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      The group finally arrive to the HQ and Xelqua led his family to his room. As he opened the door, he noticed Sherenidy in the corner of his eye. She was leaning again the living rooms doorframe.

"You two can stay here. Make yourself at home, I'll have to go take care of something really quick," He explained and earned an acceptive nod from his sister.

Xelqua closed the door behind them and turned to look at Sherenidy, who began leading him toward the North-East side of the building. The work rooms were there. In the South-East were the Leads' room, North-West was full of storage rooms and South-West had the small rooms of the Rookies'. The Mains' rooms, the office and such were on the hallway that was right after the main doors.

     Sherenidy showed the 'Watcher Magics' rooms door open and stepped in. Xelqua followed her and closed the door behind them.

"So, you're back..?" Xelqua assumed quietly.

"Well, I'm not exactly alive. I'm just a Lost Soul possessing my own broken body," Sherenidy grinned and leaned against one of the tables in the room.

"You're the 3rd in command now," Xelqua reminded. He was actually more than happy to give the title back to his mentor.

"Well, the rules are rules," She shrugged, knowing that couldn't be changed. "I don't know how long I can stay, but 'till I die again, I'm gonna take care of my work," She continued.

"You have a plan against... Him..?" Xelqua asked quietly, biting hi lower lip.

"Yes, but I can't promise that it will work.. Zanax has a lot of important information that'll help us, but we still don't have enough information because some of it is outdated. No one has really done anything like this in centuries," Sherenidy admitted sighing and crossing her arms, which lead to her left arm falling on the floor, "Fucking shit!" She exclaimed and picked up the fallen limb.

"Looks like you gotta go see ↸ᒷ ̇/||," Xelqua innocently pointed out and earned a hidden death-stare from the younger.

"Fucking amazing.." The younger groaned as he made their way out of her work room to go find the groups mechanic.

Xelqua followed after her, but continued walking past her as she stopped by Dexter's work room. He made his way all the way back to the main hallway to go find Upton because he needed a place to stay for the night. He would have gone back to Hermitcraft, but he couldn't since they were in the middle of a mission to stop Sam.

     "So, you gave your room to your biological sister and her son and now you need a room to stay in?" Upton repeated and looked at his brother.

"Yeah, you let be sleep on your floor, don't you?" Xelqua added.

"Of course! I need friends anyways," Upton grinned.

"Great, because I really don't want to sleep on the living rooms couch," Xelqua mentioned.

"I've slept there for fun and so have many others," Upton laughed. "Some mornings when you go there, you'll just find someone sleeping on the couch without a real reason," He added.

"I've seen that, but never tested it out myself," Xelqua shrugged. He really wasn't feeling for sleeping on the couch.

"Did you two finish the report?" Alden's voice came from the library's door, making both of the Mains turn around.

"We did," Xelqua nodded and handed he reports to the Main Leader.

"Btw, have you ever slept on the living rooms couch for fun?" Upton inquired.

"Twice," Alden admitted chuckling. "But it's not the worst place I've seen people sleep in," He added.

"What's worse than that?" Xelqua asked.

"That's gonna be a long list," Alden smirked. "Once I found ⊣𝙹↸╎⍊ᔑ from the library's warehouses floor, 𝙹ᓭꖌᔑ∷╎ has slept a night in the bathrooms sink, ⍊ᔑリ was once on top of the second floors stairs and everyone was able to see him there,
∴╎リᓭꖎ𝙹∴ has slept in the living rooms window, リ╎↸|| has been in many places, but the best must be when she slept in the offices trashcan, ᑑ⚍╎リリ slept against the meeting rooms door in the lobby, ᒲᒷᔑ↸𝙹∴ slept under ᓵᔑℸ ̣ 𝙹リ's bed, ᒲ╎リ↸ᓭℸ ̣ 𝙹∷ᒲ under the living rooms couch. There's a lot more, but I think those are my favorites, and of course I have picture proofs of everything," He spoke smirking.

"That's a fucking long list," Upton admitted. He was almost speechless.

"We have a lot of work and not enough time to sleep. Basically people just pass out in the weirdest places because they don't know when to take a break, but luckily it's not as bad anymore as it used to be years ago," Alden grinned.

"It's been four and half years now since The Council was formed," Upton pointed out.

"We've really been through a lot," Xelqua hummed.

"Good and bad, but we're still standing strong until the moment we fall to our deaths," Alden smiled proudly. He really trusted his family and knew that they wouldn't ever give up.

"Now since ᓭ⍑ᒷリ is back, will she be taking her place as your left hand back?" Upton inquired.

"Yeah, I'll continue as her student," Xelqua nodded.

"That's correct," Alden nodded too. "Oh, and here's a bit more work for you to do," He smirked and handed a pile of reports for the two youngers.

"FUCK!" Upton yelled and sunk on the floor.

"Great.." Xelqua groaned and took the papers.

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     Ethel looked at her son, who was sitting on the bed and scrolling through his communicator.

