chapter 8:
tartarus

ain yeon
i woke up, hoping to be back at the council hq. but no. i woke up to see the same cell beneath broken wands' base, in this dark, dreary-ass dungeon.

it's been almost a week in the underworld alcatraz so i've gotten used to the smell of blood, the screams and the dirt all up in my hair.
this look was expensive you know! smh.

my hair doesn't even look pink anymore!! i swear to god when i get out, im gonna personally castrate each one of those guards. well...i would, that is, if you could castrate shadows.

one of the shadows guards, what they call "whisps" tossed the same old rusty tray filled with this white gunk. what they labelled as "my breakfast"

whisp: eat up you twink.

ay: im straight thanks and im doing just fine, asshole. so fuck off.

whisp: you little shit-

??: ah it's ok. she doesn't have to eat if she doesn't want to.

an eerie cackle followed after. by no other than that jade wretch.

jd: morning pinkie!

ay: don't call me that.

jd: oh, because i care oh so much about your feelings.

i rolled my eyes. if i had powers like unnie that bitch would be choking right now-

anyways, she waved off the whisp, signalling to him that she wanted to talk to me without the presence of others.

hooray!! 🙃

jd: so how's tartarus treating you pinkie?

ay: the cell ain't that bad,!but you are quite a pain in the ass.

jd: awww, hate you too!

my "bad girl ain yeon" persona slowly faded away and all that was the real me; the scared me.

i was scared for me. namjoon. the witch council. the witch race. the human race. seullie unnie...

a tear slowly rolled down my cheek. i stared down jade right into her emerald green eyes. angry, but also in fear.

she smirked as she saw me in such distress.

ay: w-what do you want with me?

jd: nothing. it's your sister whom i want.

ay: why hae seul unnie? she didn't do anything to you.

jd: oh, but her people did.

ay: so you were a member of the council?

jd: who told you that?

ay: tea spreads fast in these cells.
you should have seen it coming, sis.

jd: haha. well i'll have you know that witches can't and shouldn't be trusted.

ay: so are you going to give me one of those dr. doofenshmirtz backstories or keep crouching infront of my cell looking like an idiot?

jd: sass me again and i cut your throat while i'm at it.

ay: my apologies, ma'am 😑

jd: well, it was a long time ago. i was an apprentice at the council under a special training program led by your mother. i was in top ranks, so was namjoon. we trained together, laughed together and then we ended up falling in love. then when we went under cover as broken wand agents for a mission, i discovered what the witch council really is. not the underworld's saving grace. but a threat. so i confronted them. about the lies that they were telling the people of the underworld. and because i decide to call them out for their fuckery, i was exempted from the council. and by suggestion of your mother, namjoon broke up with me. i could handle being kicked to the curb, of course, but kim haeji took away the best thing that ever happened to me. if only namjoon wasn't so stubborn, he would still be mine...

ay: so you're tell me you killed my mother because she told namjoon to dump a psycho like you for his own good?? well isn't that bullshit in it's finest form.

im guessing she got mega pissed because she used her telekinesis to push me up against the back of the cell.

jd: shut up, mortal.

ay: you know what? i don't think i will. my mother was the best person to ever live. she was wise, caring and the best mom you could ever pray for! she meant so much to namjoon and if you really loved him,, you would never in your lifetime, push that dagger into her heart.

jd: i do love namjoon! i did it for him!

ay: that's gotta be the stupidest thing i've heard this year.

jd: and who are you to defend haeji? you didn't even know her. she lied about her identity, her work, your sister's identity. only to die and make you hear it from someone else. she left you to question whether kim haeji is really her name or not! what kind of mother is that?

i lowered my head in what i thought was defeat. but then it clicked in my head.

mom didn't make a mistake like grandma said. she kept me and hae seul from the underworld because she knew what lived down there. she knew that there was a target on her backs; so she hid us. she wanted us to be safe. because she loved us. because she was a great mother.

and i told jade just that.

she was at first taken aback, then she just dropped me onto the floor.

that hurt my ass like damn.

jd: you just wait pinkie. just wait...

she cackled and began to walk away.

"what's your plan!?!?" i shouted at her.

jd: provoke the council until they come running to us.

ay: why not bring the fight to them??

jd: nah... i rather have you watch me kill your sister in person.

she smiled sadistically, as she backed away slowly. then vanished in the blink of an eye.

that's it. ive absolutely had enough. im not gonna wait for my sister to come and get me to meet her demise.

a bitch is breaking out...

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