"Don't worry we are here to get you out." said the guard with the black and red eyes "What are you doing here?" I asked "Like I said we came to get you out of here" he said "And you wont succeed!" we looked up to see Diego standing on the balcony above us. "My dear I am truly sorry wont you come back and stay...for good?" he asked. "No! I'm tired of your lies. You only want to use me as a weapon!" I said "You just now realise that? I said that at the begining! You certainly didn't object to anything then." he laughed. "I didn't think you were being serious!" I said "My dear I am always serious." he said "Stop calling me your DEER! Do I look like an animal?!" I shouted angrily.
Diego chuckled and turned away from us "Capture the girl and kill the two boys" he said and left with a woosh of his long black jacket. My eyes narrowed and I stepped back and grabbed a torch. I aimed the sharp end at him...but I hesitated. Could I do it? Could I kil the man that lied to me and wanted to possibly rid the world of humans? No...no I couldn't. I sighed and lowered my arm "Come on! This way!" I looked over and saw the two fake guards standing by a big gate. "Where are we going?" I asked following behind them "To the mansion" an image of the mirror in the bathroom flashed in my mind. "How will we get passed them?"
An entire army stood at the other side of the lake. "What ever you do...don't touch that lever. It'll raise the bridge and let them into the castle." One of the fake guards whispered into my ear. I nodded quietly backing away from the lever I had been about to lay my hands on. We turned around and was met with another army. A guard came out of nowhere behind us and pulled the lever. I gasped as a long wooden bridge came out of the water. "What sorcery is this?" I asked as the other army came across the bridge. I felt somthing in the pit of my stomach. And it was a physical pain but not one bad enough to extract an 'ow' from my mouth. The bridge started shaking and guards fell into the water. As soon as they were about to reach the water the water reached up in fist like shapes and crushed the guards.
The water rose up and smashed into the army behind the two fake gaurds and I. It crushed them with a large wave crashed into them with full force. "Look the bridge!" I pointed out to the other two and we ran across the now empty bridge. We ran into the surrounding woods and met up with a faceless man they called Slenderman. The faceless man teleported us to a house or 'mansion' as they called it. Seeing it up close...It really did look bigger than Henry's house...Diego lived in a castle way bigger than this mansion.
"It's this way" said the fake guard with the red and black eyes. "Wait here" said the other fake guard and they walked away and disappeared down the hall. Slenderman stayed by my side the whole time I waited for them to come back. I didn't have to wait long. Two boys came back. One was the boy that I saw in the mirror of my old room. "Hi...I am Ben Drowned...your brother. Do remember me?" he asked nervously shifting his feet and sticking out his hand. I brushed his hand aside and brought him into a tight hug "Of course I remember you!" I said feeling tears escape my eyes.
"I missed you so much Bethany." Ben whispered into my ear. I smiled and burrowed my face into his neck. I let go after a few momments and wiped my eyes "You're still the same I see little brother...sort of." I said. I was only older by three years. He was only few inches shorter than me and looked just like me aside from our eyes and length of hair. "Well your still the same too only...Something feels different about you though." he looked to be in deep thought. "Why would Diego lie to me?" I asked suddenly. For some reason the question bothered me and had slightly been on my mind since I figured it out.
"He lied so he could use you as a tool of destruction. He is winning this war right now. It is good that we got to you in time. He would be too powerful to stop."