I Slowly opened my eyes.... Well eye, My Right eye was bandaged. And it hurt ALOT. It was very annoying, and aggravating to have to keep it on.... Well.... I could always take it off, but then the nurse would yell at me and make me put a new one on.... The nurse was very scary. Hovering above me was Isabelle and Eliza, they looked worried. Isabelle looked like she had been crying. I looked around to see who else was in the room with me, Kendal and Edan were sitting down calmly, and Vontera was leaning against the wall, with her arms folded.

It seemed like she wasn't actually there, she was a shadow of everyone else. I slowly sat up and looked directly at her.

"What's wrong?" I asked, my voice was a bit raspy. She looked up at me like she had seen a ghost.

"Y-You're n-not mad at m-me?!" She stuttered, her eyes were green now and a knife-shaped scar on her right ankle began to glow a red. Suddenly I noticed that the same symbol appeared on my right ankle. Vontera's eyes began to widen and she looked at me and then turned around and stormed out of the room.

"YOU CAN'T BE KIDDING ME!!!!!!!!" You could hear her yell out in the hallway as she strode down the halls.

"W-what did I-I do?" I stuttered believing that I had made her very furious. Kendal ran out to get Vontera and left without answering my question. Then Edan walked over to me and grabbed my hand as he knelt down beside my bed.

"Calix Animi, you were chosen to be Vontera's successor......" He was acting like I was royalty and it scared me.

"W-what do you m-mean?!" I exclaimed. Thoughts began to fill inside of my head and I began to freak out, not because I was honored, but because I was terrified. Terrified of death, killing, and especially Vontera. There was no way I was going to lose control like her....... I didn't want to be a monster like Vontera.

***

Edan got off of one knee when Kendal and Vontera walked back into the room. Kendal seemed a bit tired out and Vontera still looked furious, she looked like she was on the brink of going on a killing spree. Her eyes were flaring different colors and her hair was like fire, she looked like the definition of a demon. Which by the way are forbidden to ever come into the Creator realm or Destroyer realm. But lucky for the two of us, we go by a different name and I'm also part Destroyer. I didn't know about her, but I expected her to be part Creator.

"I SWORE TO NEVER HAVE A SUCCESSOR!!!!!!" Vontera hissed, she was extremely mad and looked like she was going to kill everyone in the room, which she could probably do very easily.

"But you do now... And it's me... so deal with it" I said rudely, Vontera looked at me, shocked. I stood up and ripped the bandage off my face, there was a small mirror on the side stand next to my bed, I leaned down to look at my face. There wasn't a big scar, but they're still was a scar, it was small and underneath my right eye, it was noticeable, but not horrible. I turned around to face Vontera, she looked at the scar, ashamed.

"Stop looking at me like that! Stop looking at me like I'm some.... Some helpless little weak... dragonet! If I really am your successor, then I need to get used to this sort of thing!" I said aggravated, pointing to the scar on my face. " and SURPRISE! I am EXTREMELY used to this sort of thing! So don't make it a big deal..." I muttered. I felt someone grab my hand, I looked down to see Eliza grasping my hand tightly. Then... she said something that no one expected her to say.

"If.... you are used to that.... Then you should be ready for greater pain in the future" she said cryptically, her eyes shining like stars. I was so surprised, that I let go of her hand and backed away, more pain in the future? What's that supposed to mean! Edan and Kendal sat in shocked silence for a bit.

"Did she?...." Kendal asked, looking at her husband confused and shocked.

"I think she did....." Edan said vaguely.

"She did what?!" I asked worried and a bit scared. Edan and Kendal looked at each other, and then looked at Vontera.

"We think she saw the future... but neither of us have that power..... So it's a bit... odd" Edan replied. A power that they didn't have? I looked at the little girl sitting on my bed. Was she developing powers on her own? At the age of ONE?! Edan crouched down in front of his daughter.

"Eliza, why did you say that?" he asked kindly, but sternly. Eliza blinked at him innocently.

"Say what?" she asked. She was playing dumb.

"Eliza...," Kendal said dangerously, Eliza stared at her mother, then let in.

"Because I saw it, why is that a bad thing? Pain is good... it makes you stronger, and it can make us a better person... Or maybe even the opposite" she said creepily. Edan looked back at Kendal, who had a very worried look on her face, to be honest, well were, from what I could tell. This was very different from the bubbly little girl I saw earlier.

"Von..... can you take Isabelle outside, please? Edan asked Vontera, she nodded and took Isabelle's hand and walked with her outside the healers bay.

"Okay, Eliza, Who told you that?" Kendal said sternly, Eliza went quiet for a second.

"I can't say...." she said as if she was trying to remember. But I could tell, she knew, she was just lying... and doing a good job of it too, because Edan and Kendal looked pretty convinced.

"Okay.... if you remember, tell us, so we can make sure they never take to you again, okay?" Edan said. Eliza looked down at her feet.

"Am I in trouble?" she asked quietly.

"No... we were just concerned," Kendal said, picking Eliza up off the bed. I sat there, I felt like I shouldn't be here, I shouldn't be listening to this. I started out the door.

"Wait! Calix! Where are you going?!" I heard Kendal call out. I turned around to face her.

"I'm going home for the night... it's past dark( I think), and I should probably get going..." I said, but I didn't want to go home. Home was my prison... my prison of pain...

"You're still hurt though! Maybe you should stay the night.... We can set up a guest room for you!" Kendal said, almost desperately, as if she didn't want me to go home, to my prison.... But I knew the next day... my mother or father would storm up to the palace entrance to drag me home.... And beat me, for leaving. It was all so CONFUSING! They wanted me to go! But I just couldn't... it would cause me more pain to stay that it would go. I sat there frustrated and angry. But I didn't want to cause the king and Queen even more trouble by bringing my parents their door.

"I'm sorry... but I need to go home." I said walking off through the door, out into the halls of the castle.

"COME TOMORROW!" I hear Kendal yell out. I nodded even though she couldn't see me. But the chances that I'll even leave my room tomorrow are low, very low.... So I'll have to come another day...