JUSTIN POV + AMBER'S ENTRY
IN JUSTIN'S ROOM
Lauren kneels beside me.
Her eyes are full of worry.
Lauren: "Justin… what happened? You look terrified." 😓
Megan: "Sorry, Justin… I shouldn't have shouted." 😕
Justin: "Please don't say that, Aunt… I'm fine. Really." 😱
My voice cracks.
I'm not fine.
I'm the most not fine person in the entire universe.
The door opens.
Everyone crowds into my room—Stephen, Joseph, Grandfather, Grandmother…
But my eyes lock on one person.
Jonathan.
My father.
Alive.
Breathing.
Young.
Warm.
His face softens the moment he sees me.
Jonathan: "Justin… are you okay?" 😥
Before I can think, I throw myself at him, hugging him tightly enough to crush bones.
A year ago—in my timeline—my father died.
He died believing he failed me.
He died broken.
But now…
He is here, alive… and so handsome that my eyes actually sting.
Jonathan: (startled) "W-What happened?" 😨
Justin: "Nothing happened… my handsome dad." 😊
Everyone: 😳😳😳
The entire family's soul leaves their bodies.
He called Jonathan… HANDSOME?!
Red flags.
Huge red flags.
Stephen: "Why is he talking like this?"
Joseph: "Did he hit his head?"
Grandmother: "Why is Justin acting so strange?"
Grandfather: "Is he possessed?" 😒
Lauren and Megan stay close to me.
I can sense how anxious they are.
To them, it looks like I'm a lost, scared little boy acting like he met his family for the first time.
Which…
Is not wrong.
Because I did meet them again.
After losing them all.
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IN THE MAIN HALL – THE FAMILY WAR
Stephen: "Should we… inform her?" 😨
Jonathan: 😠 glare of absolute warning
The temperature drops ten degrees.
Joseph raises his hands.
Joseph: "Brother… even though Justin thinks his mother ran away, we know the truth. And she still has rights as his mother—"
Grandmother: "DON'T YOU DARE CALL HER WHEN I'M HERE!" 😠
Grandfather: "If you won't let them call her, then I will call her personally!" 😤
Jonathan: 😶 (internally panicking; externally blank)
The whole hall explodes into chaos.
In the middle of shouting,
Jonathan goes silent.
Completely frozen.
Because memories he tried to bury for 10 years
are crawling back.
Amber.
Her disappearance.
Her temperament.
Her power.
And everything that followed.
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IN JUSTIN'S SCHOOL
The bullies are searching for him.
Bully 1: "Where is that brat today?" 😏
Thomas: "Don't call my brother that!" 😤
Emily: "Ignore them, brother. Dogs bark… they don't bite." 😏
Bully 2: 😠
Bully 3: "Principal sir is coming!" 😥
Even though Justin stayed away to protect Thomas and Emily…
they still loved him more than anything.
Such sweet children.
More like Jonathan than Amber, perhaps.
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SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE SAME SCHOOL
A 10-year-old girl stands in the principal's office.
Her hair is messy.
Her uniform is torn.
But she is completely calm.
The boy she fought with is full of bruises.
His mother is furious.
The principal looks exhausted.
Principal: "Madam, she is a GIRL. She cannot fight like this." 😠
Lady (calm, cold): 😠 silent glare
Principal: "If this continues, we will have to issue a transfer certificate!" 😠
Principal: "Madam, please… say SOMETHING!" 😓
The boy smirks.
His mother smirks.
Too early.
Boy's Mother: "Tell her to apologize to my son. Then I'll forgive her." 😠
Suddenly—
The woman smirks.
A slow, terrifying smirk.
Everyone freezes.
Lady: "Sir, instead of me… someone else is on the way. She will speak to you." 😏
The principal feels his soul leave his body.
And then—
The door opens.
A woman in her 30s walks in.
A dark aura surrounds her like a queen of shadows.
Every student and teacher outside the office goes silent.
Not a single person dares to breathe loudly.
The girl brightens instantly.
Lady: "Sis!" 😁 (voice cute like a 10-year-old)
Everyone: 😨😨😨
The girl points at the boy.
Girl: "Aunt Amber, they said a girl shouldn't hit a boy." 😏
Second lady: "And this boy's mother wants an apology." 😤
Amber smiles.
Not a warm smile.
A terrifying one.
Amber: "Is that true, sir?" 👿
Principal: I'm dead. 😭
Principal: "NO NO! The boy is wrong! They should apologize! Mrs. Smith—PLEASE apologize!" 😅
Mrs. Smith: "W-What? …Sorry ma'am! Sorry little girl!" 😅
Mrs. Smith: (to her son) "APOLOGIZE!"
Boy: "I—I'm sorry, Lucy! I'm sorry, Aunt!" 🥲
Amber: "Don't repeat this again." 👿
Every teacher and student outside nods violently.
Amber: "Let's go, Lucy. Natalie."
Lucy: "Okay, Aunt!" 😄
Natalie: "Okay, Sis!" 😁
The school collapses in relief the moment they leave.
Mrs. Smith trembles.
Mrs. Smith: "Who the hell IS she?!" 😠
Principal: (whispers) "Don't talk loudly… if she returns, you, your son, and this entire school will vanish." 😓
Mrs. Smith: "What do you mean?!"
Principal: "You know Jonathan Davis?"
Mrs. Smith: "Oh my god, the handsome man whose wife ran away?!" 😅
Boy: "I'm hurt too, look at me someone—"
Principal: "She is that wife."
Mrs. Smith: 😶
Amber Davis.
The legendary villainess.
The nightmare of the city.
The woman who disappeared 10 years ago…
Has returned.