Claire POV-

After a few more minutes of arguing they all left, leaving her with Dianite

"Thought you were leaving" she said

"I was but then I heard you talking about me" he responded sitting on a chair across the room, fiddling with the books nearby

"So, any explanation? Its always a guessing game with you gods, what riddle do I have to solve this time for a clear answer?" She asked frustrated

"None. I'm just attracted to your inner evil" he said

What?

"Im not sure what that means" she said genuinely confused "Yore supposed to tell me that you hate me, we are on different sides of this war of yours against Ianite"

"I thought you were supposed to be smart. Your darkness reminds me of myself, we are both roots in a way" he said slowly standing up

"Now I'm just lost. Either my concussion is mixing up words or you're just insane" she responded, putting some ice on her head

"When I was a young boy, people would describe us gods as a tree. People would say I was the roots underground, Ianite was the trunk, and Miante was the leafs. All of us together were everything. Sustenance, oxygen, shade, everything humanity needed was symbolism to our great powers" he said

Now she was more confused than ever.

"Of course I was the roots, buried so far underground that no one even noticed them. I guess that was supposed to make me feel horrible, until one day I decided to bring some trees to life and had them kill an entire village with their roots" he said with a smile on his face

"Whoah, ok, um, nice bed time story" Jordan said

"I see that in you. Your a delicate sweet tree baring fruit for all, but once in a while, you let your roots lose to unleash hell, like with the modesteps. Problem is you try to convince yourself of your goodness for acceptance, don't know why you do that when your darkness is much more favorable" he said

"So thats your reason for being so weird around me? You think I'm roots? Well...." She said, not sure how to finish that sentence

"I do it because you are like me, you are meant by my side" he said

"No, the trunk is were I belong, bringing stability to the tree is the kind of person I am. Just like Ianite" she said

"No, its not" he said getting close to her

Fear.

Pain.

Her whole body was telling her to run but her body wouldn't respond

"Ianite wants you as his slave of a champion, to constantly go put out the fires he ignited. I want us to ignite them together, show the world who you really are. Think about it, if you weren't that evil you would have tried to kill me multiple times. I'd see burning hatred in your eyes like in Tucker's and Sonja's, yet you chose to forgive me" he added

"What kind of team Dianite propaganda is this? This isn't how things are supposed to go." Jordan said

"Why are you obsessed with how things should be? You control your destiny, chose the path you want. Society has drilled into everyones heads that the correct path to take in life is being good, I'd stray from what others believe. Be your own person, besides, wasn't freedom what you've always wanted?" He said as he teleported to her side

How did he know about that?

"If being around me bothered you so much, don't you think you would have done something about it already? Dianite added

"All this work so I could join your side. Don't you think you're overdoing it?" She asked

As a response, he removed the ice from her head and pulled up the blanket to keep her warm (Or strangle her later, with Dianite she could never be sure). With one hand he began to stroke her face as he pulled back her hair with the other.

"Perhaps there is something else and you know it" he said

Could she be as evil as he described her to be? Jordan had done some very despicable things since she arrived to the point that killing didn't bother her anymore.

Was she trying to stay on course with what she had seen on the show that badly? That may be an effect of her physics obsessions, being too afraid to stray from what was supposed to happen to get to a place where she could go home.

But no, she couldn't be that evil, then again if someone like Dianite had taken an interest to her that could mean she did have that potential. After all, the people she had hung out with the most at a time were Dianite and Tom, both of which wouldn't be considered great role models.

All the times Dianite had acted weird around her she never once fled with fear or had uncontrollable anger, mostly she had been confused because thats not how things went in the show itself.

Looking at Diane just then made her realize something, maybe she would be a good match for him. The evil was certainly there, she had just always dismissed it because evil wasn't right.

"You're right...I may just be like you" Jordan said, letting the reality of her past actions sink in

All the purges, she had won most of them ruthlessly. The time she was captured she was willing to let her captors drown over and over again. The weapons she made with the intent of killing her captors back when she was trapped with the wizards.

In a lesser note, all the mobs she had destroyed. By killing all those monsters without a second thought, did that make her a greater monster?

"I knew you'd realize it eventually, don't be afraid to embrace all that evil. It suits you well." He said

All she could do was sit there lay there in awe. All that time she was sure she fought for the good guys, but her bad actions said otherwise. She wasn't even sure how Ianite chose her with all that evident evil running through her.

More memories rushed through her head. All the horrible pranks she had done, not to mention the ones she was planning like putting Tom's house underwater.

The stealing, killing, lying.

Even the shadows had trusted her, wanted her as his champion, believed in her evil. What had she done about that, killed him. Surpassed his evil.

No...

What would her family think. They had raised her to be a good person, they had forced on endless manners and edicate thought her lifetime.

But she had learned how to kill and prank and destroy fairly quickly, she was now one of the best.

"Dianite....I dont know who I am anymore" Jordan said as she began to cry

She couldn't help it. She was the opposite of who she thought she was.

Was she even allowed to go back home now? Being like that.

