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Author's note: Please skip to Episode 4 which is Chapter 1, Apologies for the confusion but I accidentally deleted chapter one and then posted chapter 2 without realizing. But, if you don't care being confused go ahead and read chapter 2 first (*꒪ヮ꒪*)

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"WHERE THE HELL DID THEY GO?!" Dianna screamed, as she ran for the kitchen

"That girl, she said she knew us..." Hara thought "who was she?"

As they all contemplated what to do about what just happened, they received another piece of bad luck. It was sundown already, and the effects of the miasma had been getting worse, Hara had completely forgotten about it and spent the early night not realizing she turned human. So her ears, her tail, her claws, her fangs all disappeared within a matter of moments, her hair had turned back to its Black color, her skin no longer as pale as it was, Her eyes a nice Walnut color.

"Um--Emily?" Dianna whispered. "How long did Hara stay in that Miasma field?" Signalling she noticed that Hara was turning human.

"3-4 minutes." Emily's jaw dropped, finally realizing What had happened to Hara. While all the boys remained start-struck at what was happening to her, they remained mouth agape while Hara didn't notice that her hair was turning black, and her demon parts were slowly disappearing.

"What? Is something wrong?" Hara asked finally noticing that everyone was staring at her.

"Um--Hara l-look into your reflection." Emily stammered, trying to stay calm.

Hara grabbed her cup of ale and looked into it, and almost fainted. She wasn't prepared to have turned human at this time, that her first reaction was to grab her hood and run outside. While everyone was distracted by Hara being turned human, Mizusaki didn't even realize he was turning human as well. His ears and tails disappeared and his hair turned black, same as Hara. Before Mizusaki realized it everyone was staring at him this time, Mizusaki scratched the back of his head in confusion, before realizing that his ears were gone. His reaction was the same as Hara's. Grab his coat and run outside, he saw Hara sitting up in a tree next to Yuki in her shrunken form. She looked very embarrassed, cause her hood was on and she wouldn't even care to notice anything. She nodded at her cat, and Yuki roared in front of her, a portal suddenly opened.

"Come on, let's go to my room. I gotta go change." She said to her pet cat.

Meow! The cat purred at her leg.

She walked through the portal, her cat following right behind her, and she was gone left without a trace. Mizusaki went back inside after regaining the composure to cover his head with his hood. When he went inside Hara was already there huddled up in a chair, in the living room. She was wearing her old school uniform, since it was her only normal clothes that weren't fitted for her demon tail and ears.

"Are you both related by any chance?" Emily asked as she stared at the two.

"Who? Me?" Damien asked, since he overheared them talking about him and Dianna the first time they arrived.

"No, not you. You both." She said, pointing at Hara and Mizusaki. "You both look alike without your demon ears and tails." She thought.

"Probably not." Said Mizusaki. "My family doesn't have many outside relations."

"Same here." Hara muttered.

I might be going crazy, but they really do look related. Does the Harazama and Mizusaki family have a past for both of them to have a kitsune child. No, wait Hara isn't the only kitsune in her family. Her dad is one and so is her sister. Emily thought. I don't recall the family of Fiore having any relationship with the demons, but then why would they have demon children? Unless--Oh shit. She suddenly remembered that Dianna could hear her. That Esper demon hears everything, She could already see Dianna smirking at her from the other side of the table.

I heard you. Dianna mouthed.

Shut up! Emily replied.

Dianna had already fallen asleep, drunk in her seat.

"So the question is: how the hell are we gonna move her to her room?" Emily laughed.

"Hara could usually move her back with her telekinesis but since she's powerless right now, we got nothing." Said Tokyo, he looked at Hara in the corner of the room, huddled up in her hood and school uniform.

"It's fine, Yuki can carry her up." Said Hara.

As soon as her cat heard her words, Yuki stood up and changed back into her big form, and lifted Dianna onto her back and carried her upstairs.

"What are we gonna do about that girl?" Asked Tokyo, trying to search his crystal for her around the worlds. Hara smirked at his untamed efforts.

"Don't try, that girl doesn't live in any of our worlds. She lives between them." Hara said, As all eyes suddenly turned to her for information. "That snake she had around her arm, it wasn't ordinary. She and it was ghost white and awfully pale." As the rest of the group tried to price it together, Emily suddenly found the answer. "She's dead." Emily muttered under her breath. "Isn't she?" As everyone suddenly finished piecing it together, all the girls already had their answer.

