The sound of crows woke Scorch up and made him look around the place, when they arrived into this place it looks so alive and beautiful but right now it is really different he thinks that this place is dead base on it's form, the trees looks like they have been burned, the ground are full of ashes, the lake looks like a mud and the place are full of crows plus the place smell like a burning meat which made him want to puke everything that in his stomach, it smell terrible in his opinion.
"Hmm mm" Veena started to woke up so he look at her and admire her beauty without noticing that he is already smiling like an idiot or insane to be exact
"Why are you smiling? " Veena said and that's the time he goes back to reality because he didn't even notice that she is fully awake and already staring at him like he is crazy, Scorch look away and his body started to be tense
"Uhm nothing.. Just... I'm just thinking about the events that happened to us" he said and straightened his posture but Veena just look at him
"What? "He said but she just smile a little and sat beside him
"This place..... Looks terrible" she said and look around until she notice the rock in the middle of the lake, she felt like her hearth broke when she saw that because she still knows that this is the place where the couple got killed and burned by humans, she wants to cry but she didn't know why, those past memories of that couple hurts her, she didn't know what is the reason, is it because the couple didn't deserve that or because the girl looks like her, she run to the lady and tried to save her because she wants the answer to her questions, why did the people wants to kill her and why is the man got involve into her death? Is it because they fell in love with each other or because he helped her? Veena is confuse because she didn't know why did that past appeared in her mind and she look at Scorch who is busy looking around, somehow she felt like the man into her dreams are familiar but she didn't know the answer
"Do I have some dirt in my face? " Scorch suddenly ask when he caught her looking at his face,  Veena blinked and shook her head
"No you don't have, I was just testing my mine reading skills" she said as she look away feeling embarrassed that Scorch caught her while he just nod his head and stood up
"We have to keep going" he said and look at Veena but she is just looking at the lake
"Did you saw the mermaid? " she ask and stood up too
"I don't know where is she, I suddenly fell asleep after she told me her name,why did you asked anyway?" he said and look at the lake too even if it doesn't look like a lake anymore
"I just want to ask her some question about the memory bubble" she said as she figured out what is the bubble that the mermaid have blown into their faces, she remember that the mermaid is one of the creatures that got cursed by a half demon and half witch creature, the mermaid is a half fairy of time but she got cursed and she turned into a demon that's why she have fangs and she can never leave this place, that mermaid is one of the eldest creatures in their world, her name is Vale as she remembered and as a respect Veena should apologize into her actions earlier, she knows that Vale just wants to show the things in the past and that includes the lady that looks like her
Scorch just nod again and gesture his hand for her to come with him and together they walk out into the forest but before they are gone into the scene, Vale came out behind the rock and look at the two disappearing figures
"I'm calling for the soul of this lake, please guide the demon of death and the guardian angel, soul of memories I summoned you" Vale whispered and then suddenly a white thing or smoke rose from the lake and followed Scorch and Veena
"I hope that it can guide you until the end" she said and dive into the water
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Veena and Scorch walked together until Scorch just fell into his knees and put his hand into his head, Veena got shock but she help Scorch to stand up and guide him into the nearest tree then she let him to sat down
"Did your head hurts? " she said while  brushing his hair with her fingers
"Yes and it feels like my surrounding is rotating" he said while massaging his head
"I think that is the effect of the memory bubble" she said
"Then why is your head not hurting? " he whispered while his eyes are half closed
"She is a cursed to be a demon even if she is one of the eldest her powers doesn't have an effect on me, I'm a born demon and she is a born mermaid" she explained and think for a while, when are they going to reach the portal to earth?  Because she is being impatient and she wants to reach the earth faster before her mind explodes because of the things they have encountered and the things she discovered in the lake of memories, she feel like she can't handle it anymore
"Let's go" Scorch said and stand up, Veena stand up too and look at him
"How about your head? I thought you said it hurts" she said
"I'm fine besides it doesn't hurt like before" he said and walk ahead of Veena,  she shook her head and run towards so she can catch up
They are walking for hours but they can't find the exit of the forest they feel like the forest is eternity because it doesn't have an ending, all they can see are trees and plants but of course without any animals that are walking around.
"Let's try that way" Veena said and pointed into their right, she went to that way while Scorch just look at her, when he is about to walk to follow her, the ground started to shake and break then he saw that there is something that is rising from the cracks
"Veena! " he shouted when he saw that the walls from the ground are becoming higher that he can't saw her figure
"Scorch where are you?! " Veena shouted too but it just echoed into the whole place as the very high walls covered their sights. Veena felt scared for Scorch because she didn't know if the walls are made by a demon or an angel and it is dangerous for the both of them if they didn't know while Scorch is afraid for Veena because he knows that even if her head doesn't hurt her body is tired because of the memory bubble.
"Veena! " Scorch shouted in the top of his lungs but he didn't hear any reply he just heard his voice echoed through the walls. Different patterns, characters and different human figures are sculptured into the walls while the walls are made of rock but he can't determine what kind of rock, he walk and walk until he figure that the place is a maze but still he didn't give up from finding Veena.
"Veena where are you?! " he shouted while walking
"Good day my friend" he was shocked when a figure with a cloak appeared in front of him but he didn't run even if his knees are shaking, he may be an angel but he is still afraid of other creatures that he didn't heard before including the creature with a cloak in front of him
"Who are you?" He ask and he heard the creature chuckle so Scorch figured that it is not a monster
"My name is Ralston and you are here at my territory without my permission" the man with the cloak said, Scorch think for a moment until he remember that he needs to save Veena
"I'm sorry for entering your property we actually don't know that this place belongs to someone , we're going to out of this place but first I need to find my friend" he explained but Ralston only chuckled which is he didn't know why
"Your friend? your friend might die when you didn't move your body to find that friend of yours" Ralston said and disappeared in the thin air, Scorch just stand because he can't understand a thing but when he finally processed everything he run hoping to find Veena quickly. He hopes for a very hopeless thing right now but there is one thing on his mind and that is Veena.