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The underdogs are my lion

The silent ones are my choir

I will be your warrior

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"Let go over the plan again," Nate urges us as we stand our cool and look ahead. Roman location spell tracked Jessica here, and I don't know where is. It looks like an abandoned building and some how it feels kind of familiar like I have been here before but if I have, I would know.

We've been driving for hours, the guys took turns, I didn't drive because I don't have my driver's license and I don't know how to read maps.

"Get in, get Jessica and get out," Roman list the plan we came up with, I'm glad they are helping me with this, I wouldn't have to do it on my own, but before we go busting in and saving the day, we need to know what we are up against and the only person that can tell us more is avoiding the subject.

Dean made us promise not to make any noise because the abandoned building is located in a deserted area and the building is the only thing visible aside from nature. We are risking our cover by talking because of the echo of over voices.

"Sounds good when you are playing hide and seek," I shrug and turn to Dean. "Come on Dean, how powerful is this guy?"

He needs to tell us, we need to know what we are about to walk into, most of all we need to know why he took Jessica.

Dean sighs and remove the binoculars from his eyes. "Very powerful, Lord Voldermort kinda powerful. Well, it's a good thing Roman cloaked us, he won't see us coming," He answers casually, too casual for my liking.

I look beside me to see Nate and Roman shrugging like his behavior isn't bothering them, Dean is keeping something, something big, I don't know how to explain it but I know there is more to Theo than he is letting on.

"You are avoiding the juice of the story. Who is Theo?" I demand and not ask this time, I'm losing my patience and God knows what Jessica is going through in there.

"His name is ArihmaTheo, as in you pronounce it together and he's no one important," There he goes again with this.

I groan and pass Nate my Binoculars. "Screw this, I'm going in," I hurry my pace as I walk away without waiting for their replies or talk.

We don't know anything about this building or the man that captured Jessica. Thank God I brought my sword, it's not my sword, I just took the first one I saw at the armory and I was surprised to see that The Vale has an armory. Am getting pretty at defending myself with a sword, am still a little rusty but I can cut dip with it.

I stop at the entrance and it's weird that there is no one guarding it, it opened even. It's like they are waiting for someone to come, I'm taking the bait. I step into the building and walk.

There is definitely something familiar about this place, I can't put my finger on it but I know I have been here before, which is crazy because I have never seen this building or don't remember seeing it, either way this feels crazy.

I snuff my nose at that odor, it smells like death in here. My feet and my curious, anxious, scared mind carries me to the direction of the noise I hear, it's more like footsteps than noise.

I step into a room that look like a Laboratory. There are different kind of stuff here and the amount of pods are what makes it creepy, one of the pods is occupied while the other are opened.

I see Jessica laying on a table and Theo look over her like she's some sort of lab experiment. Something about that table and this room is giving a crazy deja Vu, I'll think about it later, I have more pressing matters to attend to.

I remove my sword, the pouch drops as the sword leaves it. "Get away from her, you psychotic maniac," I warn as I grip the sword with both hands and point it at him, Jessica is unconscious, I hope am not too late.

He freezes and hold up his hands in surrender. "Would recognize that courage anywhere. Would recognize that aura anywhere. Would-" I break his stupid talk.

I take a step closer. "Quit the rhyming and stay the fuck away from her," I warn again and take another step, I can feel my hands shaking in fear. I am afraid but I shouldn't be afraid, I need to be courageous and bold to save Jessica.

He chuckles and drops his hand and place it by his side. "You don't wear the family symbol with honor. You don't wear the house glyph with pride," He proceeds with his silly talk. He turns to me and take a deep breath as his eyes meet mine, he smiles. "But you are your father's daughter," He says.

What is this? How did he know my father and what the hell is talking about?

"What the hell is this stupid babble about?" I question with a high pitch, I swear am going to impale him if he takes a step closer to me.

