Realm's Secretes
By,
LadyMia/StarLight78
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Casey walked in the woods behind Mia's house. The once white snow now a brownish black covered the ground, crunching with every step she took. It had been two days since she got back from the US. Her sister was now 19 and everything was perfect, all but one thing. Casey had this feeling tugging at her. She was thinking about how Lee and Rose were together and they were Realm Warrior's to.....Did that mean she was meant to be with the forth Realm Warrior? Not Slater. She felt sick to her stomach at the thought. Casey looked up as it started to snow again. She was wearing black flare jeans and a purple snow jacket and purple snow boots. Her hair was down with flakes of snow scattered around. A quiet hush washed over the woods making it seem like from a fairy tale. "A legend in my case." Casey whispered. "When will we meet the last Realm Warrior? Will he be on our side? Or will we have to fight to get him?" Casey looked down. She wanted to know about who she really was. Ghost and the other guardian's had said something about the Princess of Realms, was that her? Why don't I remember anything about it? When will I find out who I am? That question came up a lot in her mind. Who was she? She looked up a head of her to find herself at the waterfall. It's loud sound of the water crashing into the pool under it ripped through the silence. Casey brushed off some snow on a rock and sat down. She kicked a small stone into the water. She looked out into the water remembering how she use to go to waterfalls in Oregon with her family in the winter and summer. Tears filled her eyes they felt warm on her cold cheeks. Those were the happy days when there was no fighting, no yelling, no stares from the people around them. When Casey was nine or ten her family had fallen a part. Nothing ever came out right, if they tried to do something as a family her mom and dad would end up fighting. That's why when Jessica was 18 she moved out. ~ February 26th, a snowy day just like this day. ~ Casey thought. ~ One year since Jessica left home. ~ She felt her eye fill with tears. It had been so long since she had had a real family. "When will I again? Will I ever have a real family again?" Casey whispered. She stood up and started to walk back home.
"The question may not be answered Casey of Spirit. Because some answers are secretes." Casey gasped. She looked around to find she was a lone.
"Why do those guardian's always do that to me." She muttered and started walking again. Ghost and Kat watched Casey from the trees.
"She is so young, yet so old." Ghost said. Kat nodded.
"She thinks she can take on these responsibilities, when she really can't handle the truth." Kat replied.
"Will she ever learn it?" Ghost asked. She frowned when Kat didn't say anything for a while.
"The time will come." Kat said then disappeared. Ghost followed but then returned at the house in her horse form.
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Ryo sat by the fire with a sleeping Mia lying against him. He looked up as the back door shut. Casey came in brushing the snow off her jacket. He could tell something was wrong, but didn't get a chance to ask, she dashed up stairs as Sage came down almost getting knocked over. "What's up with her?" Sage looked over at Ryo who shrugged. "I'll go talk to her." ~ I just hope she doesn't get mad at me for talking to her. ` Sage thought knowing how much Casey disliked him. Sage knocked on Casey's door, he could hear faint sobs, but no reply. Sage inched the door open to see Casey curled up in a ball crying into her pillow. Sage frowned and shut the door moving over to her bed. When he sat down next to her she looked up. Her eyes were light pink from crying. "W-What do you want?" Casey said wiping tears from her eyes. Sage tucked a piece of hair behind her ear and smiled. He had a little sister so he knew how to treat her and how to act as a big brother.
"What's wrong?" Sage asked. Casey shook her head.
"Everything Sage, nothing is good." Casey said tears running down her cheeks. He frowned and wiped the tears from her eyes.
"Did Slater break up with you?" Sage asked. Casey shook her head.
"I-I have a feeling that I might have to, my armor's destiny." Casey said crying harder. Sage brushed a strand of hair away from her face.
"Don't worry, you won't have to if you don't want to." Sage said then gasped in surprise as she threw her arms around him crying into his shoulder. Sage hugged her back, stroking her hair back. "It's ok, don't worry." He rocked her softly and her sobs soon quieted. He looked down to see her sleeping like a little child in his arms. He picked her up and laid her down on her bed. Sage grabbed a blanket and covered her up. "Sleep Casey, and don't worry." Sage walked over to the door, he turned around and smiled at her. ~ When she's sleeping she doesn't seem all the bad, you'd never think she was the one who's saved this world two times. ~ Sage thought shutting the door behind him.
