-Katherine- My mother and I visited the town the next day. I could feel my body feeling like it had been thrown against a wall or something. I had never used my powers before, and it was taking its toll. I knew I had to be careful from now on. Like my mother, I was warned not to use too much power since I was pregnant. The child was a magical child after all. Its powers needed something to feed off of as well. I was very excited, though, as I woke up the next morning, and I could see on my parents’ faces as well how happy they were for me. They had seen me do magic. I hadn’t conjured anything that truly could be seen with the naked eye, but they had seen that the water from the master had not been able to hit me. I had protected myself through magic, and that was extraordinary since everyone believed I was nothing. They thought I was born wrong. My parents still loved me, but it became harder for other people to love me. Even Acan’s family in this life had gone against me. They did n

-Darius- I was staring at the letter in front of me. I was unsure of what to write. I wanted to tell Katherine everything I was doing. I wanted to explain to her what my plans were and how I had been able to turn things around, but it wasn’t so simple. I feared that if I wrote down everything, I would reveal myself. There would be proof out there that I was changing time over and over. I feared people would look down on me for it or try to stop me. Some might not want me to win. Some might never want me to return to Katherine. So I made smaller letters. I had made them vague and not explained much to her. I only let her know things were changing. We had taken down a lot of Dark Ones, and every time things didn’t go as planned, I changed things. I turned back time and tried a new strategy. I was getting tired because of it, though. I could feel my strength disappearing a little. It wasn’t easy changing time, but then I would simply make sure we rested and didn’t fight. I would take a

-Katherine- The mob was closing in on us, so I took another quick turn, and we disappeared down a small alley. Silver was clinging to me, but we hid in the dark, and the mob walked right past us. We were both breathing heavily. The sun was almost down, and we had to get away from the street before the crowd found us and took us both down. I was, after all, Silver’s "family". I was part of the royal family. What if they blamed me too? I had not had the chance yet to convince them that I was not part of this, and while some still believed I was good, since they were smiling at me as we walked, I knew others were probably blaming me, thinking I was part of this evil scheme, raising their taxes. Silver was shivering and almost crying, but I quickly led us down the alley away from the mob. Unfortunately, a few people appeared at the end of it, noticing us and calling out to us. We began walking backwards, trying to hurry away, but then I felt a shove, and I stumbled forward. I turned arou

-Darius- As expected, many began complaining and asking what was going on. Why were we retreating if we finally had the Dark Ones where we wanted them? We could crush them. We could stop them forever, but the Dark Ones weren’t the true evil ones. I spoke honestly to them. I told them what had been done to my wife. Some defended Acan, saying he couldn’t have known that would happen, but I explained his wife left with Katherine, knowing exactly what could have happened. I shocked many with the news, and I told them that if the king couldn’t show me his loyalty by protecting my wife, then I wasn't going to fight his battle. Anyone who wanted to come back and finish the war, I couldn’t stop. I had only made the leader the promise of not coming back myself and taking down Acan. I couldn’t stop these other soldiers, but I noticed how hesitant they were, and I knew what was going on inside their heads. "I am the only real traitor here. Anyone else only did as commanded," I yelled. "You can

-Katherine- Playing with Acan and Silver had become my new favorite thing to do. I loved it! They had done something unforgiveable to me. Not just in my old life but now also in my new one. I could have experienced something so horrific that I would have changed forever. Who knew if they would have let me live? Or if they would have let my child live? Those men were ready to defile me, even though I was clearly pregnant. They didn’t care because they were so angry at the royals for slowly killing them with those taxes. In a way, I didn’t blame them for their anger, but I did blame them for what they chose to do, even to the wrong person. I didn’t feel bad for killing them. I had done it to protect myself, or my child had. They had let me borrow their power so I could get us out of there and into a safe place. I did not realize I was naked and covered in blood when I walked through the streets or into the castle. I had not seen what had happened to me. I was in too much shock. But I h