BLOODLINES
A Son Chi-chi Production.
By Arcadia Silver
Standard Disclaimer: I don't own DBZ, darn.
Note: If things like magic and Wicca bother you, then don't read.
Chapter Two: A Long Lost Friend
The bowl clattered loudly as it made contact with the floor, milk and partialy soggy cereal spilling everywhere.
"Kalin!!!" Chi-chi screamed. She rushed forward, robe in all, into the arms of one of her dearest, lifelong friends. "Erp!!" the lady blurted as Chi-chi's weight slammed into her full force. Tears of joy ran down her face as Chi-chi pulled Kalin into a bear hug. "Little Moon..." Kalin breathed, "Goddess how you've grown."
Chi-chi stepped back, holding the elderly woman at arms lenght. "Kalin, Goodness what happened to you?!?!" Kalin laughed, tossing side a strand of once blonde hair. "What happened to me? Why twenty years happened to me!!" Her sky-blue eyes twinkling in the morning sun.
"Kalin, has it been that long?" she asked her old mentor. The woman's smile bled to a frown, "Yes, it has been. It has been far too long." she smiled, fighting the tears that threatened to slip from her eyes. Her surogate daughter had grown so much in the past years. She was a mother, a wife, and a very beautiful woman, just like her real mother.
"Aerin," she interjected, not bothering to use her pet name. "Are we gonna stand out here all morning, or are you going to invite me in??" Chi-chi shook her head, "Oh of course!! Come on in!!" she walked inside the door, holding it open for her mentor to enter. Kalin let out an aproving grin, "You keep a very neat home here." she complimented. A red blush creeped over her cheeks, "Thanks, I guess some things are hereditary, huh?"
Kalin's smile faded for a second at the memory of her best friend, "Yes, Edainya was an excellent house-keeper. She was also an exceptional spellcaster, as are you child." Chi-chi let her shoulders slump, she hadn't meant for that last coment to be heard. She resisted with all her might to block the memories of her mother's last days on Earth.
"Momma?" Aerin spoke shyly. She peeked around the edge of the door into the steril hospital room. On the bed, her mother was laid out, tubes and needles sticking out everywhere on her, a monitor measured her heartbeat. Slowly, she walked in, not wanting to distrub her mother's rest. She took a place beside tall white-sheet covered bed, and quietly slipped her small hand into her mother's palm.
Edainya stirred and slowly sat up, fighting the throbbing pain in her muscles. Seeing her daughter, she picked her up and sat her on her lap, avoiding the various tubes coneccted to her. Once settled, she spoke in a low, husky voice, "Aerin, my little one. I love you you know that, right?"
The girl nodded, letting her head settle in the crook of her neck.
"Aerin, I might not be here very long. I think I'm dying." Aerin's golden eyes widened in shock, "No mommy! You can't die! You can't leave me alone!" she latched onto her mother's side holding as tight as she could. Edainya's hand went to stroke her daughter's silver locks, "I don't want to sweetie, but I have no choice. It's not my decision weither I live or die. Now I know your scared, Iam too, but don't worry, I'll always be with you."
"But Momma. who's gonna teach me magic? Who's gonna help me when Ox-King gets mad when I cast a spell? You promised you's take me to the Commonwealth one day. You said you'd take me to see Grandma Selene, and the rest of the Clan. You promised.........." she cried, her words coming out between sobs.
Edainya resisted her own tears, "I know I promised, Little Moon. But it seems that I can't. Your Aunt Kalin will teach you what I could not. She will be an excellent sensei. She will help you all you can, and hopefully she may get your step-father to see the light. Perhapse she will take you to Grandma Selene, and the Commonwealth too. I just wish I could... " her voice trailing off into a full-blown series of sobs. Both mother sat there for the longest while, remembering there time together, the laughs, the tears, and the promises never to be full-filled.
