I am facing the imposter who had a smirk on his face, which disgusted me to no end.
He suddenly threw me away and stated with a smirk "huh, You hold me while thinking of your brother," looking at where I was thrown to with a husky voice he continued, "here I at this moment declare that I will allow you to find out your brother."
" you can either take him away or stay here with me for eternity as my Queen" He declared it with his smile, which made me hate him more. If I have to face it, then I will do it for myself and my brother.
"Fine, that's a deal then" I accepted his bet and gambled my life in exchange for my brother's.
"Get ready then" *poh~poh~poh* he then summoned numerous copies of Alex. Each one was a perfect copy of Alex intensified my longing for him.
Hmmm, I frowned, Each one of them reminded me of one time with Alex as if that was the only way to prove the truth.
"Selena, do you remember what happened to the old bird you saved?" one of the copies of a brother said while blinking his eyes.
"Sel, dear, remember our time with dad the day of your 16th birthday?" another copy said with a sad face, longing face opening his arms.
All of them spoke the truth as though my brother but none of them gave the feel of a brother, as if they know everything except love and care... sigh
There was one guy, he had sad eyes, but was not proving anything, he only sat on the side, his body features told me something ~ I knew that none could win, so why to care?~
"You, don't you have anything to say?" I asked the silent version.
"If I am real, then I don't need proof to prove that I am," he said with a slight smile, caring eyes can be also seen on his face.
'Is he my brother?' I thought, but then the sensible side told me,' Selena, it can be a trap; no one knows where we are.'
But the other part of me disagreed by saying,' What if he is the real one? and if you choose the wrong one, you will end up with an imposter!'
I am so lost that I didn't even notice what was happening around me, a sudden chant awoke me from my world of thoughts.
It caused havoc around me, with every minute, the chant got louder.
The chant was:
~I am your brother, choose me, save me~
It was so loud that I clenched my ears to block it, *huff~huff* I am now losing my self, I am hurt.
I gathered all my voice and yelled," ahhhh, All of you are fakes, no one is really, huff huff even this world is fake!"
After saying that, I felt suffocation, a sudden heaviness was placed on my heart as if someone was trying to block my breath.
'Sele fight it, resist it, keep your eyes open!'
a sudden voice entered my head and said with care and gentleness, but every moment I resisted the more it becomes hard to bear with it, I decided to let it go
*crack* the whole world crashed in front of my eyes, and I fall on a bed.
'Huh, where am I now?'
I thought and then looked around and saw the same surrounding, which made me very angry.
I thought of various scenarios and then got in the end that it's another trap. I saw my brother again, and ava was also there.
'huh, what's happening now.'
I thought when suddenly a notification popped up, and it read as
[you have passed the trail, enjoy your time with your brother]
I smirked after reading that and then thought
'I am not falling for that Lazarus, try your best.'
Alex or Alex replica ran and engulfed me in the hug, but before he can get far I got myself to remove his arms from around me and shouted
"stay away from me, Imposter; I won't fall for the same trick again."
I threw all again, who used the same trick as real Alex and got himself stable using gravity.
"sel get in your sense, I am real, " he paused while the pain was visible on his face. He was furious like Alex is when I mess up something.
'is he real? or am I hallucinating again?'
I thought and decided to pinch myself if it hurts, and the scenery doesn't disappear, then it is real, or it's fake.
Ouch, it hurts, and the scenery remains the same.
'it's real, but with magic, anything can happen you better stay careful,' my conscience said with a sad voice.
'but it can be the truth as well,' my other rebellious part said with a voice full of concern.
"Selena relax for a while, I know what happened to you, you are free," Alex said with a concerned face.
'he is behaving like Alex, but I am not sure if he is real, mm how to test him.'
I thought, and my inner self went active again, and they were turmoil inside me. I felt like I will die by confusion.
'Selena, we need to test Alex,' my conscience said with a king's voice, full of power and intimation.
'no, Selena, I think this is real, Alex. We don't need to test it,' my heart said with the power of love and care.
Once again, I was sandwiched between a two-way path. My heart and brain are on the war on what to choose; suddenly, I remembered a memory, it was on my 15th birthday when we were playing a new game, and I was scared to play it.
Royal castle, in the garden, Alex and I are standing under a tree, and all the fairies who went to earth came back with their children, and we have gameplay.
"let's play hidden soul," a guy said with a smirk on his face.
"hidden soul?" Alex inquired with a confused expression.
"yes your highness, humans play a game, I named it as for hidden soul because we will use magic in it" the guy explained with a cute expression. Honestly, I want to poke him.
"explain more please," I told the guy with a curiosity laced face.
" the rules are that people are blinded using illusion, and then they have to find who is who," he said with curiosity.
I turned around to see everyone's face, and most of them had horror on their face.
I turned to face brother who smiled after looking at my scarred face and said
" What happened to my Selena?" he asked with care visible on my face
"brother, if we played that game and I can't identify you, then what will I do?" I said with tearful eyes and then looked at my brother, who petted my head.
"if I get lost or am illusioned in any form, the best way to identify me is that I will safe you from danger," he said while making a crown of stones and crowned me with it.
"ok, brother, I will do it when I face such a thing," I smiled and hugged my brother.
dreamland, back to the reality; I saw the two faces in front of me .alex got near me and shocked me while shouting
"Selena snap out of it, " Alex yelled near my eats making me shout in agony
" What is the proof that it's you," I said with a stone face with no emotion on it.
"selena, what proof do you want?" Alex asked, and I looked around and saw a cliff.
I turned to look at both of them and then run towards the cliff and jumpsd down while praying
' oh god, I don't know if I did wrong or right, but for me, finding Alex is more important than my life if I die and keep him safe.'