A/N: Hey guys its been a while. Hope you like this fic. This is going to be two parts and this is part one. xoxo- Ash
Sunlight streamed through the window causing a sleepy blonde to begin to stir. I can't believe its her 4th birthday already, where have these last 2 years gone? Tamsin laid there tangled in the sheets thinking to herself. Suddenly she heard the pitter patter of little feet running down the hall and immediately closed her eyes to pretend she was still asleep.
"Oomph! Tamsin quietly groaned as she felt the little body land on top of her.
"Sissy! Hey sissy wake up." The tiny blonde was not amused that her big sister wasn't up and ready for the day yet. Tamsin continued to pretend to sleeping as Riley started to shake her shoulders. "Hey sissy guess what day it is! WAKE UP!" Tamsin smirked knowing that her little sister was getting more frustrated by the second. "Tammy, is you okay?" When Riley still didn't receive any reaction, she began to cry. Tamsin immediately reacted and scooped her little sister up into a big hug. "Shush, Its okay Riles. I was only kidding."
"Sissy, you so mean!" The little blonde choked out between sniffles.
"I said I was sorry baby. Please don't be mad at me."
"I not mad. Sissy guess what day it is!?"
"Umm, let me see, its definitely Saturday." Tamsin said with a mischievous grin plastered on her face.
"No sissy, its my birthday!"
"Is it really? How old are you now? Like 30 right?"
"Tammy, I is 4 now remember?"
"Oh yeah, that's right squirt. Can you show me how many that is?"
Riley proudly raised 4 fingers in the air.
"How did you get to be so smart Riles?"
"You teached me sissy!"
Tamsin giggled and hugged her baby sister again. "What do you want to do today, sweetie?"
"Beach! Pwease..." Riley started jumping up and down on the bed, while giggling hysterically.
Tamsin couldn't resist the little girl as she grabbed her and placed a kiss on her forehead. "As you wish, sweetie. Happy Birthday, I love you!"
Riley tried with all her might to drag Tamsin out of bed. 'Sissy, I hungry."
"Well, what would you like to eat?"
"I want cake and ice cream!" The little girl yelled as she pulled herself up onto her chair at the table.
"Ah, ah. I don't think so. It may be your birthday but that is not a very good breakfast. Try again"
Riley pouted but finally decided, "I want big waffle with stwawbewwies and whipped cweam."
"Are you sure you can eat such a big waffle all by yourself?"
"Yes I big girl now, almost as big as you Tam Tam."
Tamsin laughed as she gathered the supplies and began cooking breakfast. Riley was covered in syrup by the time she was done eating but managed to eat most of her waffle. She jumped down from the table before Tamsin could clean her face and hands and started to run into the living room.
"Stop right there! Don't you dare touch anything. Come here so I can clean you off." Tamsin chased her into the other room before she abruptly stopped and gave Tamsin a weird look. "What's wrong Riles?"
"I feel bad sissy, my face feels weird and my back hurt."
Right before her eyes Tamsin's little sisters face became dark and sunken looking, while a small pair of white wings sprouted from her shoulder blades.
She knew this day would be coming soon if it ever came at all.
Tamsin knew if her baby sister was Fae that her powers would emerge around this age. Riley and Tamsin shared the same mother but different fathers. Riley's dad was Griffin and it was anyone's guess as to what powers she would take on. There was also a chance she could be human, but Tamsin wasn't very worried about that happening. After her parents died in a car crash, Tamsin decided to move to Hawaii to raise her where they had wanted her to grow up. The decision to uproot her own life was not an easy one, as her and her fiance lived 4600 miles away. After much discussion, they had decided that they would break off their engagement and Tamsin would take care of Riley. As much as they wanted to stay together, they knew the distance would break them up anyway. Her ex had finally found her family and she wasn't ready to leave that yet.
'Hey baby, you are okay. Remember how we have been talking about how you could be getting powers soon? Well it looks like that is happening today."
"I'm scared Tammy, it hurts."
"I know honey come here, lets look in the mirror together okay? Look at you, a little Valkyrie."
"Tammy I look scary, I no like it."
"Look at how pretty your wings are, you know they kind of look like mine."
"Sissy, you a val-ka-ree too? Can I see yous wings? Riley was overwhelmed with emotions and her lip started to quiver.
Tamsin brought out her wings and wrapped them around the little Valkyrie. "Yous wings are big, Tammy. I want my face to be okay. Is it gonna be okay?"
Tamsin decided it was better to show her little sister how to change her face, so she turned toward her and went full on Valkyrie.
"Sissy, I look like you. Maybe its not so scary."
"No its not scary, sweetie. If you want to bring your face back to normal, you going to have to calm down. Breathe in, breathe out. Take deep breaths honey."
Riley's face started faded back to normal and her wings retracted. Tamsin also went back to normal and picked up her little sister.
"You and me are going start practicing that everyday okay? I'm going to teach you all about being a Valkyrie."
"Yay! Beach now?"
"Let's get you cleaned up and we will go."
Tamsin and Riley walked hand in hand down the street to the beach. Tamsin set up the blanket and laid down watching her sister play in the sand about 10 feet away. After a little while, Tamsin's phone rang, she didn't know the number but the area code was from the city she used to live in so she answered it.
"Hey, Tamsin."
Tamsin couldn't speak for a moment, she hadn't heard from Bo in over a year. Why was she calling her now? She stared out into the horizon wondering what she was calling about.
"Hi, Succubus."
"I know this is kind of out of the blue but I remembered it is Riley's birthday today and I wanted to wish her a Happy Birthday. I also wanted to tell you that I miss you."
"I, uh, I miss you too." Tamsin sighed.
It got quiet for a few moments. "Can I say hi to Riley?"
"Yeah, give me a sec." Tamsin put the phone down.
Tamsin looked over to where the little girl was playing a few minutes earlier and she didn't see her. "RILEY!?"
Tamsin frantically got up and looked all around the beach and couldn't find her anywhere. She went to take a closer look around the sandcastle she was building. It was half crushed by a large footprint and they led up off the beach. Tamsin was immediately alarmed.
"Bo, I think someone took her! She's not anywhere. Please I can't lose her. My baby, she just got her powers, she so vulnerable. I have to find her." She quickly grabbed their things.
"Tamsin honey take a deep breath, I'm getting on a plane. We will find her. I promise. See you soon."
-TO BE CONTINUED..
