As soon as Aadrika touched the dark stone she felt electric sparks. She felt like floating from galaxy to galaxy. Billions and trillions and zillions of stars passed and she started to see a white light. It was the end where she had to reach. But as she was about to touch it she felt something piercing her arm.
It took her out of her trance and she came back to the hall and fell on the floor. Her vision was all blurry and she couldn't see a single thing. As she tried to stand her wounded arm didn't let her and she fell back. She heard someone yelling, "Corner her!"
She tried to look around but her vision wasn't helping her. She started to cry as the pain was increasing with her every movement.
Suddenly she heard a familiar voice saying "Push her down!" She adjusted her vision and saw Emilio standing in front of her with pain in his eyes. She looked at him and said in a low voice "Brother..." As soon as their eyes met, Emilio moved his gaze away from her.
From the main door, she saw Ximena, Myra and others coming there. Soon the whole hall was full. Everyone was there, the queen, the king, the servants and who not. Her tears were increasing with the increase in pain and she asked in a very low and cracking voice: "W-what's happening?"
Ximena came up to Emilio, putting her hand on his shoulder, she said disappointedly: "It can't be helped." He looked from Ximena to Aadrika and said: "Why it has to be you?" Aadrika looked up at him giving a confused look but he moved his gaze away.
Myra joined saying, "How can you do this to us? Did you know it from the start?" Aadrika getting more confused, asked, "W-what are you s-s-saying? W-what's happening?"
She looked at Emilio and saw pain and regret in his eyes. She looked at Ximena and she passed her a disgusting look which was repeated by Myra. She looked at her mother and queen started to cry on King's shoulder.
She looked down and said "P-Please help... It hurts..." Gale started towards her but he was held back by Myra's force shield as she said, "Are you going to help this betrayer?" He gave her a 'REALLY?' look and said: "She is our younger sister and we are supposed to protect her, not hurt her!" In the end, his voice was booming with anger as he was really concerned about Aadrika.
Myra asked losing her control "She is nothing more than a betrayer! Can't you see that?"
Aadrika frowned at this and looked at her mother for some help saying, "I-It hurts..." Queen passed her a very disgusting look and said: "What have I done to have you from my womb?"
OUCH!
It shook her deeply and she stood up forgetting about her pain. Getting into the posture she took out what looked like an arrow from her arm throwing it on the floor. The whole hall was silent as the sound of metal falling on the floor can be heard easily.
As the arrow was removed the blood started to gush out of her arm making the white flooring dirty with all red colour. As she looked up at everyone with her teary and helpless eyes, the whole hall filled with gasps. Everyone seemed to be shocked.
Aadrika being unaware of people's mentality frowned and said: "W-What are you saying?" King said, ignoring her girl's question completely: "Worry not, we will kill that thing. In this way, our crime will be condemned."
Aadrika looked at her father with utter shock and shouted at the top of her lungs: "WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING HERE?!"
At her this authoritative voice, Aadrika was shocked but it didn't take her long to understand that she was not the only one who was shocked there. The whole hall was in complete shock and it seemed like everyone has bowed their heads in front of her.
Breaking the silence she asked in a small voice, "What is happening here...?" Myra was the one to recover first as she said: "Why ask us, see yourself." Then she elbowed Emilio and he came out of his trance and nodded.
He created a water wall in front of her and she saw what she looked like. It was out of her wildest imagination.
She was wearing a black dress instead of her white one. The dress was too much of revealing for her liking, as it was only covering her nipples and even her lower lines were visible. Her gold jewellery was replaced with silver ones. But most shocking was her eyes, which were completely black. No iris was there just blackness. It shook her to the core and she gasped and the tears started to flow from her eyes.
Then the water wall fell and the hall was left in silence. Emilio spoke up, "Why would touch that thing? Why would you try to steal it?"
Gale being him said "It couldn't be her. It could be like this, that her power is to contain powers, so that's why she can control dark stone. It can't be her, she can't be that greedy person."
Ximena said "No matter how many excuses you show Gale. Truth isn't going to change, that she, our sister, the princess of Chancia is the holder of Dark stone. Everyone here knows the story and even you can't deny that."
Aadrika interrupted, "Greedy man is not true. All that is lie, the truth is something else." At this statement of her, everyone looked up to Aadrika. Myra replied harshly, "Then what's the truth?"
Unknown of truth she looked down. Emilio asked "What are you saying? Who told you that it's all a lie?" She replied in a small voice "Dark stone..." Queen gasped at that and started to cry saying, "This was all what we were left to hear..."
Myra said, "How do you know that it wasn't lying to you?" Aadrika looked at her and replied more firmly, "Because I believe in it."
Gale spoke up this time, "Look she's in control of Dark stone, that's why she is acting like that."
Defending Dark stone she said "No, I am not under anyone's control. I believe in Dark stone."
This made everyone gasp again and the statement was enough to make king furious. He ordered, "Put the creature in prison. It will be killed tomorrow after the ceremony."
Aadrika was taken back by it but before she could recover, she was pushed by guards to the ground and they started to drag her by her arms.
Aadrika, in hope her family would understand her pain, started, "Please don't!Father please! Someone help!"
Hearing his little sister cry Gale just couldn't take it and he cried, "No! Stop!" As he was about to use any spell, he was hold back by Emilio and others. They all pushed him to the ground. He struggled as he saw his sister being dragged away.
Both of their cries were the only thing that could be heard in the hall...