Episode 9
Gabriella: ...mistakes again. I can't trust in you at the moment, so no, you can go back to being Isabella's whore again.
High Lord Edmund: *Sighs/sits down on her bed.* Your making it hard for me to explain myself to you.
Gabriella: Fine! But we are just friends.
High Lord Edmund: I stepped back to give him a chance to be with you, Gabs. I'm sorry that I broke your heart.
Gabriella: It won't change on how much I hate you right now, but why?
High Lord Edmund: Why what?
Gabriella: Why did you step back?
High Lord Edmund: Because... *Trails off.*
Gabriella: Because of what?
High Lord Edmund: Because I knew Caspian loved you, I couldn't let myself get in the way of that.
Gabriella: So you it by breaking my heart and letting me down easy?
High Lord Edmund: I'm sorry.
Gabriella: I thought you'd be there for me, Edmund, but your not. Your confusing my feelings for you, but Caspian hasn't.
High Lord Edmund: Your giving up on me?
Gabriella: Yes, I am. You gave up on me, Ed.
High Lord Edmund: I didn't give up on you.
Gabriella: Yes, you did. By saying that you didn't love me, and making me fall for someone else.
High Lord Edmund: Okay, so I see where I went wrong.
Gabriella: *Sits down beside him.* You did do wrong.
High Lord Edmund: I know. And I'm so very sorry, Gabs.
Gabriella: It is your fault.
High Lord Edmund: You don't need to tell me twice.
Gabriella: Okay. And a part of me wants me to forgive you, but another part of me doesn't want to, so I decided to go with my heart.
High Lord Edmund: And which did you chose?
Gabriella: I choose to forgive you.
High Lord Edmund: I promise to never hurt you again.
Gabriella: I know you won't. But what happens if you do it again and decide to leave because of Caspian?
High Lord Edmund: I swear that I won't.
Gabriella: Besides, why is this land cursed anyway?
High Lord Edmund: Because Caspian was meant to be hers, but he had turned her down fifty years ago. He wanted to be with a human who'll step a foot closer over the border, but no-one came.
Gabriella: Until me and Shane did?
High Lord Edmund: Yes. Until you two did.
Gabriella: What happened?
High Lord Edmund: Word on the street had gotten out that a couple of vamps were after your blood, and you were collected by Franco and Lucas.
Gabriella: And somebody died, right?
High Lord Edmund: Yes, somebody did.
Marcel: *Looks back into the cauldron.* He told her that a word had gotten out and about on you.
Kyle: It's true. We were hunting her down.
Marcel: Why?
Kyle: Because you told us to us to bring her here.
Marcel: That's because you were.
Kyle: We made a mistake, Marcel.
Marcel: I know, but given the mistake, she'll have to come to us eventually to find out the truth about her actual parents that live here in Twilight Shade.
Dominic: But won't she be mad that we bought her her long after her newborn's are born?
Marcel: No.
Kyle: Why?
Marcel: Because she has a dark side.
Archie: She has a dark side?
Marcel: Yes, but she won't know it until she meets us.
Archie: She probably might not.
Marcel: Maybe that's true, but she'll have a run in with King Eugene
Kyle: She probably will. But remember that she's just had her heart broken by a High Fae who runs The Court of Nightmares, the Court of Dreams, but also, Night Court, in which I presume, she'll own it too.
Marcel: She will, but your forgetting one thing, she'll also be apart of our world some day, if she never ends up alone again.
Dominic: You mean, her death warrant?
Marcel: No. She falls in love with a high Fae, and moments later, she ends up alone, pining for the guy to come along, and sweep her off her feet, then she'll know that he's the one for her, because he'll keep her life on the line, each waking minute ticks by for him.
Dominic: Then I'll be the one to attract her attention.
Marcel: But what if you wait for the right moment?
Dominic: I can't, I have to make her mine, Marcel.
Tiara: *Comes in.* She's with Caspian now, but I don't think it'll last that long.
Marcel: Wait, she's with Caspian now?
Tiara: Yes.
Dominic: How the hell did that happen?
Tiara: He admitted to having feelings for her the first time they'd met.
Dominic: The first day? But wasn't she suppose to end up with me and not him? He'll hurt her, Tiara.
Tiara: *Sighs.* She's not ours to protect, Dom. He saw how broken and torn up she was, when she found out that we were the cause of finding her house, and burning it down to ground to ashes, but her mother was never retrieved in it. She had gotten out alive.
Dominic: How? Because the way I see it, there was no escape hatch.
Tiara: There was always away, Dominic.
Dominic: How do you know that there was another way out, Tiara?
Tiara: Because I was there watching for her, and eventually, she came out with some orb shielding her from the smoke and ash.
Marcel: Her mother's a witch?
Tiara: You mean, foster mother? Gabriella is an ordinary girl, with no powers.
