Saira SwitzJefferson:

'Zoe,I-Can't-Breathe.'I squeak out but all I hear is a hum and she pulls the strings even tighter and I let out an explosive of curses in my head since I am unable to speak.

Now,dear readers,you must be thinking what's going on?
For your benefit,I will adress the situation.
A week has gone after that party and Zoe just came about to know the fact that I was the one who boosted Xandere's "already oversized ego" and that it was because of me that our beloved bad boy of the woods was hot on her trails,and oh,did I mention the fact that she thinks Xandere is planning to kill her as revenge for burning his favorite pair of shows?

I wonder how she walks and talks with that clueless head of hers.

Fast forward to now where I am gettting into a cosplay costume which might I add,Zoe McDazzle is forcing
me into for the WHO(World Health Organization) programme today.

Now,the underworld is a dark and bad place and should be kept away in the closet away from the angels but here's the thing.

The ones who work in the underworld are not necessarily bad.Nope.
We are the good guys but with a bad streak.
And most of us were born here,the legacy was passed onto us,we can't just throw that all way because we don't want to bear the responsibility now can we?
There's a reason for what we do.All of us.
And mine might be the most,I don't know,unexpected?

Anyway,no one knows this but our gang 'S.S.S' plays a huge part in sponsoring the WHO.
And S.S.S is me and my homies,Zoe and Xandere(though one can't stand the other) and Zoe's parents and my dad was the founder of it.S.S.S has thousands of spies all over the world and it's amazing to find so many people with the same mindset.

So I have to go to the programme,not to play my role as the sponsor but to see who comes in.Zoe's father Benjamin has an inkling that the Rubies,our archenemy might be there and he is seldom wrong so of course I will be the one to risk my neck and go but I love it.
The thrill and anticipation,it gives you life.
And I will have a secret camera taped with my cosplay outfit so that back in the quarters,they can all see and judge and I am hoping Zoe won't kill Xandere because he has been throwing one-liners at her like it's confetti.

That would be a sight to see.

. __________________________________.

'Damn.'

'Shut up.'

'Why?'

'Another word and I throw you out from this lambo.'

I am now sitted in a golden sleek Lamborghini with Mac(Zoe's brother) as my escort and I.Stil.Feel.The.Need.To.Rip.Out.My.
Whole.Dress.

He whistles and goes,'At least,Zoe's directing her anger at you for a change.'

I groan,Zoe's been in a crabby mood and that is why she took extra care to curl my red hair so roughly I am sure,there is a bald spot in the back of my head and oh,she stuffed me in a corset because 'you need to make it more believable' and 'the kids will love it'.

Fidgeting,I pray I don't rip the dress before I actually need to rip it because not gonna lie,I am excited to see myself in action.

'What did she do?'

He chuckles good-naturedly,his light brown eyes shining with mirth,
'Well apart from turning my hair green and tossing all my video games from my room to telling the girls at my school that I have frikking STD's,she didn't do much.'

A laugh comes out from me before I can stop it and for a moment,I can't breathe,the corset crushing any space I could have held and then it becomes like before,tight but only slightly breathable.

I grit my teeth because yes,I still feel claustrophobic.

'That sounds about right.'

_______°_________°_________°_________°

The ear piece is hidden with the mass of tangled curly knots which is my hair and so I am thankful that the looming guards can't listen to the fact that their escape routes are being served to me in golden platters.

Zoe,pissed as she is,has softened up just a bit,after she heard from her brother that I was having an asthma attack,
sure it was a bit exaggerated but hey,
you wouldn’t want a fire-breathing badass queen giving you directions when she's rattled.

So as she tells me to head to the line of cosplayers,I have no choice but to reluctantly turn my back to the very expensive cars with the all important leaders and businessmen and stand in line with Mulan,Kristoff,Prince Eric,Belle and Elsa and other princesses.

I scan the other cosplayers and see,they did well and I overhear the girls' conversation and that sickly sweet,not to add,awestruck tone of Miss Belle catches my eye.

'Oh my god,you guys.Can you believe that he's coming?'

I try to shut it out.
Furiously and fiercely.
The idea,the mere thought that this he is-could be him is preposterous,unbelievable and definitely impossible.

And I am definitely not nervous to see him,rather,when I see Ethan,I will slap him so hard that he will never look at me like he did that day in the airport.

Like I had betrayed him.

Oh yes,If he is the one these chirping birds are talking about,then there will be fun.

What dear fun I will have.

. ______________________________________.

