...The New Mission...

When they went back to the house, Sarra checked the woman, right away, to see if there was anything serious about her condition:

- How is she?

- Don't worry, the woman is fine. Let her rest for a while.

They left her in a room then they gathered in the living room to know what did happen exactly to them:

- What did happen to you in the forest?

Aaron was nervous.

" What should I say to them? The truth? How will they react if they knew that I possessed the black power that mother suffered so much because of it."

Tarou put his hand on Aaron's shoulder while smiling:

- It's ok, you can tell me anything. We are your family...

Aaron didn't dare to say what did happen, instead, he took out of his pocket the black stone and showed it to them.

They kept staring at it without understanding anything.

- What is this?

Suddenly Anna screamed

- OH MY, AARON! WHAT THIS EVIL THING IS DOING IN YOUR HANDS?

She tried to snatch it from his hands but he didn't let her.

- Mother, please. Calm down!

- QUICKLY THROW IT AWAY.

- It's too late.

Anna froze in her place while looking shocked:

- W...What are you saying?

Aaron lowered his head. He couldn't see his mother's face:

- I'm sorry..I...I didn't have a choice.

Anna put her hand on her mouth out of shock:

- No...that can't be true...please say that I'm wrong...

Tarou and Sarra didn't understand what was going on, but Anna's reaction made them very worried.

- What's wrong Aaron? What is that thing?

- That stone saved my life back in the forest.

- What is it?

Anna felt dizzy and sat on the sofa not believing what was going on with her son.

- That's the black Stone.

- The black stone? The one that you talked about?

Tarou looked at Aaron waiting for an explanation.

- Yeah...That's the black stone that gave mother power...

- What are you saying? How did you find it?

Aaron told them the whole story. Why did he go to the forest, and what happened to him there?

Tarou felt frustrated when he heard that his brother was about to lose his life. Nothing like that could happen if he was by his side.

- I shouldn't leave you alone...This is all my fault.

- No, it is not...you can't protect me all the time. I...I managed to escape and save that woman thanks to the stone.

Tarou sighed, he couldn't blame his brother for saving his life:

- Thank god you are okay, the rest we will figure it out, don't bother.

Anna wasn't okay with that:

- BUT WHAT HE DID IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS, THAT BLACK POWER IS INSIDE HIM, WE NEED TO FIND A WAY TO TAKE IT OUT BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.

Aaron Suddenly stood up

- No, the only thing we need to do now is to find a way to cure your disease and save your life. After that, I can go back and use the holy heart as mother did.

- DON'T SAY THAT, PLEASE, YOU NEED TO GO BACK IMMEDIATELY. SPEAK TO YOUR FATHER, HE WILL HELP YOU.

Aaron held his mother's hands with a big smile to calm her down.

- Please, mother. I didn't do anything for you my whole life. Let me just do this one thing, we don't have much time. After that, I will do whatever you want. I promise you.

- I know a way to cure the disease.

Said the woman while standing in front of the room's door.

- You woke up?

- I'm Sorry to interrupt you, but I heard your conversation. It wasn't on purpose. Aaron did save my life and I want to return the favor. My name is Diana by the way.

- What do you mean by what you said? You don't even know what kind of disease it is.

Replied Tarou with eyes full of suspicion.

- Well from what you said it's a deadly disease. I'm an archeologist, I spent all my life studying stones, especially the magical ones. There is a stone that can cure any kind of disease.

- Why should we trust you?

- Well, It's up to you. Think about it carefully, if you make up your mind, you will find me tomorrow morning in the town's library. Thank you again for saving my life, Aaron. I'm leaving now, I still feel a little dizzy, I'm going home.

Diana got out of the house and left everyone confused about what she said.

- I think we should take this chance, it's our only hope.

- I don't trust her, Aaron. She suddenly suggested something like that to strangers. It looked suspicious.

- But we finally found a way to save our mother! We can't back off....