INT. A CORRIDOR IN THE HOUSE OF HELLUZAR. IT IS NIGHT.

The bluely decorated halls with golden edges give an underwater feel. Some pictures glow in the dark.

Cilitu walks through the corridor. She is wearing a soft light-colored t-shirt and pajama pants. The hallway is empty. Her footsteps are barely audible.

CUT TO:

INT. MASTER BEDROOM.

Ichima, Demitor, and Alauress sleep. Their master bedroom is Mediterranean-style-looking. Their canopy bed is against a dark polished wooden wall while Alauress's white crib is right next to the window.

BACK TO:

INT. CORRIDOR IN THE HOUSE OF HELLUZAR AGAIN.

Cilitu's face can be seen. Her face remains emotionless. She reaches the master bedroom's door. She looks around, carefully opens it wide enough to fit through, and tries to avoid the door creaking. She sees her parents sound asleep.

She creeps to Alauress's crib. She stares at her intently. Cilitu's hand glows lightly blue with a black cloud swirling around her hand. An ice dagger manifests. It sounds like wind howling and ice crackling.

She turns back around and looks at her parents. Both of them are still asleep. She looks at the door. No one is there. She studies further with her ears, ensuring she hears no footprints in the hallway. She hears nothing.

Cilitu glances back at her baby sister. Her eyes focus on her throat. She readies the dagger to plummet it into her sister's throat.

Equazael enters the door without a sound.

EQUAZAEL

 WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!

Cilitu winces and sees Equazael. Demitor and Ichima bolt right up, seeing Equazael charging at Cilitu.

She quickly turns the dagger into a trident and throws it at him. He dodges to the left, hitting his left side.

DEMITOR

 Cil?!

Cilitu glances at her father. Her emotions were masked by a faceless expression. It is unknown the true dark feelings she holds beneath her. Probably love, probably betrayal, and probably anger. Why would a baby be heir to the throne when she didn't do anything? Only her blood said so. She charges at her father with her sorcery powering up. She leaps up into the air.

Her arms suddenly flail back, cutting off her attack while Demitor attacks her with dark blue fire. She restrains her groan as she flies backward.

Demitor looks at Equazael. His eyes move to Alauress and back to him. Alauress has woken up.

DEMITOR (whispers to Equazael) 

Take her...

Equazael nods as he runs to Alauress's crib. Cilitu fully recovers and kicks the ground. An ice path travels, only to sprout icicles very close to Equazael. He halts himself.

Demitor swings a fiery kick at Cilitu. She ducks.

DEMITOR 

Why are you doing this?!

Cilitu doesn't reply. They both fight on equal terms. Equazael waits. Cilitu is too close for him to pick up Alauress.

EQUAZAEL 

Get her away!

DEMITOR

 I'm trying!

Cilitu crafts an ice boot and kicks her father in the gut. He falls onto the bed. Her leg suddenly jolts to the right, then her whole body yanks onto the bed. Cilitu looks up to see her mom with her hands up.

She tries to get up but is forced back down from her mother's power, controlling anywhere with blood in the body. She tries to resist her mother's command over her body. Equazael takes this as an opportunity to grab Alauress out of her crib.

Demitor places his elbow deep into Cilitu's back to prevent her from leaving. Cilitu's face remains plain despite being in pain.

Taimon and Cyphas barge through the door.

TAIMON 

Is everything all right, mom and- OH MY GOD!

Ice begins to grow on Demitor's arms. Cilitu quickly turns and breaks his arms off by swinging the back of her arm into his. Demitor roars out in pain. Ichima tries her best to control Cilitu's body, but she somehow can't. She pulls her hand back and looks at her palm.

ICHIMA (whispers)

 What is going on?

Cilitu's ice violently spreads everywhere in the room. Equazael bolts towards the exit. Ichima looks at him, filled with sorrow and desperation.

ICHIMA (whispers) 

Please take care of her.

She gets smashed into the wall by ice.

TAIMON 

Cyphas, follow Equazael.

Cilitu looks at the door and begins to chase after it. Taimon blocks her before she can come out the door. Her father blasts her back with fire.

A fight ensues. Despite being two against one, Cilitu is holding out okay. The ice spreads past the room, following Equazael.

CUT TO:

INT. CORRIDOR IN THE HOUSE OF HELLUZAR.

Equazael looks at Alauress while running. Alauress's smile is gone.

EQUAZAEL

 I'm sorry, Alauress. Hopefully, your parents will pull through and this will be a bad memory.

Equazael looks back to see the ice spreading. Cyphas is not so far behind.

BACK TO:

INT. MASTER BEDROOM.

Cilitu tries her best to dodge all of their moves since they have the same fighting style as their dad.

Cilitu's crafts an ice shiv and cuts Taimon's throat.

ICHIMA 

Noooooooo! Cil, why?!

DEMITOR 

You are a traitor, Cil.

Demitor creates fire hands to replace his cut-off limbs. He uses his anger and determination to fuel his fire. He throws a fiery punch, but Cilitu catches it. Both of them keep fueling their attack despite being in a lock. Their hands glow blue as more energy charges from their hands.

Ichima tries to break out of the ice's hold, but her hands are tightly locked, turning red from frostbite.

