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Is what am seeing real? Or am I hallucinating? I ask myself as I walk around the two Aryan, trying to spot the real Aryan between these two.

"Hey! I am the real Aryan... Tracy let's get the hell out of here". The second Aryan says and walks closer to me. "Let's go and forget about this place... We can just go back to Texas and live together... Tracy, we can forget about everything and go back to school".

Go back to Texas? And leave here... I mean it would be lovely being with Aryan for the rest of my life and I'm not sure if I am ever going to be able to live without him. When all these are over I'm surely going back to Texas and be with my family, Just only the thought of being with Aryan swells my heart. 

But for now, all I could think of is these people who lay their hopes on me day and night... These people suffering in their own land and I should just flee from my destiny and go back to Texas? no! I am born for this. Come to think of this, the Aryan I know would never suggest leaving his people here to suffer...He will want us to go back to Texas and be together but not forgetting his people. 

"Baby, look at me," The first Aryan says and I look him in the eye, searching everywhere in his eyes looking for answers. "Just go outside and look for what we came for while I deal with him... I love you and don't worry I will be fine". He says as mariposa and Shadrack's word filled my head. 

This symbol will protect you all from dark magic 

The medal must only be given freely by the leaders of the realm. 

Even if Bangkog is tricking us with its magic now, this Aryan would never wear Aryan's medal or have the symbol of the kingdom given to him by the fairies in this duplicate medal he wore. I say to myself and walks to the first Aryan.

I wrap my hand around his neck and pulled him down to look inside his shirt. Then my eyes caught a glimpse of the sparkling symbol on his medal. It sparkled. Then I walk to the other Aryan who quickly wraps his hand around me and pulled me in for a kiss. I dodge his lips before they could reach mine and draw out the medal he wears from his shirt. Just a duplicate of Aryan's medal, no symbol. 

I walk an inch away from him in pretense of walking around him, and slowly draw out a small knife from the band around my clothes and thrust it in his chest as he turns to me. 

Suddenly his body starts to fall into arch piece by piece as he turns into shadow making the knife on his chest fall on the ground. He moves around us in the air laughing at the same time. 

"This looks familiar, where have I seen this before?... Oooh Hainan, she was just like you with her terrific lover". The shadow laughs and stands between Aryan and I. "Their love was so pitiful so as yours. Your precious Aryan is gonna leave for another pink faded heiress...

"You lie!" I yell cutting him off as his word echoed inside this big molded block opening that is now dark. "You lie!". 

"Tracy, he's tryna get into our heads, don't believe a word he says, '' I love you". Aryan whispers and holds my trembling hands "I love you". 

"Ha! You two will end sadly... Like your previous life, you are just like her. You know what you did in your previous life, didn't you? He asks as if waiting for my response. 

"You are a coward!" Aryan yell and swing his sword around as the shadow moves around him. " If you ain't a coward Stop hiding and come fight man to man". 

"Your previous life killed her lover so will you". He says and Aryan and I shared a look before he collapses on the ground. I rush to where he lay and fall beside him as my head starts to throb. "I love you, Aryan". I say softly and felt my eyes closing. 

"Why won't my magic work on these two, do I have to swat up all these words? " I heard him ask himself as I felt something pulling me up. "The fairies? The symbol... protects only from dark magic but I used mind tricks on these idiots.