Lucinda
"Come here Darling" A mans soft voice called. His voice was deep, warm, and relaxing. I smiled happily and danced into fathers room, running up to his seat. His violet eyes sparkled as he seen me, love glowing in his gaze.
"That's a good girl. Come sit up here with me" He murmured. I giggled as I crawled into his lap happily.
Suddenly A woman with short golden hair and blazing golden eyes kicked the door open, her eyes a flurry of rage.
"Dont you dare Travis" Mom hissed. I smiled, not knowing what she's talking about. Daddy would never hurt me.
"Emma dear, I must. Imagine if she got both of our power. All combined into her little soul. The Dark Phoenix would be her name" Daddy smiled at me, and I cuddled into him, wrapping my arms around his strong neck.
"Its too much power for a little girl!" Mommy hissed. I blinked at daddy.
"I want to be a Phoenix, just like mommy." I exclaimed with a smile to my mom. Her eyes softened, tears filling their golden depths.
"You already are, Lionheart" She answered. She went for my hand, but my dad was faster. He swatted her hand away and looked into my eyes.
"Do you want Daddy's power too? His strength.... his speed?" He asked, his eyes glowing a bright violet, nearly blinding me with its brightness. My mom screamed in the back ground, but I couldn't hear her.
"Yes daddy. I want to be fast!" I Exclaimed. My mom started sobbing, begging daddy not to do it. But he just smiled down at me, his eyes loving.
"You are now faster than a cheetah. You are faster than anything in the world!! And you have the strength, of a hundred men" My father said. I felt a flow of powerful strength surge into me, before everything went black, the last audible sound was my mother's scream.
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I smile down at Mae in my arms, her precious brown eyes sparkling as she sits on my lap, a book in her hands.
" This is creepy" She whispered, pointing to the picture of a vampire. I laughed and brushed a strand of her hair behind her ear.
"Dont worry Mae. I'll always fight the bad guys away." She looked up at me.
"Even mommy and Daddy?" She asked. I could see a flash of our fathers eyes in her dark brown ones, a fleck of the violet gray in their brown depths.
"Even mommy and Daddy." I answered. She smiled up at me.
" I love you sissy" She said with a smile. I laughed as a tear fell off my cheek.
"I love you too Mae"
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"Luna!!" I screamed. She grabbed the wrist of daddies blade as he thrust it down towards Ezra. Her hand slammed into it and Pink light flashed as Daddy was flung aside. Luna looked at Ezra.
"Go get out of here both of you. Don't forget that I will always love you" She said. I cried, running to her. But daddies knife stabbed into her back, and through her stomach. J screamed, my vision ringing with red as fire ignited into the sky, burning the house.
"Lucie come on. We need to go!" I turned and slammed my palm into his chest, and he was catipulted backwards. My cry filled the air as I lunged at Daddy, his eyes glowing Violet as he gripped my wrists.
"Forget"
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I lean against a tree, my armor splattered with blood, like the blood dripping off my blade.
"Lionheart. Please dont fight anymore. I need you" mom begged, her golden eyes sad. Tears filling their depths. I growled and turned to her, narrowing my eyes at her.
"Mae needs you. With Isabelle dead, and Father hunting me down, she isn't safe with me. I have no choice but to fight. " I hissed. My mom looked down as the years in her eyes started falling more.
"Your father had an affair. He had two children with his affair. Ezra and Lucas. And everyday he gets stronger. And I grow weaker. My power is but a dying light. An ember in your fathers tidal wave of darkness. " She pressed her hand to my chestplate, her eyes glowing with determination.
" There will be a day when you must face him. Where his darkness will fight against your light. " She l closed her eyes as a tear fell. Then she opened them, tracing my facials features with her eyes.
" You are the Dark Phoenix. His most valuable creation. A mixture of me and him all pushed into a single body. You must conquer the darkness. But in order to do that... " She took a shaky breath, looking away from me with a pain filled expression.
" You must embrace your own darkness. The Shadowfire, Starfire, and Wildfire live in you. My most valuable gifts. But there is the Mancipium. The darkness. The shadows. They all live in you, a war raging. Keep them at bay." Her eyes turned sad.
"I love you my daughter"
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"Lucinda!!!" Mae cried kicking and screaming. Her eyes were filled with tears, their dark brown depths filled with sadness and rage.
"Let me go!! LUCINDA!!! " I looked up, my body burning from the wound father embedded into my gut, my eyes fluttered.
"Lucinda PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME!!!! LUCINDA!!! " her cries echoed down the hall as she was dragged away.
" I love you Mae... I'm sorry" I wheezed before I looked back down. Father smiled cruelly at me, his sinister smirk showing his Triumph at defeating me.
