Laurel was just about to open the door when Zane knocked. "Who is it now?", grumbled Laurel before opening the door.She was wearing a black dress."Wow you look nice",said Zane"Thanks",said Laurel straightening her dress with her hands. "You don't look so bad yourself""Come on I never look bad!",said Zane spreading his hands and looking down at his suit.Laurel rolled her eyes. "I assume you didn't come all the way here just to compliment me""Umm...no I didn't", confirmed Zane. "I wanted to ask you about something""Yeah? What about?""Well..... yesterday",said Zane scratching his chin," When Kendra asked me about what my powers were....I was tempted to lie but I couldn't, there was just something about the queen that I couldn't bring myself to lie. And then suddenly I lost control of my senses and I felt like I had to lie and I lied....I told her my powers were swordfighting and whatever. But I don't understand what happened....did it have something to do with you?"Laurel sighe
Everyone was going upstairs, back to their rooms. They were full , especially Zane who had overeaten just so he could avoid being questioned by Kendra. But she didn't give Zane a free pass. She questioned everybody about their identity, Zane, Natalie and Laurel had to lie and Mick partly lied. And Zane thought Scarlett was the one who was most relaxed because she wouldn't have to reveal her powers or any such thing. But instead, Scarlett was the one most agitated among them. She was scared, although she tried very hard to hide it. She was scared that any moments the queen could order her guards to execute her. But she put a brave face on and pretended everything was fine. And when Kendra questioned her about her identity she went " I am Scarlett Olivia and I am a normal human. Also, my father usually stays out of town for business and my mother died when I was young. My father remarried . The women is utterly horrible and she has three kids with my dad....So, naturally they are the
Zane opened his door to go out and see the kingdom a little bit. He saw Scarlett being escorted, by a handsome guy, downstairs. Zane thought he saw something in the corridor. When he turned around, it was gone. He grew suspicious but he didn't trust himself for he was tired. He had not rested the whole night and thought he was probably hallucinating.But then he saw a door open in the far end of the corridor but as soon as he tried to focus inside, the door closed. The only thing he got to see was a pair of big rainbow eyes staring at him, and then the door closed.Scary? I know.Zane didn't believe in ghosts, but then again, why would any of his friends be trying to scare him?"Who's there?", shouted ZaneNo reply."Answer me! Who's there?!"Nobody answered"Look if you are trying to scare me or-""No! I am not trying to scare you!", shrieked a girlZane looked behind and saw a girl standing with a sketchbook in her hand. She had the same rainbow eyes that he had seen before behind
Zane banged the door of Laurel's room, shut and walked back towards his own room.Natalie was wandering in the corridor and tapping her feet in a rythmic fashion. "Hey!",she said, as soon as her eyes located him. "Hi",he replied, disheartily"Looks like someone has been having a bad morning""Yeah you could say that""What happened?",asked Natalie"Nothing much", replied Zane , looking here and there."It's full moon tonight",said Natalie"What?! I - I almost forgot!""Yeah I know, so, are you planning on telling anyone?" "Telling anyone what?""That....that we are werewolves""I don't know""Come on Zane! After everything we've been through together, atleast our friends deserve to know the truth!""I...I just don't know if I can trust them!""Fine! Then trust me!",said Natalie,"Because I trust them!"Zane sighed but said nothing. "Okay, if you excuse me please"Zane walked away from her.Natalie looked after Zane with concern-filled eyes."Where are you going?",she asked"To clea
All the kids had lunch in silence. No one said anything about the disappearance of Derek. Queen Kendra was silent too. She would just smile at whoever would look at her. After the lunch, Scarlett pulled Zane aside and asked him to do something. Zane knocked at the door, and Queen Kendra opened it. He was accompanied by six guards. "What is it, my dear?",asked Queen Kendra"I just want to talk to you about something",said Zane, "But your guards insisted on coming with me"Queen Kendra gestured at the guards to wait outside and she invited Zane inside. "Tell me, what's bothering you?",she asked"Ummm....so, you see, my friend is missing and I can't find my friend anywhere. I thought you might know where my friend is""And what makes you think I know where he is?",she asked"Because I didn't say if it was a 'he' or a 'she' ,yet you know who I'm talking about",said Zane smiling. Queen Kendra laughed "Oh dear......I have no idea what you're talking about. I thought you mentioned it wh
"Wait.....did you just say Forest of Deception?",asked Zane"Yeah", replied the woman"But.....in our realm....I mean from where we all come from, Earth. This forest of deception is there too!""Yes, it's everywhere. This....this forest has a long history of death, deception. And......a part of this forest is in every realm. You must be aware that there are 7 realms. Technically there were 8 realms Earth, Helmfirth, Erstonia, Ebraxas, Craburn, Icosall, Byrandan, Pamlivam but, Ebraxas was........ destroyed so now, there are only 7 realms""Wait, you know about Byrandan?",asked Zane curiously"Well yes.......",said the woman. "The kings and queens of every realm have a treaty. The realms have a treaty never to wage war against each other. Queen Isabella always hated the treaty, she's the queen from Erstonia and she hates Queen Kendra. She's always wanted to attack Helmfirth but.....you know, the treaty kept her from doing it""And now?", asked Natalie. "Well, you see..... Pamlivam was
Zane followed Natalie. He called out her names a couple of times but, she didn't stop. She went right inside her room and closed the door. "Natalie! Natalie! Please come out. I need to talk to you!", shouted Zane, banging on the door."Zane! Not now!", Natalie shouted. "Either you open this door right now! Or I break it!",he retortedNatalie opened it. Her eyes were red and so was her nose. "What do you want Zane?",she asked"To talk""About?""About what just happened out there. I'm not planning on going out there alone! I- I'll take help, maybe we can ask queen Kendra, she's the queen of this realm. She'll know something and then we can go ahead! And about your parents, they might still be alive Natalie don't lose hope""I saw them die",said Natalie,in a low voice. "My brother killed them""What?!",shouted Zane. "I- I thought they died in the Salvern Fire!""No....my brother did it before the fire started",said Natalie"I- I'm so sorry....I didn't know that", whispered Zane"I...
"Will you just calm down?",said Natalie in a low voice. "You were the one who asked me to tie you up in the first place""Good, now I'm asking you to let me go", shouted Zane."I'm sorry, I can't.... you'll only hurt yourself or others""Don't do this Natalie. Please.....please just....just let me go!",said Zane, now crying."The manipulation won't work Zane. All tbe werewolves are blood hungry on the night of full moon. You are, too. Once I let you go, you're only going to hurt someone",said Natalie"No! No! I won't! I promise! Okay? You let me go and I won't hurt anyone!",pleaded Zane"You don't know what you're talking about", said Natalie. "Only a couple of hours more and you'll return back to normal""This is normal!",roared ZaneNatalie didn't reply, she just sat there looking out of the window and occasionally humming songs.Zane resisted a lot. Natalie didn't pay attention to him. She knew that Zane was under the influence of the full moon. He wasn't himself and it would be un