The headache vanishes as does his control. I glance up at a young woman standing above me, her arms crossed. The rainbow haired woman, snaps her fingers changing into a beautiful form, but it brought me no comfort. I turn away, but she grabs my arm,
“This isn’t how I would expect us to meet Yana.”
I sigh, facing her, I put on the mask, “This isn’t how I wanted to meet, Cybele. Did you gain another friend to keep your shop in tact? Was it too much for you?”
Cybele rubs my head, I grimace thinking of how long it took to make it stand only for Bele to ruin it, “Yana, drop the mask. Please, just talk to me. I can break the spell if you want.”
I have to do this for myself, I can’t let a Goddess just fix my mistakes, “I’m not your child Cybele. Just because your father created me doesn’t mean you have to take care of me.”
Her hand moves from my head, to my cheek, “I’m not doing this for The Father. I’m doing this for your best interest.”
I push her away, “My interest? When have you cared? When have you ever cared about my interest? If you cared I wouldn’t be in this predicament. I wouldn’t be forced to-”
“To kill the girl you love?” Cold, empty, and truthful,
“I don’t love her. I’m just..interested in her. She’s wonderful, and strong, and beautiful, she looks exactly like my love, but she’s not her, but she’s her own person I-”
“I’m doing this for your best interest.”
“How interesting.” We both flinch, the variable.
My voice cracks, “What do you want?”
“Yanamarie how many times do I have to tell you? I’m a neutral party. I love the drama, the tears!”
“Xeno, are you here to rub my defeat in my face, that’s not fair, you don’t even know what my plan was.”
“Of course I do darling, you wanted Novus’ necklace to become the Watcher of Time and screw us all over. I know how this works I’ve been doing it for years now.”
I pause, smiling slightly, “You’re wrong Xeno.”
Now he goes silent, “What?”
“I wanted the necklace to gain Novus’ attention. If you haven’t noticed I’m no longer an official Unspoken,” Why am I telling him this? He’s the one that left me, he doesn’t deserve to know, “Just because you’re a paradox with strange powers doesn’t mean you know every little thing that happens in reality.”
Cybele smiles, finally understanding, “You want her to dispel the mark.”
Longing, warmth builds up inside me, “I want more than that. I don’t want to be a Slave to the Unspoken Complex anymore, I want to help her, be beside her.”
Xeno’s mask partially falls, “Why would you care now?”
The memory wells up again, I clutch my arm, “Novus died in my arms last reset. I watched the Unspoken I picked for the 247th time kill her. So I’m stalling, acting like the insane bitch when he’s listening and trying to help Novus when he’s not.”
It drops even more, he’s confused, I’m confusing the variable, “You’re lying. I’ve been on both sides, I’ve seen what you do and what Novus does. You just think we’re having a party, oh shall I bring my tequila and popcorn for the next reset?”
Cybele no longer is focusing on me, she walks towards him, “Xeno, that’s enough. You’re going too far.”
“Look Miss All Powerful Goddess, you and Aether are the reason why I’m stuck in this mess with no way out so pardon me dearly if I hurt your wittle feelings.” Xeno pushes me against the stone wall, the venom raises, but I push it down, I take a deep breath and for once in my life I face the truth I couldn’t for thousands of years,
“Novus is my Soulmate,” Xeno’s grip loosens, “When she died in the last reset, she touched my cheek and our eyes glowed.”
Cybele crosses her arms, looking as if she already knew, “Yana, does the Orginal know?”
“Yes. And that’s why-” The Orginal’s voice rings in my head,
“Yanamarie what are you doing associating yourself with a God and a nuisance. I wanted you to find a new Unspoken host. If you don’t tell me-” The world spins, I feel sick, Cybele grabs my arm,
“Yana, don’t listen to him!” Her voice was overtaken by him,
“Novus will die and never come back.” A threat, and a chance that I couldn't take. My breath stiffens, I fall grabbing my head, calling out the new Unspokens name, waking him up,
“Ya..Yashiro! His name is Yashiro!” My heart drops to my stomach, someone grabs my shoulder,
“What have you done?” Cybele shouts, the voice rings even louder,
“I guess you are a traitor, I have no more use for you.” My chest hurts, I feel powerless. Xeno grabs my arm,
“I’m taking you to the castle, Novus can help you.”
The world fell dark, I unleashed the new Unspoken, it was all my fault, Novus is going to die,
“Xeno! Is that the Unspoken?” Raisa looks at me, I glance around, it felt so cold, I felt so scared,
“This priss right here woke up the Unspoken.” He loosened his grip causing me to fall and hit the ground. I look up powerless, Raisa stares in disbelief,
“Rave is sick, an immense amount of Darkness hit the castle, he passed out.”
“Well at least we don’t have to worry about his bickering ‘Novus is hurt, I’m so great, Xeno stop copying me” Everything begins to blur, my magic has never been taken from me, and it hurt. The guards picked me up escorting me to a cell, the world spun. Opal rushes around the halls, I see one of her and suddenly there’s two, three, one, four, two that is touching my cheek,
“You did...to..vus,” Opal’s voice echoes, “She’s fasc..with you, I.. just leave..to die, but,” one Opal stood before me healing my wounds, my eyelids weren’t as heavy, “It’s against my code of morals, and Novus needs to question you.” Opal waves her hand off and I’m being dragged again,
“What are you carrying? I sense no magic from that being.” Amelia stopped before me. The guard looks down,
“It’s a..the Unspoken.” He waves my arm around,
“I can feel the air, but you do realize I can’t actually see her right,” Amelia bends down summoning a crystal, blood drips slightly from her hand, “I shouldn’t do this, but I want to be able to see you, and you can’t help Novus with no magic.” The crystal floats into my hands, the guards flinch, the crystal absorbs into my skin, I felt light radiating from my skin,
“Thank you.” Amelia smiles,
“Trust your instincts Yanamarie.” Amelia walks off, she left me with a bitter taste, instincts, I didn’t like her. I can now stand, but the guards still held me. Radial walks by, he stops smirking slightly,
“Hello Yanamarie. I didn’t think it was so easy to bring down the mighty Unspoken,” I don’t answer, “I can take her.” The guards loosen their grip nodding,
“Why are you all doing this, Opal healed me, Amelia gave me magic, and now you’re escorting me.” Radial grins, but pauses for a great while,
“We are a family. Even with all of our differences we help each other. Novus, likes you. We’re hoping that slowly you’ll be able to join us once she wakes up.”
“I’m sorry. I didn’t want that to happen. The Original took away his control for now, but if he finds a use for me I’ll be dangerous.” Radial doesn’t answer, he seemed lost in thought, then he beams,
“Come with me to the Infirmary. If you can wake up Novus then I won’t let them take you to the dungeon. I’ll try to find a cure for this darkness, and you’ll be my guinea pig.”
A chance that Novus may wake up, a chance this curse will go away, I would trade anything to have a chance. My head bows, Radial takes my hand the world twists and turns, then suddenly I’m in front of Novus. Her skin was ivory and glass like, for a moment, her eyes would flutter and I would see the two different colors her irises were painted with. All I could do was stare, relish in the moment, I wasn’t hurting her, she was here next to me with no hatred between us. I briskly touch her fingers, her eyes open glow bright blue, just like the last time she touched my cheek,she winces grabbing my arm, she struggles to move, but produces two words out of her mouth as Liam truly did wake up,
“Yashiro’s..coming.”
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