Me: Sorry for the wait! My muse was running away for the last few days. Meh, school is starting in two days. Anyways, I only own E and Tenionia and my characters!
Simon and Elecktra were laying side by side on the lone bed in the bare room in their step father's small apartment. The room was very bare and only had an old heater that made noises in the corner. The lone window was boarded up and only small streams of the twilight lit the room. Simon growled and stood and moved to the window and began to pry the boards off the window. Elecktra stood up.
"Simon, where are you going?"
"Home." He replied, breaking a board off of the window.
"This is our home now." Simon turned to her.
"This is not home. Home is where your parents tuck you in at night, or they teach you how to ride a bike, or they get choked up on your first day of school. This is NOT home." Elecktra swallowed and scowled at her brother.
"You don't think I know that? This is as hard as it is on you as it is on me, Simon. They died because of me!" She snapped and Simon gasped. Elecktra sat on the bed and squeezed her eyes shut as tears prickled at her eyes.
"I really miss them. I wish they were here, so they can tell me that everything is okay and this is all just a bad dream." Simon sat next to her and touched her shoulder.
"E, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have snapped at you like that." Simon hugged his little sister.
"E, they won't want you to think that it was your fault." He petted her hair and let her cry in his chest.
"They didn't die because of you, they died protecting you and me. Don't ever think like that, Okay?"
"You'll never leave me, right, Big brother?" Simon wiped her tears and kissed her head.
"Never, I'll always be your big brother. That's never going to change."
"Promise?"
"Promise." Elecktra yawned and Simon laid her down on the bed, petting her hair comfortingly.
"Sweet dreams, E."
Tenionia was mediating in the center of her soul room. She was aware of Elecktra's presence in the soul room across the hall. The former princess sighed.
'I need to allow her to come to me.' She told herself.
'Patience Tenionia. She will come when she is ready.'
Elecktra found herself in a dark hallway that branched off to two separate rooms. The one on her left was slightly darker with gold trinkets and Egyptian themed toys lining the floor. Elecktra turned and examined the door on the right with interest. It was deep blue and gold with protective hieroglyphs carved into the stone.
'Elecktra...' The young girl jumped and scanned the hallway to find that she was still alone.
'Elecktra Merane... Come to me...'
"Hello?" She called but no one answered.
'Okay, this is really weird.' Elecktra turned back to the blue and gold door. Sucking in air and puffing out her chest, she approached the door and turned the doorknob. When she opened it, she saw nothing but darkness.
"Hello?" She called as she poked her head into the room. She yelped when a light lit and blinded her for a moment. When her eyes adjusted to the light, she looked to see a woman that looked like an older version of herself. Only this woman was dressed liked an Egyptian royal and her eyes were a dark purple rather then green.
"Hello Elecktra." She smiled kindly. Elecktra took a steady step forward.
"How do you know me? Who are you?" The woman took a step closer to the girl. Elecktra could sense an air of pride and power about her.
"I know you because I was a friend of your father, Alexander. I am Princess Tenionia." Elecktra blinked.
"A princess?" Tenionia nodded. She offered a hand to the younger girl.
"I have much to tell you, but you have to trust me." Elecktra hesitated.
"You were a friend of my dad's right?" Tenionia nodded and Elecktra scowled.
"Then why did you let them die?!" Elecktra watched the woman's face contort to a sad look.
"I'm only a spirit. I won't have been able to save your parents." Elecktra trembled and squeezed her eyes shut. Elecktra sat on the ground and hugged her knees. Tenionia sat next to her.
"You know that I promised your father that I would watch out for you, Elecktra." Elecktra looked up.
"I really miss them."
"I know you do. Your parents were wonderful people." Elecktra wiped her eyes.
"Is it true what Shadi said? That me and Simon are magicians?" Tenionia nodded.
"Yes, Your father and mother were both strong magicians, and their magic was passed on to you and your brother."
"Shadi said I was special." Tenionia nodded.
"You are in fact my reincarnation and the next keeper of Isis' light."
"Isis' light?" Tenionia nodded.
"In the past, the gods would choose magicians to be their vessels. Most of the time, they choose royals and nobles, and none was more powerful or more deadly then the power of Isis. I was the only one that didn't die because of overexposure to the power."
"And I'm the next one to carry that power, right."
"Just as I did." Elecktra sighed.
"Is that why my mom and dad are dead? Because of that gift?"
"Part of it. The men that attacked you, did they mention a house?" Elecktra nodded.
"Your father and mother were both part of a group of magicians called the Per Ankh or the House of life. They were afraid of the power that your family carried and ordered your line to be cut in half."
"Oh." Tenionia gently lifted the younger girl's chin.
"Don't worry, Elecktra. As long as I'm watching over you, the house will never get their hands on you." For the first time since her parents death, Elecktra smiled.
"Okay, I trust you." Tenionia chuckled as she tried to pronounce her name.
"How about you just call me Mistress?"
"Okay!" Tenionia helped Elecktra stand.
"Well, it seems that this is farewell for now." She smiled. Elecktra frowned.
"Will I see you again?"
"You will. Whenever you are unconscious, you will be able to find my soul room and speak to me." Elecktra felt herself drifting back to the waking world.
"Farewell Elecktra, until we see each other again!"