Kalin looked at her god-daughter's face, she too was remembering Edainya's last days. She recalled, while drawing her last breath, what she made Kalin promise. To take care of Aerin, to continue her magickal education, to one day take her to she her grandmother and the Commonwealth, the meeting grounds of all the magick clans on Earth. With a heart-felt sigh, she agreed to do as her friend asked, to do what she knew was impossible. When Edainya died, Ox-King took Aerin and moved far away, away from Kalin and Aerin's hopes of fullfilling her destiny as a witch. Shortly after, she discovered that Edainya died of poisoning, done by a Goddess-fearing husband.
Walking over, she placed a wrinkling hand on Chi-chi's shoulder, "I know you miss her, I do too, but she is always with us you know, watching from Summerland." Chi-chi lifted a tear-stained face, and smiled. "Yes, I know."
Kalin nodded and let her hand fall back to her side. "Well then!! What do you say we put on a pot of tea and catch up on old times??" she asked.
Chi-chi's face lit up, "Sure thing, you still like mint tea right?"
"With plenty of sugar!!" Kalin retorted.
So they passed most of the time chatting on what had traversed in each others lives. Chi-chi (or Aerin as we must call her) reported on the Z-senshi's adventures, Kalin on the activities of the various clans.
It was about noon when Kalin suddenly grew solemn. Aerin, noticing her friends change asked, "Kalin? Whats wrong?"
Kalin's eyes looked up from her third cup of tea. "The reason I've come here is to bring you news. Bad news."
Aerin shifted in her seat, "It's about the Crisis Hours isn't it?"
Kalin nodded, "Yes, the clans are on the move again, heading for the Commonwealth. I have have been brought here to escort you and your friends there."
Shock crossed it's way on Aerin's features, "The Z-senshi!?!? But their not of any magicakal blood, why do they need to come?"
"I don't know, I was just told to bring the granddaughter of the High Priestess and the Earth's Special forces." She shrugged, sipping her tea.
Aerin looked up, "Are all the clans gonna be there?"
"Yes, the Torrents, the Greystorms, The Desertrocks, The Wildflames, The Galeforces, The Goldhawks, The Darksights, The Grandias, and us, The High Heavens Clan. Everyone shall be there." Kalin confrimed.
"Some family reunion huh?" she chuckled.
"Indeed, a family reunion, more like a disaster waiting to happen!!" Kalin joked.
"Yeah, we'll worry about that when we get there. The hard part will be explaining to everyone what I am, where we're going, why we're going, and why they can't fly there!!" she cried.
"I think once they listen to our reasons, they'll play along, they seem like a sensible group. Excet for that Vegeta person." Kalin concluded.
"Your pretty much right, what I'm really worried about is my sons, how are they gonna handle learning their part Witch?!?" Kalin just gave her one-sided shrug, and sipped her drink. Aerin when back to her beverage too, until she selt a familiar energy, in fact she felt a lot of familiar energies!! Her cup dropped from her hand, an audible, "Oh crap," escaping her lips.
"Whats wrong?" Kalin asked, perplexed at her god-daughter's sudden out-brust.
"I wasn't ready for this yet!! It's too soon!! Not now, why did they have to pay a visit now?!?!" she cried, jumping for the stairs, heading for her room to change.
"What's wrong?!?!" Kalin asked again.
From her room upstairs, Aerin shouted, "Their coming the entire Z-senshi are coming!!! Oh crap, oh crap, oh crap, oh crap..." she continued.
Kalin swallowed, it was to early for this, they needed some time, Aerin needed to be re-trained before they spilled the beans. "Oh crap," she copied Aerin's new matra, "It looks like it's showtime........"
Well? What do ya think? Thanks to all those people who left such sweet, kind reveiws. You guys give me my inspiration!!
Next Chapter: Tempers fly, words are exchanged, as the Son family's world is turned up-side-down by a startling revelation. Gohan and Goten try their hand at magic........with disasterous results!!!
