Broken

"You said she's broken. What if someone fix her?" Liu Qing ask.

"She's isn't a glass to be fix." Old Man Su answered straight forwardly.

"I... I'm sorry. That's not what I meant Uncle Su." Liu Qing's voice lowered. Feeling ashamed.

"If someone fix her. Will she still be a broken angel?" Liu Qing probed.

"That's a good question. But it is not easy. She's physically and mentally tired. A broken soul. I don't know what she's been through in life but I prayed for her to be at peace. To find happiness." Old Man Su looked at Feng An and Meimei and sighed.

Old man Cheng already told him that these people aren't from here. These people came from another world that Hong Li keeps telling them. Until now, he still can't believe that there's still another world out there. Perhaps more world that they did not know about.

The scariest part is...they could come and go.

Old Man Cheng take a step forward to the two servants. He said, "What happened to her?" He wanted to know and share the burden of her pain.

The two didn't answer. Meimei cried even more avoiding their looks.

"I...we can't. We can't tell you." Feng An stutter. If he tells them what happened to them and his miss. He would break down.

Li Wei beheaded a cerberus and jump towards the centaur to cut it in half.

Her expression blank as memories flooded her mind again.

[ "What do I have to do to make you happy?" - Li Wei's voice low and determined. But the answered of the Queen made her shut her lips.]

[ "I want you grow up who has insatiable appetite for destruction. I want you to put laughter to slaughter. I don't want a soft-hearted little kitten inside my kingdom!" -Queen Azillah's voice echo in the 4 corners of the room. Her voice sharp and hard to take.]

[Li Wei remained silent. Unable to answer.]

"Feng An...I can't take it anymore. I want to tell them. It's so heavy in the heart." Meimei cried pulling Feng An's sleeve.

Feng An closes his eyes and rub the space of his brows. All his memories in Azkaban is giving him a headache.

"Go. Tell them. Who cares anyway? We don't even know if we can come back to Azkaban if we have no clue about the portal." He murmured and left the room.

Meimei bit her lips. After a moment, she started parting her lips to talk.

"The three of us...are not from this world. We came from the world where magic existed. However, people there are no different from here. Here, those who can't cultivate cower the strong. It was the same in our world. Those who don't have magic evaded those who have. Strong bully the weak. The strong has more privileges." She paused.

"My young miss is an heir of the Azkaban Land. The princess of the kingdom. She was doted at first. But when she reach the age of 8, everything changes. She was thrown to train by the eternal training of the Queen. Burn by fire. Pierce by blades. She suffered in the hands of the Queen...and her own people."

Meimei releases a long breathe. She sobbed.

"She was a tool. The Queen's trump card. A prisoner in her own kingdom. She was just a mere trash in the eyes of the Queen. A mere beast that deserves to be cage."

Meimei's eyes turns cold. Hate swirling in the depths of her pupils.

"The Evil Queen wanted her to be cold and merciless. A weapon that she can used."

"My young miss did everything to satisfy her. She live for her. In the end, she was curse by her."

The servant girl continued to talk as she fish out a crystal ball from her inner robe. Inside the crystal globe was a red rose floating. 5 of the petals had turn silver.

"Living there ruin her. Broke her..."

"This rose...is connected to her life. Every petal that turn silver is a bad sign. A sign that...that..." Meimei trailed of. Her voice lowering. She swallowed her saliva.

"What happens...if the last petals turn silver." Liu Qing gazed at the rose. There was something fishy about it.

Meimei looked up and stared at Liu Qing. It was so intense that made him stiffen.

"She will die."