SKYLER.

In the gaps the sky has darkened; the clouds are blackened shadows that shift with the wind. It covered the moon that was showing a bizarre brilliance earlier, the sky was now fully covered, but I can't help but secretly smile because even though we are now covered with darkness— my moon was still shining and glowing elegantly as ever.

In this darkness, I found my comfort. I found her, my light of hope.

"Sky, let's go." I heard Phoenix said.

Now, our plan is already set, the only thing we need to do is to defeat our enemy. We need to defeat both Gaea and Kronos.

As we march to Achaea, I noticed my sister's ugly sour face, hinigit ko siya't pinitik ang noo niya. Naunang makapasok ang iba sa loob, "Ang pangit mo,"

"Shut up, dumbass." Serena jeered.

Seryoso ko siyang tiningnan, "We'll talk later. But for now, fix your face,"

Nang iniwan ko siya sa labas ay agad akong pumasok sa loob ng tent. Queen Savannah and the others are already present here, I roamed my sight and walked to my mother's location. She was still in a deep slumber. Gaea, who was in Madam Stone's body was talking to Queen Savannah.

"Ice, pansin mo ba magkamukha kayo ni Queen Savannah?" Phoenix asked. Lahat ng atensyon namin ay napunta sa kanilang dalawa, even Gaea and Queen Savannah who were talking.

Ice languidly looked at Phoenix, "Ha?"

"Sabi ko—"

"Hawot," Ice interrupted. Hindi namin napigilan ang pagtawa dahil sa gulat na ekspresyon ni Phoenix.

Queen Savannah's eyes softened while looking at Ice, just by watching her, I can easily tell that she wanted to be recognized by her daughter. After all, Aicelyn Hailey Lean, inherited her beautiful ash gray hair.

"Aren't you going to answer his question?" Queen Savannah asked Ice.

"Are you trying to terminate your position?" Ice questioned. Queen Savannah sighed and ruffled Ice's hair. I know what Ice was trying to tell, oras na malaman ng mga mamamayan ng Divine Continent na may anak ang reyna ay agad siyang mawawala sa posisyon niya.

"Are they fighting?" Phoenix whispered.

"Yes, because of you." Light leered.

"Stop fighting, Kagami, Stanfield," Gaea ordered.

Both Phoenix and Light acted that they are still fighting, just like their usual selves, "Sorry, Madam."

A wisp entered the tent along with a strong gust of wind, saglit na napapikit ang aking mga mata hanggang sa dahan-dahan na humina ang hangin. Dumapo ang aking mga mata sa 'king ina, ang mga buhok niya ay ngayon lamang nagliliparan hindi katulad sa mga babaeng kasama namin na kanina nagliliparan ang mga buhok sa kasagsagan ng malakas na hangin.

I roamed my sight and noticed that Master Garet was looking at my direction, did he noticed? Or he was just watching my mother?

I gulped when Master Garet made his way to my direction, his back was facing the others, he suddenly held my hand and I was surprised when a knife appeared on his hand and he sliced it through my palm like it was nothing.

I winced. "Holy stix," I mumbled.

"Bakit mo naman tinatago ang sugat mo? Glifford, bring medicine to tend on his wound." Master Garet said. I looked at him with disbelief, he was fast enough to hide the knife under his sleeves.

Tito Glifford handed him a turquoise powder, Master Garet was looking at me in a meaningful way, "Let's wash your hand first," he said and pulled me outside the tent.

At nang makalayo kami sa tent ay bigla na lamang niya akong nilingon at binitawan ang aking kamay. All of a sudden he sprinkled the turquoise powder on my wound, I thought I needed to wash my hand first?

"You noticed it, right?"

At first, I was befuddled by his question but then I realized that he was talking about my mother, "Yes,"

"She's under Kronos' curse—"

"If you want the Primus to fight Kronos, then I'm sorry, we are pursuing another enemy."

"You mean Gaea?" He asked. I nodded, ngumiti siya ng mapait at sumilay sa tent, "So, she finally showed her true colors, huh?"

I quizzically looked at him, "What do you mean?"

"Freya and I knew about her but we kept silence, after all, she was doing her best back then to support Savannah."

"Can you take care of Kronos?" I asked. He suddenly ruffled my hair and smiled, "We will," he mumbled.

Nang bumalik kami sa loob ay napansin kong nag-uusap na silang lahat, the Primus is now interacting with Gaea until we caught all of their attentions. They were looking at my wound which was made by Master Garet with disbelief, it was actually healed by the turquoise powder that he poured earlier.

"Primus, I need you to get the hourglass—"

"It's already gone, it disappeared when I broke my mother's curse in the fountain." I interrupted Master Garet.

"Alam ni Emerald kung paano makukuha ulit 'yon."

Aizelle awkwardly laughed, "W—Why do we need the hourglass?"

"Why are you nervous?" Light asked.

"W—What? I—I am not nervous! W—who is nervous?!"

"You," We all mumbled.

"Just answer my damn question, Sky."

