Eternity_AThousandFeelings4

Chapter 19

"Oh my! Sharon! You look pretty in a wedding dress!" Julie said as she looked at Sharon who was trying on the wedding gown.

"Do I? I don't look�ugly right? I'm so afraid that I'm not suitable for Kang Ta," Sharon said.

"Don't worry about it," Emily said.

"You don't understand," Sharon said as she sat in front of the dressing table. "It's like�I'm getting married, oh my God! I don't know what to do at all!" Ji Hye smiled. She was also trying on the wedding gown.

"I know how you feel Sharon!" Ji Hye said. "I never thought that I would get married this early." Sharon nodded.

"Do�do you think that I could take back what I promised?" Sharon asked.

"Sharon," Ko Mi said as she looked at her.

"I'm serious, Ko Mi! I'm suddenly so afraid!" Sharon said as she twisted her hands.

"It'll be ok, Sharon," Cindi comforted.

"Hey! There's some of us who wants to get married but the other one would never even say that they wanted to get married," Emily said.

"I don't think that Andy would ever make the first move, Emily," Linna said. "The way that we know him, he would probably wait like ten more years before he makes the first move." Emily looked down as if she was all exhausted.

"What should I do with Andy?" Emily asked.

"Wait ten years?" Kai joked.

"No~!" Emily pouted. "All of this is getting me wanting to get married as well." The rest of the girls laughed.

"We know how you feel, Emily. Everyone's like�jealous of Sharon and Ji Hye that they got to marry the guy that they like so early," Cindi said. Emily sighed.

"At least you people have more of a chance than I do," Emily said.

"Hey! You never know. Maybe Andy would ask to marry you tomorrow," Julie said with a wink.

"You could never know what happens tomorrow," Celine suddenly said as she walked into the room. The rest of the girls looked at her.

"What do you mean, Celine?" Holly asked. Celine sighed as she sat back down.

"I could tell you that I was once engaged and about to marry a man also," Celine said. "I loved him dearly but he betrayed me." Sharon looked closely at her.

"You�were once Kang Ta's fianc� no?" Sharon asked slowly and carefully. Celine smiled bitterly.

"Yes. I was," Celine said. The other girls looked at one another.

"You're not trying to hint that Kang Ta would betray Sharon as well, are you?" Miya asked. Celine looked at Miya.

"Are you sure that he wouldn't?" Celine asked.

"Sharon has so many friends around her. I don't think that he could," Miya answered.

"I had plenty of friends when the two of us were engaged. What made you think would have stopped him from betraying a girl when he wanted to?" Celine asked. The girls looked at her silently without a word.

"I don't believe that he would do that," Sharon said as she shook her head.

"Why do you think I left him? Because I don't think that he's good enough for me?" Celine demanded. She then shook her head. "I had evidence that he betrayed me." Sharon looked up.

"The�reason that he left you�was because you didn't believe him," Sharon said slowly. Celine looked fiercely at Sharon.

"What did you just say?" Celine asked slowly and dangerously. Sharon looked up at her. Sharon then looked at her in a more soft way, more sympathizing her than anything.

"He left you because you didn't believe him," Sharon said softly. Celine clenched her fist.

"How many things�did Ahn Chil Hyun tell you?" Celine asked in a dangerous voice close to a whisper.

"Ahn Chil Hyun?" Miya asked as she looked at Sharon. Who in the world is that?

"Ahn Chil Hyun is Kang Ta's real name," Sharon explained. She then looked back at Celine. "He told me everything." Celine started to laugh in a maniacal way.

"Everything. He told you everything," Celine said to herself as she laughed. "Why does he love you so much? He told you everything but he never told me one thing that he did when he's not with me." She looked at Sharon. "What's so special about you? Just because you are younger? But so what? You're going to grow old one day." Sharon shook her head.

"Don�t say anymore," Sharon whispered. "Please. He doesn't want other people to be involved in this situation." Celine continued to laugh.

"What doesn't he want anyone to know?" Celine asked.

"Stop, Celine. Stop," Sharon whispered.

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"Do you think that Celine was always evil?" Jae Won suddenly asked as they looked across the cliff that they were standing on. The people there with him were Kang Ta, Brian, Min Woo, and Jun Jin.

"Why did you ask that?" Jun Jin asked. Jae Won sighed. He looked at Brian.

�I�m sorry, Brian hyung. It�s just from what I learned about her. She doesn�t seem to be as nice as all of you put her,� Jae Won said. �I don�t even think that this time�when she came back�it was because of revenge. What I mean is that I don�t think that she�s�crazy right now because of revenge. I think that she was like that a long time ago.�

�What happened?� Jun Jin asked, confused.

