Chapter 12-Holly

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As the portal closes behind us the worry doesn't leave my body. When Siana poured some white ink into my mouth, she missed by a lot. It didn't go into my mouth, it went onto my locket. That's when it opened...
You know what I should just get back to the story. We carefully land but not in Camp Half Blood. The sky is blue with clouds and rainbows in the sky. Siana has the black rose between her fingers trying to dodge thorns and it doesn't look like the Rose took any damage at all.
"Where are we?" Beatrice says.
"My home land, Rehelia" Justine says, she looks over at something and gasps.
We quickly look over in that direction and the enchanted forest I read about and now the trees are black and white free of any music or anything in there.
In the trees there's a sign the same one Ledan was wearing at the Demon Council meeting:

Ledan has already taken over this part of Rehelia, I wonder what other things they have talked about after we were gone

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Ledan has already taken over this part of Rehelia, I wonder what other things they have talked about after we were gone...
We go to comfort her but she pushes us away and speaks like the warrior she was born to be.
"I'm fine, my m-Rosen probably summoned us for the Black Rose, come on we have to go around the forest" She says.
We start walking around the forest and I see that logo so many times I start counting.
At the end of the long walk I counted the logo 127 times, he probably wants to send the message to the whole dimension since almost everyone passes through these forests.
We look up and the amazing castle I've seen in pictures is still there.
"Hey Justine? Is Rehelia also known as The Blessed Dimension?" Siana says.
"Yes actually, why?" She says.
"No reason" Siana says.
We just shrug off and walk into the castle, of course we had to go through guards, they even had to check our eye color! Crazy right.
We walk into the hall when 4 little girls run up to us wearing white outfits.
"Queen Rosen requests to see all of you" one of them says. Justine stays calm as we start walking towards the throne room.
It's a large room that could be one of the biggest I've ever seen. The floor is made completely of white marble which I don't know how that's possible since it's very rare. The ceiling is at least 60 feet high with glass as the material with golden moving images. There are pillars around the room about 30 feet high on the sides of the room with space for hallways. The pillars are holding up a small platform with 6 rooms on each side with stairs leading down by the throne. The throne is a giant golden chair with a beautiful women lounging in it. There are many steps leading up to it so she's towering above everyone.
She has golden hair like Justine's but has more shine to it. She wears a glamorous gown like Nadia was wearing but golden and less flowing, she wears many jewels on her jewelry especially the golden-white crown on top of her head.
We approach at the first step and now our heads in respect, she may be demanding and selfish, but she's still a queen.
"Thank you for being here at such short notice girls" she says examining each of us. A disgusted look appears on her face as she examines our blood stained clothes.
Siana finally takes out the black rose carefully taking one step after the other up the steps.
"The Black Rose your majesty" she says kneeling in respect.
Rosen carefully takes the black rose with her magic making a small light dome around it.
"Good job girls, to thank you I will give you each a gift." She says.
"Siana Burden, for making many hard decisions in this quest, I give you the 2nd chance necklace" she says. A glow appears around Siana's neck and there's a beautiful golden chain with a orange-yellow jewel.
"The second chance necklace is a very rare thing, it gives you a chance to redo something in the past that might reshape your future, use it wisely you can only use it once" Rosen says.
Siana nods and goes back to the rest of us.
"Beatrice Jackson" she says.
Beatrice looks up and walks to the first step to the throne.
"For your bravery when facing Luke Castellan, and your quick smarts at The Black Lake, I give you the Skeon Ring"
The same glow with a beautiful navy blue jewel ring. "This ring contains special armor so when your energy is low you will transform into the special armor depending on what skill you use it on" she says.
"Thank you, your highness" Beatrice says.
"Holly Neli" she says.
I carefully come up to the throne. "For your understanding that somethings have no way out, I give you, The White Ink" she says.
She hands me a beautiful glass box filled with white ink.
"This White Ink we think will not just heal, it will turn anyone, including Shadow good, this White Ink has as much healing power to bring someone back from the dead" she says.
I nod, I have to protect this, if it can defeat Shadow, I have too protect it with my life.
Rosen looks at Justine not saying her name basically telling her it's her turn.
She rolls her eyes and faces her throne not advancing the throne at all.
"For your loyalty and bravery to your friends, I shall step down from the throne of Rehelia" she says. Justine's eyes light up for a second but then they fade.
"What's the catch, these may be gifts but there's a catch to this" she says.
"You are the next heir of the Avyanna family, you will spend the time before being prisoner in Rehelia being taught how to be the next queen, Arabella. You will also marry one of the two sons from the Black family to make peace between the two realms, Nadia and Alptraum have already agreed" Rosen says.
"...No, you just think I'm going to live the last 3 months of my freedom in stupid training to be something I don't want to be! Keep the throne and rot for all I care, I will not do what you want" Justine says.
"You were born to make peace between light and dark, we finally have that chance and you are not going to blow it!" Rosen says.
"Watch me, if you keep making promises like that you'll die on that throne, and I will NEVER marry Ledan" Justine fires back.
"Shadow could propose" Rosen says in a calm voice.
"He would never, he loves Beatrice and all of us know it!" Justine says. Beatrice quickly tries to cover her red face but it fails.
"You're making a big mistake Arabella" Rosen says still calm but firm.
"Come on guys let's go, I can't accept this "gift", and my name is Justine. Rosen" she says giving one more death glare and opening the portal, sending us back to Camp Half Blood, with a furious queen behind us.

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