Can't touch the stars, or make them shine

Fight the tide, until the day we die

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Standing in the library with all these unwanted faces. Damien is looking unusually calm like he isn't affected by the tagalongs.

I woke up this morning and got ready to meet Damien as planned but my plan as going solo failed when I saw Jessica and Nate waiting for me by the door. I was surprised to see them at my door so early, all dressed up and sober, I thought they were spending the day together.

"Hey guys, how are you doing, how was your night? Mine was eventful, thanks, am gonna go now," I said and was about to go when Jessica suddenly appeared in my front.

"You are not going anywhere without me, Cami," Jessica said with determination.

I chuckled nervously and asked. "Was it something I said yesterday that gave it away?"

Jessica shook her head. "It wasn't but I heard the voicemail you sent your Mom yesterday," She told me.

I didn't know how to tell them that I can't take them. "Am sorry, my campanion wants me only," I let them down gently but knowing these two, they didn't give up.

Which brought the unfortunately moment when Roman decided to walk into the conversation and forced me to bring him along. Damien still hasn't said anything.

I clear my throat to ease the tension, I think there is some bad blood between Damien and Roman. I know Damien won't say anything because he is not much on words.

"Damien," Finally, Roman breaks the tension.

Damien removes his hands from his pocket and keep them by his side. "Bennett," He acknowledge Roman without changing his expression. I watch as his gaze moves from Roman to me, needless to say that he is not happy with me. "Camille Raven, what are they doing here?"

"What is he doing here?" Roman asks me. I really don't want Roman here, the last thing I want is for them to be all over me.

I step in front of Damien and gives him my cute puppy eye. "Damien! Am so sorry, I don't know how they know. P and Nate ambushed me," I explain and glare at them only they wave back. "Roman invited himself."

Nate and Jessica are all over each other and it's nauseating. Roman is just Roman.

Damien stares into space before he finally speaks out. "They are not coming," He voice out his decision.

I sigh and stare at him, I can't look to see what expression they remaining are wearing because they have it coming, I told them we didn't want company.

"Excuse me?" Roman says and I hear his footsteps.

Damien put his hands inside his pocket. "You heard me, Bennett. I said you three aren't coming," He repeats himself.

"Damien!" I plead with him, I know how Roman can be, he loves to be in control and not on the side line, he hates that am going on a trip with Damien without telling him, and he is furious about Damien's negative answer.

I feel Roman push me slightly to the side so that he can have the space in front of Damien.

"Don't ever do that," Damien's voice come out as a whisper, it's barely reach Roman that is standing toe to toe with him.

Roman raises his eyebrows in question as I feel Jessica's hand on my shoulder, I place my hand on her hand to feel the comfort.

"What did you say?" Roman asks.

This isn't going to end well.

Damien looks into Roman's eye, keeping his stoic expression. "I said don't ever touch her like that," Damien repeats himself.

When he said he shouldn't do that, I didn't know he meant they way Roman pushed me.

Roman takes a step forward, staring into Damien's eyes, if I wasn't watching him carefully I won't notice the way his hand are curl up in a tight fist.

"Or what?" Roman presses, he is deliberately pissing Damien off but he should know better than to cross paths with Damien.

"I don't take threat lightly, Bennett. If you have a problem with me, why don't you just talk," Damien replies.

I sigh. "You guys are so infuriating, Penelope, Nate and I will get going, hope you settle your dispute," I say and turn to Jessica. "Come on guys."

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Look at all these cars, last time when we went to save Jessica, I didn't see Dean's car collection, that guy must be really rich, don't let me get started on his mansion.

"Who's gonna drive?" I ask Jessie and Nate, I don't have a driver's license and I don't even know the way of out here.

"I am," Roman volunteer. I thought he wasn't coming.

"Where is Damien?" I ask when I turn around and notice only him.

Roman shrugs. "How should I know where your boy wonder went," He replies harshly and stops infront of me. "Word of advice, Cami. Stay away from him, he is bad news," He warns and rip the key to the Jeep out of my hand.

"You just called me Cami," He doesn't do that, he never calls me Cami, he has been acting strange around me lately, really strange and it's suspicious.

