*Alibaba's pov*

"That was close, I thought she might of forced it out of me, stupid Judar, why the hell does he want to dance with my Ashlin." I thought angrily, glaring at his back as he walked in front of me. We neared the mansion, I must say that Judr has a lot of money. I felt Ashlins hand on my arm grip tighter, I looked at her as she had a face of fear and anxiety.

"Are you sure your up to this?" I asked her full of worry and concern.

"To be honest, not really, but if it's to save my friends and other people, I will push threw it all." she said looking at me with a small smile on her lips. I stared at her lips, I wanted so bad to kiss them, but she doesn't feel the same.

"You sure are something." I said as we walked up to the doors. We we're greeted by servants, maids, and butlers as we walked threw into the ball room. Music was playing, giving it a comfortable feeling. Above was two big chandeliers, lighting up the room. There was many people here, filling the room with vibrant colors.

"Kuro is going to wait for the guards to shift, once they do, she will take Quinn, Aladdin, and Vulcan to get Mabel, Judar and Isabelle are on look out duty, then once Mabel's out, we bail out of here." she said smiling, but was a fake one so nobody knew anything was suspicious. I nodded in response as we walked around the room. We came to a balcony so anybody who is looking for her, won't find us so easily. She let go of my arm and walked to the railing turning to the party leaning back on the railing. I walked up next to her as we both stared at everyone in the ballroom.

"Is this really going to work?" she asked me out of no where still looking at the others. I looked at her confused by the sudden change of mood in the plan.

"Well, we need to try, this plan should work out just fine." I said trying to give her more confidence. She looked at me with a small frown, sadness was seen in her eyes.

"What if it doesn't, there's a good possibility that he will kill everyone just to get me, I don't want that to happen." she turned around looking up at the night sky.

"Your not the only one, we all care about you, that's why we want to help, we don't want you disappearing from us either." I said moving my head to the side like a kid. She looked at me and smiled, I instantly blushed.

"Wow, she looks so cute, why does love have to be so stupid sometimes." I thought as I heard a new song come on.

"Do you mind having a dance with me, young princess?" I asked her bowing a little and holding out my hand. She smiled and took my hand.

"I'd love too, young prince." she said happily as we walked back inside, joining the group of dancing people. She placed her hand on my shoulder and in my hand, as I placed my hand on her waist. I intertwined my fingers in her hand as she did the same.

"You take the lead." she said as I soon stepped to the beat with her following in sink with me. She moved without missing a single step as we danced around.

"For a girl who grew up as a merchant, you sure now how to dance." I said as her face turned a slight pink.

"Just because I was a merchant, doesn't mean I don't have manners or not have dancing lessons from my brother." she said with a huff. I just chuckled as her face grew more red.

"If your face gets anymore red, your face will start to match your dress." I teased her and she glared at me.

"Shut up." she said looking away from me.

"But you do look lovely in that dress, you should come to these a lot more often." I said my face a tiny bit pink. She smiled happily at me as we danced.

"Switch partners!" we heard someone yell.

"Time to switch I guess." she said as she let go, finding a new partner. I did the same as I watched her from a distance.

"That man, he looks like trouble." I thought as I watched the man dancing with her smiling happily.

*Ashlin's pov*

I let go of Alibaba as I was taken by the hand by another person. He was quite muscular, and taller then me.

"So you did come to my party, my dear Ashlin." he said in a bone chilling voice. My body stiffened a little, but keeped dance so people wouldn't be suspicious.

"Hello Jude, I must say, this is a very nice house you have here." I said a little cold to him. I looked up to see his blood red eyes stare into my soul. His hair was a little long and black as the night sky, he wore a cross earing in his left ear, his skin was pale and white like the sand, and a large creepy smirk on his face.

"Why thank you, have you made up your mind about surrendering at all, or do I have to force you to." he said moving his hand onto my wrist and squeeze tightly. I ignore the pain as I smiled up at him.

"No I haven't just yet, I just need a little more time to think this over, so please let me think about it a little longer." I said sweetly, lying through my teeth. His smile grew bigger as he let go of my wrist and put his hand back with mine.

"Of course, I expect an answer by the end of the ball." he said. His hand moved a little farther down my waist. I quickly let go of his shoulder stopping his hand.

"I think it's best to not do that, you don't want your guess thinking you sexually harassed a young girl now do you." I said moving his hand back up and continued dancing. I smiled, quickly glancing at Alibaba telling him that the plan might be screwed. He nodded slightly and continued to dance with the girl.