"She died in a car accident, just before we left. She hated us and we hated her. She had a reputable past, she used to frame us for her mistakes and usually tried to kill us a few times with everyday objects." Emily explained. "I think our parents could figure this out. And I received a letter from my mom, we really have to get home soon. We'll explain it to Sumi's parents since that's the first place we're gonna arrive in. Let's get going." After everyone finished fixing all of the things they needed. They realized that they couldn't go, they had forgotten Hara couldn't shrink the house until sunrise and it was midnight. So, they all had to go to sleep and wake up just before dawn to get ready. The next morning, about and hour before sunrise, everyone was already up and getting ready. Damien and the boys were fixing themselves to meet the king and Queen of Belrinya, while the girls contemplated what to say to Sumi's parents. Hara changed back to her military uniform and sword, while everyone got ready--Dawn was about to break so they all ran outside and waited for the sun to rise above the cliffs. As it just hit, Hara and Mizusaki were already getting their Demon essences back. Hara's hair turned brown again, her eyes turned red, and her ears, tail, and claws came back. Mizusaki's hair turned back to its golden hue, his 2 tails grew back and his ears finally came back.

"Finally! I hate being mortal." Hara let out a sigh of relief.

"You think? Do u know how hard it was to balance without my tail?" He scoffed.

Emily cleared her throat, signalling that they should stop chatting and get back to work. Hara snapped her fingers and the house went back to the size of a small rock, of which it actually looked like from a far. She picked it up and stowed it away in her pocket. They all went to their groups and rode for Belrinya. They arrived there in about 3 hours ride and was greeted how they usually would. As they passed by the Capital they could see more refugees have arrived in Belrinya in seek of shelter from the war that was brewing outside the country walls. They could see that the city hasn't changed. It's only changed a little with the war precautions and that they had finally accepted electrical lampposts, instead of the normal lanterns. Other than the fact that a small quarter of the city is was on repair from the event five years ago. Tokyo's eyes grew as big as a golf balls, when he saw the line of thousands of guards bowing down as they stepped down just in front of the gates. When they all got inside they greeted the Queen and king in the throne room and moved to the common room to discuss what happened to Sumi.

As Emily and Hara explained to The King and Queen, they were shocked at why they would take Sumi. Emily left Hara to do the explaining, to keep Sumi's sister, Seri, from hearing the news. She brought Tokyo with her, since he was the only other person that knew her. She brought Nia to her room and laid her down on the bed.

"Where's Sumi?" Seri asked. Emily made a nervous look to Tokyo and took a deep breath.

"She's not here right now, sweetie." Emily lied, but she did it for good reason, she couldn't let Seri know the danger that Sumi might be. Just then Hara came into the room, right after Seri had fallen asleep.

"Oh, ok." Seri smiled as she drifted off to sleep.

Hara sat down on the sofa next to Tokyo, with Emily on her other side, they all breathed a sigh of relief, but it was a bit too early for that.

"She must've stayed up waiting for her." Emily muttered. They all fell asleep not long after Seri, Mortals use way to much energy. Hara thought. It must've been an hour or 2 already since when Seri woke up it was near lunch time. But, that wasn't what shocked her. What shocked her was that Hara was asleep and Tokyo-kun was sleeping on her lap with her hand on his shoulder, and Emily laying down on Hara's shoulder. Seri almost squeaked but that tiny noise was loud enough for Hara to wake up. Apparently she was unfazed by Tokyo sleeping on her lap, not that's she was being used as a human pillow. She noticed Seri was staring at her, questioning why she wasn't mad or embarrassed.

"What? Do you honestly think this was the first time they've both ended up like this?" Hara laughed.

Seri's mouth was left agape. But, a few moments later Tokyo woke up and sat up.

"Sorry, I fell asleep on your lap again." He laughed quietly, Emily was still asleep and if she doesn't get enough sleep there will be no peace.

"You really need to get off that habit one day, Kokoro. Who knows the next girl who's lap you end up sleeping on, might send you to he gallows." Hara laughed along. Emily woke up and heard them say that and laughed along as she rubbed her eyes.

Seri questioned how he was also unfazed with Hara

Calling him Kokoro. Why is he ok with her calling him by his first name? Are they dating? She thought, as a smiled curled her lips.

