It's been approximately eighteen years since Nadia escaped crocktown with Lilibeth and Charlie in the company of Sabrina.
Nadia raised Lilibeth in hensvile, which was also home to daughters of the house of the seven stars,a coven of witches dedicated to the study of astrology. Charlie on the other hand was forced to live with the male counterparts of the coven in the neighbouring town of Glockvile.
Lilibeth was given a normal childhood,Nadia had reached an agreement with Sabrina who is the head of the female order to exclude Lilibeth from all "unnatural occurrences" as Nadia would always call it .
She raised Nadia as her daughter in a small house few steps away from the coven but still she made sure Lilibeth was in not in near reach to the coven, Sabrina saw Nadia's actions as unreasonable and selfish because in as much as a few town members has often asked questions as to what was going on in the coven, although not much thought was given to it because the coven disguised it self as a housing shelter for women,they participated actively in all town and social activities and this has considerably drawn the attention away from them but Nadia would not have it another way,it was exactly what Mother Celia instructed her to do and personally,it worked well for to fit in as Lilibeth's mom .Little did she know that her little fairytale was about to end.
"Happy birthday sweetheart"Nadia said as she placed a kiss on Sabrina's forehead.
"Thank you mummy" responded Lilibeth as she placed her head back on the pillow away from her mom, she looked rather disturbed for someone who was celebrating her eighteenth birthday,but this was not unfounded,she was having a reoccurring dream for over two weeks now,she would always find herself on a lonely pat and from nowhere appeared man smiling, offering to take her home,she would always decline and this man would try to drag her forcefully to his destination and at this point she would wake up .This dream disturbed her but she always prevented herself from speaking to Nadia about it for fear of getting her worried.
"What's wrong baby?"Nadia who already sensed the detachment for Lilibeth asked .
"Nothing mom, i just have a slight headache,is Uncle Charlie coming into town today?"Lilibeth asked trying to change the topic.
"Well ,of course his coming,in fact,i'm sure he's already in his way to hensvile as we speak, now let's go get you some medicine for that headache sugarplum" Nadia said as she dragged Lilibeth out of bed.
Everyone in hensvile loved Lilibeth, especially the moms ,she was was always the kid parents wanted their children to befriend, hensvile was known for its fruit production and at 14 she was single handedly running her mom's apple farm,Nadia would only come in for supervision but everyone in town knew the success of the farm was Lilibeth's work. She was always outspoken for her age and it was also general knowledge that she had some wit,you could not intimidate her.This made her different, although hensvile could be perceived as a town where women were superior , that was not the case,the women worked whilst the men maintained their "superiority" ,but this wasn't Lilibeth,all the work she did was for herself and her mom and she always protected her mom from abuses from the male folk,she was admired by everyone except does who may have had a bad encounter with it her.
As she stepped out of the house to do her morning routine at the farm she was met with a crowd of admirers all bearing gifts,she hugged them as she received the gifts, almost in tears,Nadia watched from behind,she was proud of the daughter she raised .
At the farm , Lilibeth noticed some movement in the bushes,it's as if she was being watched,"who's there" ,she asked in fear as she picked up rake as she walked towards the bushes,for a minute,a manly figure ran through the bushes but like the speed of lightening he disappeared, Lilibeth recognized this man as the same man she saw in her dreams,she tried to pursue but he was not in sight anymore,at least not to her, scared,she picked up her tools and headed home in silence.
"Uncle Charlie!!!!" Lilibeth screamed with excitement as she saw Charlie through their dining window approaching the house.
"How are you my gummy bear ,ohh and you have grown fat "Charlie teased as he embraced Lilibeth
"Hello Charlie "
"Hello Nadia"
"Well i don't know why you guys are being awkward but let's go have dinner before it gets could" Lilibeth mockingly said to call back the attention of her mom and uncle who for some reason she could not understand kept staring at her.
Charlie was to her ,a brother to her mom and her dad was dead and Nadia and Charlie was the only family she had .
