"Aunt Stella, how could you allow Maddie to go??!!" asked Annie in nothing but disbelief as she and Matt were in Stella's office.
"I don't get it Aunt, I thought that you wouldn't allow her go anywhere, and yet you did" said Matt as Stella looked at both Annie and Matt, they looked upset, and she could understand why they were upset in the first place, but they needed to understand.
"Can you both please calm down dears?" asked Stella.
"And let me explain" said Stella.
"Alright Aunt, explain, please explain" said Annie as she could not believe that Stella would let Maddie go back to Sunset Village on her own.
"Thank you both for being calm" said Stella as she smiled.
"You see, when Maddie came to ask me for permission to go, I did not want her to go at all, and not even to talk about alone, but I spoke to Curtis, and we came to the conclusion that Maddie should go" said Stella.
"But why Aunt?" asked Matt.
"You know how Maddie is, and besides, it's too dangerous for any of us to go out, and without supervision as well" said Matt.
"I know Matt, and we all here know that Maddie has a strong personality" said Stella.
"And quite frankly, I was worried when she did not seem to show the slightest concern or compassion for what happened to her mother" said Stella.
"Maddie doesn't like showing her true feelings, yes I know that she doesn't like her parents, or the fact that she happens to be the daughter of Azazel, but they are still her parents, there is a connection there whether she likes it or not" said Stella.
"Which is why when she showed interest to dig deeper into this matter, I agreed to let her go, she needs to understand herself and the situation that she is in" said Stella.
"I understand that Aunt, but what I don't like is that you allowed her to go alone, what if something bad happens to her?" asked Annie as Matt nodded.
"You do not have to worry about that, Maddie will be fine, and if any trouble arises, I sent a shadow guard after her, just in case" said Stella.
"But you didn't tell Maddie that did you?" asked Matt as Stella smiled.
"Not at all dear, anyway, Maddie will be fine, she will be back soon" said Stella.
"Are you sure?" asked Annie as Stella nodded and she smiled.
"Alright then Aunt, alright" said Annie as she really hoped that Maddie would be alright.
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Maddie took a deep breath as she walked past the trees, and she saw the home that she grew up in.
She had mixed feelings coming back here after so long, but she just had to get the information that she was looking for here.
"Well Maddie, here goes nothing" said Maddie as she put on the hood of her green cloak.
"Pallium" said Maddie as she casted a cloaking spell and she could no longer be seen as she ran past the trees and she jumped over the wall of the Wolf Mansion as she looked around and saw the chauffeurs talking.
Maddie looked up as she knew that she could not go in through the front door, but she saw an open window on the second fall as she casted a spell on herself and she climbed up the wall and she entered through the open window as she landed in one of the rooms.
Maddie slowly opened the door as she walked out into the hall quietly and slowly, sure no one could see her, but that didn't mean that she could be sloppy and end up being caught.
Maddie knew right where she was going, and that would be Azazel's office she knew that she could surely get some information from in there.
Maddie carefully looked around and then she opened the door to Azazel's office but she gasped when she felt a hand grab her and her cloaking spell wore off.
"Maddison" came a voice as Maddie turned to look at the person who had held her hand when she heard his voice.
"Anthony" said Maddie with a smile as she gave the surprised Anthony a quick hug.
"Oh I've missed you so much" said Maddie as she smiled and she broke their hug.
"Maddison, you have been gone for so long" said Anthony.
"I know" said Maddie as she laughed.
"How are you Maddison?" asked Anthony as he smiled, he had gotten over the prior surprise that he was faced with when he saw her, she could never cloak herself when he was around, her magic left little bits which he could notice.
"I am good Anthony, and how are you?" asked Maddie as she smiled, she was much more relaxed now, because she knew that Azazel was not here, which meant that she did not have to be on edge.
"I am well Maddison, but we cannot speak here, right this way" said Anthony as Maddie nodded and she followed after Anthony as they walked into one of the offices as he closed the door behind them.
"Now what are you doing here Maddison? You know that if your father finds you here, it will not be good for either of us" said Anthony as he looked at Maddie.
