8 ~7~

The Inn Dolion brought them to looked like a tiny palace. It was white and had three towers that stretched up to the heavens.

"Wow" Prim sighed.

Dolion laughed. "Wait until you see the inside"

"You've been here before?"

He nodded.

And he was right. The inside was more beautiful then the outside. In the lobby a giant crystal chandelier a hundred times bigger then she was hung from the ceiling. The walls were a pretty copper color and four elegant winding staircases on each side of the lobby went up, up, up and out of sight.

The three of them approached a long marble desk. An elderly woman was sitting on the other side reading an old newspaper.

"Hello again Abigail" Dolion smiled.

The woman's eyes snapped up and the biggest smile Prim had ever seen appeared.

"Dolion?" She gasped. She looked back at Prim and Benjamin.

"Who are these people?"

"I'll explain everything"

"Is that safe?" Prim asked. She could see that him and the woman knew each other well and he trusted her a lot but Prim had no clue who this woman was.

"Prim's right" Benjamin said.

"Of course it's safe" Dolion said defensively.

"Oh, Dolion" The woman suddenly said as she rounded the huge desk to stand next to him.

"You remember my daughter Ember don't you?"

"Ah, yes. Of course"

"Come, come, She should like to see you again" The woman said taking him by the arm and pulling him away.

"I'll just be a moment" Dolion called back to Prim and Benjamin.

"Here" The woman said taking a key from her pocket and throwing it to Benjamin.

"Room 836" She said. Then they turned a corner and Prim couldn't see them anymore.

"Come on" Benjamin said starting toward one of the staircases.

"Do you even know where your going?" Prim laughed.

"Nope"

Abigail brought Dolion to the small storage room in the back. Dolion remembered it well. This is where he and Ember used to play as kids.

"She's just though there love" Abigail sighed. "It was so nice to see you again" She said.

"Likewise"

Then she left him.

He didn't know why he was so nervous. He stood there for a minute or so before he finally worked up enough courage to open the door.

He froze in the doorway.

"Where is Ember?" He asked the two men wearing colors of Tenebris's High Guard.

"Dolion Creed?" The one on the left asked.

"Yeah?"

"We have been ordered to return you to Tenebris where you will resume you original sentence"

Dolion began to back out of the room but when he turned to run Abigail was blocking his path. Her eyes were filled with guilt.

He tried to doge them but it was too late. They pinned both of his arms behind his back and forced him to his knees.

"I found out why you were sent away to Tenebris Dolion" She whispered. "You killed that boy. You are no longer the Dolion I once knew. You don't deserve to have your freedom restored to you. It's a pity they didn't kill you when they had the chance"

Her words cut through him sharp as daggers and suddenly he was overcome with emotion so strong tears began to fill in his eyes.

This woman who was like a mother to him just said that she wished him dead.

"And your friends are being taken care of as we speak. You truly are a-"

Abigail suddenly fell silent and the guards backed away releasing Dolion from their grip.

"Monster" Dolion finished as he rose from his knees. Then he left.

While he was sprinting through the halls to find room 836 all he could think about was the last time he used his ability on someone.

A year ago Dolion met his mother for the first time. She invited him over for dinner and They talked about things and he found out he had a half brother named Alex and things were going great at first. But then things started to go left pretty fast. He said somethings that he probably shouldn't have and stormed out the house. but after he had the chance to calm himself he decided to go back and apologize. He didn't want to lose his mother for a second time.

But when he returned the house was destroyed. Things were thrown here and there. Pictures where knocked off of the walls, glass was shattered on the floor.

He searched the whole house for her but she wasn't there. Eventually he found his bother laying in a pool of his own blood.

He tried to ask what happened but his brother could hardly speak.

"Shhhh" Dolion whispered to Alex as he pulled him to his chest.

Dolion had always thought of his ability as a curse. It was so easy for him to control someones mind or body. He had always despised it. But at that moment he was thankful for it.

He took away his brother's pain. He stayed with him until the High Guards arrived and accused him of murdering the boy. They took him away to Tenebris. And in those moment's he didn't care.

Dolion finally reached room 836. He tried to turn the handle but it was locked.

He cursed.

"Prim! Benjamin!" He yelled as he banged on the door with his fists.

"Prim!"