"Is it ok if I tell Jun Jin?" Jae Won asked Brian. Brian sighed and looked at the darkening skies.

�It doesn�t seem as if she�s my sister anymore,� Brian said. He looked back at Jae Won. �You may tell Jun Jin.�

�Well, you know how there were rumors a thousand years ago�the one we told you about Kang Ta and Vanessa. Well�when Celine found out about the rumors, she didn�t just harm Kang Ta,� Jae Won said slowly to Jun Jin. Jun Jin raised his eyebrow.

�Don�t tell me that she also did something to��

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Celine continued to laugh. When she finally stopped, she looked at Sharon.

�You think that you could keep Ahn Chil Hyun, don�t you?� Celine said.

�I never wanted to keep him,� Sharon said with a frown as she shook her head. �It�s just that�we love one another. It�s two sided. I would never make him do something that he doesn�t want to do.� Celine glared at her.

�Love. What is love? Tell me,� Celine demanded. �Love. Wasn�t that what we had for one another, Kang Ta and I? Why did he go with you?� Sharon shook her head.

�I told you. You betrayed Kang Ta,� Sharon said. Celine looked at Sharon.

�Don�t think that you could keep Kang Ta. I�ll never let you have Kang Ta,� Celine said as she moved her body a little closer to Sharon. �AS. LONG. AS. I�M. ALIVE.�

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Chapter 20

"What has she done to Vanessa?" Jun Jin asked. He suddenly feels his heart beating a little faster than usual. Jae Won smiled a little bitterly.

"Keep in mind that I heard this from Kang Ta and Brian," Jae Won said. Jun Jin nodded. "She made Vanessa go through a terrible death. First, she ruined her face when she captured her." He turned and looked at Jun Jin. "You should know how important the face is to a woman. In fact, as a...prostitute, it matter to her more than anything in the world." Jun Jin nodded. "Then, she got a doctor and made her have an abortion."

"Well...If I was her, I would make the woman have an abortion also if the father is my fianc�," Jun Jin said with a nod. Jae Won shook his head.

"I understand the abortion part. But what if she made the woman go through abortion with no anesthesia?" Jae Won asked. Jun Jin's eyes widened.

"With...no anesthesia?" Jun Jin asked. Jae Won nodded.

"You could imagine how much it would hurt. In fact, Vanessa was about four months pregnant already. That means that she would have the pains and at the same time see the unborn child get aborted from her," Jae Won said. Jun Jin kept on shaking his head.

"That's not right. Didn't the doctor protest?" Jun Jin asked.

"That doctor was deeply in love with Celine," Jae Won said. "He would jump off the building for her to fall in love with him." Jun Jin then nodded in understanding.

"Didn't you people know about it?" Jun Jin asked Kang Ta and Brian.

"We came home and heard the screams and everything but...she insisted that we were hearing things and nothing is around," Kang Ta said. "She didn't allow us to find it. She wanted to hide Vanessa so there was no way that we were going to find Vanessa when she was hidden in a hidden tunnel that Celine had made."

"How did you find out about this then?" Jun Jin asked.

"The doctor wrote it all in his diary when he got back. He mentioned that Celine told him to go back to the hidden tunnel the next day. The diary stopped there," Min Woo said.

"A hidden tunnel?" Jun Jin asked. "How many girls did she plan to do this to?" Kang Ta then looked at Brian.

"Oh God," Brian suddenly said. "I never notice that...those girls who disappeared..." Kang Ta then stood there in shock for a while.

"Sharon..." Kang Ta whispered. He then turned around and ran toward the hotel, hoping that it's not too late...

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"What's the matter, Kang Ta?" Tony asked as the four boys ran into the hotel. Kang Ta looked at Tony.

"Have you seen Celine or Sharon?" Kang Ta asked. Tony shook his head.

"I heard Miya dongseng say that they were going to talk in Sharon's room. I mean the girls that is. I'm not sure if they include Celine or not," Tony said. Kang Ta nodded and then ran to the elevator. When they reached the floor that Sharon's room was at, they ran to the room.

"Sharon!" Kang Ta called out as he banged on the door. After a while, the door opened and Sharon appeared from the other side of the room.

"Kang Ta? What's the matter?" Sharon asked. Kang Ta then pulled Sharon into his arms. Sharon laughed. "What's the matter?"

"Did�Celine come to look for you?" Kang Ta asked. Sharon nodded.

"She came and talked a lot of bull to Sharon," Miya said.

"I never noticed that she's so annoying until now," Lami commented. "I hope I don't offend anyone when I say that."

