Mine

MEETING ELIA AGAIN 2

"Are you ok?" Master Derek asked me with concern laced in his voice and worry in his blue eyes as he dropped me gently on the ground. The ground was cold I was thankful for the fur coat Venetia gave me to put on.

I nodded my head when I've calmed down, " yes I'm fine I...... I had a bad dream" I managed to talk with harsh breath. " I... I saw myself back at the slaves prison. I saw him stab Elia and he stab me too with a knife" I said as tears dropped from my eyes.

" Shhh" Master Derek shushed me up as he patted my head softly " it's ok I'm here now" he said to me. "Sleep my love"

I shook my head saying no " I don't want to have another bad dream again" I said as I looked up at him. Derek wiped away the tears from Aria's eyes.

"You won't have bad dream again, trust me my love" he said to me with a gentle smile on his lips. " Do you trust me? " He asked me. And I nodded my head saying yes.

"Good sleep now, you need to rest. Look we're almost there" Derek pointed at the big black gate two meters away. I looked at the direction he pointed and saw the black gate. I wondered where Magnus was as he was flying above us, I looked around and saw him leaning against a tree looking up at the sky as if there was something interesting up there.

"Sleep my love, we'll get your friend tommorow morning ok" Derek said to Aria as she was still looking around as if searching for something. I nodded my head as I rested my head on his broad chest, it was comfortable.

I slept off on his chest and just like he said I didn't have another bad dream again. Instead I dreamt of seeing Elia smiling face.

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When it was morning, I woke up due to Master Derek caressing my right cheek softly. I opened my eyes as I looked at him straight in his eyes. " Good morning my love, I've been trying to wake you up" he said to me. I sat up and rub my sleepy eyes as I greeted him " good morning Master Derek".

"Did you sleep well?" He asked.

"Yes" I answered.

" Did you have a bad dream again" he asked me again.

"No I didn't " I answered smiling at him and he smiled back at me making him so adorable.

" See I told you, come on let's go get your friend" Master Derek as he shifted into his grey wolf again and Magnus shifted into his bird too.

I was still a little a scared of the wolf but not like before. I walked closer to the wolf and climbed on its back and sat comfortably as the wolf started running on its four legs.

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We finally got to the slaves prison as it was just 10 feets before us now. There was no guards standing outside the gates. Master Derek shifted into a gentleman with beards and blonde hair still got his blue beautiful eyes he looked different. But Magnus surprised me by shifting into a beautiful young woman with dark brown hair and green eyes. God he looked beautiful in his woman form. ' but what are they trying to do with all this transformation' I asked myself.

" Why did you both change to.... " I trailed off " husband and wife" cause that's what they looked like together.

"It's the plan my love" master Derek said to me. It looked weird for him to call me my love in another man's form.

"What plan?" I asked him.

Earlier before Derek woke Aria caressing her cheek. He and Magnus already come up with a plan of how they will get in the slave prison easily.

"Here's the plan" Magnus said " Derek will act as my husband and I as his wife. So we'll chain your hands as a captured slave who tried escaping and we caught you and brought you back, so we will ask one of the guards to take us to the head master of the slaves office. And when we got in his office we change back into our form and ask for your friend's cell to get her out" Magnus finishing telling me the plan.

It looked weird on him to be in a woman's form talking to me and he looked beautiful too. He was beautiful than me I thought in my head as I pouted my lips which Master Derek mistook that I didn't like the plan.

" What is it my love, don't you like the plan. Don't you want to save your friend again". He asked me and before I could reply him that the plan was good he said " it's ok if you don't like the plan , we could come up with another plan".

" What??? No " Magnus said immediately.

" No the plan is ok, let's go in" I said quickly as Magnus chained my hands as we went inside through the gates. I had my head down not wanting to be recognized quickly.

I heard master Derek talking to a guard. " Good morning I am Ferdinand Jones and this is my wife Sandra Jones" Derek said with a fake smile and Magnus waved and smiled like the wife he was.

"Good morning sir Ferdinand, I'm Nolan. who is this ?" The guard was asking of me now.

" Oh , we caught this slave trying to escape so we brought her back here. Could you take us to the head master's office so we could meet him". Magnus said.

The guard couldn't see my face as he was trying so hard " ohh right yeah follow me" he said and we followed him behind.

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We finally got to the office of the head master, " wait here let me inform the head master of your presence" the guard said to us and we waited.

Leonard was inside his office writing something on a book with a serious expression on his face when the door opened and the guard entered. Leonard wanted to lash out at the guard who was already sweating but he stopped when he saw a man and woman with a familiar girl.

"What is it Nolan , and who are this people? " Leonard asked the guard.

