Black Rose

Saturnia

Heriel jumps back, staring at Alice in shock,"What? I don't understand what you just said." "Alice" stands, looking around herself, "Gia fe doep ge pa uen-ou.(1)" she says, walking away from Heri. The boy grabs her arm, glaring."Alice. What are you doing? Why are you acting like this all of a sudden." he whispers out. Alice looks at him, tilting her head,"You do not speak my native tongue. You are nothing but a mere mortal...But my vessel knows you." she says suddenly. Heriel blinks at her in confusion, but before he speaks, she interrupts him. "I am Saturnia, Fusun-unu in my tongue. Mortal, what do they call you?" the new person now named Saturnia asks, stepping into Heriel's face. "Heriel. And what do you mean 'your vessel' knows me? Stop playing around Alice."

"Alice is sleeping. She will not wake until she is conscious of my presence."

"And how long would that take?"

"Judging by my previous vessels, maybe a week or two. A month at highest."

This conversation is had whilst she is walking around. Heriel stops her by grabbing her arm,"Bring her back. If you hadn't noticed, we're in the middle of something here....unless you can get us out of it." he says. Saturn yanks herself from his hold,"I do not care what matters you are dealing with, you hairless ape. I-" she cuts off and gasps, the sigils on her body turning black instead of ice blue. Alice's body flickers, and suddenly, there are two of her, the only difference is that once has snow, white hair and red eyes. "How are you conscious right now?" Saturn says. Alice blinks at her,"Who are you?" Heirel stares in confusion at the scene. Saturn smirks,'You are a worthy vessel indeed. Come. We must leave." she says. Alice raises an eyebrow,"I'm your vessel. That right? Well right now, I can't leave. Unless you want to help us out with the little problem of that man that is bothering us."

"There is no time to play around and save this human, Uro-ve. We must leave now and awaken my army."

"Army of what?"

"The army that will help me open the other realms to this world. Right now, the balance is shifted, and we must put it back in order. Otherwise, the realms will fracture the barriers keeping them separate, and that would be catastrophic, seeing as not all are meant to cross." Saturn says. Alice sighs, rolling her eyes slightly,"That can wait, can't it. We must leave here first. Saturn looks at her vessel, annoyed, but before she could comment, another presence starts to approach them, calling out to Heriel and Alice. Saturn quickly steps into Alice and disappears, leaving Alice and Heriel standing alone, right as Ronnie turns the corner and sees them. "There you two are. Come back inside so we can watch a movie before we do dinner."he says, smiling at the two children, grabbing them by their arms and leading them inside. 

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In the middle of the night, Alice and Heriel sneak out of their rooms, walking through the hallways together to try and find any form of communication device. After wandering for almost an hour, they come to a room that's filled with computers and electronics. Smiling to themselves, the two enter and close the door, working their way to a computer. Alice takes control of the whole thing, hacking into the computer and hacking into the police data base. She then sends out a GPS signal with their names attached to it and then shuts the computer off. As they move to leave the room, they hear footsteps coming towards the door, their eyes widening before they scatter and hide. Ronnie appears after a minute and searches the room with his eyes, mumbling in annoyance as he doesn't see what he's looking for. "The fuck are they? Where'd they go?" is heard as he slams the door closed, then his footsteps recede.

"Come on, We gotta make it look like we were playing a game or something."Heriel says, grabbing Alice's hand and sneaking them out from the room. He leads them down to the first floor and they enter another room filled with games and toys. They get out a game of chess and start to play. After some minutes, they are deeply embedded in the game, not needing to fake the shock that comes to them when Ronnie bursts into the room. Everyone pauses, Ronnie looking at the children with wide eyes, them looking back at him in the same manner. "What the hell are you two doing outta bed? I've been looking everywhere for the two of you!" Ronnie yells, grabbing the two and taking them back to their rooms. There is a pause before he puts them into the rooms, him looking at them in contemplation, before putting them away and leaving to his own room after locking them inside. "Tomorrow...tomorrow I'll make sure they'll never wander off again.