He smirks like he's getting the reaction he wants out of me. "That's the spirit little princess," He comments.

I lower my hold on the sword to try and process this guy. "What the-" He interrupts me.

"Your Grandmother wore the dragon wings with honor. Your father wore the Phoenix wings with pride, but somehow you ended up with a Raven," He says with disgust like he is not impressed by the Raven. All this would have been better if I knew a bit about what he's ranting about, but I don't care, all I care about is my friend.

I raise the sword again and take a threaten steps closer. "Quit the chit chat and release my friend," I demand through my gritted teeth, he better start obeying me before I start swinging the sword.

His gaze moves from my face to my hand, well the sword in my hand. "A Sage and a Princess, you match. A Princess always need a Sage," He says with a little bit of humor.

He takes a step closer to me and it's my turn to take steps back. I did not think this through and it's turning out be a very bad idea. "Did they tell you the truth about who you are? Because your shocked expression tells me that you don't know," He raises his hand and pushes the sword away from his throat and stand in front of me. "Oh poor you, I'll show you the place you come from, can I?" He asks.

Just like a curse, I nod my head.

He smiles and places his hand on my forehead. "Di Hipsodat, whos reh eht yaw."

"Stay away from her," That roar comes from a very familiar voice, I think I....

I blink out of whatever Theo did to me. I glare at him to see him glaring at me. "What did you do to me?" I whisper.

He shrugs. "I opened your eyes," He replies and smirks.

Right.

"Get away from her," Dean says, I turn my head to see Dean and Roman. Where is Nate?

"Don't think because I called you by your mortal name means I don't know who you really are. El-Gar-El the Royal gatekeeper," He says in a more firm and serious tone. "And a Bennet witch. How many more of you are coming?"

Screw this shit. I raise the sword and place it on Theo's neck. "Give me my friend or I swear I will cut you," I threaten. I'm not going to cut him though.

He smirks. "You are not going to cut because am the only one that can stop-"

He cut himself off when we hear a roar, an actual animal roar. "That, am the only one that can stop that."

I turn my back to see three guys in black, they look soulless. I turn my head back to Theo, who still wears the smirk expression on his face.

I swallow hard and sigh. "Call your army off or I'm gonna cut off your head," I sound more promising this time.

He chuckles and leans into the sword. "What's stopping you?" I can see the sword grazing his skin and blood dripping and staining my blade.

I add more pressure to the sword and release it, his wounds heals almost immediately. "It's going to take more than an ordinary blade to kill me," He winks and I find it a little absurd, giving that a half blind man just winked at me.

"Call your army back," I tell him.

He straighten his back and adjust his jacket. "They are not mine and they can't die, you'll figure out whose army they are, but till then, fight."

Oh bollocks.

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I lied when I said I know how to use a sword, apparently I suck at it and also spelling casting. I can't remember a common spell to defeat an enemy and I also kind of made a promise to myself that am not going to say my three magically incantation to keep me in control, it didn't work the last time I tried.

Those guys are not dying and Theo is not doing anything to stop the army of the dead from killing us. I am standing behind Roman and Dean, they are doing a great job kicking the undead army's ass.

Am not sure if I'm the one swinging the sword or if it's the sword swinging me. I still have a lot to learn about self defense and sword fight.

"Theo, do something!" I seethe in anger.

He raises his hand in surrender. "It's not me!" He replies and I believe him.

"If it isn't you, then who!" Dean tilts his head to Theo's side to ask but he receive a punch to his jaw.

"Ahhhh," I help him mourn. That is definitely going to hurt like hell and leave a bruise. "ArihmaTheo!" I call his name with all my will. "Who is it?"

He places his index finger on his lips, telling me to shut up and listen. He tilts his head to his side. My mouth drops open at the sight.

Jessica kneeling on one knee with her right hand on the floor, her eyes are color brown, she's chanting something.

I turn back to Theo, he nods his head. Fucking hell. "Roman!" I throw my sword to him and run to Jessica.

