2 Chapter 2: Revenge

Loki felt tired and closed his eyes, Ivery sat up and realized she slept through the entire day, she looked out of her windows and saw that night had fallen. She noticed that Loki had fallen asleep at the end of her bed.

She sighed and pondered about how she could change Inanna's fate, she has a time limit of five years to figure out how she's going to do it. There was no use in trying to figure it out in one night.

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Ivery tapped Loki and he slowly opened his eyes and he was feeling irritable as his precious sleep was being disturbed. Loki stretched and narrowed his eyes as he looked at Ivery.

"What do you want?" Loki licked the back of his paw

"What exactly is the power that Inanna has?" Ivery was curious, she obviously wanted to become stronger, but how could she possibly do that and she barely knows what her powers are

"Inanna possesses an infinite attribute, golden infinity, gifted to her by the Goddess of magic, Hecate" Loki explained

"Golden Infinity?" Ivery scratched her head

"Yes, and don't get a big head because of this but your power essentially feeds off of the infinite spaces and times of other worlds, and this one included." Loki looked at Ivery

"Meaning?" Ivery was still confused even though what Loki said sounded pretty cool

"Your prowess core is like a piece of infinite paper and you hold an infinite pen, you can write anything and it will happen." Loki explained

"Isn't that too much?" Ivery felt like there was a catch to having this sort of immeasurable power

"For a little girl like you, trust me, it is." Loki scoffed, he still didn't know why Hecate bestowed power to this girl, especially to someone not even from their world that doesn't even understand the basics of basics of magic.

"Here, I'll tell you another power you have, I want to see you use it on those raggedy-anne maids.." Loki grinned

"What is it?" Ivery asked

"Your powers go far beyond the power of 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, Goddess Hecate was very generous when creating your ability.." Loki said

"Other than 𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙛𝙡𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜, and 𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 plus the other infinite abilities you will unlock as you age, you have the power of 𝙙𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩" Loki explained to Ivery

"Divine commandment?" Ivery thought it sounded pretty interesting

"As long as you order it out loud, anyone that hears your command can't refuse you, this is a tad risky but try to find a maid to use it on so you can test it out....regardless of your position, they are still your servants" Loki evilly grinned

"Indeed they are..." Ivery smirked

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Ivery opened her door and peeked out into the hallway. She slipped out of her room and went down the creaky stairs.

Ivery walked aimlessly around the place and finally saw the head maid walking down the hall, Ivery mischievously smiled and ran up to the head maid.

"Miss, I'm hungry.." Ivery said with a pout

"What? Wait....why are you out of your room? Who allowed you to leave? You may have escaped from me last time, but right now I will discipline you, you bastard child.." The head maid raised her hand and intended on slapping Ivery

"Kneel.." Ivery's voice rang out

The head maid suddenly felt her knees give out and she fell to her knees and looked up at Ivery, she looked in terror as she saw Ivery's red eyes glow with a golden light.

Ivery coldly looked down at the maid, Ivery's cold stare sent shivers down the head maids spine. She didn't understand how a powerless child could make her feel afraid..

Ivery grabbed the head maid's hair and began to drag her, this was revenge for all of the other children that were subjected to her unjustly tormenting.

Ivery noticed a small open room and dragged the head maid inside.

"How dare you, you impudent child! You'll certainly be whipped for this!" The head maid shouted and struggled

Ivery threw the head maid on the floor and made sure to close the door behind her.

As the head maid made contact with the floor, the pieces of wood that stuck out from the floor stabbed into her arm.

The head maid flinched in pain as she felt the wood pieces pierce into her skin.

"Stand up and slap yourself.." Ivery ordered and her golden-red eyes flashed

The head maid couldn't control her hand and forcefully slapped her face against her own will.

She stared at Ivery with terror in her eyes, she thought all of the kids who were sent to Hollow castle possessed no prowess cores, rendering them unable to use magic.

The children sent here were considered useless children who were to be executed once they turned 18 years, according to the Emperor's decree.

So how is this girl able to control her body?!

"This is very amusing" Loki laughed as he appeared beside Ivery floating in mid-air

"The cat.. is talking...?" The head maid was stunned as she saw the hovering cat talking in the human tongue

"Why does that surprise you humans first? In your position I'd be more surprised that I'm floating" Loki turned upside down and responded with a sigh

"Cat's can't talk Loki, I'm sure in this world it's abnormal too...." Ivery told him

"I know.." Loki shrugged

"Stand here all night and slap yourself, and don't you dare make a single sound..." Ivery commanded as her red eyes flashed with a brighter glow

Ivery left the small room and closed the door behind her.

