Aura blushed brightly but easily kissed him back softly and sweetly before looking at him. "You just surprise me all the time Damien, you seem like such a sweet and shy guy but then you surprise me with how bold you can be." She smiled then pulled out the books he had givin her on the doll spells and her own book as well. "I want to find the spell the witch used on you guys... if i can do that then just maybe I'll find a perminent way to turn you all three back to normal" she explained softly before reaching out and taking Damien's hand smiling at him softly. "You know... I really liked it when you were holding me, I felt so comfortable, and you're so warm and soft." she smiled gently.

Damien just smiled as he gently pulled her closer to him and happily held her. It meant a lot that she felt that way. Of course after a hundred years most people would be happy for any company. However with Aura it was different. He felt at peace with her as he sat there and just held her. He didn't realize he had become so relaxed that he drifted off to sleep again. This time his dreams where kind. However his dreams turned quickly as he saw the poor dolls again in the pit. He then heard the witches evil laugh as he screamed out throwing his hands out a blast of purple magic hitting the far wall. He woke violently as he panted from the horrific nightmare. He sat there as he felt bad seeing that he had almost hit Aura due to the dream. He looked down at his hands not sure what was going on.

He quickly got up and left the room without a word not wanting to harm Aura. He needed to be alone for a while and clam down. He quickly walked to the safety of his own library. He barely made it to the center of the large room when his knees hit the ground. He held his chest as it hurt. The pain ran through his body along with a burning sensation. He tried his best not to scream out as he managed to crawl to one of his large wooden desk. He slowly used it to climb to his chair. He sat there in pain till his body shifted into his doll form. He wondered what on earth was happening to him. He looked down to his heart the pain gone now that he was in his doll form. He noticed that he felt in control of his powers again and the dream didn't seem so bad now. What had happen he wondered.

Zaylic kept a silent watch of the house for most of the night. He couldn't sleep all he could think about was Aura. He watched her with Damien and felt his temper rise. They had forgot to close the door and the sight only made him want to hurl. What could she see in him? Damien was to weak and kind to know what to do with a girl. He left them alone as he strolled around the house. He was heading back to check on Aria when he heard a scream seeing Damien moving from Aura's room with great speed. He watched as he followed seeing the pain that Damien was in. He didn't rush to aid knowing Damien was a privet person and didn't like others fretting over him. He looked back to where Aura's room was as he wondered what she did to Damien. She seemed to have a knack for hurting them just as she did helping. If only Damien knew what he was getting into with her. He turned as he headed to Aria's room. He paused as he saw the door now wide open from Damien's exit peering in at Aura.

He knew that he shouldn't dare to go near her because she was only going to hurt him. However he couldn't help himself as he stepped in and walked to where she was. He couldn't resist as he gently leaned down kissing her again passionately. He wanted to know if she truly regretted being with him. He couldn't seem to get her out of his mind and needed to know the answer. However as he kissed her he still felt a small connection however it wasn't near as strong as it had been. He let the kiss fade as he turned abruptly heading to the door. He stopped just outside of it as he turned his head over his shoulder at her. " He wont make you happy. You are only causing pain." He said coldly as he turned his head froward. " I'm done with you. I will get Aria for you. I hope she is doing better after yesterday." He said simply already closing his heart off from Aura.

Aura had fallen asleep with her book open on her lap leaning into Damien lovingly but was jolted awake as he screamed and thrashed before sending out a blast of magic power she didn't know he had. "D-Damien?! Are you okay?! What's wrong? What happened?" she asked quite startled but didn't get an answer as he left the room. She frowned as she moved to sit up and waved her hand making the wall go back to normal. She was surprised to see Zaylic come in not long after and was shocked when he kissed her staring at him in surprise. "Z-Zaylic?! Wh-what? i'm not trying to hurt any of you... i'm sorry about yesterday, i wasn't trying to hurt you but... i didn't mean to let it go that far." she said quietly so only he could hear her hoping he wasn't too upset

