Well we've reached the kings palace, after a long, terrifying journey. For the first time ever, I met an immortal creature that apparently, never dies and I figured out Camyl and Andre have powers, I honestly feel like crying but I don't even know how to start.

Still traumatised we finally get to the gate of where the king stays.

GrUmBlE!

"Hey Devon, was that your stomach again!?" I ask him.

"No! It wasn't. For some reason I'm not that hungry anymore. I think it's 'cause I drank my blood back then when Caliban threw me out of this world."

"Eww! Why would you drink your own bl..."

RuMbLe!

"Guys what is that sound!?" I yell at everyone till they too can hear the sound.

"It can't be an earthquake?! Could it?!" Liam says.

But the ground suddenly starts to shake!
Its like its changing its position! Immediately we take cover. We all start hiding behind each other sheepishly. Well, we all do, except for Andre, he just seems normal. Why wouldn't he when he has powers!

"We're gonna die! We're all gonna die!"

"Shut up Liam! Be a man for goodness sake!" Devon barks at Liam.

Camyl slowly starts to walk to where the ground is opening.

"Camyl! Come over here its not safe can't you see the ground is moving?!" Liam shouts trying to lead him out of harm.

"Theres nothing to be afraid of! This is practically the safest place in the universe."

"He does see the moving earth right? Or is it just us?" Devon asks. But shortly after he said that we heard a thunderous voice talk.

"Who dares come to the all-powerful gateway of Rezona!"

"Its Camyl. Open up!" We look down and we see and actual man made out of stone built in the ground!

"Dang, that is messed up!" Devon comments.
"Did they step on him or something?!"

"State your purpose!" The statue said ignoring Devon's comment.

"My intentions are to kick you where the sun doesn't shine! And you know there's nowhere to run." Camyl replies. What the heck?!

"How dare you talk to the royal haven in this manner? You shall not be allowed to enter the castle!"
At that moment, the ground started shaking again causing rocky waves to form, lifting us and throwing us away into the bushes that surround the pathway. I keep trying to get up but little fairies keep flying around my face. Oh I really wanna hit one of these right now!

"Come on Amadeus, this isn't funny anymore. Do you seriously have to do this every time?!" Camyl gets up from the ground feeling frustrated as he dusts his torn, rugged clothes. Does he know this stone freak?!

"Okay, okay I'm sorry its just nice to see the angry look on your face! Have you noticed that when you get angry the gems on your face start shining real bright!..."

"No one needs to know that! Just shut up and open the gates!"

"Fine, but are you with those guys?" The slowly animated statue embedded in the ground turns his smooth and life-like eyes to face us.

"What does it look like? The king is requesting to see them so open up."

"Well I guess I got nothing more to ask." Amadeus then opens the shining gold gate. It's as if while the gate is opening I can hear an ocean of water!

Walking past the so-called 'Amadeus' we involuntarily give him both confused and impressed looks.
As we completely pass the gates, Camyl stops right before he enters...

"Amadeus?"

"What do you want now."

"Dont try this again or you'll be sorry." After saying that he purposely steps on Amadeus rock leg, making sure that it hurts him.

"Jeez, harsh much?" Camyl just replies with a mischievous grin.

Walking through the gates, we are welcomed with pretty sprites and fairies whose soft wings kiss your cheek as they flutter pass. It's late now so we can see trees and plants glowing in different colours. The silver and gold castle is so big that you can see it from across the village, I mean how cant you! Soon I start remembering what went down earlier, and anger starts creeping in.

Andre should have at least told me that he had powers. It's not like I would've killed him or something! If he had powers all this time why couldn't he have stopped everything that happened?! He watched everyone go and didn't even have the urge to help!
You know what, I'm not even gonna waste my time talking to him. I guess I have to save my real family all by myself! Ahh!

I look at my hands and they look bad!

I can't allow anyone to see this especially Andre!

I try to catch up with Camyl when I see Andre coming up close. I think he noticed me looking at my hands again.

"Hey Camyl! How's your stomach doing?!" I gesture to his stomach that I can now see fully. The battle that happened earlier had really messed everyone up!

"It's okay I guess I've suffered much worse injuries than this. I'm just happy Andre was there to save me! If he wasn't there i could've died! Where's he from anyway?..." I slowly look at my hand while he talks not paying attention at all.

Andre's p.o.v

Why won't she just talk to me! I can see that she's in pain but she won't tell anyone! I know she wasn't expecting me to have powers but she was bound to find out right?!

I look at Makayla and try to approach her but she walks faster, avoiding me. I reach out for her but drop my hand as she begins to talk to Camyl.

Who the hell does Camyl think he is anyway! I saved his life back there and he has the guts to keep Makayla from me!
Devon and him are just the same.