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Casey woke up feeling drained. ~ I was crying earlier, I feel so tired. ~ Casey thought standing up. She brushed out her messy hair and shed her jacket leaving her in a black turtle neck and black flare jeans. She then walked down stairs. She stopped and found everyone's locations and what they were doing. Sai was in the kitchen cooking, Kento was in front of the TV playing his play station, Rowen was reading in the living room, Ryo and Mia were snuggling in front of the fire in the den and Sage was dozing off in a single chair in the living room. He saw her and smiled. She smiled back for once, she had remembered how nice he was to her earlier. She was really wrong about him. It was already dinnertime. ~ I slept that long! ~ Casey thought. She looked outside and saw it was still snowing. She walked over to the back door and slipped on her snow boots and walked out door. Everyone looked up as she shut the sliding glass door to the back. Sage got up. "I'll talk to her." Sage said, everyone nodded. Sage grabbed his jacket Casey's jacket and put on his shoes. He walked outside to find Casey standing on the end of the dock looking down at the frozen lake. Sage walked over to her and smirked. She was bouncing slightly trying to stay warm. "You're going to catch a cold." Casey looked over at him.
"Yeah I know." Casey joked. Sage held out her jacket and helped her get it on. "Thanks, um Sage, listen I'm sorry for how mean I've been to you." Sage shook his head.
"Don't worry, it kinda nice for once to have a girl hate me." They both laughed. The hush of the snow washed over the area.
"Do you think they'll attack soon? I mean the third Sovran?" Casey asked watching the snow cover the frozen lake.
"No one can tell, the dynasty never shows signs off attacking." Sage said he chuckled as Casey started to bounce again. He put an arm around her shoulders to keep her warm.
"You have a little sister don't you?" Casey asked looking up at him. Sage nodded.
"Why? Does it show?" Casey giggled and nodded. "How though! You're the only one who has been able to tell."
"I can just tell, Ryo always acts like my big brother, and now I'm going to start calling you brother!" Casey said hugging him. Sage laughed and hugged her back.
"Now I got two little sisters." Sage said.
"Sage, Casey! Dinner!" Sai called.
"Come on, I'll race ya." Sage said. Casey nodded.
"You're on!" Then they both took off running. Casey slipped and grabbed Sage and they both fell and slid into the porch laughing.
"Kids." Sai said laughing. Sage picked Casey off the ground and onto her feet. "Come on, dinners ready." They nodded and walked in side. They sat down to dinner right as the phone rang.
"I'll get it." Casey said grabbing the phone. "Hello." Her eyes widened. "Yeah hold up." She handed the phone to Ryo. "It's for you, it's the cops." Ryo went wide-eyed as he took the phone.
"Hello." Ryo said. "Yes, um let me get out of the room she could hear this and I don't want her to." Mia and Casey went to stand but Sage pushed both of them back down. They were the only girls so it had to be about one of them.
"Sage." Mia gave him a death glare and he let her go, but made Casey stay. After twenty minutes of eating silently they came back in.
"Casey I need to talk to you." Casey felt her heart stop. She stood almost falling on Sage. He stood up and helped her into the other room. He went to leave but Casey grabbed his hand.
"Sage stays." They all nodded, Mia and Ryo knowing she was going to need someone there with her. Ryo took a deep breath.
"Casey, it's about......" Ryo couldn't get the words out. He had seen Casey's heart broken so many times he couldn't stand to see it break again.
"Ryo spit it out!" Casey snapped.
"It's about your mom and dad." Casey swore her heart stopped for two minutes.
"W-what about them?" Ryo stayed silent. "Ryo!"
"Well your dad attacked your mother, she.....She's dead Casey." Ryo saw tears fill her eyes. Her face paled to pure white.
"What happened?" She asked. "Tell me Ryo."
"He was drunk, he came home and then they got in a fight, he attacked her killing her in the process." Ryo said. Sage wrapped his arms around Casey as she cried. After a half an hour later Casey looked up. She looked so sick. Her face had lost all its color, her eyes were slightly puffy and blood shot. "Casey...." Ryo began.
