Chapter 33: Off to Jail I Go

The group went through the fold into Elyon's castle. "Elyon!" Will screamed over to her friend.

"Will, how are you?" Elyon said somewhat surprised to see everyone there at one time.

"I'm good Elyon, how are you? Busy with royalty stuff?" Will smiled after getting the 'what do you think' look from Elyon.

"I'm fine and yes, I have been busy. So what's up?" Elyon folded her arms and sat down on her throne.

At hearing this, Cornelia stepped up. "Have you seen" At this point Cornelia wasn't sure whether to call her Nerissa or her mother in law and then decided to go with the traditional thing. "My mother in law Elyon? She stopped by and then vanished."

Elyon had to think about this for a second to figure out why she would she Cornelia's mother in law and then it hit her. "No I haven't Cornelia. Why do you seem so worried about her though?" Elyon really didn't get why Cornelia would be worried about Nerissa.

"It's just that, she looked hurt and I don't mean physically, I mean emotionally. It was as if one second she was this ruthless person and the next she regretted everything she did. It just doesn't make any sense I want to figure out what is going on." Cornelia explained

"Cornelia, people don't just change from bad to good in a few seconds unless it's like the split personality thing." Elyon as well as the others found that Nerissa changing from evil to good in a few seconds ridiculous.

"I now how this sounds Elyon but you have got to trust me on this one." Just then Nerissa popped into the room.

Nerissa looked as if she had been crying for hours when it's only been maybe a half hour. Nerissa walked up to Elyon and kneeled down. "Your highness, I have done some horrible things to you and my son. I have officially hit rock bottom and am ready for whatever punishment you can send at me." Hearing this confused everyone and Elyon had started getting a headache.

"Ok then" Elyon was then cut off by Cornelia.

"No mom, you can't just give up like this. Elyon, don't do anything to her." Cornelia said and Elyon shrugged.

"Ok" Elyon was cut off again but by Nerissa this time.

"You called me mom. I never thought off you as my daughter but I guess you technically are and as such, stay out of this Cornelia. I tell you this as your mother in law not a friend, not an enemy, your mother. Now please your highness, do what you must do." Nerissa said as she bowed.

Elyon counted on her fingers. '1, 2, 3' and then she pointed to Cornelia. As if they had practiced, Cornelia started talking. "No Elyon, she may have deserved this before but she changed as you can now see. Don't do this mom." Cornelia begged.

"I have to Cornelia, if I don't then what do you think people would be like. If people just decided to change just to get out of going to jail, no one would go to jail and life would be chaos. I have to do this Cornelia."

"No mom, you don't have to do anything, please." Cornelia begged partly from her emotions being out of whack.

"I do have to Cornelia."

Elyon had started becoming slightly irritated by this and cut into the conversation. "Both of you shut up." The two stopped and looked at Elyon. "I have a headache now, I'm tired, and you can work this out for yourself. I'm going to bed." Then Elyon got up and left the room.

"Well, if that's the case then I will be sending myself to jail then." Before Cornelia could object, Nerissa had disappeared.

"Wait…don't…go."

Nerissa walked into the prison and saw that Phobos was there which confused her. She stood next to a guard and whispered to into his ear. 'I thought Phobos was free?'

'He made an oath that gave him nothing to do after Elyon got her powers back and so he decided to come back.' The guard said.

Nerissa walked up to one of the empty cells and opened it. Then Phobos saw her and smiled. "Nerissa, you can free me, wait, what are you doing?" he said as he saw her walk into the empty cell.

"I am punishing myself Phobos. I don't deserve to be free and neither do you." Nerissa said simply.

"You traitor, we had a deal." Phobos screamed at her.

"Hey word Phobos, had a deal. S in we did but we no longer do." Nerissa sat down on the cold floor.

"I can't believe you would do this to me." Phobos yelled out at her.

"Quite the whining Phobos and deal with it." Nerissa said somewhat irritated.

"Why Nerissa, why would you do this? This isn't like you?" Phobos couldn't help but be confused by this.

"I almost killed my granddaughter Phobos, my GRANDDAUGHTER." She emphasized granddaughter the second time hoping to make her point and then realized that Phobos had tried to kill his sister for the throne so there would have been no impact.

"So, you wanted revenge and you gave that up for a small child. You've grown weak." Phobos sat on the cold ground.

"Sparing a life isn't a weakness Phobos. In fact, you're the weak one. You have to kill people to feel powerful Phobos but that is weakness. Knowing that you can't feel powerful unless you kill. You are pathetic and I used to be just like you until realization hit me. It hit me hard to. Now Phobos, I've become stronger and I've outgrown you." Nerissa stopped there and thought for a second. 'Where have I heard that before? That last part sounds so familiar but why?'

Phobos had nothing to say to this and let the whole thing go. 'You're the weak one Nerissa.' Phobos thought as he sat in his cell.

A/N: Excluding this part, this chapter is exactly one thousand words. I would have mead it longer but I am going to my niece's birthday party and I need to get ready. I did take just as much time as I do with my others however so I didn't rush. Anyway, thanks for reading and reviews and please continue to read and review. Thanks again and I hope you enjoyed the chapter.