"My mother is under Kronos' curse, the time around her is way different in ours," I explained. Aizelle frustratingly bit her lower lip and whispered something to Phoenix.

"So, what are we waiting for?" Ice asked.

"Love me like you do—"

"Shut up, Sue. You're not funny," Ice jeered.

With Master Garet's command, we divided into two groups; the first one was our group, Primus together with Gaea, we will get the hourglass in the Fountain of Prophecy. But of course, it was just a lie. It was Master Garet's way for us to battle Gaea. The second group was them, Tito Glifford, Queen Savannah, and Master Garet, their job is to monitor the other Titans but of course, that was also a lie. They will take care of Kronos to save both my mother and Light's father.

And now, we are in the middle of Cerxes, we are talking like what we normally do but we all stop when Gaea halted. I bit my lip when I felt a tremendous amount of magical energy coming beneath me, it was oozing with power as if it wanted to explode.

None of us was able to move aside from Sue who immediately made a platform made from clouds and lifts us, and when Gaea turned the ground that we were standing earlier turned into a sunken pit.

Gaea was grinning evilly as she looks at us, "Shall we play a game?" she asked.

Aizelle jumped out of the cloud and landed on an unscratched tree, she versatility shot her arrows in Gaea's direction, her arrows failed to land in Gaea's skin. "Honey, you won't be able to scratch a god with just simple arrows. Show me the—"

"SHUT THE FUCK UP!" Aizelle shouted at the top of her lungs.

The tree that she was standing was slowly withering, she jumped out and was caught by Serena's pearl. "If you could just show it to me, Buenatori..." She was mocking Aizelle.

Aizelle's eyes were burning as she looks at Gaea, Phoenix suddenly left Sue's side and went to the pearl where Aizelle was standing. "Aizelle, don't," he said with authority.

"Oh, I thought Clarkson was your other half, Stanfield—"

"She is," Aizelle languidly said.

Aizelle mockingly looked at Gaea, she snaps her fingers and arrows began to soar in the air from Gaea's back. Gaea smiled when an arrow successfully cut her cheek but AIzelle was still smirking until the arrows plummet to the ground, the arrows were heavier than the normal ones so it made a strong impact and made another sunken pit.

Gaea suddenly disappeared beneath us, I roamed my sight and sense her faint magical energy, approaching Sue's direction. I gathered a certain amount of water and made a whip and tangled around Sue's hips, I pulled her to my direction.

Just like I thought, Gaea will appear in her place.

"Thanks," Sue mumbled.

I released her.

Napangisi na lamang ako nang mabalot si Gaea ng yelo kasabay nito ang isang hindi maipaliwanag na init. I nudge Sue, simply asking her to join their combination.

She rolled her eyes, the cloud where Gaea was standing began to change; from white into a stormy one, little lightning was flickering on it and every second that passed by the lightning was also growing.

Gaea was about to escape Sue's wrath when I tangled her ankle to the cloud. And soon Sue's eyes glimmered, I covered her with water along with Sue's attack, she exploded.

We plummet and landed to ground. Mausok ang pa rin ang pwesto kanina ni Gaea dahilan para magmasid kami ro'n para sa susunod niyang atake.

"MOVE!" Light shouted.

It was too late. Our foot began to sink in the ground and above us, Gaea was floating while smiling sweetly. Dahan-dahan siyang bumaba sa aming tapat hanggang sa mayabang niyang tinagilid ang ulo niya at ngumisi.

A large magic circle that can occupy the whole Cerxes appeared, its brilliance was blinding, the power that it was releasing was immeasurable. The pebbles, stones, and even the trees began to float because of the immense power.

The ground was trembling, she started to laugh until her facade was slowly changing. Madam Stone's facial features were slowly being erased. Steel green eyes take form, her hair began to resemble the color of the ground.

I heaved a sigh.

I roamed my sight and memorized their locations. They all look at me with disbelief when they felt a huge amount of water below their feet, I smirked at them when we soared the sky. Naranasan din nila ang naranasan ni Phoenix noong nagpunta kami sa Dragon Island. Nakawala kami sa lupa and with Serena's assistance, we landed to her pearls.

"Sky..." I looked behind and saw Ice, her eyes were looking at me softly as she tugs my shirt.

"What?"

"I'm mad," She bluntly said.

"Really? Parang hindi naman."

Bigla na lamang tumalim ang paningin niya sa 'kin, "I'm mad. She used me" she mumbled and stole a glance in Gaea's direction.

I was about to speak when suddenly tears began to form in the corner of her eyes, I frustratingly bit my lower lip. Hinapit ko ang baiwang niya saka siya niyakap ng mahigpit. "I'm sorry," I whispered.

"Why are you saying that—"

"I'm sorry because I can't take away your pain,"

Bigla na lamang siyang umalis sa yakap ko. Ang malamlam niyang mga mata ay nakatingin sa 'kin tila may nais sabihin hanggang sa kinagat niya ang kaniyang pang ibabang labi at matapang na tumingin sa 'kin.

"After this, Sky. Lead me to the sea, let the water caress me, and watch me drown."

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