" Sir , they claimed to have captured a runaway slave and are here to see you" Nolan the guard said with beads of sweat on his forehead.

Leonard knew he was right when he saw the girl he knew she looks familiar. "Let them in" he said to Nolan.

Nolan came out of the office " you can go in now" he said to us and left. We got in the office as Magnus closed the door , I still had my head down as I was scared to look at Leonard in the face . I could still remember how his face looked like in my dream, his pitch black eyes and evil smirk on his lips. It was scary.

"Have your seats" he said to Master Derek and Magnus only if knew that's not thier real form, they were not husband and wife. They were giants shapeshifters.

Derek and Magnus sat on the chair and I stood stood behind with my head hunged low. " So I heard you captured this slave trying to escape " Leonard said.

Derek didn't like the way Leonard addressed Aria as a slave but he still played along with the fake smile still intact on his lips.

"Yes, that's right" Derek said.

"Raise your head up slave" Leonard said to me and I raised my head up to look at him in the eye and I saw as his eyes widened in shock of seeing me again. But this time I wasn't wearing tattered clothes again. I was putting in a blue royal gown and blue fur coat.

But it didn't stop there as Master Derek and Magnus had shifted back to thier original form, not their giant form which I was grateful.

"How... How... You.... You " Leonard couldn't find the right word to say as the shock of seeing me again and Master Derek and Magnus shifting right in front of him. This time it was Master Derek who had the evil smirk on his lips.

"Surprise to see me again" Derek said to Leonard as he began to walk close to him. Leonard stood up in fear as he started moving backwards till he pinned himself to the wall he behind him. I have never seen him so scared of anything as he was always bossy, it serves him right.

' but why was he scared of master Derek, did master Derek do something to him the last time they met' I asked myself. Derek now stood in front of the sweaty Leonard.

"What do you want" Leonard shouted on top of his voice trying to attract other guards outside.

"What do I want?" Derek said as he pointed at his chest " I want to know the cell you kept her cellmate".

"What do you want with her cellmate" Leonard asked.

" Oops wrong answer" Derek said and the next thing I know was Master Derek breaking Leonard's left arm pulling it out as blood splashed on his face making him look deadly with the smirk on his face. I was scared as I hid behind Magnus who didn't moved or react at the bloody scene before us.

Leonard screamed in pains as he held his shoulder. But how did Master Derek moved so fast I asked myself well I wasn't surprised because I knew they were blessed with many gifts I'm sure there was more.

" Let's go again, where's her cellmate, I'm sure you recognize her, don't make me repeat myself again" Derek said as the smirk was no longer on his handsome face and his eyes red now. Leonard knew not to waste Derek time.

"Cell number.... number 54" Leonard tried to talk with harsh breath as he was in pains.

"See it was easy and you made it hard on yourself tch" Derek said " Magnus take her with you to cell number 54 ". But I didn't move cause I was still scared to look at Master Derek's face.

" My love" but when I heard his calm voice I looked at him. His eyes were back to normal he wasn't scary again. " Go and get your friend out" he said to me.

"What about you , won't you come with us" I said.

" I will soon , go I'll be fine". He said to me and I nodded and left with Magnus to cell number 54. I was half running and walking as I was looking at the cells number we passed by. I didn't know that me and Elia's cell was number 54 till today Leonard said it. I want to see Elia's face again I missed her. And then two guards were coming our direction, I stopped walking as I looked behind me to see Magnus also stopped walking too.

The two guards spotted us and came right at us immediately, I closed my eyes waiting to be captured again . But when I heard the sounds of breaking of bones , I opened my eyes to see Magnus bloodred eyes staring back at me, I haven't seen him in this state before . I was scared of him as I took two steps backwards. I looked at the ground and saw that he had already broken the necks of the guards who were laying on the ground with mouth parted and eyes opened. When I looked back at Magnus, his eyes were back to normal.

"I won't hurt you else Derek will kill me. Come let's go" he said to me and I followed him.

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We finally got to cell number 54, I ran towards it and looked inside. Thankfully Elia was inside but the state I saw her broke my heart, Elia was laying on the ground with marks all over her body. I could see a big wound on her right leg. I tried to open the cell but it was locked and there was no guard around to open it for us. " It locked " I saw as I turned around to look at Magnus behind me.

"Step aside" he said to me and I did as he told me. What did he want to do now. I saw him place his hands on the bars of the cell as he pulled it out like it was nothing to him.

"Thank you" I said as I ran inside the cell towards Elia. " Hey Elia wake up , it's me Aria I'm here". But I gat no response from her. I placed my head on her chest to check if she was still breathing and thankfully she was but it was very faint.

"Hey Elia I'm here" I tapped her again still no response.