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"Are you ready?" Jisoo asked Nadia as they faced the gate of the after life.

"Yes. Let's meet there Jis. Let's be sisters or best friends again. I'll find you." Nadia said looking to Jisoo.

"I'll find you too Nads." Jisoo smiled at her.

"When we found the kids and they manage to bring back our memories. Let's explain everything to them. Tell our apologies and protect them. Those kids are family to me. A family I never had." Nadia said as a tear fall down to her cheeks down to her chin then to the ground. Jisoo looked back to the gates of Zion.

"I'm sorry Jennie I have to leave you behind. This is the only way we know to protect you all." Jisoo muttered as tears comes spilling from her eyes. Nadia also looked back and speak.

"My love, Jeong, I'm sorry for leaving you behind. Let's find each other in the next life and continue our story." Nadia bitterly smiled. Jisoo looked sadly to Nadia. Jisoo opened her hand and offered it to Nadia. Nadia took it and they walked hand in hand on the gates of the after life going to their next life.

-flashback end-

After Jihyo and Nayeon told them what they saw in the memories that came flooding to them, the goddesses are now crying. They're emotions are all mixed up anger, sad, bitterness and pain. Tzuyu, however, is still there sitting emotionless.

Maverick's eyes are green throughout the story Nayeon and Jihyo told them indicating that they are both telling the truth. All of them doesn't know how to accept such revelation.

Mina was just sitting there also crying because of what she heard. It's the type of love that's amazing. For her Jihyo and Nayeon's past selves are such brave people that they went against the god of mischief because of their love ones.

After an hour they are all in their own worlds. Nayeon and Jihyo are talking to Mina outside of the house. Irene was in her room of memories. Jisoo and Jeongyeon was in the cave of baby dragons. Jennie and Dahyun were in the garden. Tzuyu and Chaeyoung are at the pond.

"I felt so bad for them Jih. They went through so much because of the decisions of our past selves." Nayeon said.

"Unnie, Jihyo, I hope you two won't blame yourselves for what happened to them. Remember it's your past selves not Nayeon and Jihyo ok?" Mina reminded both of them and they nodded. "Now that you're in danger because of the god of mischief. What are we going to do now? The others have to know the truth eventually you know."

"I know Mina. But it's too dangerous if they know now. Maybe we'll tell them when Loki is put into his prison again." Jihyo said which Mina understands. The three humans doesn't know the limits of this celestial things. They can't risk their friends getting hurt or worse, killed.

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"What now Soo?" Jeongyeon asked Jisoo.

"To be honest, I don't know Jeong. I'm still caught up with what they told us earlier. I mean at least we know they both are telling the truth thru Mave's eyes. We know that, that really happened and they both really felt that way." Jisoo said as she lifted the Hebridean Black dragon. "At least we can truthfully say that they both loved us. That she loved you Jeong." Both of them went quiet.

Jeongyeon remembered her dead sister. They were bombed that day she died. Jeongyeon dared Seungyeon to be in her human form all the way to the end of the coronation. Jeongyeon teared up again as she remembered how Seungyeon died that day.

"Don't blame yourself Jeong. It wasn't your fault." Jisoo said reading Jeongyeon's mind.

"But it was Jisoo! If I didn't dare her to be in her human form for the whole duration of my coronation she wouldn't be dead on that bombing!" Jeongyeon shouted with tears streaming down her face. "It was my fault Jisoo. It was..." Jeongyeon fall on the ground as she cried. "If only I knew."