Chapter 4
Blood Oath & Warriors
I looked into my fiance eye's. Wow the word fiance sounds so unusual but at the same time its perfect. Snow began to fall very heavily and I could see them getting stuck on Ash's lashes . I wipe them away. Before I could pull my hand away Ash grabs and kisses it lightly while staring into my Eye's. That simple moment just seems so intimate.
"Mrs. Ash Redfern." I smile at him.
"My Wife . . . imagine that. I didn't really think you would say yes. I thought you would say something like 'I need time' or 'were to young'." He says in a girl voice then laughs. "Come on lets get out of here before we end up like these guys." I take one last look at the frozen Couple, and I wonder who the Artist is. But Ash's is pulling me towards the car before I can give it a second thought. He starts the car and pulls off.
"What do you want to?" He asks me.
"What do you mean?" The storm is getting pretty bad. With my regular human eye's I can barely see past what the headlights are illuminating. But Ash can see perfectly fine.
"Do you want to keep it a secret?" He looks over at me. I look confused because why would I want to?
"No Ash I want everyone to know. Anyways what would be the point, don't your sister's know you were going to propose?" I Say this because I remember before we left they kind of hinted he was going to do something Romantic.
"No they didn't know that part, Crap this snow is coming down, were never going to make it back into the city at this rate." He's right, since the plow man has yet to get to this rode or the salt trucks. So he has to drive extra slow and extra careful.
"So has the gift that Hecate said she would give you show up yet?" Ash asks.
"No, I'm starting to wonder if I was just going crazy or something" I tell him.
"No. What happened to you was real, that glow you had was weird and felt like old magic." Yes it did feel like magic to me.
"Ash!" I scream. He swerves the car then looks at me with worry.
"Whats wrong." He says.
"Do you realize we will be the first soul mate couple to get married."
"Yeah why?" he says.
"It was OK for us to be just together with the protection of circle daybreak. But now if the Night World council hears about us they wont stop until were dead." I say worried sure Ash and I are a kick ass team but against the whole night world we would be finished.
"Your right they wouldn't want us to be an example that they no longer have control over night people. But at the same time your under the protection of lord theirry and has been touched by Hecate I have no doubt in my mind that the Night World council would think twice about hurting you." He keeps his eye's on the road but the there was something he forgot to mention.
"Ash what about you?"
"Don't worry about me I can handle my family." odd the only family I ever associated with Ash was his sisters and hunter. It never occurred to me to wonder about his parents.
"What would happen to you if your family found out about us?" I asked.
"They would send one of the family to kill me, they would want this type of dishonor on the family." They wouldn't do that to him I said trying to reassure myself. But I knew they would after seeing what the night world is capable of there was no doubt in my mind. There was a long silence between us before I spoke.
"I cant marry you Ash."
"What! Why?" He says.
"Because I don't want to lose you and I feel I will lose you." I say. Ash pulls the car over then cups my face in his hands.
"Mare nothing will happen to me." he looks me deep in my eyes.
"Promise me." I whisper. He takes out a pocket knife. Then cuts his hand.
"This is a blood oath Mare I promise nothing will happen to me. If I break my promise My soul will not rest for all eternity." He looks at me eye's turning a burning red and seriousness to his features. This is the face that would make weaker men squirm.
"Oh Ash." I a grab on to him. "I'm so scared about us, the Apocalypse and the wild powers. I saw what the future would be like and it terrifies me. I know deep down in my heart that is we lose the both of us will die." I cry on him as he holds me. Ash didn't answer me and for that I was grateful, I didn't want him to agree it would only confirm my worst fears.
I was sitting alone in a grass field, just like the one were I talked to Hecate. The sky has soft white clouds painting the sky. The tree's leaves are turning yellow, purple and orange. I see a little brick house off in the distance. But the difference is two little kids were playing in the field together playing a game of tag . There's a little girl and little boy. The boy looks older than the girl probably nine and the little girl has to be about four or five. They both have lightest blonde hair and soft face's but the boys face had a look I only saw Ash wear. Confidence and Arrogance.
"You cant catch me Raphael!" The little girl screamed with delight. She ran right by me and I caught a glimpse of her eye's, at first they were blue but then turned a cool shade of green. Raphael came running right after her. His eye's changed color too. These cant be who I think they are.
"Gabriel be careful!" Her Big brother screams. The just like that she fell and starts to cry. I get up and walk over to were she fell. It's obvious she cant see me. that much I know.
