The Kingdom of Grace

The dark witch was at her chamber room to change her clothing into something comfortable to wear, however, while she was staring at the mirror, there were multiple voices whispering inside her mind that the dark witch was unaware as she kept turning her back every ten seconds. When the voices disappear, she continues to find her clothing to wear until the voices come back to her mind with a strong frightened roar.

“Never ignore our voices, we’re your friends.“, voice #1 said.

“Don’t wait any longer to kill the evil lord, act now and all the creatures will bow down to you.“, voice #2 said.

The dark witch has cast a dark sphere to throw whoever is speaking to her, but she couldn’t see who’s talking to her, and she fell on her knees as these voices continue to whisper in her mind.

“You want to attend from the mother hellhound? Get rid of that precious girl!!“, voice #3 said.

“You want to rule the Netherworld? You should also take control of the Earth and Heaven, and every human and creatures shall bow down to you.“, voice #4 said.

“Whoever you are, you may have a point and I shall make my move on the evil lord. Thank you… my new friends. Shall we speak soon, friends?“, the dark witch said before hysterically laughing loudly.

For the first time since they have been captured for 11 months, William and Elizabeth fell asleep like little angels, he was holding his wife’s hand to never let anything happen to her or her faith because it’s a man’s responsibility to provide health and safety to his wife and children. An hour later, Elizabeth opened her eyes and felt a negative energy heading toward their cage and she quickly woke up William.

“William? William? Wake up, darling, someone’s coming to our jail cage.“, Elizabeth said in her soft voice.

“Uh? Oh, bloody madness, dear, I still feel zonked after we haven’t got a proper sleep over the last 11 months. I wonder how our children are doing since we last saw them… Still concern about Olivia’s behaviour toward us and her siblings.“, William said before he covered his yawn.

“Don’t worry about Olivia, I believe she’ll change overtime and I know how we still worry about her faith, however, our Lord will watch over her and her siblings and he’ll help us get to our children. In Jesus name, Amen.“, Elizabeth said before she kissed her husband.

“Amen, dear… Someone’s here, pretend we were butchering at dead skeleton bodies.“, William said.

The dead skeleton bodies were mostly humans that have died over the years and a few skeleton bones were added each day over the past 11 months. The bones were no longer harder like a stone and became softer as a smooth sand, it’s colour has transformed from bright white to greyish and rotten black, and the bones were too fragile that it won’t produce oxygen to stay together. They fell the cage slowly to the ground and the dark witch was standing there with a nail filer and then she ordered the dark soldiers to give her private for a while before she sat down in her seat and used the nail filer to shave her sharp long fingernails.

“Hello, little darlings, miss me?“, the dark witch asked.

“We didn’t expect you coming down to visit us or did he sent you to torture us more with his sinful tricks?“, William said as he holds his wife’s hands.

“Me? Being order to torture you, little children, by that lazy lord of the Netherworld? Ha, ha, bloody funny, dear, but I’m not ordered to come torture you, sorcerers, I’m here because I got to tell you about my lifetime as human warrior.“, the dark witch said as she continues to shave her fingernails.

“Hold on, you used to be a human warrior? That’s interesting to know about your life.“, Elizabeth said.

“You see, doll faces, before women’s rights were created, the women in my lifetime don’t have any rights as men and if we ever get caught disobeying our men, we could be sentenced to reform school or divorce and return to our family.“, the dark witch said.

“I guess your mother was a witch and your father was a human. Do you have any siblings?“, Elizabeth said.

“Correct, doll face and I had an older brother and two younger sisters, I was the eldest daughter of the family and almost got sent off to another man.“, the dark witch said.

“Tell us about your life and how you ended up joining the dark forces.“, William said.

“It was in May of the 1690′s, I was 16 years old at the time where women weren’t allowed to go places without their husband or any male family to guide them, and my mother regretted the day she married my father, Andrew, for the last 20 years. My brother, Andrew Jr., was 24 years old, who helped his father with men’s duty and my younger sisters, Mary and Alice, were 8 and 6 years old, who helped mother finish the chores before they came home. Whenever we don’t finish up before my father and brother come home, he’ll either spanks us to death or hurts his mother because she couldn’t finish the chores on time. My brother acted like father and he didn’t care about his behaviour toward mother, and there was nothing we could do. Sometimes, I wondered why men treated women like trash, especially toward other people who aren’t their skin colour. One night, mother made some streaks with macaroni and cheese, sweet potatoes, and broccoli, and my brother complained about his food being cold. I stood up to defend my mother from being threatened and I was ready to cast a spell on his mind… My mother signaled me to relax and sit down before she warmed his food in the microwave, father kept telling me and my sisters that we were going to be sent off to different families to marry their son and have children together. Did you know that me and my sisters had witch magic and my brother didn’t have magic? The reason was because my mother told us each night that God gave the women power to defend themselves and not used to control people. The next morning, after father and brother went to work, my mother told us to pack lightly, and abandon them into rupture minds as we ran into another country where women have few rights and we changed our names to protect our identity. Our life was better now, no more father and brother telling us what to do, and we were praying to God each day and night to thank him for his miracles; six months later, my mother married a sorcerer, and we gained two more siblings into our family and their names were Crystal and Robert. As we got older, my sisters and I decided to live in our own flat and let our step-father and mother raise their children together without feeling crowded… In 1720, both my little sisters fell ill and I called the doctor to check their condition. I tried to use my healing magic and it didn’t work, I could see their eyes barely open to where they weren’t panicking, and they held my hand. An hour later, they were pronounced dead, and I buried them somewhere in the graveyard where no one is going to find their true identity. My mother died ten years later, I could barely see Robert or Crystal anymore, and I was sober for my sisters and mother over the last two years as they left me alone in this world. Not everything was going peaceful for me, I came across sheriff and his staff who questioned me about my family profile and whether or not I was gifted from the evil lord’s, at that time, I didn’t care to marry a man because they want their children to take over their work or send their daughters off to marriage. They sentence me to death by hanging in 1775 after finding information about me and my soul was floated around the Earth to find my way home with my sisters and mother until I heard a voice saying come down to the ground and you’ll find home with your sisters and mother. I was a complete fool to listen to a dark spirit who captured me to the Netherworld for the rest of eternity.“, the dark witch said before she continued to shave her fingernails.

“Sounds sad to hear about your life, witch, and we didn’t expect you turned into a dark witch after you were captured.“, William said.