"She just came in and started to tell us how you betrayed her and everything," Ji Hye said as she shook her head.

"Maybe we should get Tony oppa to throw her out," Cindi commented. The other girls nodded in approval. However, for Kang Ta, he didn't hear the whole conversation.

"I'm glad that you're ok," Kang Ta whispered. Sharon smiled.

"As long as you're beside me, I'll never be afraid," Sharon said. Kang Ta nodded.

"I'll never leave you," Kang Ta said. At this time, Julie sighed.

"So sweet. Just wished that I had someone who would be as sweet as Taya oppa to me," Julie commented. The rest of the girls laughed.

"Oh my," Linna said. "Julie's going to get boy-crazy. If any of you already have an eye for a guy in this hotel, better make the move first." Julie slapped Linna gently.

"Don't talk about me like that," Julie said. Linna laughed.

"I'm just kidding," Linna said. Julie smiled.

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"He told her everything," Celine said to herself as she looked out the window. "Why? Why did he have to tell her everything and he never told me anything?" She then looked around the tunnel and started to laugh maniacal. "I betrayed him? I'll show you what is betray." She took the whip that was at the side and started to whip at the pile of bones that was at the side. "You can never take Kang Ta away from me�you could never take him away from me�He's mine. HE'S MINE!!!!!!" One of the skulls that were in the pile then cracked into two pieces as the whips came down on the bones mercilessly�

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"Don't ever go out with Celine," Kang Ta said as Sharon lied on his chest in her room. Sharon looked up at him.

"Why?" Sharon asked.

"Just don't go with her," Kang Ta said. Sharon nodded.

"Ok," Sharon answered. Kang Ta suddenly smiled.

"Why do you promise me so quick?" Kang Ta asked.

"Because I believe what you tell me. You must have your own reasons to tell me what you want me to do," Sharon said. Kang Ta kissed her gently on her forehead. Sharon smiled playfully. "You even told me your deepest secrets. Why can't I believe you now that I could blackmail you?" Kang Ta laughed.

"You think that I'll be that easily blackmailed by you?" Kang Ta asked softly as he touched her nose with his index finger. Sharon shook her head.

"That's why I'm joking," Sharon said. Kang Ta smiled and pulled her a little closer to him.

"I'm just concerned that you don't go out with her that much. Who knows what she would do? She's not in her right mind," Kang Ta said. Sharon nodded.

"I know. I saw it in her eyes this afternoon. She looks as if she was about to become insane any minute," Sharon said.

"Or maybe, she was insane since the beginning," Kang Ta said.

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Chapter 21

"Celine?" Sharon said in surprise when she saw who was the person knocking at her door. Celine looked up and smiled sweetly.

"I'm so sorry for the other day, Sharon," Celine said. "I must explain that I drank some wine before I came to look for you the other day. I apologize for my attitude." Sharon nodded slowly.

"It's ok," Sharon said with a smile. Celine smiled.

"I hope that you forgive me," Celine said. Sharon nodded.

"It's not a big problem," Sharon said.

"How about we take a walk to the town and I'll treat you to lunch as a repayment for the way that I was to you?" Celine offered. Sharon thought for a while and then shook her head. Celine's smile disappeared.

"What do you mean?" Celine asked. "Are you afraid that I would do something?" Sharon shook her head immediately.

"It's�just that I have something to do," Sharon said. Celine looked at her closely.

"As?" Celine asked.

"I�have to talk to Ji Hye some more about the wedding," Sharon said.

"Oh," Celine said. "I suppose that it would take a few minutes?" Sharon shook her head.

"It would take a long time," Sharon said. "I guess I should go looking for her now." Celine stopped her as she walking out of the door. Sharon turned and looked at her. Celine looked at her and smiled.

"I'll go with you. I'm sure that I could help since we are all girls," Celine said.

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"Ji Hye! I'm here to talk about the wedding," Sharon said.

"There's not too much to talk- I mean there's a lot to talk about!" Ji Hye immediately changed what she had to say when she saw Celine beside Sharon. Celine smiled.

"Hi Ji Hye. I'm sorry about my attitude the other day," Celine said. Ji Hye nodded violently.

"I know what you mean. I�get those days once in a while," Ji Hye said. Celine smiled.

"I'm here to help you talk about the wedding. I think that I could help in many ways since we're all girls," Celine said. Ji Hye smiled and nodded.

"I'm sure. Yeah," Ji Hye stuttered. She then got out from behind the counter. "Let's talk at the sofa then." Celine nodded. Ji Hye looked at Sharon who looked back at her with begging for help eyes.

