Shadows Of The Past Novel: Stolen Heart (Jakovi Poza)

Chapter 10

It was dark, Foxy strode through the shadow world with a serious face, he was already aware that he had managed to reach the Void world in his dream. He knew it was the right time for him to tell all the Void beings about his plan. He happily greeted Zack who he spotted in the shadows, Zack stepped out of the shadows as if he was disappointed.
"Hello, Foxy."  Zack said grimly.
"Hello." Foxy replied. "I came back for help."
There was dead silence as Zack abruptly turned his back on Foxy.
"Why are you keep coming back here?" Zack asked.
"I need your help!" Foxy yelled desperately, "I want you to help me find The Sisters."
Zack let out a surprised sigh. Foxy noticed that many apparitions appeared behind him, Levis came out of the crowd and looked at them expectantly.
"What you're asking is impossible." Zack snapped, then he added quickly, "We're spirits, not living beings like you!"
Foxy smiled at this, he looked proudly at the apparitions showing no fear, Levis straightened up as if he was waiting for an explanation. Foxy couldn't wait to tell his plan.
"All Phantoms!" Foxy thundered in a bold voice, "You are the strongest spirits I've ever known, so I'm asking you for a little help."
All the apparitions looked angry and hostile towards Foxy, but Foxy was ignoring it.
"It is impossible!" Zack growled under his breath at Foxy.
Foxy ignored him, if he doesn't want to help, that's his problem.
"I want you to help me find The Sisters who live in Starforest!" Foxy confessed.
Then Foxy heard all the ghosts around them whispering in curiosity, one of the ghosts came forward and growled, "how are we supposed to do this? We're dead like you haven't noticed!"
Some of the spirits agreed with the man, protesting loudly. Foxy snapped his finger, and a loud blue spark of magic flew from his finger, and the spirits fell silent.
"You won't be dead soon." Foxy replied politely.
"What is he talking about?" A new voice asked.
"He's a madman!" He heard another voice in the crowd.
Zack shoved Foxy in rage.
"What you're saying is bullshit, how are we supposed to come back to the world of the living alive?" Zack asked.
Foxy in annoyance also pushed Zack but harder, Zack was surprised at this and stood still. Foxy re-entered the center to speak.
"Will you let me explain?" Foxy asked in a bored voice.
Levis stepped out of the shadows and stood to Foxy's side. To Foxy's relief, Levis nodded, then he looked ahead.  Foxy cast a calm glance at the apparitions again, imagining that they were members of his group.
"I know a spell that can revive a spirit." Foxy said.
All the apparitions gave a gasp of shock, Foxy raised his hand to signal the spirits to be silent so he could continue his speech.
"I've been learning this spell since I had a mentor, but I've never been able to learn it." Foxy said, then added, "Well, looks like I'm luckier."
"Give us one reason why we should trust you!" An unfamiliar man growled in the crowd.
Foxy was about to reply, but Levis was quicker, "because he can make us alive again?"
Foxy agreed with a nod, then Jack stepped out of the crowd with a confused expression on his face.
"You only need us all to find witches?" Jack asked uncertainly.
Foxy thought about it himself, so he decided to take only a few ghosts.
"Not everyone, only those who know The Sisters well."  Foxy said.
Foxy saw Jack breathe a sigh of relief before disappearing back into the crowd. When there was complete silence, Foxy said, "I'm giving you time to decide until tomorrow, if you don't agree to go, nothing will change this world and you will always remain as the bad guys to everyone."
Foxy watched as the apparitions began to disappear into the darkness one by one, thinking that was a pretty good warning. He then looked at Levis with a friendly look.
"Are you sure you can do that spell?" Levis asked suddenly.
Foxy couldn't believe what he heard, why did the spirits have doubts about his great plan? He was tired of showing his anger.
"Because I tested the spell.” Foxy replied shortly.
"On who?" Levis asked curiously.
Foxy rolled his eyes.
"If you really want to be alive, trust me." Foxy said impatiently and desperately. "I want you to come with me as a friend."
Levis hesitated, he lowered his head and put his hand on his mask with a smirk as if he was thinking.
"I'm giving you time until tomorrow as well." Foxy said calmly.
"Thanks, but I don't know if I can." Levis mumbled low.