“Well, dear, is either I continue to fight my way out of the Netherworld or turn evil and survive this deadly world.“, the dark witch said.

“What was your relationship with your grandparents like?“, Elizabeth asked.

“I only met my grandparents twice every year during Christmas and Thanksgiving, my father and brother pretend to act innocent toward our family to hide their nasty ways to me, my sisters, and my mother.“, the dark witch said.

“I understand your mother’s history in marriage, did your step-father change the way she thinks about men’s behaviour?“, Elizabeth asked.

“When my step-father took my mother as his wife, we saw a huge change overtime, and The next morning, she was cooking breakfast for everyone with him. He let her take breaks and walk outside the village, and they made love more often to have children of their own. I was happy that they were expecting their first child together and we were there for them if someone tries to define their characteristics of life.“, the dark witch said.

“What ever happened to your father and brother?“, William asked.

“After we escaped, dear, they came flat to find us gone and took some of our stuff, we can see them through a glass ball using a simple spell. They contact the sheriff about us being missing and the six weeks search has been an epic fail as they couldn’t find any trace of us. Then I heard that those two got married and have sex with their women and each others, which disgust me altogether, and they killed themselves after six months of marriage to these poor unfortunately women.“, the dark witch said as she continues to shave her fingernails.

“It’s sad indeed to hear about your family.“, William said sincerely.

“Don’t feel sorry, dear, it happens because I knew the evil lord was planning this years ago. When he manipulated men to think ladies were his puppets to trick people into doing sins, the man-kind created a law where no women would have the same rights as men. Oh, it’s time for me to make my exit, little children, until next time.“, the dark witch said before she has the dark soldiers escort her to the evil lord’s chamber room.

“Dear, what if she tries to plot revenge on the evil lord?“, Elizabeth asked.

“Then it won’t do anyone good and the balance will be off between light and dark. Let’s pray in silence to help her heart heal from the long lost death of her sisters and mother.“, William said before he held his wife’s hands and closed his eyes.

As they prayed to God about the dark witch’s lost family, the dark witch was smirk as she walks through the Netherworld to her lord’s chamber. The evil lord torutre the former commander over the last 30 minutes with his 1,000 degree Celsius fire slash, cast a nightmare spell to make him feel the pain of his family’s death, and electrocution his body until he yield. The dark witch enters his chamber as she witness the evil lord electrocution the former commander’s body and then he releases the commander’s body, and wasn’t pleasure to see his assistant being late.

“What have you been, witch?! I start to get bored torture this homeless man with my tricks!”, the evil lord yelled at the dark witch.

“I was just on time, I tortured the sorcerers with my spells for a while, and that was fun for me, unlike you, who keeps complaining about you don’t having this, you don’t have that! Blah, Blah, Blah, you don’t have anything…”, the dark witch said before the evil lord pulled his poison blade on her chest.

“Keep your mouth shut, I’m your lord of the Netherworld and you shall serve me for the rest of eternity! Now, be a good little girl, fetch me some hellhounds to finish this fool over there and it better be the ones who can really take a bite, witch.”, the evil lord said as he was butchering into her eyes.

“Yes, my lord… How have you been, former commander?”, the dark witch said.

“I was busy escaping the dark forces from capturing me and it has been a good run too.”, the former commander said before the dark witch smiled as she exited her lord’s chamber.

“You know, we did have a good run together, commander, we were undefeatable killers of the realm, partners of the deadly night, and sinners of innocent people, and now butcher what happened. Your heart is no longer in hatred, your soul has become more human emotions, and your mind has changed its course to doing good for the innocent people instead of killing them. Why?”, the evil lord said as he was butchering the commander’s eyes.

“Why? Really, that’s all you have to say? Why?! I’ll tell you one thing, I believed in you to bring back my wife and daughters after I accepted your offer to become your commander. I never once asked you when you going to bring back my family, however, I felt my body poison through the soul that I couldn’t remember my family or my life before this, and when I found out that you were the reason why my family died from the unknown illness, I was furious that I was foolish to leave my Lord God and his son for revenge that should never feel sober. The least I could do is free my family’s souls up to Heaven and maybe I could go with my family if the Lord gives me one last chance. You don’t understand the term family, love, sacrifice of the good, and strength through love and friendship overpowers loneliness and chaos because you don’t care about others, only for yourself, and you think you can be a mighty god like him.”, the former commander said.

The evil lord can hear his voices going insane as the former commander explains he’s no mighty god like the Lord who created the universe and Earth, he just an angel that was created in his own image and betrayed the Lord for power and greed. He grabs the commander by his throat, stare into his soul to search for his fears, and there was no evidence of his fears exist; the former commander show no mercy toward the evil lord as he has nothing to fear left in him after hundreds of years serving under his wings and he was ready to face death.

“You listen here, boy, you gave your soul to me, I’m your lord no matter what happens between us, I gave you all the powers you need to control my army and this is how you repay me by betraying me and leaving the Netherworld? You were nothing, but a homeless man who takes care of his family in a bog-standard farmhouse with little to no food each week, and I bring you back to a man you have desired all through your life. Tell me, do you still want to be my commander? I can get rid of that old man and replace you as my original commander, and between you and I, nothing happens to our partnership.”, the evil lord said as he butchers in the commander’s eyes.

“You think I’ll accept your offer after you tricked me the first time? Sorry, I’ll have to pass your offer and let me be in my death.”, the former commander said before the evil lord releases his throat.

“Suit yourself, boy, but I’ll tell you this, I’ll defeat my enemy in many possibilities I can think of and I’ll rule the three realms in darkness forever!”, the evil lord said before he laughed loudly.

“Laugh all you want, however, you’re not a mighty power like God and he’ll defeat you no matter what or where!”. The former commander said.

The dark witch enters the hellhound territory and witnesses the mother hellhound eating two fresh creatures from the woods as her daughters were chin wagging random topics, Sarah was listening to her sisters about one creature cheated on his wife or one creature gave 30 creatures a disease and they killed the creature. She realize that the creatures of the Netherworld doesn’t care about others listening to their conversations and rather kill the snitch than being torture and the hellhounds saw the dark witch standing like she wants attention from their mother, and one of the hellhounds alert her. The mother hellhound was surprised to see her, usually she’ll come in when her daughters weren’t around their private, and now it seems suspended to see why she has interrupted her meal.

