Aroused Emotions

The Goblin's den

Zion ran into the empty bar and only halted to catch his breath, he surveyed the room, saw Cara sprawled on the floor, and rushes to her aid, "Jesus Cara! What the hell is wrong with you?"

He pulled her up to her feet. Cara giggled drunkenly, "look who's here, it's Zion!" She squealed gleefully.

"What the hell is going on with you Cara? What is this?" He sets her on a chair and turned to face Olaf, "how long she's been like this?"

"Hours! she's the last one here as you can see, drank all me beer!" Olaf explained, "I mean it's a sad sight to witness, especially since we are hoping she will be the future leader of our people. Oceania and every siren is looking up to her!" He sighed.

Zion hissed frustratedly and also sighed, "please Olaf, make sure nobody hears about this! Her parents will make a fuss if they do!"

Olaf nods, "yes, sir. I will protect my future queen's secret with me life, worry not!"

Olaf walks away, Zion turns to face Cara, she is humming a tune and giggling softly, "Cara, why are you doing this to yourself? This is like what? The fifth time this month? What are you doing to yourself!"

"Shut up!" She yelled, "don't nag me, you are not father, I don't want you to be like my parents, all they do is nag and nag and nag and criticize me, that's all they know!"

"Why won't they when you are ruining your life like this!" He shouts her down, "I get that you've lost John but this isn't right! He is dead and you are still alive, how can you useless your life like this!?"

She chuckled weakly, "he is dead and you are alive!" She chuckled again, "John is dead! HE IS DEAD Zion!!" She screamed, "without him i have no one, I don't have a life!"

"What about me?" Zion snapped, "my life? My feelings? John was my brother and i was closer to him than you! So this is not grief Cara, you are just wasting your time, hiding, running away from your problems than face them head on!" He lowers his tone, "you always do this, and it just makes you pathetic!"

Zion frustratedly turned to leave when Cara reached for his hand, she held him tight with desperation, "I'm sorry Zion, please don't leave me too, I'm sorry!" She bursts into tears, "please don't leave me!"

The sound of her cry penetrated through his heart and melted down his rage, he sharply turned to face her with pitiful eyes, "it's okay, come here!"

"Thank you!" She whispered, stood up, and jumped into his arms, "I'm sorry Zion!"

He embraced her tightly, "shh, let it out!"

The Ashfall mansion

"Father, the king, he is dying!" Aragon said.

The room falls silent, Damien was suddenly besieged by eight expectant ears awaiting his response, he clears his throat and speak, "death is only natural, I have nothing to do about it!"

Disappointed, Aragon shakes his head. The other siblings laughed except for Avaa who stares at Damien with an unreadable expression.

"Look at it sisters, our little brother have grown rather cold and unemotional!" Levi mocked.

Varra cuts in with hints of teasing to her tone, "well the little boy you once knew has now become a man, I'm proud of you Damien!"

"If this is what you come to tell me, just go back, send my regards to mother and sister Tee, and I hope the king deserves a death befitting him!" With those words, Damien rises and walked out of the room, Aragon followed,

"Stop right there brother!" He raised his voice and commanded.

Damien stops walking and span around to face him, "what more do you want me to say?"

"He is your father Damien, not some stranger!" Aragon snapped, then he scoffs, "the woman you call mother so comfortably is the same woman who threw you out of your home!"

"Mother never threw me out, it was my choice!" Damien yelled. He paused to recollect himself, then he speaks in soft tone, "I do not wish to argue with you about this brother!"

"And you think i do?" Aragon questioned softly, "you are my little brother, i would never want to do anything to hurt you physically or emotionally, but that does not warrant such ignorance from you! However much you hate the king, he is YOUR father, OUR father. And the queen Hela, she is my, Avaa, Varra, Levi, and Tee's mother, never yours!"

Damien scoffs in disbelief, "you've always had an issue with me calling her mother, i do not know why though, and i do not wish to. But the king has never and will never be a father to me!"

"DAMIEN!" Aragon yelled.

"THAT's ENOUGH I SAID!!!" Damien shouted him down.

Taken aback, Aragon scoffs in disbelief, eyes widening in shock, "you have really changed little brother, your powers never contributed to it, you've always been like this!"

With those words, Aragon storms out of the mansion. The rest of the siblings come out from the dining area looking rather amused,

"The unbreakable brothers are fighting? Now that is entertaining!" Levi laughed and leave, Varra followed - shooting Damien a coy wink.

Avaa sighed heavily and stepped closer to Damien, "however much i enjoy watching you siblings bicker, I'm not sure i find this one amusing! It is our father Damien, it hurts to see you treat him like he's some monster. The real monster is Hela, the woman you call mother, not him!" She place a supportive hand on his shoulder, "all he wants is to see you before he dies, if you let him die without going to him, the guilt will eat you up! Think about it brother, the Kingdom of Ellorhia awaits your return!"

She gave him a gentle pat on the shoulder and walked off.

Damien closed his eyes and exhaled slowly, then he sharply opened them and sighed,

"However much i want to, I will never return to Ellorhia, i promised mother!"