Three other maids came rushing down the stairs, alarmed by the sounds downstairs.

Ivery and the three maids looked at each other, and the maids looked at her with complete disgust, the same way the Empress looked at Inanna.

"Why are you downstairs and not in your room? You disgusting child" One of the maids said

"I had to give the old hag a lesson, but it seems you all need one too, you disgusting maids.." Ivery smiled as her golden-red eyes looked at the three of them

"It seems that we haven't disciplined you kids enough, that'll change today" Another maid said as she walked over to Ivery with her hand held high

"Take a nap.." The maid that walked over to Ivery instantly passed out and collapsed with a bang on the floor

The other two maids were shocked and their faces were contorted with anger.

"Witchcraft!?" The maids shouted

They rushed over to grab Ivery and as they both grabbed Ivery's arms, Loki appeared in front of them.

"Ivery, you should make them fight since these maids like using their hands so much..." Loki laughed

"Good idea" Ivery smiled

"Fight each other." Ivery commanded and her eyes flashed once again

The two maids who held onto Ivery released her and their bodies moved against their own will.

One maid threw the first punch at another, the second maid's tooth flew out of her mouth upon the impact at the first maid's fist.

The second maid tackled the first maid. They slapped and punched each other endlessly with no rest.

But neither of them wanted to fight each other and didn't understand how they were being forced to fight each other.

Ivery walked back up the stairs and into her room, she closed her door and smiled.

Ivery laid down on her bed and closed her eyes.

"Tomorrow should be fun.." Loki laid down at the foot of the bed and closed his eye

"We'll see.." Ivery mumbled

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Ivery woke up and heard the sounds of laughing children downstairs.

Ivery slowly got up from her bed and opened her door, the sounds of laughter grew louder as she took more steps down the hallway.

She cautiously walked down the stairs and saw that the two maids she used 𝙙𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 on were still fighting, their faces bruised and bloodied, their clothes covered with the blood of each other and their own. Their fists were stained with blood.

They both kept apologizing to each other as they continuously threw punches.

She saw her older and younger siblings laughing and watching as the two maids fought with each other.

No one tried to stop it because of the torment and disrespect the maids give the children in Hollow's Castle. She walked past the two maids and saw her younger siblings laughing and pointing in the room that she left the head maid in.

Ivery walked over and looked at the head maid who was still slapping herself with great force, her face red and swollen from hitting herself all night, her eyes looked tired because no matter how hard she tried to sleep she couldn't.

"Please, stop me..." The head maid begged Ivery as tears ran down her face

"Stop and go make everyone a good breakfast.." Ivery commanded

The head maid's hand stopped hitting her face and her legs gave out and her knees painfully ached from standing all night.

The head maid stood up, even though all she wanted to do was sit down.

She walked to the kitchen against her own will and started to prepare breakfast for the hungry children.

Ivery silently walked away as she looked at the two maids who were still fighting each other, as she was walking she almost tripped on the maid sleeping on the floor.

Ivery crouched down and slapped the sleeping maids face, "Wake up." Ivery ordered

The maid on the floor opened her eyes. Confused and still in a daze as to how it was morning already and why she was on the floor...

And her cheek was strangely stinging...she didn't understand why...

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Ivery needed fresh air, she opened the front doors and the scent of fresh air filled her lungs. Ivery walked around in the dirt and wilted grass outside,

She was alarmed at the sound of loud horns sounding out through the area..

"What is that?" Loki looked in the direction the horns were sounding out from

"Let's go see, this place is boring.." Ivery picked up Loki and ran to the sound of horns

"Ivery be careful, I think that sound is coming from the Lilith Castle" Loki warned her

"I will." Ivery jumped up and her body lifted up in the air and she hovered over the silver fence that was separating the Hollow's Castle from the Lilith Castle

As Ivery flew up further, her eyes spotted a black carriage that had a gold lining and golden symbols all over it. The horse was even dressed in gold, the saddle, the horseshoes, and its reins.

She noticed a young boy step out of the carriage, dressed in full black attire. He looked no older or younger than 15.

Ivery looked at him with disbelief.

His chiseled jawline perfectly accentuated the godly proportions of his face, his clear porcelain skin with no trace of any blemishes, his face was something even the most beautiful of gods couldn't compare.