"Raphael I'm bleeding." She points to her knee.
"It will go away. See it's already healing." I look and he's right the scrap it almost gone.
"Tell me about our parents Raphael." she says while hugging her knees to herself.
"They died no use talking about the dead." his voice turns cold.
"Please, this one time I wont ever ask again." she whines. I see him soften right before my eye's.
"Fine. Our father is Ash Redfern is not a man you wanted as an enemy and even to this very day people speak of him with fear in their voice and respect on their faces. Our Mother Mary-Lynnette was just as great ,she loved the both of us and protected us until the very end. Our parents died side by side together try to keep the other vampire's and Dragons from finding us." Raphael looks behind him as if here's someone coming.
"Don't ever forget Gabriel they died to keep us alive for a reason." suddenly I see Rashel and Poppy coming into view. Poppy doesn't seem to have aged a day. But most surprising Rashel isn't human she's a vampire.
"What have I told you two, stay close to home." Rashel says to them while folder her arms.
"We started playing were not that far from home." Raphael says.
"Your just like your parents, Never listens." Poppy laughs, but Rashel is still disappointed.
" You two are the last loose ends the Night World council has yet to tie up. If they ever find you it would only mean the worst for the world. Raphael you remember Aradia Mother of the witches she gave one last Prophesies before she was killed. It's the reason were running it's the reason your parents are dead it's the reason I'm a vampire and it's the reason you two must live. Run home now!" I instantly became pissed with Rashel for yelling at them like that. They both ran in the direction of the brick house.
"Rashel did you need to be that hard on them? Their only kids." Poppy says.
"Poppy I Love those kids and I only want to protect them, Since the vampire's took over and these damn dragons are every where it's hard to keep them safe. You remember the look on mare's face the night Three dragons stormed the building we were hiding in, she was scared for her children and wanted us to keep them safe. She made us promise. We have to keep that promise to her, we have too." I knew Rashel well enough to say that she would protecting my kids from all danger..
"Lets head back before the guys get worried." Poppy says.
The image suddenly freezes as if you pressed pause on a movie. The sky turn a horrible black green color like the worst type of rain storm. The wing picks up but Rashel and poppy are frozen in place. I will myself to wake up, I don't want to see any more. It was just to much to handle.
"Mare I wanted you to see this." I look to my side and see Hecate standing and watching me. Shes a wearing a beautiful red dress with flowers flowing through her beautiful hair.
"Why did I have to see this?" I ask. I did want to see all of this. Knowing my kids will grow up and never really know me and Ash.
"Your going to have to make a choice really soon, and that choice will determine everyone's fate. With this future you made the wrong choice." She says.
"Can you be more clear what was it I did wrong? Tell me what the choice is?" I ask. How will I know what will be the right decision?
"Mare I can tell you that, I can only guide you, trust me when the time come's you'll make the right decision." she smile and touches my cheek. Just being in her presence reassure me for some reason.
"Why did you choose me I'm just a human I not your family nor am I important."
"Do you remember the lengths you went to save Ash? Look at yourself now, you work for circle daybreak protecting people. I choose you because of your spirit trust me I'm not the only one in this realm who knew you would be the one to help save the world. Yes the wild powers are the door that will save humanity but Mare you are the key that will unlock it."
"I'm the key this all sounds so strange, but my children whats so special about them?" I wanted to know. Rashel made it very clear they had to be protected I even died for them.
"You know that Jezebel Redfern is a human/vampire hybrid, her father a vampire and her mother a human. You and Ash's children will not be that way, they will be full lamia. Your son will grow up and become a fierce warrior people will follow him."
"Your daughter will grow up and become a great beauty and be as fierce a warrior as her brother yet she is very smart and the ideas she has will ultimately bring down the enemy.. Together they will be unstoppable. They will bring faith back to people which will lead to an uprising, they will slowly take back the world from those who took it over."
"What happened to the Wild powers?" I ask. If we lose the Apocalypse it would be cause something happened to one of them.
"I cant say much about that but I will tell you this you have a traitor in circle daybreak find that person and stop them." She turns to leave, but I have one more question.
"My gift will it ever show up?"
"Soon I promise, but remember what I said use it wisely." she gave me a parting kiss on my fore head, and walked in the direction of the little small brick house. Where I'm sure my kids are.
A/N alright I have a few ideas of what Mare's gift should be, but I want to know what you guys think it should be, if I like your idea then I might use it in my story. Thanks for reading and please review.
~kissingrosalie