Mick, Marck, and Jullie were sitting on Grandpa Youth's couch, waiting for him to tell them the truth behind that haunting doubt that would either make Mick either collapse epically before Marck's eyes or give him the enormous inner peace he has longed for since. that she heard about Jullie's familiar scent with Sabrina. Patriarch Youth sat opposite the young people, placing before them a steaming and warm cup of chocolate.
— My granddaughter told me that you want to ask something about one of our ancestors," said the man, lighting an old tobacco pipe and letting thick smoke coming out of his nose.
— Well, sir, we want a question ... — Mick said before Marck interrupted him.
— Sabrina Cyan, is she his ancestor? — Marck said.
A rather uncomfortable silence was what arose because of Marck's lack of tact, the old man only took a deep drag on his pipe and let the dense smoke out through his mouth that revealed his yellow teeth from tobacco.
—No, that lady was a friend of my mother but she died when she was only thirty years old, I don't remember her much since I was quite young at that time but if I know that she did not leave any offspring, I think she was waiting for a boyfriend of her youth, he left the city and left no trace, nor did anyone know anything else about him, until he was forgotten; Until today they made me bring out the past, "said the old man as he took another deep drag on his pipe." Why do you doubt it, young people? "He said as he exhaled the smoke in the form of a curtain.
—That young man was our great-grandfather, he died 40 years ago and he believed that this lady had become pregnant after he left this city and Jullie is the spitting image of Sabrina Cyan at that time — answered Marck.
—How do you guys know all these young people?
— In our old house there used to be a photo of that young woman so when we met Jullie at school we thought she might be the descendant of that young lady from our ancestor's past," Mick answered.
— Thank you very much for solving our doubt, now we must retire," Marck said as he got up from the sofa.
— Why are they leaving?" Jullie said, standing up suddenly.
—We already solved our doubt that it was the only thing we needed from your grandfather, now we have the information we wanted so we have nothing else to do here Jullie; again thank you very much, sir ...
—John, that's my name, and is yours he?
— I'm Marck and he's my brother Mick —said the brunette already standing at the door of the house.
Both young people crossed the threshold, which let a powerful blast of cold air enter the house for which they closed the door quickly behind them and began to walk, and before Jullie left in their possible search they gave a strong jump, remaining on top of the roof. from Grandpa Youth's house.
— I thought we shouldn't use the curse abilities on public roads, Mick — Marck said, looking down as the cold winter air ruffled his hair.
—I just wanted to avoid unnecessary questions, Marck, let's go at once," said the young man with a blank look and no expression whatsoever.
Both young people disappeared from that ceiling in a single jump that to anyone's sight was a simple blur, when both boys touched the ground they were already halfway through the city.
— We still don't have a good measure of this city, Mick, we got to half the city from the grandfather's house," said the brown-haired man quite exalted.
— I just wanted to get out of there.
— Come on Mick you jumped too hard, I had to jump two more times to get here, so you better tell me what the hell is happening to you, even the energy you emit is different and everything since they told you that Sabrina died alone twelve years after we left here.
— So how the hell does Jullie smell the same as her then?
— First, don't exaggerate, I told you that her scent was similar but not identical, second, why do you care so much that she is not her descendant?
— Well, I just thought there was a possibility of having something from Sabrina in this age.
— Well, there is still an explanation for that, but it is 0.00005% that my theory is real.
— Which?
— Reincarnation, my friend, that's the option.
—But humans don't reincarnate in eighty-eight years, it takes at least a century and a half, and that's if they have the option to do so; but I have never known of a human who in his first reincarnation returned as a human, generally humans in their first opportunity are animals.
— In that I base myself to give you the statistics of this theory, but it is not impossible either, remember what he told us nine centuries ago, we all have an exception in our mortal life, well although that only applies to ordinary humans not to beasts that do not they will never die.
The brothers began to walk, their silhouettes disappeared in the dark and foggy streets from the cold, this is how the lies began in the relationship of three thousand years of complete loyalty and honesty between those men. Well it says that women are the downfall of all men, since ancient times they have been guilty of making men do enormous follies, or suffer terrible punishments, although men have not been exempt from sin.
The days have passed since the incident and the brothers have not crossed paths with Jullie anymore, they have avoided talking to more people and getting noticed, they have ignored the sports clubs and debate teams respectively; but the first grades they have obtained have been of excellence more than anything they have left the school astonished with their incredible knowledge in all subjects, and their physical condition.
— Only one week to winter break and we will be free to have fun as pleasantly as we want for a month and a half, Mick," said the black wolf quite cheerfully.
— You just want to stop going to school, you don't give a damn about having fun on the break period."
—You are a complete bitter, we have plenty of time to learn, just enjoy the fleeting little things that come in our life Mick, do not worry about things that we will never understand; This is how this era is, just adapt as usual, and let yourself go.
