*1 year back*Zane gulped. Alfred was looking right at Zane and he asked,"Who are you?""I am.....Uland Perkins, sir",lied Zane"Are you sure you're a part of the royal army? You look too young",said Alfred"Youngest in my year",laughed Zane. He was fighting the urge to say that he was the same age as the boy they were torturing in the tent, but he couldn't give up his cover.Daisy nodded at Zane from the crowd. "You're doing good""Okay. Are you sure you're up for the task? You can go in? No puking?""I am sure, sir",said Zane. He picked up the knife and headed for the tent. He entered and found Derek lying down. He had bruises all over his body. Alfred sure did his part before the game started. Derek's eyes were closed, he was holding his left leg and breathing heavily. It was a deep cut. Zane sat down and said,"Give me my face back you moron"Derek opened his eyes in surprise. "Zane?.....You didn't use the forgetting potion?"Zane smiled at him and said,"No...ofcourse I didn't. H
*1 year back*It was all blurry for Zane, what happened last night. He remembered sticking a knife inside Derek. He remembered walking out with a bloody knife and Alfred taking it from him, he remembered people cheering, Alfred congratulating him. And then he remembered, walking out and away from the tent. He ran and ran, until he was at home. He locked himself inside until Daisy knocked and said it was her. He remembered him sobbing in her arms, and her giving him tea to drink and from there, he didn't remember anything. He remembered He woke up. It was morning. The sun was shining and birds were chirping. His muscles were aching. He looked at Daisy, who was standing a feet away from him."You're awake",said Daisy with a smileZane nodded."I don't wanna talk",said Zane shaking his head. "I know....and I won't force you to",said Daisy. "But just so you know... you've been asleep for four days""W-what?",exclaimed Zane. "Yes ...",said Daisy. "You needed rest...a lot of it, I guess.
*1 year back* "I know this is difficult Zane but pull yourself together!",shouted Daisy. "I CAN'T!",shouted Zane, throwing a vase on the ground. "You said that we could go to Helmfirth in a week!""I know what I said Zane!",shouted Daisy. "It's not my fault that they have shifted the dates! They said that we could march to Helmfirth today! They have the machine to transport us to Helmfirth, I cannot help this, okay? There was a complication and Alfred said that there would be no armies marching to Helmfirth. For a long time"Zane was stuffing a bag with clothes when Daisy frowned. "Zane? What are you doing?",asked Daisy"I'm going to the forest of deception",said Zane. "I'll keep jumping into portals, I don't care where it leads to, I'll keep jumping in until I find the right one.""What are you going to do about the dangerous creatures that reside in the forest?",asked Daisy. "That's what my weapons are for",said Zane, walking towards the armory room and picking up a knife and ch
*2 months back*"No,it's tasty",said Zane, smiling at Daisy."Come on Zane, you know I can understand when you lie",said Daisy. "Yeah",said Zane, embarassed. "Okay..it's very bad. I'm sorry Daisy but there's just too much cocoa powder in it"Daisy had decided to bake a cake with Zane. It took a lot of time and a lot of bickering, but they finally made it. "I love it",said Daisy, looking down at the cake. "It's not perfect, but atleast it's ours"Zane nodded and said,"I can work with that...not perfect, but ours."Zane drank water and said,"Okay, but we're not having this for lunch""Ofcourse we're not",said Daisy. It had been eight months since Derek died. Zane still missed him. A lot. He didn't show it infront of Daisy, but he still sorely missed his best friend. Sometimes at night, he would start crying. When Daisy and Zane were baking together and saying cheesy stuff to each other, Zane kept looking at Derek's room, wishing Derek would walk out of there and make jokes about how
*2 days back*It was all a blur. Zane could barely remember how he got in the castle. Why couldn't he remember anything? He was dragged, yes, but mostly he was made to walk. He was bleeding, from his nose, his hands were tied. He was starting to remember how it had happened. Zane remembered standing outside the house, against Daisy's orders. He was enjoying the weather, planning on running. He had been walking, he had gone too deep inside the forest. He had never been there. He had been feeling hungry so he had plucked a very delicious looking apple from a tree and taken a few bites . He heard a noise behind him, when Zane turned around , he saw Xavier and two other guards staring back at him. Xavier had instantly recognised Zane, but what he couldn't figure out was how he was still alive."You!",Xavier had exclaimed."You're dead!"Zane was high. He was very high. "You smell funny",said Zane, laughing. Xavier's men had looked at each other, confused. But then they saw the apple in Z
*2 days back*Xavier knocked on Daisy's door. She opened it and greeted Xavier with a smile. And as soon as as she looked at Zane, standing with Xavier with his tied hands, her smile disappeared. Her face, which was pale before, paled even more. "Z-Zane?",she blurted out."Oh no no",said Xavier, "Don't worry, this guy is not the prince of Byrandan. We killed him, remember? I caught this guy in the forest today. He claimed that he was a friend of yours. He's most probably a shapeshifter"Daisy looked confused and looked at Zane,"Are you not Zane?"Zane nodded and said,"I am Daisy""No we killed Zane",said Xavier."No you didn't",said Zane. "Listen Daisy, I'm sorry, I was wandering in the forest and they caught me. I had to take your name or he would have taken me to the palace. I thought....we could explain everything to him...maybe he could help"Daisy looked a little angry but she nodded,"It's okay Zane. Come in Xavier"They sat Xavier down. But Xavier wouldn't let her untie Zane. D
*2 days back*Zane let himself get dragged by Xavier. "Stop",said Zane, as soon as they were in the clear. "I want to talk to you about something""Talk to me about what?! Huh?",shouted Xavier, turning around and punching Zane in the face, again. This time, Zane hit back. He had his hands tied, but he still hit hard. Soon they were trying to get on top of each other, hitting each other. "I just wanna talk",Zane breathed out. "I don't. You took away my love from me. I used to blame myself, for losing her. But no. It was your fault. You came along!",said Xavier his face contorted with rage."I'm sorry",whispered Zane, trying to sit up."What?!",shouted Xavier."I said I'm sorry",said Zane. "I can't do this anymore. I love Daisy too...I want to protect her as much as you do. But if you take me to the prince, she won't let go of it. You wanna win her back. I can understand that feeling, but you can't do that by killing me. She'll die with me. She'll come to rescue me everytime and I'd
*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