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I was walking back and forth inside the room for around fifteen minutes. The pain at the back of my head was getting unbearable for me as I wildly ponder about what Xanthos told.

Could I be Amanda? But in the dreams and flashbacks, she was so brave.

However, she did look similar to me and Leonardo looked similar to Xanthos.

I groaned and clutched my head in pain. Whenever I thought of Amanda, I felt as though I'm breaking some unknown barrier inside my brain. I wanted to bang my head against the blackly painted wall in front of me.

I closed my eyes in frustration and tried to recall something that I didn't know I remembered.

I bit my lip as I was blank.

I shouldn't believe what Xanthos told but then I did have a suspension about me and Amanda.

I opened my eyes when a whoosh of air passed through my left side.

Startled; I swirled my head to my left but found that the glass window present there wasn't open. 

I rubbed my forehead as my head ached more than before. My vision started growing blurry.

A light whisper which was almost inaudible reached my ears.

"Hermana."

My lips parted in surprise as I understood the word. It meant sister.

"Hermana."

The voice repeated the same word in a sing-song manner. I couldn't recognise whether it was a male or a female voice. It was just a mere whisper.

"Let the world build in you and you not build the world of yours.

Let the sea flow in you and you not find the water of yours."

What did that mean? I scrunched my nose and tried to understand the meaning.

The room eerily became quiet. My hands trembled and my legs quivered as the silence became too intolerable.

I wobbled forward; towards the door. My sight was still not clear and the surrounding around me began spinning.

My hand reached the door's knob and twisted slowly. Nausea hit me causing me to crouch down to keep myself stable. An immense amount of pain grew on my head. I gritted my teeth to keep myself from screaming out in pain.

"Bella?" Edrala's voice sounded muffled.

"E-Edra--" I screamed loudly as the same whisper echoed in my head.

'Let the purpose of you here begin, my queen.'

"Are you okay?" The voice became distinct but I could tell, it was Edrala's as she was the only one here.

I tried to respond to her but I couldn't.

Through my blurry vision, I saw many other people rushing towards me.

"Does she look fine, dumbo?" I heard another familiar voice which I recognized to be Natasha's voice.

"Bella," a deep familiar voice whispered against my ear.

Two arms wrapped securely around me as my breathing became ragged. I struggled under the person's grip though it was gentle.

'Hermana.'

My lips parted and a name escaped my lips which I myself have never said and heard before.

"Anna."

"What the fuck is going on?!" A deep voice which I recognised to be of Xanthos, was filled with panic. "Bella, what's happening?"

Before I could answer his question, darkness engulfed me.

Loud howls and hoots of people reached my ears.

I looked around myself in terror when I noticed a huge crowd around me.

"Kill this human! Kill this human!" My face paled when I noticed creatures with long sharp teeth and red coloured eyes.

I tried to move from my place but something held me back. My body felt magnetized to the ground I was standing.

All the beasty like creatures gazed at me with hatred and disgust.

I peered down at myself and noticed my clothes were completely different. I was no longer wearing blue jeans and a white top but instead, a long floral dress which was now covered with dirt.

"Quiet!" A loud voice boomed causing all the noises to come at rest.

I was confused.

What was going on? Where was I? I was in the middle of four bricked walled room with some unknown beings in it.

I snapped my attention towards the voice and a chill ran down my spine as soon as I saw the figure.

Green eyes, pale skin, ink-black hair, strong jaw and thick eyebrows.

He looked familiar. Very familiar.

"Hail the future king, Dracko!" The beast looking creatures fell to their knees and chanted the same words again.

"Rise," he commanded with pride coating his voice.

He turned his head towards me with a mysterious smile.

I gritted my teeth as I tried to move. But, some unknown force pushed me back.

"Well, well, well, aren't you the courteous human, my queen?"

"Who are you? Where am I?" I furrowed my eyebrows as I saw his smile swipe off of his face.

"Amanda? Human 17?" He paused in looked at me in confusion. "Don't you remember anything?"

I slowly shook my head, pressing my lips together.

Why was he reminding me about Amanda from my dreams?

"You're Amanda."

A new, sharp voice screeched in the now silent room.

"You're in Emanual Forts."

A female entered the room through the wooden door which was on the left side of me. Her blue dress fitted her body perfectly, showing off her curves. Her blondish brown hair cascaded down her shoulder and folded in waves beside her face. Her eyes were neon yellow in colour and captivated my attention.