Marcel: Which means, her biological mother is an actual vampire like us?
Tiara: Yes.
Kyle: Gabriella's gone to the wrong place.
Marcel: Yep, she has.
Gabriella: Okay. What about you?
High Lord Edmund: I rather not talk about it here.
Gabriella: Why?
High Lord Edmund: Because I rather not.
Gabriella: Are you afraid of telling me?
High Lord Edmund: I'd rather discuss it at Night Court with my relatives.
Gabriella: And not me?
High Lord Edmund: Because your human. They will suspect something more going on between us, and I, don't want you to get hurt, because of me.
Gabriella: You still care about me?
High Lord Edmund: Of course I do.
Gabriella: I trust you a little bit more now.
High Lord Edmund: I love you as a friend.
Gabriella: Me too.
High Lord Edmund: Do you want to be with him?
Gabriella: *Sighs.* I don't truly know, because if Queen Isabella kills me, I wouldn't end up with anyone, and there'll be no-body there to save me. After all, I am a human being like other humans out there in the world.
High Lord Edmund: Gabby, there will be somebody there to save you, if you want to be changed into one of us forever.
Gabriella: I guess your right, but it doesn't have to be now, does it?
High Lord Edmund: Of course not.
Gabriella: *Hugs him.*
High Lord Edmund: *Hugs her back.* Is this the first time you've ever hugged anyone?
Gabriella: There's a first for everything, Ed.
High Lord Edmund: *Lays her down gently.* I believe there is.
Gabriella: *Smiles at him.* Me and you would make a perfect couple.
High Lord Edmund: I think we will, Gabriella. Just not today, since your with him.
Gabriella: Edmund, he's going to end up locking me away. I can feel it in my bones.
High Lord Edmund: Me too. He can't do that to you.
Gabriella: Obvious, he can and he will.
High Lord Edmund: I'll be there to save you, if he does.
Gabriella: And I'm sorry for nearly, almost, breaking my oath that I made to you six days ago.
High Lord Edmund: It's okay. Just promise me that it won't ever happen again, Gabs.
Gabriella: *Reaches up/touches his face.* I promise you, Ed.
High Lord Edmund: *Ease's into her hand.* You do?
Gabriella: Yes, I do promise you.
High Lord Edmund: I want to be with you.
Gabriella: I know. I want to be with you too, but faith is pulling us both in two different directions, and very soon, I'll feel trapped
High Lord Edmund: *Touches her face.* You won't be, because if he does, he'll soon know what it feels like, and I won't stand for it, even if he tries to do that to you, and treats you the way I have, I'll never live to see those expectations that you'll be facing alone. That's why you have got to have faith in me for doing the right thing.
Gabriella: And I do trust in you. I did hate you, but your words slid into my mind, and for a minute, I realized that I'm gonna end up with the wrong person, and I feel like the right person has always been right in front of me.
High Lord Edmund: You trust me?
Gabriella: Yes, I do now. You saved me at The Great Rite and let me down easy.
High Lord Edmund: I know.
Gabriella: And I'm tired of feeling angry, hurt and upset with you.
High Lord Edmund: Then don't be.
Gabriella: *Smiles.* I won't.
High Lord Edmund: Are your shields up?
Gabriella: I forgot too. Thanks for reminding me.
High Lord Edmund: *Smiles.* You've never thanked me before.
Gabriella: As I said there's a first for everything, Ed.
High Lord Edmund: I know.
Gabriella: *Tries to sit up.* Can I sit up now, Ed?
High Lord Edmund: *Gets of her/shakes his head.* Yes.
High Lord Caspian: *Opens the door/walks in.*Can I have my girlfriend back now?
High Lord Edmund: Sure.
High Lord Caspian: I need to talk to you, Gabs.
Gabriella: What is it now?
High Lord Edmund: Do you trust him?
Gabriella: Yes, I've started too.
High Lord Caspian: You trust in the both of us?
Gabriella: Yes, I do.
High Lord Edmund: If you need me, I'll be in the garden.
Gabriella: Okay. I'll see you.
High Lord Edmund: *Looks at her stomach/to her face.* Okay.
Gabriella: *Watches him.*
High Lord Edmund: *Leaves/thinks.* I have got to make her a mother of my seed someday, but how do I stop Caspian from getting in the way of my future with her? I don't know.
High Lord Caspian: *Closes the door.*
Gabriella: What are you doing?
High Lord Caspian: I'm stopping you from seeing him.
Gabriella: So your going to lock me up, Cas?
High Lord Caspian: *Shakes his head.* Yes.
Gabriella: And why would you anyway?
High Lord Caspian: Because I don't want you anywhere near him.
Gabriella: But I thought you loved me?
High Lord Caspian: I do. But it's putting you in severe danger than I'd expected it to be doing.
Gabriella: And Edmund didn't hurt me, because he loves me.