Zaylic didn't say anything as he left her in the room. He walked to Aria's room and gently knocked on the door. He slowly open it as he saw her still curled up where he had left her the night before. He slowly made his way to her bed side as he gently spoke to her. "Aria you have to get up. You can't spend all of your time locked in here. Besides Aura may need you. I'm going to go work on my potions. I haven't practice that in a long time and I need to take inventory any how. Now get up and be lively. We can't do anything for those other souls. I'm sure Aura will need your help with them. Wouldn't you feel better knowing they where buried correctly? " He asked knowing she was awake and saw the slight nod of her head. He turned as he headed to his own area of study. He pulled down some of his old books as he started brewing some different potions so they had them on hand just encase they where needed. He needed to get his mind off Aura, the pit, and Damien. He wasn't meaning to be cold but he knew that if Damien wanted help he would ask and didn't like for others to just step in. However Zaylic at his core was worried for Damien. Something looked wrong with him. He wasn't sure what Aura had done but he was sure she was the cause of it.

Aria slowly woke hearing Zaylic speak to her. She kept quiet and nodded her head till he left. She slowly rose as she made her own bed and looked around her room. It looked just as gloomy as she felt on the inside of her doll shell. She walked to the windows and open them letting some sunlight in trying to make her mood better. She saw the birds flying by some stopping long enough to sit on her window seal as if they just wanted to say hi. She giggled softly watching them play with one another. She slowly made her way out of her room as she headed down to the front gate. She gently placed her hands on the gate as she wondered what it really felt like. She wondered what the village was really like as she gazed at it. She tried to keep her mind from wondering on the pit and the lady as she stared at the village. It looked very different from when she had saw it last. She wondered what new things they had.

Aura got up and shut her door before getting dressed and grabbed her book before walking out and went to see where Damien was to see if he was okay before she would go to talk to Aria. "Damien are you okay?" She asked as she knocked on the doors of the library not wanting to come in if he didn't want her to

Damien looked up as he heard a knock on his door. " I will be. Give me a little while and I'll join you later if that is alright." He said not really wanting her to see him after what had happen. He could still feel the pain slightly. He hadn't felt such pain before and didn't understand what had happen. He stared at his doll shell wondering why his human from had hurt so bad. What had honestly happen to him. He couldn't face Aura yet he needed to make sure he was ok before he went near her again. He didn't want to hurt her at all.

Aura frown but sighed softly "Okay... please tell me if anything is wrong when you're ready though okay?" She said softly before heading out of the house and smiled a little when she saw Aria. "Oh good, I'm glad to see you're okay.... you are okay right?" she asked softly and worriedly hoping that she was. She soon stood next to Aria as she looked at the town and then smiled a bit. "You know you'll get to meet my friend a little later today, he's really nice, I think you'll like him." she offered gently.

Aria looked to Aura as heard her. "Really? What if he doesn't like dolls. Maybe I'll just go hide in the house. I wouldn't want to embarrass you in front of any of your friends. I also don't want to be looked at as a freak either. I'm scared Aura. What if we end up like the others. What if it's only time before we end up joining them. What if you can't cure this. Maybe the lady tried to cure us and couldn't figure out how. " She said trying to still hold hope that her lady wasn't evil as everything was pointing out to be. " Maybe we should have stayed asleep." She said softly wondering if that would have been kinder than what they had seen. Maybe that is what her lady felt. She looked back to Aura as she stared at her. "I'm sorry for being so down. I will try and be happier. I would enjoy meeting a friend of yours. Are they coming to pay you a visit? " She asked wondering why the friend of Aura's was coming. She mentioned him she wondered if it was Aura's boyfriend. She was pretty and sweet. " Is it your boy friend." Aria finally asked hoping that aura wouldn't get cross with her asking.

Aura gently placed her hands on Aria's shoulder softly but firmly. "Aria, I swear to you, I will not allow that to happen to any of you... and I'm sorry to tell you this but in case she comes back you need not be fooled, she is still up to this, some of those people were from this day and age, some very new. I hate to ask you this since we just met... but if the time comes when the witch returns, will you stand by my side? Will you continue to be my friend and help me? Would you be willing to do that?" she asked softly but seriously as she looked at Aria calmly. "Please do not fear the people of the town, they fear the curse, not you, I even heard some of the children want to meat you, I told them you were very pretty" she offered softly with a reassuring smile.