"Please get Mabel out safely." I thought as I started to feel the fear getting to me.

"Quinn's pov*

Once we got to the ball, it wasn't long until the guards started to switch. Kuro gave us the sign as we walked over to her and down a hall. We turned a couple of times, stopping at each corner checking for guards just in case, and continued to a flight of stairs.

"Aladdin, time for you to use your magic, theirs two gaurds down there guarding the door." she said as Aladdin sent a small pink cloud down the flight of stairs. A couple seconds later we hear metal meeting floor.

"Let's go." he said as we fast walked down the stairs. The two gaurds were on the floor, fast asleep. Kuro grabbed the keys and went inside. She ran to a cell and quickly opened it with the key. We ran to it as she knelt down next to a boy that looked a lot like her, but something wasn't right. Her bangs covered her eyes as she turned around and headed out the cell and to a wooden door. I glanced back at the boy and relaxed something she said before.

"Vulcan, I think that was her brother, but he didn't........." I whispered to him my words disappearing at the end. He frowned, but we both pushed on, not wanting to see the horrible sight no more. Kuro opened the wooden door as we all quickly rushed in, revealing a beaten up Mabel laying on the floor. I ran to her and checked her pulse and breathing to see if she was still alright. I sighed in relief as I felt her pulse just fine and she was breathing just normal.

"She's passed out from the pain, she couldn't handle it anymore." I said as Vulcan picked her up and onto his back.

"Follow me, theirs a secret passage down this way." Kuro said as we quickly walked out the door, and down the hall. It was a dead end, but Kuro pressed a brick as it moved in, the wall moving to reveal a secret passage.

"Me and Aladdin will take it from here, go back to the party and tell the others that the plan was a success." Kuro said as Aladdin took out his turban, Vulcan gentle placing Mabel onto it. The two sat on each side of her as they floated up into the air and flied down the passage. It soon started to close as we set everything back to normal and raced back to the ball so we could get out. As we calmed down, I linked my arm with Vulcan's and walked over to Judar and Isabelle. We stood next to them as the three of us looked like we are having a friendly chat.

"How did go, did we get her out?" Isabelle asked with a fake smile. I nodded as relief washed over her.

"Good, but we have bad news, Jude found Ashlin and is dancing with her right now." Judar pointed into the crowd as we spotted her dancing with a man with black hair. She spotted us as I gave her a nodded say she's safe. I see her smile, a real smile of relief.

"Now here's the thing, how are we going to escape." I thought as I watched her dance around in the crowd.

*Ashlin's pov*

I felt relief go through my body when I got the signal from Quinn that Mabel was safe and sound now. The song ended as we parted from one another.

"If you don't mind, I'm going to go get a drink and socialize with some other people." I said politely, quickly walking away from him before letting him speak. I rushed over to Alibaba and grabbed his hand pulling him along.

"Time to leave, or we're screwed." I said as we quickly rushed to the door, leaving with the others. We ran a little ways away before stopping to catch out breath.

"Is it just me, or was that easier then I expected." Judar said looking at the mansion. I felt a strange presents as I looked at the mansion.

"Running away so soon, I guess I do have to force you." I heard from behind me. We all turned around to see Jude standing their with a young boy with black hair limp in his arms. He threw the boy to us as he landed on the ground in front of us. Out of instict I ran to him checking for any sign of life. He looked a lot like Kuro, but it's to late for him. I glared at Jude, he had a large grin on his face.

"You heartless bastard, why are you doing this to innocent people!" I yelled, rage in my voice. He just smiled and shrugged.

"Why should I care about those stupid creatures, but you on the other hand, intrigue me." he said stepping closer, soon someone was in front of me, two to be exact.

"Don't you dare came any closer." I looked up to see Alibaba and Judar protecting me.

"If you lay a finger on her, we will tear you to pieces." Judar exclaimed, pulling out his wand.

"Well, I guess you do have some loyal friends, to bad that their in the way, I guess I have to kill them now." Jude said as he stepped back, a black mist covering is body. Something was wrong as I stood up, grabbing the two boys arms, and slowly backed away, next to the rest of the group. We watched from a distance as his body started to change form. Horns came out of his head, a long black tail appeared, and two large bat like wings slowly moved outwards, revealing his true form. He looked up at us and smiled, is fangs showing. We stood there full of fear and shock. I was the most afraid since no figure, its dark out and I'm the one he's after. My body trembled, Vulcan noticed and stood infront of the whole group.

