•two truths one lie•

•blinded confession about the knife•

Finally.. the nightmare ended. The angel of death was arrested.. they can all rest in pease now. Walking home; back the portal to my realm was heartbreaking. They weren't there with me. How much I wished it wasn't them.. oh how much I wished..
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"Azra!! I'm home!!"
I rushed out my room and down the stairs.
"Hi mom! How was work?"
My mother looked quite tired after working long hours.
"It was alright. Just really tired now like always."
"You go lay down and I'll make you food and I'll deal with everything around the house."
My mom gave me a small, but warming smile. I smiled back at her as she walked up the stairs to her room. I took all of her things and put them away and started making my mom some food. As I said, my mother works long hours at work so I try to do my best to look after her myself since she doesn't really get sleep because of how early she wakes up to go to work. I had to drop out of Highschool a few years ago to help my mom. I would be a senior now. Last year of school.. I do online learning while my mom is at work and I've been thinking about signing up for collage but I also didn't want to leave my mom at home all alone. With no one to look after her when she gets home and having her wasting all her energy looking after herself. Besides, her magic is quite weak, she can't do things on her own so easily.

I'm our realm, everyone has different abilities based on their personality. Some people could have mind reading. Some could have time travel. Mine is a little different. I have this...watch? And I also have a thing that looks like a pocket knife. It was a little bit like time travel. But instead it time, it was realms. I've never visited any and I've never told anyone in my realm about my watch and knife. All they know now is that I'm just a special kid without any abilities. People see it as a blessing. I have no idea why but they just do. I finished making the food for my mom and went upstairs with it. I walked into my mothers room and placed the food on her bedside-table. I looked at my mom for a few seconds then walked out.

I grabbed my jacket and keys to my house and walked out the door. Walked through the forests was one of the best things I could do after my mom went to sleep. It was calm. No one it bother me.
"Azra?"
I turned around to see Nox walking up behind me.
"Oh, hey Nox! How are you"
I said while they walked up to my side and looked up at the blue sky.
"I'm alright, how are you?"
They asked in a warm tone to their voice.
"I'm doing great! I made my mom some food and now I'm walking around here."
I looked up at them and they put their arms around me, pulling me into a hug. I laughed and smiled at them.
"Do you think my mom will be okay if I go off to collage?"
I asked in concern. Nox hugged me again.
"If you do go off to collage, I will make sure to look after your mother. She is a very sweet and caring person. She treated me well so i'll attempted to be close to what she is but always be unsuccessful. Your mother is a strong women but I will still be there for her for you."
That made me smile more. I knew I could trust Nox. They were like an older sibling to me since it's extremely rare to have siblings. Only 2 people ever, in our realm, are siblings.

"Are you both Nox Ruevek and Azra Plestium.?"
We turned around to see a person with a black cloak over their face. He reached out his hand and tried to give us some letters. Nox reached out their hand and took both of the notes very quickly. Before we could even look at the letters, the cloak threw some black powder on the floor. It made a loud sound and he suddenly vanished. Just like that.

As the smoke cleared, me and Nox both looked at each other in the eyes before breaking focus and opening the letters in a hurry.

'Dear Azra,
You may be wondering who I am and who was the person that delivered you this letter. I'm sorry but there is no time for questions. You may refer to me as 'Host' or 'The Host'  You are invited to a huge game with  at least one person from every realm. You will all be taking part in this game. We know everything. From secrets. To lies. You will have to make a 'realm rift' to get to the portal garden and meet with all the contenders with the 'enchanted knife'. This knife is made to create portals to other realms. It was one of the most powerful weapons and tools in this universe. Until the owner passed away and the knife was lost. It is your job to find it and open a rift to head to the realm garden.
Good luck, and come alone.
-The Host'

Me and Nox looked at each other in shock. Our letters said pretty much the same things. They said that they knew my secrets. Could they know I have a knife. And it could be, The knife.
"Nox.. I have a confession to make about something I've hid from you since we got our abilities."
I said in a shakey voice. Nox's fully attention went to me. And I did it. I told them right then and there about the knife. And we had an idea on how to open up a realm. But to the right one. One wrong try, and we could be locked in a realm with unknown surroundings. I don't think either of us would enjoy that. We better then started trying then..

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