The Alchemist's Journey | Book 3

Chapter IVX

Rose started searching through the book as soon as she got into her lab.

She spent weeks trying to translate all of the information.

When August twelfth came around, Varian got up super early.

"Mommy! Daddy! Wake up! Wake up!" Varian jumped on them and he giggled excitedly.

"We're up," Rose mumbled as she sat up to hug her son.

"It's Aquaria's birthday! We gotta go! I wanna show Aqua my goggles!" Varian bounced in his mother's arms as Quirin groaned, waking up slowly.

"Okay, sweetheart. We're going. Go get ready and we'll go as soon as possible." Rose stood up and kissed Varian's forehead.

The six year old boy dashed out of the room to get ready to go to the castle.

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Varian ran up to Aqua and hugged her from behind.

"Ah!" She jumped in surprise before looking to see who had hugged her. "Varian!"

"I'm here! Look what my mommy got me!" Varian showed her his goggles excited my and she gasped.

"Woah! You got your own goggles! That's so cool!" Aquaria gushed as she looked at the goggles on his head. "Can I try them?"

"Yeah!" Varian quickly took them off and helped her put the on.

Aqua let them sit on her head and she giggled. "Better than a crown right?"

Varian's little cheeks flushed pink as he nodded quickly. "Much better! You look so cool!"

Aqua beamed before giving the goggles back to Varian. "They look really cool on you too! Wanna go play in my room? The party doesn't start for another two hours!"

"Yeah! Yeah! Come on!" Varian nodded quickly and they ran off towards Aquaria's room.

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"AQUARIA!" Varian screamed as she fell.

It felt like slow motion as he helplessly watched her fall.

"No! No! No! No! No!" Varian tried to dive after her but Kristoff stopped him.

He tried to think of anything he could do to save his girlfriend, but he was completely helpless.

"Varian, I am so sorry," Anna apologized as she hugged him tight, tears streaming from her eyes.

"No! No she's okay! She's not dead! She can't be! Please! I have to go after her! I have to save her! Please!" Varian begged as he tried to get free of Anna and Kristoff's grasp.

"Varian... stop. She wouldn't want you to die too. Please just calm down," Kristoff urged and Varian trembled as he sobbed.

He broke down completely as he looked down over the edge to see the water rushing through the now broken damn.

"She's still alive... she has to be... I can't lose her. I love her. I love her so much. I need her," Varian whimpered as he stared over the edge in pure disbelief.