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Sage's finger tips lightly touched Heko's temples. "Fine see if you can relive the torture with her, if not then you'll both die together. Fools!"

*In Sage's mind part 2 with Heko in the viewing gallery.*
The dream kicked up again, but this time it didn't stop when her parents rushed in. From the dark mist her mother held a motionless baby with a gaping hole in it's chest. Sage felt as though she should know the baby, but the screams of agony from her parents were just to loud she couldn't think. She covered her ears and started to run she had no idea it was her own dark magic that killed her little sister. Her older brother Zeph grabbed Sage from behind and he pulled her into his room, "Sage what did you do?" Her eyes swelled with tears the warmth of his arms around her burned, "I was playing with the mist."

From there it was an out of body experience as her parents locked her in a chest that held magic in. Sage's body ached as she remembered the cramped position she had been left in for days as they waited for the mist to disappear. Zeph entered the room his hands were a little shaky as he stepped in, "Sage?" She couldn't speak she had been left without water for so long her mouth could barely move without cracking and her voice box had dried and shrived up. Zeph opened the chest. Sage toppled out and landed hard on the floor. "Here drink this it'll help you forget." The liquid would help her forget among other things. The drink locked in her dark powers and only allowed them to kill those who grew to love her. Her parents wanted her to feel the pain they had felt when she had stolen there baby from them. Zeph had thought he was helping his Sage, but the hatred her parents harbored for Sage only grew. The darkness that he had help lock away was the only thing that could have kept her safe.

Time started to flash forward and Sage's soul appeared next to Heko's, "You shouldn't be here. . The worst is about to start." But it was too late. She was already being sucked into another memory. Her hand reached out for Heko's and he got pulled into the memory right along with her. He'd feel everything she felt, see it as she did, and only be able to live it like she did.

Sage didn't fight back, it only made things worse, as her clothes were stripped from her body. She was starting to feel at home with the cold even as the cold tile stung against her feet. The two cackling hags in charge of today's rounds were especially forceful. Their grip on her arms and legs left bruises as they wound a towel tightly around Sage's body to keep her arms and legs from lashing out during the procedure. They picked her "mummified" body up and dropped her into the tub. They covered her eyes with a cold wet towel. "Now open your mouth deary." Sage was reluctant, but complied. A thick tube was thrust into her mouth and down her throat. She nearly gagged as it scrapped the back of her throat and her eyes watered. "Very good, little one." That was when the buckets of ice started to pile on top of her body. One by one until the tub was full. The cold was a soft caress. Yet, they didn't stop there. The nob screeched before the water started to fill the tub. Sage had kept her mind calm for now only the outside of her body was frozen. As if sensing her resolve ice cold water was poured down the tube. There wasn't a part of her that wasn't unbearably cold. Her head spun as the fear of death ripped into her and she blacked out.

Sage and Heko were back in the viewing gallery. "Leave before the next one starts. . ." A dark mist figure sat a chair with a box of popcorn. "Oh no stay, so I can enjoy your pain. Sage I haven't had this much fun since you ordered me to kill your sister. . ." Sage's soul froze. "Yah, that's right I said it. You killed her. Remember how jealous you were when she came into the house and everyone started to forget about you, even Zeph?"

Sage was back to the day she played ball with the mist. Although this time she wasn't playing ball at all. She was trying to show her baby sister a trick she had seen Zeph do with his magic. It had been so cool in fire how could it not be cool in her black mist? A small tiny heart hoovered on the baby's chest. In Sage's excitement for actually being as good as Zeph for once the magic plunged into her sister's chest. Sage had tried to call it back, but pulled back her heart instead.

"I-I killed Layra. . ." The black mist applauded as the chains that bound it's wrists and ankles fell to the floor. "Now that you finally admitted to the deed. The curse has been lifted. Lucky you." The mist stick her tongue out a Heko before lacing fingers with Sage. "You can now use me and your magic will be a lot more stable. You were like a tripod trying to stand on one leg before. Anyways go on your bodies are getting bored out there all alone."

*Back in the outside world*
Sage sat up her wave length was still constantly moving like water in a river, but it kept a much smoother pace. She collected some water on her fingertips a small black mist swirled around each finger. Sage looked over at Heko. Well he's not dead and bloody like the others. . .Right? Worry was written all over her face, he'd hate her now that he found out she had killed her own sister. She prepared for the rejection.

Sage had closed her eyes tightly not wanting to see the hate for her in his eyes like she had seen in the eyes of hers parents. His hands were welcoming like they had been before and a wave of relief washed over her. After he spoke she looked up and trail the back of her fingers along his sunken in cheek. "Heko you're wilting like a flower with out water." Her voice was soft and worried.

Sage was glad Heko could easily drink that strange lusty liquid to regain his strength. She didn't understand the connection between lust and how it effected him. Sage was about to ask when she felt something form behind him. Curious as ever she had to look. Another Heko was behind him. She couldn't take her eyes off his long hair like spun gold. "Devourer?"

Sage didn't bat an eyelash as the scene unfolded around her. Heko's scars, the young beauties, their blood, the torture, and the punishment for his crimes. There were a few part that she wished she could have turned away, but her own darkness wouldn't allow it. Don't be a wuss, he went through your pain and felt it. All you have to do is watch, girlie. Besides I'm enjoying myself. Sage's stomach turned at the thought. Was there a part of her that enjoyed the blood and pain too?