High Lord Caspian: I know he does, but I don't want him to be with you.
Gabriella: *Shouts.* YOU CAN'T TELL ME WHO I CAN AND CANNOT BE WITH, CAS.
High Lord Caspian: *Yells.* FINE! But if you get hurt it's your own problem. You have been warned.
Gabriella: It already was.
High Lord Caspian: It was?
Gabriella: Yes, it was.
High Lord Caspian: Then you can see him.
Gabriella: I have too. Because I made a bargain with him a couple of days ago, after I got hurt by Shane on the night of The Great Rite, Caspian.
High Lord Caspian: What?
Gabriella: I'm spending one month there and one month here.
High Lord Caspian: Okay.
Gabriella: *Walks out of her bedroom with him.*
High Lord Caspian: There's something that I wanna show you.
Gabriella: There is?
High Lord Caspian: Yes.
Gabriella: *Walks down the stairs/spots a man's head in the center of the water fountain/sees fresh blood dripping from it.* I swear I've never seen that man before in my life.
High Lord Caspian: I think I have. His name is Loki emissary of Midnight Court.
Gabriella: Why would they do that to him?
High Lord Caspian: Because they live by their own rules, and intend to follow it without anybody instructing them to do so. It's horrible.
Gabriella: And who is their leader?
High Lord Caspian: Caius.
Gabriella: Who's he?
High Lord Caspian: Somebody you'll never meet.
Gabriella: Because you made him and Midnight Court up?
High Lord Caspian: No. Loki was emissary of Midnight Court actually.
Gabriella: He was? But why stick his head in the center of where the water is coming from?
High Lord Caspian: Probably, because they wanted to play a joke on the High Lord of Spring Court, so they would think it was funny.
Gabriella: So, they wanted to think of it as a common-joke message to you?
High Lord Caspian: Yes.
Gabriella: But won't they try and hurt me?
High Lord Caspian: Don't even think about it for a split second, Gabs.
Gabriella: Why?
High Lord Caspian: Just don't.
Gabriella: *Hangs her head down.*
High Lord Caspian: *Places his hand under her chin/lifts it up.* Your safe now. Edmund would never want you to get hurt.
Gabriella: *Looks around for Edmund.* Speaking of him, where is he?
High Lord Edmund: *Sneaks up behind her.* Boo.
Gabriella: *Jumps/turns around to face him.* Did you prank me?
High Lord Edmund: No, he didn't. He really was Caius's emissary, but Isabella killed him, before he could even explain himself to her.
Gabriella: But what did he do wrong?
High Lord Caspian: He tried to escape from Under The Mountain.
Gabriella: That was pathetic killing a faerie all because he wanted to escape.
High Lord Edmund: That's because it was, Gabby.
Gabriella: Your right.
High Lord Caspian: Your on his side?!
Gabriella: Hey, I'm not on anybody's side.
High Lord Caspian: Oh, your not?!
Gabriella: Of course I'm not. Besides, I wish to pay her a visit if you'll both take me to her.
High Lord Edmund: *Sighs.* Gabby, you'll be killed after each task she gives you. Am I right, Cas?
High Lord Caspian: He's right. You'll end up dead in the end.
Gabriella: I can't just sit back and nothing. I have to act. I have to do it, and if I don't, I'll end up losing you two and your friends. I'm putting you lot first before myself.
High Lord Edmund: For the first time in my life, I actually have to agree. We have to let her sacrifice herself.
High Lord Caspian: I have to agree.
Franco: *Joins them.* Agree on what?
Gabriella: I'm sacrificing myself to save your people.
Franco: *Shouts.* YOUR LETTING HER DO THAT?!
High Lord Caspian: We have no other choice, Franco. We have to let her do this.
Franco: Caspian, it's a matter of life and death!
High Lord Caspian: Franco, we'll save her life, when Isabella gets what's coming to her.
Franco: So your life is on the line?!
Gabriella: On hold for now. I have bigger fish to fry.
Franco: Your making a big mistake, Gabriella!
Gabriella: I don't think I am. And can't you just have my back for once?
Franco: *Yells.* NO!
Gabriella: Then I am not your friend anymore, if you don't let me do this, Franco.
Franco: Gabriella-
Gabriella: *Walks away.*
High Lord Edmund: *Follows after her.*
High Lord Caspian: Me and Edmund had a plan to save her.
Franco: What do you mean?!
High Lord Caspian: We were talking to each other in our minds and we were going to get each other High Lords from across the borders and country to help save her life.
Franco: To save her life?! Whilst she's still human?!
High Lord Caspian: To save her life from doom and to give her a better one.
Franco: So we're rebirthing her into one of us?
High Lord Caspian: Yes. Gabriella will be rebirthed into one of us, and she will have powers that will help her protect us all.
Franco: Who will her mate be?
