Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Wing. If I did, I'd be hella rich. LOL. Anyway, thank you for the reviews and reading my story. I really appreciate it! In this chapter, I have changed the destruction of the Peacecrafts to go with my story, so please don't flame about it. Alternate Universe on Relena's part, set after Endless Waltz, here's chapter 4! Please Enjoy and review! As you know, reviews help the author to keep going. ;)
"The Power Within"-Chapter 4
Oh Relena, I wonder if you are ready for this. Could you handle the truth of your family history? Handle a new destiny that's heading your way? Will you be strong enough, I wonder. Brave enough? ... I believe so.
" Angels? Brother are you serious?" I ask him in disbelief. There is just no way I could be from angels, at least that's what I tell myself.
" I don't know a hundred percent, because there is no record of it, I'm telling you what mother told me and from what I saw," He says sighing, closing his eyes, as if trying to forget the images in his head. "Sister, it's time you know the truth, about everything. About our family, about our pasts, about everything, but are you ready for it?"
" Brother", I take a deep breath, " It's time I learned the truth. I'm tired of being in the dark. I'm as much of a Peacecraft as you are. I'm ready, for everything."
He nods. " Alright, Selene Angel was the first on our mother's side. It was said that she fell out of the sky, others say she was an orphan, apparently, she had beauty that no mortal woman could compete with, thus starting rumors of her being a witch, saying that she was using powers on the men to turn them away from their wives. I personally don't believe that." He shrugs, then looks at me, seeing that I'm ready for him to continue, I nod. " Of course no one believed the women, until years later, after she married Logan McCloud and had their daughter Isabella, when she was supposivly was being attacked by Logan's brother, Richard, she killed him using her powers, literally ripping him from the inside out. Logan was witness the death of his brother, not seeing the attack, he thought his wife was a killer, a witch. He reported her as being a witch and was inforcing her to be burned on the stake. When he went to retrieve her, she killed him and herself, reasons for killing herself, that I don't know."
" Lena, didn't you say that Selene was the one you had dream about?" Hilde asked me. I nod. I know why she killed herself. She thought their daughter was dead, that her husband killed their little girl. Why her husband pretended their daughter was dead, I still don't know. Maybe Selene knows..
" Isabella, who witnessed the death of her parents, ran away, never seen again after the fire in the village, making people believe that she commited the crime, but again, no proof. Taking on the name of her mother, she was known as Isabella Angel, who later married and had Marlene Angel, our grandmother, who then in turn had our mother Serenity Angel. Our mother met our father and married him, becoming King and Queen Peacecraft of the United Kingdom."
" So did all of these women show signs of power?" Heero asked, crossing his arms and leaning back on the wall.
" Yes, their powers released when they were all eighteen years old, except for my mother. Hers came out on the destruction of the Peacecrafts."
" What?! Are you serious brother?" I ask him in disbelief.
" Yes, I witnessed it." He takes a deep breath. " Relena, the government didn't kill our family, mother did." My eyes widen. Mother did that? That horrible disaster? Why? A tear slides down my cheek. Millardo then puts his hand behind my head, placing me on his shoulder, putting an arm around me.
" Mother killed our father?" I ask him as I look at him. He shakes his head.
" Mother caused the destruction out of the heartache of losing father. Father was killed protecting her, so in her grieve, her powers were released, killing the intruders and...our family, then herself, leaving us as the only survivors." He says as he wipes my tears away.
" Did she know what she was doing? Why did she kill our family too?"
" She died the moment her powers were released, she wouldn't have known what happend."
" Brother, do you think I have these powers? That I have somehow awakened?" I asked, knowing the answer already. I know that I'm not that normal Relena anymore.
" Yes, which is why you are a threat now Relena." I look at him shocked. Me? A threat? I know I'm a threat in politics, but this? It's so unreal!
" How am I threat brother? I don't understand."
" Relena, the government thinks it's not suitable for a "witch" to be Vice Minister. They want you to resign."
" What? You cannot be serious! Why would the government want that? I've been Vice Minister since I was fifteen! And I've done a damn good job of it!" I say, almost yelling. This cannot be happening! It just can't.