When the clone had exploded Sage had went to Heko's side. She stroked his hair lightly until her attention was taken by another voice. Geno was back again. She was starting to wonder if he always popped up when he felt like it. Sage looked over her shoulder and saw this Geno he could have been twins with the Heko clone. Sage couldn't tell if Geno was trying to scare her away from his brother or not, which made her start to laugh. Making light to the situation as always she looked down into the real Heko's eyes with a smile, "Good thing I'm a lot older then any of the girls you're used to, otherwise this might not work out." She bit her lower lip and the blood pooled before she placed a soft kiss on his cheek. "Lust you can feel my blood when you need, but remember if you take to much I'll die and you'll lose me. So devour me slowly ok? I'm a lot more fun alive."

Sage was frozen as she watched Heko's body crack and the blood ooze. Her blood cells collected ice crystals and all she could was watch as this Geno tended to him. The unreal amount of scars on his body made her cringe. Sage's stomach turned as Geno thrust his black flamed fingertips deep inside of Heko. She could feel the power shift, but still couldn't help, but think it wouldn't be able to help. His injuries were too intense. Sage couldn't watch anymore and her inner darkness screamed at her to stop being such a wuss. She didn't look back tell Geno started to threaten her, which she didn't understand. "I don't even know what I did. How can you expect me to not do it again?" She stood turning her back to him. "True love is a lie. For fools who fall behind. He doesn't really love me. . .Only for the moment, his infatuation fade with time." Sage had given up on the fairy tale love story a long time ago.

Sage looked back at Geno and once again he had changed forms. Sadly, she had no clue what he was talking about. "I just met you and your brother today, how could I have left you in the woods and broke a promise?" Then she grinned wildly this Geno was adorably dark and huggable unlike the other who wanted to kill her. Sage felt compelled to hug him, so she did. His height however placed face right between her breasts as she squeezed him tightly. "You're sooooo cute!"


Sage grinned ear to ear as she walked through the woods alone. "Mommy and Daddy didn't even see me slip past them!" She giggled. Something followed the unattended girl as her mind relived the triumph of today's escape. She had climbed past her parents bedroom window on the flower trellis. Sage giggled to herself following a tiny trail that led to a small stream. She kicked off her shoes and jumped into the water causing a large splash. The tips of her long pig tails dangled in the water. Sage heard a twig snap behind her and she turned around, but she didn't see anything, so she continued to kick and splash in the water. Unknowingly a cougar loomed above Sage on a large boulder. It's tail swished back and forth waiting for the perfect time to pounce.

Sage reluctantly let go, but the thought of having sharp little dragon teeth biting her closest body part didn't sound like fun. "What a naughty little boy! Aren't you supposed to be kind to your elders?" She giggled as she started to tug on his cheeks. "How do you do it? Your way too cute!"


Sage's mouth dropped open as she watched Geno take down the beast like a beast himself. She was frozen for a minute as her mind finally caught up and he was looking at her. "Wow! That was sooooooo cool!" She grinned enthusiastically. "You must like have been really hungry. My mommy and daddy says I could eat a horse, but I haven't ever tried it, but I bet you have!" She slipped on her shoes and tromped over to him grabbing his hand, "Let's play a game." She dragged him around the forest talking about anything and everything that caught her eye, but not really letting him talk. "Wooo there's a banana slug, do you think it tastes like a banana?" "That is an old tree I bet if it could talk it would talk like bbbbbbeeewwwaaarrrrreeee ttttttaaaaalllllkkkkiiinggg ttttrreeeeees llliiiiiieeee." They reached a clearing and the sun warmed her skin slightly. "I'm Sage, want to be my friend?" Her blue eyes were big as she looked at the boy she had just had forced to walk around the forest with her. Sage's tiny hand still held his.

Sage smiled at him sweetly as she let go of his cheeks. They held a light pink from where her fingers had been. She sat on the roof looking from Heko to Geno and then back to Heko. That was when her darkness hugged her from behind. Sage fell asleep instantly. The darkness was a translucent black mist in the form of Sage. “She won’t remember you, unless you make her Geno.” The mist smiled a sinister grin, “But can you do that to your brother? The Sage now doesn’t believe in love, but she had loved you then. Are you going to take back what is yours?” The darkness in her loved to see the hurt of others and the chaos one decision could make.



Sage smiled sweetly as he introduced himself, but then wanted to cry as she heard of Envy. Her parents had told her similar things, but she had refused to believe them. Sage’s smile however returned when he said he’d be her friend. She looked at her new friend taking him in as if this might be the last time she’d see him. Sage noted the scruffiness of his hair, the blood and dirt stains on his face, the tattered condition of his clothes, and the cut on his arm. Her already big eye grew bigger. Sage’s face then looked as though she was having an internal battle with herself.
"Do you really need to help him? It’ll heal on its own eventually.
I’m his friend and it must hurt.
They’ll punish you if they find out.
They’ll punish me for sneaking out!"
Annoyed with the other voice in her head she reached for the bottom of his head and pulled it off. “Don’t tell anyone I healed you ok? Witches are supposed to cause destruction.” Her eyes looked directly into his, so he’d know she meant business. Sage held his arm assessing his wounds. Then she blushed, “Don’t look ok?” She hadn’t been able to build the technique into a task less awkward yet. Sticking out her tongue she started to lick his wounds. The black mist clung to the wound areas think like a heavy fog. “One, two, three, heal me.” She whispered. “There now your all better! Now put your shirt on before you catch a cold. I can’t heal that.”