"I won't let you hurt anyone." he growled, Jude just laughed at the sight infront of him. With a bright flash, Vulcan turned to his dragon form, taking Jude by surprise.

"So you have a dragon I see, like that's going to help you." he said before jumping forward, going for me. Vulcan attacked sending fire towards him, making him miss his chance to grab me, Vulcan stood next to me, protecting me from getting caught. Isabelle and Quinn where next to me, since they had no weapons. Alibaba and Judar stood next to us, there weapons out. Jude disappeared into the darkness, his creepy laugh coming and going like the wind. I closed my eyes, using my senses to find him, my hearing might pick up his wings beating through the air, but I was to afraid to be able to pick up anything. I felt something grab me as I snapped my eyes open. I was in the air as the others where like little midgets as I climbed higher into the sky. I struggle to get out of their grip.

"Do you want to fall to your death." Jude said putting his arm around my waist so I couldn't get free.

"It better then being by you!" I yelled at him. I used my elbow to hit him in the face, then grabbed his arm releasing me. I could feel the wind rushing past me, the ground getting closer.

"HELP!" I screamed, before landing on something soft.

"Oh god, I thought I was dead." I sighed in relief, hugging Vulcan's neck as he flew down back to the ground. I was soon surrounded by everyone once again. We stared up at the sky, Jude infront of the moon, wings spread outward. He was holding his nose in pain, before looking down at use with a evil glare.

"You pathetic bitch, I've changes my mind, I'll just kill all of you!" he yelled from above a deep red like power forming around his hand. It got bigger as we slowly started to realize what's going to happen.

"I've read about that spell, it can kill all of us." Judar said fear consuming him. I changed my braclet to my sword, tossing aside my fear and facing it. He held his hands above is head making into a sphere about the size of him.

"Now die!" he yelled releasing the spell, hurdling it towards us. Vulcan hit us with his tail to get us out of the way of the spell, him leaping to the side dodging it. He roared in pain as the spell grazed his side, leaving a large wound, oozing out blood. I ran to him as he fell to the ground, breathing heavily. I checked his wound, it was serious. The pain was to much for him, he lost consciousness. I looked back at Jude as magic formed in both of his hands, a large crazy smirk on his lips.

"Get down here and fight me you coward!" I yelled, raged laced within it. He sent magic towards my friends making them quickly dodge. The blast of the spell made them fly a little ways. Isabelle's head hit a rock, knocking her out. Judar and Alibaba came to my side, ready to fight. Judar sent lightning towards him as he effortlessly dodged them.

"Damit, stay still!" Judar yelled in frustration. Alibaba with out think charged forward to him when he got close to the ground. His dagger changed into a sword, slicing it down at Jude. Jude dodged to the right, placed a hand on Alibaba's side, sending him flying into a tree from magic. It was so strong that the tree broke. I looked at where Judar was, but he just vanished.

"Ashlin, run!" I turn to see him tied to a tree by vines, holding him in place. He struggled against them, but with no success. I was about to help him until Jude blocked my path to him. I growled lowly making him smile more.

"You ass, go back to hell and burn!" yelled a voice from behind him. Quinn came out of the woods swinging a large log at his head, it made contact as he flew to the side a little ways. She was going to hit him again, but he caught the log in his hand. I was going to help her, then the worst happened. In front of my eyes with a swift cut with his hidden knife, sliced Quinn across the the chest. She screamed in pain as kicked her, making her hit the ground a few feet away.

"QUINN!" I yelled running to her, she was unconscious. The cut started from her left shoulder down to her right thigh. My grip on my sword tighten as I set her down gently. The wound isn't to deep so she should be just fine.

"You made the worst mistake of you life, now I will send you back to hell." I said turning to him, my eyes gleaming, a scary murdered smirk in my face. He was shocked that I would turn out to be plain terrifying.

"Well, I like to see you try." he said his small dagger growing into a large sword. He charged forward as I blocked his attack with my own sword, we fought back and forth, metal colliding with one another. I heard a scream from the mansion from someone finally noticing the fight. I took my eyes off of him for about one second, but was a bad idea. He took the change to grab my arm and throw me over his shoulder. The hard ground made contact with my shoulder, then hearing a loud pop. I screamed in pain as my held my now dislocated left arm. He stepped back a little ways magic filling his hands.

"I'm sorry Ashlin, but you saw this coming, tell your brother I said hi." he snickered before releasing the spell to me. Everything went into slow motion, I could see my life flashing before my eyes. The spell came closer and closer, but the last thing I saw before a white flash, was long black hair.

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