"No, they're not, Seri" Dianna suddenly came into the room. Seri rushed over to her and gave her a hug, but since she was so much shorter than Dianna it was more like she was binding her legs using her arms. Dianna almost fell over, if she hadn't picked her up.

"Hey, Seri!" Dianna greeted, as she picked her up over her shoulder. She looked over to Hara, Emily and Tokyo who were sitting down on the sofa in front of Seri's bed. They looked oddly tired and had a little bit of black circles around their eyes.

"Hey you three! How long have you been here? It's nearly lunch!" Dianna scolded.

"They fell asleep as well." Seri smirked. "Also how are they not dating if they can call each other by first name?" You probably don't know this since, you haven't been out much. Dianna thought.

"They're close friends, Seri. Just like me and your sister." Dianna explained. Hara and Tokyo headed to the dining hall for lunch with Seri and Dianna following right behind them. There was so much food as expected from royalty. Tokyo and Damien's eyes enlarged as they have never seen so much food in one table, While Martin and Mizusaki were used to it by now. Roast chicken, steamed vegetables, mashed potatoes, and the whole Royal treatment.

"You must stay the night." The Queen insisted. "It's a 2 day ride to the next kingdom and we don't want you to arrive there looking droopy." She looked over at Hara, Emily and Tokyo who still had dark circles around their eyes.

"Can you?" Seri jumped excitedly in her seat.

Dianna looked over at Emily and Hara as if asking if they agreed. They both gave a smile and a thumbs up. "Sure, I guess we can restock on food and ale." Dianna agreed. "How about you guys?" Seri asked the boys. The boys looked at each other then looked at the king. "Of course you can stay!" The king said as if he was proclaiming something. As they all finished their meal the boys headed to their rooms and since the girls weren't used to being in different rooms they asked for a big guest room where they could stay together. As all the girls chatted and talked they had one specific subject to talk about that Dianna couldn't understand.

"Why does Belrinya only have Queens as a higher rank?" She asked, trying to remember why Belrinya only had tapestries, and statues of girls.

"Do you really not know?" Emily scoffed.

Dianna made a face and Emily let Hara explain.

"This 'kingdom' is actually Queendom the Queen does almost everything. The king is only there to share power and of course, how would there be an heir without a male." Hara explained. "I'm sure Seri knows this. But, when there is no female heir the Queen has to look for a girl with her Royal blood no matter how far down the line they are." After Hara finished explaining, Seri dragged Emily to go check in the boys if their not making a ruckus. While Emily was gone with Seri, Hara continued to speak--

"Belrinya provides shelters and the main food source to the land and people, Albion provides military might and protection, the Gods provide us the rain and other natural elements." Hara stopped for a while, trying to recall what they had learned in the academy. "Ah, yes. The demons provide us with any unnatural sources like Rare Elixirs, Curse stones and etc. Without one of them the entire lands would fall into chaos." Hara closed her eyes as she remembered that destructive event that had happened nearly 6 years ago, What would happen if one of the countries would fall out of order, The reason why the heirs are groomed for coronation and crowning at such a young age.

As Seri led Emily up the stairs and down the hall to the king's wing, Seri kept going slower the closer they got to the boys room as if she's gonna stop to do something, and she did stop.

"Seri? Is something wrong?" Emily asked, looking concerned.

"Hey, Emily!" Someone called for her in front of them, as Emily's eyes adjusted to the darkness of the king's wing. Seri suddenly started running towards the person that called them. It was actually Martin that called her.

"Hey, what are you doing in the king's wing?" He asked, looking at his watch.

"Seri dragged me here to check on you guys. Anyways, why are you not in the room?" She asked him in return.

"I had to return the ale that Damien tried to sneak into the room." He pointed at the cellar door that was down the other side of the hall.

"Oh I see. Their all asleep by now I hope, we leave early tomorrow." Said Emily, though she knew that they probably are gonna sleep late either way

"Nope. We're all just talking now, since I took the ale back to the cellar." Martin laughed, as he pointed to the door down the other side of the hall with the sign "cellar".