I kneel infront of her and realize she isn't herself, she's repeating the same thing over. "Jessica," I whisper her name. I have never seen anything like this before even with the actual witches.

"What is wrong with her?" I scream at Theo, he shrugs like he doesn't care. I groan and jump up on feet and launch myself at Theo, pushing him to the wall in the process. "What did you do to her?" I demand.

He removes my hand from his body, he wraps his hand around my neck and slam me against the wall without releasing my neck. "Don't provoke me princess, I told you I didn't do anything," He says through his gritted teeth.

"Fuck you, I don't believe you," I spat out as I try to break free.

He tighten his hold on my neck and uses it to raise me off my feet, is this what choking feels like?

I look over his head to see Roman throw the sword to our direction, I look at Theo, he smirks and pulls me forward and whispers something inside my ear.

He drops me on the floor and vanish. I hold my neck as I try to catch my breath. "You good?" Dean asks from afar. I raise my thumbs up to confirm myself.

I crawl towards Jessica and hold her face in my hand. "Jessica," She looks so dead. "Little help here!"

"We are a little busy at the moment," Roman yells back.

"Better call Nate."

"I'm already here, call me and he-" I cut him off.

"Do you know how to help her?" I ask. I don't even see the way he came in.

He kneels in front of her, beside me. "I do."

I don't think I have ever been happier to see him. He seems to know the solution to everything.

"She isn't herself," Am surprised he didn't tell me the color of her shirt. Of course I know she isn't herself. "There is a Spell that can help clear her mind, she probably tap into this world because she was scared."

I nod in understanding. "So do it," I tell him.

"Me?" I raise my eyebrows in question. "You are doing it, am holding her," He informs me.

I roll my eyes. "Okay, what's the spell?"

Nate moves behind her and places his hand on either side of her head and clears his throat. "Place your hand on her hand and repeat after me."

I do as she said and wait for the spell. "Exdurum dul Santo Jessica Cruz eerf"

I chant continuously and feel Jessica slowly return to me until she returns completely.

She snaps her eyes open. "Camille," She whispers my name.

Nate and I share a sigh, I look ahead to see the army down.

I lay down on the floor and look at the old ceiling as I breathe heavily. "Wheeew that was fun guys," I say and they all laugh.

"It's been a long day, let's go home," Dean says as he joins Nate and I on the floor.

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Jessica is all settled in, Dean said he is going to contact her parents tomorrow, I leave her in my room to freshen up.

I came straight to the library because of what Theo said right before he vanished.

'The truth is right in front of you, all you need is to open your eyes and look closer and clearly. Everyone around you is a liar, break free and follow the path that leads you to what you are looking for'

The truth is I don't know what I'm looking for but I do know that people are lying to me, I just don't know what they are lying about.

I have been doing research on the Dragon, Phoenix and Raven. I didn't find anything I'm not supposed to know except that it's represents a royal loom for the Royal Family of DiHipians.

I know it's sounds crazy believing Theo but I do believe him, and I need to know how everything is connected to me, he did say something about my parents.

"Camille!" I raise my head up from reading THE EL PRINCESS illustrated children's book. That voice doesn't sound familiar.

"Is anyone here?" I ask no one in particular.

I get up from the chair and shut the book, I carry the book and walk towards the voice that is calling me.

"Come to me," The voice again.

I keep going and stop infront of the restricted shelf. "Romance novels," I whisper. I know that there is something weird about this particular shelf and now that am having a good look at it, the book arranged in it are placed in a specific way.

A book catch my attention as I raise my hand to touch it That is Professor Holme's real name. When is he a Romance novelist?

I trace my hand on the hardcopy and shake my head, I'm feeling dizzy all of a sudden. "Uh..." I remove my hand from the book and touch my forehead. "I don't feel so goo..." Darkness is the last thing I see.

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💗,MILIA.