Hours went by and I couldn't sleep, I kept staring at the time watching the digital clock change from one number to another. It was 11.39pm right now and it just felt impossible to close my eyes and sleep.
I started to hear small voices coming from Cecilia's room, I didn't know if it was just my imagination or if I was actually hearing voices but then I heard the words "You can't find it!" And I jumped up from my bed. I walked towards the door and slowly opened it trying to avoid it making any sounds. I walked towards Cecilia's room door and placed my ear on the door.
~mom. How can't you find it?!
~C. I don't know, I came back today and didn't see it anymore
~mom. Is she with it?!
~C. She's not, I checked all over her room
~mom. Cecilia, if Aura leaves this place cause you where too careless with her way back home I'm not gonna be happy with you
"My way back home?"
~C. It would remove a huge burden from your shoulders if she does leave you know
~mom. Cecilia, I don't care about the stupid child I'm waiting for her to turn 16 so I can take her powers away from her and that pearl was the only way to do so
~C. Remind me why you even need her powers
~mom. She is a special thing, the most powerful of her kind, when she turns 16 she's gonna unlock all her powers completely and as long as she's under my control and only listens to me she'd want to give it all up. With her powers in my possession her kind would want to come for me and they would never be able to get me cause I'm far stronger than them, the moment the evil surrounding their realm takes over they'll all be forced to come to this realm and they will all have to give their powers to me while she would be dead
~C. It's not a bad plan but, why are her powers so important to you
~mom. You'll find out when it happens just make sure you find that pearl
~C. I'll keep searching there's no way she could have taken it
~mom. I just hope so
I ran back to my room in horror. I couldn't believe my own mom would be planning something so horrible against me, it felt unbelievable and I couldn't even imagine everything I had just heard. I went and laid in bed, for some reason something told me to just go and lay there and just then mom walked in and I pretended to be asleep.
~mom. Oh Aura, I can't wait to destroy you
My heart started to race and it was quiet for a while then I heard her walking out of the room and I threw myself off the bed. I had to get out of here, I can't let these people hurt me, what's the difference between them and Kian and his crew. I couldn't climb down the window cause it was too high up but then when I looked down it didn't look so high anymore so I took a deep breath and climbed out then shut the window then I bit my wrist and jumped down but landed on my feet. Strange.
I crept away slowly then ran the rest of my way to the school. Fear was all I could feel, the people I have lived with for so long only wanted to kill me, I have trusted them and tried to avoid all form of conflict with and against them but then they only want to remove me from this world. They don't want me standing on this earth.
As I got to the school I went to the back but found no one there.
~me. Isn't this were they asked to meet them?
I said under my breath.
~me. Hello
I called hoping for an answer.
~me. Hello, Aitana, Emory
There was still no reply and I just felt stupid, they were just pranking me, I thought I could trust someone but then they just played me. I started to walk away feeling disappointed and scared.
~A. Aura
I turned and saw Acura standing a few feet behind me with Everett standing next to her.
~A. You....you came
~me. You asked me to come
~A. But I never thought you would listen
She said and came up to me and hugged me. She drew back and took my hands in hers.
~A. I promise you'll remember everything follow me
~me. Before I go anywhere with you tell me what's going on
She looked over at Everett and he looked at her with a dissatisfied look before she turned her head back to me.
~A. {Sighs} Aura listen, I promise when it's time for you to know you'll find out
~me. I can't just go anywhere with you two just like that
~A. Aura, your world is in serious danger and we need you to help save it, you don't belong amongst these people, this isn't your home, you are far different and you know it
I did know it actually, I always felt different from all the people around me.
~A. Please come with us
I looked up at her and nodded, a smile lit up her face and Everett walked up to us.
~A. Run, you have to run
~E. I don't know if I have that strength
~A. Just take her and run as fast as you can
~E. Aura get on my back
I didn't complain but just did as he said. I got on his back and felt a sharp wind hit my face, for a second I thought he was flying straight up but then I opened my eyes and saw he was running so fast then he just stopped and start panting. I got down from his back and looked at him.
~me. Are you alright?
~E. No just get back on my back we're not there yet
~me. But you're tired, get some rest
~E. There's no time for rest just get on my back
I decided not to complain so I just got on his back and he started to run again then he stopped again and I saw Acura standing there, I got down and looked at her confused but then I noticed our surroundings.
The bright crescent moon shone brightly sending wonderful lights to the still nighttime waters making it shimmer. A small wind blew causing the trees to flow to the rhythm of the wind. Trees of different shapes and sizes and of different shades of green covered acres of land, then I took noticed of the tree we were standing under. This tree. This....this is the weeping willow tree from my dreams. No...no this has to be a dream again, this can't be real. I walked over to the tree trunk and slowly placed my hand on it as if it would be my last then smiled sweetly. I looked up at the tree and turned around to face the lake, even though the weeping leaves and branches of the tree covered up most of what I could see, the image of this moment from my dreams was an enough sight for me.
~me. This place
~A. Is from your painting
~me. I see this place in my dreams, it was in my painting cause it felt real, I just didn't think it was real....what is this place?
~A. It's your way home
~me. My..way....home?
Hearing those words reminded me of moms words, I didn't want to be here anymore, I want to be away from this realm. If I'm not one of them I don't want to be apart of them.
~E. You have to agree to go with us unless we can't take you back
~me. Why would I really wanna go with you two?
~A. Aura, you're my sister and our home needs us....our parents need us...our parents need you
"Our parents need....me? What could I possibly do?"
~me. Tell me what's going on first
~A. Alright
...
