*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
*Present day*It was getting dark as Laurel made her way to the palace. She had a little smile on her face. She was also feeling sad because she would have to wait for one whole day before meeting her love, Liam, again. She could not tell anyone about Liam, because she was afraid that any of her enemies could target him to hurt her. And Scarlett would not approve either, she had a strict policy against falling in love with someone from the other realm. Scarlett had changed a lot, ever since she made queen. She had become cold. Scarlett had already told Laurel, Bennett, Mick, Emily and Helen that they were not to fall in love or fraternize with the people of Helmfirth. Laurel didn't understand that logic and neither did the rest of them. Laurel thought that maybe there was some divine wisdom behind that decision but then she fell in love with Liam and she again had the thought that the queen could never know. She could still have a relationship and Scarlett would never have to know.
*Present day*When Zane woke up, there was a loud knocking sound on his door."Wait a minute! I'm coming",shouted back ZaneHe opened the door to Natalie."Hey",said Natalie. "Why did you lock the door?""Ever heard of privacy?",asked Zane sarcastically"No, I mean yes, but you never lock your door during the daytime",said Natalie"Then I guess there are things about me that you don't know",said Zane"The queen has demanded to see you",said Natalie."Yes, and I would like to see Scarlett too. It's been a minute since we last had a chat. Just let me come down in ten minutes",said Zane"Ten minutes?!", repeated NatalieZane didn't reply, instead, he tried to close the door, which Natalie blocked with her hand."No wait!", replied Natalie. "What are you going to do in there for ten minutes?""It's none of your business Natasha", replied Zane"It's Natalie",she said fiercely. "Oh yeah?",mocked Zane. "Because Daisy told me otherwise""D-Daisy?",said Natalie, smiling. "You met her?""Yes",
*Present day*Zane climbed down the stairs, whistling and entered the throne room. "Hey Scarlett",said Zane, acknowledging Scarlett's presence in the room. Scarlett said nothing. She simply tilted her head and looked at Zane with more curiousity. Zane had to take a long look at Scarlett's face to comprehend that she was infact not sleeping, it was dark where she was sitting. The light wasn't reaching her face. The throne was placed in an elevated platform and there weren't any torches there. Scarlett stood up and walked a few steps and the light fell on her face. Zane stifled a gasp. Her face had scratches all over. And she had put red paint on both her cheeks with two fingers."Uh....cool make-up",said Zane, staring at Scarlett. "How've you been?""Why are you here Zane?",asked Scarlett, ignoring Zane's question. "I..... I've returned, my friend. What do you mean 'why are you here'? I-I came back!",said Zane"I am not your friend. Once you leave Helmfirth....there is no return",
*Present day*When specks of light fell through Zane's window inside his little cell, he made out that it was morning and that he should probably wake up. He looked around and there was nothing other than a roughly made, very uncomfortable bed, and a bottle of water. He got up and gurgled with the warm water for a while and drank the rest. He found a nice corner and started doing warm-ups there and then did a whole lot of hard-core exercises. "That's so unlike you Zane",came a voice from the shadows.Zane was startled but he tried to hide it. "What are you doing here Scarlett?" "This is my kingdom. I can go anywhere I want to""You sure can. Why didn't you return to your family?",asked Zane curiously"This kingdom, this palace, it just felt like home""No, Scarlett this is not your home. These are not your people, your folks will think you died. And the only reason you stayed is because you got addicted to power. Accept it""Yes....power, it is a very interesting thing, very hard
*Present day*It was a tempting offer. A very tempting offer. Could the sword really have that much power? Could it really bring back the dead? Could it bring back his people? Derek? Could he see him again? His mother. His father. He looked at Scarlett, she did not look like she was lying. He did not smell any lies. "If I tell her everything, what's the worse that could happen?",Zane thought to himself. He could not think of any reason bad enough to not take a chance. "Okay",said Zane finally."I will tell you everything that happened to me....but I need your word that you will help me find the sword""Yes, you have my word. But I will be the one bringing back the dead, because I will be wielding the sword once you will help me find the sword.""Deal",said Zane. He took a deep breath and started with his story. He really told her everything. His entire journey. He told her how he met Derek, how he ended up in Pamlivam, how Daisy found out he was a vampire and how everything from th
*Present Day*Zane was looking at the different kind of weapons in the armory. Laurel and Natalie were packing their bags. Scarlett's bag was already packed.They were planning on heading towards the forest of deception. Mick had sent a message explaining something weird going on in the forest that could probably lead to the sword of Bane. "How do we know where Mick is, exactly?",asked Zane"He sent out a signal from his scroll. We just need to follow the signal with ours",said Laurel, handing Zane a weird square device. That showed a red dot in the forest and Zane supposed that's where Mick was. Soon all of them were done packing their bags. Zane, Laurel, Natalie followed Scarlett out of the doors. No guards accompanied them. It was supposed to be a secret mission. Natalie kept glancing at Zane. But she couldn't muster the courage to talk to him. As soon as they were about to enter the forest, Natalie held Zane's hand and said,"I'm sorry Zane.....I don't remember killing your m
*Present day*There was small cave and a bulky figure was standing at the entrance. It was Mick. His face lit up when he saw them. "Hey guys!",he said, smiling at them. There were several fresh cuts on his face, but he didn't seem to mind. He then looked at Zane and froze. "Zane! Oh my God!"He went over and hugged Zane and Zane hugged him back. "It's good to see you""You too",said Zane."I'm going to need to hear everything, Zane",said Mick, then turning around and looking at Scarlett and bowing down, he breathed out, "My queen""Is this the cave?",asked Scarlett"It is",said Mick. "Yang and I have been searching for this cave for two years, and we found it. The sword of Bane lies inside. But we can't enter""Why not?",asked Scarlett. "There is a protective layer of something invisible here",said Mick, touching the entrance of the cave, it looked as if there was nothing there, but Mick's hand and touched something hard in the air. "Have you found out how to get inside, yet?",aske