"Well make them go to sleep. If you need there's sleeping pills in the drawer." She laughed as Seri dragged her back down the stairs and to their room. But, when they got there everyone was already asleep. Emily giggled quietly as she saw Hara still have her old habit of cuddling with her own tail. As she put Seri on the bed and tucked her in, she could hear tapping noises coming from the window. As she walked towards the window, the curtain still covering it. She opened the curtains and could see a small silouette against the dark of the night, as she brought her candle to the window sill, the figure hopped into the light. A small white bird hopped into the window sill A dove? She thought. Until, she noticed the letter in it's beak. A messenger? Emily asked herself. As she unclipped the letter from its beak she noticed the seal attached to it. It's a goddess seal. She thought. She unrolled the letter and patted the dove's head, she cleared her throat and read it out loud:

Dear Emily,

I hear you have already arrived in Belrinya. How is everyone? Is Seri alright? From what I remember she was sick the last time I visited. Oh, yes. How are your friends, Dianna, Sumi and Hara? Your room is all ready for you and your friends, if your bringing a bigger group this time, just say so and the maids will take care of it. See you soon my dear.

~Love, Mom

Emily smiled and placed it in her pocket, she got a peice of parchment paper from the dresser and some ink.

"Can I borrow one of your feathers?" Emily asked the dove, As the dove groomed under her wing, it grabbed a feather and gave it to Emily. She wrote a simple note, grabbed a price of bread form a plate she had brought up just in case, and gave it to the dove. After the dove left Emily climbed into bed and tried to close her eyes. It was nearly 6 am and most of them were still half asleep since they couldn't really sleep except the fact that most of the girls fell asleep while Emily was out. As they finished breakfast, they all thanked the Queen and king for their hospitality and rode for the Ice forest. They all had to take turns to drive and sleep since most of them were really sleepy, they made this decision since Hara almost fell asleep while at the dining table. A few hours later they realized--

"We have to stop!" Hara barked as she tried to float Dianna back to Emily and Shiro after she had fell asleep while driving. ("What the hell were you thinking?!" Emily hissed.) the closest kingdom had been Hyrule, Mizusaki's kingdom.

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author's note:

hey sorry if there are some typos or errors in the story, like I said in the intro I made this a few years ago, so of course, it's a bit messed up. But, for those who ask I'll update once every 2 weeks, since y'all know that writing takes a bit of a while. see you all in the next chapter ( ╹▽╹ )

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As Sumi woke up from the floating cage where she was sitting, she noticed she wasn't in the tavern anymore.

"Where am I?" She asked to no one in particular. Then all the memories of what had happened, came flooding back, the bad feeling she had felt when they landed, the girl choking her in the kitchen, the cloud that took her away. Sumi almost cried when she had remembered everything. I have to get out of here. She thought as she tried to pull at the bars of her cage, until she realized that was a very bad idea as she noticed the dark pit beneath her cage. She saw a pair of eyes watching her from the shadows, until she recognized those eyes, those blood red eyes. That girl!

"Who are you? What have you done?!" Sumi shouted as she tried to pull at the cage, no longer paying attention to the pit beneath her.

The girl grinned a Cheshire wide smile and giggled at the sight of her careless moving.

"Wouldn't do that if I were you." The girl laughed as she circled her cage.

Sumi tried to break the cell using the poison in her nails but it wouldn't melt no matter which poison she used. She was relieved it wouldn't melt, later on since, she noticed if she melts it she'd end up falling.

"Oh." The girl cooed. "Tired already, flower?"

Sumi shot her a glare but the girl didn't care she just smiled even wider.

"What do you want from me?" Sumi muttered as she slumped onto the bars of the cage.

The girl went right in front of Sumi and giggled and suddenly her face went blank and serious.

"What I want--you can't give me." The girl said as she lifted her gaze to the flower, and laughed a malicious giggle. Before she flew back to the top of the cage.

"Son of a bitch." Sumi said quietly. Dianna, Hara, and Emily would be surprised if they heard her say that. They weren't used to her saying those kinds of words. Sumi looked around at her surroundings nothing but shadows and the pit she was hovering above. Wait a minute--she thought. I recognize this place--its the gate! It's the gate to the underworld! Sumi thought to herself eventually she had noticed it was dark out already since lamps were magically lighting up around her but, not enough to check if what was below was indeed the gate to the underworld. She suddenly felt hungry thinking that right about now she would be having dinner back at the tavern, but she was still as crafty as always. She dug inside her pocket for a pouch and a packet of seeds, she pulled them out and she put the pouch just in front of her and sprinkled a little on to her hand and put a seed just on top. Before she put her hand outside the cage and dropped it, she could hear the dirt and seed hit the ground. As she got a small flask of water from her other pocket and sprinkled it on the same place she dropped the seed. If this is the gate, dragon plants should grow in about 20 minutes. She thought.