His long black silky hair flowed behind him as he walked towards the entrance of the Lilith Castle.

Can such a beautiful person actually exist?

His dark purple eyes seeming like they were casting a spell, his posture straight and his footsteps graceful and elegant, seeming like even the world would stop rotating just to stare at his unparalleled beauty.

"Who is he?" Ivery's attention was locked on him, in her world there was no one that looked like him, not even models who were seen as the pinnacle of beauty standards

"Crown prince Luther Vandell from the Fresia Empire has arrived!" The guards around him shouted out

"Don't get close to him Ivery, that guy is the infamous Crown Prince of Fresia. You have to make sure to steer clear from that boy, he's the definition of death" Loki said to Ivery

"What's wrong with him?" Ivery asked

"Every single one of the people around him are terrified of him, they're thinking about all of unspeakable things he's done recently, and from what I'm hearing he killed ten maids yesterday because they made a mistake in his presence." Loki's started paws to sweat

"How did he kill them?" Ivery inquired

"From what I'm gathering, he decapitated three maids, and used his one of his abilities, the power of decay, to kill three other maids, and the last four maids looked as if they had all of their blood completely drained out of them, so he most likely used his power of life absorption to do that..." Loki slowly explained

"Hold on, explain how exactly those powers of his work.." Ivery was intrigued

"Well for starters since he has the power of dark chaos, he has unparalleled strength." Loki started to explain

"He also holds the power of decay, anything and anyone he touches rots under his hands" Loki rubbed his sweaty paws together

"So if he touches anyone or anything they'll rot?" Ivery asked Loki, thinking such a power was very inconvenient, it sounded almost like a curse

"Of course not dumb girl, it's an intentional power, if he doesn't intend to use it on anyone or anything then the power is harmless, and if he does intend to use it on you then you're pretty much done for, because with the slightest touch...it will cause your body to rot, you'd be stuck in agonizing pain as your body slowly decays, you might as well dig your own grave in the next hour if you manage to provoke him" Loki tried to sound scary and threatening

"But regardless of whether the power is intentional or not, I still wouldn't want him to touch me.." Loki didn't want to go anywhere near that deadly prince

"As for the third ability he used, its called life absorption, it's basically exactly how it sounds, he's able to suck the life out of any living creature, so its something like a grape turning into a raisin if left to dry under a hot sun."

"Then is he like a vampire?" Ivery looked at Luther down on the ground

"No, he's not, he doesn't have fangs or anything or needs to drink blood to live" Loki rubbed his temple with his paw

"But those aren't all of the powers he possesses, he has too many abilities you don't want to even think about or will be able to count in your lifetime, but keep in mind they're all dangerous powers that a 15-year-old kid shouldn't be able to wield" Loki wondered what the hell Hades was thinking when he gave this kid the destructive infinite attribute of dark chaos to this Crown Prince

"But Ivery, I'm sensing that he's mastered all of his abilities.." Loki narrowed his eyes and looked at Luther and wondered how such a thing was even possible

"He's an Infinite attribute holder like you..." Loki sensed Luther's magical prowess

"Is that so.." Ivery continued to look at Luther

"As I said, he holds the power of dark chaos, gifted to him by the God of death, Hades" Loki pointed his paw towards Luther

"His powers are even deadlier than yours" Loki felt a strong and deadly aura coming from Luther

"Since he mastered his Infinite abilities, he's able to use his powers without effort, currently he's someone you can't afford to meet right now, you're still in training of the infinite arts after all " Loki didn't even want to meet someone like him

"It doesn't matter, I'll never personally meet him anyway." Ivery shrugged

As Ivery was looking down she saw a pretty girl run down from the stairs, her long, fair brown hair flowing behind her, her eyes as green as emeralds.

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She latched herself onto Crown prince Luther and kissed him on the lips.

Loki's eyes widened and his mouth opened in shock as he saw this girl suddenly kiss that ruthless Crown prince. He wouldn't be surprised if he killed her right then and there.

Loki looked at Ivery, wondering what she thought about this...shockingly enough, she looked as if she could care less about what was happening below..

Crown prince Luther pushed her away and wiped his thin rosy lips with his thumb, feeling absolutely disgusted.

Loki was about to throw up blood at the sight. Wasn't he engaged to Princess Xia?!

"Can we go back now, I might faint if I see any more" Loki had enough shock today

"Who is that girl?" Ivery stroked her chin

"Seriously!?" Loki exclaimed

That's what she was more concerned about?

