Glory woke up .

She was in a prison-like room .

She got up but chains shot out from the ground and chained her ankles and wrists to the ground . They pulled her body back and she grunted .

Creak...

The door opened and Darkon came in . "Ah , look who we have here . My arch rival's daughter"

He knelt down and grabbed her hair by the roots with a tearful jerk "I'm not gonna kill you . You're a perfect tool to torture Skye" .

"Where are the others?" He asked "Tell me" . "No!" .

The pulling force on her hair got stronger and more painful "Tell me" . A few tears rolled down as she tried not to scream or show any sign of pain "No!" .

It got more painful "Tell me" . She cried out in pain "N-No" . He raised his fist . Glory closed her eyes and waited for the punc-

She heard a loud thud . She opened her eyes and looked up .

Skye had tackled Darkon . The chains disappeared and Storm ran to her side . He hugged her "Glory sweetie , are you OK?" .

She started sobbing . He rubbed her back "Shh , It's OK . I got you" . "I wasn't brave" .

He let go but his hands were still on her shoulders "What!? Glory , you're not brave . What you did? If that isn't brave then what is?" .

He wiped her tears "Now stop crying" . She sniffed a little before wiping away the tears . When she looked around , she realised that everyone was by her side .

Sunny hugged her "Glory! You're OK!" . Glory stroked the shorter girl's hair before Sunny let go .

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Glory sat on the grass , staring at the moon .

Everyone was asleep . She came here just to sort all her thoughts . She let out a sig-

"Glory? What are you doing up this late?"

Glory recognised the voice as Skye . "Nothing" She said in a soft whisper , her voice being carried away by the breeze .

Skye came and sat down beside her "What's wrong?" . "It's just- I was supposed to be brave but instead I cried" .

Skye tucked the hair in front of Glory's face behind her ear "Hey . The bravest can shed tears too , you know . You have to be brave doesn't mean you can't cry" .

Glory stared at the grass . "Besides , you didn't answer him even though he did that to you . Like Dad said 'If that isn't brave then what is?'" .

Glory pursued her lips before answering "You" . "Me what?"

"You are even more brave than that . You still didn't answer him even though he did much more than that" .

Skye bit her lip "How?" . "His expression said it all" .

"OK . Maybe he did more than that" .

"But you ARE brave and you're younger than I was at that time so you feel more pain . So it doesn't matter if you did cry . You don't have to not cry to be brave" .

They stayed silent for a while .

"Come on" Skye said getting up . "Where?"

"Somewhere special" . Glory internally shrugged before getting up and following her .

Skye stopped in front of a tree . It had 9 dots in it like a cubic order:

. . .
. . .
. . .

She pressed the one in the bottom left then the middle , then the top right and lastly the top middle one .

Skye stepped back to where Glory was standing . The spot she was standing on slowly moved aside to reveal a staircase .

It was well lit .

"Come on" Skye said and started to walk downstairs . Glory followed her .

When they reached the bottom . What Glory saw was breathtaking .

It was lit with a chandelier hanging on the ceiling . It had a light in the middle which was surrounded by crystals . The crystals made the light spread more and colorful .

There were 5 stone beds , one in each corner . Each had a different symbol .

Glory knew what 4 of them meant but the last one , Sorry .

"What does that one mean?" Glory asked Skye . "I don't know either" .

It was decorated beautifully and organised neatly . The author cannot describe how it looked like . "What is this place?" Glory gasped .

"You were born here" . "Really?".

"Yeah . We used to live here" .

Glory realised that she had been omitting Skye's name from anything she said . Oh come on , what would you do if you found your mother after 14 years and it was revealed to you just a few days ago? .

Glory looked around for a few minutes when Skye said "Come on . Let me show you something cool" .

She followed her to another small tunnel which led to-

"Oh my god" Glory said catching her breath . Her voice echoed through the cave .

They were standing on a cliff . And at the bottom of the cliff .

There were multicoloured crystals growing from the walls . "It's made from crystals" Glory asked .

"Mhm . Crystals" . "Can we go down there?" .

Skye nodded "If you can climb down the cliff" . "I can"

"Just don't fall" . "Even if I do" Glory said "I have these" . She rose in the air a metre above the ground .

Skye rolled her eyes and smiled "Just like your father" .

She started climbing down the cliff . Glory thought of climbing down to-

Nah she thought I'll just fly .

As if she had read her mind , Skye spoke up "Try climbing . It'll teach you how to do it" . Glory groaned internally before starting to climb down .

Once down , she realised that it did teach her . Skye was right .

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After a while of exploring the crystal cave .

Skye and Glory sat down with their legs hanging from the edge of the cliff .

"Hey . Something bothering you?"

Glory sighed "What should I call you?" . "Why?"

"I mean" She started "You're my mother so it's weird calling you Skye . What should I call you?"

"Anything you want" . Glory thought for a while before answering "Mom?" .

"I'm OK with it" . Glory hugged her from the side "Mom" . Skye wrapped an arm around her .

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Skye sighed .

"What?" Glory asked , looking up from the crystal she was inspecting . She touched her hair elastic "Don't tell anyone I let my hair down" . The raven quickly came to her , waiting for her to pull the elastic off .

And when she did . Oh , Glory was astonished .

Her hair was long and red . She also noticed that there were some faint orange and yellow strands . It had a wavy texture . When it's in a high ponytail , it appears thigh length , but really it flows down to her knees . She also noticed that the loose strands , the ones that wouldn't be in her high ponytail with the rest of her hair , was shorter . It went to her shoulders .

"It's really you , right?" . "It's because of my hair , isn't it?" . Glory nodded and ran a hand through it "Dad would describe your hair as long , red , soft and beautiful" .

"Your hair is sooooooo soft" Glory leaned on her back which was now covered by her thick hair . Her mother reached a hand back and stroked her hair "Yours is pretty soft too" .

"Yours is more . It's like a fluffy pillow or cloud"

"How often do you let it down?" . "Once in 2 weeks" .

"I want your hair" . "Hey . It's not my fault that your DNA is 99% from Storm and 1% from me . Honestly , I'm not even sure about that 1%" .

"Dad would sometimes say that I'm like you"

"Can I play with it for a while?" .

"Okay" .

"YES!" .

Here you go . Double update .