"It's so nice that you want to go see your mom Maddie" said Annie as she smiled and she and Maddie were walking together through the halls.
"I mean, it's no big deal, she said that we could come see her when she's training if we want to" said Maddie.
"And might I remind you, that this was your idea, and I mean mostly your mom's idea" said Maddie.
"I think she misses Aunt Luc and Aunt Belle, so she's trying to make friends with Clove" said Maddie.
"I mean, my dad did say that my mom is getting bored here, but I don't think anything is wrong with her wanting to be friends with Clove, I mean Clove doesn't complain" said Annie as she looked at Maddie.
"Of course Clove doesn't complain, she's too nice to, but I doubt that it bothers her, I mean adults are allowed to have friends and all" said Maddie.
"True, true" said Annie as she laughed and the door opened for Maddie and her as they walked out to the garden.
"Speaking of which, I find it weird" said Maddie.
"What?" asked Annie.
"I mean this whole thing, the roles are reversed, I feel more like the mother here rather than the daughter" said Maddie as Annie laughed.
"I mean, there's nothing wrong with that, oh and I've been meaning to ask, did you ever consider telling Clove the truth, I mean that you are actually her daughter and not her cousin?" asked Annie as she looked at Annie.
"Well I have thought about it, and I have concluded that it Is unnecessary information to her, I mean she doesn't need to know anything about Azazel except for the fact that he's nothing but the bad guy, and apart from that, we are doing fine" said Maddie as she looked at Annie as they switched to speaking telepathically when they walled past some guards.
"You want to protect her from Azazel don't you?" asked Annie as she looked at Maddie.
"I mean of course, just look at how much better her life if without him involved" replied Maddie.
"She is happier, she has a good job, she's on the right side of the law and not against the entire Witch Realm, she's better off like this, and she deserves to be happy, which means that she should live her life the way she has been living it, without that horrible man Azazel" said Maddie.
"And what about you? What about your space in her life?" asked Annie.
"I mean I'm here aren't I? and my hate is slowly disappearing, I can boldly say that I no longer blame her… for some things, because I read her diary over, and over again, and she was just so young when Azazel came along, and her parents died, and she had no one else to turn to but to follow him, so I get her previous dependence on him" said Maddie.
"Honestly, I felt like Azazel treated her more like a servant than a wife, I wondered how they even got along, so she can't be blamed for most things that happened" said Maddie.
"I agree with you" said Annie as she and Maddie stopped walking when they saw Clove standing around with Armand, Mira and Liz as they stayed on the side lines and waited for her to finish whatever she was doing.
Clove turned her head to the side as she caught sight of Maddie and Annie and she was overjoyed to see them here as she waved at them and they waved back at her.
"Oh… her" said Armand in anger as he looked at Annie and Maddie and he shook his head, he wondered what they both were doing here.
"Oh boy" said Annie out loud as she sighed.
"What's wrong?" asked Maddie as she looked at her.
"Armand is looking at me, and he doesn't look happy" said Annie.
"That man is never happy, he's a crazy person, don't tell me he's still angry with you after you even apologized to him" said Maddie.
"It seems so, he still looks very angry, he even calls me a demon child" said Annie as she sighed.
"I am going to deal with him first, and then report him to Aunt Stella" said Maddie.
"No Maddie, don't do that, he's Clove's superior, I don't want you to embarrass her" said Annie.
"You know what fine, since you say so, I won't do anything, but he better look away from here" said Maddie as she shot Armand a dirty glare and he scoffed as he looked away.
"Look at them, that demon child is back" said Armand.
"Who?" asked Clove in confusion as Mira shook her head.
"That girl named Annie" said Armand.
"What about Annie? She's very nice" said Clove as she did not understand and Armand started to laugh.
"There Is nothing nice about that girl, if anything, she is worse than a rogue vampire" said Armand.
"Look Clove, my advice to you is if you want to live peacefully in this Palace, you need to avoid those two, especially the blonde one called Maddie" said Armand.
"But I don't understand why Commander" said Clove as she felt like Armand was being unfair to both Maddie and Annie.
"That girl Annie, she's a demon in disguise, don't let that sweet, innocent look of her fool you, we are talking about a teenager who had the audacity to stop an entire commander of the Cauldron" said Armand as Mira shook her head, knowing Armand, she was sure that he was the one who did something to Annie for her to resort to trying to harm him.
"And the one on the left Maddie, she's the worst, she's even Azazel's…" said Armand as Mira cut him off.
"Commander, the Chancellor wants to see you now" said Mira as she cut Armand off and he looked at her.
"Alright, I will be there soon, Clove, remember what I said stay away from them and their family if you want to live in peace" said Armand as he looked at Clove who looked very clueless.
"Liz come on I need you to do something for me" said Armand as he looked at Liz and Liz nodded as she followed after him.
"Clove, don't mind what the Commander said, he's just spiteful, he once tried to kill Annie, which ended with him being reprimanded severely" said Mira as she looked at Clove.
"I wasn't going to listen to him anyway, it seemed like he was ranting quite a lot, I never knew the commander could be so immature" said Clove.
"Besides, Annie is such a nice person, I'm not going to stay away from her, or Maddie as well, she's my cousin" said Clove as Mira smiled and she nodded, she knew who Clove really was, and of course Stella had asked her to make sure that Clove was always protected.
"Yes, anyway, I have to go now Mira, see you later" said Clove as she smiled.
"See you" said Mira as she smiled and Clove walked to where Annie and Maddie were.
"Hi you guys, I am so happy to see you here" said Clove as she smiled.
"Well we just wanted to say hi" said Annie as she smiled.
"I see, Maddie what's wrong, why are you frowning?" asked Clove as she looked at Maddie who was frowning.
"Please don't tell me that you are friends with Armand" said Maddie.
"I won't consider us friends, he's just my superior" said Clove.
"Good, don't be friends with him, he's a horrible person, and he's crazy too, he tried to kill Annie once and certainly wants to do it again" said Maddie.
"I know, Mira told me, don't worry, I'm not going to be friends with him, I don't like him anyway, he was saying some nonsense" said Clove.
"Good, come on let's get out of here" said Maddie as she took Clove's hand and pulled her away as Annie shook her head and she laughed as she followed after them.
"You are protecting me from him?" asked Clove as she smiled.
"Of course I am, he's a manic" said Maddie as she shook her head, she was not about to let Clove be disrespected again, she would protect her well this time.
"It makes me happy that you want to protect me" said Clove as she smiled and Maddie let go of her hand.
"Right…" said Maddie as Annie laughed.
"My mom invited us all for lunch, are you coming?" asked Annie as she smiled.
"Of course I am" said Clove as she smiled and the door opened for them as they all walked into the Castle.
"Yay, my mom will be so happy to have you" said Annie as she smiled and Clove laughed as Maddie was in her own thought, she was sure that she was overreacting, she needed to leave Clove a bit and let go, she was an adult after all.
"What are you thinking about Maddie?" asked Annie as she looked at Maddie.
"Nothing Annie" replied Maddie.
"Well okay" said Annie as she smiled and Maddie nodded.