"Come on Anubis!"
"For the last time Horus I'm not going to fight you."
"Wimp!"
I shook my head with a sly smile on my lips, Horus's strategy for a fight is sadly failing.
"I bet your sister could take him!"
"Set for the last time, I don't have a sister," I rolled my eyes at the sad excuse that is my father. Set just chuckled as he sat at the very top of the stone bleachers. Horus, Set, and I were at the old arena in the Hall Of Gods. The place was like a gym except really old. I continued reading my book, drowning out the sound of Horus's sound affect as he hit the dummy with his knife.
"What ya readin'?", a voice whispered right in my ear.
I jumped about five feet in the air.
"Crap Sadie, you scared me!"
Sadie just laughed and took a seat next to me. She was wearing a simple t-shirt with some band on it, jeans and Vans.
"No combat boots?", I asked, raising an eyebrow.
Sadie just shrugged. "No use in wearing them if there isn't any combat."
I shrugged, letting it go.
I tried to not let the black in her hair bother me. It streaked down all over, her roots were black and her hair seemed to get brighter, like a yellow orange instead of a brown blonde.
"What's he doing?", She asked, looking at my idiot cousin.
"Being stupid," I said. As if to prove my point, Horus cut his finger.
"Ow!", He screeched, putting his bleeding finger in his mouth.
I rolled my eyes. "How are you feeling?", I asked as I noticed her cheeks being a bit pale.
Sadie sighed,"I'm fine, really, why can't people just not worry about me?"
"Because we care", I answered honestly. Sadie looked up and into my eyes. I was held captive in those blue eyes.
"You shouldn't", she whispered as her eyes snapped to my lips and back to my eyes. "But I do", I whispered back as I leaned in, Sadie following suit.
"Hey horny teens, knock it off! Don't make me throw condoms at you!"
We jumped back before our lips met,a deep growl erupted from my chest as I looked back to glare at my father.
"Shut up Set!", Sadie screeched, a deep blush swelling in her cheeks. I couldn't help but laugh at her cute face. Her head snapped to meet my eyes. "Shut up Dog Boy!"
I raised an eyebrow,"Dog Boy?"
A deeper blush bloomed,"Anubis! not helping!" I laughed and causally threw my arm around her, bringing her closer.
"My deepest apologizes Lady Kane."
Sadie groaned, resting her head in the nape of my neck. "Don't start that again." I chuckled, resting my head on hers.
"Anubis?"
"Hmmm?", I asked, liking her warmth she gave off.
"Don't tell anyone this but I think it's better if I'm on my own."
I looked down at her,"Pardon?"
"I think it's better that I do this whole "black hair" thing on my own."
"What?", I asked, confused.
She sighed, her eyes looking anywhere but me.
"I think you all should just stop protecting me, I mean these demons are going to get me anyways and I don't want you guys to remember me as a slobbering mess." "Sadie-", I started to say but she cut me off.
"No Anubis, when this spell is over, John's coming back to get me and I'm never coming back."
I felt my heart breaking at her words, my stomach twisting in painful knots.
"I'm so sorry but it's the truth, also there's else... Something worse."
I swallowed hard,"What?"
"I might not make the transformation."
"The transformation?"
She nodded",Every reaper has to go through it. You have to go into a coma like state and fight demons in your dreams so I'm told. The problem? You die in your dream, you die in real life. Anubis every reaper has had years to train for this. I haven't. I was raised as a magician, magic is what I know. But this magic isn't going to save me, I can't use it in my dreams. I'm by myself. Anubis, I'm going to die."
I shook my head,"But John-"
"John never trained as a magician, he trained as a reaper."
"But-", I tried to find the positive, to prove her wrong but nothing came up.
"I'm sorry to tell you like this."
"No don't be", I whispered as I hugged her tighter to me. She was so warm, so soft, so ALIVE. I couldn't imagine her cold, dead. I couldn't.
"Sadie!" We both looked up to see Carter standing next to Horus on the mat.
"Bet I could kick your butt!"
Sadie smiled, I almost was convinced we weren't just talking about her dying. Almost.
"I'm your dreams Bird Breath!" Sadie squeezed my hand, getting up.
"A duel then!", Horus yelled, excitement in his eyes. "
I accept!", Carter said.
"I accept", Sadie said with a sly smile. She walked in front of her brother, wand ready.
"Begin!", Horus yelled.
Blue lightning sprang from Carter, missing Sadie by inches. Sadie laughed and summoned a great big storm cloud. Carter blew it away, coughing.
"Cheater!", he said.
"How is that cheating?", Sadie asked, making a huge fireball wrap around Carter like a tornado. She laughed as she stopped her tornado. Carter's eyebrows were singed.
"Sadie!", he screeched.
Sadie giggled sweetly. "Oops", she said innocently, shrugging her shoulders.
The sibling kept fighting carelessly. I couldn't help but smile as I watched Sadie having fun but what she told me kept creeping in my mind, taunting me. I snapped out of my thoughts when I heard a scream. Sadie laid on the ground, clenching her arm. I ran to her, checking to see what's wrong.
"What happened?", Set asked a shaken Carter.
"H-her eyes. They turned black... Like a demons! I stopped fighting and she started screaming!"
I held Sadie to my chest, gasping as I looked at her arm. The skin was burned horribly. I watched as the burned continued upward to Sadie's face. Sadie clenched my hand as it stopped.
My breath caught in my throat.
slowly, as if teasing me, Sadie's hair turned completely black.
"Sadie."
I looked at to see John standing in front of us.
"I'm sorry my darling but it's time", he said, deep sorrow in his blue eyes.
A/N: did you like? Sorry it took so long, I've been busy not doing anything;) Comment!
