I'm not dead! Yay!
Really, sorry for leaving you all when I know so many of you like this fic, but I'm back! I had some major technical issues that just got resolved, and while updates might be strange for a while, I'm really wanted to make up for my absence. Btw, since this my epic-logue, would you peeps mind giving me feedback on what you think will happen next, How good this story is, grammar mistakes that I should fix, how much you hate me for leaving, how much you peeps love me for returning, etc.? because I'm planning…*stops to count on fingers*let's see, this is the first/sorta prequel, then the big adventure, then high school, then big emo story(not really, just not sure what else to call it) and finally the big… something. I know what they're all going to be, just not sure how to phrase them so you guys don't get any type of spoilers. And finally, I really want to do a collection of one-shots and random bits and challenges that tie in with the story. (Example: one idea is Sjin and Minty's wedding. Stuff like that.)
Morgan- I'm glad you like this story, and there will be more I PROMISE.
Saeclum-Thanks! And yeah, originally, this was supposed to be a big drama, but then I got snowballing ideas for Reyanna, so this just kinda turned into a prequel.
Fanus Obscurus-Reyanna's destiny, huh? I have that mostly planned out for you peeps… and sequel will be out right away!
Random1234-I've already PMed you to say this, but don't die on me! You wanna know what happens next, right?
Skull'swrath-I've already picked out Reyanna's boyfriend, so no matter how you guys like those two together, I'm not diverting the story. But how does this sound:
If you peeps really like TobyxReyanna, or Tobyanna, or whatever, and I get five of you saying you would like a one-shot on them together, I'll make a little fluffy romance for you guys. However, it will not be canon with my story as far as I can see. Can a fanfiction have its own canon? Not sure. Anyway, PM me or review and I'll try my best. On with the story! Oh, and it's now going to be in first person from now on, cause it's more like the present now.
Reyanna Pov
I was awakened my alarm clock at dawn. Really? I thought. Why is my alarm waking me up so earl- It's Rythian's birthday today, idiot! I sat up and slid out of bed quietly, trying not to wake up my brother across the hall. He wouldn't be up for a while yet, but I had to help Zoeya make him a surprise picnic. I quickly brushed my long hair; I had been growing out for almost a year, and it reached to my ribs already, and readjusted my mask before popping on a pair of jean shorts and a white tank top. I could already tell today was going to be hot outside.
I padded down to the kitchen, were Zoeya was rinsing out her mug. I quickly grabbed a glass of orange juice before the two of us started planning out what we were going to need for the picnic.
"I already got out the things for the sandwiches. Can you do that while I make breakfast?" Asked Zoeya, pulling out the frying pans.
"Not a problem. Are you making the Waffle Supreme or the Pancake Breakfast Special?" I asked, trying to keep a straight face. Zoeya started giggling and I lost it. It was an inside joke from months ago. We both laughed quietly, still remembering not to wake up the sleeping mage upstairs.
"Waffle Supreme: It is Rythian's favourite. Both kinds of bacon, too." Zoeya finally said. I perked up. Zoeya almost never made real bacon. Not that I minded tofu.
We got down to business, sort of. I made steak, tofu, squid and sausage sandwiches, all of our favourites, including Teep. Who would have guessed that dinosaurs liked squid?
Zoeya, meanwhile, was expertly making bacon and waffles. That is, until a piece of tofu bacon got stuck to the pan. At first Zoeya said nothing, just concentrating on scraping it off. Finally, half of it broke off. Then, the other half. After a full two minutes. By this point, some of the waffles were about to burn. I took over and removed them before they were ruined. Zoeya carefully added the bacon to the growing pile and reined in her control over the breakfast. I went back to filling the picnic basket: drinks, cookies, chocolate and little birthday cupcakes Zoeya had made yesterday afternoon. I remembered laughing so hard when I first saw them: a dozen little pink and purple frosted marble cupcakes with rainbow sprinkles. I had no idea what Rythian was going to think when he saw them.
I hid the basket under the sink and set the table, knowing Rythian would be downstairs any second now. Zoeya drizzled syrup over the waffles and set them on the table. I added the bacon to the table. Still no Rythian.
"It's Monday." Zoeya said, and I almost immediately broke back out in to laughter. Rythian almost always woke up late on Mondays, with no explanation. Except maybe he wasn't a Monday person. But then again, who was?
"Same plan as usual?" I asked. The red head nodded, a mischievous smile forming on her face. We walked upstairs and paused outside his and Zoeya's room.
