Stay


«Before Sapphira, now Queen. I want to know what goes into your sick head.» The dispute that went on for almost two hours seemed endless, it had reached explosive peaks in a few moments.

«Julia, you didn't have to even be here.» Mariam was standing, it looked importurbabile but every answer was flippant and steeped in hated when plans was out of her control, yet remained firm, locked on her more than right reasons.

«And that's just the point! You want to do it all alone, you surround yourself with dangerous people, you have hurt and we, all of us, we should let you do» snapped Julia irritated by the attitude of her friend, she had felt excluded from the damn game where it was once again overwhelmed. She felt like a rat in a trap, she had no way out of that situation. Julia was forced to attend a show insane from which she was excluded.

«We had to leave to her a choice. It is that the problem» added Nadja. The situation for her was ridiculous, her burning eyes fell on Sapphira and immediately argued the rift that was created within the group.

«I did't ask you to follow me, you decided it» Mariam put her hands in her pockets, her features hardened, and then spit poison the last judgment. «I have not decided the role of the two new guards, I have not decided. This is the only solution.»

«And what would you have done things ended? We see» Julia crossed her arms over her chest, her eyes seemed to come out sparks. Mariam was challenging with every gesture and was ready and replicate the offenses in every way. Because those were for her offenses, offenses against her and their friendship.

«I don't have to explain anything, Julia». The actress was furious, rarely she happened to lose control of her actions and was struggling to keep a straight face. All inquisitors eyes were on her, everyone seemed to discriminate against her for her choices, but that attitude silly not even had been aware from the beginning that the mission would be a complete disaster, Mariam knew that was the first point. As well as addressing the turning point that would upset everything. She would have preferred silence no news for a while '. It was necessary to do so. «Also I was doing it for you, maybe there is still unclear. »

«Mariam, fuck you» Nadja stared at their leader with hatred for an indefinite moment, and then ask you a haughty look when she was beside her. «You know what I mean? Don't count on me. I'm not willing to accept other follies» and so saying that, Nadjadisappeared.

She had been wrong to feel excluded. She had a strange feeling when she saw Queen because Nadja had been a beneficial feeling, but that girl had something dark that the Russian could not explain.

But that was not the problem. Until then she had blamed Sapphira, and only at that moment he realized that to bother was the attitude of Mariam and seemed not to trust her, or rather, was herself to fear to fall again once in the coils of evil.

Silence fell in the room and only the continuous oscillation of the clock broke the eerie silence, Mariam until she bit her lips nervously, indulging in one of her most absurd confessions. «I trust Queen and King ... in a certain sense they are like us.»

«What do you mean?» Ozuma's voice Mariam forced to turn our gaze to her boyfriend. «I will not say they are like me, Julia, Nadja or Hila but you have your powers. The fifth princess needs a guardian and a knight, King and Queen are light and shadow».

«How?» He snapped clenched his fists, fingers tingled, had an incredible desire to hit his friend, Yuri hand clutching his arm in an iron grip, leaving the only option to spit poisonous words. «How long do you know?» He said, enunciating each word with disarming saw look directly into her eyes, neither could hear the murmur that had been created around them, until the actress put her back steady against the fireplace with a raised eyebrow, turning to her total indifference. «I just know. It does not matter».

«How you did not matter tell us that you wanted to attend alone at a committed suicide mission. You did not matter tell us that Sapphira would do the group. Just like it does not matter our friendship ... the years together. You've changed, Mariam. Although now I wonder if you do not always faked.» Julia could no longer hold back the tears of frustration. A mixture of feelings she had caught in a violent storm and out of control. «Now tell me ... how long do you know?».

The words were harsh, blades that reduced Mariam's heart in bloody tatters. «For about a year," she said cautiously looking down. She knew she had made a serious mistake, but she had done for a good purpose; Mariam wanted to protect her girls by all means.