March 5, 2011 (twenty past seven)

After taking 10 minutes of relaxing in the bathtub, Eliza drained the dirty water and dry herself off before putting back on her clothes, and then she paused as she was staring in the mirror. Her grandmother always tells her that she has similar butchers to her mother, which she could feel every pain that she went through with her father and his little abuse tricks, and she took a deep breath before she put on her clothes. She exited the restroom and went downstairs to join back with the group, she could sense their energy being positive toward each other, however, there was a hidden energy buried inside of Jacob and the others that she wasn’t aware of or possibilities could understand their situation. The group spotted Eliza coming downstairs, Jacob helped her into the seat and poured some Yunnan tea in her cup.

“Thank you.”, Eliza said.

“You’re welcome, butchering beautiful by the way… How are you feeling now?”, Jacob said.

“I’m feeling a little better and thank you for the compliment.”, Eliza said before she sipped her tea.

“We’re glad you’re okay, Eliza, and we’re here for you. You’re like a sister to us and family sticks together no matter what.”, Harry said.

“Oh my god, I didn’t know your puppy can talk.”, Eliza said as she butchers surprise.

“Don’t mind little James, he speaks whenever he wants to and he gets bloody grumpy when he doesn’t get proper sleep.”, Olivia said.

“So rude, mate, and my real name is Harry, Eliza. The reason why they want to make a joke on me is because this little cheeky boy decided to transform me into a puppy after I lost the duel. I mean butcher at this, if my mother found out that I was a puppy, she’ll treat me like her little cub again, and I’d rather grow up quickly than stay with my parents forever.”, Harry said before the group heard Eliza laugh softly.

“Awww, if you’re a puppy now, then who’s your owner?”, Eliza asked.

“I’m his owner since he lost the duel and he has to obey my orders or go to his timeout box until he learns how to obey.”, Thomas said before he laughed.

“Me and Aurther are his babysitters when Thomas needs a break or a nap and we make sure that the little puppy gets fed well with doggy treats and water.”, Annabelle said.

“Who’s my owner? Since when do I have babysitters to butcher after me? The only person who owns me is my sweet Lily over there with her beautiful clothing and making the most amazing meals with her mother.”, Harry said before he walked to Lillian and sat on her lap.

Eliza laughed loudly as the group were surprised to see her smile for the first time since she came inside their flat and then she stopped laughing a few moments later.

“Eliza? Tell us what happened during your childhood that made you feel vulnerable to this day and why those inhumans came after you.”, James said before he sipped his tea.

“I could start with my mother… She thought she married the right man who will take her under his care, show companionship, and guide her into the right path like my grandparents did. After marriage, her life was upside down as he show his true colours, torture her with marks around her body if she disobey his orders and force her to had sex with him or with a different man to grant him a son to take over his work. My grandmother felt something was wrong with him, tried to check on her to see if she would like to come back flat, however, my father was cruel inside his soul that he wouldn’t allow her to see her family members anymore, including his own. When I was born, he slapped her for not having a son and drove off somewhere for a few months, and that’s when she was able to contact my grandmother each day. At the age of three, my father forced me to watch mother having sex with a different man because he was planning to sell me off to a man who wants a woman in his life; that’s when I first encounter with the inhumans and not only the inhumans were making love to my mother, he called the hellhounds of the Netherworld to join in his fun. It was torture inside my mind, broken my heart into tiny pieces, and my soul was fading away as I watch my mother being torture by his little tricks. At the age of ten, father has to do business about my future wedding with a man he found in his email from one of his associates, told us to stay here until he came back, he was gone for over a week, and it was our chance to escape into the woods and found a way to my grandparents’ flat. Every night, we saw a signal showing us a quick way to get to my grandparents’ flat without being spot. My grandparents were speechless to see us in the rain, they took us in, gave us new clothes to wear, and showed us around their apartment; at last, my mother could be herself again without my father’s abusive words about everything from cleaning to cooking to clothes. My grandmother taught me how to play the piano and my mother taught me some of her favorite songs when she was a little child; One night, I heard someone playing the piano and my mother was singing like an angel giving her wings, and I surprised her with a little song on my own. At the age of 15, my mother didn’t expect to have another child and she gets worried about giving birth to a son, and we prayed each day and night that it’ll be a girl; at the time, I was working for one of the Top ten restaurants in New York for five years, I only work morning shifts to evening shifts before seven because they’re concerned for my gift could be exposed and my father could tracked me using his resources. 11 months later, my mother gave birth to a daughter and we named her Daisy after one of my ancestors, we all take turns to watch her as mother gets her restful sleep after being exhausted as a housewife to a disgraceful man. At the age of 20, my family moved back to England for more protective, I found worked at the Blackfriars, and I didn’t care to work late nights because I can stand on my own feet, and my mother and I decided to live next door to my grandparents to give them private.”, Eliza said before she sipped her tea.

“It’s sad to hear your childhood, Eliza, we prayed that no harm comes to your family ever again, in Jesus name, Amen.”, Samuel said before he sipped his tea.

“Amen. Thank you for your kind words.”, Eliza said.

“Did you find out what happened to your father?”, Jacob asked.

“Yes, after my mother and I escaped, he got words that we left his mansion and he’s willing to pay anyone 10,000 quids to return us safely without getting harm, however, thanks to my grandmother, we covered our trace using a simple spell to prevent us being found. One night, I had a vision of my father going insane after ten years since he last saw us working on his secret project until two hellhounds were naked and got him off of his computer to play their little game. One hellhound quickly undressed his shirt and pants, laid him on his bed, and made love to both of the hellhounds, and then I heard their fangs out before they began to drink his blood. My father couldn’t fight off the hellhounds and he died within minutes after he suffered an excess amount of blood loss in his bloodstream, and the hellhound ate his flesh until there were only skeleton bones. I heard he has another wife and two children were supposed to be my half-siblings, however, it was best for them to not know about me or Daisy because it could lead into confusion, and I wasn’t ready to answer questions at the time.”, Eliza said.

“We see to understand, Eliza, however, have you ever met his family members?”, James asked.

“I never met any of his family members because his parents died when he was in high school, and his remaining family never contacted him since his parents’ death. I figure that the leader of the Netherworld made a deal with my father for richness and women in his life as an exchange for his soul and he made a foolish choice by pretending to be nice toward my mother’s and her hobbies, and then he figure out how he could trapped her into his world.”, Eliza said.

“we understand, darling, his parents must be worried about his strange behaviour every day before their death.”, Katherine said.

