I hated this. Father was more controlling now than ever, I wasn't allowed to have a second to myself. Two guards followed me at all times. I wasn't allowed to leave the water, if I did he would kill everyone. Sookie, Summer, Jessica, Jason, Godric, Eric, and Pam. Everyone. I knew I shouldn't have come down here, I regretted it when I had reached the water, sliding one foot in followed by another, the change was painful. I wished I could apologized to Godric right then. I knew he had followed me, I could see him standing at the edge of the water, but I stayed hidden. Under the surface and when I had tried to, Sky and my fathers guards had seemed to come out of no where. Grabbing a hold of me and dragging me further away from him. I had fought them, clawing at them, screamed, attacked with the water but nothing worked. They were protected by father and I wasn't able to surpass him.
I wonder if Godric had heard me scream, if that was why he had yelled my name. If that was why he had dived in the water. It was to late though, I couldn't create the soundwaves in the water that would have lead him to me. I couldn't apologize, I couldn't even say goodbye. I couldn't stand to look at myself, the mirror my father had gotten from the land years ago hung on the coral walls of my room covered by seaweed. I knew already what I looked like and I didn't want to, I wanted to be Nyght not Melody. I wanted to be with my friends and family on land not here... "Princess Melody!" A voice snapped ripping me from my thoughts and forcing me to pay attention. "Yes." I said, my voice cold. It had been since I was brought "home."
"I do not understand such behavior. The King has never done anything but protect you child." I stiffened and practically settled a death glare on the old woman. "Perhaps you should open your eyes to what is really going on here Clara. Stop playing the fool, you are no such thing." This elderly woman had practically raised me when I was young, I would go to her for everything, but that was before my father discovered my attachment and ruined it. Telling Clara that I was spreading lies about the woman when that was his doing. When I demanded to know why he did such a thing I was beaten and told that I was to never befriend lower class, They were to be treated like pets. "Enough. Your Father wishes to see you."
Sookie's POV
Why? I thought again, shaking my head slightly. Trying to focus on work. I had already spilt to many drinks. "Sook is everything ok?" Sam asked, he didn't know. I hadn't had the guts to tell him that Nyght had left us for good. That Nyght wasn't who she seemed to be. That my adopted baby sister was a Guardian bound to the Ocean. That I... we would never see her again. I forced back my tears and gave him my crazy Sookie smile. "I'm great Sam don't worry. Just clumsy today." EMSam doesn't believe me. /EMI could see the proof in his eyes.
Whatever is going on Sookie... I wish you would tell me. He thought and then said. "If you need me I'm here." I felt bad for not being able to tell him. As he walked towards his office I forced myself to get back to work. Just barely making it through the rest of my shift. On the way home I was shocked to see Godric standing on my porch. Quickly getting out of my car I walked up to him. "Evening Godric." Slowly he looked at me but for a few seconds it was like he didn't even see me. "I need Melody." I was surprised when I heard him say it. I had suspected that he cared for her but I didn't think he truly loved her. I knew he had broke but I didn't know to what detail. Now looking at the vampire before me I knew if he didn't get her he would kill himself. Just like in Dallas when he was so close to doing so.
"Godric... I need my sister. I need Melody home." I said not bothering to hide the tears. I was surprised when he pulled me in to a hug. "I will bring Melody home Sookie." Godric promised. "She left to protect us... Will she be happy if you try to save her?" I asked even though we both knew the answer. "No she will be furious with me." Godric laughed but just a little before it died down and the void in his eyes returned. Oh Nyght... Please go easy on him, Godric can't live without you.
Nyght's POV
I struggled against the current that surrounded me. Screaming at my Father to stop. Struggling to breath. The gills on the sides of my neck burning. "Do not oppose me Melody! You do not have the power!" He roared. I hate him! For the first time Clara had seen what he was really like towards me. She clung to my little sister pulling her from the room. A sister I hadn't be aware I had in till of now. She knew me though.
