As Khillian awakes he feels unbalanced and his vision is blurry. He tries to shake off the feelings but cant. Suddenly, he hears a woman screaming and crying from some sort of pain. his instincts tell him to follow the voice. As he bumps into things trying to find his way, the sound of the women's cries gets louder and louder to the point he hears echoes behind and around him. The voice is distorted but the closer he gets, it clears and becomes more familiar but he still cant make out who it belongs to. He reaches two doors. One door is on fire and the other has water flooding out the top of the door and under. With his vision blurred he's not sure that it is fire he is seeing so he squints to get a better look. As he touches the door with flames on it his vision clears but is a little taken off guard because the flames do not burn him. He begins to look around him. He sees nothing but what seems to be a dark long cave with the two doors at the end of it. he touches the flooding door and his vision becomes blurry again. Quickly, he touches the burning door again and regains clear sight. He thinks to himself there must be a reason for this happening. He reaches for the burning door and as he goes to turn the knob a women appears to the left of him in a puff of green and blue smoke and shiny white lights. Khillian jumps at the sight of her as he notices its his mother.

Khillian: "Mom ?"

Guide: "No, I am not your mother. I have taken her likeness to not alarm you and to gain your trust more easily. I am your guide from within the sword. I will help you when needed along the journey to your truth. along this journey we will declutter your mind.

Khillian: "Declutter . . . my mind ?"

Guide: yes, you have much to learn and very little time. I expected you to come with your siblings but with the knowledge you must obtain it is a road best traveled alone.

Khillian: "Your scaring me more than I already am with all this unexplained truth."

Guide: "In time you will understand."

The women then turns to the burning door and waves her hand and the flames from the door Khillian touched turned green like the ones his father bestowed upon him. she turns back to Khillian.

Guide: "The truth you are going to find isn't something you are going to like. Its dark and was hidden to protect you but these truth are needed for you to understand your purpose."

Khillian breathes in deeply and nods his head as to agree with the guide to proceed. She gestures her hand for Khillian to approach and open the door. As he turns the knob, the guide wishes him luck and disappears as the door opens. When the door is fully open Khillian sees the woman who is screaming and crying but he cant make out her face. He only sees her crying over what appears to be two newborn babies. Khillian tries to walk through the door but cant so he just continues to observe from a distance. The woman crying goes over to a book and starts to chant a spell in another language Khillian doesn't recognize. Blue flames appears around the woman which Khillian instantly recognizes as the same type of flames his aunt used when they first entered the house. the room begins to shake and the woman continues to chant while crying. when everything calms the flames go away and smoke fills the floor of the room. From the smoke emerges a large man dressed in a red hooded cloak. Khillian cant make out his face either but hears the conversation between the two people.

Woman: "Please I have two. Help me. Bring them back. I will do anything."

Hooded man: "Anything you say, old friend? say that to the wrong demon and you'll end up in a bind. The man then picks up his arm and touches what appears to be his chin. Khillian notices the hulking figure only has two fingers with long nails that look like hooves, the hands also appear dirty and old. The man approaches the newborns and picks one up at a time and observes them both while sniffing the air casually looking towards where Khillian is."

Woman: "What are you doing?"

Hooded man: "Giving you the help you desire, but my help comes at a cost. one of these children will be raised by me and the other by you. I will protect this child with my life as you should the other but know that separating the two will leave their powers out of balance which will results in outburst of magic which can cause harm to those around them and as they are twins, they are very connected to each other through a prophecy."

woman: "What prophecy ?"

Hooded man: "The prophecy of 3. But before the prophecy can come into fruition two must die, one will lose their way, another will change their ways, you will also bear other children. Your family will be made stronger but at the cost of defending their lives against all forms of evil and protecting the innocents of the world."

woman: "Prophecy of 3? two must die?"

Hooded man: "Yes, one of them being you."

Woman: "Hold on, so you mean to tell me that there is a prophecy that my children are destined to become strong magical beings to protect the world against all forms of evil and that this prophecy can only happen if two specific people die. one of them being me ?

Hooded man: "I'm sorry my friend but yes. Fate has already began to spin its wheel in your favor. You've not summoned me by coincidence. This is meant to happen but the choice is yours to put the plan in motion for strength and power for this world."

Woman: "So my death and the death of another will help my children live?"

Hooded man: "Yes, in more ways than you know."

Woman: "And you promise to keep my child safe?"

Hooded man: "with all my power I will protect this child until the end of time."

