Life with Them
Jesse's POV
"Mom. Wake up!", a voice yelled. Clearly, that voice rang in ears, begging for me to wake up but to no avail. The voice, now louder, kept on telling me to wake up. Before the gods of sleep could leave me, I held on a little longer. Finally, my eyes fluttered open, my dark long lashes touching my cheeks. Anna, who eyes were red and wet, was hovering over me staring at me, lips quivering. "Mom, thank goodness you're awake.", Anna exclaimed, tears falling down her cheeks. "Anna", I whispered. "Is she alright?", another voice asked. "Yes, she is. Why do you think this happened?", Anna asks. My eyes wander over to the person the voice belongs to. "Dante.", I whisper. His eye bags playing under his eyes. His face red from overheating. "I'm so glad, you're finally awake.", Dante sighed. My eyes widened. "Finally? What happened?", I ask, my voice growing quiet. "You fainted when you saw Zane, or so I'm told and you've been asleep for a day.", Dante replied. My mind raced, trying to find what had happened. Finally, my memory came back to me. My hand flew to my mouth and tears came rushing down my face. Dante quickly rushed over to me and wiped away my tears. "He's back. Zane's back.", I say, my voice cracking. My eyes quickly flew to Anna. "Anna, my dear, come here.", I say gesturing for her to come to me, by my side. She ran over and my arms surrounded her, squeezing her tightly. "Anna, I have to tell you something", I say quietly, my eyes looking at her dark blue ones. After letting her go, I sniffed and wiped away the remaining tears. "I'm sorry I haven't told you this but…", I start but a cough interrupts me. "Remember when I told you, your father is dead", I said and she nodded. "Well he still is, that sick man, but he's here.", I quietly chuckle. "Your father is..is...Zane", I say. She stays there but then looks at me. The corners of her mouth curl and she smiles at me. "That's great. When will I see him?", she asks. "What?", Dante says, clearly confused by her reply. "Wait! You're not mad at me?!", I ask. "Well I am but that was 20 years ago, I can't blame for what you did in the past, I'm kinda shocked that he's my father, but what can you expect you know?", she says and shrugs. "Well, that's a surprise, wait…where is everyone?", I ask Dante. His eyes are widened. "Oh sorry, I was kinda surprised but Aphmau is at Bright Port as well as Zane, Katelyn, and Garroth.", Dante says casually. "WHAT?!", Anna and me both yell in unison. "We have to get going! Anna, you are coming with me!", I yell and get up from my comfortable bed. "Jesse! You can't move, you just woke up from a long time of sleep!", He shouts as we head out the room. "I'm fine!", I yell over my shoulder. I transform into my guardian form and so does Anna.
Normal POV
As Jesse and Anna fly over Bright Port, they spot Aphmau and her group near the nether portal. "Hurry!", Jesse yells over the wind. They quickly fly down and try to catch their attention. "APHMAU!", Anna yells but Aphmau doesn't notice. After getting close to the ground, I jump onto the floor, my wings disappearing into thin air, and run up to Aphmau. Anna notices this and flies gently next to me. "Jesse? Anna? What are you doing here? Are you okay?", Aphmau asks. Zane looks at me then at Anna, who smiles at him and then at Garroth. "I'm fine. I came here to come with you to the nether. Even though that is a terrible idea but I never question my warrior.", I say casually, eyeing Zane the whole time. "Aren't you uncomfortable with him around?", Katelyn asks me. "No. Not that much. Even though he kept my siblings locked up, threatened me to kill someone, and almost attempted to kidnap my son, I can handle him", I say and narrow my eyes. "Plus, I have to introduce him to someone later. But now we have to get to the nether. I already know you guys are gonna rescue Laurance so let's get going.", I say quickly and walk into the portal. After everyone entered the portal, Zane walked in front of us. "Before we can continue, I need you to take these shackles.", Zane says, directing his request at Aphmau. "No.", Garroth replied. "Fine. But I'm not gonna be able to move as you want me to.", Zane said, a smirk playing with his lips. Garroth growled but Aphmau gestured for him to do what was needed. Garroth, hesitantly, took off his bindings. "There. Much better.", Zane said, sighing in relief. "Lead us to Laurance.", Aphmau says. Zanes sighs again and heads in a direction. We reluctantly followed. "Wow! It's so pretty!", Anna exclaimed. "Is that supposed to be sarcasm?", Garroth asks. "Yes…", Anna lied. I knew why she said that. She's turning into her father, yet I can't do anything about it. After a while, Zane leads us to a big building surrounded by lava and other uncommon things. "In there.", Zane said. "Are you certain?", Aphmau asked. "You're questioning me now?", Zane asks, obviously joking. "It seems as though, well, you've been leading us in circles.", Aphmau replies. "I don't have anything to lose. That is where you'll find Laurance. End of story.", Zane scoffed. "Fine, then go. Bring him out.", Aphmau said. "Ugh…fine.", Zane sighs. Zane walks up to the building then stops. "This feels like a bad idea, shouldn't we turn back?", Anna says, holding her dagger. "There's no going back. Let's just see what happens, ok?", Aphmau smiles. Suddenly, a loud thud interrupted our tiny chat. Laurance jumped down from the building. Laurance and Zane run up to each other and their swords touch. "Zane", Laurance said in a deep voice. "Think you can kill me this time?", Zane taunted. "I won't let you get away. You were a fool to think to come back.", Laurance said, narrowing his red eyes. "Unfortunately, I'm not here to pick a fight with you. Look behind me.", Zane said, moving out of the way for Laurance. "Laurance!", Aphmau exclaimed. "Laurance..", Katelyn said, surprised to see him. "What? Why are you here?", Laurance asked, his voice low and deep, almost like a rock being rubbed against gravel. "Idiot! We've been looking for you all these years!", I say, my eyes getting wet. "I can't believe-", Aphmau gets interrupted by Laurance. "Seriously, the great Aphmau herself has come to see me in person.", Laurance says, his lips forming a sick grin. "Get behind me, Anna.", I whisper to her. Laurance looks at me, his eyes follow my movements and then glares at me. "Laurance, we've been worried about you", Garroth says. "We'd go looking anywhere for you…", Katelyn adds. "Please let us help you..", Aphmau pleaded. "HELP! HAHAHA! You could never help me!", Laurance says, staring at Aphmau. "So what you're saying is that you don't want us to bring you back?", Anna asks, stepping in front of me and staring bravely into his red fiery eyes. "Yes…you're correct…you made a grave mistake thinking you could come…", Laurance says before his eyes widened. "No..it can't be…", Laurance says quietly. "Laurance…", Aphmau pleads again. "GET OUT OF HERE!", Laurance shouts before pushing Katelyn and Aphmau over the bridge. "Why did you do that, Laurance?", Garroth asked. "Mom", Anna said, her voice full of fear. "Laurance….you're so dead…", Jesse said, her voice like gravel being rubbed.
Sorry but I really needed to post this so yeah part 2 of chapter 2 will be posted soon ;)