Thank God it's Sunday! It's been days since I last saw Alexander. And that was when he drove me home. We still don't know about the mystery of Lucas's sister. The sister he knew was alive and the sister I knew was long dead. Until now, I still don't know whether the sister is alive or not. I don't know about Alexander.
"Have you heard?" Leslie asked me. I looked at her while pouring hot water into my mug.
"There was a forest fire a few days ago. And it went out by itself. It's weird how there was no sign of people trying to stop the huge fire. It literally just went out by itself."
"Rain?" Julie asked who was listening while watching the TV.
"There's no rain that time, idiot."
"There was an old couple there. They said it was the first time that a huge fire broke out all of a sudden and went out immediately. It only lasted for 10 minutes. They even called the cops. But when they got there, there's no fire anymore but the trees were all burned down."
Leslie kept talking as I go inside my room with my coffee and a piece of bread. After eating and drinking my cup of coffee, I went back to sleep to get ready for my shift this evening.
I came home around 10 o'clock in the evening.
I wasn't tired like usual since everything went fine today. But still, I dropped my body on my bed and felt the warmth of my blanket. Then suddenly, Alexander disappeared and grabbed my hand. he seemed like he was in a hurry.
"Oh My God, what is it?" I asked. I looked around and it was not the park. we're now standing next to the portal. "What are we doing here?" I asked.
He looked around, he seemed to be agitated. Then, he closed his eyes as if he was trying to concentrate to reach someone. "Alexander?," I asked him hoping to know what was going on.
"He's not here anymore." he suddenly said.
"Who?" I asked.
"Blaze."
My eyes popped out. "What is he doing here?" I asked.
"That couple living near this area," he said and touched my hand again. In a second, we arrived at the couple's house. The one that helped us on his first day on Earth. The people living the nearest to the portal.
Blaze is on earth? How?
I looked around and saw a huge black part in the forest. That must be the place Leslie was talking about just this morning. It was all burned out and it's a kilometer radius. It's huge and couldn't have had gone out by itself. I see, it was Blaze.
I looked at Alexander and he was nowhere to be found now. I looked around and all I can see is the very dark road. "Alexander?" I asked. I can't even talk to him properly now. He's so eager to see Blaze right away. "Where are you?" I asked. I suddenly felt scared knowing that I am alone now.
I don't know why Alexander took me here. I don't know why he had to bring me along with him and gonna leave me like this.
I looked back at the house. No light was open inside, there's only one outside. I went closer to the house. I can also not see their truck. I knocked to see if they were around but they were not.
"Alexander? they're not here. Where are you?" I asked thinking that he might hear me. I felt cold and scared. Alexander is nowhere to be found and there's no one inside the house.
I went out to the road and when I heard something. A huge blast.
My feet immediately ran towards where the blast came from. A huge fire started. Blaze? I ran as fast as I could thinking I might not be able to see him again if I let him go after this. It's him and I am sure about it. When I managed to see the huge fire, I saw Alexander from the backyard going towards the huge sound.
We both got closer to the fire. And with just a lift of Alexander's hand, the fire went down.
We managed to get closer to the center of the fire and saw someone with a black hood lying on the burned-down grass and dried leaves.
He's here, they're alive. And he's got the key, he managed to get here with the key! I ran towards him and Alexander did too. He was lying with his face facing the ground.
Alexander helped me turn him around and I was surprised to see Blaze's face filled with tears.
"CIRA... was caught..." he whispered. He's drained. he looks exhausted yet he managed to talk.
Cira was caught? does this mean her life is in danger? I looked at Alexander and I just saw him gulp.
This is what we've been fearing. I didn't expect the good to happen but I didn't expect any one of them would be caught too. They have held on to their lives for 3 years. They suffered for years because they couldn't do anything without Alexander other than protect the princess and make sure she won't be taken until Alexander comes.
And knowing that it was Cira, the angel-looking woman might've been tortured right now. And worst..
I looked at Alexander who was standing on the terrace a long time ago. He has been standing there for hours. We teleported into his house. Blaze is asleep.
Like the other time, Alexander could be blaming himself right now, he has a strong sense of responsibility that he even blames himself for the things that he cannot possibly change. I found it out last time. And he's awfully bad at hiding it.
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3rd Person's POV
The four knights together with the Princess fled from their kingdom. They hid in other kingdom's markets, they mixed themselves with lowly market vendors and servants only to hide from their kingdom's new leader.
From time to time, one of the knights will come back to Armania and check on everything. They were treated as traitors of the kingdom. The higher-ups told everybody that the Prince was a traitor along with the other magic knights and that they have taken the Princess hostage.