"I just wanna be a lone!" Casey screamed and ran up stairs flying past all the others who had heard her scream and came to see what was wrong. Casey slammed the door hard. She threw herself onto her bed crying like crazy. She looked up at her nightstand, there was a picture of her and her father in a black rod iron frame. He father had his arm around Casey. Behind them was her favorite waterfall. She grabbed it and chucked it hard against the wall. The sound of glass was loud on her ears. The shards of glass fell to the floor. She dove her head into her pillow crying. She had loved her mom more then anything, and now she was gone, gone forever. Soon Casey was a sleep from crying.
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Slater walked down the street that led to Casey's house. He came to the door and it opened before he could knock. Mia stood there with a worried look on her face. Him and Casey had planned to go on a date on Sunday, which was today. "Slater, I'm sorry we didn't call you earlier, but Casey can't make it. Something dealing with her family came up and she's not doing so good." Slater's face washed over with fear.
"Is she going to be ok?" Mia nodded.
"Some time she will, she's a strong girl Slater, she'll keep going." Mia said about to shut the door.
"Uh Mia, could you give this to her." He handed her a box wrapped in midnight blue wrapping paper and a silver bow tired around it. Mia nodded and took it. "And this." Slater handed her a card. "They go together." Mia smiled and nodded.
"She's lucky to have you Slater, you're a good kid." Slater nodded and left. Mia shut the door quietly and walked up to Casey's room, no one had gone to see her since she ran up there. Sage had gotten in a fight with Ryo to let him go up there, but Ryo had said no. Mia knew Sage had become like a big brother to Casey. Mia didn't bother to knock, she knew Casey was asleep, she had cried so much that she would be sleeping till 2 in the afternoon. Slater and Casey were going to be having a brunch and then to a movie that's why he had showed up so early. Mia looked down at the floor at the shattered glass spilled on the floor. Mia walked over to the nightstand and set the box and letter down. She then left. Sai looked up from cooking, everyone else was a sleep, last night had kept them all up past one in the morning. "How is she?" Sai asked.
"Sleeping like a baby." Mia said pouring herself a cup of coffee she sat down with a sigh. "Why did this have to happen to her, and at such an early age?"
"I don't know." Sai and Mia looked up to see Sage. His hair was a mess and he looked like he didn't get any sleep. Sai handed him a cup of coffee and he sat down sipping it slowly. At nine in the morning everyone was up, but Casey. Sage was looking better, he had brushed his hair and took a shower. He then headed out and got the mail. The snow was a couple inches thick and he sank in as he walked. He got the mail and flipped through it. He stopped at a letter. Sage looked it over and his eyes rested on the return address. It was from Jessica Colin. ~ Who's Jessica Colin? ~ Sage thought. It said to those it may concern. Sage turned it around and opened it. He pulled it out and read it. He went wide-eyed and ran inside. "GUYS!" He yelled everyone came running in. "Read it Ryo!" Ryo took the letter and read it aloud.
To whom this may concern,
Ryo, this is your other cousin, Jessica, Casey's older sister. By now you have been informed of our parent's death. I am now to be Casey's guardian. I know of her armor and the fights she has gone through, I am very concerned for her. The danger that she is being put through is making me fear for her life. I may have to take charge of her life and demand you send her to me at once. I will call in a couple of days to talk to Casey and the members of your house. I will then decide if I will bring her into my home and watch over her.
Sincerely,
Jessica Colin
Ryo wiped the tear from his cheek. He could be losing his cousin already. But Jessica was right, she was her guardian. "But we have to have her here to help fight!" Kento cried. They hung their heads.
"We have to talk to Jessica about this. This isn't like her, I've only talked to her a few times but she's never taken her role as Casey's future guardian this harsh." Ryo said. They nodded.
"Should we tell Casey?" Rowen's question sent silence over the group.
"Not yet, she has to much on her plate to handle already." Sage said. They all nodded in agreement.
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Casey woke up to a sound at the window. She pushed herself up and forced her dry eyes open. There was the owl she had come to know very well. She opened the window and it flew in. It landed on the nightstand and placed a letter down next to the other items. It sat there looking at her, as if waiting for her to read the letter. She walked over and looked at the necklace the owl had on. Coal was written on it. "So that's your name." Coal bobbed his/her head then poked the letter it had brought. She grabbed it and read it. It was from Slater.
