Episode 6: THE BIRTH OF ALLEN
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(PREVIOUS)
Four days had passed. The waiting was over.
In the middle of the garden, the two sprouts that had been growing silently finally reached their peak. The soil trembled, and the air grew thick with magic and destiny.
Slowly, majestically, the buds began to open.
They didn't bloom like ordinary flowers. As the petals spread wide, revealing their glorious and terrifying forms, two tiny souls were revealed.
Wrapped inside the flowers were two babies.
THE TWO FLOWERS
One flower was the DARK RED ROSE.
It looked mysterious, deep, and dangerous. From within it emerged a baby with eyes as black as the void.
This was ALLEN.
She was born from darkness. She was the one who was never chosen. She was labeled as trash, the one meant to be the sacrifice, destined to suffer and die so others could live. Fate hated her from the very start.
The other flower was the GOLDEN WHITE ROSE.
It glowed with holy light, shining bright and pure. From within it emerged a baby radiating warmth and grace.
This was ELIANA.
She was the perfect one. She was the favorite child of heaven. She was blessed, protected, and loved by fate itself.
( PRESENT)
THE CHOICE
Elena stood before them, the guardian who had to decide.
The ancient rule spoke in the wind:
"Choose wisely. You can only take one. Which one will you raise? Which fate will you guide?"
Elena looked at Allen first. The dark baby. The unwanted one. The sacrifice.
But then she looked at Eliana. She was glowing, beautiful, and holy. She looked like perfection itself.
Elena’s heart was drawn to the light. Just like everyone else, she was fooled by the appearance. She wanted the best. She wanted the chosen one.
She turned her back on darkness.
Her hand reached out and gently lifted the baby from the Golden White Rose.
"You are the one," Elena whispered, holding Eliana close. "You are blessed. You are perfect. I will take care of you. I will raise you as my own."
She held the holy baby tight.
And there, left alone in the cold soil of the garden, lay ALLEN.
The Dark Red Rose closed slightly, protecting its child, but she was abandoned.
She was left behind. Just like always.
The sacrifice was discarded.
And the story of the one who was forgotten... had begun.
THE SACRIFICE
The Cult spoke the decree:
"In exactly 2 days, the unwanted child must be sacrificed. Her life is the price for the balance."
But they didn't know who they were dealing with.
Even as a tiny baby, Allen was not ordinary. Her mind was sharper than any computer.
She heard them. She understood.
"I have 48 hours left," she calculated in her head. "If I stay, I die."
When night fell and no one was watching, she moved.
She didn't cry. She didn't make a sound.
With surprising strength and intelligence, she fell gently from the flower and crawled away on the cold ground, moving silently into the darkness. She found a safe place to hide and survive.
THE EMPTY FLOWER
Two days passed.
Elena returned to the garden. In her hand, she held a sharp sacrificial knife, ready to complete the ritual and kill the unwanted child.
She stood over the Dark Red Rose.
She pulled the petals open.
It was empty.
"WHAT?!" she screamed in shock and rage. "WHERE IS IT?!"
The flower was nothing but leaves. The sacrifice was gone.
Suddenly, a shadow moved.
A sharp blade flashed through the air.
SLICE!!!
Elena’s head was instantly sliced clean off her body.
Her eyes were still wide with shock as her head rolled on the grass, and her body collapsed lifelessly.
THE DECEPTION
Everything was decided.
Eliana, the beautiful holy baby, was given to the GREATEST AND MOST POWERFUL FAMILY in the world to be raised as their own.
She looked so innocent. She looked so perfect and angelic.
She deceived everyone with her looks.
Everyone adored her. Everyone thought she was a goddess.
No one knew the darkness hidden behind those pretty eyes.
And Allen?
She was out there in the shadows, surviving, calculating, and growing stronger... waiting for the day she would return and take everything.
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