Kaida Endo: "Alright Botan Date, now all of my family's siblings are here. Please have yourself and the other lords do what you need to for the verification purpose. Because, we obviously do not seem to have a choice in this ill-fated mater of ours. I must say, this destiny seriously sucks."
He turned and looked at the other three gesturing with his chin for them to come forward. They looked at each other with slight nods and moved closer to me and one of my sisters. Which made sense seeing how they had already called me queen. We stood there, nervous as hell as we waited for them to do their inspection of us. I periodically looked toward the chief; the look of concern written all over his face. I looked back toward the four vampire lords once again and waited for them to speak. As they whispered among themselves, I distinctly heard, "There is no doubt anymore, they are of the bloodline. But she is the one who possess it all. The most power courses through her." I gasped as I saw Botan Date pointing directly at me from in between the others. My eyes shot up and looked right at him. He had been pointing in my direction, with that smile of his, it made it hard for me to tell if he was being sincere or twisted. My guard naturally went up as I looked from him to the chief and back. The chief merely sat there quietly, as if he was the judge in a counsel room. When they were finished, they thanked us and returned to their places next to the village chief. I took my siblings back to the area I was sitting at as we waited for what could be loosely called our judgments. My siblings were sitting there with worry on their faces, only my oldest brother seemed oddly unfazed by most of this. Botan Date was the one who began to speak.
Botan Date: (With a huge smile on his face, he raised his left hand pointing in our direction, he declared firmly…) "There is no mistaking that this is the family. The one long thought to be dead. They possess the blood of the Pure Bloods. All that remains, is to awaken the sleeping power within them."
Village chief: "So you are positive? Positive the choices are here with us now. Which means the time has finally come to put everything back into its proper order. Our long-awaited duty has come to pass at long last. Which members are the ones to be chosen?"
Botan Date: (Pointing directly at Kaida, a soft smile on his face appeared to look sinister to her…) "She is the one that has the biggest aura. She will be the best one of the three girls here."
I jumped in surprise at how calmly the chief was acting about everything. And all my anger seemed to come out at once without realizing it. Like a pot of water that had boiled over, I could not contain how frustrated I was anymore. How exactly did it come to this? Was this some sort of curse our family inherited solely? So many questions kept forming faster than I could speak them it seemed. The whole time, the only face I saw, was my friend Kaido whose heart was clearly breaking in front of me as he seemed to understand what was happening.
Kaida Endo: "What exactly does that mean and how long have you known this secret about our family that I did not even know about? Were we ever going to be told if they had not happened by looking for those, what did you call them lessor vampires?"
I kept looking over and over toward the chief as he looked at me with a bitter smile. As if to say, "I am so very sorry". He was clearly upset but was doing his best to keep a level head, unlike me. He shook his head again softly as to say, "I am so sorry", but that gesture was of little comfort. At this point I could not figure out if it were a necessity or what felt like a betrayal. I knew it was not, but I could not stop feeling that way. My friend Kaido, slowly got up from seat next to me at the meeting place as things were being discussed and went to his horse, grabbing up the reins, he slowly walked back toward the village as though his heart had been ripped out. My own heart sank as I turned back to look at the chief so upset; I was having a hard time keeping my words straight. Just when I thought I had a clear thought, things seemed to garble once again.
Village Chief: "It was to ensure peace in the village all this time. Only a few of us knew of the true nature of your family. It was to keep the bloodline protected. It must be this way. If something were to happen again, the bloodline must be intact to fix it once again. That is our role, to protect and keep you hidden, and your family's role to fix things when it needs fixed. Our fates cannot be changed. I am sorry, but it must be that way. And it must at all costs, stay that way."
I stared at him with a look of shock and betrayal. Though, in my heart I knew it was not really betrayal, it was a feeling that would not leave me. How could something so important not ever be told to us from the beginning. I could have at least been prepared better for such a shocking development. Clenching my fists in my lap, I bit my lower lip to keep from the overwhelming urge to cry again away. The next thing I knew, a hand came down on top of mine and softly spoke.
Botan Date: "I am personally grateful that the bloodline has been saved and protected. But you must understand that this situation is much bigger than any of us. We must set the balance back in place before it gets any worse."
Kaida Endo: "I fully understand, but it is still hard as hell to wrap my head around, seriously, all I have been my whole life is a physician and warrior to help protect people, now I am supposed to stop the lessor vampire problem? Am I going to have to do that on my own? How in the hell can I possibly do that?"
The look of confusion and worry clearly shown on my face. I was already worried about my friend let alone trying to figure out what exactly was going on. I just wanted my friend to be alright, but I am sure he more than understood what they had gotten at, Part of me appeared to be too dazed still to have much sink in. He gently picked my hand up shaking his head. He slightly squeezed my hand to try and reassure me. I was still unsure of what to make of his gesture. Every move was an elegant gesture of sorts, it was all to strange and seemed to move quickly. All the things I had heard growing up concerning vampire's behavior seemed to be changing in front of my very eyes, and I just did not know how to react to any of it. It was like I was on a huge ocean wave and could not get off of it. No matter how much I wanted to. All the things I was never told, all the things expected of me, everything was whirlwind of absolute confusion. All I kept thinking was "Please just let me stop and get off", it was all that screamed in my head.
Botan Date: "No you will not be alone. Seeing that you have six other siblings, one will come with you as you will need them for the boost in the power sleeping within. The others are to remain to continue the bloodline for the future of everyone."
My eyes widened as I then looked to my siblings, five of them would be left to help continue our family, I then looked to my oldest brother with a nod. He seemed to understand my gesture and promptly walked to me. After hearing all that was going on, he had no reason to argue the situation any further. He only placed his hand on my other trying to comfort me. I then turned to the chief. He smiled reluctantly in return with an incredibly sad look in his eyes, as though he were silently cursing our fates on our behalf.
Village Chief: "Well now, it seems as though the family members that will be chosen have been decided upon. I will now inform the others behind us."
Botan Date: "Yes. Whatever you think is best. These two carry the most power is seems. With them, we should be able to fix the balance that has gone unchecked."
Village Chief: "I understand fully, please excuse me a moment."
As I watched him stand up, he gestured for the rest of the town counsel to come near that way they could hear the conclusion of this meeting. As he made his decision known, they never even seemed fazed by the information being given to them by the town chief. My heart sank slightly further into a minor depression when I realized they knew the truth the whole time as well. But considering it was for the good of everyone involved, I could not be as mad as I know I could have been at this point. I squeezed my elder brothers' hand back nervously as he looked down at me as if to say, "It will be fine, do not worry". But I just could not help feeling like a big black hole was closing in and swallowing me whole. Just why did this all have to be kept from us all our lives? I could not help feeling that the whole thing would have been way easier to deal with if I had known that this was our family's fate from the start. A blurred mix of emotions was trying to take hold of me as I watched my own fate be pulled from my very hands.