Aru Shah and The City of Gold ✔️

Did I just travel back in time? (Aru P.O.V)

~Edited~

A/N: I am skipping 3 days for this chapter because you guys might cry reading this. And this is a short chapter.  

It had been three days since I had been captured.

Three days I slept in a dungeon.

For three days I had fun with my sisters and Jaden.

And boy was it fun.

On the first day, I had them feel bad. But they forgave me and here I was, having fun. 

I stepped in quietly through the dungeon, Lana in front of me, and Vajra clutched in my hands. 

Today, we passed something strange. It was one of those machines that you used to chop off people's heads. Ewww. Imagine having your head cut off by that.

We made our first stop at where Vajra was supposed to be duct-taped too. Once that was secure, we sneaked to my stall. 

"Hello, girls." We froze and slowly turned around to see a sneering Sleeper and an evilly smirking Kara. 

"Grab her." he jutted out his chin to Lana. Kara grabbed Lana by the legs and started dragging her somewhere. I started running, but the Sleeper pulled me back. 

"Don't worry, we'll find a worthy place for you." He grabbed my shoulders tightly and forcefully made me walk all the way to my dungeon. I heard a scream. They continued and echoed through my ears. I couldn't bear them. Then I realized where we were going. We were going to the room where that 'off with your head' thing was. 

I stumbled into the room and screamed. 

Sitting there, was the dead body of Lana. 

Blood poured from her neck and onto her shirt. Her body was limp and lifeless, enough to my own life out of me. But the worst part was that she was simply headless. 

I dropped to the ground, unable to look at the image anymore. 

It was too much.

"W-why?" I stammered. The Sleeper had gone to many lengths before, trying to take me down mentally, but it had never hit like..this. 

"Because you needed to learn a lesson. And so did she," said Kara before the Sleeper could. She smiled coldly. 

"Hey!"

"Let. Me. Go!"

Multiple people gasped behind me.

It was Camryn, Jaden, Tikita, and Jameela. 

"A-Aru?" Jaden asked. Camryn, Tikita, and Jameela rushed to Lana's dead body, and Jaden sat down by me, staring at her. 

"W-What happened?"

"I happened," said Kara. 

I put my hands on my knees and gripped them so tight I could feel my nails sinking into my skin. I bit my lip until I could taste blood. No one deserved this. No one like Lana did. Lana was the kindest person I had ever met. She was here for me from the beginning of my stay, and now she was just gone. 

"Grab her and put her in her new home." Two guards grabbed my arms and I didn't even struggle. Everyone looked back, and before they could do something, I shook my head. I didn't want any more of them to get hurt. It was my fault he did this to Lana. 

"Throw in the chamber." said the Sleeper.

They put me in a cylinder chamber, with space for only one to lay down. They close the window and gas started spraying everywhere. I started a coughing fit. 

Then the world went black.