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/ SERENA'S POV
"Miss Scarlet.. can't Emerald cure Aya?" I desperately asked her hoping for a positive answer.
After we left Erilya, we barge in straight at her office. We originally planned to go and see Mom but she's not around.
The moment Aunt Leya told us that the girl who is lying unconscious and brain dead at their house is her daughter, I am heartbroken. Everyone is.
Calla almost pass out. Jas cried her heart out and began blaming herself of what had happened.
And Max.. I couldn't even describe how he is at that moment that Jester who is obviously in pain too, stood up and pretended to be strong for his friends.
That made me appreciate the friendship that they build even before I became part of their life. They really love and truly care for each other and I am thankful I met them and that they accepted me in their circle.
"Miss Scarlet.. Emerald can cure her right?" I asked her again when we got no response from her.
I could feel Calla's cold hands in my arms while Jas keeps on biting her lips that I am afraid it will bleed.
Max and Jester on the other hand is silent and not moving but the pain in their eyes speaks everything.
I close my eyes, this shutters my heart. We went to see Aya in her hometown to know the truth but we didn't expect to be welcomed by such news.
How I wish Liyana, whom we met, is actually Aya. It is much bearable for her not to recognize us but she is perfectly fine and healthy than seeing her lying unconscious and brain dead.
I heard Miss Scarlet sigh deeply that made me open my eyes to look at her.
She looked at us one by one.
"Do you believe that the girl you saw is Aya?" She asked.
Huh? I look at her dumbfounded. All of us were taken aback by her question that no one spoke after that.
"What?" Calla is the first one to react.
"Do you believe that the girl you saw is Aya?" Miss Scarlet repeated her question.
I bit my lips. Honestly, I believed it was her. I mean, it's Aunt Leya who told us herself. A mother will never fail to recognize her own daughter right? But what if..
I look at her and instead of giving her an answer, I asked her a question instead.
"Why? Are we wrong?"
She look at us with the same nuetral expression.
"You are neither right nor wrong," she said.
"Huh? What do you mean Miss Scarlet?" Jas asked puzzled.
I glance at her and sigh in relief to see that she is already somewhat calm and stopped from biting her lips too much.
And then I look back at Miss Scarlet puzzled too at what she said.
"What do you exactly mean Miss Scarlet?" I asked.
"The girl that you saw at their house can be her but also not. When she left three years ago, she met an accident along her way. Her parents found a body not far from the incident and thought that was her."
"What?" I mumbled.
"A student from Erilya informed us about it that Her Highness held herself responsible for what happened. I shouldn't talk this with you guys but since you already found out about it, might as well tell you the truth." Miss Scarlet said.
"You mean there's a high chance Aya is still alive?" Calla asked and Miss Scarlet nodded making us all sigh in relief.
"Her Highness kept a stone of life of you guys and Aya's stone of life is bright. That means, she is alive. But the stone.." Miss Scarlet stopped and sigh.
"It's getting dim.."
/ THIRD PERSON'S POV
Max sigh for the nth time as he stared at the mini note that he is holding. After they left Scarlet's office, he stayed at the shade outside his room.
Knowing that Aya is still alive gave him a huge relief and another thorn from his heart had been taken away. Although from the very start he knew and he believed Aya is not the girl who is lying unconscious at their house, he is still in pain when she saw the body and heard her mom telling to them that the girl is Aya.
He don't know but he strongly believes Aya is Liyana. Yes. From the moment he laid his eyes on Liyana, his heart tells him it's her and he wants to believe it is true.
"F*ck I think I'm losing my mind," he mumbled to himself while smiling bitterly.
He feels hopeless but also hopeful. Crazy right?
He stared at the note his been holding and sigh.
'I'm going back at Rivendell. Thank you for your help. Xoxo, Liyana.' The note says.
When he left Liyana at the inn the other day, it's only that note that he saw when he came back. He wants to believe that she is lying and faking everything from not recognizing them and from having another name but he found out she is not lying. Her innocent eyes is enough to tell him that she is telling the truth.
But everything just confused him. Aya is not the girl that they saw when they visited her, he is sure that wasn't her but Liyana, who totally looks like Aya, is also not her.
He sigh and look at the note again.
"I'll just go and check if she got home safely." He told himself and stood up.
Max is actually wondering why Liyana is in Rivendell. Why there of all places? Yes, the war is already over. Heila isn't the ruler anymore but he still feels uneasy about that place but he shrugged the thought and teleported right away at Rivendell.
When he arrived there, he was immediately worried and enraged at the same time when he saw Liyana being attacked by monsters.
Quickly, he summoned a whirlpool of water blades and let it attacked the monsters.
"LIYANA!" He shouted very worried as he run towards her.