Foxy looked behind Levis, Zack was standing nearby watching them, does Levis care about his decision much? Foxy moved a little closer to Levis, then he whispered, "Don't worry about other people's decisions, think only about yourself, not about others,..you understand what I'm talking about?"
Levis looked at Foxy and chuckled. Foxy also laughed with amusement, then he felt relieved that he had met Levis earlier. He considered him a member of his group, even dreaming of him joining them.
"I think I understood, thanks." Levis said in a funny voice.
Foxy slapped Levis lightly on the shoulder, then took one step forward.
"I'll be on my way now, thank you for your support." Foxy mumbled, smiling at Levis.
"Sometimes it's worth trying to change, it's nothing."  Levis replied. "See you later, Foxy!"
Foxy nodded goodbye, then Levis disappeared from his sight.
Foxy woke up with a slight smile on his face, lay in bed for a while staring at the ceiling. It was night, Foxy quickly got out of bed, he wanted to check on Roxanne if she was okay. However, when he opened the door to her room, she was nowhere to be found. Foxy didn't care too much, he thought he was in Gold’s room playing Truth or Dare with Ella and Gold. Foxy headed downstairs towards Gold's room. He knocked on Gold's room, when he heard "Come on in!", he entered the room opening the room.  His eyes landed on Ella and Gold, who were staring at him in confusion.
"Hey girls, has Roxanne visited you?” Foxy asked.
Ella and Gold exchanged worried glances before looking back at Foxy.
"No, is something wrong?"  Ella said.
"Oh, that's weird." Foxy mumbled to himself softly.
Then Gold left the room without closing the door, wondering where Roxanne might be. Is she at Whiteflower's room?
"Foxy, are you listening to us?" Gold asked irritably.
"Sorry, I... got lost in thought." Foxy stuttered softly.
"I'll go check each room." Ella suggested tentatively, then she headed to Whiteflower's room. When Ella was out of sight, Foxy and Gold looked at each other.
"Where is Roxanne?"Gold asked suspiciously.
"I have no idea, haven't seen her since..." Foxy then remembered his last conversation with Roxanne. She asked him to agree to go with Dark to show him all the corners of their valley. Foxy began to worry more and other versions of events began to fly through his mind.  What if Dark kidnapped her? What if they both disappeared somewhere? Who knows where?
"Since?" Gold repeated, one eyebrow raised.
"Since our last conversation in the early noon." Foxy mumbled reluctantly and grimly.
Gold then looked anxious, suddenly Ella came panting quickly.
"Roxanne is nowhere to be found, neither is Dark, they're gone!" Ella said.
Gold sighed heavily.
"I think they both just went out for a walk." Gold thought.
"How do you know if they could have disappeared somewhere?" Foxy replied in an annoyed voice.
I have to find them, I promise Dark will regret it!  Foxy screamed in his mind. He quickly looked at Ella and said, "get Whiteflower, Alex and Sting outside, we need to set up search patrols."
Ella nodded vigorously and ran.
"Aren't you exaggerating? Since Dark is also gone, they both must have gone somewhere, we should wait until late at night." Gold mumbled.
Foxy moved towards the door wearing warm clothes, then he glared at Gold with fury.
"Don't tell me what to do, I'm your leader." Foxy replied.
"Yes, I'm sorry." Gold said as she put on her jacket.
Foxy left the house waiting for the rest, feeling worse every minute, he wanted to see Roxanne safe and sound.  Is it my fault for not keeping an eye on her? What have I done? Foxy thought. He hoped Roxanne wasn't with Dark exploring their valley. Roxanne had always listened to his advice, but had she refused now? May it turn out that she is in a safe place without this intruder! Foxy thought as he looked out over the forest. Then he heard footsteps behind him, he turned towards the house, Sting, Whiteflower, Alex, Ella and Gold looked at Foxy with fear and worry.
"Okay, Whiteflower and Ella will check the rocks of silence and on south." Foxy said.
Whiteflower then approached Ella smiling genuinely.
"And Gold, Alex and Sting will go to the territory of the Tall Tree and check every corner of the east." Foxy ordered.
Sting reluctantly walked over to Alex and Gold with a sad expression on his face. Gold looked at him but she said nothing.