~me. So your saying, I'm a piece the heart of Afnahish, your my little sister and we have an older sister named Azura
~A. Yes
~me. Azura has been missing for 9 years and you've been unable to find her
~A. Right
~me. Everett is my.....my
I looked over at him and he looked so cute with that smile on his face.
~A. Your mate
~me. I still don't understand that term
~A. He's the one your made for
~me. Okay, so he's the one I was made for and we're supposed to go back to Afnahish to restore the heart
~A. Exactly
~me. Question
~A. Alright
~me. What's an Afnane?
I needed to know what that word meant she didn't really mention it but from the message in the locket.
~A. That's what we are
~me. What does it mean?
I had check up online and seen nothing about Afnane, it sounded more like a name than a kind of living mystery on this earth.
~A. It means ones who feel
~me. Ones who....feel?
~A. Yes, it's like....okay so our kind are born with a gift and has a natural ability to transform into anyone but to some certain limit but the gift each and every one of us are given involves the senses
"I think I understand well enough, I want to go back to Afnahish now, if my people need me and I'm part of the people that can help I want to help"
~me. Let's go back now
~A. What?
~me. I'm understand everything now so let's go back, take me home
They looked confused then I realized they thought I meant I wanted to stay in this realm.
~me. Let's go back to Afnahish
They smiled and Acura looked at Everett.
~A. Do you think you can open it with me
~E. I'm not sure, but I'll try
They both took my hands and stood beside me then they blew at their index finger tip and I saw a small white fire light up, they raised their hand up and dropped it quickly I looked straight and saw the world in front of me began to swirl then different colors started to brighten it up, it looked beautiful and I found myself admiring the mix of swirling colors. Wait what was this anyways? Acura held my hand as she walked inside I followed her, I didn't want to complain cause maybe this was my way home. I closed my eyes as I walked in and at some point a bright light hit my face so I used my hand to cover my eyes.
~E. Open your eyes
I blinked a few times and opened my eyes and found myself standing in a garden, it resembled a meadow and had beautiful flowers and green grasses with trees of all shapes and sizes
~me. What is this place?
~E. Welcome to the Land of Afnane
~me. This place is beautiful, why are we here? What is this place? What's the one back in the mortal realm
~A. It's a portal
~me. Portal?
~A. Yes, in the mortal realm there wasn't a safe enough place for us to get there without being caught so our kind placed that forest there so we could get there without being seen. No human can see or find that place
~me. Wow
~A. Now we have to get going
~me. Where are we going?
~A. We need to find Vinisha
~me. Who's Vinisha?
~A. She's a witch who can help you get your memories back
~me. Oh, do I really need them back?
~A. Yes you do, you need to remember who you are Aura, look
She showed me a mirror and I look completely different, not different but I had my black hair and purple eyes again.
~A. This is who you are, you just need to remember that
~me. Alright then
We started walking cause Everett said he was too weak to run while Acura said she couldn't teleport cause she was also too weak so the only thing we could do was to walk.
~me. Can I ask something?
~A. Yes
~me. Kian and his crew, what's up with them? And why do you guys always disguise yourself whenever their around?
~A. Kian is out to kill us all, both you, me and Azura
~me. What happens when they do?
~A. You shouldn't think like that, but if they do our powers could destroy the whole of Afnahish cause they don't have a holder and if the powers get into the wrong hands there would be no more of our kind
~me. Wow, that's deep
~A. That's why we have to act fast
~me. But if Azura has been missing for 9 years doesn't that mean-
~A. No, she's not dead please, she's still here somewhere
~me. Alright
We walked for what felt like hours then we got to a cliff. We got to the edge of the cliff and I saw the most beautiful looking city, it had all sorts of beautiful flowers and bright green grasses with wonderful trees and small lights moving around but I assumed their fireflies.
~A. Aura, welcome to Labeathis, this is the Land of spring and our kingdom
~me. Land of Spring, Labeathis
~A. Yes
~E. I don't think it's a good idea to be here, no one's supposed to know we're alive in this kingdom, they could over celebrate a bit
~A. Actually your right, we'll head to Druzatria next but for now we have to search for Vinisha
~me. What's Druzatria?
~E. That's the Land of Winter and my kingdom
~me. Wow, this is a lot to process
~E. Right after we search Druzatria we can journey to Sibbiaronia and Daekrahm
~me. I don't wanna have to ask
~E. {Chuckles} Sibbiaronia is the Land of Summer and Daekrahm is the Land of Autumn
~me. All this sounds so cool
I looked down to the bottom of the cliff and there was a lake down there and for some reason I wanted to jump down without another thought I had already jumped and was falling with Everett and Acura falling with me, I held my knees up against my chest as my body slammed into the water and I swam back up and started to laugh. It had been such a long time since I had any kind of fun and this...this was amazing.
~A. Come on get out quickly we don't wanna draw attention
We got out of the water and hid behind a tree.
~me. We're so wet
~E. It was your fault
~me. I didn't ask you guys to jump with me
~E. It was too tempting
~me. So you know how I felt
I said smiling.
~E. Maybe I do
~A. That's enough you two let's get going
She said taking both of us by the hand and pulling us away.
~A. First of all, we need horses
We walked up to a small shop and were asked to come inside. Acura seemed fond of the man and he also seemed fond of her he offered us the horses at half of their original price and we thanked him and left. I didn't know how to ride horses.
~E. It's easy come on
~me. Okay
He helped me up onto the horse and when I was able to sit on it well he trained me on how to ride and I got it. On my sixth try that is.