Casey,
I heard about your mother, I'm sorry. I hope the gifts I brought to you helped. Sorry this is so short. Love always
Slater
Casey smiled for once and she picked up the other letter. It was a sweet card that had a shooting star across the front. Inside he had written the lyrics to 'I Knew I Loved You' Casey smiled and then she picked up the box. Inside was a necklace. It was a silver chain with a silver butterfly hanging on it. On the back it had the words 'Love is for always, nothing can break it' engraved. She unhooked it and put it on. Coal sat watching her. Casey stroked the little owl on the head. "Thank you." Coal bobbed his/her head and flew off. "I guess it's time to go down." Casey opened her door and walked down stairs. Everyone looked up at her.
"Hey sleepy head." Ryo said. Casey noticed that his eyes were a light pink, and it wasn't because his aunt, her mom, had died.
"What happened, and don't lie to me." Casey said looking at all of them as the phone rang. Everyone went to dive for it but Casey got it first, since it was right next to her. "Hello." Casey said, her face lit up. "Jesse!" Everyone back away and their faces saddened. "W-what." Casey looked sad. "I can't come home! I wanna stay here Jess!"
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Jessica sat tapping her pen on the table holding the phone to her ear. Her long dark hair was pulled back into a braid. Her dark brown eyes showed she was angry. "No Casey, I want you back here, there's to much trouble there, I don't want you hurt." Jessica growled. "Casey no buts! You need to be around the people you know, me, DJ, Megan, Leah, Brigette, and everyone else, you have to come home." She paused for a while as Casey talked. Then a guy with shot black hair and crystal blue eyes, very tan walked up behind her. He placed and hand on her shoulder.
"How's it going?" He asked. Jessica shook her head with a sigh.
"Casey you're not listing to me! You're coming home end of discussion! Be ready by the 1st." Jessica then hung up the phone. "I hate doing this to her, she been being moved back and forth." She stood up and leaned her head on his shoulder as he hugged her.
"Don't worry honey, thing will be fine." He, DJ, said kissing the top of her head.
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Casey hung up the phone on the verge of tears. "She's making me go back home." Casey said stunned. She turned around to look at them. They all had tears in their eyes. "You guys already knew didn't you?" Ryo nodded.
"We weren't going to tell you yet, we thought you had enough to handle." Ryo said walking up to her and encircling her in his arms as she cried into his chest.
"This isn't fair!" Casey cried. "I still have to fight with you guys!" Casey was trembling. "I hate her!"
"Shhhh, Casey, don't say that." Ryo said smoothing her hair back. "Everything will be fine." Casey pulled back wiping her tears away.
"I have to get ready, I leave on the first." Casey said walking up stairs. Everyone watched Casey disappear into her room. The first was tomorrow. After three hours Casey as done and Sage had agreed to drive her over to Slater's. Casey hopped out almost slipping on the slushy snow. She came up to his door.
"Oh hi Casey!" His mom cried. "I'll get Slater." After a few minutes later Slater showed up at the door with a huge grin on his face. It soon disappeared at the sight of Casey's 'ace.
"Casey, what's wrong?" Slater asked stepping outside with her and shutting the door.
"S-Slater, my sister s-she.....She's making me go home, tomorrow." Casey said tears welling up in her eyes. "And I'm not coming back this time." Slater went pale as tears fell down Casey's cheeks. Slater hugged her tightly.
"I'm going to miss you Casey, I love you." Casey hugged Slater tightly.
"I will to, I love you Slater. Good-" Slater pressed his lips against hers to stop her from saying good bye.
"Never say goodbye, we'll always have each other in our heart." Casey smiled and hugged him.
"Sometimes when you talk like that I forget you're only 12." Slater laughed and hugged her again. "I promise I'll call you, or write you. See ya!" Casey called as she ran back to Sage's black BMW. Slater waved goodbye a tear running down his cheek as she disappeared. He walked back into his house and into his room.
"It may be better this way Slater." A slim dark figure said from the shadows.
