Payton and Tessa

I will fight...

I was sitting in Zoldario's office thinking about everything. If Milo is Orion then he is my blood enemy which means I can't marry him. I was very confused at this moment. First, my mother didn't exept me couse she can't recognize me. How silly. And then I was told I have to fight with my enemy before my birthday. That's rediculous. I'm not ready. My birthday is in three months and I could be fighting with Orion even tomorrow. Okay, maybe not tomorrow but soon.

I was struggling in Zoldario's chair while he was sitting calmly, thinking about what to do.

"We have to prepare you Payton," He said and looked at me.

"Prepare me? But what do I have to know?" I asked. Fear was in every single part of my body.

"You have to know a lot of magic, spells and read wizard books," He said.

"But I don't know anything," I said feeling some tears forming in my eyes.

"Trust me Payton, you are the most powerful wizard here. You , as Victoria, can do anything. You just need to believe in it and in yourself. Once you believe, you can even fight Orion," Zoldario said and smiled probably being proud of what he said.

"That was nice but I have always been a weak character Zoldario," I said looking through the window.

"That will change. We will start practising from today, but we have to hurry up. But wait, we can't," He said and suddenly the smile that was on his face disappeared and I started to get even more scared.

"We can't what?" I asked.

"We don't have time. Practising can last for over months and maybe when we get to rescue Adrian and Isabell, it would be too late. So now you have to decide," He said taking a deep breath.

"Decide what?" Honestly, I didn't know how scared could I get. My heart was pounding hard and my voice started to shake.

"You have to decide will you stay and practise and as I said, we can be late. Or we can go right now and hope for the best," He said wisely and honestly, i didn't know what to say. I love my friends but I have no idea what that idiot could do to me. He can torure me, put me in the dungeon. But still, my friends were most important now couse they probably don't even know what's happening.

"I choose..." I stoped for a second thinking is this the good answer. "I choose my friends," I said confidently. I'm so not gonna let them die because of me.

"Are you sure couse it's gonna be quite tricky to fight without knowing anything particular," He said raising his eyebrows.

"I'm sure and let's go before I change my mind," I said and got up. So did Zoldario, but before we got out of the room, he said

"First we need to ask for the queen's aproval couse she's still your mother," He smiled.

"My mother? can't you see that she doesn't even care about me," I said yelling a little bit.

"Oh she does young lady. You'll see. The queen has a big heart," He said and with that he lead me out of the room. I personaly didn't know what to expect.

We got to the queen's office and Zoldario said everything to her. And then a special moment came and she was standing inches away from me so that she can give me her blessing. She was staring in my eyes for a couple of minutes and I didn't know why or what's happening. When she finally came back from some sort of transe she hugged me so tighlty, i thought I was gonna stop breathing. But still it felt awesome. Why did she hug me all of a sudden.

"Be brave. I believe in you Vicky," It looked like she believed me

and I couldn't be happier at the moment."Just remember this. Look at your tattoo and say 'I believe'. Then close your eyes and just believe. It may sound simple but it's more difficult then you can imagine," She said and flashed a bright smile. I never believe I was gonna say this to a queen.

"Thank you mom," I whispered and hugged her even tighter then she hugged me.

And with that we left. Zoldario was kinda proud of me and I was proud of me too. She remembers. It fels so good to know I have her blessing

Tessa's POV

I felt my head hurting as much as my legs. I tried to remember what happened the other night. Was I drunk of what?

I slowly opened my eyes to see Milo staring at me. Ian was next to me and we were tied onto a tree. And then It hit me. I remembered a criminal taking us away. Now I see it was Milo. Why does he have to be in my life so many times? He already ruined it once. He looked at me with sad eyes while my eyes felt heavy. I looked over to Ian and looks like he was sleeping.

"Milo?" I asked with hate and anger.

"Hi Tessa," he said but he didn't sound evil now. I couls feel his voice shake a little.

"What did you do?" I asked trying to escape from the tree I was glued to.

"I had to," was all he said. What was that supposed to mean?

"Did you touch Payton?" I asked. I had to, because he said he would kill her if we don't come with him. Oh that bastard.

"No, but I don't have to," he said.

"What?" I screamed and Milo put his hand over my mouth saying "Shh."

I mumbled something that wasn't very clear.

"Don't talk. If he hears you, you're dead," he said. Who is he? And did he really mean dead?

A tear rolled down my cheek and Milo quickly wiped it with his thumb. What was wrong with him? I just think it's one of his plans.

"Isabell, Isabell, Isabell," I heard a dark voice say as It approached me. Milo quickly moved away from me and then I could see the guy clearly. He wasn't ugly, he was actualy pretty, but he seemed evil. Evil enough to do things no one else would.

"Hello There Isabell," The guy said. He was awfuly tall and he had something like a black cape over his shoulders. His hair was messy and it was covering his forehead.

I didn't say anything watching every one of his moves.

"You came here only to protect your little friend, well guess what, she is dead," He said and my eyes widened at the last word. Then he laughed and it was evil and cold.

"You didn't?" I asked controling my voice but I failed. I was shaking while tears were rolling down my face. I looked at Milo who seemed sad, but why? I have never seen him like this, only the time I fell in love with him.

"I'm just kidding, but one wrong move, and she will be," He said and turned away so that I was staring at his back.

I kept quiet, scared and cold.

"Oh and your brother," He continued. I looked at Ian. "He is half dead if I may say so," he said and smiled again. I thought that it was a joke but once I looked at Ian, i noticed that he didn't breath. He wasn't really dead, right?

"And now you're probably wonering what is 'half dead'? I'll explain since you might pass out any time soon. See a half dead person is a person who can hear everything inside his head but can't actualy do anything. And no one exept me can't wake him up," He said and I froze for a second. This can't be possible. Why did Ian deserve this, they should have killed me like this. At least i wouldn't have to worry.

Milo still had a sad face expression and I started to wonder what is wrong with him?

The evil guy broke my thoughts and I looked at him.

"Oh and Bell, I have a little suprise for you," He smirked at me and soon a person came out of a room. It wasn't really a person. It was a person who is stone now. I looked at the stone person and my heart stopped like never before. It was my baby, the love of my life. I started bawling when I noticed him. Sean.

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