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"Princess Xia, give the Crown Prince of Fresia space, you are being disrespectful." A beautiful woman with ocean blue eyes and long light blonde hair, dressed elegantly in a purple dress, coldly said from the top of the stairs

"Forgive my rudeness, your excellency" Princess Xia sucked her teeth and bowed politely to empress Cassandra

"So she's princess Xia.." Ivery said

"She looks nothing like the emperor and empress..." Ivery thought out loud

"I've heard about her before, she's not Empress Cassandra's daughter like you, she's the daughter of one of the Emperor's concubines, she clearly took after her mother.." Loki looked at Princess Xia

"Oh.." Ivery wasn't that surprised

"Let's go.." Ivery decided she wanted to leave, she was already bored and wanted to explore this world a bit but she couldn't do that with those pesky maids at hollow's castle..

Just as they were about to leave Ivery looked down once more time and noticed that the Crown Prince was looking up at Ivery and Loki who were flying above them.

Ivery and Loki's blood froze as Luther Vandell was looking right at them.

Luther jumped up and flew up to Ivery and Loki. Did he know they were watching from above the whole time?

Luther looked at Ivery and Loki, he looked at Ivery again and saw her dirty white dress, and browned dirty shoes that were obviously once white.

"Who are you?" His cold purple eyes narrowed as he asked her of her identity, his cold gaze clashed with Ivery's cold gaze

Ivery felt intensely uneasy, just being stared at him alone was uncomfortable. Despite his dangerous aura, his voice was so alluring...seeming like a perfect lure into his obviously deadly trap.

"Why do you want to know?" Ivery tried to fake a smile

"What house are you from and what is your status?" Luther asked

"Can't say..." Ivery didn't want to tell him she was one of the many castaway princesses with no magical prowess

"I'm asking you because I want to know...so tell me." Luther coldly said as he crossed his arms

"I'm from the Hollow's Castle" Ivery bluntly told him

"You idiot! Why did you tell him that!?" Loki shouted in her ear

Ivery covered her ear. She already knew the dangers of telling him her residence, but she felt confident enough to be able to escape if he tried to harm her.

"I should kill you for saying that.." Luther coldly laughed

"Why?" Ivery crossed her arms, matching his arrogance

"It's on the emperor's decree, if any child of the Hollows Castle manages to escape, they are to be killed immediately.." Luther told her

"But I won't kill you.." Luther said with a smile

"...." Ivery didn't know how to respond to him

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"Give me your hand" Luther requested

"Why?" Ivery was skeptical

"I'm good..." Ivery refused and narrowed her eyes at him

"Why not?" Luther narrowed his eyes back at her

"I don't want to." Ivery shrugged, she didn't want anything to do with him after Loki's explanation and she certainly wasn't giving him her hand

Luther smirked, he wasn't used to being refused so bluntly like this...she was becoming even more interesting.

"Fine.." Luther wasn't going to pressure her

"Ivery let's just go.." Loki tapped Ivery's shoulder with his paw

Ivery nodded, she turned around and flew away from Luther, not looking back once

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A black mist appeared next to Luther and formed in the shape of a cat as black as night, it's big eyes mixed with green and violet.

"Luther, that girl is also an infinite attribute holder...like you.." The black cat said to Luther

"Interesting....I thought I was the only one..." Luther grinned and flew down to the ground and landed on his two feet

"She has powerful magical prowess, why is she in the Hollow's Castle?" The black cat asked Luther

"I don't know, but I'll find out.." Luther walked up the stairs towards the entrance of the Lilith Castle

"Luther, who was that girl?!" Princess Xia shouted out and ran up to Luther

"Nobody of your concern" Luther heard the annoying voice of Princess Xia

Luther didn't understand why they arranged an engagement with him and this useless girl. Her magical prowess was below average, all she can do is control and manipulate poison.

That girl, Inanna, if she was an official princess...she'd be better suited to be his fiance.

"Little girl, stay away from Luther" The black cat looked at Princess Xia

"Why?! Luther, your cat is so rude!" Princess Xia gritted her teeth

"You dare to disrespect me cat! I'm the respected Princess of the Lilith Kingdom!" Princess Xia swatted the black cat out of her way and sent it tumbling into a nearby bush

Luther turned around and slapped Princess Xia, his eyes as cold as a winter blizzard.

