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Daybreakers of Tomorrow
Chapter 12: Noah's Prophecy
The next day, 05:00pm
Aria had departed a day ago.
Maia had already used Hailey's cell phone to set up a second date with Seth, yesterday, after Aria had departed. She walked down the Daybreaker Mansion's 5th floor hallway to the gaming room. Her goal was just to find something to occupy her. It was like waiting for Christmas; she couldn't wait!
The blue-eyed girl couldn't help but blush and grin. She felt so warm at the thought of the admiration notes and flowers Seth had left her. He was so sweet and tender, the sooner she got to see him again, the better. The couple agreed to meet at Maia's cliff again in two hours, when the night is young.
Go back…
Maia flinched. Where did that sad, troubled voice come from? Maia looked in the room next to her. The room had belonged to Noah Harman. The boy was on the floor, with nothing but a small candle to light the room. He was on his knees, a pencil in his hand, doing soft strokes in his sketchbook. His eyes were so glued to the paper; he didn't even notice Maia walking in.
Noah closed his violet eyes, ran his hand through his short, thick, black hair, and continued to draw. A troubled soul at peace, Maia heard. Noah was projecting his thoughts. He was as mysterious as Halo was, but softer, sweeter, and a hell of a lot nicer. Maybe it was a guy-witch thing.
Maybe it's because Noah is a witch. When he was a child, he started to have seizures regularly. He claims to have visions. He is always shaking, scared to death. At age 6 he discovered that channeling his visions through drawing eased his seizures a little bit. Thea Harman passed it off and was convinced that it was just a minor side-effect to being a witch from a powerful family. The Mother of the Witches inspected him, and diagnosed that a massive, magical gift dwelled in Noah. A gift far too big for a child to bear.
And what left everyone, especially his parents, stricken with fear, was what he said after he blew up his first room. He had lost control a basic spell. His mother cried for hours when he said, "Goddess forsakes me. My soul is not pure. The pain inside… the pain inside… I-I want salvation from these horrible images that haunt my dreams; that taunt me whenever I close my eyes. I want to parish." He said that when he was 8 years old.
Currently, Noah scraped his pencil across a black poster paper. Demons come for you, was his last thought. What did he mean? Coming… The eyes were born from Wrath's fire… The soul was born from Heaven's Higher… The circle was born from Greed's desire… The Power that demons admire is released. The solemn hour… No hope… No hope…
Noah was reciting pieces of a prophecy. Maia could feel the fear that shook Noah's very soul.
This was the first time she'd been in Noah's room since she was little. Maia looked at Noah, then the wall. She gasped. What was seen was very troublesome. It was slowly clawing its bloodcurdling way into her heart.
Drawing of death, loneliness, and other unknown points were nailed all over the wall. One was a picture of a black figure dieing in a blazing inferno. Another was of black figure standing in a mixed colored space. The closest one to the floor was just a picture of a transmutation circle.
Maia slowly backed away and walked out of the room. She whispered bye, and ran down the hall, timid.
Noah sat and tears slowly started to run down his cheeks. He got those looks a lot. He understood, but it still hurt. In a rush, visions of fire, a black sky with no moon…
Noah clawed the floor. He took rapid, deep breaths. Shaking like a leaf. As Noah collapsed and hit the floor, the candle died out as well.
Maia walked in the gaming room. Hailey was standing behind the couch
"…and then I have to sign up for drama… Leo will ruin the stage…" Maia overheard Hailey say to someone. I wouldn't, she thought and entered. Hailey was talking to Demi, but Demi was reading a book, acting like no one else was there. However, deep inside, Maia could see that Hailey had been rambling for quite a while, and Demi was losing his patients.
"…and now I'm just stuck. What do you think, Demi?" Hailey finally finished talking. Demi put his book down and looked at Hailey with an I'm-calm-but-also-irritated look.
"I think you only came to me because no one else wanted to hear this. I think you don't really care on what I think, and you just need to hear yourself speak. I THINK YOU'RE A SELFISH BRAT AND I THINK YOU CAN GO TO HELL!" Hailey and Maia were left speechless. Demi grunted and walked out.
"Uhhh… oh well. Hey, so when's your date?" Hailey asked and turned to her friend. Maia looked back.
"Two hours," she responded, her voice was still a bit shaken from the memory of Noah's trouble.
Hailey completely ignored that and squealed. "Great! Come friend!" she said. Grabbing onto Maia's wrist they ran all the way back the Maia's room.
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"Did he say where you guys would go?" Hailey asked. Hailey was looking through ever piece of cloth in Maia's wardrobe. Maia shook her head. "Ok then…" The orange-eyed girl tossed a knee length, black dress with gothic pointed sleeves. "Do you have anything that isn't black, blue, or white?"
"Probably not. And since when are you in charge of what I wear?"
Hailey put her hands on her hips. "I won't let you go two dates in a row wearing a blue cloak! You're not a gypsy!"
Maia smirked. "And you're not my mother. And wearing a cloak is my thing!"
"Then you better have a black cloak to match."
06:45pm
Quinn and the other guys (except Galen) were playing poker in the living room.
"Full house!"
"DAMN!" Morgead lost to James again. Quinn raised an eyebrow when he heard footsteps running down the stair. Hailey and Maia (having a black cloak covering her body and the dress underneath) tried to walk behind them, but Quinn and Thierry stopped them.
"Where do you think you're going, Maia?" Quinn asked without turning around. The two girls froze immediately, but kept straight faces.
"We're going to the mall, there's a sale at their shoe store!" Hailey answered with fake enthusiasm.
"Hailey can go. Just be back before your curfew," Thierry said. Hailey nodded.
Quinn knew his daughter wouldn't be too interested in shoes, but he shrugged off his suspicion. "You can go too Maia." As soon as the girls heard that and ran out.
"Are you sure that's what they're really doing?" Ash said, out of the blue.
Quinn glared at him. "Of course I'm sure. What else what would they be doing?"
"One of them could have a date," Delos said. "Or both."
David started dealing the card decks. "I trust my daughter, guys," Thierry responded.
"Well maybe Hailey, yes, but Maia has every reason not to tell when she has a date," said Eric. "I remember the first thing Quinn ever said to Maia. I was there with Thea."
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Flashback, 2 minutes after Maia's birth
Thea passed Maia to Quinn. She was rapped in a pink blanket and had stopped crying. Rashel was sleeping in her hospital bed from exhaustion. Quinn looked at the baby girl, took a deep breath, and-
"OK let's get one thing straight. This way you can't say I never told you one day. If you ever get a boyfriend, if you think you found your soulmate, I will not hesitate to hunt him down and kill him."
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"Poppy's brother was just like that," James commented. David passed each guy five cards.
"Maybe I should go check on her at the mall later… yeah I'll do that," Quinn decided.
"I'll go too," said Thierry.
"Call," Morgead challenged. "Lets change the subject."
Hailey and Maia walked down a sidewalk. "So where are you going?" Maia asked. Hailey smiled.
"Well, I could follow you and Seth…"
"No."
"But I'll probably just go to the mall. I wasn't lying about the sale on shoes!" Hailey exclaimed. Maia laughed.
"Alright, I'm gonna go meet Seth. You have fun," she said. And the girls parted ways.
A.N.) The next chapter will be Their Date . I felt that I needed to update something. Please review!
