Evanesce

12

It's been a week since James and Jacob had joined us in our journey.

It's weird how time flies quick when you're having fun.

We've finally arrived.

Pandora Kingdom.

"Woah, you could see the end of the cave!" Pocapell ran towards the end, smiling.

"Pocapell, wait up!" James ran after her.

"We have three children, sometimes I think it's a burden." Elijah sighed.

"Don't think that..." Alexandria let out a nervous chuckle.

I looked over to Jacob, carrying half of our stuff.

"At least we have one mature kid, I guess." I stated.

Just then, we heard a scream.

We all looked ahead of us to see Pocapell and a black aura surrounding her.

"POCAPELL!" Vanessa ran towards her, only for all of us to suddenly freeze.

"What is this?!" Jacob shrieked, "I can't move!!!"

"It's...painful." Alexandria yelped.

It really was, it felt like spikes wrapping as tightly as it could towards our body, it was that painful.

"LET HER GO!" Vanessa screamed at the black aura.

Then, the aura suddenly faded revealing a woman.

I saw that woman before, I'm sure of it.

That's when it hit me.

I remembered the picture I saw at the museum.

"Oh my..." Elijah gasped.

All of our faces turned sour, while Vanessa and Pocapell's faces turned pale.

"Y-you're..." James stuttered.

"How...and why..?" Alexandria stammered.

"Nicolette...." I whispered.

The pain suddenly subsided, leaving us weak on our knees.

"Why are you here." Vanessa asked with venom. "What do you want?!"

"I am merely claiming a little sacrifice." The dark haired bitch laughed as she held Pocapell by the neck causing her to pass out.

"...you." I heard Vanessa say.

"I don't care." Nicolette faded along with Pandora. But before disappearing, she said, "Bring me Monique's heart. I let this girl go, and what's left shall go to your pitiful little savior who made a mistake like you."

Vanessa was taken aback, holding in the tears.

"You bitch!" I yelled.

"I've been called worse." She let out hysterical laughter filling the cave as she faded with the unconscious redhead.

Our strength came back, but Vanessa's anger stuck the entire walk out of the cave.