Lina Adelheid has gone into the forest with the young soldier...
Beautiful cradle of my suffering, beautiful tomb of my peace, beautiful city, we must part – farewell! I call out to you. Farewell, you sacred threshold, where my beloved walks; farewell, you sacred place, where I first saw her. If only I had never seen you, beautiful queen of my heart! Then it would never have happened that I am now so miserable. I never wished to stir your heart, I never begged for love; I only wished to lead a quiet life where your breath lingers. But you yourself drive me away, bitter words come from your mouth; madness stirs within my senses, and my heart is sick and wounded. And my limbs, tired and sluggish, I drag along with my walking staff, until I lay my weary head far away in a cool grave... by Heinrich Heine
Lina: "I remember the words of this poet... Heinrich Heine… Beautiful city, we must part. (Silence) …I wish I had never seen it… my city… because now I miss it so much… Mom… and Dad… I miss them so much… hahh… If this war had never happened… my father and mother would be alive… and I… I wouldn't have to pour out loneliness and my tears…"
(Crash!)
Lina: "…so many people… dead… Why?… Why do I have to suffer… and this poor soldier too… just so the politicians… who wanted all of this don't even fight?… and we… who don't want to fight are supposed to fight?… Whoever wants to fight should fight themselves…"
(Meanwhile)
Sophie: "We need to talk to Miss Ms Valentine…"
Fiona: "Calm down… she's not here… goodness…"
Marcus: "But we can't wait long either, where is she?"
(Meanwhile)
Jeffrey: "Hello… Valentine."
Ms Valentine: "Why the heck didn't you tell me about this."
Jeffrey: "Hahahaha… Oh… sorry… even I… unfortunately can't know something like that, I am a monster… with abilities but I cannot see these events… I only say what I think… Valentine…"
Ms Valentine: "Hahhh… can you at least tell me how long this war will last, it was supposed to last as long as it originally did."
Jeffrey: "No… we have gone back in time now, that means even a small difference could make this war longer…"
Ms Valentine: "Hahhh… no matter what… the real monsters are we humans ourselves… what…"
Jeffrey: "You said that yourself… not me… hehe."
Ms Valentine: "Anyway… I have to go… thank you for the information."
She made her way.
Ms Valentine: "Don't worry, you will get the meat… we have the meat from Frank… a traitor, enjoy it…"
She left the room.
Ms Valentine: "Hahh… back to the office…"
She made her way and then saw Sophie, Fiona, Marcus and Violet.
Ms Valentine: "Well well… looks important…"
She hurried a bit.
Sophie: "Oh… Ms Valentine…"
Fiona: "Hmm."
Marcus: "Oh."
Ms Valentine: "What is it?"
Sophie: "Yes, we met Lydia and she said it seems like there is someone influencing Gerit Fahrenheit…"
Marcus: "But how does she know that?"
Sophie: "Hmm?"
Fiona: "Hmm?"
Ms Valentine: "Hahh… I sent her on a mission… for about three months, she was supposed to observe the Finger of the Liar… and she did… that's all…"
Sophie: "Oh… she didn't tell us that."
Ms Valentine: "Of course, it's a secret mission."
Fiona: "Good… and what do we do now?"
Ms Valentine: "Hmm… Marcus… you are the most suitable, you're good at this… go to Weimarer and negotiate with them… um… Sophie and Fiona, you stay here in Prussia… I want you to talk to a politician as well…"
Sophie: "Hmm?"
Fiona: "Who?"
Ms Valentine: "His name is Georg Pushkin… we just found out… that he has been kidnapped…"
Sophie: "Huh?"
Fiona: "Why?"
Ms Valentine: "Well I think it's because he didn't really want war… so… you must find him quickly… if he is dead… that's not good news… because… in the war back then before we arrived here… he was never murdered… not even kidnapped… which means… something is wrong."
Fiona: "Understood…"
Sophie: "Ok!"
Violet: "Um…"
Ms Valentine: "And you Violet… you go to Titia… I want you to do something…"
Violet: "…Y…yes?"
Ms Valentine: "Sorry, your first mission will be difficult, but it's important… are you ready for it."
