3 End Of Happiness (Part 3)

"Annabel, we were only talking" Jane said as her eyes followed Annabel while Annabel walked towards them

"There's nothing for the two of you to talk about" Annabel said with deadly eyes, before noticing the necklace around Lucia's neck

Lucia used one of her hands to clutch the necklace as she looked at Annabel innocently

"Sister...ah" Lucia shouted as Annabel slapped her continuously and pulled on her golden hair

"You're trying to steal her from me" Annabel shouted while pulling on Lucia's hair "Isn't stealing the crown from me enough? Isn't stealing dad from us, enough? The kingdom and dad love you. Aren't you satisfied with that?" she shouted and with each question, she pulled harder on Lucia's hair while Jane tried to take off her hands

"Annabel, stop" Jane pleaded as she struggled with Annabel to let Lucia go but Annabel didn't "Please, stop" she said before pushing Annabel aside.

Annabel finally let go of Lucia's hair and as she opened her hand, few strands of golden hair fell on the ground

"I hate you...more than anything" Annabel said while Lucia held the side of her hair that had been pulled.

Lucia's hair had come undone and the beads that were once wrapped around her braids, had been cut and littered around the ground.

Hearing the words 'hate', her eyes widened and moisture filled them. It wasn't the first time she had heard those words from Annabel. But in her heart, she had always wished there was a little hope.

"But, Annabel, we're sisters" Lucia stammered "We're not supposed to hate each other....." she said but had received a slap from Annabel and her face stiffened

"We are NOT sisters" Annabel scorned "You disgust me. Your whole existence is a pain to me....We don't have the same mother so don't treat us like we are related" she sneered

"Annabel...." Jane pleaded

"Don't you ever question your existence?" Annabel asked "You should never have been born. I wish you'd just die already"

"Annabel" Jane pleaded again and Annabel finally glaced at her "Stop, please....No more....please....stop hurting those around us" she said in between sobs "I'm begging you" she said before looking at Lucia whose face was stiff and eyes were moistened.

'So, that's how it is?' Lucia thought as she lowered her head 'There was never any hope for me to be treated like family' she thought as her body slumped to the ground

"It doesn't matter anymore" Annabel said with a smile "I've already gotten what I wanted. To see this piece of trash so devastated and broken. I like the way your face is now....I'm going to enjoy seeing more of it" she licked her lips and then grabbed Jane before walking away while pulling her

Jane looked back to see Lucia still sitting on the ground, unmoving

'Maybe, this is for the best' Jane thought 'Keep getting hurt by us until you can't stand it anymore. Until you can finally destroy us'

"Stop looking at her" Annabel said through gritted teeth "Either way, this kingdom and her, will fall. Looking at her will only disgust the eyes"

Jane pursed her lips and kept quiet as she began to willfully walk side by side with Annabel.

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In the evening

Melvin returned back to the palace and heard of what happened which caused a gold glint to be seen in his green eyes as a frown enveloped his face. He clenched his fists and gritted his teeth

"Even now, it's as though I'm taunted by the ghost of that devil" He said through gritted teeth 'Annabel, why did you have to be born as a replica of your mother?' he thought as he walked through the gallery and into Lucia's room.

Lucia was sound asleep when he walked in. Her cheeks were red and slightly swollen while her eyes were puffy like she had cried for a very long time.

'Lucia, I wish...I could have given you a better life' he thought as his hand hovered above her cheeks and the redness began to disappear 'But...hearts and their partners....don't seem to have the best fates' he stared at her for a while before kissing her forehead 'Your mother and I too' with that he left the room and shut the door

Melvin continued down the gallery until the whole castle started to shake and some parts began to crumble. Melvin looked out one of the palace windows

"So, it's started" he mumbled before he started running through different hallways, trying to locate his room.

Outside, the city capital.... no, the whole of Neinhart was up in flames. It didn't matter how much anyone tried, the flames refused to go out. To make matters worse, beasts that looked like beings from hell were attacking and destroying the buildings. The few people who could use magic were fighting back but the beasts overpowered them and killed them.

A woman with a black hood was standing on the roof of a building in the town and staring at the situation. One of the beasts came towards her but before it could even get within three meters, it was diced into a million pieces.

"You gross things don't even deserve to breath the same air as me" the woman said as she swung a sword and blood splattered on the roof "So, don't even think of trying to touch me" she smiled 'I might just be observing, but I'll stop the beasts from killing people to an extent'

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Melvin opened the doors to his bedroom and hovering in the center of the room, right above a magic circle was a white longsword. The sword was pulsing with power and Melvin knew an ordinary human like him couldn't use it however....

"Pamela, you soulbound yourself to this sword, didn't you?" Melvin murmured as he grabbed onto the hilt and energy was released around the room

'Melvin, come to me' a voice said in his head and Melvin moved the sword from the magic circle

Melvin's clothes began to be burned off and blue markings raced up his body and on his back, it formed what looked like the wings of a lit phoenix. His hair turned white and his eyes took on a golden colour. On his body, was an elaborate version of a white duster coat and cropped pants. On the hems of his clothes, and the chest of the coat, were several derailings of gold gears and clockworks.

'Bloodline Magic: Presence of the time god'

As Melvin kept holding the swords, he felt power flow into him and one of his eyes had turned into the colour of the vast cosmos with stars twinkling in it.

'Resonance: Endless Cosmos'

He stared out the door and moved towards it before staring down the hallway. At the ending of the hallway, was a woman who had a very off appearance.

As the moonlight shone on the woman's face, Melvin frowned. Her hair was made up of two shades of black; jet black hair on the inner part and pure black hair on the outer part. Her eyes were also made up of two shades of green; jade on the left eye, and dark green on the right eye.

"What's with that face, dad?" the woman asked

"To think that the two of you would merge so perfectly" Melvin mumbled "What happened to Jane, Annabel?"

"Jane, is asleep inside of me" she said "She isn't really able to fight against me. But since we share one body now, you should probably start addressing us as Diana" she observed him for a while "So...this is what your bloodline looks like. But it seems to have gotten a makeover. That cosmic eye" she gestured to her own eye when she said this

"I'm going to end this quickly"

"I don't know about that" Diana said as she snapped her fingers and beasts started to crawl out of her shadow. "I also had a makeover" she said and red flames engulfed her. As it faded, she stood there in what resembled a red and black dhoti kurta, and black ballerina flats. "Well, let's get started" Diana said as she snapped her fingers and the creatures began to attack.

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Don't worry guys, two more days until I'm fully back as a writer.