"So�Celine�don't you have something to do today?" Ji Hye asked. Celine shrugged.

"I'm free for the whole day," Celine said.

"Oh," Ji Hye answered, sensing some kind of trouble from this girl. She glanced at Celine. �Are you sure that there�s nothing from the store that you work at that you would have to finish off?� Celine smiled. Although it might seem friendly to most people, Ji Hye was positive that she sensed some sort of poison behind the honey.

�Of course not. I told them that I would be taking a few days off,� Celine said. She then turned and looked at Sharon. �I think that I�ll start working again when Sharon leaves.� Sharon smiled somewhat nervously.

�You don�t have to give up your job for me. It�s not worth it,� Sharon said.

�Of course it is,� Celine said as she took one step closer to Sharon. Sharon took one step back. �I have to make sure that everything is SAFE before I could put all my heart back at work.�

�Of course everything is safe. Why would it be otherwise?� Sharon asked. Celine smiled deepened.

�Are you sure about that?� Celine asked in a voice close to whisper. �But I�m almost sure that it�s not.�

�Why do I feel that you have another meaning in your words?� Ji Hye asked straightforwardly. Celine turned around and looked at her again. She met up with a pair of eyes that told her that the owner of the eyes was not afraid of her anymore and would fight against her to the end.

�Because,� Celine started, �it could either be that you think too much or I really have another meaning to what I�m saying.� She then looked back at Sharon. �What do you think, Sharon?� Sharon took another step back.

�Why would you want to know my opinion?� Sharon asked.

�Of course I would want to know,� Celine said. �Why do you seem as if you want to walk away from me? Am I scaring you in some way that I don�t know of?� Sharon shook her head.

�I would prefer it if you left my fianc� alone, Celine,� a voice came out from behind them. Sharon turned around and found Kang Ta there. She immediately ran over to him. Celine looked at Sharon with poisonous stares.

�What do you mean by that, Kang Ta? Are you actually afraid that I would harm her?� Celine asked. She then gave out a short laugh. �What makes you think that I would lower myself and try to harm her? She�s not even half of my standards.� Sharon then moved closer to Kang Ta. She could humiliate her all she wants. She just doesn�t want to get near her.

�Yes. I�m afraid that you�re going to hurt Sharon,� Kang Ta said. �That�s why I would like to prevent that from happening. Therefore, I ask you to stay away from her.� Celine stared at Kang Ta.

�I can�t believe that just came out of you,� Celine whispered.

�There are many things that people didn�t believe but it all came true,� Kang Ta said. Celine turned around and walked to the elevator.

�Thanks, Kang Ta,� Ji Hye said as she let out a sigh of relief. Kang Ta shook his head.

�I must thank you for not allowing Celine to spend time with Sharon alone. Ji Hye smiled.

�No big deal,� Ji Hye said. She then grimaced. �I don�t like that Celine girl anyway. She seems to be scheming something every time she talks.� Kang Ta nodded. Ji Hye then lowered her head. �I�m sorry Kang Ta. I forgot that she use to be your�� She then looked over at Sharon and she blushed more.

�It doesn�t matter,� Sharon said with a smile. �It�s true that she use to be his fianc� anyway.� Ji Hye smiled at her.

�And it�s ok. I know how she is,� Kang Ta said as he shook his head. �She wasn�t just like that to Sharon�I�ll tell you people what happened one day.� Ji Hye smiled.

�You know that whenever you need someone to talk to, you have all of us,� Ji Hye said. Kang Ta smiled and nodded. Ji Hye then glanced at Sharon. "Not to mention that you also have Sharon." Sharon blushed slightly.

"Stop it, Ji Hye," Sharon protested. Ji Hye smiled.

"It's true though," Ji Hye said.

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"I hate her with a passion," Brian heard Celine said to herself as he walked into the room that Celine was staying in.

"Celine�"

"No stop. I don't want to hear about it anymore," Celine said as she shook her head. "Nobody could take Hyunnie away from me. No one. Not even if he loves her more than he loves me." She looked at Brian. "I have questions, oppa. Tell me. Do you think that Kang Ta would love me if Sharon disappears?" Brian looked at her and firmly shook his head. Celine looked away. "Why?"

"Because his love for you already died," Brian said. Celine nodded.

"Second question," Celine said. She looked at Brian with a ghastly smile. "Do you think that Kang Ta loves Sharon only for her face?" Brian looked at her, horrified.

"What are you thinking about, Celine?" Brian asked. Celine shook her head.

