and I just couldn't get time to get out of the palace. Its so weird that they don't have phones here. In our realm, Earth we had these things called phones which we could use to text or call each other anytime of the day.""Sounds innovative",said Liam."Okay so tell me all