High Lord Caspian: I don't know.
Franco: Is she going to be reborn as a High Fae?
High Lord Caspian: She will be reborn, Franco?
Franco: I need to talk to her.
High Lord Caspian: It's too late.
Franco: Why?
High Lord Caspian: Because we're all going to Under The Mountain.
Franco: So we're going to leave now? Without Gabriella and Edmund?
High Lord Caspian: No. We're getting both now and all five of us are getting the horses out of the stables, and riding there. After we get them, of course.
Franco: Why do we need to go now?
High Lord Caspian: Isabella's guards are coming to get me today, including you, Lucas and Edmund.
Franco: But what about Gabriella?
High Lord Caspian: Edmund will be looking after her and help her every step of the step, and to encourage to do every task that she asks.
Franco: What task?
High Lord Caspian: She will get help with that to.
Franco: Okay. And do you still care about her?
High Lord Caspian: I do. I still do.
Franco: And do you love her?
High Lord Caspian: Yes, I do.
Franco: Then why are you letting her go to Edmund?
High Lord Caspian: Because I trust him, and she trusts him not to make the same mistakes again.
Franco: Well, if you two that him, then now, I'm going to trust him.
High Lord Caspian: Good. Now let's get them.
Franco: *Leave with him.*
High Lord Edmund: *Knocks on her door.* Gabriella, please open up.
Gabriella: *No answer.*
High Lord Edmund: *Kicks her door open/finds her lying on the floor crying.*
Gabriella: *Cries/sobs.*
High Lord Edmund: *Takes her in his arms/shushes her.* Shh, he didn't mean that. Or mean the things he said.
Gabriella: He really did hurt me, Ed.
High Lord Edmund: I know. He was only trying to look out for you, Gabs.
Gabriella: I know. And I feel like he doesn't trust me enough to let me make my own choices. Surely, he wouldn't let me be that person to save us. Or anybody else. All I need is his trust into letting me do this. I feel so small.
High Lord Edmund: Your not lost, Gabby. Your having mixed emotions.
Gabriella: How? You figured me out?
High Lord Edmund: No, but how I can answer to it.
Gabriella: But I can't see into yours, Ed. I'm only human.
High Lord Edmund: I know you are!
Gabriella: What is it?
High Lord Edmund: Me and Caspian made a pact into saving your life from the Queen of Under The Mountain.
Gabriella: You did? Since when?
High Lord Edmund: Whilst you told Franco about sacrificing yourself to save us all from Isabella's curse.
Gabriella: Your planning to change me?
High Lord Edmund: Yes. After Isabella makes your bones crunch.
Gabriella: Let me guess, she's stronger than me?
High Lord Edmund: Yes, she is.
Gabriella: I now know what I'm up against. But in reality, I don't!
High Lord Edmund: Of course you don't.
Gabriella: *Sees blood coming from her arm/covers it with her hand.* Ouch.
High Lord Edmund: *Moves her hand from her right arm.* What happened?
Gabriella: I cut it on a piece of wood, as I was entering my bedroom, and now, it stings like hell.
High Lord Edmund: *Puts his hand over her cut/heals it.* There it's all gone. Now get changed.
Gabriella: Okay.
High Lord Edmund: I will be waiting outside. Now hurry.
High Lord Caspian: *Joins him with Franco.* Is she okay?
High Lord Edmund: Yes, she is.
Franco: Is she mad at me?!
High Lord Edmund: She still is, Franco.
Franco: Will she ever forgive me?!
High Lord Edmund: I can't tell.
Franco: Why?
High Lord Edmund: Because it's her choice. We make the choice for her.
Franco: I know. And it it her choice to be killed by Isabella!
High Lord Caspian: *Hits him.* Stop it. You've been hating on her ever since the day you and Lucas brought her here. She's trying to help us out, you can at least let her have this chance, Franco. Besides, she's my girlfriend now, so show a little bit of respect. And reflect yourself.
Franco: Fine. But only because you told me too!
High Lord Edmund: Let the girl help us, Franco.
Franco: I will. But I'm not talking to her!
High Lord Edmund: No-one told you to. And you've been picking on her since day one, why?
Franco: Yes, because I didn't want to bring her here. I wanted her to die in the Mortal Realm!
High Lord Edmund: She trusted you, Franco. And it took real friendship, but I guess you'll never be friends. After what you've just said. She had such high hopes on you.
High Lord Caspian: He's right, Franco.
Gabriella: *Comes out/hugs Caspian.*
High Lord Caspian: Are you ready to go?
Gabriella: I am.
Franco: Gabriella, can I talk...
Gabriella: *Cuts him off.* Save it. I heard what you said. You wanted me dead.
Franco: Yes... But I want to apologize to you!
Gabriella: Save your apologies for someone else. And I don't ever want to talk to you, Franco. Because I won't ever forgive you.