"Sissy!" A little girl swam up to me, tackling me sending us spiraling through the water. She was giggling up in till she heard my fathers voice. She immediately stopped. "Kaia, Come here now." He ordered and I watched as she started to swim towards him obediently. "Amazing isn't she. So obedient to her father, unlike her useless piece of garbage sister." He praised. It pissed me off and I swam forward, wrapping my arms gently around Kaia I pulled her back away from him. She was only two. Yet he treated her like a slave. "She is a child! Not some slave!" I said barely containing my anger. "How dare you defy me! She is mine to do with as I please as are you!" His eyes darkened, almost black. I knew then that I would suffer which is why I then pushed Kaia away from me so she wouldn't have to suffer with me.
"Perhaps I should destroy you and train Kaia to take your place." My father spoke harshly. "Though that would be a problem... she does not bare the mark. You do. She will not have the power to control my people." I knew Clara had heard him but she was smart and pretended she hadn't as she left with Kaia. "Consider yourself lucky that you live another day." He said as the current calmed. I sunk to the sand beneath me. Laying there. My head felt like it was spinning and I gasped in air from the water. When I realized how much he was enjoying watching me struggle I swam up, moving my fin ever so slightly to keep myself in the same spot.
"Return to your chamber. You will not leave it in till I say so." I turned and left. Instead of returning to my room I tried to find Clara and Kaia. They were hidden outside my room. "Oh Melody, forgive me child. I had no idea-" I cut her off. "Clara. I need to ask you a favor." She nodded and I continued. "Take Kaia to Sookie Stackhouse in Bon Temps. We can't allow Kaia to stay here. Please and stay with them. Convince Sookie to seek protection with Kaia."
"As you wish Melody. I will protect Kaia with Ms. Stackhouse."
Sookie's POV
I hadn't been expecting visitors. Nor had I been expecting a adorable little girl, clinging to a elderly woman who was looking around with fear in her eyes. "Come in." I said without hesitating. "Are you Sookie Stackhouse?" The woman asked and I nodded. "My name is Clara, Melo- Nyght sent me." Instantly I lead them inside shutting the door and locking it behind them. I just hoped Clara wasn't afraid of Godric.
"Oh! Clar it's Godrc!" The little girl squealed and launched herself at him, hugging him. "Kaia!" Clara yelled and moved forward to remove the child from Godric. "It's alright. How does she know me?" Clara nodded slowly. "Kaia is Melody's little sister. Melody just recently learned of her and sent me here with Kaia to seek protection with Sookie from you Godric." Godric's eyes widened. "Melody has explained what you are Godric. A vampire and a Fae. Sister and something so much more to Melody." Clara looked at me when she said sister but looked at Godric when she said something so much more.
"What happened to Melody?" I asked. Clara was quiet for a moment. "The king, her Father attacked her. Threatened her life, Threatened to have Kaia take her place as ruler of the Guardians. However Kaia was born without the mark. Kaia is free from the responsiblitie but the King started to raise Kaia as a servant... I was so blind I hadn't seen it till Melody forced me to open my eyes. Melody is alive... she will be alive for she is the only heir."
"Melody knows she has no right to ask. She apologizes for abandoning you both and she wishes you to know she had no choice. Will you protect Kaia?" Clara asked. "I will. A child should never have to endure such horrors... but what of Melody? Is she coming?" Clara shook her head at my question. "Melody can not without her father destroying everything to retrieve his daughters. She fears the King will murder Kaia if Melody should leave. She had already by now made a deal with her Father... Melody will no longer be the free spirited and strong girl you both know. Melody will become just as heartless and cruel as her father. She is willing to do so to protect those she loves."
no... No... NO! I screamed in my mind. My hand slamming against the table as I cried. "SHE DOESN'T NEED TO DO THAT! WE WILL FIGHT FOR HER! SHE SHOULD COME HOME! WE CAN PROTECT KAIA, YOU, AND MELODY!" I yelled. "Melody will not have you risking your lives for her... just her sister. Little Kaia is not capable of protecting herself." I didn't understand how Clara was able to stay so calm and when I looked up fully ready to scream at her I saw the tears, the pain. She was suffering just as much as I was.
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