Woman: "So be it. please just bring my babies back safe please I beg of you."

the hooded man picks up both children and holds them in the air. he chants the language the woman was speaking before and suddenly the babies start to cry. The woman grabs her children and hugs them tightly. The hooded man points to one of the babies and she hesitantly hands one over. As the man grabs the baby he looks towards Khillian and says "death is your gift" the door then slams shut and Khillian is pushed backwards and falls to the ground. When he gets back up everything around him is changing and he's now in a place filled with sand and scorching heat. He puts his hand above his eyes to look around but sees nothing in the distance. he takes a few steps forward before he is tackled by a man who is almost naked only wearing a cloth around his waist to cover his butt and private parts. Khillian glances at the man and notices its him just with a cave man like demeanor. As they lock eyes everything around him changes again. Khillian is now in his childhood home where he grew up with his siblings. He looks around is disbelief as he has not been here since the day his mother passed away. He sees children running down the hallway which appear to be younger versions of Khole and Kenneth. They run straight through him as if he's a ghost. Not too long after he sees himself but younger about 13 years old running behind his siblings screaming "ready or not here I come" Khillian smiles at the imagery but seemingly cant remember this ever happening so he starts to think its a fake illusion even though he remembers the sweater his younger self is wearing as his favorite at that age. He begins to follow the younger version of himself. Younger Khillian runs behind his siblings trying to find them. when he finally does catch up he sees Khole and Kenneth hiding behind a bookshelf. Khillian finds them and yells "gotcha!" the two younger siblings come out laughing. Kenneth has his hands on his hips. he takes one hand and sways is hair out of his face. Older Khillian laughs at this moment but it quickly turns to remorse as he watches on. Younger Khillian looks at Kenneth's movements and starts to punch him in the arm. Kenneth tries to make him stop by hitting back but young Khillian is much stronger. He then begins to tease him calling him gay, faggot and other homophobic slurs. Young Khole pushes young Khillian and he looks at her and stops. Kenneth then goes running to their mother who comes angrily towards Khillian and yells at him. She then tells Khole and Kenneth to go play outside while she talks to Khillian. As young Kenneth and Khole go outside, their dad comes inside from his work. Khillian runs to his dad which is now embracing the younger siblings. Khillian hugs him tightly and says "how was work dad?". their dad smiles and before he can answer, their mom interrupts him

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Elena: That can wait, I still intend on speaking to you about your behavior with your brother Khillian.

Kenn: "What happened now between you and your brother Khillian?"

Khillian: "He was doing gay stuff dad so I did what you told me to and beat him up."

Elena now looking furious says "you told our son to beat up our other child for doing what ?!"

The two parents begin to argue and younger Khillian begins to seemingly manifest magic for the first time but he cant control it so he's holding his head confused saying what's happening as his mom runs to him to see what's wrong younger Khillian lets out a huge blast of energy from his body throwing his mother and father back. His father hits a wall while his mother falls through a window into their back yard. Older Khillian runs to his mom to find her motionless and not breathing. He reaches down to touch her face and as he does he becomes tangible and can actually feel his mother's lifeless body. He caresses her face. Khillian doesn't know what to do so he goes inside to check on his dad. As he reaches his dad who is still knocked out, he sees his young self is sitting in the middle of the room with his hands on his face rocking back and forth crying saying "what did I just do". Older Khillian touches him and he removes his hands from his face. He looks around and starts sobbing louder as he sees the destruction of the blast. Older Khillian holds him and consoles him. As his father gets up, he notices older Khillian immediately and goes into defense yelling "Get off my son!" as he rushes to younger Khillian. Seeing his father in attack mode older Khillian backs off when suddenly everything around him begins to change again.

Khillian is now in the attic of his grandparents house. He sees his dad sitting on a chest crying. A younger version of Khillian again pops up but a little older than the last time he seen a version of himself. he looks to be about 16 at this time.

Younger Khillian: "You okay dad?"

Kenn: "Yes son, I'm okay. Just thinking about your mother."

Younger Khillian puts his head down and says: I'm sorry dad. I didn't mean . . . Kenn interrupts him and reassures him he doesn't blame him for what happened to his mom as he knows he didn't know how to control the surge of power that manifested in him. Older Khillian is confused because he remembers the day he found his dad in the attic but not this conversation he is hearing. Kenn then puts his hands on young Khillian head. he says two words in Spanish "recuerdos borrados" with specific hands movements after saying it. Younger Khillian looks up at his dad and asks what they are doing up there. Kenn tells Khillian they were just talking and that if he doesn't remember what they were talking about its okay. Younger Khillian doesn't think anything of it and askes his dad why is he crying. Kenn replies saying "Because I miss your mom and I have to go away for some time, one day you will understand. I love you son" Kenn then teleports out the room and young Khillian seems confused. Older Khillian remembers this day as the last time he saw his dad but doesn't remember it happening this way. As younger Khillian leaves the attic time stops and the woman guide appears once again. Khillian looks at her and tears form in his eyes. He starts to make sense of what the things he has seen mean for him and why he is here.

Khillian: "That's my truth, huh?! That I killed my mother?! is that why I was sent here. I want out ! this isn't real and this is a trick to make me weak. what demon are you? stop looking like my mother."

the guide continues to look on as Khillian crying and screaming starts banging on the walls around him begging to get him out of the sword. The guide then waves her hands and they are back to where it all started in the first cave with the two doors. This time, there is only one door and it swings open by itself. Khillian sees the room but the woman from before isn't there. He just sees the two cribs with the babies. He looks at the guide and she motions for him to enter the room.