“My mother told me she has seen his parents many times because she was unaware about his behaviour, they warned her not to marry their son because he’s not showing his true colours and prayed for the best in her future, and told her they wish to have a daughter like her. She said that they died on the day they got married and there were death reapers come through their flat and swipe their souls out of their bodies without a trace of evidence.”, Eliza said.

“At the time your family moved back to England, how did the inhumans find you at Blackfriars?”, Jessica asked.

“Good question, I haven’t figured out how they found me, at least they didn’t know my mother’s location.”, Eliza said.

“We understand, darling, you’re welcome to stay with us as long as you need until you’re ready to go flat.”, Katherine said.

“I think Eliza should sleep with Jacob and they can talk about their dreams and relationship.”, Harry said.

“Bad boy, little James, I think you need a timeout for saying inappropriate things, what you think, little buddy?”, Jacob said.

“Bad little James, you get to timeout for ten minutes until you learn how to behave around guests.”, Thomas said as he pointed to the small box with the sign saying timeout.

“Screw you both, bloody hell…”, Harry said as he walked to his timeout box and mumbled random words.

“Please tell us more about your family and when did you learn about your gift.”, Olivia said.

“I found out that I was a sorceress at the age of five, my mother was proud of me and feared that my father would sell me to the government for money, and I discovered lost souls and creatures of the Netherworld that were floating around his mansion. As I grow older into my teens, my magic has become stronger and my grandmother taught me some spells I need to know in order to protect me and others from harm. My mother works for a hair salon as a retail manager, my grandmother worked as a head nurse at the hospital, my grandfather owns his cafe down the street, and my little sister assistant grandfather as his little chef. I also part with an enchantress from my great great grandmother who passed away a long time ago after she sacrificed herself to save her family and her flat from danger of their fate.”, Eliza said.

“Interesting indeed, please, you must introduce us to your family someday.”, Samuel said.

“Samuel, I don’t think it’s a good…”, Jacob said before his hand was holding onto Eliza’s hand.

“Oh my…”, Eliza said as she was blushing on her face and saw his face blushing as well.

“Oh my, have mercy on me.”, Jacob said as he butchered her eyes.

“Could we speak private, Jacob, before we become more red?”, Eliza asked.

Jacob nods head, guides her upstairs to his bedroom on the third floor, and the group are sipping their tea except for Katherine, who enjoys watching the children and listening to their conversations, and Annabelle whispers to Olivia about Jacob’s crush on Eliza before they were laughing at each other.

“Is it me or Jacob seeking to find a woman in his life?”, Harry asked.

“You’re right, mate, I’m bloody happy for Jacob and I prayed that Eliza will find Jacob as a caring person in her life.”, James said.

“Samuel, I wonder if a woman will find your personality bloody funny without going mad crazy on your beauty.”, Aurther said.

“You see, Aurther, there’s a chance a woman will be in my life without going insane over my beauty, and only the Lord will determine my fate to be with. Speaking of my brother, I remember when we were young, our father took us to walk around the kingdom with guards at our distance, Jacob decided to throw a potion on me and I became a frog.”, Samuel said.

“A frog? Really?”, Olivia said before she laughs loudly.

“I remember that day, we couldn’t find Samuel until we heard a voice near our distance and the guards came close to us to protect us from harm until Samuel hopped to his father’s hands and explained what had happened. Jacob got in trouble and had a serious conversation with mother and father, and then father decided to send Jacob on a five-day journey to the outland of the kingdom before he could return home.”, Lillian said before she sipped her tea.

“I wonder what Jacob and Eliza are doing in his bedroom, probably talking about us or talking about their future.”, Olivia said before the group were butchering her.

Jacob and Eliza were relaxing on his bed as he holding her against his chest and she holds his hand as she felt his heartbeat, they were talking about their dream as a music producer to spread around the world and future plans, however, Eliza was curious to see what kind of person Jacob is and she thought can she ever open herself to a man who won’t treated her like trashed just like her father treated her mother like she’s his slave.

“Jacob? Tell me what’s like to date women in your past, were they ever trying to use you for their benefits or be kind to you or have they got personality disorder that they pretend to love you and show you their true colours?”, Eliza asked.

“Well, there were a few who loved me and I couldn’t see myself with them because I was carrying a burial inside my heart, and I got some crazy women who tried to lock me in their flat with children running around like mad people. I thank God for not giving any of my previous relationship a child because it could result in tracing me to my family’s flat and I would have to pay child support.”, Jacob said.

“I see… I tried to date a few men in the past, my first date last for two months and I found out that he recognized me as the lost daughter of businessman, he tries to capture me until I cast a spell to wipe off his memories of me, and he become lost and wanders around; my second date last for seven months, he was a good butchering handsome like you, expect for he kept a secret that he was a transgender, which I didn’t know how to reaction, and I kindly ended things between us; my third date last for two years, he was a little strict on dating women, we moved in a few months later, and we experience multiple problems including breaking house rules and our relationship. Until I have the courage to say that I couldn’t deal with his rules, I need a man who’s going to support me and my career, and I want children in my life.”, Eliza said.

“I see, have you ever wondered if your father’s parents were alive, then do you think they’ll like you?”, Jacob asked.

“My mother told me that they were the most lovely people she ever met, they’ll be glad to have a granddaughter like me… I felt sorry for them for raising such a greedy child who only sees the world as a way to get rich. They sent him to a mental hospital for three years in his life, then he was sent to a church rehab through his teens until they couldn’t help him any more. They prayed each day and night for their son to open his eyes and realize the cause of hurting his family affected their relationship. You know what I believe, Jacob? I believe that an immortal powerful source has cast a spell onto my father at a young age and his behaviour has caused strange activities surrounding his flattown.”, Eliza said before she slid close to Jacob on his chest.

“I agree with you, we’re not fighting against flesh and blood, we’re fighting against high places and principles of the dark realm.”, Jacob said.

“Jacob, can I ask you a question?”, Eliza asked.

“Yes, Eliza.”, Jacob said.

“How long did you live here on Earth? The way I’m sensing your energy, something was burying you for an extended amount of time that it doesn’t bother you until now.”, Eliza said.

“Well, it’s going to be difficult to explain, I never tell no one about my lifetime, except for the group of children you met back in Blackfriars. Promise me you won’t be surprised to know how much I went through, okay.”, Jacob said as he holds Eliza’s hand.