"Lu..Luther.." Princess Xia's eyes teared as she touched her red cheek

"Don't touch Erebus" Luther took a handkerchief out of his pocket and wiped his hand

"I am to be your wife and you'd hit me over some wild cat?!" Princess Xia cried

"This is an arranged marriage that I did not agree to yet, and if we are to be wed, don't expect me to love someone like you, overstep your boundaries and I won't hesitate to kill you" Luther's eyes shone with thick murderous intent

"I hate your type the most, but it's to be expected of a child of a mere concubine" Luther turned around and proceeded to walk up the stairs

"Luther..." Princess Xia took a few steps back

The black cat popped it's head out of the bush and snickered. The black cat flew over to Princess Xia.

"He's not one to joke, what do you think happened to all of his previous fiances?" Erebus whispered in her ear

"Are you saying he killed them?" Princess Xia stood there in shock

"Of course he did, he didn't think twice about killing them too.." Erebus grinned

"The only reason you're still alive is that your father is the Emperor of this country and if you died by Luther's hands, it will most likely cause a war between both of our countries."

"Two powerful countries going into war will ultimately result in millions of casualties and would severe the friendship of Luther's father and your father, so Luther's father, the Emperor of Fresia told Luther not to kill you but if you annoy Luther enough, he won't be able to control himself from tearing your pretty little head off from your neck..." Erebus slowly turned into black murky mist and disappeared into the air

Princess Xia didn't dare to follow Luther after the black cat spoke to her. She stayed far behind as she was paralyzed with fear.

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"Ivery, let's go there.." Loki pointed to a forest

"What for?" Ivery looked at the tall green trees

"We can practice your offensive magic and defensive magic there" Loki smiled

Ivery wasted no time flying down into the forest, she was finally going to do something interesting.

"She's so simple minded..." Loki sighed

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Ivery landed her feet on the fresh wet grass and looked around at her surroundings, the sound of distant birds chirping, the sun casting a brilliant light on the grass, giving it a warm bright glow.

The leaves on the tree's slightly shifted as a light breeze wafted past them.

Ivery fell in love with the scenery, she took a deep breath, clearing her lungs and letting in the fresh air.

She felt as if she was connecting to the forest as she stood within it.

Loki flew into the forest and spotted Ivery who just stood there, being mesmerized by the forest...

Loki landed by Ivery's feet and looked up at her, she was looking around the forest with pure amazement.

"Ivery, I know the forest is nice and all but how about we get started..." Loki tapped her leg

"Oh right.." Ivery snapped out of her enchantment

"So what do I do?" Ivery asked fully prepared to learn more about her magic

"Another capability you possess is, 𝙜𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙚𝙣 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚, it's a royal power that belongs to the Castiell family line" Loki explained

"Okay, so how do I use it?" Ivery's hands glowed, she had no idea how to use magic to make fire

"Lift your hand up and look at that tree and think about...something hot" Loki pointed at a free in front of them

Ivery lifted her hand and thought about a boiling pot that was overheating and the bottom of the pot started to turn red, and the fire underneath it raging.

Suddenly the bottom of the tree caught on fire with a golden flame, the fire was extremely fast and traveled up the tree ferociously as it soon swallowed up the whole tree.

The tree turned into ash as the flames died down, the burning leaves falling on the grass and burning into ash floating into the air.

"...." Ivery looked at her hands and smiled

"Very nice.." Loki commended her

Ivery looked at two other trees and lifted both of her hands up and the two trees instantly burned from its roots with a golden flame quickly consuming them.

Ivery put her hands down and the fire immediately died out, both of the trees still intact and appeared unharmed as if the fire had never started.

"Very interesting, what else can I do?" Ivery looked at Loki with excitement in her eyes

"Another offensive power you have would be, 𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙨.." Loki wanted to see Ivery use this power on those dumb maids

"Aren't I too overpowered?" Ivery crossed her arms

"Don't complain to me, wait...why the hell are you complaining about being overpowered?!" Loki couldn't believe this girl

"Fair enough, so how do I use '𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙨'?" Ivery asked

"Well, as I said before this is an offensive power, meaning you can only use it on the living." Loki said

"You mean I'm only able to use it on people? Why is it so limited?" Ivery asked

"I don't know...I didn't give it to you." Loki sighed

"Your type of telekinesis can only be used on living things, not only people, so try pulling that tree up from its roots." Loki pointed at another tree

Loki pointed at a tall tree, "Now, just think about something that can fly and make sure to focus on the tree." He said

Ivery lifted her right hand up, in her mind, she pictured an airplane ascending for flight..