The brothers began to accelerate their pace, they wanted to leave school so they could go to eat something and then go their own way. Out of nowhere, Marck crashed into someone who crossed himself out of nowhere, before the person fell, Marck managed to grab the slim body by the waist and bring it closer to his body to avoid the sharp blow that the woman had received; the slim figure whose face was hidden behind already messy black hair.
— If you wanted to talk to us, you could well have done it during a class, you don't need to throw yourself in front of us, Jullie — said the black hair after his brother.
— Do you like bumping into us or is it just a fun way to say hi? — Marck said as he steadied Jullie.
— If there was another way I would do it, but they have ignored my messages during class and they always disappear before I can reach them to speak to them.
— What do you need Jullie? - Mick said
— Well, I wanted to know if you have any plans for Christmas.
— Have fun and sleep just that — Marck replied.
— Forget that we will do something with you Jullie, we are not friends we just needed something from you and we got it but we never mentioned being friends.
The black-eyed brother walked out the school door immediately, his annoyance and anger sweating through his skin.
— Well, he does like you Jullie, it's a shame I thought we could go out or be something else, but my brother already has you in his head and it's impossible, in another life maybe my love for you will be possible and I won't have any obstacle — Marck replied comically as he took hold of Jullie's hands and knelt down.
— What are you talking about, Marck?
— My brother is only putting a wall between the world and his soul, he has been hurt more times than he has been happy, and every time he trusts someone again he is betrayed and forgotten in a matter of days, in fact He has done the same to both of us but I am sand from another sack.
— And what about the other?
— Well, what will I tell you, I live one day at a time and despite all the pain I have experienced, it has only served me to learn, but if Mick likes you, I can't win you over, much less woo you, or is it that you like me? — he said with a mischievous smile — Well, you should decide which of the two you want to stay with.
The reaction that Marck got from Jullie was completely anything but expected, she was thinking about the words she had said to him, she was really thinking with which of the brothers she was going to stay.
— You really are a different girl Jullie, and that makes you the one for my brother but don't go playing with him — he slowly approached her ear, and whispered or rather growled at her — Because I killed you myself, Jullie didn't." hesitate.
— Come on, calm down, Marck, I wasn't thinking about which one I'm staying with. He was wondering how many girls have passed through his arms.
— Many and always have broken our hearts so do not worry that we are womanizers who do not value girls, despite living in the 21st century we are gentlemen who will always fall in love with heart and soul.
— Well, your brother's attitude doesn't show it, besides, I already have a partner.
— It just happens that Mick is not clear, but I have to go Jullie I still have several things to do this afternoon, you should visit us at Christmas and have your supposed boyfriend take care of you because I do have my eye on you and not exactly to be friends.
What the boy received in response to his comment was a mocking laugh from Jullie and a distant farewell, his joke had not had the expected effect so he just started to walk to the distance in search of his brother, he walked slowly towards him forest, he only followed the path that his stunned instinct indicated, time for him ran like water, the hours did not mean anything so he did not realize all the hours that had passed and how deep he had gone into the forest , the temperature had already begun to drop and he knew that his human body could not continue in such conditions, little by little his fingers became claws, the dense black hair grew all over his body and his brown irises turned blue, a couple of meters after he began his transformation, only a black wolf was standing next to a tree and the only trace of human evidence that remained in that place was the series of black boots footprints that when advancing on the trail became They began in wolf tracks that were gradually covered by the snow that had just begun.
In that deep silence with a huge wolf standing in the middle of the forest, he let out a deep, loud and intimidating howl that resounded from every corner of that huge forest, what was the intention? Surely no other than to look for his brother from life. He walked to the hollow of a log that he found and leaned back inside it, waiting for an answer to begin his search, the minutes passed slowly and despite the hour you could not hear the singing of the owls, everything was quieter than a library even you could hear the snowflakes falling; the black wolf just stood still looking straight ahead waiting for any sign of movement, out of nowhere he saw a cloth move, he jumped immediately to get up, his hair stood on end and his teeth bared in a threatening way for what was approaching so fast that she couldn't follow him with her eyes.
— Puppy, are you still pretending to be rude ?, I thought that the passing of time on you had taught you a lesson, but you are still a defenseless puppy that shows its fangs at the first opportunity.
— What are you looking for, Meridian? I thought you had been kicked out of the forest the last time I was here.
— Hurt words little black puppy, but where is the white puppy?, you live it eternally united — laughter was what followed the mysterious woman's comment.
— In our current home, I just came for a walk.
—I thought that even on the walks they went out together in case there was a delicate situation, I also thought that that howl was more of a "Where are you?" than one of freedom and joy.
— So that's why you hit me, if I had known that my howl was going to attract someone like you, I wouldn't have done it with such force.
— This is how you receive an old friend after a century, you are still cruel to me.
-— Now we are friends? That day you only sold me to save your skin, your title of queen of the fairies mattered more to you than our friendship, do you know what I suffered at the hands of that bunch of beasts that you call guardian spirits? , I remind you that my body is immortal but that does not make me immune to feeling cold, heat or pain.
— I thought someone who has the time in the world could forgive, not be spiteful and hate forever.
