Twisted Tale

Chapter 7 Shattered Trust

^Rythia^

I am sitting next to my brother as he falls asleep, thankfully the science equipment that is around this base and my magic kept him alive. If I lost my brother...the people that hurt him would suffer slowly and painfully.

I would destroy their lives piece by ever so sweet piece, luckily he is okay so no one will suffer. Well..I think Rythian is suffering from Zoey's death as everyone that knew her is. She was the most kind girl, also the most weird but her personality made up for her acting as if mushrooms were alive.

I sigh, Zoey was the only one that could keep Rythian in check and now she is gone. As I stand up to go find Simon and Lewis the little device Duncan showed me catches my eye, I know he told me to wait but I want to find out what it says. Let us not destroy his trust though, my brother's love and trust are the two most precious things in the world to me. So quickly I exit the room before my curiosity and temptations to know what the device sats take over.

"Lewis? Simon?" I call all throughout the base, no one answers though.

The kitchen is empty, there isn't even a packet of jaffa cakes open anywhere. This is odd, maybe Simon is comforting Lewis or something. With a sigh I grab a granola bar and walk out into the tiny garden that they have, it is a tiny and pethetic garden but it is still a garden. With each bite of the granola bar my dream comes back to me, the one with the man named Zeo. He danced with me and acted like he knew me, like we were best friends.

"Who is that man..." I mumble.

Duncan was there and acted like he was conciously aware that I was being forced to dance. For a half hour I think about my dream then my mind drifts back to the little device Dad left for Duncan, what is recorded on it? Maybe Duncan is awake now. Maybe I can see what is on it. Yes, lets go see if Duncan is awake. I hear Dad's voice from the room where Duncan is, is he using the device without me?! I knock on the door and the voice that belonged to my father goes away.

"Come in," Duncan says quickly, obvously he is frantic and just hid something quickly.

I walk in and glare at him, "You were watching it without me, weren't you Duncan."

"Rythia I can explai-" He starts, I cut him off.

"Show me the recording he made."

Duncan shakes his head and snaps the tiny device. It shatters and little computer bits go everywhere. My trust in him starting to shatter like that device.

"No! Duncan we were supposed to watch it together!" I shout at him furiously.

"No Rythia, Dad meant that for me only."

This is pissing me off, Dad loved us equally and for him to keep something Dad said for himself is atrocious!

"Duncan what are you, 12?! What are you keeping from me?" I am backing slowly away from my brother.

I see anger in his eyes, wait, why is he angry? The last time I saw Duncan mad at me was when I broke a new invention of his. This is now starting to terrify me.

"What am I keeping from you? What about what you've been keeping from me your whole life!" He shouts.

"What are you taking about?!" I shout back.

"Don't play dumb Rythia! You know what I am taking about!"

"I actually don't, so please enlighten me." I say sarcastically.

He narrows his eyes and screams something I could never imagine him saying. He screams, "YOU ARENT FROM THIS DIMENSION YOU ENDER MAGE FREAK!"

It wasn't even the part about being from a different dimension that killed me, it was that my own brother called me an Ender Mage freak.

Freak. I was always called that as a child, but he always stood up for me. Duncan, my brother, my protector, was always there for me when I needed him. Now because of some stupid lie about me not being from here he turns on me.

After I guess he realizes what he said he reaches out for me, "Ryth, I'm so sorry. I don't know why I-"

I slap his hand away, tears in my eyes. Without saying a word I run out of the room and away from this god forsaken factory.

When I reach somewhere in the middle of the forest I just collapse into tears. He called me a freak! He also said that I'm not from this dimension...what is that supposed to mean?!

A twig snaps behind me, oh god I have no weapons and I am to flustered to do magic! Shit!

"Rythia?" I haven't heard that voice in so long, I though they were dead.

Cautiously I turn around and my eyes widen as I whisper, "Zoey?"

^Zoey^ {Never saw her Pov did you?}

I escaped, I escaped their control finally. Now...Rythian is the one person I need to find. Except, I have no idea where to look. Blackrock is destroyed and he could be...dead.

So now I am just walking through a forest, hoping I find someone who knows where he is. A figure in front of me is wearing a dark colored cape, what looks like a mask and has a noticeable blonde streak in their hand. The one thing telling me it isn't Rythian is that the figure of the body is extremely feminine. So the only logical person it could be is..

"Rythia?" I question, stepping into the small clearing.

She turns around, eyes wide.

"Zoey?" She whispers.

Slowly I nod, and she smiles while tearing up. Happiness is in her violet eyes, a noticeable smile underneath her mask. In a split second she is hugging me tightly while sobbing.

"I-I thought you were dead!"

"I'm not though, see?"

She looks into my eyes, "We need to find Rythian and tell him before he tries to kill more people!"

"Wait, he did what?" I shout shocked.

"He tried to kill Duncan! But you can stop him, we need to find him."

So we are off, running in a direction and hoping to find Rythian. Oh Rythian if you can hear me please don't do anything stupid...let go on the revenge. Please.