Chapter 9 : The Truth

Ruina was still at Rock Wood Forest. She had been thinking about her previous encounter with Clay, and she started to feel regretful.

"What have I done?" She questioned herself. "I made Clay so furious, I made Merlok worried sick about me, I caused everyone's lifes' pain, I'm the guilty one. All this time, I was the one that caused all mischief, I was the one that was wrong! Thanks to that filthy, evil, notorious son of a-"

Then she stopped. And then she thought.

"No, Ruina, no. There may be children around here, heh heh... Why am I called 'Ruina' anyway?!? That's not even my true name! Wanda Moorington is my real name!"

She finally figured it out that the name, 'Ruina Stoneheart' does not suit her, even one bit.

"Maybe it's because I ruined people's lives, and I have a stone heart... It couldn't be! I don't wanna be the bad guy anymore! I was a good witch before, respected by everyone, and I liked it... I wanted it to stay that way, but... Oh dear..." Then she stopped for a while again.

"I REMEMBERED!!! I FINALLY REMEMBERED!!!" She exclaimed suddenly. "My memories of my past life returned! My memories before I turned to the dark side returned as well! It was a great, massive shock that turned me into what I am now, and... and..."

Ruina thought for a moment.

"It was Monstrox that zapped me? No, it couldn't be..." Her stone heart started to ache. "I have a lot of memories with Monstrox, but I didn't seem to remember if it's really him who zapped me..."

It seems that Monstrox had cleared away her memory of who's the one responsible for the corruption of herself. Instead, he replaced them with his 'self-created' 'happy' moments that he had with her, making her believe that Monstrox's the one who encouraged her, and supported her all this time.

But, it's not him, at all... And Wanda finally knew about the truth behind this evil necromancer.

"Monstrox's a traitor?!? And all this time, I was just a pawn to him?!? Like the clown boy, and the sculptor... Clay was right all along! I shouldn't have followed Monstrox's footsteps... And Merlok... He told me about this before! I'm sorry, dear brother, I shouldn't have... Alright, Ruina, no... Wanda, time to save the da-"

"Where do you think you're going, Ruina Stoneheart?!?"

"M-M-Monstrox?!?"





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Monstrox had just came back from Armorville. He had his monsters to guard the royal couple for him.

"I-I-I just wanna go check on the Nexo Knights and our monsters! You know, to watch the fun!" She said hastily.

Monstrox knew what had happened.

"Oh, ho ho! It seems that the evil inside of you had faded away, what a shame!" Monstrox gave Wanda a smirk and waved his hand.

Then, huge, thick vines started to tightly wrap Wanda. She couldn't move.

"What do you think you're doing, Monstrox?!? Let me go! I was your favorite scourge!" Wanda snapped.

"And now, you're not," Monstrox grinned. "You know what? You're right! I've been using you all this time and you foolishly followed everything I said! Now that's horrible, isn't it?"

"You-" Wanda's stone heart started to ache again.

"Oh, I seemed to have 'accidentally' connected your senses with your precious little son. You could now feel every pain he's now in, how great is this, hmm?" Monstrox gave her a smirk.

Wanda looked around and gave Monstrox a mischievous look.

"You think you could defeat me easily like this? Then you're wrong!"

"And why is that?" Monstrox asked.

"This is why!!!" Clay came in with Jestro and the other Nexo Knights, followed by Monstrox' monster army, who was chasing them as fast as they could.

"Merlok! Nexo Knights!" Clay called to Merlok.

"Clay! My son!" Wanda called to him.

"I knew that you still have some good in you, mother," Clay smiled at her as she smiled back.

"Aargh! You goody goody do-gooders keep ruining the fun!!!" Monstrox started to become furious. "MONSTERS!!!"

And the ultimate battle between good and evil begins... Who will win? The good side, or the dark side? You decide!

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