" My Dark Phoenix. My lovely daughter" I lowered my head, tears burning my eyes. Mae.... she has to live here.... with Lucas. What will happen when I'm gone? Will father have more kids to experiment on? Will he torture Mae just like me?.
I screamed in rage, filling fire burst out of my body and blaze through the room, freeing me. I lunged at Father, and his blade stabbed into my gut, piercing through my back
" I'm so sorry, daughter" His voice echoed. I slumped down to my knees, my eyes falling shut as the darkness came and carried me away.
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"You!" Father cried, rage and surprise filling his expression. He stared at the thick shadows and flames that covered my arms. The village near by protected from the blast if my flames erupt. I smiled, one of the shadows purred as it licked my arm. I petted it and winked at him.
"Me" I answered.
"How are you alive!" He demanded. I smiled viciously, causing my sword to glow.
"The shadows wanted me alive. So they kept me alive " I answered in a purr. He took a step back and black fire surged around him, locking him in. He hissed, shooting me a look of pure hatred. The hatred gained from loving someone Intensely.. I pouted, smirking at his angered expression.
"Oh? Scared of a little fire?" I purred. He growled and a whip of darkness spiraled out at me. A wave of shadows erupted from my palms and absorbed the blast. Then I launched a wave of fire that crashed into him, slamming him into a tree.
"You forget daughter, I am the Dark Whisper. I am the lord of Shadows." He hissed. I smiled and the fire rushed back over to me, swirling around me in a dance with my shadows.
" I'm a Princess of Darkness and Fire. I'm the mediocre of Light and Darkness." I roared. Rage started filling my gut more intensely than ever before.
" I have you to thank for that " I added. He laughed, disappearing into the shadows. I turned looking around with a panic.
"Indeed" His voice answered behind behind me. I turned raising my sword to strike, but I was too late. His hand gripped my throat, his eyes glowing violet as he lifted me in the air.
"Forget everything. Your name. Where you came from. Forget your heritage. Forget your nicknames and the gods. Forget your powers and friends. Forget. Everything. " he hissed. I scrambled free, but his magic penetrated my mind, wiping away every memory. I grasped onto the memory of Mae, my dear little sister, but it slipped free into the sea of forgotten dreams and memories.
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I smiled at the top of a building, my long black dress of silk trailing behind me as I stared out across the Glacier Island skyline. I felt hands touch my waist and I leaned into it, a smile on my face as I absorbed his warmth.
"Christopher" I breathed into his chest. He smiled and kissed my forehead.
" Hello, my love" He answered, his arms circling my waist. I cupped his hands in mine.
"Where is Ezra" He asked softly, his dark eyes gazing into mine. I shrugged.
" His mom moved him in with my Father. He's to be slaved by my father while his mother acts as my fathers Mistress. Lucas, his disgusting brother, is there to watch him make sure everything gets done. Why?" I asked, turning in his arms and pressing my face into his broad chest. He kissed my hairline softly.
"I thought you chose him" He replied honestly, a slight tremble in his voice. I smiled and looked up st him, the beautiful sweep of his chin, his full lips, the angles of his jaw and cheekbones.
"Never. He is my Father's son. My step brother. Plus, in ever romantic way possible, he is disgusting. He tries to treat me like an object. I hate that about him. I hate him. " I looked int ok his dark eyes.
" I love you." I whispered. He smiled and kissed my jaw, a shudder spread through my body.
"I love you too"
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Every instinct in my body says run. I watch with horror as Emma steps from the forest, her golden hair bound in a bun, her golden eyes determined. I feel disgust. That she would stop so low to sleep with my brother. That she'd abandon me to live with Ezra and warm his bed. I watch with a calmness spreading, snapping the horror and disgust I feel towards her as she stops in front of father. I can't hear them. Only see as the th say words, and my mother erupts. Father laughed coldly as her flames struck him, her words ringing in my head. My power is but a dying light. An Ember to the tidal waves of darkness. The darkness enveloped her flame and she fell, smoke sizzling her clothes, her death a phantom of light that used to blaze in my life. I'll never see her again
I hope I never see any of these people ever again.
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Mae
I slowly come to with a hand gripping mine, pain filling my body, which is aching more and more with every second I'm awake.
"Shh, it's ok.. Youre ok" A familiar voice whispered. I barely was able to move my head. Then in the back ground I swords I heard a voice. A voice I'd never heard before. Say a name. The name I've been thinking of day after day with the hope of finding her.
Lucinda Peirce.
I felt my chest ache with worry, and with a longing to see my sister again, as my brain melted back into unconsciousness.
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Authors note
Hey guys thank you so much for reading this chapter, I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I loved writing this book. I'm looking forward to continuing on and I hope you guys will be here with me along the way. Anyways, thank you for reading. Byeeeee