He scoffs. "You hate it when other people call you Cami, but you allow him to call you Camille Raven," He sounds hurt and I feel guilty. "Get in."

I hate it when people call me Camille, I don't even know why I do, I just hate it but whenever Damien calls me Camille or Camille Raven it's feels different, maybe it his voice or the way I also feel at peace when am around him.

I place my hand on my hips and stand still, not making a move to leave. "Am not leaving unless Damien is coming," That's my ultimatum, Damien offers to help me and I said yes, I won't let him abandon me or let him go back on his words because of something Roman said.

Speaking of Roman, I asked for help from him countless of time, he didn't even hesitate to say no, he refused to help and now he is happy to.

"He is waiting inside the car," Jessica answers me from the car.

I stretch my neck to confirm Jessica's words, it's true. I sigh and enter the car. I sit between Damien and Penelope while Nate is sitting in front with Roman.

Roman starts the car.

I keep staring at Damien, he is leaning his head against the chair with his eyes closed. I stare at his hand that is resting on his lap, I debate on whether or not to touch him.

I reach out and place my hand on his gently. He is behaving indifferently like everything is okay. I sigh and mimick his way of sit, as soon as I close my eyes, memories that weren't mine flush into my head.

I immediately remove my hand from Damien's like I have been burnt and stare at him in confusion. His eyes are still closed

I look forward and lock my gaze with Roman. The vision started when we left him and Roman alone in the library.

"Stay away from her, Damien. Am warning you, she isn't a toy for your amusement and she isn't a game. Back off her or I will make you, you know who I am and what am capable of, you do not want to cross me."

He didn't want to talk to me but he wanted me to know what was wrong. I knew there was something up with the both of them. I'll make it this semester mission to find out what exactly happened to the two-

"Excited to go home?" Jessica's questions snaps me out of my thoughts.

I turn to face her and nod. "Yes but am afraid something's wrong," I tell her truthfully, I don't want it is but am having a really bad feeling about this.

"They are fine," She assures me.

"How would you know?" I ask curiously.

She shrugs and pack her hair in a bun. "If something was up, I would know, it's my job as a Sage."

I nod in understanding. "Tell me about your powers, what can you do?"

If someone ask me that question, I just tell them that am not human. Am still yet to figure out where the mystery Elsword went, the tattoos that appears in my body and the fact that I can look into someone else's memory, Damien says I can sense what people's emotions by just touching them.

"My Powers are quite impressive they....." She starts telling about how cool her powers are and how glad she is to have them.

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Roman parks the car in front of my house and kills the engine. Home Sweet Home.

"Who wants to knock?" Roman asks.

I roll my eyes. "Damien, Jessica and I are going in," I announce. My parents knows Jessica even if they've never met and Damien is there for moral support.

Roman scoffs while Nate removes his seatbelt- he faces the back and glare at me. "Wherever Jess goes, I go, so am going," He tells me.

I chuckle at his words. "What are you, her bodyguard?"

"Screw you, Cami. And am her boyfriend," He gives me his middle finger.

I roll my eyes. "When did that happen?" It's a joke and I don't need it right now. "Don't answer that. I haven't seen or talked to my parents in months and I want to have some alone time with them, am sorry Nathaniel."

He nods in understanding. "I understand that Jess is your BFF, so am not questioning that. What about him?" Raising his chin at Damien.

I turn to my side to look at Damien, his eyes are still closed, am not sure if he is asleep or pretending to be or just shutting everyone out.

"He is coming," I have made up my mind and am not changing it. I lean into him and freeze when I want to touch his hand. Damien's emotions is the only one I have been feeling, he allows me into his head whenever I touch him, and am not sure what I'll see now.

"Damien, Damien we are here," I raise my voice a little.

"I know," He answers without opening his eyes. "Am not coming with you," He replies nonchalantly.

I blink my eyes. Don't be like Roman, don't hurt me because you can. "Okay, Nate come on," I say without dragging.

Jessica opens the door and step out. I sigh and follow her, when I step out of the car Jessica takes my hand in hers, I tilt my head to see her smiling at me.

I smile back. "Let's get this shit over with," I take in deep breath and walk forward.