“Promise, I’ll keep your secret safe from harm.”, Eliza said before she saw Jacob kiss her hand.

“My mother, Sarah, Lillian, Samuel, and I lived as the royal family of the Kingdom of Grace during the 14th Century, there were three other kingdoms who we ally with to stand against the dark realm. My father, King Solomon was a man who helped our people with the wisdom of God and rebuilt the relationship of our people after my grandfather broke his promises. At the age of 20, my father was possessed by the leader of the dark realm, he blasted his dark magic in the kingdom, while some of our people escaped into the outland, some of our people were turned into black stone, and my family and I barely escaped into the outside world of the kingdom. As years goes by, we were able to adjust our lifestyle, my mother stop become fragile and gain her ability to play the piano every day, we would pray to God each day and night to give us a sign to bring back my father someday, and today was the day that the dark realm called upon their forces to invade England. One by one, the villages were being demolished, the people were turning into dark soldiers or eaten alive, and the land was turning into the dark realm’s territory. If we don’t stop the dark realm from taking control over England, then they’ll try to take over all the countries, and attack the angels soldiers to gain control of Heaven.”, Jacob said.

“I understand, your father must be a great man who leads his people into the righteous path and cares for his family’s needs.”, Eliza said.

“He’s truly a caring father and king, and my mother told me that there will be no other father who can replace my father because there are people who tried to steal his gift before and tried to marry my mother to become king.”, Jacob said.

“I see, so if you were born in the 14th century, then how old are you now?”, Eliza asked.

“I’m 709 years old and I’m not sure how long I have left to breath in air before I become dust of time.”, Jacob said.

“I see. I was wondering if I can join you all to save the world. Probably my mother is worrying about me, however, she knows that I have become stronger because of her care and love through the years.”, Eliza said.

“Of course, we don’t mind adding people to our group, and I hope it’s okay, I like to meet your family, Eliza.”, Jacob said.

“Sounds lovely, my grandparents love to have company in their flat and avoid talking to my grandmother too much or she feels every muscle on your body. Don’t ask why, she used to feel my grandfather’s muscle because he used to be an athlete for special sports in Olympics, and then he retired a decade ago.”, Eliza said before she got up from the bed.

“Sounds interesting to know, let me grab my…”, Jacob said before he heard a sonic scream.

“Jacob, I hear someone scream from the next floor above us.”, Eliza said.

“Let’s check it out before we go to your family’s flat.”, Jacob said before he guided Eliza to the third floor.

Jacob and Eliza were walking upstairs quietly to avoid alerting the intruders, they could hear voices as they came closer to the third floor, and they figured out that the voices came from Annabelle’s room, however, they heard James, Olivia, and Jessica came upstairs to see what’s going on.

“You all come quickly, we were taking our time to avoid making excess noise.”, Jacob said.

“Well, we sensed that we’re not alone in this flat, whoever found out our location, they must have a secret portal hidden in our surrounding area, and that’s how they were able to get inside. However, I don’t understand how they were getting inside the flat when we placed a protection spell to keep out the dark souls.”, Olivia said.

“Until we can figure out how they were getting inside the flat, we need to make sure that Annabelle and Aurther doesn’t get hurt.”, James said before everyone agrees with him.

James and Jacob burst through the door, saw four hellhounds corner Annabelle and Aurther where they couldn’t escape, he has several marks from the hellhounds’ claws to protect his milady from harm, Olivia was ready to jump in with her blade to stab each hellhound back into the Netherworld, however, the hellhounds saw they have company, and they turn their attention to them before they transform into their human forms. Jessica can see her brother wasn’t panic or frightening at all, which surprises her because when he was two years old, there were a couple of unknown werewolves that was butchering at his food during a family panic, and she ran to his rescue as he was crying for help, and she cast an explosion spell to wipe off the werewolves within fifty meters. In her eyes, she can see Author has grown into a young man that can protect his family and his milady no matter what the condition is. One of the hellhounds step forward to speak with the children before their deaths come sooner than before and she could see they weren’t afraid to fight for their lives.

“Children, it’s lovely to meet you at lastly, however, I must say you got ten seconds to choose either surrender your freedom or be killed, and choice wisely if I were you.”, hellhound #1 said before she licks her fangs.

“Since when should we listen to your kind about giving up our freedom? No means to par, you’re a ugly creature needs some manners before ending up being skeleton bones and ashes.”, Olivia said as she butchers into her eyes.

“Don’t your mother teach you manners, child?! If I were you, then I should apologize to her about my dirty mouth talk!”, hellhound #2 said.

“Since when did you hellhound know about manners? All you care about is attention and hunger.”, Eliza said.

“I know you, child, the daughter of the darkest soul I ever tasted, and surprise to see you alive and tasty. How’s your mother doing? I bet she wants some more from us and we can give her all the attention she needs. You know how foolish your father was when he made a deal with the evil lord and your mother fell for his beauty and material items.”, hellhound #3 said.

“The worst part is we almost have your mother joining our club until your mouth decided to escape into another town and we lost track of your scent. Then it was the day your father’s deal expired, he ordered us to finish your father off and left no trace of his death. Finally, we get to see this beautiful little girl growing up like her mother, and see if you’re interested to join our club, child.”, hellhound #4 said before she and her sisters were laughing hysterically.

“Why do you think I’ll join your club?”, Eliza asked.

“Why? You see, we talked to your father about extended his contract as long he could give us your mother to join us and keep you until you turn 18 years old; he failed to keep his promise, his contact expired, and his death became messing and silence.”, hellhound #2 said.

“You shall not take her away from her family because her family gave her strength through the years and I remember that love and friendship overpowers loneliness and chaos.”, Jacob said before he held Eliza in her arms.

“Did anyone tells you that you have the body of sexiness, Prince Jacob?”, hellhound #1 said.

“I’m no longer a prince in the modern days.”, Jacob said.

“To your father, you’re still a prince of something, a prince of the Netherworld, and we’re happy to serve you as the next lord of the Netherworld soon.”, hellhound #4 said.

“I’m not the prince of the Netherworld, I’m the prince of the Kingdom of Grace and forever I will be the royal prince in my blood. You have no right to call my father the king of the Netherworld because I know your leader has possessed his memories, his mind, and his body against us. I blamed your leader for causing millions of people to suffer their fate for your leader’s desire to take control of the realms.”, Jacob said.

