The trap of fears

Neil and Alfiyya found themselves in a cold and dark forest. Clueless about their situation and location they started to wander around. They had only one thing going on in their mind, that no matter how they try to get out of that forest, They would end up at the same place.

It was alright if they were just trapped in forest, there was something more they felt in their surrounding. Alfiyya could not connect to Alga neither professor Jeon. In that dark forest her powers were useless.

Neil was getting sick of the evil, surrounding him. Its seemed like someone is draining their energy. They were losing their strength little by little. They couldn't understand how they ended up here when Alga created the portal they were supposed to reach this dimension together while Aella would transfer to her human body. They were worried for Aella now.

Another strange thing was that they thought they have been trapped for almost 2 days yet the sun is not rising. Their capability to think and act was slowly lessening now. They started to hallucinate things.

Neil and Alfiyya felt themselves getting drowned in the quicksand. They were hearing unknown voices in their mind that urged them to kill each other and save themselves. Neil who was an elf was now getting more and more weak getting trapped in these hallucinations. He was losing his pink glow. The pink glow that appears when he is overflowing with the emotions.

Meanwhile being a witch Alfiyya could handle this evil to a particular extent, as she felt she should not retreat and fight on with whatever entity is playing with them. Her eyes widened when she found herself all alone in forest as she begin calling Neil's name but there was no response.

She kept on roaming the place when a very vicious yet familiar voice reached her ears. The beads of sweat formed on her forehead even in such cold weather. She couldn't move when someone came closer to her from behind and spoke near her ear in a husky scary voice, "I hate it when my little vixen utters some other man's name. Don't you know that ?"

Alfiyya stuttered as her mind went numb and she said, "G..G.. General D..Don't" before she could complete her sentence she heard him laughing like a crazy as he snuggled his nose in her neck and held her shoulder tightly, digging his black nails in her flesh, biting the flesh of her neck.

She screamed calling out Neil's name, as he again deeply dug his nails in her flesh, she felt like she couldn't escape him. The sorrow of the deception of her first love made her mind clouded, unable to think anything.

He started to lick her earlobe when he spoke, "I am here to take you with me. Can you give your soul to your lover ? The lover for whom you deceived your best friend. Your mate." He started to suck her neck, her body was not moving but her mind it was screaming.

She managed to utter the words, "You are a monster." When he threw her into the tree with so much force that she felt like her bones are badly crushed. She wanted to move, she wanted to run, she wanted to hide but he again trapped her in his arms getting closer and closer till the time their bodies were attached having no space between them.

She wanted to push him away. He held her hands, digging his nails in her wrist. He was rubbing his face on her collar bone and spoke, "I did a mistake when I didn't tasted you. Now be ready for the pleasure." Alfiyya was shivering now. She was crying badly. Screaming to stop him she only had one thing in her mind, "Neil please come and save me. Neil please help me."

Meanwhile in his hallucination he saw himself drowning into the marsh, nobody to help him. He was closing his eyes as he was not able to breathe anymore. He lost the hope to breathe. The reality that elf are not immortal haunted him as he never wanted to leave her, even though they have a long term of life, still they can be killed and reincarnated.

On the other hand Alga was trying to find both of them as the reverse curse has effected his powers he lands on the places contrary to where he should reach. He was cursing himself as he thought it's his fault that his friends are lost.

He was getting angrier when Belle touched his hand to calm him down but it created a bigger trouble, as his head started to ache badly like it will explode. He screamed loudly as he felt shocks through his veins of brain. He fell unconscious as he saw the flashback of a huge war it broke in Mystica from sea and sky and land. All kinds of creatures attacking each other.

Someone as beautiful as Belle addressing a young handsome man as her husband, she was worried as she spoke, "We have to stay by their side." He saw that same man being captured by the soldiers of Dark Highness....a huge war took place.

Everything disappeared with a huge explosion and a women in her broken state all bloody, her face badly injured took two babies in her hands hiding them in her cloak, she took someone along with her as she spoke, "You all are mine to be taken care of. I will never let anything happen to you."

Dalia opened her eyes in fury as she was chanting her mantras. She knew things are out of hand now, she looked at Jeon who was watering his little plants, he said with a sad smile on his beautiful plump lips, "Remember Dalia the squad once had a competition to get this plant for their mates."

Dalia sighed and said, "How can I forget anything ?" He chuckled and said, °Go calm him down." As she looked at him with questionable eyes he smirked and said, "Seducing is illegal Dalia." She widened her eyes and wanted to defend herself, but stopped when her eyes met his as he came closer to her and said, "Don't worry about Neil and Alfiyya, they don't know what powers they hold when they are together. I will go for their help when they realize it."

Now she was losing her hopes as the General came closer to her lips, she felt disgusted yet her heart cried to get help she closed her eyes again, this time thinking "Please Neil save me from him." A tear rolled down her eye as she felt it's too late.

On the other hand he had no hope to survive. He was losing himself. His mind clouded with her memories, her smile, her tears.