A Son Chi-chi Production.
By Arcadia Silver
Standard Disclaimer: I don't own DBZ, darn.
Note: If things like magic and Wicca bother you, then don't read.
Chapter Two: A Long Lost Friend
The bowl clattered loudly as it made contact with the floor, milk and partialy soggy cereal spilling everywhere.
"Kalin!!!" Chi-chi screamed. She rushed forward, robe in all, into the arms of one of her dearest, lifelong friends. "Erp!!" the lady blurted as Chi-chi's weight slammed into her full force. Tears of joy ran down her face as Chi-chi pulled Kalin into a bear hug. "Little Moon..." Kalin breathed, "Goddess how you've grown."
Chi-chi stepped back, holding the elderly woman at arms lenght. "Kalin, Goodness what happened to you?!?!" Kalin laughed, tossing side a strand of once blonde hair. "What happened to me? Why twenty years happened to me!!" Her sky-blue eyes twinkling in the morning sun.
"Kalin, has it been that long?" she asked her old mentor. The woman's smile bled to a frown, "Yes, it has been. It has been far too long." she smiled, fighting the tears that threatened to slip from her eyes. Her surogate daughter had grown so much in the past years. She was a mother, a wife, and a very beautiful woman, just like her real mother.
"Aerin," she interjected, not bothering to use her pet name. "Are we gonna stand out here all morning, or are you going to invite me in??" Chi-chi shook her head, "Oh of course!! Come on in!!" she walked inside the door, holding it open for her mentor to enter. Kalin let out an aproving grin, "You keep a very neat home here." she complimented. A red blush creeped over her cheeks, "Thanks, I guess some things are hereditary, huh?"
Kalin's smile faded for a second at the memory of her best friend, "Yes, Edainya was an excellent house-keeper. She was also an exceptional spellcaster, as are you child." Chi-chi let her shoulders slump, she hadn't meant for that last coment to be heard. She resisted with all her might to block the memories of her mother's last days on Earth.
"Momma?" Aerin spoke shyly. She peeked around the edge of the door into the steril hospital room. On the bed, her mother was laid out, tubes and needles sticking out everywhere on her, a monitor measured her heartbeat. Slowly, she walked in, not wanting to distrub her mother's rest. She took a place beside tall white-sheet covered bed, and quietly slipped her small hand into her mother's palm.
Edainya stirred and slowly sat up, fighting the throbbing pain in her muscles. Seeing her daughter, she picked her up and sat her on her lap, avoiding the various tubes coneccted to her. Once settled, she spoke in a low, husky voice, "Aerin, my little one. I love you you know that, right?"
The girl nodded, letting her head settle in the crook of her neck.
"Aerin, I might not be here very long. I think I'm dying." Aerin's golden eyes widened in shock, "No mommy! You can't die! You can't leave me alone!" she latched onto her mother's side holding as tight as she could. Edainya's hand went to stroke her daughter's silver locks, "I don't want to sweetie, but I have no choice. It's not my decision weither I live or die. Now I know your scared, Iam too, but don't worry, I'll always be with you."
"But Momma. who's gonna teach me magic? Who's gonna help me when Ox-King gets mad when I cast a spell? You promised you's take me to the Commonwealth one day. You said you'd take me to see Grandma Selene, and the rest of the Clan. You promised.........." she cried, her words coming out between sobs.
Edainya resisted her own tears, "I know I promised, Little Moon. But it seems that I can't. Your Aunt Kalin will teach you what I could not. She will be an excellent sensei. She will help you all you can, and hopefully she may get your step-father to see the light. Perhapse she will take you to Grandma Selene, and the Commonwealth too. I just wish I could... " her voice trailing off into a full-blown series of sobs. Both mother sat there for the longest while, remembering there time together, the laughs, the tears, and the promises never to be full-filled.