— I forgive mortals because in the end they will die but I see no point in forgiving someone older than me — he said, grunting and taking a bite.
The woman fainted and her voice was heard everywhere.
— Come on, black cub, now that I reign here again I could be quite useful for you and the white cub, who by the way has just left the forest.
— By the way, Meridian, how did you get your job back? I thought that at the end of your reign or if you were exiled you couldn't return here anymore.
— It is easy to return when all those who prevented you die and this place is left alone, or does it not seem strange to you that everything is so quiet, lifeless and soulless, that is what happens when humans begin to expand or recede in their history seeking power that challenged his now closed mind and that does not understand reasons beyond what his science explains.
— Humans killed Miltoc, Abbot and Esmeralda?
— Do you still remember them? That is adorable, but if not killing them themselves, it was rather their modernization that poisoned the air, land and water and at the same time to them.
— Well then it's a pity they really sympathized with me, but anyway, this is the cycle of long-lived beings now if you allow me I must return I still have one last day of school before my long-awaited winter vacation, enjoy the solitude of the forest .
That imposing presence of the black wolf disappeared after those words of contempt, and only the young black-haired man with brown eyes remained standing in the middle of the forest where only a few seconds later and a little stretching began to advance towards the exit of it. Out of nowhere the voice of that mysterious woman resounded everywhere it was impossible to define where she came from and she just repeated over and over again.
— We will see you soon, black puppy, maybe you are immortal but you still keep humanity in you and that same humanity will bring you back because despite saying that you have experienced love hundreds of times it has only been infatuation, when true love hit you you will really know what the pain, the happiness and the sadness of your curse are; Until then, take good care of yourself little black puppy.
The young man walked steadily ignoring the woman's words, he would not let a possible trick make him lose his head and go crazy for a simple half-truth, after all, he had been present in the creation of countless love stories from Romeo and Juliet to Hachiko's faithful love in Japan, how could he not know what true and unconditional love was?
What is love? Is it not that human emotion that drives men and women crazy, that has been the culprit of many tragedies where, because of the monarchies itself, they have fallen, stupid deaths have occurred and more of all that there are people who They had been friends for decades and ended up completely dueling betting their lives on the love of a woman who could not be verified if such action was really worth it. Thousands of things like that crossed Marck's mind, Meridian's words had really made him doubt about all his experiences in his long life, what was really waiting for him behind all those mysterious words that she said? I knew that the queen of the fairies had the ability to see the future, but she could not have such great power as to predict more than a few months but with them her future was always black, she had tried hundreds in the past Of times and always there was darkness beyond that which occurs when closing the eyes in a dark room. He had rambled for several hours in those thoughts that he did not realize that he was right in the center of the city so he had to turn around and start the way to his apartment where Mick was surely sitting reading an old book waiting for him to come through the door to give her one of his classic sermons on telling her where she was going or at least informing her that it would take her time to get home that night.
About twenty minutes later he was in front of his apartment, he inserted the key in the door and as soon as he crossed it a ball was thrown at his face, he stopped it a few millimeters without even blinking, he threw it back into his brother's face That you dare, I hardly manage to dodge such a launch.
— You still need to improve your throw, still slow Mick — he said as he put his things down on a chair and he flopped down on the couch.
— And you should learn to use the cell phone, if you know it, don't you? It's that little device that allows you to communicate with another human being that is at a distance, in order to avoid ... — He was quickly interrupted by his brother.
— I ran into Meridian in the woods this afternoon.
— That's impossible, she was banished years ago; the others would not have let her return to those holy lands.
— They were killed by the humans and their stupid modernization and incomprehensible need for space and comfort.
— Anything else Meridian said?
— She mentioned that I have never really fallen in love before that I have only been through the infatuation stage, and she asked me about you, as well as offering us a little help in the near future.
Silence hovered around the living room of that apartment for several minutes, none of the brothers dared to say a word in vain, they thought what were the true intentions of that old witch who had deceived them a hundred years ago, because now she would appear at the same time as them, would mean more trouble for the eternal wolves.
— By the way I told Jullie that you're in love with her and I think I invited her to spend Christmas here. — Marck said, breaking the silence — but when she appears she already has a partner, I'm very sorry brother, I think we could go to a bar and have a little fun so you can get that idea out of your mind.
— A about that, I also talked to her today and I think I'm the Marck couple, I don't understand why but something makes me feel attracted to her, I can't get her out of my mind.
— Isn't it because you think she's the reincarnation of Sabrina? — said Marck getting up from the sofa and went to the refrigerator in search of something to drink — if so I think you would be very cruel because you only see her as a replacement for a love that never existed.
—I don't know what it is, but what I can guarantee you is that it has nothing to do with Sara, whatever attracts me to Jullie is only hers and no one else, I know you could have noticed it too and that's why I ask you to be patient and be my column of support once again.
—You have always been a crybaby and now you leave me with this show of bravery, so I can't refuse, but I warn you if she turns out to be a threat I will kill her.