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Chapter 29: Late Reunion

She felt someone hug her. She opened her eyes to see herself. No it wasn't herself, it also wasn't another Senkina. It was her twin sister.
Senkina hugged her tighter. "I'm so sorry." Senkina apologized to her sister, "I wish I noticed you were not a figment of my imagination. I replaced you. I'm so sorry."
Senkina's twin cupped Senkina's face in her hands. "You did not replace me. I asked to be like this. I wanted you to be safe." Senkina's twin cleared up.
"Who did you ask to be like this?" Senkina asked.
"I asked the Great Ancestor. He promised that if I agreed to be your little conscience then you would be fine." Senkina's twin explained.
Senkina pulled her into a hug again. She absorbed the feeling of having a blood sibling that truly cared about her. She began to cry. How could she hold back when she was going to undermine her sister's sacrifice.
"I'm so sorry." Senkina whispered, "I'm going to do something that you wouldn't approve of."
Senkina's twin gave her a confused look. "What do you mean?" She asked.
Senkina looked her straight in the eye. She looked into the eyes of the only person in her family to be willing to die to save her. She looked at her eyes through tears.
"I'm going to do the switching spell." Senkina proclaimed.
The twin face became plastered in shock. "No, Senkina you can't do that. You have so much left to live for. You can lead the army. Lyllan herself said you would be a great leader." Senkina's twin argued.
Senkina looked at her dead serious. "Yes there are things worth living for, but the consequences don't outweigh the end result. And this has nothing to do with leading the army." Senkina explained, "Lyllan should live because she hasn't been home yet. I've been at home for however long I've been here. Lyllan has been trapped. It's time that she gets a chance to make it home."
Senkina's twin still pleaded, "Senkina, what about Leon Oskaur and Johnson? They'll be crushed if you go. What about everyone else?"
"They will be fine." Senkina replied, her eyes welling with tears, "This is war after all. There were going to be some casualties. I might as well be the first."
"Senkina," Senkina's twin begged, "what about me? What will I do without you?"
"You will carry on. You will learn to live without me." Senkina explained, "Though I will be your guardian angel."
Senkina stood up and began to walk away. Senkina's twin grabbed her arm and pulled her into a final hug. Senkina separated and walked out of the dream.
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Senkina woke up and ran to the first earth person's hut. Everyone else was fast asleep. The sky was a simmering purple.
Senkina lightly knocked on the door. It swinged open and Senkina stepped in. She saw that the book was still open to the page. She also noticed a little vial next to the book with a note attached.
The note said: In case you decided to go through with the spell. This will make it so you can talk with Lyllan before the switch is complete. Also note that the spell takes a good few minutes to take affect so you can say your goodbyes.
Senkina took the vial and looked at the book, the spell was simple to do. All Senkina had to do was light a candle with the blood of the deceased and the living then lit it. Then Senkina would have to burn a piece of each of their hair. Then the spell would take affect.
Senkina took a candle, a set of matches, and the vial with the gooey blue slime. She set off to find where they put Lyllan's body. It didn't take that long to find her, because they put her in a glass coffin in the middle of the village.
Senkina opening the coffin and took some of the dried blood from Lyllan's wound and put it on the candle. Then she used a near by rock to slice her hand. Putting some blood in the candle. Pulling out a hair from each of their heads then lighting the candle.
She waited for the flame to take on the blood then she put in the hair of the deceased. It burned slowly but turned the flame to a deep purple. Then she put in her own hair. It burned all at once and changed the flame to a eerie light blue. Senkina felt the pull of her spirit being taken away.
She resisted it for a minute and went to her hut. She gave a little hug to Leon Oskaur and Johnson. Then she gave Jickallyn a little pat on the back.
She laid down in the bed next to Leon Oskaur and succumbed to the pull of the spell.