Aubrey was on her hall wearing a beautiful floral gown veiled beads. After the king's announcement he then wanted to make it happen. Aubrey choose to get wed with the king. Aubrey valued her life, so she could choose to live rather than be killed. Zecheng visited her on her hall. He can't believe she would immediately gave her hand to the king with a threat. The maids leave them both to have a private conversation. An hour later her wedding would be started.
(At the wedding)
The bride walks on the aisle while the king stands on the altar with a smile. After taking a bows to the crowd and the heavens. The priest who weds them requested to lift the bride's veil and have their kiss as a husband and wife. When the king lifted the veil, he was surprised to see his second queen pouting her lips ready to be kissed. He pushed her hard that made her fall on the floor so hard. Then with an angry faced. He commanded his soldiers to find them.
"I will own you Aubrey and I will kill anyone against it." He said to himself.
Meanwhile the runaway bride was riding a horse leaning on a mascular abdomen of her knight. It was actually Aubrey's plan. She wants to set everyone free from the dark ink. Her goal is much bigger than choosing to be a queen. And finding the lady who knows could help her and Zecheng is the key.
When they arrive the foot of the mountain where the woman lives, they went up on feet. The road up there was very steep and Aubrey even slipped. Zecheng offers his back so she could carry her. But she refused cause she has enough being a burden to Zecheng. They were near to the peak of the mountain where the magnificent lady was living, then Zecheng stops after sensing something was approaching.
With the sound of a silent wind an arrow came across them. It is clear it's been shot from the above. When they look at it carefully, the grinning Ruichen was above holding the bow. Then a group of guards encircled them, Zecheng took out of his sword preparing for fight. He hid Aubrey on his back. But later on Zecheng realize something.
"Aubrey, listen to me." He holds her on her shoulder's and continued. "t's difficult for me to fight when you are around. I don't want you to get hurt, cause when you do your real world too." Aubrey looks at Zecheng in confusion. But it's too late, Zecheng put her to sleep using his palms hitting it's nape. A guard who runs to stab her fleeched.
It turns out everytime Aubrey returned to reality specially when she was in danger. A barrier protects her to not be harmed. It all happened in her journeys and Zecheng witnessed it all. When they were in the crocodiles farm she was totally safe not because Zecheng fight the crocs against it but because, her barrier does without anyone noticing it.
Aubrey wakes up on her boardhouse alone. It was a clear and a silent morning. It seems like everyone was at school but except her. She was in deep sleep, she can't even accept that she was forced to wake up. She was determine to sleep and finish her mission. Then she come up to an idea, and that is to take pills. So that no matter what happens she'll remains asleep. And without further ado, she search a nearby drugstore to buy one.
"I'll return, just you wait. Zecheng I'll free you all from the ink shadow." She said with a daring eyes.
After being late on class with her mind still on the dream she had. She hurriedly gets out to school to find a drug store. Although it's difficult to purchase it without a doctor's prescription she asked an acquaintance friend from the medical department to forge a prescription note for her. Her excuse was that she can't sleep well at night. Although her acquintance friend knew it's a lie. But she still she receive it through a favor of setting them up to meet, her boardmate Mica.
When night has come she prepared for it to be finished. Or else get some answers. One night is not enough for a dream to be done. A pill could last 8 hours of she multiply it by 3 it could put her to sleep for a day. If she takes too much it could led to coma. Aubrey doesn't know when will it end so in no hesitation she pour the bottled tablets on her hand not counting it and sleep.
As she could open her eyes, she only could see darkness. A circulating dark ink surrounds her. She heard her own voice commanding each scene. Her voice who decides to make Zecheng and her met up at the fountain. The approaching crocodiles where all listening on her inner voice.
"It's you all along you told all the plots by yourself. The ink was your servant you are their master." Says a woman's voice.
"Who's there? Why don't you show yourself." She called out.
Then she saw a mirror, and walks towards it with curiosity.
"Have you forgotten? Your dream is your world. You control everything around it." Says the voice who was whispering to her ears.
Then from the mirror itself show's how she enjoy every dream she had when she was young. And then in reality proudly retells it to her listener, her ever supporting parents. Then it was done, and she saw herself in the mirror.
"Have you forgotten? You love to control dreams..." The person who whispered it appeared behind her. And she saw it in the mirror, it's no other than the lady on the dark cloak.
Her heart pumps so hard, that caused the Aubrey on her dream to wake up. She saw the place was a hut and she was lying on a bamboo made bed. The hut was small which is good for one person living. She could remember that she left the dream where Zecheng and Ruichen with his men were fighting. She then thinks what happened after she left.
"You can guess what happened next." A lady said entering the hut with a basket of herbs.
"Ms. Canlas?" Aubrey was surprised to see her.
Then Zecheng who followed Ms Canlas entered the hut.
"You know her?" Zecheng surprisedly asked.
"She was my teacher in Mass communication." Aubrey replied.
Zecheng finds everything she was too confusing.
"I know what you came her for. But I can't tell you unless, Aubrey could say what happened between the fight of Zecheng and Ruichen." The challenge made by Ms Canlas made Aubrey confused. How could she know what happened when she was out in the scene.