My head was buried in my hands. I was stuck in a tower, super cliché, and I couldn't get out. For some reason I couldn't phase through the tower door both as a human and a ghost and I didn't want to jump out the window since the whole castle was swarming with skeletons and I would be no match for them. I turned my head to the door when I heard it being unlocked and opened.

"Phoenix!" I shouted and ran to his arms. He hugged me tightly as my eyes watered but I refused to let the tears spill.

"What is going to happen? Where is my brother?" I asked, my voice cracking slightly. I was so confused about what was about to happen. Some maids had come in after I was locked in and put me into a pure midnight black gown until my ankles with no sleeves and left me barefoot for the moment. My glasses had been taken at some point and everything looked slightly blurred.

"Your brother?" he asked confused. A tear slipped past against my will.

"My brother, he was taken. I need to know if he's alive, he's the only family I have from my human family now" I tell him desperately. I may never have gotten along with my brother very well but he was still my brother and after the death of our parents he had been trying very hard to be the best big brother ever to make up for not being there for me before.

"I don't know but we have a bigger problem at the moment. My father, he has seen your tattoo, he is going to marry us" he told me sadly. I shook my head and pounded my fists weakly against his chest.

"No! He can't do that; I won't do what he wants. Besides I thought you said we weren't soul mates?" I asked. He looked concerned and heartbroken again.

"He thinks if we married your tattoo would then reveal that we are indeed soul mates. I've done everything I could to convince him otherwise but he said that he would kill you if you did not go with the marriage. I'm sorry Spirit" he said dejectedly. I said nothing and went back to where I was sitting at a vanity. I buried my face into my hands again and cried. I never wanted this to happen; I didn't even want to come back to this world. I wanted to stay; maybe then everything would be how I wanted. It was Clockwork's fault! He knew this was going to happen yet he forced me to come back here and face the death of my parents, my friends, my brother…

I barely registered Phoenix leaving the room and a new presence behind me. When I felt a weight on my shoulder I expected to see Phoenix but knocked the chair over and backed away when I saw Pariah.

"How is my future daughter in law?" he asked smirking. I narrowed my eyes and glared at him.

"I'm not going through with it! I'm not going to marry your son. You can threaten my life all you want, after what you have done I would rather die than go along with your stupid plan" I shouted defiantly throwing my hands in the air while I ranted. He smirk turned into a frown and I almost got worried but continued to stand my ground against him.

"If you do not marry my son you will never see your brother ever again" he says. I drop the glare I was giving him at the mention of my brother.

"Don't touch him!"

"Then you will marry my son!"

"…Fine" I said reluctantly my head dropping in defeat. I sat on the bed behind me and stared at the ground. Pariah approached me again and put his hand on my shoulder again. A burning sensation spread from my arm and I winced. I crumbled under the pressure and pain from the burning which had travelled throughout my body. I fell off the bed and into Pariah's arm which had been prepared to catch me.

Pariah's smirk was the last thing I saw as darkness consumed me and I saw nothing.

…

I woke up on my bed. I looked around confused for a moment. What had happened and where was I? I searched my memory but everything was fuzzy. I looked down to see I was in a midnight black dress and looked around for a mirror. I spotted a vanity and went to it and looked at the mirror. Dull dark purple eyes greeted me and I looked at my hair to see it dark purple with a white streak to the side. I frowned at my appearance; there was something wrong but I couldn't figure it out. I turned around when I heard the doorknob moving and saw a boy around my age walking in. He had green hair that flamed at the end and red eyes. He had pale skin which contrasted slightly with my somewhat pale but a little tan skin.

"Thank goodness you're alright! What has my father done to you?" he asked hugging me tightly. I stared at him confused when he finally let go of the hug and just held me before him. He stared back at me with concern and surprise.

"Who are you?"