1 Prologue

You are probably wondering...

How I got here.

Was it an act of courage?

Taking a bullet for a loved one?

If only I had one.

I probably would have done that...if I were twelve. If I were still naive and thought the world was all about fairies and rainbows.

The irony.

But it's so scary to find that the world can accept you for who you are and in a second turn against you. Even the people closest to you. I accepted them, and maybe just maybe loved them and thought that I could become one of them. Not that I would deny or neglect what I truly am. Never.

We were all happy. We helped them and they helped us. We accepted them and they accepted us. Even though we hid ourselves deep in the woods where it mostly snowed...they still included us in their decision making for the kingdom.

But...obviously It didn't last long. That is when it all changed.

It's a long story. A very long story. A very interesting one at its best. I enjoyed most of it.

People change.

That was my excuse.

You are not them. You are different.

Is what he said. He was wrong. Yet he was right. I am different. But I also had feelings.

Keyword: had.

He should have seen it coming.

I never understood. I still don't.

They were in the wrong. Yet he stood with them. He fought with them. If I was naive like them I probably wouldn't have gotten this far. I wouldn't have been sitting here in this room being treated like a dangerous animal...which I was.

I stared back into the blue sad eyes. My hands and legs strapped against the metal chair. They have tried by all means to control me...and have succeeded. I actually feel embarrassed that simple human technology can control me.

"None of this would have happened...had you listened to me" He murmurs, the mic against his lips so I can hear him clearly. My eyes, flick up to meet his. I breathe in.

"I don't regret what I have done...nor what I will do." I reply my voice echoing in the empty dome. He frowns his eyebrows connecting in confusion.

"What are you talking--"

"But...you will regret locking me in this human dungeon. You will regret standing against me. You will regret betraying me...I have never done all those things to you." I whisper the last bit. His face turns red and his hands turn into fists.

"You killed my wife!" He bangs the desk.

"I never killed your wife Liam..." I whisper. He looks at me with teary eyes.

"Are you crazy? Yes you did...I-I still remember." He stands up and I know I hit a nerve.

"No, it's just your imagination. Don't you wish she were still here?" I ask cocking my head to the side watching my best friend break down in front of me.

"I do...I wish she were still here, but...but you..." He points a finger at me.

"I did nothing because she is still here Liam, if you just look harder." His pupils dilate as he starts blinking rapidly.

"No, no you are lying to me. It's not real, she is dead." He repeats the same mantra over and over again covering his ears and closing his eyes but I overpower it by bringing the one thing he misses. Her voice and he immediately brings down his walls, searching for her, clearly forgetting that this is all a lie...an illusion.

"Don't you want to save her?" I manipulate him. "I-I do." He replies looking in my direction but all he is seeing is her.

She tells him to set her free and he slowly presses the red button which immediately unlocks all these metal straps around my ankles and wrists and neck. I stretch my limbs standing up slowly towards the door which theses stupid humans left unlocked. I go to the other side where Liam is still caught up in his fantasy.

I make it disappear slowly as he drops to his knees, breathing erracticly. "No, don't leave me." He begs. I tilt my head to the side watching him get back to his senses. He looks up realizing that I have escaped.

"Why? Why do you do It?" He questioned. And honestly I have no answer, but my anger overtakes me. I stretch my arm out towards him. He starts choking and levitating painfully. He tries reaching for something to grasp on but it wasn't my hand around his neck.

"I told you you would regret it. You should have just stood with me. Now you just made matters worse for yourself." I hiss and drop him watching his limp body drop painfully on the floor. I pass him, jabbing the alarm which starts crying out, leaving without any remorse. His last words when he calls my name

"Ava..."