You are Jasmine Laize, Jasmine blinked at the deep, rumbling voice that filled her mind.

Yes, I am. She replied, her red gaze holding Acheron's electric blue one.

Daughter of Peter and Jessie Laize, sister to Yasmina Laize. You're the rightful heir to Laize family fortune. You work with Todo O Mal, but you don't-

"Stop." Jasmine hissed, "You don't know a thing about me!"

Todo O Mal arched an eyebrow, cocking her head, "You understand him?"

"I... can hear his voice. He's speaking to me." Jasmine answered back.

"What does he say?"

"He's... talking about me." Jasmine said, "Things I already know about myself."

"I see." Todo O Mal turned to look up at Acheron, "So, you've been holding out on me with your abilities, huh Acheron?"

Tell her that there are a lot of things she doesn't know about me. Things that if she knew about me, the enemy could find out, and could easily weaken me.

Jasmine relayed the message.

"Hm... Smart thinking." Todo O Mal said. Her form wavered, and her expression twitched in pain, "My magic weakens. I must return to my body. Can you find your way out of the dungeons, Jasmine?"

"Yes, Master." Jasmine bowed her head, "I can."

"Good. Then I'll leave you here." With that, Todo O Mal flickered out of existence.

Jasmine turned to Acheron.

You're right. I don't want to be with Todo O Mal, but I do it to protect my friends, my family... Jasmine trailed off.

A potential love. Acheron's voice was sympathetic, I understand, Jasmine Laize, I do. I left my family, fifteen years ago, to protect them from Todo O Mal.

But why? Jasmine asked, Todo O Mal wasn't even trying to ressurect herself back then.

Her forces were still alive and around- witches, shapeshifters, warlocks, vampires, creatures you couldn't ever dream of existing. They were after me- after my family, I had to run.

Jasmine looked down, I see. She looked up, Does that mean I have to run too?

You've run enough, Jasmine Laize, and I think you know that. While you may not have found your place here, with that of Todo O Mal, I truly believe that you know exactly where your heart lays- not here, but with that of your friends.

Jasmine closed her eyes, before saying, If I go back... what's to say that they wouldn't accept me back?

I left my family, my sons, my greatest legacy. What is to say they won't ever accept me back?

Jasmine sighed, "Touche." She looked up at Acheron, "I never thought I'd say this, not with the path I've walked down, but maybe their is hope for the future of this world- not just mine, or yours, but everyone's as a whole."

Maybe there is, Miss Laize. Maybe there is...


"How am I supposed to know how I'm still alive?! All I know is, I sense danger and threw my wing up!" Chao Xin exclaimed.

Xue rubbed a temple, "Then you must have wings of steel. Come on, think! Surely you remember something!"

"I don't though! That's the problem!"

Xue frowned, before snapping her fingers, "I got it!"

"What?" Chao Xin asked.

"My powers with the mind. I'm sure I could get in yours access your memories."

"I AM NOT LETTING YOU IN MY MIND!" Chao Xin's hands flew to his temples, his eyes wild with fear and shock.

"She does have a point." Morgana walked in, "She could see what you did, and how you did it. It'll help with your training."

"Ha! I told you-" Xue started.

"But there could also be ill side affects." Morgana finished.

"Ha! I win-" Chao Xin was cut off.

"But I think you should do it, Xue." Morgana said.

Xue grinned, cocking an eyebrow in Chao Xin's direction.

"But mom!" Chao Xin whined.

"The last thing you need is an ego boost over your sister."


"You need to relax." Xue said, sitting on the floor across from her brother, "I can't get in your mind if you're tense."

"At the moment, I'm not exactly the most relaxed person on the face of the Earth." Chao Xin said.

"I understand." Xue said, quietly, "Now, hold your hands, palms out, towards me."

Chao Xin did as asked, looking unsure. Xue pressed her own palms against them.

"Now, close your eyes." Xue said, and Chao Xin did as told, "Focus on my voice, and breathe. Empty your mind. Clear your thoughts."

Xue felt the tension slowly drain from her brother's body, and she smiled to herself, before it disappeared.

"Stay relaxed." She ordered, and then she began muttering a spell to herself.

A moment later, Xue's body slumped as her soul, her being, left her, and Chao Xin's body jerked as her soul entered his body, taking over both soul and mind together.


Xue was flying through the air, literally just bordering the sound barrier, heading for the sphere, and ready to clear it.

She entered it, and came to a ground breaking halt, cocking her head to the side, seeing a small orb of light floating in the air.

Xue reached out, hand cupping around the orb. It filled her system with warmth. It glowed brighter- not dangerous like, but...

My ability, Xue thought, But how...

The orb of light suddenly pulsed, turning black and red.

Fuck! Xue thought, reeling her arm back and throwing the orb away from her.

Xue stopped hovering, letting herself fall down, away from the orb. She wrapped her wings around herself, shielding herself. She felt and heard a low rumble.

The sphere exploded around her, and pain flooded her system.

Xue and Chao Xin both gasped, jerking away from each other in equal shock and awe.


"I... I saw what happened- I did- how- what-" Chao Xin couldn't form a complete sentence.

"I was you, in that memory. But you saw it because of that." Xue said, feeling goosebumps rise up on her arm. She shivered, coughing a little.

"You okay?" Chao Xin asked.

"Yeah." Xue said, "It just happens sometimes, if the memory I'm accessing is an injury related one. I just need to sleep it off under some thick blankets." She stood up, waving on her feet for a moment, "You know your ability now, at least."

"Yeah." Chao Xin stood up, a lot stronger than his sister. His brow furrowed as he brough a hand up. He snapped his fingers, and a spark of light erupted from the snap.

"Come here." Before Xue could react, Chao Xin had grabbed one of her arms, and dropped the spark of light in her open palm. Just like in the memory, the light flooded her with warmth.

Xue sighed in relief, "Thank you."

"If this happens when you get with a memory of an injury... What happens if you're in a body that someone kills?" Chao Xin asked.

Xue closed her eyes, whispering, "I'm not sure I want to know."