"Nothing," Celine lied. "We all know that�Kang Ta loves Sharon�can't change right? Hehe�" She then started to laugh to herself and started to mumble something to herself. Brian shook his head and slowly backed himself out of the room.

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"She's insane," Brian said. He shook his head. "She�was always insane." Jae Won and the rest of the people nodded.

"I'm sorry, Brian," Min Woo said. Brian shook his head.

"It's none of you people's responsibility," Brian said. He looked toward the horizon. "Was it my fault? Did I neglect her too much when she was a child?"

"You gave her all the love that she could ever want," Kang Ta said.

"Sometimes�attention and love is not enough. Is there something missing in her heart that I�no�anyone around couldn't put in?" Brian said as he shook his head. He looked at Kang Ta. "I'm just worried about Sharon. Take good care of her. I don�t know what crazy things my sister would do." Kang Ta nodded.

"She was attempting to get Sharon by herself these days," Kang Ta said. Brian nodded.

"Just be careful," Brian said.

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"What do you want, Celine?" Sharon said as she stared at the female in front of her that was holding on to Lami. Celine laughed.

"What do I want?" Celine asked in a whisper. She then started to laugh again. She then looked at Sharon again. "Do you want me to let go of your friend?" Sharon looked at her.

"What do you want?" Sharon repeated. Celine looked at her coldly.

"I. Want. You. To. Leave. With. Me. And. Go. To. A. Place," Celine said as a chilling smile appeared on her face.

"No! Sharon! Don't go with her!" Lami yelled. Celine then deepened the knife at Lami's throat deeper in. A cut was caused and some blood fought to get out. Lami let out a slight cry of pain. Sharon looked at Lami, worried. Sharon looked back at Celine.

"I'll go with you. Let go of Lami," Sharon said. Celine smiled. She then motioned for Sharon to go over. Sharon walked over. When Sharon was in reach of Celine, Celine hit Lami and made her faint before grabbing Sharon. "What did you do to Lami!?" Sharon protested. Celine smiled.

"Don't worry. She just fainted. I guarantee that nothing would happen to her," Celine said. She then pulled Sharon over and placed the knife behind her. "Now, let's go to the place." Sharon glanced back at her. Celine smiled again. "I guarantee that you would LOVE it."

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Chapter 22

"Lami!" the people heard Hye Sung scream from the room that Lami stayed in. They were all looking for Sharon for a few hours already. The people immediately ran into the room.

"Oh my God! Lami!" Miya yelled as she ran over to Lami. Lami was lying on the floor unconscious and there were bloodstains near her neck.

"I swear�I'll kill her if anything happens to Lami�" Hye Sung said in a low voice as he panted and looked at Lami. At this time, Lami's eyes fluttered and she slowly opened her eyes and looked at Hye Sung.

"Hye�Sung�" Lami said.

"Lami!" Hye Sung called out as he pulled her closer to him. "Are you okay? Do you feel ok?" Lami nodded.

"Help�Sharon�Celine�she just fainted me�but she took Sharon away�" Lami said. She then closed her eyes.

"Lami!" Hye Sung yelled.

"Don't worry. She probably just lost a little too much blood. Just let her rest a little and she would get better," Jae Won said. Hye Sung looked at Jae Won and then nodded. Kang Ta got up and made his way for the door.

"Where are you going, Kang Ta?" Brian asked as he stopped Kang Ta. Kang Ta looked at him.

"Where else? I can't let anything happen to Sharon," Kang Ta said. Brian shook his head.

"Are you even sure where she would be?" Brian asked. Kang Ta shook his head.

"But I'm going to try. I'm going to check in the tunnel first," Kang Ta said. Brian nodded.

"I'll go with you," Brian said. Kang Ta looked at Brian.

"I'm sorry Brian�If I do something to her when I see her�I'm sorry," Kang Ta said as he shook his head. Brian patted him on his shoulder.

"I understand, Kang Ta," Brian said as he sighed. "She needs to be punished�I shouldn't have spoiled her to this point."

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"Where are we?" Sharon asked as she turned and looked at Celine. Celine gave her a chilling smile.

"I don't think that you would want to know now," Celine said. Sharon looked at her for a second and then looked back in front of her. The fog was building up by now and the temperature seems to have went down quite a bit. Sharon looked around her. The scenes had changed a few times already. It had changed from a forest of trees to bushes and now there were only rocks and stones. They had ridden a boat here to this island that seems to be have been abandoned.

Suddenly, she extended her hand and caught hold of what seems to be a snowflake. Celine smiled.

"Hope that you would be this happy when we reach where we want to go."

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"So�where is this place?" Hee Jun asked as they sat in the ship. Brian looked at them.