ICHIMA 

Oh god...

Cilitu ignores. The energy between her and her father keeps growing, filling the room with a blue light. One hot and one cold. Burns and ice appear on everyone's body in the room.

Demitor begins to holler out and builds the energy while his daughter remains stoic, not making sounds. The room becomes brighter and brighter. Ichima watches in fright, knowing what might happen.

He keeps on screaming and screaming, now audible throughout the whole castle.

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INT. CORRIDOR IN THE HOUSE OF HELLUZAR.

Equazael is still running. Alauress now starts crying. The ice keeps following him.

EQUAZAEL

 Demitor!

CYPHAS

 Don't stop! Keep on running!

BACK TO:

INT. MASTER BEDROOM.

Ichima keeps on struggling. The room is now bright that she looks away.

Cilitu does a little kick, causing the lock to favor her. Ice stabs into her father's leg, going up his body. He grunts in pain. The energy finally releases, being overtaken by ice. Demitor turns into ice before being broken into pieces from a shock wave.

BACK TO:

INT. CORRIDOR IN THE HOUSE OF HELLUZAR.

A loud explosion can be heard, followed by shaking. Equazael turns back to see the ice is catching up speed and a blue shockwave is coming at them fast.

CYPHAS 

EQUAZAEL!

Cyphas jumps ahead of the blast and creates a forcefield. The forcefield looks electromagnetic. The shockwave beats against the field. Cyphas grunts as he pushes against it.

Equazael stops and looks at him.

EQUAZAEL

 Cyphas!

CYPHAS 

Go..! Get out of here!

EQUAZAEL 

What about you?

CYPHAS 

I'm performing my duties. Now, go! I don't know how long I can hold this off!

Equazael begins running again. He is close to the exit.

The shockwave keeps building to the point that Cyphas cries out in pain. His hands shaking to keep up. The ice climbs up against the shield.

CYPHAS

 Damn you, Cilitu! How could you!

The ice freezes the shield. The shockwave pushes through, cracking the ice. Knowing that the shield will break, he creates a portal on himself. He falls through. The portal looks like galactic jello, quickly disappearing just as the shield breaks.

Equazael pushes open the door.

EXT. SIDEYARD GARDEN.- NIGHT

He continues to run to the yard. He stops near the edge. He turns back to the door. He sees the ice and the shockwave didn't go out there. Alauress is crying.

A moment has passed until he sees a portal opening, and Cyphas emerges.

EQUAZAEL

 Did they pull through?

Cyphas shakes his head, and Equazael's eyes widen with disbelief.

EQUAZAEL 

How could this happen? I thought the king and queen could take on anything.

CYPHAS 

They do, but not in this case.

Equazael growls in frustration, about to give Alauress to Cyphas. 

EQUAZAEL 

Take her. I will deal with this.

Cyphas puts a hand on him.

CYPHAS 

No. My father gave you orders to watch over her. My mother trusts you as well.

EQUAZAEL 

But you are her brother!

CYPHAS

 And I am a Prince General of Helluzar. Cilitu's power outmatches my own despite me being the firstborn, and she will grow stronger from here.

EQUAZAEL 

Do Helluzars grow magic over time?

CYPHAS

 Yes. These are the time that this perk is fearful, especially royals. Alauress will too, yet she is still a newborn already targeted by a treacherous sister.

Cyphas opens a portal. The portal doesn't show where he will be headed.

CYPHAS

 Get her out of Everess. Let her grow strong. Eventually, she will rise and defeat Cilitu.

EQUAZAEL

What will you be doing?

CYPHAS 

Getting the rest of the children out of here. They can't defeat her alone. I will not stop until she is gone.

[Beat.]

CYPHAS 

Go. It is only a matter of time before she sees you. I'm proud to have met you, Equazael.

EQUAZAEL 

I'm also proud to have met you too, and the House of Helluzar.

They both perform a slight bow.

Equazael walks into the portal.

BACK TO:

INT. MASTER BEDROOM.

The master bedroom is destroyed. The wall with the windows to the outside has been blasted away, revealing the clear night above. The room is now covered in ice and ever-dying blue fire.

Cilitu is now covered in a layer of ice, but she is unfazed by it. She looks at Taimon, who is now buried under sheets of ice. The ice freezes the time of Taimon's dying minute of choking on his blood. Her expression appears to be somber.

She looks at her mother. She is unconscious; her head and neck are the only parts out of the ice. The rest of her body is under three inches of the frozen glaze. Cilitu can see Ichima's blood coming out of her abdomen by the crimson stains on her dress. She has been stabbed by her own power.

She walks towards her and puts the back of her hand on her cheek. She says nothing, but small tears come out of her eyes. She doesn't sob or frown.

Despite her actions, she still loves her mother.

She goes back to where her father once stood during the battle. His body is nowhere to be found. The blue fire, ice, and shock-wave energy must have disintegrated him into nothing. She looks down as if she is still searching for him.

Finally, after all this time, she cracks a maniacal grin. Her tears have frozen over because of the ice on her skin. She lets out a chuckle. Eventually, the laughter of triumph. She didn't need to kill Alauress to take the throne; she could've just taken on her father and the elder ones of the family to be the heir.

FADE TO BLACK.