Behold, The One {Book 1 Of The Behold Series}

~Chapter 6~ Sleep In Celestial Shadows

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Celestine brought Oceana back to the hotel in the Celestial Kingdom but suffered the Alpha's Poison as a result. To cure her, Oceana and the others had to combine their magic to make a Crystal Aurora Ball. It was the only way to cure Celestine. They rest overnight at the hotel in the Celestial Kingdom.

Chapter 5's Ending:
Out of the blue, Celestine's eyes fluttered open. "Alexander?" She croaked.
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   Instantly, Alexander brought a glass of water for Celestine to drink. Without wasting another second, Celestine gobbled the glass of water down and sat up on the couch.

   "Couldn't sleep?" She teased, giving a wink at Alexander.

   She giggled as she brushed the back of Alexander's hair.

   "Just like father said, the littlest problems could keep you awake. Maybe that's why he insisted that I meet you." She commented as she resummoned her sword.

   Huh? Insist that I meet her?

   "Well, its around midnight. You should really get some shut-eye. Tomorrow you need to get something from here. Good night my prince." With that, Celestine went into her room.

   She changed into her pajamas, a silky nightgown, before slipping under the bed covers. She fell into a deep slumber, feeling exhausted.

   Alexander returned to his room and slept as well. Throughout the next five hours, everything was nice and quiet. At 5 am though... everything was so different. And Celestine was not resting, she was fighting.

   She kicked the creature in the face and threw it another punch before using her sword to behead the monster. With that single stroke, Celestine got hold of the creature's head. Using a matchstick, she burnt the beast's body into ashes and left its head. She groaned in annoyance as she left it on the Living Room table.

   The moment her head touched the pillow, she fell asleep soundly on the couch in the Living Room. Awoken by the sudden commotion, Alexander ran out to the Living Room. Blood was all over the floor under Celestine and the enemy's head was still on the table. Alexander froze to the spot, shocked and confused. What was he going to do with all that blood?

   The others woke, slowly reporting to the Living Room.

   "Prince Alexander, what did we tell you about warnings..." Gaia muttered, covering his mouth as he yawned.

   Alexander opened his mouth, as if he was about to speak, but he shut it. He groaned in irritation as he returned to his room to sleep once again. The others were so confused, they decided to have a closer look. Upon seeing Celestine on the couch, they figured it was her and not Alexander who took on the enemy.

   I'm sorry for not letting you have a good rest. Electra thought as she sighed heavilly. She trapped the enemy's head in a cage just in case someone tried to take it.

   The next hour at at 6am in the morning, Electra decided to check on Celeatine. Good news, she was peacefully asleep. Not so good news, the enemy's head was gone. Electra started pacing around as she tried to think of what happened the hour before.

   "Morning Electra." Celestine greeted as she yawned once and rubbed her eyes.

   "Morning." Electra replied, voice downcast.

   Observing Electra, Celestine did her rounds, paying close detail to the drops of sweat on her forehead or her body slightly shaking.

   "Alright Electra, tell me what happened." Celestine asked, concluding that she figured Electra was hiding something.

   With an exasperated sigh, she told Celestine her findings just before she woke up. Electra expected Celestine to flare up and scold her but she just stood there. The gesture made Electra very uncomfortable.

   "Please, you can punish me however you want." She pleaded as she closed her eyes shut in fear.

   Out of the blue, she felt a warm arm around her shoulder. Celestine gave her a warm smile and she held her hands. She giggled slightly.

   "My dear Electra, you cannot see a Celestial Shadow in the morning when the sun is up. Only when the sun has just set or before it rises then can you see its body. Some are good, others are... not so good..." Celestine explained.

   "It isn't gone, it's just invisiable due to the light of the sun." She finished, making Electra heave a sigh of relief.

   With a single flick of fire, Celestine burnt the so-called "head" to ashes. She let the wind blow it away and glanced at Electra.

   "Why should I punish you when it was just your wild imagination?" Celestine teased, heading back to her room to change into a different set of clothes.

   She came out in the same sleeveless-silver top as the day before, except without the blood stain, and a black flair skirt that went down to her knees. She wore white stockings and black boots due to the cold weather and wanting to look fashionable. She pulled on a simple white-coloured leather jacket and some sunglasses, shades for her eyes.

   In the Celestial Kingdom, Elemental Kingdom and Sky Tribe, it was during the Winter Season. Therefore, they needed to dress warm. As an additional accessory, she added a blue shawl around her neck.

   "I hate wearing warm..." Alexander muttered as his hair went on fire.

   Instantly, Oceana took a whole bucket of water and threw it over Alexander but it just made the fire worse.

   "Oops... sorry." With that, Oceana ran from Alexander and back to her room, trembling in fear.

   What's with that?

   "UGHHH!" Alexander exclaimed as his fists emitted fire.

   He started lashing about in anger and fustration. By accident, he set he couch on fire.

   "Alexander, what are you do-" Electra cut herself off upon seeing his glare.

   "I am raging. This is how I cool myself off." Alexander announced with a deep, bold voice.

   He flung Gaia back into his room, causing him to accidently slam his head against the wall.

   "Ugh..." He muttered before falling into an abyss of darkness.

   Oh no he didn't.