Real thing

' What would you have done if the boy's sister had seen you? '. Marvin asked when they got their stability on the ground.

' Yeah, it is obvious. Isn't it? He would have battered her, killed her, diced her, and then buried her body in the grave of thanato♥ '. Eclairs answered on his behalf lighting a stick of cigarette.

' I fear we might have to explore your head and rid it of some memories so that our plan can go well. We can't afford a mistake, Alex '. Marvin added.

Alex aided by Roger, leaned on a tree before slumping to the ground to sit. ' You speak Marvin, of impossibilities and believe you can achieve them '. He spat, falling his head backward.

A light chuckle came first before the soft whistling of the leaves ensued.

' Onyx deteriorates each day '. Roger broke the silence when he was sure his friend was well— sitting by a tree and cracking a joke. ' Not sure, she would be able to stay same and sane. The Amethyst stone needs to be found quickly and if we can't get the girl, we go to her Kingdom '.

' It doesn't reside in her kingdom. It resides in her '.

His words struck them like lightning or rather with confusion and their feet moved to where he was, surrounding him.

' The powers we are looking for are in the stone and the precious stones are known to be stored in caskets where weaponry, fire, or pressure can not break them. The girl is the only key to opening the casket that keeps the Amethyst stone. She will give us the stone. What are you implying Alex? '. Eclairs objected, finding Alex's words untrue.

' My years of surveying the seven kingdoms taught me that these stones in caskets are nothing but distractions from the real things. They are just man crafts. What we need is in the girl and not in the casketed stone or any jewelry of Amethyst. The real stone, the Amethyst stone in itself, the Precious stone of the Amethyst, the one that bears the powers is in the girl, being passed unto her by her father. In addition, the Seven Precious stones are stored in the royals of the Seven Kingdoms, passed to them from their ancestors '. Yet another silence.

Not finding Alex's revelation convincing enough, Eclairs objected again. ' So if the girl's father passed the stone to her, how come is he as powerful as he was known in his youthful days? Or isn't there meant to be a reduction in his release of power? '.

' I don't know how that works but I am certain the real thing is in the girl now and her powers are in excess '.

' What was the sign she gave to you, the Prophetess? How do we know the girl is in the country and close to us? How do we know we are still on track? '. Marvin asked.

They all turned to him for a response.

' The thunderstorm on the day of the school's reception party said two things. One she was in the country and two she was very close. Close to the school.

' How do you identify her then? She definitely won't leave her Kingdom without a disguise '. Roger inquired, gradually believing his words.

' That I don't know too '.

' Onyx thinks you know and you don't want to tell her. She thinks you are falling out '. Roger continued.

' I don't. If I do, she would be the first I would tell and she knows that too. She should be able to believe that too.

' That's great Alex. Remember she is your betrothed and the King's daughter and we are obliged to serve the King and his family first '.

' I love Onyx and I am ready to do anything to save her '.

' Fine then '. Marvin spoke ' It's almost midnight and Emma has to be home before his elder sister goes to his room to check up on him '.

' I hate it when I am being called Emma '.

' You possess his body and by so doing, his name. You have to learn to love it being called '.

' And just because you only get to shapeshift, you don't know how hard it is to be trapped in another person's body '.

' You are not trapped, see it as a way of giving the dead boy, life. You know like a miracle '.

The wind howled causing the leaves to whistle more. And it was not until Emma got home that night, did he heave a great sigh.

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♥Thanato is the Greek word for death and its personal application of it is Thanatos.