Chapter 17

No One's Point of View

The Guardians and the former Titan's walked together into the Guardians meeting room, with Cupid in the front. Once they were all seated, the meeting began.

"Thank you everybody for coming to this meeting on such short notice." Raina said and was received with some 'your welcomes' as her answer. "Now, I know that these past few days have been difficult due to the return of Pitch and Razan. However, it seems we now have an advantage of how to stop him. Cupid says that she knows him and I have invited her here to aid us in this war." She went on and Cupid took it as her cue.

"Yes well I wouldn't say I know much of his weaknesses, but I suppose I can share our history." Cupid replied, surprisingly looking nervous. "It was a summer day when the Earth was new, I had opened my eyes for the very first time and saw the beauty in the world. I wasn't the first person to suddenly come into being that day. Manny was the first out of all of us to take his first steps onto this world and he was the first to greet us."

"Wait are you saying that you were there when the Earth was created?" Bunny asked.

"She just said that." Jack stated, annoyed with his friend.

"Boys please, let her continue." Raina says with as much authority anyone has ever heard her use, which ended the two Guardians argument right before it got overheated.

There was some snickering coming from Adam and Henry, but it quickly went away as soon as they were given a glare from Raina. Normally her glares would make them laugh even harder, but this one was so scary to them that they just had to be quiet.

"As I was saying, we all became like family that day. Even though there was no threats or darkness at the time, we protected the world with our very lives. There was no name given to us and so we came to be called by the names given to us by nature. Manny was given his name through a dream and went on to protecting the moon and the stars. Zaman was able to see the strands of time and became the first Father of Time. Silvia protected the forest's and hardly was ever seen outside of them. Then there was Razan, who at the time, was like Manny except he protected the sun. I was given my name by Razan, because of my love for them and for everything that lived in the world." Cupid continued her tale, sighing as she remembered everything. "Over time, Razan saw the cruelty of humans and he despised them for it. Believing that humanity was tearing the world apart, he saw that it was his mission to wipe them out. It drove him into madness and he slowly changed into the darkest being on the planet. He cursed Manny to stay on the moon for all eternity and made Silvia go into hiding. Zaman wanted to lock him away, but I was married to Razan at the time and I tried to find another way to bring back the man I fell in love with. Finally, Zaman fought Razan and before he was killed, he ensured that Razan would never be able to control the essence of time by sending his soul to mark the ones that will take on the name of Father Time to prevent Razan from taking over the world. Watching Zaman die was the final straw for me and I tricked my husband to come into a prison, deep below the catacombs of Paris, that he could never escape. That is why I never left Paris for long when I do my duties, because if he escaped then there would be darkness all around us for all of eternity." She finished and everyone became depressed after all of this.

"Hang on, if he has been in prison all of this time, then how is it that we fought him?" Delilah asked the question that Raina and the former Titans were wondering.

"What?" Cupid questioned, surprised to hear these news.

"A thousand years ago we fought Razan. We thought he was an insane warlock, but then he changed and he was guarding a stone that was so dark that it entrapped Delilah's, Henry's, and Adam's souls, making them become three of the most feared beings on Earth. I would have become like them too, if it wasn't for Manny making me Mother Nature and by what you told us, it didn't affect James because he was chosen to be the next Father Time anyway." Raina answered, feeling very confused at everything.

"The stones, did your James destroy them?" Cupid asked, with a worried expression.

"Stones?" Henry asked, confused.

"It was Zaman's way of preventing Razan from escaping his prison. There were seven stones for each of the new Father's of Time to destroy if Razan was ever close to breaking free. The final stone was to be destroyed to officially kill him, but I have a feeling that Razan has found a way to make the stone do his dark deeds." Cupid answered.

"Raina didn't you say you destroyed one of the stones?" Santa asked, his Russian accent very prominent.

"Please say you didn't." Cupid replies, with an even more worried tone.

"I did, why?" Raina answered, confused at what was causing the love guardian to be so frantic.

"We need to get to the catacombs now!" Cupid shouts, and runs out the door.

Raina's Point of View

Not sure if it was my own feelings or her emotions that overpowered me, but I began to have a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach. Something wasn't right and we all followed Cupid to understand what was making her so worried. Nick and Daisy saw us and must have seen our frantic faces, because they started to follow us as well.

"What's wrong?" Nick asked as ran to keep up with us.

"Something's not right, following Cupid to get answers." Henry answered him.

By the time we were outside, Cupid was searching around Santa's sleigh to find one of his snow globes. We got to her the same time she found the right snow globe that created a portal straight to the Catacombs of Paris.

"Cupid what is going on?" I asked her.

"If someone, who wasn't chosen to be Father Time, were to break one of the stones then they had just set the most evil person of this world free from his prison." She answered and my blood ran cold.

She threw it up into the air and the next thing we know is that we're standing in the middle of the Catacombs. Bones covered the walls and the more that I looked at them, the more nauseous I felt. Jack must have saw my distress, because he grabs my hand which helped me calm down. When we reached the doors of Razan's prison, we noticed that the doors were opened. The room was empty and I could tell that it has been that way for not long. Out of all of the things that I have regretted, destroying that stone when I fought Pitch is definitely the one that I regret the most.

Author's Note: Hello everybody I'm back! Now this was definitely an overdue chapter that I apologize for anyone who's been reading of how long it's taken for it to come out. The only excuse I have is work and the other books I'm writing at the moment, plus lack of inspiration. Just letting you know that my sister was the one who kept on pressing for me to continue so thanks sis. I'm not sure when I'll update this, but it may not be anytime soon bc of the other stuff that I'm working on, but I would probably get another one out sooner if you guys pester me to continue. Now please read and review, because I could really use any feedback you want to give me. Thanks again and I hope to hear from you guys soon!