"Enderhunk, wake up already!" Zoeya yelled through the door. No response was heard.
"Or else we'll eat all the Waffle Supreme!" I threatened. Silence. Then Rythian knocked on the door to show he was awake. Moments later, he stepped out.
"Why do you two always tease me?" Rythian asked dryly, running his hand through his not-yet combed hair.
"Because you're so teaseable." I shot back.
"Teaseable's not a real word." He said.
"You got the point." I retorted.
"And that was?" He said, leading the way downstairs.
"That you are easy to tease." Zoeya finished for me. Rythian sighed in defeat.
"Why are you two so hyper today?" He asked, taking a seat. We all followed suit.
"I had coffee. Not sure about Reyanna." Zoeya grinned, serving the waffles and bacon. Rythian groaned.
"Come on, don't be that way." I said. "Zoeya even made real bacon for us."
"I hate Mond- She made real bacon?" Rythian paused, looking from one plate to another. "What's the special occasion this time?"
"Don't pretend that you don't know." Zoeya and I chorused, somehow in sync. Weird.
"Are you two teasing me again?" He asked. I wasn't sure if I wanted to laugh or do a facepalm.
"Not sure. Are we, Zoeya?" I asked innocently.
"I'm not sure either, Reyanna. " Zoeya giggled. I tried my best to keep a straight face. Not my strong suit, I'm afraid. Rythian still looked utterly confused.
"I think maybe we should have put candles on the waffles." I said. No reaction. I waited. "Or, maybe a flashing neon sign that says;" I paused, looking at Zoeya. Maybe we could do that strange synced up talking again.
"Happy birthday, Rythian!" we said. Alright, not in sync. But Rythian's reaction was priceless.
"Don't say that you did." I threatened him, once again today.
"Do I dare ask what you two have planned for today?" He asked.
"Nothing much, just a picnic for the four of us." Zoeya grinned.
"I see no reason to argue with that."
At noon, we went up to one of the peaks overlooking New Blackrock hold and settled down on the blanket. Teep opened up the basket and handed out all the sandwiches. We all ate quietly, appreciating the view over our home.
Our home. Something about the thought just made me feel so… I don't know what to call it. But I knew in my heart that this was my home. This and Whiterock. Lalna's castle had too many uncomfortable memories, and my birthplace, that desert town… never had it been my true home. I'd never been welcomed, never had friends.
I shook my head to clear the darker memories from my head and opened the basket to pass out the cupcakes.
"You made me pink and purple birthday cupcakes?" he asked incredulously.
"Zoeya made them." I said, trying to suppress the urge to smile.
"Don't forget the rainbow sprinkles!" said Zoeya, smiling.
"I-never mind. Thanks." He said, picking one up and biting into it. "These are really good."
I tried one and found he was right. The others followed suite, and they were quickly gone. We snacked on cookies and such until we were full, then lay back to enjoy the brilliant sunshine.
"You know, days like today make me really glad I'm not dead." I said, shivering a bit as I remembered my first death; my throat being ripped open and bleeding to death as my friends-and family- stood by helplessly. I remembered the shock as I awoke in my bed at Whiterock with nothing more than a scar on my neck, and Ridge saying I still had an important destiny ahead of me. That had me worried. An Enderborn's destiny is never good, and they almost never have happy endings. Rythian had been lucky. I just hoped it ran in the family.
I was jolted out of my darker thoughts by Teep's snort at my statement. Then he gestured to the picnic basket next to me, like any more good food in there?
I picked it up and looked inside. One squid sandwich for a dinosaur.
"Here you go, Teep." I said, tossing it to him. He munched on it happily.
"Does anyone else want more cookies? There's a few left." I said, pulling them out.
"I'll have one!" Zoeya said. I passed it to her.
"Rythian?" I ask my brother, because he's being rather quiet.
"I'm full. I'm just worried what you two could do after ingesting so much sugar into your systems." Rythian said, a small smile creasing his mask.
"You just smiled!" I exclaimed. Zoeya laughed.
"Of course I smile. Why do you always tease about it?" The mage asked, then realized his mistake a moment too late. "Don't you say that I'm-"
"But you're just so teaseable!" Zoeya beat both of us to it. It was all too much. We all cracked up, clutching our sides in laughter as we tried desperately to stop laughing. I had no idea how long we laughed for- or for how long that a pair of pale purple eyes watched us from the shadows.