Kalin looked at her god-daughter's face, she too was remembering Edainya's last days. She recalled, while drawing her last breath, what she made Kalin promise. To take care of Aerin, to continue her magickal education, to one day take her to she her grandmother and the Commonwealth, the meeting grounds of all the magick clans on Earth. With a heart-felt sigh, she agreed to do as her friend asked, to do what she knew was impossible. When Edainya died, Ox-King took Aerin and moved far away, away from Kalin and Aerin's hopes of fullfilling her destiny as a witch. Shortly after, she discovered that Edainya died of poisoning, done by a Goddess-fearing husband.
Walking over, she placed a wrinkling hand on Chi-chi's shoulder, "I know you miss her, I do too, but she is always with us you know, watching from Summerland." Chi-chi lifted a tear-stained face, and smiled. "Yes, I know."
Kalin nodded and let her hand fall back to her side. "Well then!! What do you say we put on a pot of tea and catch up on old times??" she asked.
Chi-chi's face lit up, "Sure thing, you still like mint tea right?"
"With plenty of sugar!!" Kalin retorted.
So they passed most of the time chatting on what had traversed in each others lives. Chi-chi (or Aerin as we must call her) reported on the Z-senshi's adventures, Kalin on the activities of the various clans.
It was about noon when Kalin suddenly grew solemn. Aerin, noticing her friends change asked, "Kalin? Whats wrong?"
Kalin's eyes looked up from her third cup of tea. "The reason I've come here is to bring you news. Bad news."
Aerin shifted in her seat, "It's about the Crisis Hours isn't it?"
Kalin nodded, "Yes, the clans are on the move again, heading for the Commonwealth. I have have been brought here to escort you and your friends there."
Shock crossed it's way on Aerin's features, "The Z-senshi!?!? But their not of any magicakal blood, why do they need to come?"
"I don't know, I was just told to bring the granddaughter of the High Priestess and the Earth's Special forces." She shrugged, sipping her tea.
Aerin looked up, "Are all the clans gonna be there?"
"Yes, the Torrents, the Greystorms, The Desertrocks, The Wildflames, The Galeforces, The Goldhawks, The Darksights, The Grandias, and us, The High Heavens Clan. Everyone shall be there." Kalin confrimed.
"Some family reunion huh?" she chuckled.
"Indeed, a family reunion, more like a disaster waiting to happen!!" Kalin joked.
"Yeah, we'll worry about that when we get there. The hard part will be explaining to everyone what I am, where we're going, why we're going, and why they can't fly there!!" she cried.
"I think once they listen to our reasons, they'll play along, they seem like a sensible group. Excet for that Vegeta person." Kalin concluded.
"Your pretty much right, what I'm really worried about is my sons, how are they gonna handle learning their part Witch?!?" Kalin just gave her one-sided shrug, and sipped her drink. Aerin when back to her beverage too, until she selt a familiar energy, in fact she felt a lot of familiar energies!! Her cup dropped from her hand, an audible, "Oh crap," escaping her lips.
"Whats wrong?" Kalin asked, perplexed at her god-daughter's sudden out-brust.
"I wasn't ready for this yet!! It's too soon!! Not now, why did they have to pay a visit now?!?!" she cried, jumping for the stairs, heading for her room to change.
"What's wrong?!?!" Kalin asked again.
From her room upstairs, Aerin shouted, "Their coming the entire Z-senshi are coming!!! Oh crap, oh crap, oh crap, oh crap..." she continued.
Kalin swallowed, it was to early for this, they needed some time, Aerin needed to be re-trained before they spilled the beans. "Oh crap," she copied Aerin's new matra, "It looks like it's showtime........"
Well? What do ya think? Thanks to all those people who left such sweet, kind reveiws. You guys give me my inspiration!!
Next Chapter: Tempers fly, words are exchanged, as the Son family's world is turned up-side-down by a startling revelation. Gohan and Goten try their hand at magic........with disasterous results!!!