Sumi waited out the time by surveying the area around her, she noticed that the place--now that it was lit up--looked like an observation centre. It had long railings around the platforms that circled the dark crater beneath her. Why would there be something like this here? She thought. As the hours went by the dread that had been boiling inside her ceased as it turned into fatigue. She was tired. Tired enough to fall asleep, And she did.

As Sumi opened her eyes, she found herself inside a room instead of the cage she was in. She recognized this room, it's White and gold doors, it's red velvet curtains, and it's silk canopy bed. This was her room, only not in the tavern. She was in Belrinya castle.

"How did I get here?" She asked to no one in particular. There was wooden silence, Suddenly she heard cries, Screaming, and explosions coming from the outside. She poked her head of the window and saw her kingdom in a way she couldn't even imagine. In chaos, it was in ruins. She could see bodies of people lying there lifelessly, she could see houses that have been there for decades be destroyed in a matter of seconds. Sumi almost cried on the spot before she had felt something nudge her slightly. Sumi's eyes darted wide open as she hyperventilated. "It was a dream--" As she looked around to make sure she hadn't seen what she had just seen. She scanned the area, she saw someone she hadn't seen there before, maybe because it was too dark before or he just arrived. He was near 5'2 in height, his hair was actually a bit longer than the normal it was even longer than the collar of his shirt, and his front bangs covered part of his eyes, and he looked a bit too thin to be a guard, he looked like Hara or even Emily could knock him out in a second. As they met eyes she could see a sparkle in his hazel brown eyes, they locked eyes for a second, before that girl appeared again, right behind her. Sumi stumbled against the bars, before she could realize who it was.

"You." Sumi's Ruby eyes glared at her, the girl almost grinned before she had heard what Sumi had called her. "You." who's "you"? The girl thought.

"Hey!" The girl frowned, a fake one. "My name isn't 'you' or 'that girl'!" Sumi's face was full of disinterest, it was clear she didn't give a crap about what her name was. "Am I supposed to care?" Sumi scowled. "But its more convenient for you to tell me."

The girl smiled almost sincere looking, except Sumi knew it was nowhere near sincere. "Olivia Azhelana." The girl grinned, but her attention turned to the boy in the corner. "His name's Eli."

Eli. Sounded like a name perfect for him, to be honest. It sounded like he looked. He had shaggy bangs, long hair, hazel eyes, and a white collared shirt. Sumi thought. She turned her attention away from the two as she stared down the empty pit beneath her, and the floating girl above her. Her eyes threw a quick glance to Eli again, before looking away, suddenly her face went apple red. "Well, now that we all know each other, that means that there'll be no more trouble." Olivia's grin reached her eyes. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I have business to take care of." As a storm cloud emerged right under the girls feet and took her away, leaving not trace of her presence--aside from the small plumes of smoke--that eventually went away.

"What the hell.." Sumi chuckled quietly. There was dead silence until, the cage felt like it was moving, Sumi heard a giant creak, she couldn't tell where it can from, but it was somewhere near. Her cage had creaked open. . .

The boy stood there, face as blank as a page without letters. He had moved the cage towards him, near the platforms.

"What-what are you doing?" Sumi stammered, as she tried to read his emotions, for the first time she couldn't tell the intention of the person in front of her. Curiosity? Threat? Or even better--heroism? Was he saving her? That was what she thought, until his face finally made a change, only slight, barely noticeable, his face suddenly flashed an emotion. Sadness. It was clear he wasn't there to save her, if Olivia knew him, it was clear she trusted him. "I was given orders to give you food until I am told not to." He said. Sumi was amazed, his voice was almost exactly how she imagined it. Soft, and yet had a stern and strong side to it, but it still sounded like a boy's voice. Just, not like most. Damien, Martin and Mizusaki's voice was lower than his, and all the other girls voices were higher. Why the hell is he even in my mind right now? Sumi asked herself, She finally snapped out of her gaze, to find Eli patiently waiting her reaction, she nodded slightly but enough for him to know her answer. He opened his palm near the cage, and an orb suddenly enclosed around his palm, his eyes turned night black and a full meal appeared in front of Sumi. She was surprised to see her normal meal sitting in front of her, carrots, potatoes, rice with black sesame seeds, and some steamed fish, with a side of wine. Eli floated the cage back to its original position and went back to the area he had been standing in. His eyes looked empty like he had just seen the great of hell, Sumi wondered what had happened to him, How he came about here. She was used to having chats while she was eating, but since she had no one else to talk to aside from Eli, who had only been keeping a close eye on her from his platform, she decided it was better than dead silence.