It's afternoon,the sun nearly hiding behind the clouds that hold a light tinge,making the sky a plethora of bright colours.

The programme was succesful,the cofnerence went well and smoothly but
still no sign of the Rubies.

Wondering how I will find them?

Well,they each have a tattoo engraved at the back of their hand,it's a tattoo of
a python with it's thin tongue out.

Disgusting.

Xandere and I always had a good laugh that even though it was old news that the Rubies didn't have creativity,but they did have a skill in forgery.

Yes,they copied it from the Harry Potter series,the death-eaters' tattoos.

Don't laugh.

Anyway,we,the cosplayers are right now backstage,getting ready to perform because in the audience are all the underprivileged children and you bet I will do my character proud.

Zoe has gone under the radar since there really haven’t been much occurances except for the two times Shrek accidentally fell on top of Cinderella and Rapunzel and accidentally grabbed them in the butt.

Yeah well,I also accidentally pushed my knee into his groin,mistaking it for thin air as I was rehearsing for archery.

Shrek's not here anymore.

Serves him right.

The loud speaker calls my name,well,my character's name and
straightening my spine with my head held high,I walk to the stage,
where there are three archery targets and my hand tightens around the bow
when I see at least a thousand children gazing at me with wonder.

It's not right.Children shouldn’t have to go through what they're going through.

I vowed to myself,I won't stop.

Taking a deep breath,knowing I can finally get rid of this goddamn awful dress,I start my act.

Holding my bow and arrow up,I direct it to the first target and tighten it.

Pulling it until I can feel the dress ripping in the arms and sides,I grin.

I can breathe normally again.

I have a newfound respect for the ones who wear corsets.

I release the arrow and it shoots straight- straight and...

Bullsyeye!

The children shriek with laughter and applause and I hold out a lazy hand.

'I am Princess Merida of Dunbroch and I decide my own future.'

Stepping on the next aisle,I shoot another arrow and the outcome is like the last one.Or first one.You choose.

The last one needs a bit more dramatic effect so I sweep my gaze across the audience which is filled with children who smile so bright that it does something to my heart and I can't help but want to take them all to disneyland and lock them there so they can always keep this smile on their faces.

The guards stand behind every entrance,stoick as ever but I pay them no heed.

I hear my own voice echo throughout the room and Zoe's voice pops in to tell me that I am nailing the scottish accent.

Inwardly,I grin again.

'There are those who say fate is something beyond our command.'

Looking at all these kids faces,seeing them all serious and poised,ready for action,I get into it even more.

Damn,this is more fun than I expected.

'That destiny is not our own,but
I know better.'

Yes,we create our own destiny,
it's the way you decide things that help shape what lies ahead.

'Our fates live within us.'

Saying that,I turn my attention to the last archery target and get three arrows out and my voice is filled with emotion.

But boy,it's loud as ever.

'You only have to be brave enough to see it.'

Releasing the arrows,I close my eyes and see the faces that I have lost,the ones I couldn't save and the crowd errupts into applause and shouts of delight and in all honesty,these proves that my dad was always right.

When you work with goodness,it gets you to a place full of light that no one can take away,not even if they snatch your job and rip your throat out.

Like they did to my father.

It also gives me the fuel I need to keep going so I open my eyes only to see a pair of electric blue eyes staring at me with so much warmth that I am shaken.

Before I can utter out a word,Ethan Desmond Moretz closes in on me and wraps his arms around me and it startles me.

Hearing his voice.

With him here.

With me.

But when I discern out what he said,
it's too late.

Because by then,I am fading into a world made of black and my eyes start drooping fast because of the serum he injected in my vein in a nanosecond.

The last thing I notice is his eyes.

But this time,there’s no warmth.

Only cold,cold hatred.

And I am sure mine bore the very same emotion his held at the airport in France.

Betrayal.

Hot brewing betrayal.

**************************************

A/N:Y'all What's up?
I know I am sorry.Sorryyyy.
I said I would update yesterday but came on one whole day late and I apologize but you gotta let yo girl cut some slack cause her phone fell into frikking water so it's dead.

And i am writing it from another device so sad news is I don't have a phone now
but the good news is you get an update,and you get an update and
You get an update!
EVERY SUNDAY!

Another good news is I feeeel amazing,free and more productive without my phone.didn't expect this but yeah feels amazing as hell,no joke.

Another another good news is Ethan and Saira finally met!!!
But I am sure not in the way y'all assumed.
Am i right or am i right? ;)

I won't budge y'all no more but

If you want more regular updates,

Vote!