The World I Knew Isn't The Same Anymore

Chapter 10 Cheers!

Bree's been touristing the beginning parts of Valencia. It's absolutely gorgeous and all the roads are like old times cobblestone. There's a wide variety of plants and trees growing in the tall green grass, and mini shop markets on the sides. It reminds her of villages and castle that you see in the old princess movies. And the castle comes no short of disappointment. It's guarded by a long drawbridge over a water filled moat. And there's probably 100 rooms in the actual castle. The exterior is made of all brick and there's a single red and gold flag with a tear drop and wings right in the middle waving at the highest tip of the highest roof.

She hasn't said much to Arthur on their way here and he hasn't made much of an effort to say anything either. During their car ride they reached a mile past the outskirts of Shorelines campus, and once they did they had to use a portal to get to the deeper parts of Valencia. She learned that the castle is apart of the full on magical dimensions, only reachable by portal.

When they enter the castle she's instantly greeted by a large open space with golden marbled floors and walls that are at least 30 feet tall. In the middle of the roof hangs a chandelier with diamonds branching out downwards. The interior is covered with paintings and marbled white walls, and there's statues of gods placed all around. Arthur leads her into a seperate, much smaller room, that seems to mimic a place where they eat. Then he takes a seat in a simple diner chair and pulls one out next to him indicating for her to sit,

"What do you think?" He asks her.

Bree's head continues to whip around in all sorts of directions as she takes everything in. Even the wooden table seems rich and is covered by a patterned cloth. The flooring and interior is the same as the entrance part, but this room has a big bay window looking out into the view of the horizon. "It's beautiful. I've never seen anything like it."

"I wouldn't expect it. Where'd you live before?"

And now the questioning begins. "Paris, well I was in some messed up agency."

"What'd that agency do? Did you know anything about it?"

Bree shrugs. She admires his ability to just go straight to the point. "No, I have no idea what their point in all that was. They just fed us all medication and kept us on a strict schedule. Miss Madame, the one who ran it all, said it was to help heal us. But I really don't know what I was supposed to heal from."

"Agency's like that tend to know about the supernatural and from what it sounds wanted to block out all your abilities. Where did you live before?"

Her palms now begin to sweat as she tries to recollect her childhood memories. "New York, back in America. I don't really remember my time there though."

"I'm assuming that's the medications doing. They not only make your powers dormant, they slowly make you forget who you were. I'm sure the more you use your powers and stay with the people here, those memories will slowly come back. Is anything else suppressed for you?"

She takes a moment to think about the question which reminds her of still not being able to cry or mourn over Ashly's death. She's had no sense of fear or hesitation coming into this world either. "I don't think I know how to feel or express all my emotions. The agency engraved that emotions such as anger or sadness is just wasted energy. They had 'therapies' that taught us to not feel."

"That's very typical," throughout all this, Arthur's expressions have been completely neutral. Almost like none of this is a surprise. "As you may have learned, powerful emotions - such as anger or sadness - brings out powerful abilities. When you erupted fire, what were you feeling?"

Bree remembers the first time she felt like her body was literally on fire and that she was seeing red. She remembers being confused and angry that her friend died. In that moment her mind was screaming. The second time she felt completely powerless and overwhelmed. Her mind felt as if it was having a stroke or something and she felt the same type of heat in her body. The third time was caused by an insane amount of fear and panic. But each time she heard his voice. "I felt like I was burning up. I was angry and overwhelmed."