I knock on the door when I get there. Whenever my parents are around they prefer to stay in the living room, not totally sure why they do that.

The door is yank open by an unfamiliar face. I blink at the young lady standing in front of me. "Hmm, hi," I greet and look behind her, maybe am in the wrong house but it's not possible.

She smiles and return the gesture. "Who are you?" She asks curiously.

I swallow. "Am sorry, who are you?"

She nods. "Linda Okoye, who are you?"

I don't know any Linda Okoye or any Okoye for that matter. "Am Cami Stark, where are my parents?"

Her eyes widen in recognition but instead of inviting me in she step out and closes the door behind her. "You must be related to Corinne and Richard Starling."

Starling? Since when did my parents change there name from Stark to Starling.

"Actually it's Corinne and Richard Stark," Jessica correct her.

"If you mean the previous owner of this place, I don't know where they are, but if you don't mind, I have to go back," She says.

"Babe! Who is at the door?" A male voice booms inside the apartment.

"They are just leaving," She yells back. "And you are just leaving," She says and is about to open the door when I touch her arm.

I get toss her into head. I see her and a guy shaking my parents hand, thanking them for the house and she called them Starling. I remove my hand from her hand.

She glares at me. "Take your hands off me weird fella," I opens the door and slam it in our faces.

"Okay, that lady is my hero now," Nate jokes.

Jessica nudge his stomach. "What next?"

"What next? My parents fucking abandoned me, selling the house without informing me," I am boiling with anger. I know what to do.

I step out the porch and walk straight to my neighbors house, their dog is going to have to deal with me today, I can hear Jessica and Nate yelling my name as they approach me, Damien and Roman are also out of car, Damien is leaning against the car while Roman is making his way over to me.

I knock on Mrs Robinson's house, she's an old woman living alone with her nurse. I bang the door with all of my strength.

"How are we looking?" Roman asks.

I roll my eyes and ignore him. The door opens slowly showing Mrs Robinson's nurse, Allegra.

"Hey! Cool it down, someone-" She stops when she sees me. "Cami?" She says in shock and surprise.

"Yes, Allegra. Cami, now please tell me where the hell my parents are!"

She swallows hard and shake her head furious. "No, this can't be real, it's not real. You are not real," She keeps saying.

What the hell is wrong with everyone today?

"Hmm.. Lady it's real enough, we are here," Nate poke my head.

She shakes her head. "No! It's not possible," She says.

"Allegra, calm down. What's going on?" I try to calm her with my hand almost touching her shoulder but she pushes me away.

"Don't touch me!" She yells.

I almost land on my butt but someone prevent that. "Am fine, am fine," I push myself off Damien.

Damien pulls me behind him and stand in front of Allegra. "Calm yourself, Allegra and tell me the problem," He commands.

Just like a compulsion she obeys him. "There is no problem, there is just a ghost," She says quietly and prevent looking at me.

"A ghost?" Nate says beside me.

Allegra nods. "Yes, Cami you are dead, I even went to your funeral, your parents couldn't bear to live in here without you so they moved," She explains between sobs.

I nod. "Where are they now?" I ask.

"We don't know," She replies.

I still don't believe her, how can my parents declares me dead when am still alive.

I still don't know how the looking into someone else memories works but I will do it.

I push Damien away from my front and stand toe to toe with Allegra. I don't know what am thinking except I pull her into a hug and wrap both my hands around her big body.

Allegra stared ahead at the elaborate stainless steel casket with my picture placed beside it. "I'm so sorry for your loss." She sounded genuine.

I pull away from her and push away from my friends. I can't breathe, it's true, she wasn't lying. Everyone thinks am dead, everything started coming back. I remember when we went to WestHigh for a game, Xander made reference to me being alive.

They think am dead. What exactly is going on?-

I didn't get to think clearly as the sky starts to change, thunder rumbling. The guys are behind me, our head and looking directly up.

Suddenly, five dark figures appears. "Raven Stark, we've been expecting you," The five of them says at same time, I'll be damn if I don't recognize them. They helped Sabine give birth to her kid, they work for The High Lord.

What are the Sisters of The Dark doing here?

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🙊🙊🙊,

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💗,Milia.