Aria thought hard before she spoke. The lady had been her only friend and had been kind to her. However with all the evidence starting to stack up, Aria couldn't help but see her lady in a new light. If Aura was right then the lady was still up to her evil ways. Why would she do this to more people? She felt bad she wondered how many people had vanished like her and the others their love ones having no idea what happen to them. Aura had only been here a day or two but she was honesty and seemed to be truthful. If the Lady had really cared for her then she would have told Aria what was going on and trusted her with that information. Relationships were built on trust not lies and deceit. It did pain Aria to think she had been living a lie. However she had a chance to stand with someone who was willing to change it.

" I will stand with you Aura." She said finally making up her mind as she would have smiled at Aura if she could have. " If you believe the want to meet us then I'll trust you. You have been nothing but kind. " She said meaning it as she felt her spirits lift.

Aura smiled and pulled Aria into a hug. "Thank you Aria, that means a lot, i know how hard this is for you and the others so I just want to help you guys and keep you safe." She said softly before pulling away and smiling at her. "I know it isn't a pleasant task but would you help me? if you can't i understand... I just... I can't bare the thought of those souls not resting in peace." She explained softly and honestly hoping Aria would be strong enough to help her.

"It's alright Aura I want to put them to rest. They deserve at least that." She said as she hugged Aura back. " How can I help?" She asked wondering what Aura had in mind. There where to many to do it by hand sadly. However if Aura needed her help she would give it to her and always try her best.

"At this moment all i want to do is get as many of them out of there as possible so we can lay the older ones to rest, don't worry it shouldn't be too hard, I just need your help with the magic and maybe cleaning them up just a little, that only seems right if you ask me." Aura explained softly as they started to head back to where the house had once been and flipped through her book once they were there starting to say a spell that would allow them to separate the bodies and pull out the majority of them so the ones that were left could have a space of their own instead of being crowded together. As she started the spell she was able to pull out the first layer or two by herself but then reached out her hand palm up with the symbol appearing again for Aria to touch so she could help her.

Aria waited as she watched what Aura was able to do. She saw her palm appear up as Aria closed her eyes and placed her hand over Aura's. She tapped into her full power as a surge of red magical energy came from her. She tapped into her full positional quickly aiding Aura with the task at hand. She put her heat into it as the job quickly went. She felt something strange she hadn't felt before. She felt powerful and like noting could stop her with Aura as her friend. Together they did make a pretty good team. She wondered if they could stand the test of time and always rely on one another like they could now. Bonds could be made but they could be just as easily lost. That was the one lessen she had learned from the lady. No matter how much time passed she never forgot that one fact she had learned. Friends today could be enormities tomorrow. She prayed that for at least today they could be friends and if they were lucky could always be friend.

Aria, please, I know there is allot on your mind but we can talk about it once the job is done I promise, just please calm your mind a bit... your power is much stronger then my own, it's hard to control by myself." she said calmly her eyes closed as she tried to concentrate speaking with the utmost kindness considering the strain on her own abilities. She was very strong herself but this was a big job... bigger then the had originally thought, so many poor souls that needed to be put to rest and they still needed to at least try to clean them up a little. Soon every one had a grave of their own separated by stones that Aura had made come up from the ground. There had to be at least 1000 and they were separated by rows of about 100, thankfully their bodies didn't seem as large as normal people so it didn't take too much room comparatively. She then used a cleaning spell to gently clean each person and used her green magic to make lovely beds of ivy and roots for each of them and then layers of eternal flowers to cover them up so the dirt wouldn't touch them. "Aria.... I don't let many people see this but.... these are called Eternal Flowers, they never wilt unless someone steals the magic from them, and they only grow using a mix of green magic and spirit magic and only a few can use. I trust you Aria... please don't tell anyone that I can grow these... no one knows i can use spirit magic... i trust Damien and Zaylic as well, i will be telling them too, but no one else can know alright?" she asked softly before finishing up by gently packing the dirt back into the ground and walked to the center of the graveyard holding her hands together, palms cupped and open. Soon what looked like a large bud with the rainbow coloring appeared and she started to gently sing as she let it slowly fall almost seeming to be going in slow motion but was clearly just light. When she was finished singing the bud burst into light as it touched the ground and what looked like a full grown cherry blossom try appeared in full bloom but instead of cherry blossoms the tree was shimmering with the Eternal Flowers. Encircling the trunk of the tree was what would appear to be a shelf that wound up the tree like a vine and soon little figures of each person appeared sitting or running and playing on the shelf and even up on some of the thicker branches. "What do you think? We don't know their names after all... do you think they would like this?" she asked softly to Aria