"What about you?" Whiteflower asked.
Foxy sighed and turned his back on them.
"I'll go check out the high mountains, good luck to everyone." Foxy said, then he started running extremely fast.
He kept to the north all the time, the forest in which their house is located is quite large, but Foxy remembered the way to the High Mountains because he was there once with Gold and Sting. He ignored every trunk and bush he encountered, only wishing now to find Roxanne. As he ran, he remembered his time with Roxanne, desperately began to run faster, then used his teleportation power.  Foxy then found himself in the high mountains, he began to walk slowly looking at every room. He begged Roxanne to be right here, Foxy began to climb the rocks.  Due to the fact that his hands were slipping because of the ice, he was afraid that he would fall. As he climbed the mountain, he looked at the views, wondering where to start looking first. He was caught by the forest in which a lot of roses grew in spring. Foxy began to slowly descend, heading towards the rose forest with a menacing expression on his face. When he entered the forest, he was seized with fear and anxiety, he walked ahead looking around carefully. Foxy sped up when he couldn't hear anything in the distance, turned quickly to the right, running as fast as he could. However, he still didn't hear anything suspicious, Foxy then looked towards the holly that was behind him, he stood like a pillar looking at the holly, suddenly he heard laughter then. Foxy shivered and quickly walked silently to the holly and used a spell to make himself invisible. As he got up, he saw Roxanne and Dark chasing each other, Foxy staring in shock. However, Roxanne did not listen to him, and left without a word with Dark. As Dark grabbed Roxanne, they both fell into the cold snow. Foxy felt like his heart was about to break, they looked like a couple together, had Roxanne been hiding it from him all this time?
"Nice play!" He heard Roxanne's amused voice.
Dark laughed and released Roxanne, he stood up. Dark extended his hand to Roxanne, when Roxanne offered his hand, Dark helped her to get up. Foxy couldn't help but cry, the person he loved, loved someone else, but why?
"Should we go on?" Roxanne asked.
"Wait," Dark said quickly, and Roxanne stopped. "Before we go, I'd like to give you this."
Dark took chocolate out of his white jacket, Foxy's anger and despair grew. He dreamed of showing up and banishing Dark with hatred.
"Dark.." Roxanne mumbled quickly in a confused voice.
"I know it's too soon, but I wanted to give you this as a token of gratitude for helping me that night." Dark replied, handing Roxanne a chocolate. After a while, Dark hugged Roxanne, Roxanne hesitated for a moment, but she smiled and hugged Dark as well. How could she?!  Foxy thought.
When they stopped hugging Roxanne looked sad.
"Dark, I..." Roxanne trailed off as Foxy was no longer invisible. Pain and fury were evident in Foxy's eyes.
"Foxy?!" Roxanne cried out in fear.
Dark made a scared face at the sight of Foxy, Foxy straightened up and looked at Roxanne with tears in his eyes.
"How could you?" Foxy asked in a broken voice.
"No! It's not what you think!" Roxanne screamed quickly.
Foxy pushed Dark furiously, Dark didn't react, he just watched.
"Let me explain everything!" Roxanne screamed.
"You lied to my face, why?!" Foxy growled desperately.
He felt like he was about to burst into tears like a baby.
"Foxy, please calm down." Roxanne mumbled, despair already evident in her eyes.
"I hate you-you...traitor!" Foxy screamed, then he started running away from both of them. From a distance he could already hear Roxanne calling out to him, but Foxy ignored it as he sobbed. He couldn't stop thinking that Roxanne had made love to Dark, they both turned out to be traitors. He used the teleportation spell, appeared under the Tall Tree, when he noticed that no one was there, he burst into silent tears covering his face. His future fell into darkness, Foxy sighed softly and looked up at the night sky with tears in his eyes. He began to cry even louder in despair and pain, he felt that now he could trust no one in this valley but himself. I loved her so much, why? The Sisters why? Why did you take Roxanne from me? Foxy asked in his mind. He thought it never happened like it was just a bad dream, but it was real.  Foxy imagined Roxanne with Dark again, causing him to hit the ground with his power in anger. He sat limply under a tree, covering his eyes with his hands. He had never felt such a powerful pain in his heart for so long, he felt his heart die and turn to dust.