"It's a private island. I'm pretty sure that she took Sharon there," Brian said.

"Private island? What for? Vacation?" Dong Wan asked.

"I wish that it would be vacation for them also. But too bad it's not," Min Woo said.

"Why not?" Andy asked.

"Well�I think that I should start off with the fact that Celine has two places to torture people. Or should I say kill," Brian said as he frowned. "For the people who are more weak and have less power, she would use the tunnel. Of course, throughout the people that we know, there are girls who would fight back and she would take them to the island."

"How do you know so much about Celine?" Fany asked. Brian glanced at him and then looked back at the seas.

"She's my younger sister," Brian said. The people looked at him in shock.

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"Where�where�are�we?" Sharon asked as she rubbed her arms. This place was freezing. Celine smiled.

"This, would be the place that you would be spending for the rest of your life," Celine said in a voice near a whisper. Sharon turned and looked at her.

"What do you mean?" Sharon asked. Celine slammed the door shut Sharon ran to the door and tried to open it as Celine laughed.

"Don't worry. You could never get out of here," Celine said. "This door is made especially so that even the strongest things can't open the door." Sharon stared at her. Celine smiled. "What? You hate me? I know that, dear. How about let us just say that maybe we could change positions from now on?" Celine then turned and walked away as she laughed.

"What are you going to do?" Sharon yelled out. Celine stopped and turned back.

"What do you think?" Celine asked. "I think that it's about time that my dreams can be fulfilled."

"That could never happen," Sharon said as she shook her head. Celine smiled again.

"It could if you are gone and I take your place," Celine said. "Oh I forgot. Maybe you wouldn't be able to stay that long at all. There's no food or water in there. Good luck, dear." She then turned and walked away.

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"This place�is weird," Gigi commented. Brian nodded.

"One part of it is completely cold and another part it's hot," Miya said.

"That's how it always was," Brian said. "It consists of three parts. One part is extremely hot, one part is like a jungle, and the third part is like the Arctic or even worse."

"That's�weird," Ko Mi said. The rest of the people nodded.

"Where do you think Celine would hide Sharon?" Sea asked.

"I have no idea. I hope it's not in the extremes because she would definitely die before the end of the day but if I'm guessing right, Celine left her in the extremes," Brian said with a frown.

"What about the jungles? Are they dangerous?" Julie asked. Brian nodded.

"Their danger is not the weather. It's the things that roam in there," Brian said. "There's things that are seen in the outside worlds and there are things that are never seen before. Celine probably doesn't know the whole place either."

"Is that good or bad?" Ji Hye asked.

"I don't know," Brian said.

"Kang Ta!"

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Chapter 23

"Sharon?" Kang Ta said to himself questioningly. It seems to be her�but somewhat different. She ran up to Kang Ta and hugged him.

"I missed you," she said. Kang Ta didn't know how to react to this. The rest of the people looked at her and Kang Ta.

"What's the matter?" she asked. Brian looked at her.

"You're not Sharon," Brian said immediately.

"What do you mean?" she asked.

"Celine�I�I can't betray them," Brian said. "I know that it's you." She looked at him dangerously.

"What are you talking about?" she asked through gritted teeth.

"Celine�there's a birthmark one inch above your elbow. Sharon doesn't," Brian said. Celine then looked at the rest of the people. Kang Ta grabbed her over.

"Where's Sharon?" he asked. Celine started to laugh. She looked at Brian first.

"I can't believe that my own older brother would betray me," she said in a whisper. She then turned and looked at Kang Ta. "You owe me. You fell in love with Sharon." Kang Ta shook his head.

"You betrayed me first," Kang Ta said. "You ruined my heart, my life, and my face." Celine shook her head.

"I'm tired about talking about this," Celine said. She looked back at Kang Ta. "Hyunnie�let us just go away and never come back. Please." Kang Ta shook his head slowly.

"Celine�I can't go anywhere without Sharon�" Kang Ta said. Celine smiled.

"Pretend that I'm her. I could be like her if you want. Just go with me. Please?" Celine pleaded. Kang Ta continued shaking his head.

"Celine�you could never be her. She's unique to me," Kang Ta said. He then looked at her. "Please. Tell me where she is." Celine looked at him longingly for a few minutes. She then looked at the skies and started to laugh.

"Sharon�unique�why? Why does this have to happen to me? Why did I have to lose you? Why?" Celine screamed. She then looked back at Kang Ta. She smiled. "Oh well. I guess everything is end for us right?" Kang Ta looked at her. Was she going to tell him? Or was she�

"Celine�" Brian started to say. Celine held up her hand for Brian to stop. Celine looked at Brian.

