Luz and King made it to the Carnival and looked excited.

"Oh, this is going to be cool!" Luz said, "Carnivals in the Human Realm I've been to are less than ideal."

"What does that mean?" King asked.

"They were put together in ten minutes and very... unsafe."

The two walked around until they ran into someone.

"Skara, over here!" Luz said.

Skara noticed them and walked over.

"Avatar! Hi!" Skara said, "What are you doing here?"

"Oh, King and I wanted to come because school is cancelled, what about you?"

"Eh, decided that it could be fun, I don't get to go out by myself much." Skara said, "My parents don't want me to get hurt... it's also why I'm in the Bard Track."

"What?"

Skara looked away.

"It's nothing... I was... my parents don't want Boscha around the house." Skara said, "Anyway, do you guys want to walk around and see what's around?"

"Sure." Luz said, not wanting to push the topic, "I wonder how Eda's doing at her new job."

Lilith fell to the ground with blood coming out of her nose.

"How's that feel, Lily?" Eda asked, cracking her knuckles.

Lilith started to get up but Eda gave her a hard kick to the ribs. Lilith fell on her back and coughed up blood. Eda stepped on Lilith's hand and started to grind her heel into Lilith's hand, causing blood to come out. Lilith screamed in pain and Eda punched her in the jaw.

"Prisoners aren't allowed to speak." Eda said.

Eda positioned herself so that she was straddling Lilith. She held Lilith's hands to the ground.

"Why are you doing this, Edalyn!? We've always been close, we share everything, even a birthday!" Lilith said.

Eda gave Lilith a hard right to the jaw, followed by another, then another. Eventually, after about ten more punches, Lilith's jaw was all but shattered. Blood flowed out of her mouth and started pooling on the floor. Eda smirked.

"I'll be back." Eda said, "Just so you don't try anything."

Eda grabbed Lilith's right hand, the one she makes the most of her spells with, and broke her hand with a simple twist of her hand. Lilith wanted to scream, but the pain of her jaw made it too painful. She felt her eyes get heavy and her vision got dark. At the Carnival, Luz, King, and Skara found a prize stand.

"Luz, what are those things?" King asked.

Luz looked at what he was pointing at.

"Those are friendship bracelets." Luz said, "You keep one and give one to a friend so you each have a matching bracelet that symbolizes your life long friendship."

"Luz, I want them, get them for your king!"

Luz turned to the attendant.

"How much for the friendship bracelets?" Luz asked.

"A million tickets."

'Wow, those small pieces of metal are more tickets than the Atari I got from Chuck E Cheese.' Luz thought.

"So, we have to play games to get tickets?" Luz asked, "Okay then, game on. You in Skara?"

"Absolutely." Skara said, "I love carnival games."

"Oh man, Eda's going to miss out on some fun."

Lilith felt freezing water hit her and woke up in a panic. She saw Eda holding a bucket.

"Good, you're awake." Eda threw the metal bucket at Lilith's head, hitting her, "I have something special planned for you."

She tied Lilith's hands together and then did the same with her legs. She pulled out a knife and smiled at her.

"Sorry, Lily, but I can't let your dress dampen the blow."

Eda used the knife and cut Lilith's dress off. She dragged Lilith out of the cage and stuck her bindings onto a hook, suspending her above the ground. Eda grabbed a whip and smiled.

"This will be fun."

Eda hit Lilith's unprotected back with the whip, making Lilith grunt in pain. Eda did it again, and again, and again, eventually making Lilith silently cry. Lilith's upper back bled with the whip hitting her shoulder blade. Eda walked over and dragged the knife against Lilith's side, drawing a small line of blood until she used it to make an X near Lilith's stomach.

"Got to remember that spot." Eda said, looking at Lilith's eyes, "Oh, Lily, you look upset. Good."

Eda shoved the knife into Lilith's shoulder and ignored her cries as she got Lilith off the hook. Dropping her on to the floor, breaking one of Lilith's ribs in the process.

"Oh, that sounds like it hurt." Eda said, before grabbing Lilith by the hair.

She started to drag Lilith by the hair back into the cage. She grabbed the knife and twisted it in Lilith shoulder. She pulled the knife out and walked to the cage door. Lilith dragged her body to the door and put her good hand between the door and cage wall. She used her remaining energy to say one word.

"W-w-why?"

Eda glared at her, anger boiling in her eyes.

"After Caine told me what you did to me, this is the least you deserve... this is what you get for cursing me!"

Eda slammed the door on Lilith's hand, breaking bones from the impact. Eda locked the door and stormed out of the room as Lilith finally let out a painful scream.

"By the way, I hope you enjoy freezing to death!" Eda said.

Lilith realized that she still had freezing water on her and the room is already cold. It didn't take long for her to start shivering.


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