Note: This chapter uses conversational style narration.
The next morning Devina entered the kitchen yawning. She hasn’t woken up fully. She was furious to found no one in the kitchen. She hurriedly went to Alice’s room and banged on the door. Alice who has slept late last night opened the door with her eyes close.
As she opened the door she was shocked to see Devina who was fuming with anger. Devina looked at Alice angrily and said “ Alice why are you not in the kitchen. Sophie will get late for school”
“I-I am sorry Aunt De…”
“Don’t waste the time here with your fake apology. Go to the kitchen and make breakfast and pack Sophie’s lunch”
“Yes”.
Alice bowed her head and headed towards the kitchen. Devina then walked upstairs and knocked on Sophie’s room door. After 3-4 knocks Sophie opened the door.
“Sophie, you are not ready yet? You will get late for school. Hurry up.” Devina cried
Sophi
Maturity is when you do something embarrassing but still have the guts to pretend nothing has happened.
As Devina and Chloe went into their respective rooms, Sandra came out in the living room. She peeped into the kitchen and saw Alice washing the dishes. She went to Alice and asked ‘Alice did you sleep well yesterday?’. Alice got shocked by the sudden question but politely answered ‘Yes grandma, I slept well. let me pour you some coffee and serve you the breakfast.” Sandra nodded and while Alice was pouring coffee Sandra asked about Chloe and Devina. Alice answered that they have finished the breakfast and are in their rooms. Sandra stood up from the dining table and headed towards Devins’s room and banged the door. Chloe( Devina’s body) opened the door and the color on her face faded when she saw Sandra. “Good morning Mom.” Chloe greeted Sandra. Sandra looked at Devina and said "cut the crap, Devina. I have made some rules. During breakfast, we all should eat together. What are you doing here? Come downstairs.” Sandra ordered. Devina nodded. Sandra then went to Chloe’s room
The day was quite long for Sandra who was waiting for tomorrow to find if Alice is the heir of the Celestial kingdom. Meanwhile, Chloe and Devina were mostly hiding in their room waiting for 24 hours to get over. they do not want anyone to find out about their soul exchange. Alice was in her room thinking about her secret magical powers and her true identity. she also meanwhile researched for the golden book and was wondering where it could be. In the afternoon when the clock strikes 3 pm Sandra went into her room and locked the door from inside, she then opened her cupboard and pushed all clothes on one side kept in the cupboard. There was a trigger at the back of the clothes. Sandra pushed that trigger and a secret door got opened from inside of the closet. Sandra went inside the cupboard door and then after few steps, there were stairs that lead to the basement. She went into the basement. it was dark and you cannot see anything. Sandra looked at one of the corners which
Finally, the day has arrived, a day that is slowly gonna turn into full moon night. It is afternoon. Sandra is in her room waiting for the right time. Chloe came into the kitchen searching for food. Alice is wiping the dishes and putting it into the drawers. Seeing Alice in the kitchen Chloe asked, "Alice please order a pizza for me and Devina." Alice nodded. "What flavor of pizza you want to have?" Alice asked "Order Hawaiian Pizza for me and Pepperoni for Devina" Chloe instructed. Alice bow her head and went into her room and opened the laptop. She went to the pizza ordering site and tried ordering but got an error saying " The server is in maintenance mode please order by connecting with our virtual assistant" Alice opened the virtual assistant chat window and typed " Hi, I would like to order 2 large pizzas " As the virtual Assistant started typing Alice put her hands on her head "Certainly Mam. I am Ethan your vi
Sandra reached the cave at the exact time. Lahkesis, Atropos, and Clotho are sitting surrounding a square box. Sandra asked, “What is this box for?” Atropos replied “We will have to place the ring in the middle and we will read some verses which will connect the ring to its owner. The ring will fly and take us to the ring owner.” Sandra “Ok and why do you have a headband placed next to it. If I am not mistaken it is Alice’s headband" Atropos got shocked with sudden question. She tried answering but fumbles. Lahkesis then reverted “This is to check if Alice is the owner of the ring. We needed Alice’s belonging so we are using this headband.’ “Why do I sense something fishy. You better not be playing games with me.” Sandra said in an evil tone “Witch do you want us to perform ritual or not?” Lahkesis said in an annoyed tone. Sandra suddenly changed her tone and said "I was joking. Let us start the ritual.”
Within fraction of seconds, Ethan reached into the forest and sat on the log where he and Alice sat last time. to pass his time he started playing games on his phone. In few minutes Alice reached the spot sweating and panting. Ethan saw her and said “I could have picked you from your home. You are so tired.’ Alice looked at him still trying to catch her breath and said "Never mind. I have something important to show you” Alice took out the phone from her jeans pocket and browsed to phone gallery and opened one of the photos. Ethan’s eyes were open wide seeing the picture. It was a picture of the golden book. “From where did you find this?” Ethan asked Alice narrated the entire incident. Few Hours Back Alice was in the room tidying her cupboard and thinking about the voice she heard from the bottom of the floor. She came out of the room and went into the kitchen. Th
“what?” Alice was shocked to hear that. Before she could react Ethan felt immense pain in his chest and he cried. Alice got scared and asked Ethan what has happened to him. Outside Fate sisters cave the ruby ring is flying in the air. Sandra and fate sisters are following the ring. The ring is traveling towards Ethan. As the Ring started moving more close to Ethan subsequently the pain in his chest increased. Alice ran towards nearby bushes and plucked some leaves and came back near Ethan. Ethan is now lying on the floor. Alice put the leaves on Ethan's chest and said “ These are herbal leaves. This will soothe your pain”. As Alice touched Ethan’s chest and put her hands on it she felt immense power in herself. It seemed that her magic powers which were dormant till not got activated suddenly. The ruby ring traveled from the cave to the oceans and after crossing the ocean the ring finally reached the forest where Ethan and Alice were present. It was completel
Sandra and Fate sisters reached the cave. As they entered the cave Lahkesis spoke “Finally we are home. The winds are getting stronger. I don’t understand how the weather changed suddenly?" Sandra looked at them and said "I know how it changed suddenly. The ritual, the ring might have harmed Alice and she might be in pain and angry and so the weather changed. All 3 fate sisters exchanged glances. They knew very well Alice will get well protected and the ring doesn't harm her. Still, to agree with Sandra, Lahkesis said “ Sandra you are absolutely right" Sandra smirked and said "I know. The ring has made my task much easier. Now I can easily kill Alice.” Clotho got scared and asked "why do you want to kill Alice?” Sandra looked at Clotho and replied “Alice is the heir of the celestial kingdom. The ring took us to her scarf and then went to her. I need the power of the celestial kingdom heir and moreover, if I will not kill her I can never become the most powerful witch
Ethan sat on his room floor with his room lights being off. Clara is sitting on the couch crying. There is utter silence in the house. Clara finally stood up and went towards Ethan’s room and knocked at the door. "Ethan...I know you are upset but let us talk about it. I always wanted to tell you the entire truth myself on your 17th bday. I never wanted you to find the truth this way. However, the truth is only half-truth.” Ethan didn’t utter a single word. Clara stayed outside Ethan’s room door. After few minutes Ethan came out and saw Clara standing outside. He ignored her and went into the living room. Clara followed him. Ethan sat on the couch. Clara came and sat on the adjacent couch. Ethan looked at Clara and said “So what is the actual truth. And no more lies this time please” Clara sighed and said “I am not your real mother. You are the heir of Celestial kingdom. “ “I know that you are not my real mother