“Precious child, do you honestly think that you could stay here? Our order is to capture you all, including your family and the world will become the dark ages again.”, hellhound #4 said.

“Really? Who’s going to stop us from saving the world, ugly creatures?”, Olivia said before she has her blade out.

“Do you think you could stop us with your useless blade, child?!”, hellhound #1 said before she and her sisters growl toward the children.

“You can find out right now.”, Jessica said before she has her blade out.

James and Eliza take out their blade, get in front of Jacob to protect him, and the hellhounds transform back into their original forms. Olivia jumps onto hellhound #3 with her quick slashes to make a mark, however, she noticed the hellhounds are known to dodge their attack quickly by studying their victims’ movements, and then it gives her idea. Eliza was making a move on hellhound #2, dodges the hellhound’s slashes, and then she takes her blade inside the hellhound and her body stun before it turns into ashes.

“Sister, nooooo!!! I’ll make you all pay for…”, hellhound #3 said before she saw the blade went through her stomach.

“Since you want your sister, may as well join her, and tell them hi for me.”, Olivia said before she pulls her blade out.

The hellhound witness her body in flames before turning into ashes, Jessica was dodging hellhound #4 attacks, and she got herself marked on her arms, and she went full speed to the hellhound as she threw her fireball spells. The hellhound was amazed to see the young human warrior giving her a challenge as she was thinking about her plan to end her life and she got the opportunity to jump on top of Jessica’s and have her claw out to stab her face. Jessica uses every strength on her arm to push away the claws from her face as she stares into her eyes.

“Any final words, child?”, hellhound #4 said.

“Your breath smells like a thousand deaths waiting to demolish humanity because you don’t have a man.”, Jessica said as she continues to push up the claws away from her face.

“Why don’t you tell your friend over there and…”, hellhound #4 said before she saw the blade through her chest.

The hellhound was coughing blood to fight her body to stay stronger, however, Jessica pulled her closer to say her final phrases as she’s losing consciousness on her body and her claws were turning into ashes.

“No one is going to take away my best friend, so if I were you, stay away from my family before you become a meal to the werewolves in the woods.”, Jessica said before she let go of the body and saw the hellhound turn into ashes.

“Nicely down, big sister.”, Aurther said.

“Are you two okay? Butcher what happens to your arms, Aurther, I need to wrap your arms before they become infected.”, Jessica said.

“Aurther’s my hero, Jessica, and protect me.”, Annabelle said before she kisses his cheek.

“Oh my, have mercy on me.”, Aurther said before his face was blushing.

“Butcher, James is still fighting with the hellhound.”, Annabelle said.

Olivia, Eliza, Jessica, Aurther, and Annabelle are watching James fight against hellhound #1 with his blade, surprisingly he has trained the hand to hand combat with his father in the past as a young child, and he kept training himself until the day he uses his fighting techniques to his opponents. The hellhound was reading his movement, she was amazed by how his energy level had risen over time, however, she was ready to pull her big finish, and then she pulled out a potion to create smoking clouds that caused James to not see bloody well. Jacob pulls Eliza and Olivia closing to his distance to avoid separation as Jessica holds tight to Annabelle and Aurther. James was getting a little tired, however, he knew if he let go of his guard, then his enemy would take him out, which wouldn’t be good for his family, and then he had an idea where he could close his eyes and use his energy magic to sense the hellhound. As seconds go by, his energy magic picks up a strong negative energy within his distance, and he takes his chance by striking his blade into her chest. When the clouds cleared out, he saw the hellhound on her knees as her body turned into ashes, she cursed her victims for continuing to live their ways and soon they’ll no longer be safe in this town, and her body was complete in ashes.

“James? Are you okay?”, Olivia asked.

“I’m okay. Is Annabelle and Aurther okay?”, James said.

“They’re okay, James, Aurther has marks on his arms and I need to sanitize his marks before they become infected.”, Jessica said as she checked out Aurther’s marks on his arms.

“I thank heaven father for no one got hurt, however, Eliza wants to stop by her family’s flat to see they’re okay.”, Jacob said.

“I’ll go with you and Eliza to make sure you don’t get hurt.”, James said as he catches his breath.

“No way, brother, you got yourself zonked after her attacks were too quickly to dodge, and you were moving like a speedy athlete. I’ll go with Eliza and Jacob while you, Jessica, Annabelle, and Aurther go downstairs to the diner room and contact our grandparents the situation happened seconds ago.”, Olivia said.

“Are you positive about this, Olivia? If we have to tell them what happened to our mother and father, then what do I say to them ?”, James said as he was butchering into his sister’s eyes.

“I’m positive, just don’t tell them the full truth or they’ll suffer a heart attack, which God forbids from happening, in Jesus name, Amen.”, Olivia said before she walked out of Annabelle’s room.

“I trust her, Jacob, however, I…”, James said before Jacob pats his back.

“It’s okay, we’ll watch her for you, and she’ll help us get back to flat safety. Relax and promise me that Sarah wouldn’t feel sacred or alone, okay, James.”, Jacob said.

“Okay, I’ll keep your promise.”, James said before he saw Jacob and Eliza exit Annabelle’s room.

As Olivia, Eliza, and Jacob head to Eliza’s family flat, the rest of the group head downstairs to the diner room to check on the others. Samuel was reading his bible in Leviticus Chapter 25 verses 35 to 37 amd Deuteronomy Chapter 15 verses seven and eight, Sarah and Lillian were watching Thomas and Harry play staring contest, Jessica and Aurther were reading one of the biological marine history books, and Katherine was knitting a scarf to keep her mind off. James makes a call to his grandparents in the living and as the phone rings to wait for his grandparents to pick up, he thought of how they would react to the news about his parents or what happened seconds ago with the hellhound, and then someone picks up the phone and James hear the voice of his frightened grandmother.

“Hello?“, Grandmother Anna said in her low tone.

“Grandmother, it’s James, I have to tell you something.“, James said.

“Oh, James, thank god you’re alive. Listen to me, sweetheart, you must not call our phone again because the dark forces are invading our flat. Your grandfather told me to stay put inside the basement and he hasn’t returned to me for the last 30 minutes.“, Grandmother Anna said.

“They’re here? How long ago, grandmother?“, James asked.

“About 32 minutes ago… Listen, your grandfather loves you and your siblings, do you must do to save the world with your siblings, James. I love you and my other sweet angels, and tell them I say hi.“, Grandmother Anna said.

