" Sapphire, I never thought you are alive. You may not live your life the way you wanted. But hereafter, I will do anything to protect you," Victoria walked towards me and hugged me with tears in her eyes. I finally realized Iam at the home. All these three months I have been in this place where I meant to be. This Academy is my home. This is where I have lived for six years in my childhood. Now all my memories are back. Iam remembering everything that happened when Iam here.
" Mom," I said that word for the first time. All I thought was she is Queen Victoria but she is my mom. The truth was hidden. A lie was inserted in my mind. If I remembered the past, then if it wasn't for Jacen, I would have been in my house for my whole life. At one point, he's my savior.
" Sapphire? Do you remember me? I never know it was you. I didn't even talk with you when you came here," Peter approached us controlling his tears. He didn't cry but I can see the emotions in his eyes.
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She's gone. She stabbed my Aunt and vanished. It's all well-planned and executed perfectly. Why did she kill Lydia instead of me?" Please stay awake, aunt. Please..." I pleaded and I desperately need her back. I want her to be alive." Iam going to die, Sydney. It's not your fault. I deserve it," she said as her eyelids started to close." No, No. You don't. Please stay with me. Don't close your eyes. My mom and dad will do something to save you. There are going to find a way," I said those believing she can be saved like how Leona was saved. There must have been a way to it." They can't. It's over. Can I ask you one thing?" she asked, her voice is barely audible to me." Tell me, aunt. Tell me," I urged as I burst into tears." Can...can you forgive me?" that's her last words and her mouth stopped moving." Aunt. Aunt. I have forgiven you. Please say something," I shook her shoulder.
I walked away. Away from everyone. Into the forest.I cried and cried for everything that happened in my life. All the memories of me as Sapphire entered my mind. My head hurts each time a memory enters my mind.A memory of Jacen entered my mind. Jacen. I already met him when I was Sapphire......" When are we going on the trip to Ravewood, Mom," I asked in my childish voice." In just two days, dear. Have a little bit patience," Victoria said tickling my nose. I happily smiled. A child with no worries.When we reached Ravewood with Peter, Victoria, Dorothy, Thomas, Cassie and I stayed in a hotel and explored the whole city. I thought I never been to any place but I traveled all over the cities. I went everywhere except Earth.It happened ten years ago. Though I don't have the full memory of it, all I know is I enjoyed it. But I forgot everything. Now it's all coming back.I and Cassie are playing in a playground. I don't
JACEN'S POV:" Sydney," I shouted but she already left. She left Slateville. She's in hell. Why did she always do something without knowing the danger? She may not ready to talk with me but I will never be ready to lose her. She means the world to me. I can't lose her in my life. She's the best thing that happened in my life." Why did you let her go to hell? Bring her back," I yelled at Kassidy who's looking like ' It's already out of her hands'." Iam sorry. This is not my fault. I told her not to..."" It's your fault. You are the one who showed the portal. Who must have done this other than you?" I shouted as Amelia tried to pull me back." It's not her fault, Jacen. We don't know what happened. We only came here after Sydney went into the portal," Amelia said trying to stop me. I shrugged off her grip on my arms." Where is Sydney? What's happening here?" I heard another voice. The Queen." Yo
Jacen's POV:I am so unaware of my surroundings. I didn't even notice that I'm back in my room, seating on the bed and defiently not ready to attend any classes. My mind is wandering over the thoughts of Sydney. No matter how hard I tried, I can't sit like this and wait for Kassidy to sort this out.Now I remember the past too. Sydney was Sapphire. I already knew her. It may be a long time ago but I still remember those short days. We are kids by then and I forgot that she is her. I know nothing about Sapphire in my childhood. She never mentioned that she's the Slateville princess. It's all been a secret for years." It's time for history class. Do you want to go?" Noah asked seated on a couch and not moved from there." Do you look like Iam in a mood of studying?" I questioned him with irritation." I know. Iam not going too," Noah said and someone knocked on our door." It's open," I shouted as Amelia entered." Aren't you guy
Sydney's POV:Fallen. Iam falling. Falling down. From where? The portrait? I fell hard on the rough ground. My chin hits the ground bringing me pain. The pain isn't equal to the fact that I lost Lydia. I opened my eyes to see the hell for the first time.I have no imagination how it will look like. But it's like the Slateville. Not exactly the same. Everything is dark around me. Iam in the middle of a road. It's a street and looking just like Slateville. Except for one thing, everything's a disaster. The building, houses, the road has many cracks and it could fall at any moment. I feel like Iam seeing a disastrous city which couldn't be back to its normal state. The sky is dark. I am not going to see the daylight around here. I am sure of it.I stood up brushing the dirt off my long blue gown. When I turned back there's a small spark of white light in a circle which vanished slowly but completely. That's the way I came to hell without hearing anyone's words. &nb