"You know that I hate you and love you at the same time, oppa. But I guess�I just love you more than I hate you," Celine said.

"It's ok, Celine. Come back. I still love you," Brian said as he held out his arms to Celine. Celine shook her head.

"Good-bye oppa," Celine said. She looked at Kang Ta with a cold smile. "You'll never know where she is," she whispered. She then turned around and ran.

"Come back here, Celine!" Kang Ta yelled. He then ran after her.

"Celine!" Brian yelled. The rest of the people followed them and ran after Celine.

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She was at the edge of the beach. She turned around and looked at the group of people right behind her.

"You all wanted me to die since the beginning, right? Especially you, Ahn Chil Hyun, right? You hated me for coming back with you was in a relationship with Sharon. You hated me so much that you wanted me to die right?" Celine said.

"No. I never wanted anyone to die. I can't forgive you for hurting me and hurting Sharon. But I never hated you," Kang Ta said. Celine shook her head.

"What's the difference?" Celine whispered. She looked at Brian. "Oppa�"

"Celine�I love you. You know that. You're my younger sister, girl," Brian said gently. Celine smiled bitterly.

"You love me? But you love Sharon more. You treat her more like your younger sister than the way you treat me," Celine said. Brian shook his head.

"I'm just trying to pull you back from becoming evil," Brian explained. Celine shook her head.

"I hate all of you," Celine said. "I hate all of you and love some of you at the same time." She looked at Kang Ta. "You�You know that I love you, right? But I can't stand to let someone else have you after I die�"

"What are you talking about?" Brian cut in.

"I'm going to die, oppa," Celine said gently. She then smiled angelically. "I found the way to cure the usage of the Tears of Angels, oppa. I could die." She then looked at them in the cold and evil way again. "But you people would never know." She then turned around and jumped into the ocean.

"Celine!" Brian screamed. Everyone then jumped in after her in search for her.

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By the time they found the body of Celine, she had already drowned. Brian looked at the corpse of his sister.

"Celine�what did I do to�get this?" Brian whispered.

"Tears of Angels�were you people talking about yourselves?" Emily asked carefully. Brian looked at her.

"What she means is that�are you people the people who ate the fruit and could live forever?" Linna asked. Min Woo sighed and nodded.

"I guess we have to tell you people the truth now," Min Woo said. "But let's look for Sharon first."

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The people separated into three different groups to go into the three different areas of the island. Brian, Min Woo, Jae Won, and Kang Ta had special herbs that could conquer the extreme heat and cold of the island. As for the forest, the people would just have to be careful of the living things.

"You know. Although we took the herbs already, it's still really hot," Miya said as she fanned herself. They were in the extreme heat section of the island.

"Yeah," Cindi agreed. "I wouldn't want to live here forever."

"Ugh�don't plant that thought into my head," Miya said. She looked around. "Now�where should we look first? It's so big here."

"I have no idea. How would we know if the other people found her or not?" Linna asked Min Woo and Jun Jin.

"Cell phone," Min Woo answered with a smile.

"Oh," Linna answered. She smiled back.

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"Nice�rat?" Eric commented as he looked at the oversized rodent on the floor.

"I don't think that it would be called a rat," Dong Wan said.

"Yeah. It's called ratverdillo I think. A combo of a rat, a beaver, and a armadillo," Jae Won explained as the other people studied the thing.

"I don't think that it likes to be called a rat either," Julie said as she turned around and slowly walked away before breaking into a run. "Because it's running after us!" The other people then ran away as the oversized thing ran after them.

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"Sharon!" Kang Ta yelled through the snow.

"Watch out Kang Ta!" Woo Hyuk called out.

"Where are you, Sharon?" Kang Ta yelled.

"Where are we�" they suddenly heard a voice. Kang Ta turned toward the voice.

"Sharon�I recognize her voice!" Kang Ta whispered. He then ran toward the voice with the rest of the people behind him.

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They then reached a deep cliff.

"This is the end of the road," Kai said.

"What are you going to do?�" they heard an echo coming from the bottom of the cliff.

"Sharon�she's down there," Kang Ta whispered. Woo Hyuk held him back.

"Let's see if there's another way down there before you do anything ok?" Woo Hyuk said. "Although you don't die, you'll still get hurt. Don't do something that would make Sharon upset." Kang Ta glanced at Woo Hyuk and then nodded.

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"This rock look as if it would fall down any second," Linna said. They were in the extreme cold section now. They had received the call from Brian and ran there. She then pushed it a little. As the people had thought, the rock moved.

