Today was the day.
I was the sitting on a chair in my room looking around. My little room looked so sad without my toys,my books and my drawings. I asked dad if I can take
them with me at Academy. He said:
"Listen child. These are only pieces of plastic,cloth or paper. You can't take them with you because the only reason why I am sending you there is that
you become more mature and learn to control yourself. You will not have time to play. Now go back to your room and prepare for the travel. I have a
meeting and your wasting my time. "
I really wanted to say "love you too daddy" sarcasticly. The only problem was that I really loved him. I always tried to get closer to him but he always acted
indifferent. Will always said that if he didn't about us we don't have to care about him.I was starting to think that he was right. I was caressing the
blankets on the bed remembering every night my mother came to cover me. She always kissed my forehead saying that she loved me.
Who is going to cover me at the Academy? Who is going to remember me that I am loved? I felt tears coming back. I had never cried that much in such a
short amount of time. Suddenly I heard a soft knock at the door.
"W-who is it?" I asked.
"Me." Answered one of the voices I loved the most int the world.
"Come in Will."
The door opened and Will entered. He looked much better than I was expecting. His burns and bruises healed and the only souvenir from the library
incident he had was his leg. He had a bandage and was walking pretty bad but at least it was not gypsum. Vampire healing. I slowly looked in his eyes
afraid that I will see fury and hate but the only things I saw were worry and love. I couldn't stop a smile. My dear brother,always worrying about me even
when I had almost killed him. I immediately ran to him and hugged him.
"Whoa! Nice to see you too sis." He said and then wrapped his arms around me too.
"How are you feeling? I'm so sorry! It's all my fault. I don't blame you if you hate me." Tears poured from my eyes from the idea of William hating me.
He pulled back just a little to look in my eyes. Once again I didn't see hate. Just love.
"I could never hate you. I heard about the Academy. I tried to make dad let you stay here but it didn't work so I used the last option."
"What option?" I was a little confused.
"I will attend the Academy too."
My first reaction to his words was to hug him again. My second was to break his other leg too.
"What! Are you insane? Do you know how many students graduate there? 30% Will! Only 30%!"
He looked a little surprised and confused at my outburst.
"Yeah…. So?" He asked.
"Do you know what's happening with the others? They die, and the last thing I want for you is to die!" I exclaimed.
"So you're so sure that I am not strong enough to cope with the Big Scary Academy? Well watch and learn sister, watch and learn." He said in a confident
tone.
"William, I am serious! " I said.
"I am too. Look, I will not wait here thirteen years for you to come back without the certainity that you'll come back alive. You can't talk me out of it so
deal with it. Now, who is your mentor? Mine is some Dawn Carter lady. Probably a granny. I already have some old lady jokes and pranks in my pocket
ready and waiting."
Then he smiled his mischievous smile. Whoever was this Dawn Carter lady she will regret the day she met William Leen. I know it because I was usually
Will's target.
"My mentor is Dean Tanner. He's a tall guy with black hair and- "
"Are you crazy? Of course I know Dean! He's one of the Legendars. Sister,I pity you, he will make you train really hard. " From the look on my brother's
face I could tell that he worshiped Dean. Of course I heard about the Legendars. They were the strongest immortals from all species. I think they were
ten. But I had no idea that Dean Tanner,a young man with a friendly smile, was one of them. Every immortal is frozen to the age of 20 after twenty years
of life. Suddenly I was starting to feel some fear toward Dean. He was my mentor, and he was one of the strongest creature alive. If a Legendar wants
to destroy someone, he could do it with just one look. I swallowed heavily. I was so wrapped in my new relevation that I realized mom entered the room
just when she wrapped her arms around me in a motherly hug.
"Oh, I can't believe this is happening. You both don't have to worry. I will come and visit you so often that you will get bored of me." She pulled back a
little and her warm green eyes saw my fear. Despite the fact that dad was the mind reader in our family mom always knew what was in my and Will's soul
and mind.
"You don't have to be afraid. Dean will protect you both. He's a very kind and brave man. He promised me that he will bring you two back home alive and
unharmed. " She said. She used a strange tone when she told about Dean, as if they had a beautiful but sad story behind. She probably saw the
intriguied look on my face because she quickly changed the subject.
