Past Meets the Future
Chapter Three
A.N. I know that I left out Grady and Edaline in the last chapter, they will be in this chapter….or the next, I promise!
Alden's POV
The girl blinked, then shrieked as ran toward us, jumping into Della's arms.
"DELLA" She buried her face in Della's chest and Della looked confused but gave the girl a hug anyways. The others raised an eyebrow questioningly at me. I shrugged, helplessly.
"Why are we here, Alden, and where's Mom and Dad?" The mysterious girl asked softly as she stepped out of Della's embrace.
"Uh….Do we know you?" Keefe asked.
"Do we know you? Of course you guys do, you've me since birth" The girl replied incredulously.
"Uh...we honestly don't know you" Dex interrupted.
The girl and replied "You guys do look a bit younger."
"Okay...time-out, say who you are and who that guy is, and what is he doing in my sister's bed" Amy interrupted.
We all turned surprised to notice a boy that kind of looks like Fitz sprawled asleep on Sophie's bed.
"Uh...that's my brother" The girl said.
"You really don't know us?" The girl added softly.
We all shook our heads stimulatingly
"Well, I don't know the humans but I've never been to the Forbidden Cities, my brother did with Dad a few years ago" . The girl frowned.
"Uh...can you introduce yourself first?" Dex added, looking at the girl, disturbed.
"Sure, I'm…" The girl got cut off my a flash of light and a book with a note floated from the ceiling.
"A Conjurer" Della breathed.
"Uh...what's that?" Connor asked.
"We'll explain later. Had your memories came back yet?" I waved it off.
"Yes, and that girl does look disturbingly like Sophie, who disappeared 7 years ago" Connor replied.
I turned back to the black-haired girl who reading the note. She raised an eyebrow as she turned me and asked "Uh...Alden, what's the Black Swan, Mom said that I'm named after them."
"Black Swan?!" Keefe, Dex, and I chorused.
"The note said it's for explaining to the Fosters and everyone what's happening in the future." The girl handed the note to me and I read out loud "Dear, Elves and Human, We called you here just for a simple reunion with the Fosters, we felt bad that Keefe snorted we left the Fosters without any explanation so we're here with some excerpt from Sophie life in the past, future and presence for some people and some pictures in the album. Please don't freak. And Swan please, wake up your brother The girl smirked and everyone introduce yourselves including middle names but Swan please don't say your last, I would imagine it will a shock to everyone The girl snickered and please don't freak out, REMEMBER this is in the future or past, so you can change things but not that likely. The Black Swan."
"Okay then" Swan mumbled.
"Wake up, your brother then, I want to hear where my daughter is!" Kate screamed.
Swan looked kind of weirded out and climbed onto the bed-looking disturbingly like Biana and Fitz when they're younger- and poke the boy's cheek.
"Everblaze wake up, there's a fire!" Swan shrieked in the boy's-Everblaze- ear.
The boy jumped up from his peaceful sleep and shouted frantically "Run, Swan!"
Swan was doubled over laughing when the boy noticed us and glared at his younger.
He was wearing a white tunic and cape with the Family Crest hidden, meaning he's in Level 6.
"Uh… Alden, explanation please" the boy grumbled.
So I explained. The boy looked shock for a minute and muttered I knew this day would come.
"Let's go downstairs!" Swan snapped her finger and we appeared seated on sofas.
"Oh, C'mon, why don't get a second ability and you manifested a third one in less in two days!" The boy screamed.
Swan looked sheepish.
"Let's start with introductions" Amy cut in.
"Okay, my name is Swan Elementine" Swan smiled.
"I'm Everblaze Exile" The boy grumbled, fiddling with a pin, we can't see.
"You have weird names" Keefe remarked, and the siblings glared.
"If you don't mind me asking, why do you look so much like Sophie?" Dex asked, curiously.
It was then I realized they have brown eyes, unlike most elves.
"Why do we look so much like Sophie?" The siblings were laughing so hard, tears were gathering at the corner of their eyes.
"Uh...is that a stupid question?" Keefe asked, confused.
"No...just everyone knows why we look like Sophie, and it's first in my life being asked that question" Everblaze wiped away tears of laughter.
"Okay, answering your question" Swan kicked her brother shin "We look like Sophie...because *silent drumroll"..." She started dramatically, looking kind of fearful.
"Because..Sophie Foster is our mother!" They chorused.
"WHAT!" Everyone screeched.
"Calm down, remember this is 21 years into the future for Dex and Keefe or 20 for Della and Alden and 16 years for the humans" Swan said softly.
"Oh...now your names make sense!" Keefe suddenly said to break the awkward silence.
"And who's the father?" Dex ignored him.
"Uh...we're not supposed to say, according to Black Swan, they want you to guess" Everblaze looked awkward.
"I'm betting on Keefe first figuring it out!" Everblaze challenged.
"Nuh-uh, Alden!" Swan insisted.
"A week of visiting Silveny and her daughter Goldi?" Everblaze added as we watched amused like it was a really intense tennis match.
"No, two weeks!" Swan argued.
"STOP!" Della suddenly said.
"Do you two always argue so much? You two kind of reminds me of Amy and Sophie." Kate asked, looking kind of wistful.
"No" Swan replied. "Yes" Everblaze answered at the same time.
"Well, it's after I manifested Vanishing that Everblaze started hating me" Swan corrected.
Della and Kate nodded, understandingly.
"Mom pull me away and told me to Let him cool down" Swan said after a while "What does that mean? What did I do wrong? We used to be best friends!"
"We used to be best friends" Everblaze corrected, not looking at her.
Swan looked hurt.
"Pleasee?" She begged.
"C'mon" The corner of Everblaze's mouth tugged.
"Ever?" Swan threw her arms around her brother's neck and snuggled against him, looking at him with pleading eyes.
"Okay, fine, just don't do that" Everblaze smiled.
"Ha...if I knew that would work , I would've tried that two days ago!" Swan beamed triumphantly, not letting go of Everblaze yet.
Della smiled at the interchange.
"Touching, moment and all, but aren't we going to start?" Keefe interrupted cheekily.
I reached for a book and opened and nearly faint when I saw the picture...