I feel Devons stare from behind as he talks to Alix and Liam. I quickly turn back and shoot him a glare which makes his brown, neck-length haired head turn back to them. It worked because I'm about an inch taller than him, so he really got intimidated.

I have to do whatever it takes to protect her. Whatever it takes.

Makayla's p.o.v

I feel prickling sensations in my hands. It slowly turns into raging fire. I cant bear the pain!

(Don't let your emotions take over you Kayla.)

I look down to I find my hands clutched to my chest.

(Fight back those tears Makayla, you can't afford to cry.)

Who was that? That wasn't me!...

(Rest!)

Andre's p.o.v

"Makayla!"

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"Makayla! Can you hear me?"

"Guards bring me some water from the mystic fountain!"

My hands feel cool.

The coldness brings me back to consciousness as I bolt up from the ground where I was laying. I stand up swiftly looking at my hands.

How did they change from being red hot to almost being the temperature of the North Pole?

Looking up I squint to try and see everyone around me, but all I see is a blur. I slowly start moving back as if I have ten guns aimed to my head, but thanks to my great instincts I felt someone's presence behind me.
Doing what I learnt from my dad, I quickly turn around and start hitting the person in all angles. It was with a final blow that I knew he tasted blood. Using that as a distraction, I grab his head, fingers digging into his scalp, and lift him up until he's dangling at the tip of his toes, then I bang my other hand into his ribs. How do I know it's a guy? I just know.

To my surprise I effortlessly kept the man dangling in the air gasping for breath.

How am I doing this? What's going on?!

I drop the man carelessly trying to figure out how I just did that, when an ocean of water is poured on me. Shhhoh my goodness it's so cold! I can see clearly?

"And just how much of the vigor potion did you give to her Darkon?" A man with a Verdi beard, in an outfit that is as golden as the sun stands up from his humongous throne and starts walking over here.

"Maybe I gave her just a tad too much." I look forward again and see a male around my age in black clothes. He's also wearing black shoes and black gloves. And guess his hair colour... also black. No wonder he has the name 'Darkon'.

"Hi my name is..." He tries to make an approach to me but I cut him off.

"I know who you are, Darkon! I just want to know who you all are! Yes, and that includes you sunshine." I point at all of them. Particularly the guy wearing the extremely shiny outfit.

"Makayla, look around!" Turning around I find the gang standing together next to some huge pillars.

"Guys where are we?! And what are we doing here?!"

"Look around!" They echo.
They're loud voices push me away giving me a chance to think.

Now let me think. A throne, a man in a fancy outfit, a tremendously big majestic room? Oh my goodness! I just talked rudely to a king!

I quickly run to the king.

"Oh my goodness, I'm really sorry for what I just said your m-majesty... Highness sir?" I weirdly bow. Am doing it right?

"Ah no no, we don't do that here. No need to bow!" The crystal ball, I mean, the king says gesturing for me to stand up.

"I really am sorry though. I've kinda had a rough day."

"Oh I know!" He walks back to sit on his throne. Has he been spying on me or something?!

"Uhm, quick question. Do you know what happened to me back there?"

"You were experiencing something unusual in your hand. I myself have seen nothing like it before in my entire life!"

"No kidding." My hand looks as normal as it was before.

"Luckily you were brought here on time by Celkalyn. He rushed in here with you in his arms demanding for help!" Camyl's just standing there trying not to go red in the face as he keeps his hand on his hips pretending not to listen. I just give him a thank you smile which makes him go nuts and say;

"I think I need to go...check on...Amethyst! Yeah! I think I hear her c-calling me."

"Celkalyn, Pegasuses don't talk." The king replies.

"Oh Really? I thought I heard s-something."

"I know I didn't hear anything!" I add smiling, stepping forward towards Camyl. He's trembling! This is hilarious!

"Don't worry I'll just go check on her." He steps back making his way out through the gigantic glass door, still shaking!

"Uhm, are we forgetting the person who just got strangled in air!" Darkon claps his hands to get our attention before he moves back to holding his neck that is now scarred.

"Oh, yeah thanks for the holy water back there, I just wish there was another way cause I'm totally soaked."

"Yeah no problem, it will help you now but looking at it'll probably last for just a little while." Darkon says staring at his black jacket, till he looks up at me.

"You're pretty..." Did he just call me pretty?

"I mean, you're pretty fearsome for a girl though!" He tries to cover up what he really said.

"Ha, that means you haven't met Alix or Rhea yet!" I laugh pitifully at him if he thinks I'm anywhere close to them.

"Wait a minute? Rhea? You know my sister!?"

The rest of the gang has their jaws dropped, as do I.

"Sister?" Devon.

"Sister!" Liam.

"Woah, Sister?!" Andre.

"You have got to be kidding me." Alix.