"Does Azazel still come here?" aske Maddie in surprise.
"He was here a month ago to check on things here" said Anthony.
"Well that's surprising" said Maddie.
"He was here with a woman called Selene, and also a… Maddison you have a…" said Anthony with a sigh as he was cut off by Maddie.
"Yeah, yeah I know, I have a supposed brother, don't call him that anyway, he's Azazel's son, not my sibling" said Maddie.
"You know?" asked Anthony in surprise as Maddie removed the hood of her cloak.
"Yes I know, I can't explain how I know right now, but, I'm here because I need to ask you something Anthony" said Maddie as Anthony nodded.
"Do you remember Clove?" asked Maddie.
"Oh Maddison, I do remember her, I actually have to be the only one in this entire mansion that remembers her" said Anthony.
"How do you mean?" asked Maddie.
"Even Azazel himself does not remember her" said Anthony.
"I mentioned her name once, and he didn't seem to recognize him, I sense some foul play here, that woman Selene, she looked at me with a murderous intent when I mentioned the name of your mother" said Anthony.
"Of course" said Maddie as she scoffed.
"Anthony, I don't see any pictures of Clove here, how come?" asked Maddie as she looked around.
"I do not know why that is so Maddison, but one day, every single picture of her disappeared in the house" said Anthony.
"They did?" asked Maddie in surprise.
"Yes, they all did, except for one" said Anthony.
"Which one?" asked Maddie as Anthony sighed.
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"This one" said Anthony as he uncovered a huge portrait on the wall in another room as Maddie looked at it, she remembered this portrait, maybe because she hated it so much.
It was a family portrait that Clove had forced them all to take, and she was very serious about them taking it, she even got Azazel to sit still, although he didn't smile, and well she, her smile was nothing but fake.
Maddie walked closed to the portrait as she touched it, was she seeing well or what? It seemed like the only person with an actual genuinely happy smile in this sorry excuse for a family portrait.
Azazel was sitting down, and she was sitting down while Clove stood behind them with a happy smile and she wrapped her hand across their necks.
"Why didn't this picture disappear as well?" asked Maddie ass he turned to look at Anthony, she didn't want to look at the portrait anymore.
"I do not know why Maddison, but it is still here, I covered it up since I did not know what was happening" said Anthony as Maddie couldn't understand why this picture wouldn't disappear.
"And what about Azazel, did he see this picture?" asked Maddie.
"No he didn't" said Anthony.
"Anthony, what happened was that Selene woman went back in time, she killed Clove before she met Azazel, and now she doesn't exist, only we remember that she did exist" said Maddie.
"Well now that explains a lot" said Anthony as he was sure that something like that was what happened.
"Yes, and that's why I came over here, to be sure of what I know" said Maddie as she felt a ringing in her ears.
"Umm, I have to go now Anthony, I have to get back to the witch realm, I will see you some other time, take care" said Maddie as she quickly gave him a kiss on the cheek.
"Alright Maddison take care" said Anthony as Maddie smiled she quickly cloaked herself and she ran away as Anthony sighed, he could feel that things were about to get very complicated.
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Maddie sighed as she walked into she and Annie's room.
"Annie, are you here?" asked Maddie as she closed the door behind her and she received no reply.
"I guess not" said Maddie to herself as she removed her cloak and she removed her hair from a ponytail as she sat down on her bed.
She did not know why she felt a bit sad, was she sad because of herself, or was it something else? She did not know what it was at all.
Maddie sighed as she laid on her bed and she remembered something when she stood up and she reached underneath her bed and she brought out a box as she reached into the box as she brought out what looked like a diary.
Maddie looked at the diary in her hand as she opened it up, and right there on the first page, there were words written that read "This is my diary, if ever found, please return it to me Clove"
Maddie scoffed as she read the message, how childish. Maddie had never read this diary since she was given it, but she did not know why she felt the urge to read it now.
Maddie pushed the box back under her bed as she kicked off her shoes, she sat down on her bed and opened the diary, this thing looked full, she just wanted to see what was written in it, nothing more and nothing less.