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Aria did as Aura asked. She found her center and let her magic flow to Aura. She open her eyes as she saw the beautiful flowers. She hadn't seen such beauty before. She gave a simple nod of her head. She would guard Aura's secret to the end of time if she must. She froze as she watched what Aura had done. Tears softly slid down her face as she stared at the beautiful cherry tree. The dolls where so beautiful. She prayed as she stood there that if this was her fate that she could join the dolls in the tree. It was so beautiful. It reminded her of a song she had heard once. She slowly stepped froward as she stared to sing the sad song. She looked to her own hands as a red aura appeared around them then vanished as she found handfuls of forget-me nots in her hands. She gently laid them at the base of the tree as she let her tears hit them. A red aura flashed from them as they turned into beautiful crystal enchanted so time could never tarnish them. There was a flower for each dolls as more appeared decorating the ground around the tree making the area truly beautiful. Aria slowly stood as she felt the wind slowly tugging at her hair. She felt it on her skin as it tugged at her clothing.


She could feel the sun and the warmth of it's beautiful rays. She stared at the beautiful tree admiring the beauty and the care that Aura had showed. She truly was a rare soul Aria thought as she smiled at her done with her song. She held her arms as she realized she could feel something. She looked down as she saw skin where her doll exterior should have been. She looked as she saw her clothing had changed along with the color of her hair. She had never seen her human form before. She gently reached up as she felt her face able to feel it for once. She softly touched one of her tears as she could feel it. She closed her eyes as she took in a breath able to finally smell the air. She stood there lost in the bitter sweet moment. She open her eyes as she stared back to the tree in all it's beauty. " Aura it's perfect thank you. At least they wont be forgotten. People can come here and they might be able to identify them one day. You gave them the greatest gift that anyone could give them Aura. You gave them hope, you gave us all hope thank you. Aura if anything should happen to me please put me here and promise to come visit me. I love roses if you could plant one and enchant it for me. Aura I know you will do your best. But I also know that sometimes fate has a plan that we can't escape. Just promise me if anything should happen you'll bring me here and wont forget me. " She said knowing it would hurt Aura to think about failure. But it was a possibility no matter how many times Aura said she wouldn't fail. Today was the first day she had every felt alive and she owed that to Aura. She had never known what being alive felt like. Maybe one day for her this would be normal for her. But if not at least she would have a beautiful resting place.

Aura looked to Aria as she saw her body change but then tears filled her eyes. "You're not going to die, i won't let you... no matter what happens i won't let you, Zaylic and Damien suffer this horrible fate. Aria promise me! Promise me you will never give up no matter what happens." she said soft tears still falling down her cheeks before she hugged her friend close at least wanting her to feel a loving touch before she went back to being a doll again. But she was being honest, no matter what happened... no matter if anyone tried to stop her or hurt her she would never give up trying to save them and she hoped that they wouldn't give up either.