Jeon smirked as he signaled her to check her Golden Orb, he said "Now watch fun" Dalia was confused as she saw Jeon calmed, she couldn't help but burst at him, "What in the hell are you thinking Jeon why are you not going after them ?" He silently looked at her with his amber eyes chewing something with unbothered expression.

Dalia again shouted at him, "I can not go to rescue them as I am a sorceress bounded by a stupid treaty not to attack any sorcerer. They are kids Jeon." She looked at him with pleading eyes but still it had no effect on him. She held his collar and again shouted "Why are you letting them suffer? They have not even realized yet that they are mates."

She stopped speaking as something hit her, when Jeon again smirked and said, "This is the reason I am Professor, you little crackhead. Break the mirror of stupidity." Dalia gasped as she realized that this trap of fears will be broken by the reality of their relation.

She murmured to her, "So their only fear is losing each other. The hallucinations will break when they realize what are they to each other." Meanwhile Neil heard someone murmuring his name, someone crying for his help. He opened his eyes as soon as he realized it's Alfiyya.

He fought with his fears and determined himself with a promise, "Even death won't apart me from her. I will always protect her. She is mine." This caused a sudden explosion of mirror in a mysterious room as the shards scattered everywhere in the dark room, made a mysterious person wonder with a smirk, "He is clever."

Meanwhile Alfiyya felt herself dragged out of a cold surrounding into an embrace which was warmer and calming for her then anything in this world. Her eyes were still closed as she shivered her lips dried. She heard his calming voice, "Alfii my little Alfii open your eyes. See you are okay nothing happened." Neil whispered near her ear.

As she saw him, her heartbeat became violent and she spoke in her broken voice, "He came to get me. He will take me away." Neil shushed her but still she sobbed badly in his arms. To calm her down he spoke, "Do you know that I have promised myself, I am not leaving you for at least next 4000 years. Well I can't promise that if Dark Highness kills.."

Before he could finish his sentence she pushed him on ground her tears falling on his face as she sat on him and spoke, "Dare not utter these words. I can't lose you. If you again even think of this I am going to kill you with my own hands."

Their proximity made both of them gulp as they stared at each other's lips. Neil was still on the ground when he touched her rosy cheeks caressing them he spoke, "Witches will be ashamed of you, if they saw you crying like a little girl." She smiled and spoke, "They will be jealous too if they see you by my side,"

There was a complete silence when Alfiyya took the step Neil hesitated to take since 500 years, she attached her lips on the corner of his lower lip, she was going to pull away when she realized what she did, but Neil held her from the nape and kissed her deeply.

Their lips moving in perfect synchronization, they never needed to express their love for each other, for them it was all pure friendship. Both of them never realized that they were made for each other, but now they were paying each other by pouring all their emotions which were hidden and compulsory to be expressed.

Their moment was interrupted by someone fake coughing to get their attention, as they realized their was no more dark in the forest and sun was high in the sky. Embarrassment took over Alfiyya as she saw Professor Jeon behind them looking angry.

Both of them stood in hurry. They were scared unable to explain, when Neil stuttered and spoke, "P..Professor..J..Jeon d..don't tell commander please." Jeon laughed at them and said, "You got rid of trap of fear now it's time to end the reverse curse." Alfiyya gasped and spoke, "The lord of 13 sorcerers and the legend of Wanderer"

Jeon smirked and said, "Now it's going to be your legend too. He will send you his two sorcerers at a time. The first sorcerer's spell is broken and he is weak now. The energy of second one is near palace, You are going to end both of them forever, together."

Alfiyya was astonished as she saw the black pair of dagger, when Neil spoke, "Professor these daggers are made of mystic dragon's teeth. It can pierce any unbreakable element of the universe." While Alfiyya spoke, "We heard this in stories that how you won the battle against lord sorcerer and he had to give you his weakness, these daggers."

Jeon replied them with a smirk, "Now that he thinks I am lost somewhere in universe, let's play with him, as you know fear is the most craziest thing, and his fear is losing power. You succeeded first level, 12 more to go."

Meanwhile Aella was worried about Alga as she never saw him in this condition before. Belle's pendent shone brighter, but still no one noticed it yet. As the sorceress treated Alga and he came back to senses. He was quiet and calm, he assured everyone that he is okay. Neil and Alfiyya arrived at Autumn palace. Things seemed a bit sorted out yet they were twisted.

As everyone was busy with their own stuff Alga called out the sorceress and spoke, "You saved three of us that day. You hide your face because of that scar. Am I right My lady ?" Dalia knew this was coming yet she spoke, "You have a sister, I can tell you who she is ?" Alga widened his eyes in shock, when he spoke "You never told me in 2000 years, you shouldn't tell me even now. I have Commander to support for now."

He was angry at her, for hiding the truth yet he knew his responsibility towards Mystica and loyalty towards his Commander Aella is his first priority.

General Arron kept on wondering about the changes in Aella, when he shrugged it with the determination to stay by her side as he thought, "Enough of your sufferings princess, tomorrow it's their turn to suffer."