My blade hit the tip of her spear and I twisted knocking it out of her hands. “HEY THATS CHEATING MYSTIC,” Spira yelled in frustration. “Ha! You’re not even trying!” “Really, try me!” She retrieved her spear and jabbed it at my arm. “OW!” “Told ya!” “Not fair you have a spear!” I slipped under her easily because of my size and stabbed at her legs. “What the-“ I jabbed at her back. “OW! What was that for?!” “For Jake!” Just then Jake walked in. “Hey Mystic,” he had such a kind voice. He made me feel like I was living a teenage dream. “Hey Jake,” I sounded so wierd. “Wanna go out for-“ “Yes!” “Ok I’ll just… stay here,” Spira sounded disappointed like she always did. We skateboarded towards the sky diner. “So what do you want?” “Um… I didn’t think about that…” we both bursted into laughter.

A few days later I found out the queen had died. There was going to be a competition for who will become the next queen. Jake had persuaded me to enter the challlenge. The contestants were Shocker, Melody, River, Fiery, Flora, Metalica, and… _Spira_. If you don’t know by now me and Spira are best friends. The first challenge was strength. Me, Fiery, Shocker, and Spira passed the challenge. Next was patience. Me and Spira passed. Last was mind. I won, I became queen of imagination. But I also lost a friend.

The next day Jake congratulated me, but he looked different. Almost a little evil… no I was just confused. Then he did the absolute crazy-I’m-dreaming thing. “Mystic, will you marry me?” I practically lost consciousness. “Yes!” That was probably the worst mistake I had ever made.

The memory was really blurry but I remember being in the throne room and Jake pulled out a blade and said sorry, not sorry, then he lunged towards me. Luckily Spira came at the right time and knocked the sword out of his hands. I broke up with him and he built the evil kingdom or whatever he calls it. He renamed himself King Shadow, which is kind of weird since he's king of shadows. I never fell in love ever again after that. Spira became my personal bodyguard and we became best friends again.

One day I saw Mary and I just knew she was special so i went to the mortal world, made up a backstory, and changed my name to Scarlett. Now Jake has asked for a rematch after two thousand years of peace. I’m not giving up this time- I have freinds now. One of them may be evil or a grand hero. I mean anything could happen. Right?

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