Aria hugged Aura back however she closed her eyes knowing that Aura couldn't make such promises even as much as she wanted to. Fate didn't care about promises if it did she was sure none of them would be here. Fate was not a respecter of persons or titles. It had it's own plans that one could not deviate from. If this was her fate she would accept it gracefully. However she would not give up hope. However she wasn't going to be sad if this was to be her fate. She was blessed with friends who cared about her. "We should get back your friend will be coming soon. It took us quiet a while." She said softly as she gently let her friend go. She looked back to the three as she smiled and turned heading back to the house. She wondered if anyone would ever come see her at the tree if something should happen to her. Such thoughts had never crossed her mind before. She had never questioned her fate or if anyone cared for her. Part of her was excited for the possibilities and the other half scared. What if no one ever came to see her. What if she was always alone and no one cared about her. She thought about the sad thoughts as she finally chose to let them fade. Aura would keep her promises as best she could. At least she would have Aura and the others that would love her. The sad thoughts where meaningless as she thought about Aura and the others. They were her family and friends. She had only met Aura but she could tell that Aura would always do her best no matter what. The thought made her smile as she laughed softly more to herself. She closed her eyes as she spun around starting to dance enjoying her freedom. Her body was so light compared to the doll from. She laughed full of joy and life as she danced all the way back to the house enjoying her freedom fully.

Aura nodded some but half way back to the house she laughed a little as she watched Aria dance and was happy to see her so full of joy. "Aria do we have time to make tea and snacks?" She asked curiously before pulling out her phone and looked at it noticing that she had a text. "We have about an hour and maybe 15 minutes, is that enough time for you to work your sweet magic?" she smiled easily.

Aria laughed as she heard Aura as she stopped dancing and just grinned. "I think that can be arranged. We should tell the others what we did. Let me go wipe something up for you." She said as she headed off to the house. She started to sing for once songs she didn't even know she knew. She danced her way to the kitchen as she worked her magic. She was truly happy as she danced out and sung enjoying herself. She fixed a feast of treats as she stacked them all on the rolling cart. She fixed Aura some tea and a extra cup just encase her friend made it. Aria had noticed that Aura had never said if this was her boyfriend or not. She couldn't wait to meet the mystery man that Aura seemed a little smitten with or that is how it came off.

Aria slowly made her way out to the garden as she set the table and smiled as she saw Damien. She just smiled at him as he stared at her looking like he had saw a ghost. She laughed as she walked over to him and turned around so he could see her the real her. She gently hugged him as she felt a slight change. She looked down as she saw she was back to her doll self. She still giggled happy as ever. She had been blessed with a gift even if it was just for a little while.


Damien finally felt safe enough to walk outside. He was shocked as he saw a beautiful women setting the table. It took him a moment after hearing the laughter and the voice realizing who it was. As a doll Aria was beautiful. But her human form was just breath taking. He felt his heart melt seeing how happy she was. He was honestly captivated by her. She was so happy that it was contagious. He couldn't help but feel happy as he helped finished setting the table just amazing with her transformation.

Aura smiled as she made her way back to the house and watched the two happily before heading inside to find Zaylic "Zaylic! I have someone I want you to meet and something i want you to see, please come outside." She said allowed knowing he would be able to hear her without her screaming or shouting or anything, she just raised the volume of her voice slightly.

Zaylic glared at the door as he just went back to his potion making. He had to finish this potion before his time was up with it. Potions were very fickle and had to be done correctly. He took the time to finish it and handled it with care as he placed it into it's labeled bottled and capped it. He cleaned his mess up making sure that his work area was completely clean. He put away his books as he slowly made his way out to the garden. He noticed that Damien seemed better and Aaria was in a really good mood for some reason. He couldn't help but feel happy watching her.