"How did you get here?" She finally asked, as she stuffed a potato wedge in her mouth. There was silence before Eli breathed a sigh and spoke.

"I'm not allowed to tell your that." His voice was stern this time, as if a guard to his post. Sumi pouted quietly as she continued her meal, but she couldn't stop her curiosity and asked a different question.

"Were you kidnapped as well?" She asked again. Eli's face was still blank, when he answered her this time.

"No." He said. "No, I wasn't." Sumi's face was still in a bit of loss, she was confused. She was always curious.

Sumi finished her meal and Eli did the same thing all over again, bring the cage near the platform, open it, and make the tray disappear. Sumi was not one to be taken lightly, and she saw this as an opportunity to escape from her cage. As Eli was in a--sort of--trance Sumi jumped over him and landed on the platform behind him. He didn't do anything, he tilted his head sideways, enough for him to see her and watched her next move, as if playing a game of Chess. Strange. She thought.

"Are you not gonna come after me?" She asked, as she prepared for a fight.

"Don't need to." He said blankly. Sumi glared at him, as if daring him to stop her. But, as soon as she started running, it was as if she had passed out, because her sight went black. She felt someone carry her back to her cold metal cage. It felt as if forever had passed, before she had woken up. As she struggled to stand back up on her two feet, she saw Eli standing there again. Dammit. She said to herself as she fell back on her two knees. Her head was spinning as if she had been drugged.

"Seems like my sleeping spell was stronger than I thought." He said. This time Sumi was annoyed by that voice, that stern voice, she shot him a glare and turned away.

"How long have I been out?" She asked him as she rubbed her forehead.

"Just about 4 hours."

"Shit--" Sumi's knuckle slammed again the floor of the cage. Until she noticed, this place, this wasn't the gate. If it were her plants would've grown already. Great! My last chance gone. Tears misted Sumi's eyes, before she realized she couldn't cry here, not here not now. Her emotions couldn't get in the way of her rational thought. He probably wouldn't take the risk of that happening again, so he'd probably give me my food from there. Ugh! When did it get this complicated? When was it when I was still running around the dormitory with Dia, Hara and Emily? Sumi sighed.

Sumi decided it was the right time to study, since she inevitably can't go anywhere, anyways. She took out her small notebook from her pocket, surprised that they didn't take it away--or they did but they realized it was all notes--she opened it up and started studying what would be in her entrance exam. (Even though it's 2 months away.) She smoothed her dress thinking about her 7 cats she had at home. Seri's probably putting prince in a dress right now. She laughed at the thought. Prince was a Cute little calico cat, and was one of her eldest cats, an old one sure, but still one of the cutest, he was given to Sumi on her 14th birthday. As she ticked and reviewed answers from her notebook, Olivia came back in a dramatic cloud like she always does. "My, my, my. Studying are you?" Olivia cooed. "As far as I know, Lilion boarding school's entrance exam is still in 2 months."

"Know something I don't?" Sumi hissed, as she flipped pages and corrected her position. "A lot of things actually." Olivia shot back as she sat on top of the cage. Sumi rolled her eyes at her, it was clear she was trying to piss her off, she wouldn't take the bait that easy. Olivia eventually got bored and decided to leave, she hated being ignored. But this time she was being ignored for all the right reasons. Sumi had, of course, hated her. How could she not? She kidnapped her, trapped her in a cage above a pit, and left with a boy of all things.