"Surprise." Rhea strides over to where Darkon is standing from nowhere. But before she reaches where we are the gang rushes towards her giving her a huge hug. I wanted to go but I was too busy wondering why Darkon was staring at me with his yellow-mixed-with grey eyes. Finally they let go of her.

As she reaches him, he puts his arm over her shoulders and I see the resemblance.

"Wow!... Did you also get lost here?!" Liam prances eager to find out more about him.

"No I have never been on earth. I have lived my whole life here in Rezona."

"No, but that doesn't make any sense?! Rhea is from earth. So if you guys are siblings, why have you been separated your whole lives?!" Devon and his gritted teeth are so confused. I better try to calm him down because if he starts shouting all of our ears are gonna bleed!

"Well our father, got married to an earthling. So when they got married they came here for their honeymoon, then shortly after that, I came along. I grew to like it here as a child, so when they had to go back, they left me behind..."

"Then when they got back to earth I was born!" Rhea completes.

"Ok, that makes sense."

"Okay where are they now though?" I ask.

"You're looking at one of them! Well not technically, I'm their grandfather. I'm Ron Raiden." I find the sunlit man walking over here with a smile plastered on his face.

"Okay but what about your..." Realization hit me. Rhea and Darkon are the children of Emerald and Reigns Raiden! Which makes... Rhea a Princess!?

"Well..." Darkon trails off purposefully. I know what's up. But let me not intrude.

"Hi there, I'm Rhea nice to meet you." Rhea ironically greets me reminding me that we actually lost her!

"Rhea! Oh my goodness, I cant believe I forgot you were standing there! We were looking everywhere for you, but you just disappeared!" I reunite with her.

"Please don't hug me! I've learnt my lesson from Liam over there. His hugs are drastic!"

"Oh, dont worry I dont do hugs."

"Sorry about that!" Liam shouts from where he's standing.

"Hold on, now that were all together again, what now?" Alix says leaning on the twinkling walls.

"I guess we go on to look for our parents, wherever they are." I reply.

"You wont find them anytime soon because they're gone." Ron has a serious face on as he says this.

"And you can only find them with our help." Darkon completes the statement.

"Ah, when did everywhere get so tense."

"Oh, our apologies Alix." Darkon says.

"We've just been so hooked up on finding ways to bring everyone back." King Ron states.

"I'm guessing Celkalyn has told you about everything, some of which you may have already known?"

"Yes he has. He gave us all the information so fast, it was kinda weird hearing it actually." I say.

"What are you talking about it all sounded like a bunch of..."

"Hogwash?" Darkon completes Alix's rude comment with an unusual word.

"Wha...?"

"Hogwash. It means nonsense. Jeez for some earth kids you guys really aren't that bright." He says putting his hands in his pockets making his broad chest visible.

"Oh yeah! I know somewhere I can kick that's not bright!" She starts rolling up the sleeves of her purple high neck blouse.

"Okay! Alix time for you to calm down." Her eyes look as though she wants to devour Darkon. But for once I support her on this one! That Darkon guy is really aggravating.

"Darkon I'm just gonna let that slide." I reassure him giving him malevolent eyes.

"You're lucky the guys weren't here to hear this!" I look around to find the dudes, but they aren't there.

"You mean those three shrimps over there eating shrimps?" Darkon points to a tremendously long table filled with different types of peculiar foods.

"They're not shrimps, they're just hungry?" It hard to defend people who are stuffing they're mouths like pigs!

"Its hard to imagine that those boys actually survived a whole day without eating. No wonder they wanna finish everything on the table." Rhea says putting on her headphones.

When they finally notice that they're being watched by us, all that came out was half chewed food, spit, and gibberish!

"Hey you guys have got to try the shrimp."

"It changes colours each time you bite!"

"I think I'm in love!"

"After all that food you guys should probably be deadbeat! Why not stay here for the night? Then tomorrow I can tell you guys everything you need to know." A king, of a magical kingdom, just invited us, to stay in his palace! I'm living the life!

"Um we wouldn't want to cause any trouble! We'll find somewhere to stay for the night."

"Honey! Speak for yourself!" Alix hops towards the king and stands behind him.
"I can't believe an almighty king like himself is offering you a place to stay his Castle, and you are refusing?!" She puts her hand on his shoulder, showing fake disapproval.

"I am so disappointed!" She puts her hand on her forehead dramatically. What a joke!

"Makayla?" The king steps away from Alix.

"I would really want you to stay here for the night. It would make me alot happier than you staying out in the streets."

"Well, if it makes you happy?"

"Yes it would! It's the least I can do for your father." I can feel Alix's jealousy creeping up on me.

"You...you know my father?" He was about to say something when Alix and Rhea pulled me away.

"Come on Makayla let's go!" I only follow them because, Alix seems 'happier' now that she's in this big castle!...

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