Pick Your Path: Book 1

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" This won't hurt much..." her eyes abruptly glowed brown.

" N-no..." she whispered before gazing at you with brown eyes. Her lilac claws still extended. " I-I want to deal with it this time..." Her tail swayed behind her, curving in a crescent shape.

" Snap out of it and run!" you blink a couple of times, clearing your shock before leaping off the branch. Maybe Raven will stay busy long enough for you to make your escape! You hit the ground and burst into a full run, hope igniting within like a match. You scramble over a large boulder, positioning yourself on top of the boulder. You'd also have a chance of seeing her before she gets too close. She'd also have an obstacle in the way if you ran. " She won't look here... She can't climb..." despite what you've seen, you still wont believe that Raven could climb. It's kind of hard to anyway, judging her slender frame. You shiver as the night wears on, you wrap a blanket around yourself. " She's not here... It's been over an hour by now. Maybe she's-?"

" Given up..?" a voice interrupts your train of thoughts. " N-never..." you feel a shadowy energy swirl around you as you fall to the ground. A strong sense of sleepiness descends upon you. " O-okay, Morphia, he/she's unconscious. We can begin the process...." you feel a breeze blow as footsteps approach...

" ...He/She's not waking up..."

" I-I didn't hit him/her that hard..." you awaken to a conversation between Raven and Morphia. " I wasn't even using full power..."

" You overdid it, Raven."

"S-sorry..." you open your eyes to find yourself in a room. No windows, only way in and out is a single door. Morphia stood near this door alongside her sister. You were connected to the wall with chains that were connected to your hands.
" Look, if you accidentally killed him/her, we'll be losing a valuable source of information! You've always had trouble cont-"

" He/She's awake..."

"What?" Raven looks in your direction, where you sat, Morphia followed her gaze. " Oh, guess you didn't kill him/her. That's good."

" I would never do that... He/She's a valuable source of information after all. Can't let that go to waste..." Morphia walks towards you while Raven stays near the door, alert and mysterious as ever.

" Alright. I cut straight to the point. You're going to tell me what you know." Morphia begins, " About the White Kingdom's plans."

" W-White Kingdom?" you've heard of it, that's the kingdom where your (b/f) ( Best friend) stays. You remember him/her mentioning something about the queen there planing to attack the Red Kingdom sometime this month. You're in the Red Kingdom right now, so maybe that's the information they want. (b/f) wouldn't be happy if you spilled the plans to her kingdom's enemies. " I don't know anything about their plans..."

" You don't?" Morphia's ear twitched. Raven's tail sways as she leans back against the door.

" H-he/She's lying. He/She does know something about the plans..." Raven said quietly.

"Okay... Good to know." Morphia nodded. Her dark brown eyes bore into yours, searching and examining, she was looking for something. It wasn't the White Kingdom's plans though. You look away out of nervousness. She doesn't look away.

" If you're not going to tell me willingly, we'll just have to do it the forceful way.." she smiles lightly, walking over to Raven. She whispers something to her. "... The book... Spells..." you only caught parts of what she said. A book of spells? What good will that do? If it's torture, she could have just grabbed a tool off the shelf at the wall behind her.

" A-alright, g-got it..." Raven leaves with a swirl of indigo and lilac. Morphia stretches, her tail curving behind her. What did she ask Raven to go get? Not many things could cause you to spill the plan information. Also, since when could Raven teleport? She's only done it a couple of times, maybe it's just a limited ability?

" I-I'm back..." Raven returns, in a similar manner to the way she left, with a dusty book in hand.

" You asked for this." Morphia looks back at you, her eyes slowly changing to a ruby red.

" T-this better work, Hana.." Raven mutters as she hands the book over to Morphia. Wait... Did Raven just call her Hana?! Why?! " It took a while to find this..."

" Come on, Raven, have some confidence in me." Morphia flips through the book, stopping at a particular page, " Here it is."

" I-it's not the best method to use, Hana... I-I don't see why you and Morphia like this way..." she did it again. Why is she calling Morphia Hana?! " I-I'm going to leave..."

" I've done this before, I can do it again. And, you're not leaving Raven. I need you here to help." Morphia responds with a voice of confidence, snagging Raven's tail, before turning to you with a grin. " Let the torture begin."

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And the torture begins...  I wanted to leave once it started, but Hana said no. So did Morphia before hand... Guess, I'll just have to endure the screams of agony and freight... maybe I could shadow away once Hana's busy with the torture?  ~R

Raven, Shadow, you need to get used to it. This is the preferred method for me and Morphia. You don't really have a choice but to endure it. ~ H

Hana, can Raven and I just leave? I don't think I can take anymore of those high pitched screams... Your hearing may not be too sensitive, but Raven and mine are! We're trained to have sensitive hearing, don't ruin it! We need it to do our part in the battle against the White Kingdom. I don't care if it means you have to find another torture method! Raven, we're leaving once Hana's not looking. ~S