The way the name Xephena rolled off her tongue made me pause some how I've heard that name before but where? A dream maybe? I rub my temples hoping I would remember where I've heard that name, I sighed it was no use she came closer to me her long blue hair and eyes glowing ever so brightly casting a shadow across her face her skin white as snow with small markings on both of her arms.
She outstretched her hand smiling at me,she had that smile. that same smile mom always has when she tells me everything is gonna be fine I hesitated for a bit but i finally took her hand.
"Don't be scared Xephena" she smiled
"That name where...did you....how do you know that name?" I asked.
"The same way that my name is not blue, but Tanesh and your name is not Justina but Xephena" she said slowly levitating couple feet off the ground.
She looked right into my eyes not even blinking once, her blue glowing eyes almost hypnotizing.
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"Oh....little Xeph you have so much to catch upon but as my duty as your guardian slash big sister I'll make sure you know everything. About your destiny and about who you really are big sis will take care of you"
Did she just say big sis am I hearing correctly?
She floats towards me placing her hand on my cheek slowly,she leaned in closely placing her forehead on mine she closes her eyes, instantly an electric charge ripples through my skull like a wave, And then.there was lots and lots of images it was as If they were being downloaded into my brain some of these images I keep having dreams about them when I was a child,The images displayed different scenes scenes of war and scenes of a family together there was a baby, instantly I recognized that the baby was me and just like that it ended the images vanished and I was brought back to reality I clutch onto my head because of the intense pain afterwards.
"W-h-a-t.....w-a-s....that?" I asked
"That's some of my memories about your parents, " she smiled.
"My parents?...My parents!?" I slowly got to my feet.
"I don't know what you think, you know but my parents are Dante and Justine Cole! You expect me to believe this? How don't I know this isn't some sort of scheme to pull into whatever club or whatever you are from huh!?"
"No Xeph listen-
" Don't.you.dare call me that!"i glared at her " if you ever call me that again I swear...and my name is Justina Cole end of story I'm going home and if you follow me I swear NASA will pick your ass up and run experiments on you like a Lab rat."
"Listen you don't understand" she replied. I waved her off walking away I let out a long breath the images replaying over and over in my mind like a never ending nightmare.
the moon shone brightly in the sky Illuminating a path so I could see where I'm going I could hear the crunching of dry leaves beneath my feet with each step I took, I came up to a big tree near the park I sat down on one of the swings ,I sighed resting my head on the cold metal chains that holds the swing in place.thats when I heard the engine of a pick up truck crackling nearby.
"I had a feeling you'd be here" said a familiar voice from afar.
"Hey.....dad" I replied my voice almost a whisper he jogged upto me his face falls when he notices the look on my face.
"Oh I know that look....Justina it's okay to be sad, you fall in love more than once kiddo but....its Dave's loss I'm sure there are other guys out there who will love and care for you because you are special.you know why?"
"Why?" I asked.
"Because you are our miracle child" he said with a smile. We both burst out laughing.
"Seriously, Dad" I chuckled. " Dad can i ask you a question?"
"Sure sweetie" dad looked at me smiling he had the same look in his eyes when I was a kid and he would bring ice cream to cheer me up when I was crying. I wanted to ask him so many things. am I your biological child? Am I even human? What does this all mean? I couldn't bear to ask my dad such questions though I shook my head.
"Nevermind Dad it's nothing"
"You know you are just like your mom except you are the mini version to her"
"Hey, I'm not small dad " I pouted.
"Come on kiddo let's get you home, Justine is worried sick " he said giving me a kiss on my forehead.we got into the truck leaving a cloud of black smoke behind us as soon as we arrived mom was already there on the sofa waiting for us. Immediately she got up pulling me into a hug gently stroking my hair, she pulled away from the hug looking at me.
"You had me worried " she sighed sweeping my hair to the side.
"I'm sorry mom I just lost track of time and then i went in the park to cool off "
"Oh...okay well I'll just make you dinner again since the first one got cold " she smiled.
"Mom no you don't need to I'm not really hungry I'll just have some veggies" mom and dad mouth hang open shocked by what I just said. normally I eat like a construction worker a lot of red meat and large shakes but for some reason I can never gain weight,instead other places benefit from the large meals.mom placed her hand on my forehead.
"Sweetie are you...are you feeling okay you don't have a fever do you?"she said with a smirk
"Mom I'm fine" I rolled my eyes.
"I think it's because Dave broke up with her" dad shrugged.
"Dad!"
"What?" He said with a smile before heading into the kitchen.mom looked at me her face softens.
"Oh, sweetie I'm sorry....i didn't know no wonder you were so Angry this morning, at one point I thought Aliens abducted you and was posing in your body, I was like what happened to my daughter" she chuckled
"Seriously mom everyone knows aliens aren't real " I trail off " mom I'm gonna take a shower see you in a bit "
I ran upstairs my sneakers squeaking against, the floor the mention of the word alien the things that blue showed me and what she said I can't deny it somehow makes sense.
does it though?
On my way upstairs I stopped near Jamie and Lucy's bedroom I sneaked inside quickly placing a kiss on their cheeks. As about to turn away I heard lucy called out to me in her sleep.
"Big sis don't go" I kissed her on her the forehead " I won't go anywhere lu lu " I whispered.
I opened my door and was welcomed by a cold atmosphere I stumbled over some stuff trying to get the lights on I looked towards my bed my laptop notification read five missed video calls from madz. I sighed as I undressed myself throwing my clothes on the ground I was too tired to care at the moment.
I turned on the shower the water, droplets tickled my cheek a tingling sensation ran from my neck to my spine. I finished and made my way to the mirror I wiped away the glass with my hand as I glanced at my reflection I noticed my eyes were glowing i shrugged thinking maybe it was maybe the reflection of something in the bathroom i looked closely my eyes were glowing a deep ocean blue thick blue veins we're now visible on both of my cheeks. I closed my eyes hoping I was only seeing things I slowly reopened my eyes but nothing changed there was no doubt about it now, my eyes were glowing and everything blue said was true I'm not human. My breathing became faster, my hair glowed I looked into the mirror and there, I didn't see Justina I was a completely different person. I slamed my fist at my reflection which was now shattered into pieces.
I walked into my room looking out the window staring at the moon then everything came crashing down the secrets about who I am, and the break up with me and Dave my anger was rising rapidly i wanted to shout i wanted to hit something i wanted to hit dave! it was the final nail that made me lose it without even knowing I grabbed my bed throwing it like a ball against the door only when it shattered into pieces and snapping my room door in half I realized what I had done. Then i heard sound of footsteps running up the stairs mom gasped covering her mouth while dad looked at the site in horror.
"Justina, what happened?"
I walked into the light revealing myself.
"Mom, Dad I think we need to talk"