The princess was not from Armania, but she was born to lead along with the supposed king. When the people found out about it, they were enraged and now, The Prince is no longer a noble person. Arnold leads the kingdom is now doing everything he could to find them.
They were thankful that it all turned that way, Arnold didn't slave the people, they were living normally except for the fact that the Prince is now a traitor of his land.
They fled to another country which is the Princess' land. The kingdom that was left by the long-dead King and Queen of Elidia. This kingdom is smaller than Armania and it is the only kingdom where they will be able to pass. There were no borders or gates, you can enter anywhere you want. Despite the lack of defense, they were abundant in food and their kingdom is rarely raided by other kingdoms.
They continued living secretly, they changed their names and identities. For three years, they waited for Alexander to come back to them. There are times that they doubt and even fight about it. Saying they should just hand over the princess and end their suffering.
"Remember that our Kingdom is the strongest, and with the Core and the Princess with them, they can eliminate everyone. We never knew what Arnold is thinking! We'll wait for Alexander!" Cira insisted. All this time, Cira has been the only person who never doubted Alexander's comeback.
"It's been 3 years!" Blaze who has the lowest faith in Alexander insisted.
"He'll find a way, we'll trust him," Cira said with finality in her tone.
The Princess who also suffered for years looked at them as they started fighting over whether Alexander will be back or not. She trusts Alexander so much but she's already done waiting.
"Why do we have to wait for Alexander?" she suddenly said. The four turned to her. They were done with her acting impatient despite what is happening. "Can't you do anything about it?" she asked them as if it's the easiest thing to do.
"How about you, your highness, can you take on a whole kingdom?" Blaze asked her sarcastically.
She knew Blaze is going to act like this. She smirked. "You're not so strong after all,' she said. That is when the tension raised up to the highest level.
"What did you say?!" Amaya losing her temper asked her. Cole immediately held her to stop her from touching the princess.
The princess wasn't moved. She knew these people cannot hurt her at all.
"Are you just going to stand here and wait for Alexander to come back with the core?" she asked them. "You don't need the core, you only need me. We can go to the kingdom and crown me." she said. Literally not knowing what she's talking about.
Amaya's mouth fell open. "And what about the lives you're gong to waste with fighting everyone just because you're feeling impatient? The guards, the people, the servants are out of this, and you're telling us to barge into the kingdom and take on everyone we see just to get you to your throne?"
"We can't just do that Princess, many lives are going to lose, remember that it's not like the last time that we fought with demons. We are going to fight our own people this time." Cira explained as calmly as she can.
"So you're going to let me stay in this filthy little house for another year? Where's the disrespect with that? Do something ab--"
"You're damn crazy!" Amaya yelled at her.
"Calm down." Cole calmed his sister down.
"Don't get all cocky, Princess," Blaze told her using a cold tone.
'Blaze!" said, Cira.
"I have suffered enough! I don't want to stay here anymore! Let's get help from my kingdom! They'll help us right away. They know me, I was their Princess, my brother was the king, Let's get help--"
"And you're going to sacrifice the lives in this Land just to satisfy yourself in a huge castle? You're going to bring war just to get to your throne." Cira stood up and told her calmly. "If you get help from this Kingdom, you'll bring war. We didn't come here for that. They are going to attack this kingdom to get you. Do you want that?"
The Princess couldn't answer.
"We are trying to take the key right now. Be patient. We're going to find Alexander on earth once this plan works out." she told her.
"We'll be leaving tonight. We're going to take the key, I want you to sit here and relax. Wait for us and be patient."
"All of you are damn useless," she whispered but everyone heard it.
It was too late for Cira to stop Blaze from shooting fire to the Princess. But they were all thankful it didn't hit her. Blaze missed it for a purpose. And it scared the Princess.
"And what about you? All you've got to do is sit on your seat and wait for progress. And yet you're calling us useless? We are telling you to wait, why can't you just do that?!" Blaze yelled at her after losing his temper after being called useless.
The Princess' tears rolled down her cheeks.
"You can't even do anything by yourself. And yet you have the guts to call us useless? Don't get all cocky."
'Blaze, stop it." Cira tried to calm her down.
"You're the most useless in this room, stop acting like you've done anything," he said and left the room.
The Princess cried all night, even after the 4 went out to get the key according to plan.
The long night made the Princess think, and at midnight, she made up her mind. She already knows what she has to do to end this suffering. She doesn't want to hide anymore.
The four was still out when the morning came. She immediately ran and did what she was forbidden of doing. Going to Elidia's palace and ask for help.
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