Her hand glowed furiously with a golden light, the tree started to shake and the sound of it being torn off from its roots could be heard,

*𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤* *𝐂𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡*

The tree lifted up in the air and Ivery pushed her hand forward and sent the tree flying back, the tree hit the tree right behind it, and the powerful force caused it to break in half, and a deep crack formed into the tree that took the hit.

"Good" Loki licked the back of his paw

"Now heal it.." Loki looked up at Ivery

"Heal it?" Ivery looked down at Loki and had a puzzled look on her face

"It's another power you have, '𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜'...it's still a living thing, so you should be able to heal it." Loki walked in front of Ivery

"Healing....by any chance can I heal anything?" Ivery wondered if she could heal illnesses too

"I know you're wondering if you can heal illnesses, and yes, yes you can, "Loki told her

"Seriously?" Ivery was astonished

"Enough chatter, just heal the tree.." Loki pointed at the broken in half tree

Ivery cracked her fingers and walked over to the broken tree.

"You're going to have to figure it out yourself how to activate the power" Loki laid down on the grass

She kneeled down and looked at it, she had no clue how to heal it. She figured maybe it worked the same way all of her other powers did, she held her hands over the broken tree and thought of a crack sealing itself.

Her hands glowed with a green light and the two parts of the tree pulled itself together and the crack faded away, the tree looked as if it was never broken in two. Ivery smiled and praised herself.

She couldn't wait to become stronger and prove Inanna's worth to anyone that dared to look down on her.

"Alright, last power of the day" Loki flew up and landed on Ivery's head

Ivery nodded and was more than ready.

"This is a defensive power, and it can be used in two ways" Loki started off

"Okay.." Ivery waited for him to explain more

"The first way it can be used is a physical shield" Loki said

"I'm going to launch an attack at you and I want you to block it with a 𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙚𝙡𝙙..." Loki jumped off of Ivery's head and walked a few feet away from her

"How do I set it up?" Ivery impatiently asked

"Think about a wall in front of you" Loki's eyes glowed with a golden light and a giant golden blast that was the size of an average car, shot out of his eyes and headed straight towards Ivery

Ivery quickly thought of a tall and wide wall. She held out her hands and instantly a 20 feet tall and 20 feet wide translucent golden pink shield appeared in front of her.

"That's way too big...." Loki's eyes widened as he thought to himself when he saw the gigantic shield Ivery set in front of her...instead of a shield, what she created could be considered a barrier...

Since she's still learning to control her powers...it's understandable that she wouldn't know her limit or know how to use a small portion of her magic since the amount of power she can expend is infinite...

The golden blast hit the shield and sparks were created as the friction between the two opposing sides were holding out strongly. The golden blast slowly faded away and Ivery let down her shield once the powerful blast died out.

"Impressive, now the second way it can be used is to make the shield apart of your body" Loki walked over to Ivery

"Think about the shield covering your leg like a pair of pants, instead of putting it in front of yourself, you're going to put it on yourself.." Loki held up his paw and his sharp nails came up

"I'm going to scratch you and I want you to set up your shield on your leg before my nails hit your skin" Loki said

"Got it.." Ivery nodded and thought of the same shield she set up earlier but thought about it sealing itself on her leg instead

Loki swung his paw down and just as his nails were about to scratch her skin, a golden pink shield wrapped around her leg that Loki intended to scratch.

His nails scratched the shield and his nails that hit the shield broke off.

"Loki, your nail.." Ivery kneeled down and held his paw in her hand, she felt bad and wondered if she could heal him

"I'm fine.." Loki pulled his paw away and held his paw out in front of her face

"What..." In front of her eyes, his broken nails instantly grew back

"I don't sustain injuries for long.." Loki licked the back of his paw

"Oh..good.." Ivery breathed a sigh of relief

"That's enough training for today, shall we head back?" Loki jumped up and floated in the air

"Yeah.." Ivery thought about the front doors of the Hollow's Castle, her body emitted a golden glow and before she disappeared, she quickly grabbed Loki and without a trace, they left the forest

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There she stood in front of the Hollow's Castle.

Once she opened the doors she saw that the two maids that she left to fight each other were being held back by two other confused maids.

Ivery walked past all of the gathered children and stood in between the four maids.

