Chapter 19

The next night the Cardonara home was dead silent, the kitchen was empty, sale with the sitting room and every other place except Adriana's room,

Adriana laid on her bed, Maya stood beside her and spoke to her in a calm voice "When we start the ritual don't be scared Addy, I've divined the process and it's easy, I'll guide you via your dreams don't be scared and don't waste time" she told Adriana in a calm voice, Adriana nodded

Aria sat on her dressing table, and Matteo stood by the door, every other member of the household were sent to the other house on the Cardonara Mansion on Maya's orders "How long do we have to wait for" Aria asked "not very long" was Maya's reply

"Put the dreamcatcher on the door" Maya spoke after a while and Matteo picked the dreamcatcher from the circle of things on Adriana's bed, he hung it on the door to her room, looking at the snow-white dream catcher Aria asked "what is it for?" "to ward off evil spirits" was Maya's reply to her,

Maya looked at everyone in the room slowly before turning to Adriana "go to sleep hun, I know you're tired" "but I'm not so..." and with that Adriana went to sleep, Aria got down and stood beside her "What do we do now?" "Nothing"

"What do you mean nothing" "I mean you guys are to do nothing and only Matteo is to help me" Aria looked at her sternly and then at Matteo and she sat at the armchair in the room, "do what you need to do and I won't come in your way," she said as she sat down, Maya looked at Matteo and he nodded, she sat on the floor beside the bed with her legs akimbo and brought out white pearls from God knows where and she chanted, words that left those who heard them dumbfounded for no one could understand,

"Dào dà fènghuáng chéng, jiēshòu zhè yī bēiwéi de chóngbài, bìng yǐndǎo nín de jīngshén qùxiàng hé chù,.....Dào dà fènghuáng chéng, jiēshòu zhè yī bēiwéi de chóngbài, bìng yǐndǎo nín de jīngshén qùxiàng hé chù, .....Dào dà fènghuáng chéng, jiēshòu zhè yī bēiwéi de chóngbài, bìng yǐndǎo nín de jīngshén qùxiàng hé chù,

As Maya chanted, Aria looked on and Matteo already standing beside Maya waited for her words, if she will be able to give any pointers with all the chants, Could anyone go against fate? for the first time, Aria doubted her beliefs, what if all she ever believed was wrong and Maya herself was wrong for believing that Adriana was supposed to tow this road?

What was fate? she thought back to that Lady that always wore yellow and always talked gibberish, could anyone win against her in battle, that Lady never backed away maybe that was why she was crowned fate that year but she knew that Lady had a big heart, so why had she written this kind of destiny for Adriana?

Looking at the Maya, there were beads of sweat on her head already, sighing she doesn't still understand why Maya didn't love her life, looking down at her palm she saw how long Maya could live for and she shook her head, there were questions she couldn't fathom, at least she wasn't like those fickle humans she met,

Looking at Adriana a smile unknowingly crept to her face, she remembered when she first saw that face, she thought it was the person she was looking for but she wasn't, that didn't stop her from loving though, she was a loveable child, always happy.

Will, she ever find that person or did that yellow-clad lady play a fast one on her, she could remember her every smile, those were times she missed, maybe life was like this, we lose something and we dwell on the past still hoping for a miracle where there is none, a line of poetry she heard long ago came swiftly by "For how could mortals bear the pain that even immortals shy from?" who said it, she couldn't recall for it was a long hazy dream ago.

"One day, maybe?" she muttered, definitely one day she will find her, it didn't matter how long she waited, if she couldn't at least before she went before old man Meng, she'll leave a note but she looked at Adriana and hoped she could get the justice she wanted

"Stop!!!!!!!!!" she heard a voice scream as she came back from her reverie, turning she saw a very young girl, brown hair, brown eyes about the same age as Adriana, waving her hand and she shot something she knew all too well towards Maya and woke her from her reverie, Matteo stood up "Who the hell are you" he shouted

"Stop, if you want her to live but if you want to kill Adriana then continue but first get through me," She said with a smirk,

Aria looked around, Maya was looking at her, Matteo looked dumbfounded, she looked at this stranger, alarms went up in her head this teenager is very strong, maybe she wasn't even a stranger she had heard that some old ones usually masked as young people, praying silently that this person shouldn't turn out to be a foe, she spoke

"And why the f**k should we believe you" the stranger smiled and looked around slowly before stopping at her, she laughed "Oh, I didn't think you would be bold to speak.....Chuyé"

Aria felt her heart trying to burst out of its case, that name, different thoughts raced through her mind as the color from her face drained, the only words that she could hear was the name "Chuyé" how come?

looking at the stranger, she felt fear from the bottom of her soul, for the very first time since her coming to this plane,

"Aren't you going to speak Chuyé...hahaha" she spoke again with an eerily laugh, and everyone could feel the cold stemming straight from their soul.