26 Nightmare

When Daiyu opened her eyes again, she found herself in the throne room next to the emperor. He had a furious gaze and his face was bright red with anger. She sat up and moved to his lap.

{Could you be anymore childish. I'm still in your sleeve.}

[I'm still a baby. I need to grow like a normal child so I need to act like one]

{Yeah right. Ha! You just want to be shameless and get on his good side to act spoiled. I know you. So fake.}

[You're fake!]

{Ha! You don't even know how to retort cus you know its true}

[Speak correctly dummy. It's because not cus]

{En. En. Whatever you say princess.}

[Hmph!]

Immediately she put on a bright smile and looked at the emperor.

"Don't be angry. Look everything here is so pretty!

Uncle is handsome too."

{What a twofaced!}

Emperor Li looked at the small child in his arms and felt his heart swell as all the anger in his heart pacified. He smiled before a man entered the room.

[I feel like I've seen him somewhere…

That's the guy who humiliated me! Not that I care about my loos but still I will make him pay!]

{And how are you going to do that as a baby}

[Just watch my prowess.]

Ercan sat on her sleeve as it swung from side to side like a hammock and watched the show unravel.

The physician was trembling. He saw the small girl with strange eyes seated at the emperor's lap.

God he hated those eyes.

They sent chills down his spine he could feel her anger directed at him.

[She's possessed.]

However, that cruel look on her face quickly transformed into one of fear.

The change was so quick that he couldn't believe his eyes. Where they the same person?

Fan Daiyu's body shook ad her head hid in the emperor's arms. Fan Ying saw her shaking in fear and just like the emperor, his eyes reddened in anger. They both looked like crazed beasts ready to kill.

Daiyu's small shaky voice called out to the emperor and she said, "Uncle… Are my eyes that ugly? Am I a demon? Will I still be loved? Can I go home."

His eyes softened and his gentle voice soothed her, "Your eyes are beautiful. You are unique. You will always be loved."

He looked up at the physician who stood there in shock. His eyes were spitting fire making the head physician shake in fear.

[She can talk? I'm doomed!]

Fan Daiyu stood up and walked up to the man and saw her father rushing to her full with worry but kept on moving. Nuwa Yenay was there to keep him in place anyways.

"Mister, do you hate me? And…Why?"

Her eyes looked up at him and made him feel guilt. They were different from the hateful, lifeless eyes he had first seen.

Looking at her, he couldn't respond. He could only glare at her to see if it was all a facade. The more he looked the less he believed her.

"You are possessed! You have a demon! What kind of child has those eyes and silver hair? Get away form me! DISGUSTING!"

At first she had questioned him to make him feel guile but she had never expected for him to treat her so horribly. The last two phrases seemed to be the tip of her anger. Her head began to hurt. Memories flashes across her vision. She felt pain in her heart and her body fell to the ground writhing in pain.

She thrashed and turned but something was forming. She knew who they were but she couldn't remember them. A dear one. A loved one. A family.

She felt a feeling of betrayal course through her body. Who was he?

Before anything could happen Long Wei was already by her side. He was worried for her. She gave him a new home and a new hope and now she was in pain and he couldn't do anything. He could hear her murmurs.

'No. Please don't leave me' 'Why are you doing this' 'I'm Sorry I will be better' 'I will be good' 'I will get along'

…

'I thought you loved me'

The last phrase echoed across the silent room and everyone present clutched their hearts in pity.

But every time there is hardship and suffering there will always be a joyful person in the shadows.

"Hahaha! SEE I WAS RIGHT! THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THAT GIRL! I HOPE SHE ROTS IN HELL!"

He spit towards her but she was protected by her father.

Fan Ying could feel her small body clutching onto him to her dear life and whispering away her sadness ad pain.

He finally let himself free. His wife wasn't next to him to stop him and even if she were there she wouldn't.

"YOU MOTHERF*CKER! MY BABY IS NOT POSSESSED! YOU TRAUMATIZED HER WITH YOUR PETTY JEALOUSY AND HATE! YOU CAUSED HER TO HAVE EPISODES ALMOST EVERY NIGHT! YOU F*CKER! I HATE YOU!"

No one had ever seen the general so angry before. His veins were popping out and his eyes were blood red with fury. For the first time in years, he used his cultivation outside of war. He kicked the man and he flew across the room. He coughed out blood as he met the wall but Fan Ying had yet to placate his anger. He passed his daughter to his wife and began taking out his anger on the physician.

The neighboring kingdoms officials and the emperor just watched. The stood and watched as the general avenged his daughter. Every punch he threw satisfied a bit of their own anger. It took a while for him to stop hitting and by then the man was already bleeding to death. He had a good cultivation but he still had a hard time surviving the general's fury.

The royal physicians bandaged him up but didn't heal him with any treatments of potions. He needed to feel pain and live a few more moments before being condemned to death the next day in public.

He was taken and chained up in preparation for the next day.

Fan Daiyu didn't wake up after that. Everyone went home full of worries. She didn't eat, she didn't move, and she didn't wake up. She was like a stiff doll. The only thing keeping their worries at bay were that her pupils were still moving and she was sweating.

She seemed to be living a nightmare and she really was.

-Fan Daiyu-

People screamed. I felt numb. My body experienced different kinds of torture. Sometimes I would feel my entire body being cut everywhere slowly or being dipped in something that gave me a lot of pain. It hurt but something at the back of my mind told me I shouldn't ever move, I couldn't move. It was always dark but I liked it better that way because every time I saw some light I suffered.

Sometimes they would leave me alone but they would always come back the next day with something worse. I don't know who they were but they felt familiar. I felt frightened every time I saw them.

However, there was one trio that always made tremble with terror. I knew that I once loved them but every time I saw their silhouettes, my body screamed danger and betrayal. The tallest one always watched and I felt his smile as he did. I never knew why he let them do this to me. Sometimes he would begin it too. I knew what he did or at least at the time I did. As I relived it again I couldn't actually tell what was happening. Everything was blurry but I could still manage to see their figures. A small blob always watched. It was a girl. I could tell by her hair. It was in a ponytail. She smiled all the time and only came to taunt me. Every time they came, I would cry and try to escape but my body was chained. I could feel the warm tears flood my eyes every time. Who were they?

They came frequently, especially the tallest one. The two tall ones would always hover over me. The tallest one seemed to bear hate which I couldn't understand and the other one seemed to mock me. His mocking looks made my heart break. At the end of everything, I would feel pain everywhere, especially around my lower abdomen. I don't understand. What is happening?

I could hear something. Small whispers of comfort.

{Don't worry. They're gone. The light is gone. Its dark and peaceful again.}