Two Worlds, One Heart
When Life Gets In The Way - Part Six
"What is it? What's wrong?" Britny asked as she noticed his face pale. He turned to look at her but he didn't speak. Her heart pounded. His normally calm composure was gone and that only happened in seriously bad situations.
She decided she needed to know so she grabbed for the book and turned it her way.
"Don't," he finally whispered just as she went to read it.
"I need to know," she whispered as she leaned over the book and began to read.
'The symbol of the Elemental. Four elemental beings reside in a protected space. They have the ability to jump through dimensions due to the fact all dimensions have whatever element they stand for. All of the Elementals are all but infertile. However, there is a prophesy stating that a mortal and an elemental would give birth to the fifth element. This heir would be a witch called the Elemental.
If not protected, the Elemental could be lost to darkness, to evil. He or she would have more power than any other force this world has ever seen, but unlike their elemental parent they will not live for ever. The prophesy states that unless they find another living being with power enough to balance them out their powers will burn him or her out within three to four months of their nineteenth birthday, which is when their powers would be released.'
She stopped reading. The book couldn't be talking about her could it? She shook her head.
"What does this have to do with me," she asked, denying the possibility that it could be speaking about her. It said that the Elemental had a bunch of abilities. She could barely control what little bit of magic she had. She had an oh so powerful force field. Oh, yeah, she could keep things from hitting her but she couldn't do anything offensive with it.
"It sounds like you," he said and she frowned at him.
"Whatever, I'm not powerful. I barely have a power you know," she said arguing. What would make him think the Elemental was her?
"You came her on your nineteenth birthday, B. The elders sensed your arrival before you even arrived and said you were powerful. Those people that came to your aide have the symbols from the book stating which element they are. The book even states that until the powers overwhelm the host the elementals will be very protective of them," he said and she scanned the book, finding it in small lettering at the very bottom of the page. "I think you're the elemental."
"Great, well, then, you can tell your mom that she won't have to worry about me corrupting you because I'll be dead anyways," she said and he frowned.
"You won't die," he said sternly and she laughed.
"Right, so the books wrong. If I am the elemental then I'm doomed to die within three to four months of my magic's arrival. My magic will kill me unless I find some super powerful man and those aren't in short supply now are they. Especially the ones who would be interested in nobodies like me. So thanks. I think I'll go out and try to find another demon," she spat, knowing this mess wasn't his fault but needing to vent. After she spoke the words she felt horrible but she couldn't take them back so she wouldn't even try.
This is why she never spoke. Words hurt, words scared. If you didn't speak you couldn't say things that would scar like she knew she just had.
To make matters worse Britny closed her eyes imagining being home again, being outside with the dogs. Then she felt a tingling sensation and she opened her eyes. She found herself standing in her front yard, her brother fighting with the dogs, attempting to get them in their pen.
They weren't having any of it. Then they seemed to see her and ran to her.
She didn't speak but smiled as she knelt before them.
"MOM!" her pesky brother yelled.
Britny held the dogs close then stood up. Her mom came out, her long dark brown hair back in a ponytail. The look on her face was one of pure hatred, one Britny knew all too well.
"What are you doing here?" her mom said. "Who told you that you could come back? You disappear in the middle of the night then decide to return, not going to happen little girl."
Britny rolled her eyes at the woman who had raised her. Her mom reached out and slapped her across the face. She saw her own shock mirrored on her brother's face. Her mom may have been emotionally neglectful but she had never once laid a hand on either of them until today.
"Get out of my sight and never come back," her mom spat and Britny felt her usually well harnessed anger boiling to the surface.
"Your wish is my command bitchtress," Britny muttered turning around but her mom slammed a hand into her back knocking her to the ground.
"What did you say?" Her mother demanded as she forced Britny to roll over onto her back.
"I said what ever you command Bitch, do you have a problem with that?" Britny demanded as she kicked her mom away from her so that she could stand up again.
"What the hell have you done with my daughter? She never argued like this," her mom demanded as her brother stood there slack jawed. He never was the brightest bulb.
"Your daughter had no life, she had no opinion. She was nothing but your own little personal slave that you could order around. I'm not her anymore. I found out that life is more than taking orders and standing in the background while everyone passes you by. I'm through with you mother," she barked. "I had a good thing going where I was but like always your treatment of me over the years had me running away."
She didn't even realize what she'd just said till the words were out in the open. That's when she realized what she'd just said and how true the words were.
"I did nothing," Her mother argued.
"You made me believe I was nothing. You made me think I was worthless, that nothing I did was ever good enough," Britny said her voice raising louder as the sky started to grow dark and it began to rain down on them. With the weather as cold as it was she knew it would freeze but she didn't care. "What you did could be considered emotional neglect, mother. You got in my way, this life… my old life, got in the way. I had a chance to have friends but you stopped me again. I'm through with you."
Then Britny closed her eyes, shivering in the freezing temperature. She focused on the Halliwell basement and prayed that it would work. She needed out of that situation, now!
She felt the tingling situation and when she finally opened her eyes she found herself standing in the basement of the Halliwell manor. She felt her knees give beneath her, exhausted. Something wasn't right, she knew that. Just this morning she'd only had a force field as her magic. Now she could travel from one place to the other and she wasn't sure how.
Britny leaned back against a wall as she sat on the basement floor. All she could think was a stupid little line she'd read when she was younger from a book she couldn't even recall.
'What do you do when Life Gets in the way of happiness?'
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[Okay, another chapter done, another closer to the end. I know, it sucked, but the next one will be better and it will have more Chris in it I swear. I decided the character needed to discover a little bit of backbone and face her past before she could ever move on. Okay, well, thanks for reading my latest chapter and please review. TVGirl09]