“I will and I love you too, grandmother.“, James said before his grandmother hangs up the phone.

James can hear his heart rate going into panic mode until Sarah came in the living to check on him, and she took her arms around his body. She could feel the fear inside his heart and the wound on his lower stomach has healed slowly over the last three months, and James could feel her hand on his wound as if there was a strong connection between their souls. He turns around to butcher his milady, kissing her for a moment, and breaks off the kiss with his hands on her soft cheeks.

“Is everything okay with your grandparents, James?“, Sarah asked.

“It’s difficult to explain right now, Sarah… I couldn’t imagine seeing my family and my love of my life get hurt because of these dark forces coming from no nowhere.” James said.

“I understand. As long as we believe in our Lord and our Lord Saviour, nothing can stop us from saving the whole world.“, Sarah said as she placed her hands on his waist.

“In Jesus name, Amen.“, James said before he kissed his milady’s hand.

“Amen.“, Sarah said before she smiles at him.

“I must go find Olivia, Eliza, and Jacob, they were heading to Eliza’s family flat to check on them, my grandmother sound frightened as she was talking on the phone with me, and if she was about the dark forces invading their flat, then Eliza’s family flat may be already invaded by the time I get there.” James said.

“I’ll come with you.“, Sarah said.

“Sarah, please, I don’t want to see you hurt from these dark forces.“, James said.

“I’m already hurt for a long time, James. I’m 705 years old, I can take care of myself, and the last thing I need to see is your whole family has gone and you live for hundreds of years thinking about them. Trust me, my mother lost a wonderful husband she ever imagined and I lost a wonderful father who taught me about the outside world. I’m coming with you and there will be no buts, understand?“, Sarah said as she butchers at James’ eyes.

“I understand, my princess.“, James said before he leaned to kiss her.

James and Sarah told the group that they’re going after Jacob, Eliza, and Olivia to make sure they don’t get themselves in a situation without escape. As they head outside the door, James uses a tracking spell to sense his sister’s magic to get to Eliza’s family flat, and he is able to follow her sense through the spiritual vines that float through the village. The spiritual vines could tell whether the people’s souls are good or evil by the colour of the vines:

Green or white indicate souls are pure light or connect with nature.

Blue or light green indicates souls are heading to the path of righteousness or darkness.

Bright red or violent indicate souls are pure dark or chaos of humanity.

As the sun goes down, Katherine was worried about the children being out for too long and then she decides to play her piano for a while as she hears Thomas playing with Harry. It brings her joy to see young children for years as her children are no longer her little sweet angel, however, they’ll always be her little sweet angels through life and afterlife.

Thirty-five past eight…

Olivia’s Diary

March 5, 2011

Dear Madam Diary,

Today was hard for me to discuss what happened during the event out at Blackfriars the other night. After I dealt with the inhuman, Jessica took me to the women’s restaurant to wipe off my anger and I saw myself talking to this unknown voices of evil that she reminded me that they weren’t supposed to get inside my head and I quickly pray to God about get rid of these voices before we head back to our seats. However, I knew they returned to my mind as I walked into my bedroom, I want to kill myself for causing paim toward my family, and I took out my blade to make small marks on my arms as I was talking to myself. Katherine gave me a surprise when she took the blade away from me, she held me like her own daughter, and we prayed together before I lay my head on the pillow. This morning, I was unaware of what happened to Jacob last night. He suddenly became unconscious on the living room floor to save Eliza from the inhumans who tortured her to join their club for three hours. He felt better in the morning that we had Eliza come into our flat, she broke down in his arms, and she explained her childhood life was harsh as she and her mother were money-making her father. The worst part is we have a company with four ugly creatures storming inside my little sister’s bedroom and we kick their tails back into the Netherworld. Eliza, Jacob, and I went to her family’s flat and we were surprised to see James and Sarah joining us. We went inside the first joint flat where Eliza lives with her mother and younger sister, and we were too late as we predicted they were taken by the dark forces. We move on to the second joint flat where her grandparents live below and Eliza found a letter written from her grandmother, and she decided to leave it to seal until she gets a chance to read. We quickly return to the flat, Eliza went upstairs to Jacob’s bedroom to take a restful nap, and the rest of us are minding their own business. I can’t believe this is happening, first my parents were captured alive, secondly, my grandparents were taken by the dark forces, thirdly we were attacked by hellhounds, and then Eliza’s family were taken by the dark forces. Now I feel more ready than before and I prayed no one else got hurt or captured. Until next time, have a good evening.

Love

Olivia

Olivia places her diary underneath her pillow and then she hears a knocking on her bedroom door. Lillian enters the room with a gentle smile to check on her and she budges up on the bed to have a little chinwag as sister to sister.

“Everything ok with you, love?”, Lillian asked.

“Yes, however, Eliza wasn’t herself after she found a letter inside her grandparent’s flat, her flat was destroyed and taken from her family, and it makes me wonder why they are now invading after all these years. Do you believe that their leader was butchering for an opportunity?”, Olivia said as she butchers at Lillian’s eyes.

“The truth is the dark forces are always butchering for an opportunity to kill innocent people, steal innocent people, and destroy innocent people because they want to take control of the living world and without a human host during daylight, they won’t be able to resurface the Earth’s bounty.”, Lillian said.

“I see.”, Olivia said.

“Come, let’s eat dinner downstairs, everyone was waiting for you and Eliza. And Jacob is with Eliza and trying his best to bring comfort to her needs.”, Lilian said before guiding Olivia downstairs.

Jacob comforts Eliza for the last 30 minutes after she reads the letter from her grandmother, stating that they were taken by the dark forces and never give up what’s right, and call her a precious angel toward the end of the letter. Eliza was silent in tears as she kept her grandmother’s letter in her hand and Jacob held her around his arms that everything was going to be okay as he promised himself to save her loved ones no matter what. She turned around to butcher Jacob, took a deep breath to relax her mind, and she saw him touching her cheek with his soft hand as she watched his hand move from her cheek to her neck.

“I made a promise… I made a promise to protect my family from these dark forces and I failed to protect them.`` Eliza said as more tears drop in her eyes.

“It’s not your fault, your grandmother probably knew what’s going on right now and decided to write you a letter to avoid being at the flat for too long. They always love you, you’re part of their family, and your mother wants the best for you after you all went through with your father.”, Jacob said as he gently pulls her close to his personal space.

