Ian snuck past the officer and the rest of the neighbors and he ran all the way up the mountain towards the castle as fast as his legs could carry him; he knew Ella must be okay. By the time he made it to the front door, he was already out of breath and his thighs her burning, but he knew he had to find Ella just to make sure she was okay. As soon as he entered the old castle, he was entranced by everything around him. But all of a sudden, he heard an unfamiliar voice say,

"Who are you?"

Ian turned around to where he thought was the source of the voice only to see something in the darkness; to him it looked like a tall figure.

"Hello?" He asked as he walked closer to the figure. "It's okay, I'm not gonna hurt you. My name is Ian. Who are you?"

"Ian?" The voice asked.

"Can you come into the light?" The boy asked.

The figure slowly walked out into the moonlight only for Ian to see a man with messy black hair, pale skin, scars all over his face, large deep brown eyes, and wearing clothes made of black shiny leather and belts of all kinds. And the freakiest thing about this man was that he had long scissor blades for hands… just like Ella.

"Are you… Edward?" Ian asked, walking closer to the man.

"How do you know who I am?" The man asked, taking a step away from this strange boy in fear.

"Your daughter told me." Ian answered.

Edward cocked his head to the side in confusion; he never had a daughter… at least not one that he knew of.

"You don't know her?" Ian asked before looking around the area.

He spotted a large leather bound book on a table cluttered with different instruments and tools. He blew away the coat of dust on the book's cover, opened it, and leafed through the pages until he finally came across a page with a drawing of Ella. The title at the top of the page read: a daughter for Edward.

"Aha. She's right here. See for yourself." Ian said, pointing a finger at the picture.

The man shuffled over to the boy and looked down at the page; his eyes widened in surprise and his mouth fell open slightly. He had never seen this journal entry before.

"My daughter?" Edward asked.

"Yes. Her name is Ella." Ian said.

"Ella…" Edward said, gazing at the drawing.

'How had I not known?' Edward thought; keeping his dark eyes fixed on the drawing.

Then Ian realized why he was that castle in the first place; he had to find Ella herself.

"I'm sorry, sir, but I have to go find your daughter. I heard a few gunshots earlier, but I don't know what happened." Ian said.

"She's here?" Edward asked.

"I think so. But right now, I just need to make sure that she's okay."

"You can look upstairs. But be careful."

"Alright, thanks."

Ian ran up the stairs as fast as he could and when he reached the top of the mansion, he turned around and he was relieved to see Ella sitting in the fireplace-like bed that was coated in newspaper clippings and book pages.

"Oh my god, Ella!" He sighed in relief, made his way over to her, and put his hand on her shoulder. "You're okay!"

"Did I hurt Megs?" Ella asked shamefully.

"No, no, no; she's okay. She was just scared mostly." Ian said, holding Ella's face in his hands and looking her in the eyes. "Oh, Ella. I was so afraid; I thought you were dead."

"I didn't." A new voice said from behind.

Ian turned around only to see Amanda Dylan standing behind him, still wearing her talent show outfit. By now, her mascara, eye shadow, and eyeliner were running down her cheeks and her bright red lipstick was smeared all over her mouth and she was holding a loaded revolver in her gloved hand. Ian and Ella gasped.

"Amanda?! How did you—?!" Ian said before being cut off by Amanda shooting her gun at him and Ella.

The bullet missed them both, but Amanda cocked her gun again; she wasn't giving up now. She kept her weapon pointed at Ella as she walked closer to the fireplace, her eye twitching uncontrollably as she haggardly breathed; Ella stood up and walked towards Amanda with an angry look in her eyes in response.

"No, leave her alone!" Ian screamed before making Amanda shoot her gun at the ceiling, which caused part of the roof to fall onto Ella.

Ella climbed out from under the rubble and she shook any remaining debris from her hair, only for Amanda to walk over to her and violently kick her in the stomach, knocking the wind out of her. Ella fell onto her hands and knees to catch her breath before Amanda began to assault Ella on her back with a fire poker while Ian was screaming, yelling, and pleading Amanda to stop. Thinking fast, Ian grabbed his former lover from behind and he threw her onto the floor on her back before taking one of Ella's scissor-fingers and pointing it at Amanda's throat.

"Leave her alone or I'll kill you myself right now, you fucking shrew." He said angrily, his eyes like burning embers.

In response to Ian's threat, Amanda slapped him in the face a third time and she used her shoe to kick him off of her. Ella stood up and came to Ian's aid, only for Amanda to pick up the poker again, stand up, and scream,

"I said stay away from him, you bitch!"

Finally, Ella couldn't take it anymore. She quickly turned around, gave Amanda a stare that screamed, 'NO. YOU stay away from him.', and brutally stabbed her in the chest through the corset. Amanda's face contorted in pain and shock as the metal blades pierced through her skin and organs. And after Ella removed her blades from the girl's flesh, Amanda stumbled backwards and she accidentally fell out the open window. She fell from a great height and landed with a disgusting crunch and splat onto the unforgiving ground below; she was already dead. Ian and Ella looked out the window to see Amanda lying flat on her back as still as a statue in a pool of her own crimson blood.