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LadyMia/StarLight78: TA DA! C&C @ LadyMia11@netscape.net
By,
LadyMia/StarLight78
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Casey walked in the woods behind Mia's house. The once white snow now a brownish black covered the ground, crunching with every step she took. It had been two days since she got back from the US. Her sister was now 19 and everything was perfect, all but one thing. Casey had this feeling tugging at her. She was thinking about how Lee and Rose were together and they were Realm Warrior's to.....Did that mean she was meant to be with the forth Realm Warrior? Not Slater. She felt sick to her stomach at the thought. Casey looked up as it started to snow again. She was wearing black flare jeans and a purple snow jacket and purple snow boots. Her hair was down with flakes of snow scattered around. A quiet hush washed over the woods making it seem like from a fairy tale. "A legend in my case." Casey whispered. "When will we meet the last Realm Warrior? Will he be on our side? Or will we have to fight to get him?" Casey looked down. She wanted to know about who she really was. Ghost and the other guardian's had said something about the Princess of Realms, was that her? Why don't I remember anything about it? When will I find out who I am? That question came up a lot in her mind. Who was she? She looked up a head of her to find herself at the waterfall. It's loud sound of the water crashing into the pool under it ripped through the silence. Casey brushed off some snow on a rock and sat down. She kicked a small stone into the water. She looked out into the water remembering how she use to go to waterfalls in Oregon with her family in the winter and summer. Tears filled her eyes they felt warm on her cold cheeks. Those were the happy days when there was no fighting, no yelling, no stares from the people around them. When Casey was nine or ten her family had fallen a part. Nothing ever came out right, if they tried to do something as a family her mom and dad would end up fighting. That's why when Jessica was 18 she moved out. ~ February 26th, a snowy day just like this day. ~ Casey thought. ~ One year since Jessica left home. ~ She felt her eye fill with tears. It had been so long since she had had a real family. "When will I again? Will I ever have a real family again?" Casey whispered. She stood up and started to walk back home.
"The question may not be answered Casey of Spirit. Because some answers are secretes." Casey gasped. She looked around to find she was a lone.
"Why do those guardian's always do that to me." She muttered and started walking again. Ghost and Kat watched Casey from the trees.
"She is so young, yet so old." Ghost said. Kat nodded.
"She thinks she can take on these responsibilities, when she really can't handle the truth." Kat replied.
"Will she ever learn it?" Ghost asked. She frowned when Kat didn't say anything for a while.
"The time will come." Kat said then disappeared. Ghost followed but then returned at the house in her horse form.
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Ryo sat by the fire with a sleeping Mia lying against him. He looked up as the back door shut. Casey came in brushing the snow off her jacket. He could tell something was wrong, but didn't get a chance to ask, she dashed up stairs as Sage came down almost getting knocked over. "What's up with her?" Sage looked over at Ryo who shrugged. "I'll go talk to her." ~ I just hope she doesn't get mad at me for talking to her. ` Sage thought knowing how much Casey disliked him. Sage knocked on Casey's door, he could hear faint sobs, but no reply. Sage inched the door open to see Casey curled up in a ball crying into her pillow. Sage frowned and shut the door moving over to her bed. When he sat down next to her she looked up. Her eyes were light pink from crying. "W-What do you want?" Casey said wiping tears from her eyes. Sage tucked a piece of hair behind her ear and smiled. He had a little sister so he knew how to treat her and how to act as a big brother.
"What's wrong?" Sage asked. Casey shook her head.
"Everything Sage, nothing is good." Casey said tears running down her cheeks. He frowned and wiped the tears from her eyes.
"Did Slater break up with you?" Sage asked. Casey shook her head.
"I-I have a feeling that I might have to, my armor's destiny." Casey said crying harder. Sage brushed a strand of hair away from her face.
"Don't worry, you won't have to if you don't want to." Sage said then gasped in surprise as she threw her arms around him crying into his shoulder. Sage hugged her back, stroking her hair back. "It's ok, don't worry." He rocked her softly and her sobs soon quieted. He looked down to see her sleeping like a little child in his arms. He picked her up and laid her down on her bed. Sage grabbed a blanket and covered her up. "Sleep Casey, and don't worry." Sage walked over to the door, he turned around and smiled at her. ~ When she's sleeping she doesn't seem all the bad, you'd never think she was the one who's saved this world two times. ~ Sage thought shutting the door behind him.
