Author's Note: OK. Due to various requests that I continue the story, even though I was FOR SURE done...I will be continuing it! Look out for Chapter 4 in the very near future!
.Chapter One.
"And now that it's almost the millennium, we have to step up our search for the fourth Wild Power. Remember three is not enough!" Ash could see that Thierry was really getting into his motivation speech. He was pacing back and forth at the front of the dining room table. His hands were making motions, stressing his words.
Ash slouched in his seat at the table, his long legs stretched out under the table, his fingers idly twirling a pen around; the perfect picture of a bored, lazy cat. But he was paying attention; it was just that he had already heard the motivation speech five hundred times before so it really didn't interest him.
Someone kicked the back of his chair, causing him to drop the pen and straighten up. Ash turned around and glared at the guy behind him. Quinn. A smirking Quinn. Ash gave him an icy glare. That just caused Quinn's smirk to get wider. That short son of a— Rashel, Quinn's soulmate, lightly smacked Quinn's shoulder to get him to pay attention to Thierry's monologue. The smirk was now off Quinn's face and on Ash's.
He turned around and picked the pen up again. "Now, we have Delos –One from the land of the kings long forgotten-; Iliana –One from the hearth which still holds the spark-; and Jez –One from the Day World where two eyes are watching. We need to find the person who matches this part of the prophecy –One from the twilight to be one with the dark. Any ideas, people?"
Maggie, a fox-haired girl, raised her hand. Thierry acknowledged her hand. "Maybe it's talking about—" A cry of pain interrupted her.
Ash had bent over double, grabbing at his heart. He was gasping in pain. Quinn got up and grabbed Ash before he fell out of his chair. The whole room broke into mutterings, each worried about Ash. Thea Harman appeared at Ash's side. She knelt next to him and placed her hands on his shoulders, giving him some leverage. "What's wrong?" she asked, her brown eyes worried.
He looked at her with black eyes, eyes full of pain. "It's—" His eyes shut tight and his teeth clenched, a hiss escaping between them. "It—it feels like my heart's been torn in two!"
"Could it be a heart attack?" asked Iliana, a silver-haired Wild Power.
Quinn looked at her from across the table. "Vampires don't get heart attacks."
Her violet eyes widened. "Oh."
Ash pressed back in his chair, a keening sound coming out of his mouth. "What could be hurting him? Some sort of magical attack?" asked Keller.
"I don't think so. The wards around the house would've been set off," replied Thierry who had joined the crowd around Ash's chair.
"Mary-Lynette!" Ash shouted as he bent over again.
"Mary—who?" asked Iliana. Everyone started muttering again. What would his soulmate have to do with this? Could something have happened to her?
"She's dead." The voice was quiet, yet so authoritative that everyone had become quiet at the first word. It had come from Aradia, the Mother of all the Witches. She stood at the end of the table, her hands resting lightly on the back of a chair. Her blind eyes were facing the crowd. "Only when your soulmate has left this world will you feel such pain. It will feel like you are only half a person. It will feel like your heart is torn in two." She put a quiet emphasis on the last phrase.
"No! Not her! Not mine!" A painful groan sounded in Ash's throat. His ash blond hair was stuck to his head with sweat. His eyes were now a dark blue of grief.
Thea looked at Aradia in helplessness. "Isn't there anything you can do? Anything we can do?" Aradia looked at Thea, her dark eyes sad. "No, I don't think we can. If his soulmate is dead . . ." she trailed off. They all glanced at each other. No one should have that happen to him.
"Arrh!" With one last shout of pain, Ash slumped into unconsciousness.
Author's Note: I didn't realize how long my one-shot was so I broke it down into three chapters. Hopefully, I'm able to keep your attention that long.
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