Overall, she was unique and elegant.

I have seen her somewhere. Somewhere I don't remember.

But then, I somehow knew, she was here.

Here for me.

To protect me yet to support them.

"Anna."

The same name that I said before I lost my conscious escaped my lips in a flow.

"Hermana." Her face softened as she looked at my dirt-filled condition.

She stood in front of me and held my hand in hers.

A bright white ring surrounded me and Anna.

"What's this around us?" I asked looking at the ring in awe.

"This is a Capri ring which doesn't allow anything to go out of it. Including what we speak."

That meant I can't escape too. What if it was some trap? What's going?

"The time for you to remember who you're has come." She whispered with a tear following from her neon yellow eyes.

"Who are you? I have seen you somewhere." I rubbed my forehead as I felt it throb.

She smiled cheekily. "You must have seen me as a small seven-year-old kid in your dreams. Don't you remember?"

I tilted my head go my lift and scrunched my nose as I concentrated to remember a seven-year-old kid that appeared in my dream.

"I did get a dream of a small girl who was calling Amanda--"

"You," she interrupted with a roll of her eyes.

"--as Hermana and asked her--"

"You."

"--to tell a story of fairy tales. Amanda--"

"You."

"--went to the library to get a book and climbed a ladder but got slipped and fell to the ground. Then a guy named...um...Beta Ethan, I guess?--"

"Beta Mason."

I glared at her in irritation of her interrupting me continuously. 

"Came and helped but--"

I stopped myself from continuing and stared at her.

"What?" She asked nonchalantly.

I joined all the dots together.

Mason is the reincarnation of Ethan, I of Amanda and Xanthos of Leonardo?

But why can't I remember?

The girl in front of me is the same petite girl that came in my dreams?

But why can't I feel as Amanda?

"Then why haven't I felt the difference? Why haven't I remembered everything? Why am I born?" 

"Hermana," she clutched my hands tightly in hers and I saw a yellow light similar to her eye colour glow. "Right now, you're here to recollect what all happened in your past. You're going to recall the major movements that lead you here, in your second life."

"Am I dreaming?"

I asked this question as I remembered myself losing my conscious.

"No, you're not. You're transitioned from the upper world to here."

"Underworld?" I squeaked.

She nodded her head.

"Close your eyes and imagine the face of Leonardo." She continued. "I mean Xanthos."

I did what she asked and visualised Xanthos.

His shiny brown eyes. His sharp features. His soft expression. His kissable lips stretched in a smile.

"Don't panic or get confused and don't open your eyes and listen to me patiently. Will you?"  I nodded my head. "Now try to communicate with Xanthos."

"How?"

"You both are mates, remember? You have little to no mind bond as you're a human."

'Xanthos?' I thought of his name. 'Xanthos?' I related again but didn't receive any reply back.

"I didn't--"

"Shh, concentrate on reaching him out."

'Xanthos?' I imagined his face and focused on calling him out. 'Xanthos?'

A shrill sound passed through my head before I heard a deep voice yelling my name in panic.

'Bella?!'

'Can you hear me?!' I screamed back.

'Where are you?!' His deep voice caused me to relax.

'Underworld, with Anna.'

There was a moment of silence.

Maybe he cut the link?

'The fuck! How did you get there?! What does Annalisa want with you?'

The link started getting weak. I could feel Xanthos's voice fading slowly.

'Anna would remind me of my past.' I said hastily.

'Believe--' I no longer could hear his voice.

I snapped my eyes open and looked around myself only to see me standing in a royal looking bedroom. The same bedroom that I used to see in my dreams.

I heard glass shattering from my left and found Leonardo standing there with a furious expression.

"Draco! I will not let you be peaceful. I'll kill you with my own hands." He punched the wall beside him causing it to collapse partially. "Amanda,"  he knelt down, "he deceived us. He took you away from me. But I will find you. Be safe. I would come to you." He mumbled with a sad expression which almost made me run towards him and hold him in my arms but I held myself back.

The room shifted and I found myself standing in front of Anna.

"It's time for you to remember your actual purpose." She waved her hands. "Enjoy the rollercoaster. Bye!"

She slowly faded from my vision and before I could comprehend, I was standing in front of Amanda and Leonardo who held their glares together with an angered expression with Leonardo's back unfolding huge black wings.

A/N

Yay! 'Leonardo' reached 5k+ reads!

I never expected to even reach 1k reads when I started this book.

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*carries her bag and runs away*