Khillian wiping the tears from his face says "I wasn't allowed to last time."

She motions her hand again saying "the only way out is through" Khillian stomps into the room angrily until he reaches the cribs. He sees the lifeless babies and notices they are both baby versions of him. he looks at the guide confused asking "why is there two of me" the guide smiles and disappears saying "hope" as Khillian picks up one of the babies he gets a flash almost like a vision of one of the things he briefly saw on his journey. It's the caveman version of what he thought was himself in the dessert. Khillian realizes he has a twin and that the woman in the beginning of the journey was his mom. just then the hooded man appears again looking at him from a distance saying "death is your gift" Khillian then drops to the floor unconscious as everything starts to disappear and turn to smoke, green flames surround him and he disappears.

Malachi is staring at the sword waiting for Khillian to come back. The sword glows and lifts itself up on its own while green flames come out of it and Khillian is now on the floor knocked out. The sword hit the floor and Malachi runs to Khillian who is beginning to stir. When Khillian comes to he pushes Malachi away from him and runs out of the room and outside of the house. he runs to the grass and falls to the ground crying. Malachi runs behind him with Kendall not far behind hearing the commotion of Khillian crying outside. his siblings look at him from the window in the living room not knowing what's going on. Kendall begins to walk towards him and helps him up from the ground. he keeps repeating I killed her, I killed my mom. as his siblings watch they don't know what to make of it or why Khillian is saying what he is. Malachi and Kendall bring Khillian inside.

about thirty minutes later Khillian is calm and sitting in the living room in front of a fire place. he stares at the flames as he has flashes from his truth journey. he keeps seeing the cave man who he thought was him but was actually his twin. Khole and Kenneth then walk into the room. he looks up at them and starts to cry. Khole instantly goes to console him. as he retells his journey into the sword. Khole and Kenneth look on in shock.

Khillian: "I'm so sorry, i understand if you hate me."

Khole: why would we hate you ? its obvious you had no clue that would happen. its not your fault and even though destiny and fate has its way of being shitty. that man told man death would come and she chose that to give you life. even mom when she came to us when we touched the book. she didn't blame you. she loves you, so does dad, and Kenneth and I will always have your back. right Kenny ?

Kenneth is staring at his brother speechless.

Kenneth: I don't know what to say. this is all a lot to process. he begins pacing. I do not blame you or hate you but i am trying not to think how it is my fault by going to mom being a cry baby - if I hadn't . . .

Khillian stands up and hugs his brother tightly. "I'm sorry for everything, I swear I am" Kenneth hugs him tighter and says "while i am traumatized by things you've done, I forgive you because in reality we are all we have an we need to stick together not only for ourselves but for the world as well, were the protectors of the innocent. both his siblings burst out in laughter as Kenneth looks on confused. Khole and Kenneth walk out of the living room laughing as Kenneth trails behind asking what's so funny.

two months has gone by and the siblings have been training for the next step they are going to take towards finding their dad and their other sibling. Khillian and Kenneth have become closer which make khole's job easier as the middle sibling easier. She also has more confidence and has grown to sort of like magic as it has now brought her family closer. Each sibling is in their rooms packing stuff into bookbags as they get ready to leave to the magical realm. they have decided to try and find their dad first so that he can fill in any blanks from khillian's journey. Khillian acts like he is okay but deep inside he feels empty and lost and he keeps replaying the hooded man saying death is his gift to him. he wonders why the man looked directly at him and as everything else was true in that journey he fears what that phrase might mean for him. he writes down everything he heard about the steps to the prophecy and notes that multiple have died so he doesn't think death will come to him but he interprets it as the people who died for him to come into power to save the world. Kenneth on the other hand is in his room debating on whether or not he should bring his action figures with him Khole walks into his room and rolls her eyes.

Khole: "boy, if you don't leave those figures here" while laughing"

Kenneth puts the figures away, looks in the mirror one last time and walks out his room with his sister. they go to khillian's room.

Kenneth: "ready ?"

Khillian: "Almost, just got grab one thing. he goes to the dresser and grabs the picture of the family he found the day he moved in there. he looks at it, smiles then looks up at his siblings and walks downstairs with them. waiting for them is Malachi, Kendall and Serenity. They all say their farewells and the siblings make their way to the two trees their dad appeared in between. Kendall waves her hands and the blue flames engulf the trees teleporting the siblings in the process."

Malachi: "you think they gunna make it?"

Serenity: "I know they will. right mom?"

Kendall: "yes sugar plum, your dad trained them for this and if their anything skilled like you and him. the world and their dad's fate is in good hands."

Serenity: "what about their brother?"

Kendall and Malachi look at each other and smile

Malachi: "everything will work out the way its suppose to."

Kendall: "victory is ours, we walk in it , we claim it, it is so. blessed be my family."