Sydney's POV:He said looking me up and down." This one seems comfortable," I said in a whisper as I hurt him by pressing my heels on his feet. He screamed and called someone when he's about to lose his grip on me." Phoebe. Bring the rope. She's not going to hear me," he said clutching his teeth in pain." What do you want from me? I don't have time to waste it on you," I struggled as he tied my hands with a rope given by another girl. They got nothing to do with me. All these minutes are getting wasted by this stupid dead people. Even if I want to fight him, I couldn't do it in this stupid gown and jewelry." Now the princess is looking so good with her hands tied," Mason said with a smirk as the old man managed to get up with that girl's help." Sit down," he ordered like Iam his servent." I won't. Tell me what do you want from me? You stupid people," I snapped as anger flashed in Mason's and Pheobe's eyes. She raised her hands a
Jacen's POV:" Iam her boyfriend. I care for her as much as you care. Each second we are arguing is a waste of time. You can rather allow me to go there. We don't know what she will be doing alone in Hell. Do something, please," I said. I yelled at the Queen which at last turned into a pleading request. I have no choice now. Victoria didn't reply for a minute. I couldn't understand what she's thinking right now. I told her that Iam her boyfriend which isn't fully true. What will be her reaction?" First of all, you can't care for her just like me. And I also protect the students who are studying here. If you keep on insisting, nothing's going to change. But mark my words, Iam will surely bring my daughter back. I lost her once which won't happen again," the Queen said and turned away just like that. This is going nowhere. No one ready is to take any sudden action." Okay, we are not going to attend any classes. Just plan something to get her back now," Noah said
Sydney's POV:A headache. My whole body hurts. Iam tied up. My whole body is tied up. Iam starving. Iam thirsty. I can't move. My head hurts so badly. I need to get rid of this rope. I can't. I finally opened my eyes.I remember that Iam in hell. Iam in my house which is in hell. I have no idea how's that possible. I looked at myself. Iam tied up in a chair. No matter how much I struggled I can't free myself. The more I struggle the more it hurts. I have no strength to fight. Iam feeling dizzy. Iam here to save my aunt but it seems like I have no chance to escape hell. How many hours am I being tied up like this?Suddenly the door opened a little to view Pheobe's face. There's a smile on her face. She likes to enjoy this view of me while I never did something wrong to her." I guess someone's up after a day," she smirked and showed a glass of water in front of me. I can't believe Iam unconscious for a day but it doesn't matter. I need water." Give
Sydney's POV:We all are speechless. My mom and dad don't know about anything that happened in hell. They are looking at me for answers. I'm looking at Jacen. How am I going to answer them in front of Cassie? Dorothy's dead. Those demon girls killed her. It's not their fault. They helped us. Dorothy tried to kill us all. She had the wrong motive. We don't." I killed her." Jade boldly told like she did a great job." What? why did you do that? Why...you murderers..." she sobbed and fell down on her knees. Jade should have not spoken harshly to her. No matter how much I hate her. I know her pain. I had the pain of losing my parents. Atleast I got them back but she won't." What happened in hell, Sydney? How did you get out? I don't understand anything. Who're that two girls? Why did they kill Dorothy? You need to explain a lot." my mom filled me with many questions. It all needs to be answered." I will fill you with everything, mom. We
Sydney's POV:Two days later:Time has gone way too fast. Everything's back to normal. Jacen died and I brought him back. But that guilt of watching him die is still killing me. It won't fade away in a day. It may take a longer time to heal. But what matters the most is everyone I loved is safe and sound. I also brought Lydia and Mason back. Things that seem too impossible happened in a way I never expected it to happen. I only thought of one thing. If I win, Lilith needs to bring back the life of Lydia and Mason and get us back to Slateville. But I was the one who did it all. Somehow, that demon helped me to get all of this. If she didn't take all the powers from Lilith, I wouldn't have got the powers to bring their lives back. Now it happened. We are back in the greatest witch house. Jacen told that's where they found the portal to hell. But I heard one bad news, that so-called greatest witch died after a few days. Nina told us. She should rest in peace. She li
Jacen's POV:" Get your hands off my neck, idiot. I can kill you in a flash of seconds. Back off now," Sydney warned me. I stepped back, by keeping all the anger inside me. We are so close to escaping from hell. But what's the use in running away without Sydney. That's not going to happen even in the parallel universe." So, you are not going to give her body back," I muttered." Nope. Never." she smiled at me." Then this will have to do to get Sydney back," I murmured and picked up the stake. We killed Dorothy and Pamela. They don't get a chance to kill us with this stake. Maybe I could kill myself. I know I sound crazy. But watch me." What are you doing, bro? Put the stake down." Noah ordered me. I can see the fear in his face. Right now, he would have known that I'm going to go something which harms my life.I turned back to face Sydney. To face that demon who's staying in my girlfriend's body. " I know you can hear me, baby. I know you
