Everyone stopped in surprise when Annelotte stopped, Claudette had clinged on to her from behind holding her tightly. She firstly was about to throw her over the shoulder but got caught off guard by Claudette's words. "Please Alphonse, I know you are still in there. Remember when you climbed up to my window late at night? You would do it over and over, always getting yourself in trouble just to come and see me. You remember that right? Please. I was so happy every time i saw you, we grew so close. Can we not be like that again?"

Nobody else than Annelotte could hear her words, she stopped at first but then shook her off her back and held on to her head. "Stop it! Its lies! You left, you hated us! You wanted us dead!" Annelotte seemed more angry than before, but it seemed off. Everyone could see that it was actually a sincere feeling. Like this version of her which they had only ever seen as another person, actually was her too. That was it, everyone stepped back observed instead. The reason they needed to get through to her heart was because this, her form, it was her way of blocking away her anger and sadness.

The Annelotte they knew were always happy and easily attracted people, this one is just what they never saw. She would not go back because she is upset to the core. It was about now that people realised Annelotte had ran away from the scene and with Claudette close in heel. Only some decided to follow a bit behind to make sure she could not get away but also not too close.

Hours went by, the marshlands had been subsiding. The few reminding warriors kept an eye at the place and were figguring out what to do with the remaining mininons and the artifact sealing the witch, Claudette had caught up to Annelotte and they had entered a tight packed forest. The sunset shine was lighting up the forest in a glowing orange, you could see the rays through the trees. Claudette was on her knees and Annelotte had stopped and paced the open patch they had reached with the pink sky visible above. "You might be able to get away and hide, but I will allways chase you and find you again. I refuse to loose you this time! It was not my fault the last time, i remembered not. We were both cursed, you have to forgive me, its the hatered and sorrow that keeps you from returning to me!" But Annelotte would not respond to Claudette.

Everyone else that had followed thought to guard the edge of the forest rather than to get too close, this was best for Claudette to do on her own. And she was determined to bring her back too, everyone outside were anxious by how long they had been in there. "Please, Anne- no ALPHONSE! Do not do this to me!" It was then Annelotte looked up and at claudette, this was just like what had happened back when she was out of control and her entire home was in flames, her father shouted her name to get her attention. "No- NO! I can't forgive you! I am finally fully in control, I refuse to go back." Annelotte was shouting, but more so to herself than Claudette, exhausted claudette could only sit and watch her letting out all those years of emotion.

It was like a horror show, not only to watch Annelotte pace and bark at herself but also the physical tearing of her aura, the purple glow had turned pitch black. No it had turned to nothing, it was as if it sucked the light around her up. The sun had yet hours until setting but everything was getting darker, even those outside of the forest had noticed. The swamplands were lightening but the forest was getting swallowed, no longer could they wait, one by one Mirim first, then Elina and Yuit followed by tarnyang and sainyang, Leina and Lunaluna.

As they all arrived they were greeted to the sight of Claudette passed out right in front of Annelotte who was standing still just looking at her, Foolishly enough Elina rushed towards them but to no avail, at a certain distance close to them she was stopped. Not by any magic or force fields, but by what she saw. When rushing in everyone had not noticed the blood soaked ground around annelotte and the blade that had gone straight through her side. It wasn't claudette's it was her own. Just like way back when, at that time she stopped herself from hurting yuit, but she didn't turn back this time. She was standing there bleeding tons, her pale face was covered by her dark hair.

What at first glance had looked like Annelotte had killed Claudette had eventually turned out that Claudette tried stopping Annelotte from killing herself. The bottled up grief, sorrow and hatred had became too much even for her demon self. Aldra slowly walked out of the forest and past Elina who was in shock, she got close enough for Annelotte to look up and look into her eyes. "I am not sorry." Was annelotte's final words before collapsing to the ground right next to Claudette. Everyone else ran in just then, the tension had lifted and everyone helped getting the two of them to the closest structure which happened to be the fallen Kreutz castle.