“Jacob, my father was never meant to do any harm toward us, sometimes, I see him going crazy for the decision he made during his high school years, and I heard him said he wishes that he never disrespect his parents, never made a deal with the evil lord, treated my mother like money, and never forced me to see multiple sins. Maybe he wanted to be dead sooner than later after me and my mother escaped his mansion to my grandparents’ flat in New York.”, Eliza said.

“I understand you’re saying, however, let’s not continue to talk about it, and join me with the others for dinner, and I promise you that we’ll bring laughter to your heart tonight to take your mind off, okay.”, Jacob said as he lifted her chin up.

“Okay… Your eyes, they’re beautiful and unique.”, Eliza said as she butchers into his eyes.

“Thank you, your eyes are beautiful as the stars in the night sky.”, Jacob said as he held on to her waist.

Jacob and Eliza were gazing at each other as if they couldn’t be more apart, Jacob leaned in to kiss Eliza, Eliza felt a different fate inside his heart that the pain has caused his family to lose the most value they have to keep them together and strong. He carries her on his stomach to the bed, he places her down on the bed as Eliza unbuttons his shirt to see his muscular body from his arms to his arms, and feeling an amount of love through his body.

“Since when do you workout your body?”, Eliza whispers.

“For a long time, I went to the gym under different names in order to keep my identity a secret, and it helps me to keep my mind off.”, Jacob whispers.

“I love you for your personality, your kindness, and your support, Jacob”, Eliza whispers as she rubs on his chest.

“I love you too, Eliza, and you’re the first woman who can understand me, care for my passion, and we share the same passion that could take us into a righteous path together.”, Jacob said before he resumed to kiss Eliza.

The group was waiting for Jacob and Eliza to come out of the room for the last hour, Harry was staring at his doggy food, which tastes like processed food for babies, and smells like undercook meal; Olivia was staring at Harry’s dinner, she and Jessica were laughing softly to avoid attention to the table, however, they’ve forgotten that Harry has strong hearing from his mother’s and approach Jessica and Olivia to see what’s going on.

“Mates, you care to explain to me why are you both laughing like hyenas?”, Harry said as he raised his right ear.

“Oh, Harry, we didn’t see you coming… Well, um, long-story-short, it’s cute to see you as a puppy, which reminds me do puppies relate to werewolves?”, Olivia said before she and Jessica burst laughing toward Harry.

“Ha, ha, bloody funny matter, however, I can tell you that only 90% were wolf characteristics and 10% animal characteristics in puppies or dogs.”, Harry said.

“Bloody interesting facts, mate.”, Olivia said.

“I wonder what’s taking my brother so long with Eliza, we have been waiting for an hour, and they haven’t come out of the room.”, Samuel said impatiently.

“Don’t be such a bunch of codswallop, Samuel, give them space, and Eliza needs to adjust after what happens to her family. Unlike you, you forgot what happened to us years ago when we lost our kingdom, our people, and our father, who was possessed by the leader of the dark forces.”, Sarah said.

“I haven’t forgotten what happened to us, Sarah, however, we can’t wait for them too long or our dinner going to be cold like winter.”, Samuel said.

“Sarah, Samuel, that’s enough, I don’t want to hear no more argue, understand?”, Katherine said.

“Yes, mother.”, Samuel and Sarah said together.

A few moments later, Eliza and Jacob walked downstairs to the diner room to join the others, they say their prayers before eating their dinner, which Lillian made clam chowder soup with side of french bread, and Harry was using his puppy eyes to have some clam chowder from Lillian. Olivia nods her head in embarrassment for Lillian to pour some of her soup into his doggy bowl, and then Harry hears Olivia laughing again before he approaches her seat.

“Okay, Olivia, why are you laughing now?”, Harry asked.

“No mean to par, Harry, I think puppies shouldn’t eat human foods because of their sensitive stomach.”, Olivia said.

“Oh really? I must say, thank you for telling me the fact, mate, however, if you remember, I’m half-werewolf and half-sorcerer, so this rule doesn’t apply to me because I wasn’t born in a puppy form.”, Harry said before he heard the entire group laughing softly.

“I think it’s time for our little one to take a nap before he gets grumpy quick.”, Olivia said before she laughed.

“Olivia, quick question, are you still having the Jackson lurgy? Remember the time you decided to skive during the exam tests to hang up with him and his mates?”, Harry said before he laughed.

“Why, you… Remember the time that your mother almost killed you because she thought you were a vampire and your father had to grip her body in order for us to walk into your flat?”, Olivia said before the entire group laughed.

“I really hate you, Olivia Archer, and by the way, your manners need some work to do, especially toward your own family, including me and Jessica.”, Harry said before the entire group continues to laugh.

“My manners? Your eating manners have been decreasing as you get older and keep your meals to yourself before someone sees you as a fluffy pig.”, Harry said before the entire group continued to laugh.

“You’re lucky, mate, that I’m a puppy for now, however, when I transform back into my form, you’ll be sorry for your words coming out of your tongue. Excuse me, mates, I’m going to get a bath before sleeping in my milady’s room since Olivia kicked me out from going number #1 on the bed, and on that night, I did it on purpose for Thomas.”, Harry said before he walks upstairs to the third floor restroom.

“Olivia? You know you should keep your mouth shut before karma strikes you back.”, Jessica said before she sipped her soup.

“No mean to par, I knew he was planning to get me, and my own brother betrayed me for his puppy. Really, Thomas? Don’t give me the puppy face, you and Harry can become crimes of innocent or partners of the night or partners of good and evil.”, Olivia said.

As the group enjoys their dinner, the sky has become darker than the colour of the burning sheep, the trees are dying from the poison of the air, the garden has become the leading sign of death, and the ground feels hard stone forming from the roof of the ground as it spreads across the entire village of Newcastle. After the group finished their dinner, they decided to relocate to another town where the dark forces couldn’t trace their scent, Eliza played the piano for awhile as she remembered classic songs that her mother and grandmother taught her and she remembers when her grandfather made homemade German cake on her 11th birthday. Olivia read two chapters of History book in Paris to Annabelle and Thomas before they go to sleep, Lillian was waiting for Harry to finish showering as she brushes her long, silky dark brown hair, Sarah and James were reading the Classic History of Famous Chefs as they were keeping each other’s company, Katherine was meditate to release all of her angry up in the air and pretend her emotions didn’t take control of her, and Eliza watch Samuel and Jacob play three rounds of classic chess.