Aura went back out into the garden to wait and smiled when she saw Zaylic "once you guys get to meet Kayo I'm sure you'll love him, he's been my best friend since childhood, he's practically my brother." She smiled happily before looking up as she sensed someone coming close. "Ah that's him now!" she smiled happily before heading over to the gates and opened them for the dark haired male who was carrying at least two bags in each hand and had a backpack on. She easily gave him a hug and laughed a little when she got nipped before taking some of the bags and showing him into the house for a moment so he could put down the items she had ordered and she paid him before heading back out with him to the garden. "Kayo this is Aria, Damien and Zaylic." She introduced and Kayo smiled before giving a slight bow at the waist. "Hello pleased to meet you, my name is Kayo Viction, please don't be alarmed but as i'm sure you've noticed i'm a vampire." he said calmly still smiling some his fangs showing a bit. "When Rainybows told me that she had found you guys I didn't quite believe her but now that I see you guys with my own eyes I am amazed, I knew the witch was a little out there but to think that she could really do this to someone blows me away" he said with a slight frown. "Oh that's right I forgot, Kayo has actually met the witch before, a long time ago, probably after she put you guys to sleep and left this place." Aura explained and Kayo nodded some but kept finding his eyes wandering to the beautiful woman that just seemed to radiate light and love.

Zaylic looked Kayo over as he noticed that Damien didn't seem to look to happy with how Aura and Kayo acted around one another. He would have dismissed it except he saw Zaylic reach for his chest as he slowly made his way to a chair. Zaylic was honestly starting to worry about Damien. However he shifted his attention back to Kayo as he saw the look that he was giving Aria. He looked to the man and then to Aria and then back to Kyro as he crossed his arms not impressed with the bat. He slowly stepped forward as he greeted the man. " It's a pleasure I'm sure. " He said bowing then hugging them man tightly as he whispered in the mans ear so only he could hear. " She is beautiful and my sister. You get any funny ideas bat you'll be the new decoration in my room. " He said as he let go staring Kayo right in the eyes. " I'm watching you, keep your fangs to yourself." He said real low as he felt Aria trying to get around him to meet Kayo. "Aria go make the man some spaghetti and garlic bread. Make sure you use extra garlic he just loves it!" He said as he chuckled turning and walking over to where Damien was. Damien shook his head as he looked to Aria seeing she was confused at what to do. " Ignore him Aria Zaylic was being funny. I'll explain later." He said as he looked to Kayo. "It's a pleasure to meet a friend of Aura's. " He said as the pain in his chest had vanished. However he still felt very weak for some reason. Aria looked from Zaylic to Damien as she nodded hearing Damien. She cut her eye to Zaylic wondering what was so funny about that request and what did have to do with the man. She slowly approached Kayo as she bowed to him respectfully. She rose as she was captivate by his eyes she then noticed his strange teeth. However she tried not to stare it was rude after all. " You know the lady? Do you know what happen? " She asked as she thought about what Aura had said. "Wait are you under a curse too?" She asked not sure how the man could be alive after a hundred years had passed. Zaylic just roared with laughter as he looked to Kayo. "Oh yea he's cursed. Just wait for dinner. " He said as he felt Damien and Aria glaring at him. "What? It's true. Oh, so I'm the rude one because I address the elephant in the room." Aria looked at Zaylic rather cross with him. " Do you have to be rude with everyone or is that just people who might be important to the ones you love? You really are rude sometimes. You should apologize to him. If he is cursed you should have more sympathy for him."

Kayo just grinned at Zaylic. "Don't worry, I don't bite... much, besides I only bite those who allow me to, and I actually love garlic" he smirked before looking back at Aria and smiled gently. "I guess you could say that my dear, but I was not cursed, I was born this way, I come from a long line of nobles you see." he explained softly. "My people live by night normally but I was blessed with the body of a human, I can be in the sunlight, eat whatever I want and... well my needs don't rear their ugly heads as much as others of my kind." he explained though frowned a little and nodded. "I met her a little before you guys were put to sleep, she always presented herself as a kind hearted woman but I could see the darkness underneath. She tried to lure me into a trap by trying to tell my wife at the time that i was unfaithful but she was not so easily fooled, she thought I had an ill omen about me just because of what i was and I could tell she thought I would be better off if I was a doll" he explained softly before pulling out two chairs, one for Aria and the other for Aura. "Wow, this all looks very tasty, certainly you didn't make this Aura?" he inquired and Aura laughed but shook her head. "Do you honestly think I could make food that looks AND tastes this good? Aria is an amazing cook." she laughed a little before taking Damien's hand trying to show him nothing was wrong.