"Well, the plane is ready and waiting for you both. The Academy is near Palmer,Alska. Pretty cold, I know, but it could have been worse. The landscape is
beautiful and you will not have problems with the sun. " Our mother was a very informed person.
After that Will went to get his backpack and mom and I went to the private jet our family owned. In different circumstances, I would have been very
excited to take a ride with the jet. Now I was not because I knew that I will not come back for a while. Finally Will arrived too and we were saying our
goodbies to mommy.
"Now Will, remember, don't burn the Academy and don't buy any foreign animals, and yes, an alpaca is an animal not a toy, no pranks or rude jokes and
no ladies. " Even if I was the one with the dangerous powers Will was the one with the dangerous sense of humour and even if he was just seven he
was a ladies man (boy). Girls always say things like Oh,look at him how cute he is or oh,you're so sweet and they don't get upset when he makes
innapropiate things. Seven year old pervert.
"Mom, your lack of trust hurts me." He said in a affected tone.
"Really, then let me see what do you have in that backpack." She said.
Will froze a little and then he put on his "you can't be upset at me look how sweet I am" look and of course, it worked. Mom's attention turned to me
then.
"Take care of you and your brother. And when he doesn't pay attention burn the inside of his backpack" She said with a grin.
"I heard that!" He said from the door of the plane.
Then I told her goodbye and she kissed my forehead. I went in the plane and took my seat. There were three guardians with us. One was Dean. He was
talking with another guardian when I entered and he didn't seem to notice me. Of course Will went straight to the flight attendant and I didn't need to
listen to what he was saying to know that he was asking her if she could bring him some sweets and soda. He had that puppy face again and she looked
as if she was going to adopt him. I took a seat and looked through the window trying to think positive. It didn't work. I wanted to get out of this plane, to
run to mom and to my room. But I couldn't. The plane began to take off, mom was far from here and my room was empty and far away. Tears again. I
was starting to feel fury toward myself. I was such a baby, always crying. I had to be brave. I wiped my tears and put on a determined face. I knew it
looked pathetic. I was not a good actress like my brother or father. It was a thing I inherited from mom. Always showing my true feelings. I felt someone
approaching. Standing right beside the empty chair next to mine was Dean. He was wearing a grey T-shirt with a black vest and black jeans.
He looked so young and so old at the same time. Young because of his looks and old because of his wise and confident eyes. I was wondering if you
could see stars in his eyes if you look closer enough. I probably had an idiotic face because he looked amused when he spoke:
"May I seat here?"
Only now I had realized that I had never heard his voice. It was beautiful. I nodded as an answer for his question. He took the seat next to me and I
tried hard not to just stay there mouth-open starring at him. He was fascinating. A real legend. He just stood there silent. After like ten minutes of
awkward silence he finally said:
"You looked worried and sad. If it is about the Academy than I can assure you that everything will be alright. You have an extraordinary power and I can
already tell that you will be one of the greatest students."
I was shocked. He was the first person who had ever used "extraordinary" to describe my power.
"Do you really think that my power is extraordinary? The others always say is a curse." I said.
"Well, that means that the others can't recognize potential when they see it."
His words made my day. Maybe he was right and I wasn't cursed, maybe I was blessed.
Just then a very dirty Will appeared from nowhere. He had his face and T-shirt full of chocolate. I couldn't help but laugh at what expression he had. Let's
just say that Will + sugar = DANGER.
"Sarah, look, I made the flight attendant give me all the sweets she had and I-"
His eyes widened when he saw Dean. I started laughing even harder.
"Hi Dean! I mean sir Dean. I mean sir Tanner. I mean guardian Tanner-" Poor Will said.
"Dean. Just Dean. You must be William. I heard a lot about you. Your mentor is guardian Carter. You will like her, she's my colleague. "
"Oh please! I bet she's a boring granny!" My stupid but funny brother said.
"Don't bet. You will be surprised. " Said Dean.
One of the guardians came next to him and said something imperceptibile. Dean nodded and stood up.
"Hey Will, why don't you take your sister and play around a little. I bet that flight attendant will give you some toys too." He said.
"Actually, I was planning a poker game with the other ladies." Said Will.
"Well then you better go,you know how impatient ladies are." Replied Dean.
After that Will took me with him and I had actually had fun playing cards with the flight attendants. They were all women and they kept whispering about
how handsome is guardian Dean Tanner when they thought Will and I were not paying attention . Girls…