Julia's eyes widened and raised her hands to her chest, and then to the before her, her eyes burning with anger, were uncontrollable flames of hatred. «You, with me you closed» The slap came suddenly, full of resentment. Not bear to stay before her, Julia now had only one certainty: she could no longer trust Mariam.

It was hard to admit, but the real reason for her anger was not the truth nor denied the actions kept problem was the change in their relationship: more cold and distant, like two parallel lines that never meet.

«Julia ...» Mariam struggled with her pride, she still wanted to retain Julia. The hand touched the point injured but her gaze was still trying on the Spanish side of the door followed by was a moment when their eyes meet again, it seemed for a moment filled with infinite pain, but neither said nothing, her eyes fell again on the flor. And friendship began by accident years ago abruptly ended. Forever.


She had her arms around the pillow, the head sank into it, choking back tears she had held back with seemed almost absurd the way it was all over. Destroyed.

Julia was aware that she exaggerated with the words, it was not nothing left but a suspended sentence that seemed half a pardon.

She had chosen to focus on her views instead of listening and understanding, yet she was not at all happy with how things had had met only once before dawn but between the two there was not a greeting, had remained with her eyes down, going their separate ways.

«You should apologize.» Yuri's voice made her jump. Julia looked up angrily toward the boyfriend, throwing the pillow at him. «Never. She lied to me.» It still hurt to admit the he was aware that that was not what the problem, but the jealousy that wore on. She felt inexplicably excluded from everything, as if she had never been part of the girl's life. But she was wrong, and what it cost to their friendship. «Besides, I know ... definitely she will not want to talk to me.»

«See? You know yourself»said Yuri, hitting her in turn with the same pillow.

«Then why did not you tell us anything?» Said Nadja with a skeptical tone. «I mean, Mariam does not trust us and accept the persons group as King, Queen and the queen of the sluts Sapphira.»

A smile disfigured her face, she knew the actress's attitude reasons but she wanted to stay out of any silly situation. «You say?» He hissed ironic. «I think you want to do in your head and not get in the way Saphira» then she looked over Julia. «And you, my beloved, you're jealous. I understand that she's your best friend but it is the way you are wrong.»

Nadja arched an eyebrow, her stern gaze scrutinizing the rigid figure of her brother closely. «You know something».

«And if it is? i'm not going to explain.»

A fiery bubble appeared in the hands of Nadja, her eyes were blazing and meditated revenge against Yuri. «Now you talk».

«Or what?» He said mocking, evoking his power.

«I make you hurt if you not finished! It is enough.» Julia's scream had frozen the two brothers on the spot. She had always hated the situations that degenerated over nothing and, suddenly, it was like lightning: she had done the same. With a jump fell out of bed and reached out her hand against the she was unable to move.

Ozuma and Julia stared for a second endless. Their eyes were full of questions and doubts du. The boy still had his hand closed into a fist suspended in mid-air, then drop it a few seconds later. «Did you saw Mariam somewhere?» He asked with apparent had hoped until the last moment in a positive answer but when Julia shook her head in denial, his fears seemed to come true. «All right». He walked over to the stairs, jumping two steps at a time.

Julia promptly followed him, shocked by Ozuma's attitude of the was very unusual to see him act like that so hasty and at times, even terrified. Meanwhile Nadja and Yuri left the room, watched in puzzlement, unable to comprehend what was happening.

Julia came down the stairs jumping with enthusiasm, also seemed terrified had allowed his best friend commit suicide acts with the famous suicide mission to which they had talked a few weeks before. The voice was trembling, was broken by a mixture of emotions that had no name, her back was struck by chills, her eyes became suddenly lucid and her face bruised, swollen with terror. «Do you think is she went in that place?».

«I don't know! It's the only place that comes in mind». Ozuma stood for a moment, then turn his back to Julia. At that moment he felt an immense anger for the Spanish, the only possible cause of the sudden disappearance of his girlfriend, but he preferred to remain silent, knowing that rage would do no good. «I'm going to find her.» Mariam had not shed a tear even during the night, it was hidden under the duvet but her body was rigid and remained so even when she had sought.

