What is this thing that turns the villains into villains? Is it the fact that they realize they are doing a bad thing, even though they knew it is wrong, or because they are the heroes in their own stories? I was supposed to be the hero – I tried to save the world by sacrificing my one true love, and all I wanted was to set this world on fire and save him. I knew perfectly well he might not survive this, that once he served his purpose he might seize to exist. That is why time travel spells and curses were forbidden, rare, and difficult – one could never know how time would choose to heal itself and who would survive in the end. But there was no way back now, was it there?
The castle was the same as in my memories, but better, because now it was real. It was a huge building, standing on t
