IN ANOTHER LIFE , josie saltzman ✔️

- 23. Bellicante

On Meridial, it's been months since the day they found Amaya. On Earth, not so much. The day they had found Amaya was the day the blue moon rose up. And since then Amaya's, Olivia's and Sophia's powers acted differently. Portals wouldn't bring them to where the revilas' intended to go and the lake that was supposed to give them strength weakened them more. The blue moon was, for the first time in it's existence, not what it was supposed to do.

"I need to see her! I need to be with her. Now." Amaya let out a deep growl and her chest vibrated as she did. "You can't go! Firstly, she doesn't remember you. Secondly, you will not risk going with the blue moon evolving like that." Olivia said and Amaya's heavy breathing increased. "I'm not affected by it! Okay? I'm not! I- I just need to see her. Please. Let me see her." Amaya exclaimed in pain, Olivia understood too well. "When I became queen, I had to leave earth. I had to leave your father when he was hunted, when he was under attack. When he was in pain. And I went through the same things you do right now. And everything hurt! Everything. I was being robbed of my portal powers, so that I couldn't go back. Don't make me do this to you, my love." Olivia explained and Amaya looked down. "Please leave my chambers. I want to be alone." Amaya whispered and then turned her back to her mother, looking out of the window and up to blue moon which was very much visible during the day. Her eyes now as blue as moon that shined upon the planet.

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Portals flickered open and closed after a second. Things like that happened for over two days, but it wasn't as bad as it was now. Olivia headed to the throne room and watched with a frown her very own ancestors standing in the middle of the room. "What's the meaning of this?" Olivia asked. "We are here to talk to you about the great collision, Olivia. Bellicante is in grave danger. And so are other worlds." The ghosts spoke. "Bellicante? We- we're united again?" Olivia asked. "Yes, my child. But that doesn't matter now. Bellicante, Earth- all Earths are colliding. Because of us- them. The dark ones. They broke free. And you need to either kill them for good or make them vanish into the dark world again. And seal it forever." They answered in unison.

"I- I can't. I can't become that dark to achive that. I- The Elders would banish me." Olivia said. The ghosts shook their heads. "You have to tap into the darkness. To save your daughter before she fades away for good." The ghosts said and suddenly, Olivia felt a strange cold feeling running up her spine as she felt her daughter's presence behind her.

"Mother?" Amaya's voice seemed sweet but as soon as the ghosts disappeared and Olivia turned around, she knew that that was not the case. Her daughter's eyes glowed blue and Amaya chuckled as she formed a blue magic ball with her hands. "You're too weak to defeat me. Now more than ever with the blue moon up in the skies. Say hello to Dad for me." Amaya's voice was cold and distant. The blue moon took over her and if it continued to it, there was no coming back.

Suddenly, Amaya shot the blue ball in her hands at Olivia. Gasping in suprise of the attack, Olivia put her arms defensively infront of the ball and when she catched it, her eyes flickered from revilas green to blue. "I will not be subdued by my own daughter. Nor will I be a servant to the blue moon! I, Olivia Hale, will not kneel before a man's weak sacred relic. And the blue moon is surely that." Olivia yelled and as she held the powerful blue ball of magic she stumbled backwards.

Then Olivia fell down, releasing the magic into the throne room and accidently, activating something. "And it works, right? Not that I doubt your magic, it's just..." A man spoke and both, Olivia and Amaya, whose eyes turned back to normal, looked up to the hologram. "Amaya... my sweet and beautiful daughter. Your mother told me that this day would never come but if it will, then I hope that you have already chosen a much brighter path than I have." Olivia got up from the ground and watched with teary eyes her late husband as he said goodbye to the person he loved most.

His eyed followed something else and he flinched before a door slammed shut. "By the time you see this, I am either dead or because of some reason not allowed to be with you and your mother. What I want to tell you is that I love you and that I am sorry for all the things you had to witness at such young- Rebekah take dear Stefan away from Olivia and leave the house with him. She might accidently kill him! Now where was I? Right. I'm sorry that you have seen things of unspeakable nature. Things that have caused you to leave our family. I have hope that you will be a better person than I ever was and that you will never become the monster I so awfully am. I want you to remember that you are the very best of me. Always and forever." The time stamp marked mid August 2010. Suddenly, Amaya snapped out of the dark thoughts and watched the image of her father. She remembered that she ran away. She ran away out of fear and disgust by what her own family has become. She remembered yelling at them, at him. Amaya sunk down on her knees and sobbed quietly. After a while Olivia kneeled down next to her and held her as Amaya looked up to the queen. "I never want to hurt anybody. Especially not you." Amaya whispered and her mother nodded. "I know, baby. And you won't." Olivia said and then put her fingertips of her right hand on the palm of her head and watched her daughter fall asleep in her arms. "And because you don't want to hurt people, I have to do tap into my own darkness. And find the ones who escaped me. To save you, my love." Olivia whispered and laid her daughter on the ground.

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Olivia Mikaelson was walking up and down in the throne room, considering her options. She knew the risks but it had to be done. And no other would have dared to do it, so she had to face it alone. Olivia opened a portal of green color against all the odds and took a deep breath before she watched her daughter on the ground as she laid there asleep. "I will be right back, my love. I will contain the dark ones and everything will be okay. I promise you." Olivia whispered and then looked over to the regent, Sophia, and nodded in her direction. "You're in charge. If I'm not back in a few minutes, I want you to do the bleeding ritual on my daughter." Sophia stepped forward and objected quickly, "But Josie- Josie is just a witch. She could die if I perform that ritual on Amaya. I will not-" Olivia quickly cut her off. "You will do it! I will not risk my daughter's life. I will not watch her fade away. I am not seeing another person that I love die because I couldn't step in. As your queen I command you to do it!" Olivia said and her eyes dangerously glowed blue, yet she walked through the portal.

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