"'S been long since I last saw ya," Ethel spoke quietly.

"I know..." Tommy mumbled without raising his glare.

"Y'know that you're still not free from your fate.." Ethel continued.

"I'm not gonna go with the Watchers... I just won't.. I don't belong to that world.." Tommy stated coldly.

"'S not like you've got a change to say no.." Ethel whispered.

"Grian won't let 'em take me!" Tommy growled.

"Remember Clementine?" Ethel asked coldly, making Tommy flinch.

"Yes..." Tommy whispered coldly.

"She died fightin' against the Watchers' orders.." Ethel reminded him coldly.

"You could have called for help, but you were too selfish to do that and look where it go us!" Tommy exclaimed. "You were the reason she died! She was your own daughter and you let her go!" He growled.

"There was nothin' to do," Ethel spat. She felt already guilty enough, but she kept telling herself that it was the only possible way it would have went.

     A Watcher's purple chain wrapped itself around a young blonde girl's neck. She tried to scream, but nothing came out of her throat, expect blood, purple blood, Watcher's blood. She held onto her life, but there wasn't anything she could do anymore. Her brother watched in horror as her body went limp and fell on the ground.

     Tommy flinched as he remembered the event years ago. The day he had lost his twin sister to the Watchers. He had been afraid of the Watchers for long, but The Council had finally showed him that all the Watchers weren't bad.

"I'm not gonna join the Watchers.. I only trust The Council, but not the other Watchers!" Tommy exclaimed and stood up before running out of the door.

He just ran, without thinking. He didn't care where he would end up running to. He just wanted to get away from the memories he wanted to forget.

He sat down on an empty hallway full of doors. The light wasn't working perfectly and the room was pretty dark, but it didn't bother the blonde.

     "Hey, what're you doing here all alone?" A soft female voice asked and Tommy noticed that next to him was standing a turquoise haired Lead Admin with white eyes.

"Who are you?" Tommy asked hesitatedly. He wasn't really aware of the female's name.

"Since you probably prefer speaking English, you can call me by my first name. It's Jennilei," The female smiled warmly and sat down next to boy.

"Tommy," Tommy introduced himself quickly, but kept looking away from the stranger.

"Something's wrong," Jennilei whispered worriedly. "Do you want to tell me? I can listen to you and help," She continued softly.

"My mum is just being an asshole.. She keeps saying that I have to go with the End's Watchers like my sister did years ago.. My sister died to them because they were abusing her and she wanted to run away.." Tommy sobbed quietly. He didn't even realize he was crying.

"I'm sorry to hear that.. I had a son.. The Watchers threatened me with his life.. They told me to act like a bitch and abuse The Council's members until they broke... I had no other choice than to follow their orders because I was so scared they would kill my son.." Jennilei spoke in a voice that wasn't louder than a quiet whisper. "I pretend to be a bitch and kept beating up three of my siblings.. I cried myself to sleep every single night.." She continued.

"I'm sorry to hear that..." Tommy whispered.

"Don't be," Jennilei smiled warmly, but sadly. "They killed my son before I went to the place of my last duel," She continued.

"Your last duel.?" Tommy tilted his head.

"Yes," Jennilei hummed. "My sibling took me away from this world to protect the rest of our siblings. It created a new realm where we fought 'till one of us died. Which one died? No one knows," She continued.

"What does that mean..?" Tommy looked shocked.

"I don't know if I'm dead or if my soul is just stuck in that realm," Jennilei smiled. "But I guess it doesn't really matter," She shrugged.

"Then how are you here..?" Tommy had to ask.

"Sometimes we, the old members of The Council, come back to watch our siblings from the shadows. Sometimes we even interact with some visitors," Jennilei explained softly. "But now, I have to take my leave. Stay strong, I know everything will be fine!" She smiles warmly and gave Tommy a motherly hug before disappearing.

"Toms?" Someone called him from the distance and soon he saw his mother, who looked like she was about to cry.

"Mum," He called her.

"Tommy!" She exclaimed and hurried to wrap her arms around her son.

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(25.5. Is Adralia's birthday!)

(Adralia was 18 in 2016, when she was taken by Fyre to the other realm. She would be 22 if she was still alive at this part of the story ((2020)))

(5 Facts:

1. Adralia or Jennilei Adralia Muridine was born in the ocean and has turquoise hair.

2. She's breaking the clothing rules by wearing a white collared shirt and brownish skirt under her cloak.

3. She's the only one in The Council who had a child. Her lover left her before their child was born. She mentioned in this chapter how her son had been killed by the Watchers.

4. She was abusing Chet, Kasen and Sherenidy in front of Fyre's eyes because she was is scared she would lose her son if she didn't do so. She regretted everything she did and she even had to act differently around The Council. She couldn't be herself anymore because the Watchers had taken her freedom away.

5. She used to be really kind and hated seeing people get hurt, but the Watchers decided to change that. She was actually relieved when Fyre trapped her away because she didn't think she deserved a second change.)