Chapter Five: Her Broken Wing

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"I can't. . . I can't take this any longer! I won't lie to her no more!" The Fey Queen shouted out of frustration. She felt good to let all her anger and lies out. The beginning just started. A fresh new slate have also started. A new phase have started. Not a phase with the Butterflies, who brought peace and freedom. No. An eon with action and more grudges between all kinds of Feys. The Fey Queen won't be able to control their tempers and fights, she'll just stand out and they'll find their own solution. Not a great leader, right? She needs a king to support and comfort her. Searching for a new Fey King won't be easy, they have to go through several stages in order to complete the transformation from mortal to Fey.

"I understand, Morgana. I knew her my entire life, even though she didn't knew me, I'm always lurking in the depths of the shadows and feeling guilt for what I have done centuries ago." Willow said, her hand on the hazel-eyed girls shoulder, who was kneeling down with her head down. "I never known about her existence until eight years ago. Since then. . . I've been keeping a close eye on her for a year." She said with comfort. "Diana, you know what to do, right?" Gabriel asked. "You know the consequences. We can't just simply tell her who or what we are. Let's give it some time to calm down."
"I hope you are right. . ." Diana mumbled.

Celeste woke up. Memories of before came to her mind. Shadows were whispering to her.
Wake up. . . One of the Shadows whispered.
Wake up. . . Tanya, another whispered.
She shook her head to get rid of those awful memories of before.
You dumbass! How many times do I have to tell you to stay put!?! Cassie yelled.
I don't. . . Care, Cassie. And I'll never will. . ., Celeste said. Cassie didn't speak after that. She just stood quiet. As for Celeste, she found herself lying on a bed. She stood up from it and opened the closed bedroom door. She walked out and headed to the living room, where she saw Morgan kneeling down, Willow comforting her, and Gabriel, who was just standing there.
"What. . . What. . . Are you?" She timidly asked them with her hands on her back. Morgan turned her head to Celeste's direction. She had tears on her eyes and below them, she had bags. She looked like a mess. Her frown turned into a warm smile. "Glad you're here. I need to tell you something. . ."
Of course she does! She was lying to us this whole entire time! Well to you. Not me, since I already knew this sinse the beginning. . . Cassie said.
Bastard. . . Celeste told her inner self.
I have parents. They're just. . . Not married. Eh! We don't care if anyone gets married. I have a lot of half-siblings, ya know?
Whatever. . .
"Listen. I don't want to hear it. I just want to go back home." Celeste said. "You can't. It is too dangerous for a mortal like you, to survive. That is why Gabriel is here. He is your bodyguard." Willow explained with her eyes narrowed. "We can't a ford to lose you. The last surviving Butterfly."
"That is stupid. All of you are just playing with me. I don't care about this whole me being a Butterfly crap. This is going to be a dream as soon as I wake up in the real world."
"This is the real world. Our world is secret from the world where mortals live. We can't give our secret out and tell others about us, they'll think we're crazy and monsters." Gabriel added, his arms crossed around his chest. Celeste huffed. "Fine. Just tell me what role I'm playing for your play."
"This isn't a play, Fey!" Willow shouted. Damn. A little girl can sure scream loud. What a bother.
Idiot! I'll take over if you just shut up, for crying out loud! I'll start the transformation without your help and power! Cassie yelled.
Cassie was taking over again. Celeste felt numb with cold. She felt power increasing by the second. Her inner self was aggressive, as if she was ready to consume Celeste and get rid of her. But Cassie knew she couldn't do that. It will brake the laws of the Fey. It'll bring more chaos to the Higher Courts, and more suffering to the  unsuccessful Fey Queen. She could've broken the laws ages ago, but she needed Celeste's power to get stronger each day, so, she needed to preserve the power by consuming her energy and making her feel weaker and unsteady.
Cassie didn't fully took over. Celeste was also controlling half of their body.
She(they) felt pain coming from her upper arm. She felt as if someone pinched her, yet soft. She tilted her head to her right side and tilted her head down. A pair of blue eyes were on the central, a blue and black butterfly mask was covering the rest of the face but the eyes, chains were coming from behind the mask and sides of the eyes. They were like a stream of blood dripping from a face.
The Fey Queen and the others stood there in shock. Willow shook her head, but still had wide eyes. "Cassie. She's starting the alteration without Celeste's approval. Celeste is getting weaker, and her true self will come out of its shell."
"Imposible. It can't start this early. She barely knew about us." Morgan said.
Gabriel groaned. "We need to take her to Cerise." He saw Celeste grabbing her upper arm, dealing with the pain that Cassie created. "And fast."
He carried Celeste and ran of to the forest of Shallow Fey, Willow and the Fey Queen following behind him.

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