"Wait! There seems to be something behind it," Ji Hye said. The rest of the people looked there. Woo Hyuk and Kang Ta then went over and pushed the rock aside.

"It's a tunnel I think," Brian commented. They all looked into the endless darkness.

"How are we going to know our way around?" Holly asked. "Are we just going to go in there and hit our heads against walls to find the ways?" Brian stepped in the tunnel. He then touched the walls and found a switch.

"There's a switch in here," Brian said. He then turned it on. The torches on the side of the walls lit up immediately. He turned back and looked at the rest of the people.

The people looked into the tunnel. The tunnel was definitely a long and hard one.

"Let's go," Kang Ta said and they went into the tunnel.

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Chapter 24

"This is really deep, guys," Emily commented. The rest of the people nodded.

"I'm pretty sure that this leads to the bottom of the cliff though," Brian said. "Or else why would there be lights in this tunnel?"

"Wonderful experience to stay with Celine," Hashie said. The rest of the people let out an uneasy laugh as they shook their heads.

"I hope she's ok though," Miya said. The people nodded again.

"How long has it been since we've been in here?" Holly asked.

"About an hour," Brian answered after he checked his watch.

"It's been an hour already?" Julie said. "This tunnel is heck of a tunnel." The people laughed.

"I wonder how much longer we have to walk," Gigi said.

"Probably about another hour or two, hopefully," Jae Won said with a sound of doubt in his voice.

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"That was a long walk," Kai said as she massaged her legs. They walked for around three or four hours before they reached the other end of the tunnel.

"Not pleasant to think that we have to walk back up again later," Holly said. Kai winced.

"Don't remind me, Holly," Kai said. Holly smiled.

"Just stating the fact. You think that I like to walk? Well, maybe I do but the point is not for three or four hours," Holly said. Kai nodded.

"This place look like a dungeon," Eugene commented. Min Woo nodded.

"It probably is one," Min Woo answered. "Since Celine is that kind of person to do this."

"I hope there aren't bones around this place," Linna said. At this time, she stepped on something. When she looked down, it was the skull of someone. She then screamed and jumped on Min Woo.

"It's ok. Don't worry about," Min Woo comforted her as he patted her back.

"I'm sorry," Linna said without looking at the skull. "I didn't mean to step on you!" Min Woo then held on to her as they continued to walk. Holly shivered.

"She's pretty much insane isn't she?" Holly said. Brian sighed and nodded.

"Maybe it was my fault," Brian said. Jae Won placed his hands on Brian's shoulder.

"Don't place the blame on yourself. If she's like that, she would be like that without you there, anyway," Jae Won said. Brian nodded.

"Don't tell me that I still have a long way to walk before we find Sharon or else I would go back and stab Celine," Kai said. The rest of the people nodded.

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Suddenly, Kang Ta bent down.

"What's the matter, Kang Ta?" Hee Jun asked. Kang Ta was looking at the floor.

"It's the ring that I gave Sharon," Kang Ta said quietly. He turned his head to the right and looked at the door. "She's in there."

"How did you know?" Tony asked.

"The ring is a pair," Kang Ta answered. He got up and tried to open the door. It opened easily to his surprise. He let out a smile. He then ran in but quickly got back out again.

"What's the matter?" Jae Won asked. Kang Ta shook his head.

"It's the coldness that suddenly got me," Kang Ta answered. "It's ok." He then walked back into the place. "Sharon!" he started to yell.

"Um�It's pretty obvious that she's not here, Kang Ta," Andy said. "You could see every corner immediately." The people nodded.

"Where did she go?" Woo Hyuk whispered to himself.

"I'm pretty sure that this is the dungeon that Celine kept her in," Brian said. He then bent down and looked at the snow on the floor. "The footsteps are newly made." The people looked there. Kang Ta looked at them.

"Where did she go?" Kang Ta said to himself. He then ran out of the door and ran to the other dungeons in the place. "Sharon!" he yelled. There was no answer.

"I think that we heard Sharon's voice up there because it was only an echo. The original sound was probably made some time before we got there," Min Woo said. Linna then nodded.

"Not to mention that it's a pretty long road from the top," Linna said.

"But where could Sharon go? If Celine wanted to keep her here, I would think that she would lock the door to the cellar," Ji Hye said.

"Maybe someone helped her out," Holly said.

"But who is the question," Hye Sung said. He then looked at Kang Ta who was still looking in the cellars.

"It's unfair to him," Emily said as she shook her head. "When he finally finds the girl who believes him, they have to separate."

"Don't say that, Emily," Miya whispered. "We'll find Sharon. I know that we would."

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