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Casey woke up feeling drained. ~ I was crying earlier, I feel so tired. ~ Casey thought standing up. She brushed out her messy hair and shed her jacket leaving her in a black turtle neck and black flare jeans. She then walked down stairs. She stopped and found everyone's locations and what they were doing. Sai was in the kitchen cooking, Kento was in front of the TV playing his play station, Rowen was reading in the living room, Ryo and Mia were snuggling in front of the fire in the den and Sage was dozing off in a single chair in the living room. He saw her and smiled. She smiled back for once, she had remembered how nice he was to her earlier. She was really wrong about him. It was already dinnertime. ~ I slept that long! ~ Casey thought. She looked outside and saw it was still snowing. She walked over to the back door and slipped on her snow boots and walked out door. Everyone looked up as she shut the sliding glass door to the back. Sage got up. "I'll talk to her." Sage said, everyone nodded. Sage grabbed his jacket Casey's jacket and put on his shoes. He walked outside to find Casey standing on the end of the dock looking down at the frozen lake. Sage walked over to her and smirked. She was bouncing slightly trying to stay warm. "You're going to catch a cold." Casey looked over at him.
"Yeah I know." Casey joked. Sage held out her jacket and helped her get it on. "Thanks, um Sage, listen I'm sorry for how mean I've been to you." Sage shook his head.
"Don't worry, it kinda nice for once to have a girl hate me." They both laughed. The hush of the snow washed over the area.
"Do you think they'll attack soon? I mean the third Sovran?" Casey asked watching the snow cover the frozen lake.
"No one can tell, the dynasty never shows signs off attacking." Sage said he chuckled as Casey started to bounce again. He put an arm around her shoulders to keep her warm.
"You have a little sister don't you?" Casey asked looking up at him. Sage nodded.
"Why? Does it show?" Casey giggled and nodded. "How though! You're the only one who has been able to tell."
"I can just tell, Ryo always acts like my big brother, and now I'm going to start calling you brother!" Casey said hugging him. Sage laughed and hugged her back.
"Now I got two little sisters." Sage said.
"Sage, Casey! Dinner!" Sai called.
"Come on, I'll race ya." Sage said. Casey nodded.
"You're on!" Then they both took off running. Casey slipped and grabbed Sage and they both fell and slid into the porch laughing.
"Kids." Sai said laughing. Sage picked Casey off the ground and onto her feet. "Come on, dinners ready." They nodded and walked in side. They sat down to dinner right as the phone rang.
"I'll get it." Casey said grabbing the phone. "Hello." Her eyes widened. "Yeah hold up." She handed the phone to Ryo. "It's for you, it's the cops." Ryo went wide-eyed as he took the phone.
"Hello." Ryo said. "Yes, um let me get out of the room she could hear this and I don't want her to." Mia and Casey went to stand but Sage pushed both of them back down. They were the only girls so it had to be about one of them.
"Sage." Mia gave him a death glare and he let her go, but made Casey stay. After twenty minutes of eating silently they came back in.
"Casey I need to talk to you." Casey felt her heart stop. She stood almost falling on Sage. He stood up and helped her into the other room. He went to leave but Casey grabbed his hand.
"Sage stays." They all nodded, Mia and Ryo knowing she was going to need someone there with her. Ryo took a deep breath.
"Casey, it's about......" Ryo couldn't get the words out. He had seen Casey's heart broken so many times he couldn't stand to see it break again.
"Ryo spit it out!" Casey snapped.
"It's about your mom and dad." Casey swore her heart stopped for two minutes.
"W-what about them?" Ryo stayed silent. "Ryo!"
"Well your dad attacked your mother, she.....She's dead Casey." Ryo saw tears fill her eyes. Her face paled to pure white.
"What happened?" She asked. "Tell me Ryo."
"He was drunk, he came home and then they got in a fight, he attacked her killing her in the process." Ryo said. Sage wrapped his arms around Casey as she cried. After a half an hour later Casey looked up. She looked so sick. Her face had lost all its color, her eyes were slightly puffy and blood shot. "Casey...." Ryo began.