5 years ago;

348 years after royal placement

Dianna woke up from her slumber, and she found herself in her dark, isolated room like she did everyday, her puppies still sleeping on the edge of their bed. As she stretched her arms and yawned, she heard the occasional screaming outside her window. Not uncommon in the underworld for there to be screaming and Explosions. But, this time was louder more violent, usually this would already be counted as illegal by her father. As she looked out her window, she saw what had been causing the noise. Her kingdom was in chaos, it was like this eveyday, but this day was more violent and noisy than in the past. Hell's even more chaotic today, is there a special occasion? She thought. She got out of bed and changed into her formal attire, thinking it was a special occasion.

But, what she got when she stepped out of her room was worse than hell, so much worse. The moment she walked through the conference room of the castle, she could hear screaming, arguing, and fighting. Her father, the King of Hell, sat in his seat at the head of the table. Her mother by his side, all the dukes, and duchesses, fighting and throwing shots at each other hoping to kill.

"Enough!" The king's voice boomed through the room, as all fell silent and sat back at their seats.

"Dear..." The Queen's voice hushed. "Dianna's here."

As all eyes followed to her, Dianna froze in disbelief, as she saw the war agreement on the parchment in front of her father and mother. "What's going on!?" Dianna's voice raised. "Why are you waging war on the other kingdoms!" As her father and mother exchanged nervous looks. "Dianna..." Her mother's soft voice soothed, as she walked to her daughter. "The goddesses...they've killed your brothers." Dianna thoughts were scrambled, wasn't she supposed to feel sad? Instead a grin curled up on her lip, but disappeared quickly as to not disturb her mother. Dianna tried to act sad by running back to her room, and grabbing the phone on her nightstand. She was calling someone, she was calling her best friends.

"Hello?" Hara's voice echoed through their group call. "Dia?"

"Emily? Where's Emily!" Dianna screamed into her mic, loud enough for Hara to have to pull her phone away from her ear.

"Dia? Dia, what's happening? The whole heavens a mess!" Emily's normally sweet and calm voice was overrun by fear and stress.

"Yeah! All the kingdoms are asking for military support from Albion, we can't support anymore soldiers and weapons!" Hara urged, as she scanned through papers of war rallies and protests on her desk.

"Same! Belrinya has been in chaos since this morning!" Sumi's voice faltered. Dianna hesitated before speaking again.

"There's gonna be a Goddamn war!" Dianna screamed. "The whole of Hell has been in ruins ever since I woke up this morning!" Her voice almost cracking as she screamed. All voices froze with disbelief, but they knew it was the truth. Why else would all the kingdoms simultaneously fall apart? Why else would they all be asking for military support from Albion? Albion, one of the biggest kingdoms, and is the one with most military force. "Why?" They all asked. Dianna had almost bit her tongue trying to tell them what had happened. Those few words had shattered Emily's heart and knowledge of what she once knew about the heavens. "Your people killed my brothers, Emily!" Dianna's voice finally caved in. Emily's line became silent, as they all shouted her name.

"Emily!" Hara's voice was muffled by the arguing that was raging outside of Emily's door. As the doorman of her quarters opened the meeting room or the "cloud" as they call it, everything Dianna had said came true. Emily could see the war agreement on the table of her mother, but the noise wasn't coming from her mother's study, it was in the heart of the cloud. She opened the 7 feet doors, and the room was filled with shouting, the once peaceful room had been overrun. She could see Lords, angels, Mistresses, ladies, and even her 2 twin sisters ranting and arguing, the same way Hell's council had been.

"We had no right to kill 2 demon Lords and you know it!" One of the Lords shouted.

"This is not the time for war!" The twins shouted back.

"Enough of this!" The Queen's voice echoed throughout the room as she put herself back together, she sat up straight from her glass chair she saw Emily, standing at the door frame, Her face was pale and in shock, like she might faint at anytime.

"Carrie, Kareena, lead your sister back to her chambers." Her mother rasped as she looked down at the parchment in front of her. "But, Mom--" The twins tried to reason out. "Now." The Queen's once commanding and strong voice, now hoarse and weary. They've been arguing for a while and all the queen could do was stop a civil war between her council. As Carrie and Kareena escorted Emily to her quarters they stopped halfway and whispered something to Emily's ear.

"She plans to give them the war, they ask for." Carrie said as she slipped a peice of paper into Emily's hand. "This is the agreement time and place. Tell your friends to be there." Kareena continued, her voice filled with concern.