Ozuma had been wrong to feel so useless and see her suffer. He could not do anything to help her.

Julia looked at Yuri and Nadja looking for a desperate sign of wormwood. It was only her fault. «We come to you.»

The ride down the stairs was hectic, the steps filled the corridor of the second floor, letting out Hilary from her room. The Japanese did not understand what was happening, she saw a group of four people running down the stairs and, without asking anything, she began to run behind them. «Nadja ... Nadja, what happens?».

«Mariam is gone, she could be in danger,» said the blonde quickly risk of falling and rolling down.

Hilary at first did not understand, she felt terribly absurd. It had been a moment and the words seemed to die in her throat, crossed her wished to discard the thought of having led her girlfriend to the point of addressing a suicide mission

Finally, they reached the first floor, everyone was running toward the entrance, until the Sapphira voice forced them to stop. «A horse race was quieter than you.»

Julia opened the door. even she did not want to hear a word of that , however, looked curly with a look of hatred and were close to her. «Since you and Mariam are great friends ... So, did you saw her?»

The girl raised an eyebrow, her eyes looked carefully all present looking to the Ozuma's gaze until Nadja yanked her arm violently, tired of the silence of the young «I'm waiting».

With a gesture full of anger, Sapphira broke free of the socket by taking a look full of hatred for the Russian. «Even if I knew, I not would help you.».

Nadja's eye trembled inside, fists trembled with suppressed felt the desire to punch or move on her corpse to eliminate pedantic expression of the woman when Ozuma abruptly pulled her back, facing Sapphire with a stern look. «You will not you help her but you can help me. We are friends, no? As do know where is Mariam?» he knew that it was absurd and senseless also use that card but had no means to get her to cooperate.

That required clearing Sapphira. The word "friend" still had meaning that he could not understand at all, and yet it made her feel good, striking her heart with delicate sweetness. She shook her head, noting abandon the hope of Ozuma's look. «I'm sorry, I don't know»..

Nadja and Ozuma bowed their heads. Those words had cut every possible hope and sadly reached the rest of the group with a heavy heart, until Sapphira, again, stopped them. «I know someone who could help us ... I want to come with you.»

Nadja's mouth dropped surprise, but could not suppress a cynical look at her lips stretched into a half smile and her heart was beating a thousand. «Come on, let's go» she said quietly, hiding behind a frozen mask the brief moment of serenity that had invaded.

Perhaps Sapphira was really changed.


The music in the dressing room was deafening, the walls seemed to vibrate, the air was light, impregnated with sweet amused bodies moved in front of the camera of a mobile phone, both ventured steps complicated and irreverent dance, music flowed in their veins, was driving.

It was absurd as a the two girls had lose control doing the most absurd nonsense, it is they who were the emblem of seriousness and the door opened, Mariam fell to the floor with legs in the air afraid of the intrusion, Queen looked shocked and amused at the same time, then burst into laughter together under the gaze terrified of Ozuma's, Julia's, Nadja's, Hilary's and Yuri's

«Need a hand?» asked Queen again doubled over the stretched the limb towards her friend, and again resumed laughing.

Mariam grabbed the girl's hand, telling her to shut up, only to find themselves both on the ground, the more upset than before and only a cough brought them back to tried to get up but every time their eyes met they could barely stifle an embarrassed laugh, knowing that they had made a striking impression.

«Sorry, thank you and shut up, Queen» sighed Mariam coughing and wiping their hands with the dust on the clothes. Improvise stiffened, her eyes deviated to Julia who had remained much to say to her but had not the courage, all the forces seemed to have abandoned, and the moments of joy seemed to dissolve into thin air, leaving place to the voltage veil that shrouded all in a heavy suffocating grip. «What are you doing here?» she asked, crossing her arms under her chest, while keeping her eyes on Julia. The question was for glanced towards the actress.

