"Where am I?"
"What do you mean where am I? What are you doing here on my lawn?"
"I resurrected your queen."
"That was not the agreement, remember? I asked for her head but if that were too difficult then I would settle for her brought here. Do I have to keep contemplating your allegiance? What excuse do you have this time? Now don't give me a lame weak excuse either that she was bigger than you. What I believe is that your ball size is just too small. Now hurry up and bring me her head because my lions are hungry and haven't had their breakfast yet."
"Sir, she has a daughter. No one told me about that tidbit; or did it slip your frail memory, Jim?"
"Hmm!! So that little irl still lives eh! She's stronger than I thought."
"She has her mothers magic, sir. I saw it with my own eyes."
"Don't you dare speak of Jade as her mother. Anne and I are her parents and no one else. Jade is evil and has no heirs. She never has."
"You're lying. How do you explain….I said enough!! Josh, you have a new mission. Since an evil sorceress queen is well beyond your years then I'll give you a much simpler task that even weak you can handle. Bring Austin to me and Jade will follow. Can I trust you to do this easy task for me?"
"I won't let you down, sir. I promise."
"Ooh..oo!! I count on it. You fail me this last time and my lions WILL get fed. That, I can promise you!! Now get out of her before I change my mind! Take him away. Wait, hold up!! Josh, I forgot to tell you something."
"What is it?"
"It would be in your best interest to either return with the girl….or don't return at all!!!"
"You heard the women. We either return home with Austin and Jade or we don't return at all."
"Scarlett, who exactly is this Jade that you would drop everything to help?"
"Shh!! Those are the defensive troups and they don't take kindly to strangers. Keep low and follow me. I know a backdoor we can sneak in. Knock, knock!!"
"Who is it?"
"It's your favourite person."
"Spock! You came for me! Here I am. Let me open the door for...ohh. Hi Josh"
"Hey Jim."
"Wasn't expecting you back so soon. Have you found her?"
"That's what I wanted to talk to you about. Why didn't you tell me you had already sent out another party or that Jade was her mother? Yea, that's right. I resurrected Jade like you told me to do so that you could kill her once and for all, but then Austin showed up. Jade got super defensive, Scarlett turned to the other side, and now all five of them have escaped. Thankfully, I lived to tell you."
"This is why you had to break loose from my guards and come back? I thought I told you to not return until you physically had her. Nowhere did I say return if you had news of her. Now what is it you want to tell me? All I hear is a lot of whining, woo is me, and a bit of a personal problem; but all in all it's nothing but excuses, excuses, excuses!! That's all you are ever good for. Did I not hire you to do one task for me, and did you not promise me your word? Is not a man's word his bond, or has that turned into just another motivational quote that bears no meaning?"
"Please sir, give me one more chance. I swear to you I'll find her."
"Don't swear to me, boy! Swear to God for He will ultimately judge your actions. Do I need to entice you like a dog with a stick, or can I trust that you'll do as you say?"
"I'm listening."
"This is the last thing I'm saying; and this time don't come back until it is done. Bring me Jade's head in one hand and my daughter's hand in the other. Do this within four days and my daughter's hand just may be yours. Remember, sheis a princess so if you do this huge request for me then I'll name you my successor."
"Successor! Me? Can't you do anything to help her? I am too young to be crowned queen let alone rule a nation. Look at me; woo!! See, I can't even walk like a princess."
"Austin, breathe. Just breathe!! Good. No one is going to die today unless I have a say so. Kerina will be fine and Jade will be fine, but just know that we will be here right by your side no matter what."
"Nobody stands by my side for I have no equal!!!"
"I can't breathe! Lady, I'm just trying to help you."
"Where am I? Speak with haste before I cut your tongue from your mouth."
"Mother, drop him this instant. These people are only trying to help. Please Jade. If you don't drop him right now then I'll have no choice but to scream and you know how that goes."
"Austin, is that you! Come here baby girl."
"Are you all right, sir?"
"Huu….I….aaghhh!! Don't touch me. I dont know what kind of dark magic is going on here, but I want no part of it. Help! Help!! Help!!!"
"Good going Jade. You just blew our cover and now he's going to babble to the rest of the ward that we're here. That's great. It's perfect actually. Now we have to go before we get caught."
"Hey, don't accuse my mother like that. She wasn't with it, okay!"
"Okay!! Okay!! It's because of her that we're even in this mess in the first place. Join me on this fun daring quest, Josh says. It'll be easy, he says. The reward is high, he says. Well, the only thing he was right on was the reward. I got Jade and nobody is going to stop me from giving her what she deserves. She is nothing but a cold-hearted killer who cares only for herself."
"You're lying! My mother wouldn't hurt anybody."
"She wouldn't hurt anybody you say? Why don't you let your mother speak on her own accord. When you were just a young little thing; war broke out in the kingdom and it was normals vs half-breeds. We were tired of not being seen as equals, so our leader Anne went straight to the top. She tried to reason with your mother, but as I said; your mother only cared for herself. Let's just say the meeting did not go over quite how both parties wanted it to go so war was the only thing that made sense.
Blood rained from the sky, bodies litered the street, fire engulfed the town like a wave, and it was all because your mother didn't think it 'just' to have us seen as equals. In the final moments of the battle, Anne and Jade squared off atop a crumbling castle. Anne was too slow to strike so your mother was able to gain the upper hand and with it she drove her blade through Anne's heart and drew blood. With her dying breath, Anne cast a spell on Jade and banished her to a canister where she was supposed to be locked up for a thousand years, but we all know how that went down."
"Little girl, how do you know so much about that day? You weren't there so who are you?"
"You really want to know?"
"Yes!"
"You sure?"
"Yes! I said yes already."
"Okay!! I….am…."
"A fox! You just turned into a fox, but that's impossible. I killed all the half-breeds that day. Wha….how?"
"You didn't kill all the half-breeds that day. My mom was able to escape and at the time of her departure; she was pregnant with….me!! My name is Scarlett and I'm the last!!!"