Jacen's POV:" I will not surrender no matter what. Do whatever you can. I'm not giving up, Succubi," Lilith boldly told. But she doesn't use the name Sydney. It's clearly not my Sydney." If that's your decision, then I can gladly proceed to the further process," Sydney said, lifting her hands. This time I didn't saw the blue flame. Instead, her palms observed all the power from Lilith. the flame slowly and steadily travelled from Lilith to Sydney. Sydney doesn't have any powers to observe other powers." What the hell is happening? What is she doing? Answer me," I shouted at Lydia. She must have to know the answer." I don't know. I never saw something like this in my whole life. Sydney's born in a royal family. But I don't think she knows to steal someone's power. Whoever's controlling her must be stronger and must have lived for many centuries. We did a big mistake by finding a way to open this door. Now, I don't even have my powers
Sydney's POV:I spotted a single hammer on the left side. I lifted it and looked at the mirror." I think we should not break it. That will release all the souls in this room. Do you think this is a good idea?" Grandpa asked her." This is the only thing we can do. Do you have any better idea?" Grandma asked him. I stood with the hammer, letting them decide something. Suddenly, some unknown voice ringed in my ears." This is a good idea. Do it. I will have my revenge on Lilith. I can't wait for it to happen. I will make sure she will end up dead."" Who's that?" I asked approached a mirror next to the mirror where my grandparents are standing." She's Succubi. This is what I'm talking about. Releasing a soul like hers will bring a problem to Sydney. We can't let someone harm our granddaughter." Grandpa told sternly. She looked dangerous, evil and hot just like Lilith. I have zero per cent of trust in her." So, what are we
Sydney's POV:I don't want to die. Lilith is desperate to kill me. But now I know why she's hesitating to do that. Whatever Jacen heard in that guest room is right. She's not going to kill me until I accept to give all my powers to her which Iam going to do that. I can rather die. I couldn't hide forever. I can't able to fight her. It's been an hour. She's strong as she looks at the beginning of the fight. Iam looking so tired, powerless, hopeless and helpless. I can't spot any of my friends. I can't even imagine them being dead. No. They won't. They can't die. If they aren't dead why can't spot them anywhere? Why didn't they came to find me? What if something wrong happened? Right now, Iam halfway to the hall of mirrors. Can I reach it in time?" Stop running, darling. You have two choices. Come and give me your powers instead of hiding. Or run as much as you can until I find you. My first option will be easier for you. You won't feel the pain while Iam killing you. D
Jacen's POV:" How dare you...Pheobe doesn't need to get burnt like that. You are a heartless bitch," Sydney shouted from the top of my throat. I can still hear Phoebe's scream and Mason's cry. It's cruel. I can't control Mason or assure him in this state. He's on the floor crying so hard for losing his sister." This is going to be your situation and everyone's situation," Lilith told Sydney and snapped her hands as the guards and skull men's marched after us." This isn't good. Sydney can't manage Lilith on her own. I need to help her." I panicked and stepped forward instead of running away from the guards." No, this is not the right time. If we mingle in the fight, it will destroy our whole plan. Let Sydney find the hall of mirrors. We need to run." Noah wisely advised. We all ready to run but Mason was desperate. He's not willing to run. We can't let him stay and run." Mason, get up. We can deal with the issue later." I urged him.
" She's such a stupid witch. She's trying to raise her voice against us even after I killed her. What a stupid persons?" I talked with Dorothy while walking on our way back to the guest room. Dorothy stopped from hurting Lydia as I already hit her to the unconscious stage. I did the best to protect us." Yeah. Leave it. What were we talking before hearing that scream?" Dorothy asked to my astonishment. She still remembers that. That's good. I got one thing to tell Dorothy in my mind voice ' You are the real stupid who can't identify the person you are talking with. You can only identify it if you really know them and care for them. Dorothy never cared for anyone than Cassie. That's the bitter truth." You said that the hall of mirrors is on the ground floor. But you didn't say what spell you used? I must have known the spell. Iam a great witch too." I said proudly about myself." It's Anoíxte ti mystikí pórta. You know that right?" she quest
Jacen's POV:" Pamela's unconscious. I hope Sydney finishes her job as soon as she can." I muttered to myself. My brother and Amelia are taking care of Mason and Pheobe while Kassidy, Lydia, Jade and I are watching Pamela. I'm worried about my girlfriend. I don't know how she's managing her time with Dorothy. What if that cunning bitch found out that it's not Pamela but Sydney? The worst-case scenario." Oh, god! She's waking up." Kassidy frowned." We can manage her. She's tied-up. She can't escape no matter how much she tries." I assured her." Don't forget that Iam here. I can beat and knock her out again."" I already told you not to do that, Jade. That's my girlfriend's body. I don't want you to harm her body." I scowled." Whatever. Don't ask me if she makes a problem again. My job is done here. I will meet you all tomorrow. Don't forget the deal or you can't deal with the consequences. You know what I mean," Jade warned me and slammed