He got rid of her tears and sat by her side

"Thats perfect, because I do. I have this whole time Sparkles" he said

"I read a quote by Epictetus once, it said that freedom is the only worthy goal in life and its won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control. I think that making sure things stayed how they were supposed to be is beyond my control" Jordan said looking into Dianite's eyes

"Now you understand, question is, what will you do about it?" He asked

"I have to choose the choice that scares me the most, at the end of the day its gonna be the one that helps me grow as a person" she said

"This world is gonna judge you no matter who you chose to be, might as well defy them" he said

She thought about it for a few minutes in silence.

"Im gonna get a new house" Jordan said

"What?" Dianite asked

"Im not ready to go to the dark side. Instead I'm gonna have the wizards build me a giant tree home, but I won't have it made like a tree house. I'll live in its trunk and see if I can have the wizards expose the roots. Maybe by living in a giant tree trunk you'll understand that I will continue to be with Ianite and that I won't let my roots be underground like yours" she said

Dianite looked very confused, probably trying to process her thoughts.

"I agree with everything you have said, but I want to show all of you that I can be the trunk like Ianite. Ill be the balance and stability of this island, ill probably still end up submerging Tom's house and I will still fight to free Ianite" Jordan said "No roots underground for me though"

"... you know that we are both the same, you have much darkness, embrace it" he said

"If I did, I would hate you so much for killing me and instead of having things the way they are supposed to go, I would kill you myself" Jordan answered

Diane wouldn't even move at the point, realizing that it was probably true. In all honesty, she would never be able to kill him though. He was terrifying.

Jordan then gave him hug, she would probably die for doing that but it just seemed like the thing to do. Then she pulled him back to get a good look at his face and kissed him, it was a small kiss but long enough to make her regret it and question her choices.

He didn't seem to mind and kissed her back, making the kiss way longer than she had anticipated. After a few more awkward seconds Jordan pulled back and laughed.

"I hate you very much and don't agree with your morals whatsoever, but there are some small feelings I can't explain, aside from constant fear and annoyance. It doesn't have a name but maybe its because we could have evil in common. Just don't confuse it with love because thats not what it is" Jordan said feeling like she had just committed a crime

She had done it for multiple reasons, some she couldn't explain and also because she knew he needed it. Even if she had all the evil in the world, she still cared for people.

"I may know what you mean because I also can't explain it. I still despise you for being and Ianitee and do enjoy messing with you yet I always find myself fighting to have you on my side" he said

All she knew for certain is that she had to stop trying to be like Jordan Maron, she wasn't him, she was in control of what would happen. It didn't have to go the way it was supposed to because that wasn't real, this world was.

Dianite then got off the bed and burned all the ice for her wounds. Jordan wanted to scream at him but he laughed before she could say anything.

"See, I feel the need to bother you still" he said making his way back

"The priest is gonna kill you for that" was all she could manage to say, ice was hard to find after all

"Now I can't get in trouble for kissing you because you just kissed me, I knew you were dying to do that" Dianite joked

"It wasn't like that! I'm still gonna defeat you and free Ianite you know!" She said

"And ill continue to make your life miserable. Still, I can testify for all my brothers by admitting that we all have very unexplained feelings for you, complicated stuff. Though Mianite wouldn't go around kissing you, he still wants you on his team. You're a very strange thing you know" he said

"Is that supposed to be a compliment?"she asked

"No. You know, my next mission may just be to burn that new house of yours, I don't appreciate the false symbolism" he said

"And you bet ill be there to defend it" Jordan answered

"Well, I should go. I have war preparations to attend to" he said "But first..."

As he leaned in to probably kiss her again she grabbed one of his horns and managed to pull his head down. She then got a plate of soup the priest had probably left for her and she poured it on his head.

"Thats for killing me" she said in between laughs

"I'd kill you right now but id rather see you run and beg for your life" he said wiping the soup off as best as he could.

Splashing almost half of it on her.

"Ok, now I'm gonna make Mexico throw up on Tom's Dianite temple for that" she said "Hope you like sombreros"

"Looks like you have lots to do as well, good luck even getting up" Dianite said pointing at her injuries "What's Mexico anyways?" He asked

"You'll see"

"Nonetheless, if you want to explore our unexplainable quarrels you know where to find me, just know that I will send my slaves to kill you" he joked

"Well, I'm probably gonna go to hell for kissing the devil anyways so ill pass, the nether is terrifying. Id rather stay as far away from it while I can" Jordan said when she head a knock at the door

Dianite turned around and laughed as if he could see who was behind the door. Could he? That was a terrifying thought.

Dianite kissed her forehead but when he pulled back his eyes looked like they were on fire once again.

Confused, Jordan didnt know what to do.

"That soup is horrible! Whoever did that was trying to kill you, probably the priest, he is convinced he can cook" he joked in disgust

"Why are people always trying to kill me?" She joked

Jordan got some soup from her cheek and tasted it.

Yep, it was gross.....

Jordan and Dianite just gave each other a pissed off stare as a good bye before he teleported away.

"Come in" Jordan said as she struggled to get rid of the chunky soup in her hair and face

When she looked up to see who had entered, it was Tom.

And he didn't look happy at all.