Violet: "…Yes…"
Ms Valentine: "Ok… I want you to find a woman… her name is Jane… I fear she will be murdered… go there and observe her…"
Violet: "Ok…"
Ms Valentine: "There is one thing I must tell you… Jane… in the end you must protect her… but she herself is a danger, because she is also someone who is not very fond of humans without cursed powers or magic powers… if you find out she is connected to the House of the Cursed Children… I want you to kill her…"
Ms Valentine looked at Violet, she nodded and set off.
Ms Valentine: "You all get going too."
Sophie: "Ok."
Fiona: "Mhm."
Ms Valentine: "Wait Fiona…"
Fiona: "Yes?"
Ms Valentine: "I heard you can taste salty food now."
Fiona: "Yes."
Ms Valentine: "Isn't that strange… why…"
Fiona: "I don't really know…"
Ms Valentine: "I think I know why… since we traveled back in time… some things disappear… including… illnesses or wounds… also things like yours Fiona that came from trauma… your body… has forgotten it…"
Fiona: "Ugh… I understand…"
Ms Valentine: "See it positively… you can finally eat noodles, pizza or whatever."
Fiona: "Yes… I already had five plates of seafood."
Ms Valentine: "(Sweats) ok don't overdo it."
Sophie: "Hmm."
(Meanwhile)
William: "Hahhhh… Beatrice… did you know this chaos would come…"
Beatrice: "No…"
Frau Holle: "Hmm… why did you call me for this?"
William: "Of course we want to talk with you…"
Beatrice: "Anyway… I think we slowly need to talk to father about it…"
Frau Holle: "About what?"
William: "The black hole may be a natural event… but something is making it stronger… and Beatrice thinks… it is… Rapunzel…"
Frau Holle: "What why?"
Beatrice: "Apparently people have forgotten that Rapunzel stands for dreams and stars… not only that, in some legends she was even called the princess of stars… she is sealed… and locked in her tower… but… how does she gain power… through the light of the stars… and what happens when a star is drained of too much power?"
William: "Hmm?"
Frau Holle: "It dies…"
Beatrice: "Exactly… but that is only a theory… so we must speak with father…"
William: "Holle, you should rather not come… in case he yells at you too or something…"
Frau Holle: "I am not afraid of my father, you know that if he kills me he himself will be cursed… he cannot kill me, after all I am the guardian of time…"
William: "Ok ok…"
Beatrice: "Humans are in great fear…"
Beatrice sat on the chair curled up, making herself small…
William: "Hmm… why are you sitting like that Beatrice…"
Beatrice: "I always sit like this…"
She stood up…
Beatrice: "Alright… let's go…"
Frau Holle: "Wait, where is Luis?"
William: "I locked him in my dimension space…"
Beatrice: "He caused too much chaos… so… let's go…"
They set off…
William: "The tower…"
Beatrice: "Hmm… pull the lever."
They did so.
(Buuuubbbbb)
(bbuuuub!)
A creepy loud sound appeared like horns or saxophones and suddenly they were in a dark castle.
Beatrice: "Long time no see father."
(Patch)
Rudeus: "My children… what brings you here?!"
William: "Father… the world of Grimmhoth is in danger if this continues with the black hole…"
Rudeus: "It has appeared again… just as I feared… let me guess, you think Rapunzel has something to do with it?"
Beatrice: "Yes… maybe she is the one killing the stars…"
Rudeus: "No… Rapunzel loves the stars too much to do that…"
Beatrice: "Then who, Loki?!"
Rudeus: "That is quite possible… but I personally say it is the star eaters…"
Beatrice: "Star eaters…"
William: "Wait, I have heard of them… aren't those the dragons that fed on planets and stars?… but they are extinct…"
Rudeus: "Anyway… we do not need to interfere in human affairs… Holle… how nice that you dare to show yourself again… you are becoming more and more beautiful…"
Frau Holle: "Nice to see you again father… how is mother?"
Rudeus: "Hmm?… you mean the woman who took care of you when you lost your mothers… hahhh… Delin… come out."
Delin came out… it was a woman with many wounds…
Rudeus: "There she is…"
Frau Holle: "Mother."
William: "Hmm…"
Delin: "Hmm…"
Rudeus: "Your real mother Cinderella has awakened, you surely noticed…"
William: "Wait father, there is another reason… you had a child with a human woman…"
Rudeus: "Hmm what?… what are you talking about?"
Beatrice: "He is right… you slept with one of the women of the Kafkas, father…"
Rudeus: "Damn… it is impossible for a human to have a child from me… that is exactly why I did it…"
Frau Holle: "Dad… sometimes you just have to… control that thing down there… even William, who has a wife, does it."