The three talked for hours after dinner,it was getting close to midnight,"it's past your bed time young lady,off to bed you go" said Nadia.
"Noo mum,i still want to hear stories fro uncle Charlie"Nadia rebelled.
Charlie who was enjoying the bickering finally decided to chip in "okay now gummy bear,go to sleep and I'll continue my stories tomorrow"
"Okay uncle Charlie,but just because you promised "said Lilibeth jokingly as she went into her room.
"You look worried Nadia, hope you're good" Charlie asked Nadia because she seemed distracted .
"I'm infact,I'm just worried about Nadia,she is going so fast,soon she'll have to face her destiny and I fear what she'll have to go through"Nadia explained.
"I know,but you don't have to worry,she has you ,me and the entire house of the seven stars to protect her, she'll be fine" Said Charlie as he hugged her, Nadia had told him about their identity on the day they left crocktown and he decided to protect Lilibeth and Nadia no matter the cost.
Lilibeth was dreaming again,she was in a staircase,as she stepped down she was met with an old gate,the gate seemed more like a back door rather than the main entranceof any vicinity. As she stepped into the gate,to was met with the most erie scene,she saw thousands of people in this place, they all seemed to be lost,sad and detached,it was dark but you could see everything,she felt warm but the heat increased as she stepped went deeper into this strange land,the ground pulsed softly beneath her bare feet, alive in a way that made her pulse quicken with unease. She was startled as she heard her name from within the darkness,she looked back to see the man who always appeared in his dreams,the same man she presumed to have seen today.
This time she didn't try to resist the man ,she was rather curious,"who are you?" She asked.
"That's irrelevant my child ,all you need is to trust me to get you home " said the man as he stretched forth his hand with a smile, urging Lilibeth to hold it
Lilibeth advised herself against being rebellious this time,she held his hand as he led her deep to the this strange City.
A sharp piercing voice let out a cry which made Lilibeth uncomfortable,she turned to ask the man what this city was about but she was thrown into shock,her guide was no longer a man but some faceless creature,she immediately let go ,she tried to run but was immediately grabbed by the creature,she felt crazy,the face of the man appeared all around laughing rather menacingly,then suddenly she saw her self suppressed under what seemed to be water ,the substance was hot and to hot to be water and she was struggling for her breath,the creature held a deep down with his hands across her knock,she was about to get give up when suddenly everything stopped,the pain,the burning, everything,she felt a new strength flow through her veins,as she opened her eyes ,it was white, slowly she emerged from the watery substance, crimson tears dropped from her eye,her body was pale but she had never felt stronger,she held the faceless creature by the neck,the creature suddenly fell to ashes....
Back in human realm, Nadia and Charlie were worried, Lilibeth was heard screaming at night and they both rushed into her room to meet her sweating profusely,they had tried everything to wake her up to no avail.
"Nadia ,i have to go get Sabrina or we might loose her"Charlie urged Nadia who was reluctant to inform Sabrina of this development for fear of opening the door for what she had prevented from happening for sixteen years.
"Do what you have to do,i can't loose my baby"she responded in tears .
"ex hoc mundo ignoto oriuntur"Sabrina chanted repeatedly as she tried to wake Lilibeth who was already convulsing up from her dream.
"Noooo!!!!" Lilibeth screamed as she finally woke,tears filled in her eyes, she was immediately drawn into a hug by NadNia who tried to comfort her"it's alright honey , you're safe".
"Their, was a man mom,a man,he,he...." Lilibeth stuttered in fear as she tried to explain her ordeal .
She finally narrated what happened in the dream after Nadia calmed her down.
"It's Asmodeus,he is coming after her,you have to tell her who she is ,it's time "Sabrina said.
"Mom what's she talking about,who am I?"Lilibeth queried.
"There is something i have to tell you darling, promise you'll forgive me?"said Nadia with tears filled in her eyes.
"What is it mom, you're scaring me"
Nadia looked Lilibeth in the eye as she gently stroked her her,"the thing my love is that i'm not actually your mom....."