Jo looked around in bewilderment as Isabelle dragged her from her paperwork and throught the mansion at a blistering pace. Leon's letter clutched firmly in her left hand as the little girl pulled her by her right. The entered the large golden doors and Jo was instantly blinded. She gripped Isabelle's hand tightly as the breath was forced from her lungs.

Suddenly there were people everywhere. Not people, but gods and goddesses. Jo looked over her shoulder as the small girl pulled her along at a blistering pace. Jo was awestruck at the beauty of everything. Isabelle stopped just outside a large room full of people and shouting could be heard from within.

Peeking through the window, she immediately found Leon. He was on trial! Her heart sank and she dropped to her knees. "This is my fault," she whispered and Isabelle hugged her neck. Jo returned the hug and stood back up as people began to shout hysterically. That's when she saw him.

It was Leon, only he didn't look like Leon. She had caught one singular word throughout the shouting. "Death." Panic washed through her as she looked at the orb in Leon's large hand and without thinking, Jo pushed open the double doors with a loud crash. Isabelle shouted after her, but Jo could no longer hear anything.

"Leon." It was all she had to say. Tears welled up in her eyes as she looked at no one but her god before her. People shouted and turned to her, shocked, but she heard nothing. Jo ran to him and embraced him."Leon," she said again. 

It was the only thing she could think to say. If they were going to put him to death, then they might as well kill her too. It would be less painful that way. Knowing she was insignificant, she wiped her tears and smiled up at him. Then she turned to face the man questioning Leon and the rest of the crowd, keeping him behind her as if protecting him.

"This is absurd. If you are going to kill him." Her voice rang out around the hall, defiant. "Then you will have to kill me too. To take him away from me, that would be a fate worse than death. This trial is ridiculous. Where is the king? Why doesn't he stand trial before him? After all, isn't everything in his plan?" Her chin rose up as she spoke, showing no fear. Jo turned her gaze back to the lion behind her. "I missed you too much to wait another day," she explained and winked at Isabelle still standing in the doorway. Her small mouth was in the shape of an 'o' as she watched Jo stand off against one of the punishment gods.