Hey, hows it going? missed me? Nah didn't think so.

"Ema, tell them." said Apollo. "Tell them you love me as I love you."

Ema looked as him, her eyes were as cold as the wind that blew thrugh his hair, she was no longer the woman he once knew. The kind soul he once laughed and loved with.

"You're not fit to lick the mud from my boots." she said. "How dare you accuse me of such things? I don't want any part of him unhurt..."

She turned and left him to be beaten by her 'bodyguards'

Five years later

"Another trial well done Polly." said Trucy as he walked ahead of him. "So can you take me out for ice cream now?"

Apollo laughed, but stopped as soon as he saw Ema. He sighed before giving a load of money to Trucy.

"Go on, buy yourself ice cream or whatever you want." He said before Trucy to the money and ran.

"It's you, isn't it? The Apollo from before. I-i've missed you." said Ema as she moved forward to touch his face. He slapped it out of the way and walked past her.

"You had your chance." he said.

"But, Apollo, I lov-"

"Don't say that." he said as he turned to face her with an icy glare. Ema backed into a wall and was held there by his stare that was penetrating her very soul. "You don't know the meaning of the word, you toyed with me and destroyed me, I'm not your puppet anymore."

"Apollo, what happened to you?"

"You did. You're the demon and monster that parents use to scare their kids."

"Demon? Monster? I'm nothing like that. I'm human like you."

"I know, soul-sucking bastards aren't we? We drag one down and kick them while they're there. Even then they just want to be accepted by the ones doing the kicking."

He smiled before moving his gaze elsewhere.

"I don't want to see you in my life outside of this courtroom. I'm not the same gullible punk five years ago. This time I won't let hopeless things like some lying bitch deceive me."

But as soon as he finished a small girl came into the room and ran to Ema. Her brown hair was tied into a ponytail. She was as tall as Apollo's leg. She giggled as she ran to Ema, her arms outstretched.

"Mommy!" said the child as she jumped into Ema's now open arms.

"Apollo, this is Charlotte." said Ema.

Apollo scoffed before turning away from her. "Looks like your happy with your new love victim, I give him all the luck."

Apollo walked away and Charlotte cocked her head.

"Mommy? Who was that?" said the small child.

"That, was your daddy." she said as she struggled back to fight her tears.