Just when every one of the group made it onto the property they were shocked to see flames appearing, everywhere around them. Leina could recognize this somehow, it felt familiar. Not the flames but the situation, she looked over to aldra and Aldra caught on to Elina's thoughts right away, because she also knew what was going on. As the others started panicking the two calmed them down and told them it was not going to hurt them, they just had to observe. It didn't take long before everyone was paying attention around them only to start seeing knights running and screaming, some fighting others that looked like the queens garde, nobody noticed Claudette had awakened though, too busy focusing on all the fighting and flames.

A massive tower caught their attention and it was as if they were teleporting around the castle, seeing everything that was going on, at the foot of the tower they found Annelotte. Though shocked and some about to shout for her to move, they were startled by the sound of someone else doing it, an elderly woman pushed Annelotte out of the way when the tower collapsed and she was mostly crushed under it, annelotte crawled back over to the woman and held her while crying until she died in her arms. When she was gone annelotte got up and everyone could see that same black aura as before oozing out of her. Everything became a blur they saw red and splattering of blood but the faces of those getting killed was not there, only bodies, bodies upon bodies getting piled up, no friend nor foe was safe. Annelotte kept killing and killing and killing and kill...ing… Those watching were shocked more so than before until everyone got caught off guard. A deafening sound so loud it startled even the Annelotte they all saw killing, she had turned and as she did everyone saw the man laying there shouting her name. Annelotte finally back to herself tried her very best to help him but it was too late, the pool of blood under him was so deep both had gotten stained tons.

She cried against his shoulder while he said his last words to her similarly to the woman before, but this time she got up and turned, only to find a massive demon right behind her. Covered in sot, blood and tears, she looked up at it. With a quiet and raspy voice she asked for it to take away the pain, she couldn't bear it anymore. The demon complied and she traded her life in return for it. Just now everyone was back, where they had stood before. But it was exactly at the spot they saw, this was where Annelotte made the deal. Aldra fell to her knees and the others looked her way. "This is all my fault, she had everything under control, we can't help her. I was so dumb as to lift her curse. I should never have, i doomed her. She didn't try to stop herself back there, it was the demon's pact." The others looked back to annelotte and got surprised to see claudette holding her on the ground. "Claudette, you're awake?!" Leina exclaimed.

The rest of the group rushed into the area they were all at, sigui, branwen, alleyne, tomoe, echidna, nanael, Ymir and even cattleya and melpha. The ones that were there already filled the new ones in to what had happened, it was hard to believe that the woman everyone grew to love so much held all of this pain and hatred so that she traded her own life. And without any way to fix it, nothing anyone would try to do worked. None of either Sigui, melpha or even Nanael's holy poses could revive her. She was dead. "I am not sorry." Everyone looked to aldra as she said it silently. "WHY WOULD SHE SAY THAT? WHAT DID SHE MEAN!?" The others quickly realised that that must have been what she told aldra in the forest. "I lost my sister once, i did something to horrible. I teared up an entire continent to find her again. But when i finally did she is gone again.." Silent weeping can be heard through the people around grieving the dead Annelotte and couldn't keep it together with aldra's words.

Few had noticed that the earth under them was rumbling and the light all around them were getting brighter, only when a massive crack sprung through the ground around everyone they were broken away from their grief. Nanael looked up to see heaven's gates had opened, reasoning the bright light around them and the archangel descending, while aldra looked down to see the hands of hell clawing their way up the newly formed ravine. The archangel spoke down. "Though half human, a devil may never roam the heavens, i sentence tee to hell." Shocked everyone shouted in usicent "NO!" Sigui stepped forward and folded her hands in front of the Archangel. "You can not, she deserves not such hate. Human or devil this poor girl never did anything wrong. She is too pure. I beg you and my lord have mercy." Even melpha and nanael followed close behind her and also pleaded. Though the archangel refused them all and the ravine extended, dropping Annelotte down.

Everyone gasped but Claudette caught her hand and barely is able to hold her, the hands of hell were pulling her down and claudette is about to either drop her or fall inn too until lunaluna and mirim also grabbing a hold of her to try and pull her up. "Do not take her! I CANT LIVE WITHOUT HER, PLEASE ILL DO ANYTHING!" Claudette was shouting with tears in flowing.

Updated finally, sorry for the wait. But story is not done yet. Look forward to the next chapter.