"Stop fighting.." Just as those words left Ivery's mouth the two aggressive maids stopped struggling and stopped trying to break themselves out of the holds of the other two maids

After continuously fighting for hours, the two bruised and bloodied maids fell on the floor after being released and tried their best to breathe.

The other two maids grabbed the two injured maids and took them to the maids quarters.

"Why'd you make them stop?" Loki whined

"It was getting too noisy.." Ivery walked towards the stairs

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Ivery opened the door to her room and saw that it wasn't the way she had left it earlier. It reverted back to looking dirty and drab, the smell of mold made her cringe.

She stepped into the room and the sounds of the floorboards creaking under her feet made her feel if she were to put too much pressure on the floor, she'd break a hole in it.

"Ivery, why do we have to keep hiding your magic here? Let's just keep the room clean, the maids can't do anything to you anymore, let's show them that you don't belong here.." Loki floated up to Ivery's face

"I don't want to draw negative attention to myself...and I'm still not sure if revealing my powers to everyone would mean Inanna's fate would be automatically changed for good, everyone might just think I learned witchcraft." Ivery thought about it

"Ivery, you were sent here so you could change Princess Inanna's fate, it makes more sense to me if you do draw attention to yourself instead of living in the dark like this" Loki looked at Ivery

"So I should show off my magic to these people after all..." Ivery looked at Loki

"That's exactly what I'm saying, but are you willing?" Loki smiled at her

"..." Ivery thought about what Loki said and came to a conclusion

"I'm willing, you're right....nothing will change if I just stay here and hide..." Ivery realized her previous ways of going about things weren't going to work out...so she had to change her plans...

"It seems we're going to get along just fine.." Loki mischievously smiled

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"Luther, are you still thinking about that girl?" Erebus asked as he was curled on the bed

"No" Luther held the decapitated head that belonged to a noblewoman in his bloodied hands

"Whatever, but did you really have to kill that woman?" Erebus snickered

"She was annoying.." The head in Luther's hands was suddenly consumed by black fire in an instant

As the flames died down, the head in Luther's hand was reduced to ash, he looked at the headless body on the floor.

His agitation grew when the blood gushing from her neck spilled onto his rug. Without the use of his hands, the headless body caught on fire, the same black flames raged wild as it covered the corpse.

Luther's expression was as cold as ice, without the slightest hint of regret he watched her corpse burn.

"You're an interesting boy Luther.." Erebus laughed

The doors to Luther's room opened and a pretty, young girl with long hair as black as night, unblemished and fair skin that made other girls envy her entire existence, and her violet eyes looking at the scene before her eyes.

Her rosy cheeks turned pale as she saw the burning corpse that was covered in black flames on the floor.

"Luther..what did you do?!" The girl screamed

"Anastasia, you're noisy" Luther cast a cold glance over at his sister

"Did you kill....Lady Isabella..?" Anastasia backed up in fear

The black flames died and the body that was once Lady Isabella was reduced to ashes. Anastasia looked at her brother who's hands were covered in blood and his purple eyes filled with suffocating murder. Anastasia found it hard to breathe as his murderous intent grew stronger.

"Was that her name?" The corners of Luther's mouth curled up into a sinister smile

"Why..did you kill her?" Anastasia asked, she was scared of Luther, no matter how handsome and perfect people say her brother is, they don't know his true face, he's incredibly evil, the devils incarnate!

"She tried to lecture me about killing people, she said that I have to keep a good reputation as the Crown prince, she kept going on and on about reputation and behavior and self-control, I just felt the strong urge to shut her up, so I decided to sever her head" Luther laughed

"So, my dear sister...go ahead and tell mother and father that our guest suddenly left and won't be returning anytime soon.." Luther looked at Anastasia and suddenly her body flew backward out of the door and hit the wall behind her

She looked at Luther with utmost terror and tears ran down her face, just as she was about to say something back to Luther, his entire room was soon covered in a black mist and Luther and his black cat disappeared in the mist, his doors forcefully shut closed.

Anastasia ran down the hall, she ran as if her life depended on it, she didn't dare to tell her parents what Luther did, if she did tell on her wicked brother, he'd punish her to the point of her wishing for a swift death.

"Erebus..." Luther's voice sounded out within the black mist

"What?" Erebus answered

"Let's make a trip to the Hollow's Castle...I'm bored" Luther devilishly smiled

"I knew you were thinking about that girl" Erebus snickered

"Shut up.." Luther pulled Erebus's tail and disappeared within the black mist

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