Blumiere
When I awoke the next day, I slowly made my way down the long corridor. I couldn't take my mind off of her.
I arrived in the kitchen and didn't say a word, for I was lost in thought. I often found myself just staring at the walls, thinking about Timpani.
"…Blumiere?" replied a voice.
Quickly snapping back into reality, I glanced up at noticed my father.
"What?" I said.
"Are you okay?" he asked, "is something wrong?"
I didn't answer for a minute. It was so weird of him to speak to me without him complaining about something.
"I..I'm fine, father," I responded.
"Okay.." he said, a bit confused, "whatever you say.."
I couldn't be in here any longer. Now, everybody in the kitchen was staring at me.
"Blumiere's so strange," I heard someone whisper.
"Strange? I think he's cute," another voice whispered back.
I immediately recognized it as Kalysta's voice.
"Cute?"
"Yeah. I mean, he's so…dreamy."
I have to get out of here! I thought.
I quickly ran out of the kitchen and rushed up to my room.
As soon as I got into my room, I glanced out the window and looked at the immense forest that surrounded this castle.
Timpani's out there in that forest, I said to myself, yes, she's out there right now, in her cute little cottage…
"BLUMIERE!" I heard my father yell. I sighed and began to walk to his room.
On the way to his room, I kept my head low, and I just stared at the floor. That is, until I ran into someone.
"Oh…I…I'm sorry," I said, before looking up to see who it was.
I then looked up and saw Kalysta. How embarrassing! She was just whispering about me, and I just bumped into her…
"It's fine, Blumiere," she smiled sweetly.
For a moment we just sat there, thinking of something to say.
"So," Kalysta muttered, "I bet you heard my conversation in the kitchen, huh?"
"Yeah, I did," I said.
She just smiled, and I scurried away from there, embarrassed to speak.
I arrived in my father's room. Dimentio was in there, too.
"I'm sorry," Dimentio muttered, "but I just HAD to tell him.."
"Son," my father rasped, "I can't believe you didn't tell me that a human took care of you!"
"Father!" I said, "she saved me! I could have died..and if I did, you would have nobody else to be leader of the tribe when you retire."
"You have me, Kronos!" grinned Dimentio.
"Silence, jester! Now, Blumiere, Dimentio also told me that you were thinking about her."
"So? What's wrong with that?"
My father seemed disgusted.
"You know what happens when you fall in love, Blumiere," he hissed, "and you know that as a member of the Tribe of Darkness that you cannot love someone who is outside the tribe."
"Well," said Dimentio, "Blumiere told me that she's a member of the Tribe of…"
I cut him off.
"Uh," I replied, "father, why would you believe Dimentio anyway!?"
"Dimentio has been my trusted helper since he was just a boy, Blumiere," Lord Kronos said to me, "of course I'm going to believe him. Now, what I was saying is that we do not accept others from outside the tribe, because we fear that if we do so, the next generation of the tribe's powers may be diluted. With our powers diluted, we will be weaker, thus the Ancients could over throw us."
I guess I never thought about it that way.
"Also," he continued, "I despise humans. No son of mine will ever love one of those wretched creatures."
"Why?" I asked.
"I just don't like them…you would understand if you were older. Now, I don't want you to ever speak of that human again. Understand?"
"Okay, I'll try not too."
"Don't try, this is a demand."
"I'm sorry, father, but that girl…"
Lord Kronos was furious.
"I said I don't want another word of her!" he snarled, "go to your room this instant!"I left his room silently, his harsh words echoing in my mind.
"What am I going to do with him?" I heard my father sigh as I left his room, "he's 19 and by now he should be making the right decisions for himself. He shouldn't have his father telling him what's right and what's wrong.."
When I arrived in my room, I sat down, thinking about what a disgrace I was in my father's eyes.
But I quickly pushed those thoughts aside, and began thinking about Timpani.
There was just something about that girl that was so intriguing.
Yes, I know it's not the longest chapter ever… I'll try to make later chapters longer, I promise! I also won't be updating very often, because school is starting back in a couple days (I'm on fall break). So, sorry if I don't update very soon…
*EDIT* The typo is now fixed.