"I just wanna be a lone!" Casey screamed and ran up stairs flying past all the others who had heard her scream and came to see what was wrong. Casey slammed the door hard. She threw herself onto her bed crying like crazy. She looked up at her nightstand, there was a picture of her and her father in a black rod iron frame. He father had his arm around Casey. Behind them was her favorite waterfall. She grabbed it and chucked it hard against the wall. The sound of glass was loud on her ears. The shards of glass fell to the floor. She dove her head into her pillow crying. She had loved her mom more then anything, and now she was gone, gone forever. Soon Casey was a sleep from crying.
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Slater walked down the street that led to Casey's house. He came to the door and it opened before he could knock. Mia stood there with a worried look on her face. Him and Casey had planned to go on a date on Sunday, which was today. "Slater, I'm sorry we didn't call you earlier, but Casey can't make it. Something dealing with her family came up and she's not doing so good." Slater's face washed over with fear.
"Is she going to be ok?" Mia nodded.
"Some time she will, she's a strong girl Slater, she'll keep going." Mia said about to shut the door.
"Uh Mia, could you give this to her." He handed her a box wrapped in midnight blue wrapping paper and a silver bow tired around it. Mia nodded and took it. "And this." Slater handed her a card. "They go together." Mia smiled and nodded.
"She's lucky to have you Slater, you're a good kid." Slater nodded and left. Mia shut the door quietly and walked up to Casey's room, no one had gone to see her since she ran up there. Sage had gotten in a fight with Ryo to let him go up there, but Ryo had said no. Mia knew Sage had become like a big brother to Casey. Mia didn't bother to knock, she knew Casey was asleep, she had cried so much that she would be sleeping till 2 in the afternoon. Slater and Casey were going to be having a brunch and then to a movie that's why he had showed up so early. Mia looked down at the floor at the shattered glass spilled on the floor. Mia walked over to the nightstand and set the box and letter down. She then left. Sai looked up from cooking, everyone else was a sleep, last night had kept them all up past one in the morning. "How is she?" Sai asked.
"Sleeping like a baby." Mia said pouring herself a cup of coffee she sat down with a sigh. "Why did this have to happen to her, and at such an early age?"
"I don't know." Sai and Mia looked up to see Sage. His hair was a mess and he looked like he didn't get any sleep. Sai handed him a cup of coffee and he sat down sipping it slowly. At nine in the morning everyone was up, but Casey. Sage was looking better, he had brushed his hair and took a shower. He then headed out and got the mail. The snow was a couple inches thick and he sank in as he walked. He got the mail and flipped through it. He stopped at a letter. Sage looked it over and his eyes rested on the return address. It was from Jessica Colin. ~ Who's Jessica Colin? ~ Sage thought. It said to those it may concern. Sage turned it around and opened it. He pulled it out and read it. He went wide-eyed and ran inside. "GUYS!" He yelled everyone came running in. "Read it Ryo!" Ryo took the letter and read it aloud.
To whom this may concern,
Ryo, this is your other cousin, Jessica, Casey's older sister. By now you have been informed of our parent's death. I am now to be Casey's guardian. I know of her armor and the fights she has gone through, I am very concerned for her. The danger that she is being put through is making me fear for her life. I may have to take charge of her life and demand you send her to me at once. I will call in a couple of days to talk to Casey and the members of your house. I will then decide if I will bring her into my home and watch over her.
Sincerely,
Jessica Colin
Ryo wiped the tear from his cheek. He could be losing his cousin already. But Jessica was right, she was her guardian. "But we have to have her here to help fight!" Kento cried. They hung their heads.
"We have to talk to Jessica about this. This isn't like her, I've only talked to her a few times but she's never taken her role as Casey's future guardian this harsh." Ryo said. They nodded.
"Should we tell Casey?" Rowen's question sent silence over the group.
"Not yet, she has to much on her plate to handle already." Sage said. They all nodded in agreement.
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Casey woke up to a sound at the window. She pushed herself up and forced her dry eyes open. There was the owl she had come to know very well. She opened the window and it flew in. It landed on the nightstand and placed a letter down next to the other items. It sat there looking at her, as if waiting for her to read the letter. She walked over and looked at the necklace the owl had on. Coal was written on it. "So that's your name." Coal bobbed his/her head then poked the letter it had brought. She grabbed it and read it. It was from Slater.
