Secrets of the lost past

Chapter 22

 June 5th

Everyone, I'm back! Seems like Darius couldn't wait to finally write in my diary again. I feel like everytime I come back to my own diary from depression, I feel like my heart got 1 million pounds lighter. The reason for that now is that: drum roll...

We're going back to the past again!!

Bad news: drum roll...

I can't take Leia with me, 'cause the creators of the time machine say that I can't take someone into the past, they say that they'll die BAD and I can take people from the past 'cause they'll die anyway. Time machine logic. Okay, I'll write again when we get there.

1 pm

Oh my gosh. Darius and I missed this place so much, we teared up when we got there. Or maybe it was because my mom smothered us with kisses and stuff. We almost got executed, to be honest. And if you wanted to ask, I made Darius unrecognizable with some hair dye (his worst enemy now) and that's all he needed to look like a totally new person.

We immediately went to Dimitry's house, but we honestly wish we didn't. When we entered his house, we sneaked behind him while he was eating and we scared him. Turns out, that's all he needed to start crying like his life depended on it. We were surprised at first, and we thought he was only crying because he was happy to see us. Well, that was one of the reasons, but that was also the time he finally thought it was okay to let all his feelings out. Darius sat next to him and he wanted to ask him why he broke down in front of us, while I made us some hot chocolate I brought from home. When Dimitry told Darius everything that has been going on these past few weeks, I stopped making the hot chocolates and I came to listen in instead.

-First up, I ran out of life juice and I can only drink water now.-Dimitry said, like that was his biggest problem. -Then, they found this incredibly modernized camera thing, that I suppose was yours.

Buckle up, everyone, the biggest one is yet to come, and it's also the reason Darius felt this weird neck pain and teary eyes in the car yesterday.

-Gregoria, she...-Dimitry wanted to say, but he couldn't say the sentence like a normal person. -She is going to be executed. -He finally got it out of his mouth, but our mouths stayed open.

-What? Why? How? What did she do?

-Someone found out that she isn't interested in men, but the opposite, and they reported it to the queen.

Oh come on! Does Ella have to ruin every single thing that's related to me or Darius? Is she really that evil? And to think I was her best friend in the start...

-Well, where is she? -I asked

-She's going to be in the castle until her execution, which is on the 5th. -Dimitry said quickly. -Is there any way you can take her to your time?

-I could, but the second she gets back, they'd execute her immediately. Also, we can only keep her for at least 3 months.

-Wait, can we visit her? -Darius asked, while a shine of hope ran through his eyes.

-They don't allow anyone, but we can sneak in through the window. Wait! You two work there, so you could simply go.

-And what about you?

-Don't worry about me, I'll die soon anyway. -Dimitry said sadly, but we didn't really get him. -I have no life juice, remember? -he added to his sentence.

-Right. Damn, we should've brought him some more...-I whispered to Darius. -But he'll survive. Wait, will he?

-Honey, it's the Russian Kingdom, life juice is like your blood. If you take it from us, we won't survive. But I'll take it, y'all go visit Gregoria.