Ozuma closed his eyes for a moment, sighing more relaxed to the point of forgetting why she had gone there, until he returned the not a question clenched his hands into a fist angry shouting: «You could tell us where you were! We were afraid that you had done something foolish.»

Mariam raised an eyebrow in pedantic, then relax and mention a wry smile. «Have you checked the ticket on the cover of your phone?».

The young man grabbed the device and immediately found what he was looking for. «I go on the set, I go back soon. Take care Nayra ... » a restless sigh escaped from the lips of the young, then murmuring with vaguely irritated voice: «Ok, I'm a genius.».

«Well». Mariam could not wait all that would go away. She was not ready to face all, not after the last attack where she had been targeted by all. «You found me, so you can go.»

Julia stepped back, uncertain whether to go or stay. She had seen the hate looks that Mariam had given her and she was not sure of wanting to destroy the subtle flickering thread that still bound. «Mariam, I did not say those things ... it's just that I would like to understand why you acted that way.»

«I do not care of your apology, Fernandez. You've said enough». Mariam stepped forward and Julia did the same. They founded a few centimeters from each other, fire on fire. It was like watching a battle between two opposing kingdoms that had no end. «And in any case ... you believe it? You have questioned everything I have done, for what?».

«You have given us a way to think evil! You could tell things as they were from the beginning, we would not have judged you!» Her eyes stung, a sharp pain the divided heart.

Julia knew it was useless to scream but she was doing saw lower their gaze and haunt her fingers, until the weak words of the actress hit her yet thoroughly, demolishing all her certainty. «What good would it do? It was and it is still dangerous. This is not my choice.»

«We would have understood, we will have tried.» Julia needed to embrace her, to tell her he would believe her and that he was on her side but Julia remain in silent, waiting for an eyes met again once, Julia was crying and Mariam felt guilty for having done wrong but the harsh words of her best friend had killed her.

«I've seen ... how could I tell you that the next mission would probably have lost their lives? Balance is too. Going it alone, perhaps, there would be 's why we need to Sapphira, Queen and King. Light and Dark form the ether. I hope you're happy now.».

It had been a blow to the heart, but Julia was willing to dare even to make peace. She grabbed the girl's hand and pressed it between her. «I do not want to lose you. It hurts to know that you're so far , tell me you'll stay».

The torpor of that contact she liked, it was like a caress but Mariam had no strength to answer, the proud prevented her from accepting the apology of Julia and so, slowly let go of her hand and turned her eyes hurt and broken by tears withheld . «Go away».

«Mariam, can not do this to me ... » Julia's voice was beseeching and plaintive, slow litany full of pain and suffering. Yuri took her arm and dragged her out of the room followed by the other two girls.

Mariam's gaze staring into space, she was engrossed in her thoughts darker, and then turned a confused look toward Ozuma. «Did I do the right thing?». Her voice was weak, seemed broken by fear.

Seeing Julia go away, he had led to new knowledge that everything was a film scroll saw again in his mind the years spent together, all the times that you were called "we will be friends forever", but now, in her hands, she was only smoke and ashes, burnt memories in the flames of a fire that does not there would be no more.

«You know the answer,» said Queen suddenly nodded in assent sign and Mariam began to race as she could with tears in her eyes. She did not see even know where she was going, as long as the distance she saw Julia. Nothing was more important, even pride. Mariam grabbed her by the arm, gripping Julia to herself.

«Stay» she murmured, wiping her tears. Both smiled gently, aware that nothing. Wharthever would happen they was together, then looked intently into the eyes, intertwining their fingers with Nadja and Hilary and joined in a tight hug, whispering together: «Rebel girls forever»


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Im in a small delay but there are!

So, bustling section but all's well that ends well, right? I do not have much to say, really. Thank you all and thank you especially to those who want to leave an opinion on the chapter and who has reviewed the preceding chapters