William: "Can you please leave me out of this… anyway father… the girl is your daughter but… she has the same curse as you… corruption…"
Rudeus: "Ughuh!… what?!"
Beatrice: "And because everyone treated her like a monster, she wants revenge… on you and on humans…"
Rudeus: "Damn… hahhh… wait, I need to cross something off my list… I don't feel like having another child…"
William: "Father, right now we must deal with this… because she is hunting the death siblings and the guardians…"
Rudeus: "Hmm… I should talk to her… my responsibility as a father…"
Beatrice: "Wow… you want to go to your daughter whom you didn't even know existed for decades and then go to her and say… daughter, embrace me with your little hands?"
William: "She's right… I met her in Weimarer… that woman is terrifying…"
(A few months ago)
Zantanel: "Well well… what brings me the honor of seeing you… oh guardian of the clown…"
William: "You are Zantanel… greetings, I am William Rudeus… in a way we are like siblings…"
Zantanel: "Hmph…"
William: "I wanted to talk to you… I know you are angry… at us… so I wanted to settle this matter…"
Zantanel: "Get lost…"
She walked on.
Zantanel: "Either way… you will not stop me… I… am suffering… I will become what people fear… pain… so that they will miss death!"
William: "This anger will bring you nothing, Zantanel."
Zantanel: "I'll give you ten seconds, if you don't leave me alone I will kill the people in the park over there."
William: "Leave the people out of this."
Zantanel: "Coward, you worry about them?… believe me they are the real monsters… wars… fought for the dumbest reasons, different cultures or because of money and power… they are full of lust… they only think about money, power and sex!"
William: "That is not true."
Zantanel: "Three… two."
William: "What is this."
Zantanel: "One… ok I warned you…"
Suddenly she was gone.
William: "What… ugh."
She stood in the park… she adjusted her clothes so that her shoulder and back could be seen, a black wave of smoke appeared… the people in the park… fell dead to the ground.
William: "Ughuh!"
Zantanel: "Hmph… I warned you."
She grabbed his suit.
Zantanel: "I… warned you and I warn you one last time… if you don't leave me alone… I will kill every child in that school over there…"
William: "Ghhh…"
Zantanel: "Well?"
He pushed her hand away.
William: "I can fight you too."
Zantanel: "Try it… hmph."
He attacked her… but she dodged his attack as if it were nothing.
William: "What."
Zantanel: "Hmph."
She grabbed his face and threw him into several buildings, destroying many of them.
William: "Ugh… damn she is strong."
She walked on with her hands in her pockets.
William: "Ghh."
Zantanel: "Humans… are ungrateful… never happy with what they have… they want more… more… and more… they are full of greed… and are ready to sacrifice their daughters and sons for it… do you have any idea what my father did to me!!!!"
William: "He cannot abuse you, he cannot touch you."
Zantanel: "There is a way… when I sleep… the curse also rests… you have no idea what he did to me… his own daughter!"
William: "You mean your stepfather?"
Zantanel: "Yes…"
William: "Ugh… I… understand… you poor thing… you were a victim of physical abuse…"
Zantanel: "Now you finally understand… now get out of my sight… even I don't feel like killing children today… ok…"
William: "Huh?… I see… you don't like killing children… why?"
Zantanel: "That's none of your business."
William: "Let me guess… you were a child yourself… who searched for warmth… who searched for love… and that is why you don't want to kill children… because you know how it feels… because you know that you are no better if you hurt a child."
Zantanel: "I… said… shut up!"
Suddenly a dark aura came out.
William: "Ughhuh!"
Half of her face became dark.
William: "Ugh…"
Zantanel: "Ghhhhh…"
William: "Alright… I'm leaving…"
He walked away.
William: "Hahhh…"
Zantanel: "Hmph… by the way… it's not true that I don't kill children…"
William: "What?"
Zantanel: "It's just that… children do not die from my curse…"
William: "What?!"
Zantanel: "In the old legends it is said that curses often do not work on children… children can see spirits… my power refuses to kill them… and I don't find it necessary to kill them… so…"
She walked on.
Zantanel: "Nice meeting you… dear brother…"
William: "Ugh…"
Zantanel: "Too bad you only found out after more than twenty years that you have a sister…"
She eventually disappeared completely…