While Emily was gone, the chaos raging in Belrinya castle had only gotten worse. Sumi had to run to the meeting room, with her little sister in her arms, as she flung open the doors almost every member of be royal council including the Queen and king had already been injured or killed. Sumi closed her sisters eyes, as she had her own to avoid letting Seri and herself see the bloody show hat had happened inside. "Sumi--what are you doing here?" Her mother's soft voice soothed as she took Seri from her daughter's arms. "I asked you to stay in your room with your sister." But, Sumi had noticed the blood dripping from her father's arm, staining his once snow white shirt. That was when she knew she couldn't leave, she couldn't just leave them like this, they were hurt enough as it is. Sumi had to heal them and heal them fast, but she wasn't a healer. Only Emily could do that, but just as Sumi had reached the door of the room to call the royal healers, she saw a miracle happen in front of her. With a slight touch over the area of her father's arm, Seri, her sister had healed her father's wound with no scar left. "It manifested--" Sumi gasped. "Wait---She's too young to manifest her powers!" Her father and mother smile back at her, a sincere smile, like they had known this would've happened. Sumi rubbed her eyes and blinked rapidly to make sure she saw it clearly. "Impossible." She whispered.

Hara's neck coloured red as she ran, across the castle grounds and the blaring sirens that filled the streets, across multiple soldiers laying lifeless on the ground just outside the castle. She had to get to the meeting room. But on the way there she dropped to her knees, the body in front of her. Rouge, her best friend, was lying dead in front of her. Tears spilled down Hara's cheeks, as she cried. Rouge opened his lids through bloodshot eyes, enough to see Hara next to him. He smiled sincere, something he almost never did in front of Hara, as a tear slipped down his cheek, before his head fell to the ground again, his eyes turning empty. Hara's tears spilled onto the ground like waterfalls.

"Don't worry." A voice had told her. That tone! It was Rouge's voice! "I'll always be here, now, you have a war to stop. Don't you?"

She had to stop more soldiers from being sacrificed in a gutless war that was brewing in all the kingdoms. She ran despite the aching in her legs, she was trained to do this and yet, when it's actually happening it, her body was failing her.

When she finally arrived she was greeted with something she hadn't expected. Her 4 siblings, Her parents, and the entire royal council was already signing the war agreement. As all eyes suddenly lifted to her, they met her undying glare. "What are you doing!" Hara screamed, no longer caring that everyone in that room was her senior. "Why are you signing that piece of shit!" As she finally met her family's eyes, she had a the answers she needed. Either, pick a side or the whole of Albion capital gets wiped out. That's why almost half of the city was destroyed? That's why dozens of people were murdered!? She was furious--

"Our kingdom, the biggest of all, the one with most military might, is being threatened and you are scared of the capital being destroyed?! We can wipe all of their armies out in a snap of a finger!" She panted as she argued with her family. "Hara we have no choice." Her father soothed as he touched her shoulder. Hara slapped his hand of and screamed even louder--

"People are gonna die in a gutless war and your not gonna do anything?!" In the end her actions were all for nought. Her family had sided with their original clan, the eastern demons. She couldn't do anything now that the family had signed it with their blood, a holy pact that can no longer be broken. Hara's eyes blurred as tears ran down her cheeks, and she collapsed under her pillow.

Ring!! Ring!! Her phone was ringing. She wasn't in the mood to look at her phone, but when she sa the caller ID, it was Emily.

"Hara?" Emily's voice was calmer this time. Hara couldn't speak properly, her voice hoarse after crying.

"Em-Emily?" Hara sniffled as tears continued to stream down her face. Emily was silent for a moment, this was the 2nd time she's heard, or seen Hara cry in front of her.

"Hara. . ." Emily soothed. "I'll be there soon, just wait." As soon as Hara heard those words she pulled herself together, and spoke again.

"No! Emily don't come here!"

"Why not?" Emily asked, as she prepared to leave, for three days.

"My-my family is with the demons, if they see you here they'll, kill you." Emily's line went silent, and she ended the call--the only things after that were 2 messages.

6 peak.

Meet me there.

Hara's mind was in circles. She didn't know what to do, follow her family and fight their war, or follow her best friend and go to 6 peak. But, it was clear. She couldn't fight their war. Dianna and Sumi had both received dove letters, both with goddess seals and in Emily's handwriting. They weren't answering their cellphones and this was the quickest way to tell them news, same as Hara's, only an address and a short message.