Casey,
I heard about your mother, I'm sorry. I hope the gifts I brought to you helped. Sorry this is so short. Love always
Slater
Casey smiled for once and she picked up the other letter. It was a sweet card that had a shooting star across the front. Inside he had written the lyrics to 'I Knew I Loved You' Casey smiled and then she picked up the box. Inside was a necklace. It was a silver chain with a silver butterfly hanging on it. On the back it had the words 'Love is for always, nothing can break it' engraved. She unhooked it and put it on. Coal sat watching her. Casey stroked the little owl on the head. "Thank you." Coal bobbed his/her head and flew off. "I guess it's time to go down." Casey opened her door and walked down stairs. Everyone looked up at her.
"Hey sleepy head." Ryo said. Casey noticed that his eyes were a light pink, and it wasn't because his aunt, her mom, had died.
"What happened, and don't lie to me." Casey said looking at all of them as the phone rang. Everyone went to dive for it but Casey got it first, since it was right next to her. "Hello." Casey said, her face lit up. "Jesse!" Everyone back away and their faces saddened. "W-what." Casey looked sad. "I can't come home! I wanna stay here Jess!"
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Jessica sat tapping her pen on the table holding the phone to her ear. Her long dark hair was pulled back into a braid. Her dark brown eyes showed she was angry. "No Casey, I want you back here, there's to much trouble there, I don't want you hurt." Jessica growled. "Casey no buts! You need to be around the people you know, me, DJ, Megan, Leah, Brigette, and everyone else, you have to come home." She paused for a while as Casey talked. Then a guy with shot black hair and crystal blue eyes, very tan walked up behind her. He placed and hand on her shoulder.
"How's it going?" He asked. Jessica shook her head with a sigh.
"Casey you're not listing to me! You're coming home end of discussion! Be ready by the 1st." Jessica then hung up the phone. "I hate doing this to her, she been being moved back and forth." She stood up and leaned her head on his shoulder as he hugged her.
"Don't worry honey, thing will be fine." He, DJ, said kissing the top of her head.
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Casey hung up the phone on the verge of tears. "She's making me go back home." Casey said stunned. She turned around to look at them. They all had tears in their eyes. "You guys already knew didn't you?" Ryo nodded.
"We weren't going to tell you yet, we thought you had enough to handle." Ryo said walking up to her and encircling her in his arms as she cried into his chest.
"This isn't fair!" Casey cried. "I still have to fight with you guys!" Casey was trembling. "I hate her!"
"Shhhh, Casey, don't say that." Ryo said smoothing her hair back. "Everything will be fine." Casey pulled back wiping her tears away.
"I have to get ready, I leave on the first." Casey said walking up stairs. Everyone watched Casey disappear into her room. The first was tomorrow. After three hours Casey as done and Sage had agreed to drive her over to Slater's. Casey hopped out almost slipping on the slushy snow. She came up to his door.
"Oh hi Casey!" His mom cried. "I'll get Slater." After a few minutes later Slater showed up at the door with a huge grin on his face. It soon disappeared at the sight of Casey's 'ace.
"Casey, what's wrong?" Slater asked stepping outside with her and shutting the door.
"S-Slater, my sister s-she.....She's making me go home, tomorrow." Casey said tears welling up in her eyes. "And I'm not coming back this time." Slater went pale as tears fell down Casey's cheeks. Slater hugged her tightly.
"I'm going to miss you Casey, I love you." Casey hugged Slater tightly.
"I will to, I love you Slater. Good-" Slater pressed his lips against hers to stop her from saying good bye.
"Never say goodbye, we'll always have each other in our heart." Casey smiled and hugged him.
"Sometimes when you talk like that I forget you're only 12." Slater laughed and hugged her again. "I promise I'll call you, or write you. See ya!" Casey called as she ran back to Sage's black BMW. Slater waved goodbye a tear running down his cheek as she disappeared. He walked back into his house and into his room.
"It may be better this way Slater." A slim dark figure said from the shadows.
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