" Relena, you have to calm down." Millardo says putting his hands on my shoulders, trying to calm me down.
" I won't calm down. This is ridiculous!"
" Princess is right. Things will be fucked up if she's not in office." Duo says, almost as pissed of as I am.
" We have to do something! We can't just let them do this to Lena!" Hilde says standing from her chair. " Even if she is a witch or whatever, she is still Lena!"
" I feel the same way, but we have to calm down before-" I grab my head, holding it. There it is again, this pain, from before. I can't control it! It hurts so bad! My eyes widen, the color changing to silver , my hair floats up behind me, the same time as my glass on the desk shatters and the bed and chairs start shaking, making the room vibrate.
" Relena, you have to calm down! You're power comes from your emotions!" Millardo says to me. Well brother it's not as simple as it sounds!
Before I know it, my brother gets thrown on the floor. Shit! I can't control it!! Then I feel arms go around me, holding me tight. "Relena, you have to calm down." Heero says to me in a calming voice, holding me tighter. I feel him kissing my forehead, pulling me closer to him. My head, it's not hurting so much, why? Is Heero the only one who can stop me from changing? I feel him lifting my face up to his, then I feel warm soft lips against mine. What?! Heero is kissing me. It feels so nice... The pain my head ceases, not caring anymore, I'm just enjoying the kiss. I've wanted this, to feel Heero's lips again. The last time was before the Marimaya incident, when White Fang was after us. I feel myself calming down, the room isn't vibrating anymore, it's still, like my heart. I know he's only doing this to help me calm down, but still I'm enjoying it, even though it's not real. I feel him breaking the kiss, caressing my face with his hands. " Relena, are you alright?" I nod, feeling my cheeks burn.
" YUY WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT ABOUT? YOU KISSED MY SISTER YOU BASTARD!" Millardo says, face burning, making him look like a cherry tomato.
"If I didn't, she would've destroyed the hospital. Would you want that Zechs?" Heero says, giving him an icy glare.
" COULDN'T YOU HAVE DONE SOMETHING ELSE?!"
" It wouldn't be the first time I kissed her Zechs." He says, smirking.
" YOU WHAT YUY?! I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!"
" Yeah, I know." He then turns to me, looking at me, to see if I am okay." Relena, I'm sorry. It was the only thing I could think of." I nod, smiling at him, letting him know that I am alright, but inside I'm hurting. I knew it was to only protect me, but still I didn't want to hear it.
" Damn Princess, you gotta control you're temper, you're worse than Zechs over there. " He says standing up, rubbing his butt, pointing to my brother who is fighting to urge to pull out his gun and shoot Heero.
" Brother it's alright, Heero was only doing it to protect me. He's not interested in me like that." I say, pretty much hurting myself more. Seeing my brother calm down a bit. I look back at Heero, I see, for a moment, saddness in his eyes, then it goes back to his usual stare, then a death glare at Duo's direction when he mumbles 'Sure he doesn't', earning him a whack in the head by Hilde. "Thank you Heero. " I say smiling. He nods and starts cleaning up the mess I made.
" Brother, we have to fight this, I'm not going to be treated this way because I'm different now. I'm not going to cry about this anymore. I'm going to fight back. " I say, with the confidence I have left.
" That's my chicka!" Hilde says, winking and giving me a thumb up. " But first, lets get you out of this hospital. I brought you some clouths! " She says as she goes through he bag, handing me a white dress.
I get up and go to the bathroom in my room, taking the dress with me. I lean against the back of the door, taking a deep breath. I can do this. I can fight back, I can push aside my feelings for Heero. I love him, but..I know he doesn't feel the same way. I'll cry about it later, now it's time for me to get things back to the way they were. I quickly change into the dress. The dress it beautiful, the length goes a little below my knees, loose on my hips, tight around my stomach and chest, the sleeves going to my elbow. I put on the white flats Hilde gave me and I walk out the door, closing it behind me. " I'm ready." For everything.
TBC
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