Taking What's Mine, Forever
Burning Heart
In a shed in the forests of Iansburg, Windervancea
Estelle lies on the floor of the shed, bloody and panting.
???
Ah...she still wouldn't open up, miss.
???
We've beat her to the core, and she's still mum.
Diarah
Ugh... you're obstinate as ever, aren't you?
Diarah
Come now, you won't tell your sister anything? We had the same mother, so we have the same right to know...
Diarah puts her foot on Estelle's arm, her heel digging in her skin.
Diarah
I'll ask you one last time, sweetly...
Diarah
...where is that heirloom? Where did our mother hide it? Tell me.
Estelle
I'm never telling you...
???
M-madam, the Sire is calling...
Diarah
Ugh, that old geezer...! Fine, I'll finish this quick.
Diarah
I was hoping I could get something out of you before you died, but you're pretty useless.
Estelle
You...get something...?
Estelle
You've already...taken everything...
Estelle
My hotel... my friend...my love...!
Diarah
I didn't take it away, it was never yours to begin with!
Diarah pours oil round her sister's broken body, and lights a match.
Diarah
You always said that my hatred is just my burning with jealousy, huh?
Diarah
So? Who's burning now?
Diarah
I'm sorry, sister...but I am afraid you were destined for your doom, ahaha.
Diarah
Oh dear, sure, but it looks like you'll be getting there first. Haha!
She flicks the matchstick on the oil and leaves.
The door closes on fire everywhere. Estelle stares at the ring of flames round her in a death-like daze.
Estelle
(I'm dying now...? How did it all come to this?)
Estelle
(No... everyone whom I loved and trusted...they all turned their back on me...)
Estelle
(It's so...unfair...)
She flopped to the ground, letting her body burn. But her heart burned more, with want of vengeance even as she took her last breath.
？？？
Do you truly want justice?
？？？
Do you truly want to reclaim your belongings?
Estelle
Yes...I want justice...
？？？
Go back, back to the beginning, and reclaim it.
？？？
Will you be able to change your fate?
Estelle
...yes, yes I will...
？？？
Until the clock strikes twelve, then.
A bright light shone, and everything faded.
???
The fire...it's gone...?
She woke to some blurred sound. The best and pain was gone.
???
Estelle, oh no, you're really not okay...
Estelle sat up immediately, breathing heavily, shocked. She looked around.
???
Estelle! Do calm down! What are you looking for?
Finally her eyes landed on a mirror, and she gasped.
Estelle
(This is...me when I was 17?!)
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Mother
Estelle
(This is...me when I was 17?!)
Estelle
(I...it's impossible...)
Estelle
(Did I really come back 'to the beginning'?)
???
Estelle, you're pretty, yes, but there's really no time to be gaping at yourself, you know...
Finally she looked up and around.
She was in her mother's room, and towering above her was...
Eden De Vian
Estelle, sweetie, are you alright-?!
Estelle hugged her tight before she could finish.
Estelle
(I missed her so much...dear, dear mother...)
Eden De Vian
Oh my...! This is new!
Eden De Vian
I never knew my Estelle to shower me with so much affection.
Estelle
(She's right...in my past life, although mother was the only one who ever took my side, I took her for granted...)
Estelle
(But when she died, it felt like I had no ground left...)
Eden De Vian
There, why don't you let go, now?
Estelle
(So I really have come back, that divine being was right...)
Estelle
(What even was that being?)
Estelle
(Did it really give me a... second chance?)
As she stood up, something fell from her lap to the soft cushions.
Eden De Vian
Oh dear, Estelle! Why do you have the pocket watch...?!
Eden De Vian
You know how important that is. That's not a toy!
Estelle
(Our family heirloom, the pocket watch, passed down from owner to owner. Something my sister was always after...)
Estelle
(My mother hid it before she died, and it wasn't until later that I figured out its absolute importance...)
She hands the watch over to her mother.
Eden De Vian
I'll keep this away...then I'll go back to work.
Eden De Vian
Well, you gave me a shock, dear. Are you sure you're alright? I was so scared when you passed out...
Estelle
I'm really fine, mother...
>smiles<
Estelle
(It really does feel wonderful to be with my mother again...)
Eden De Vian
Haha, okay, off you go then.
Eden De Vian
I still have to go through those guest lists...
Estelle turned to the door, but someone burst into the room just then.
???
Mother! I'm done with the preparations!
Diarah
Do you think my gold earrings would get me ticked off, mother?
Eden De Vian
No, I think they're quite fine.
Estelle recalls the night she was murdered by her sister.
Estelle
(Oh God...it's making me nauseous...)
Diarah
Hm? Sister! Dear Estelle, aren't you excited?
Diarah
We're going to go to school tomorrow as seniors~! Fufu, how exciting!
Estelle
(She's acting so innocent...)
Estelle
(Even back then, I was in awe of my twin sister...she was beautiful and smart, a complete package...and I always thought she loved me as family too...)
Estelle
(Who knew that all this time...!)
Eden De Vian
Estelle? Your sister is taking to you.
Estelle
Right, sorry, I'm just...a little nervous.
She raced towards the gardens outside. The sun was shining bright. She looked at the flowers.
There was a small plant growing there. It was the same plant which was then a tree on her death day.
Estelle
(I'm...back in time.)
Estelle
(Back to the day before my first day of my last year in Duwencour Academy... right?)
She remembers her conversation with the being.
？？？
Go back, back to the beginning, and do it again.
Estelle
Will I really be able to change my fate?
Just then, a voice is heard from behind her.
Estelle
>swiftly turns round<
Who's there...?!
A tall figure stepped out from the shadows.
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