Part 6
Sati waited expectedly for Star to start explaining herself. But Star just looked at her. "Um...maybe we shouldn't talk about this. Mom and Dad don't want you to know yet."
Sati was tired of all the secrecy. She wasn't sure how much more of this she could take. The rest of the day dragged on. Sati was finding it harder trying not to talk about what she had overheard.
It wasn't the type of thing she could ignore. She didn't *want* to be taken off somewhere by people she'd never met. Or then again...maybe it was more exciting not knowing. Something was going to happen to her...could be soon. Could be dangerous...could be the best thing that had ever happened to her.
"Enough with the third degree already." Star appeared in the door to Sati's new room. "Let's just tell them we're going to check out the town or something, come on."
Sati eyed her sister, a smile pulling at her lips. "I didn't say a word."
Star glared. "You don't need to. You want to know nor not?"
"Sure." They decided to walk, rather than take the care. The moon was shining brightly, large and full, and somewhat eerie in the small-town sky-scene. It didn't take them more than forty minutes to wander about, learning their way around. It was one of those picturesque towns where everything was within walking distance and everyone probably knew everyone else.
They found a diner and headed inside. It was almost empty. There were a few kids inside who looked their age, barely acknowledging them as they passed. "You gonna start talking or what?" Sati asked after they had ordered Cokes and fries.
Star sighed. "Well...it involves secret societies, prophecies, and the end of the human world for starters."
Sati blinked. "The end of the human *world*?"
Several of the other kids glanced over at them. Star waved her hand. "Keep it down!" she hissed. And she started talking, telling Sati about a mythic society known as Night World, inhuman creatures living amongst humans and prophecies that had recently been discovered telling of the end of the human world.
Sati listened, finding herself fascinated, despite how ridiculous it sounded. "So you're not human?" she asked in a low voice, pausing as the waitress came over bringing their order. They waited until she had gone before Star answered, "Hardly. I'm a witch."
"So at what point do I come into all this?" Sati asked. Star had mentioned something about black fire.
"Well...um...you're a dragon."
"I'm a *what*?" Sati was finding it extremely hard not to snicker. She remembered thinking it was weird how blunt her parents had been about her adoption. She had always felt there was something missing. Her hand moved her forehead, to the three pointed lumps under her fringe. Her parents had always refused to let her have them surgically removed.
"You heard me," Star said evenly. "You were given to us because the leaders of the good guys knew we'd keep you sage/"
Sati shook her head, knowing she probably shouldn't be so amused at this, Star was probably being deadly serious. Some point soon it was all likely to hit her with the force of a physical blow that it was all real.
"So what about the prophecies? You said something about black fire plus blue fire equals a Wild Power and a preordained soulmate?"
Star sighed. She eyed the other kids, who were ignoring them again, carrying on their own loud conversation. As a group they stood up and left, barely glancing at Star and Sati.
"There are two prophecies, one that states what will happen, and another that states where the Wild Powers can be found." She quoted: "In Blood the final price is paid/In blue fire the final darkness is banished/Born in the year of the blind maiden's vision/Four less one and the darkness triumphs."
Sati eyed her. "Okay..."
"Then the *other* prophecy is 'One from the land of kings long forgotten/One from the hearth who still holds the spark/One from the Dayworld where two eyes are watching/One from the twilight to be with the dark."
"So what the hell does all that mean?" Sati asked. She didn't like the sound of the last line of the second prophecy. It sounded kind of creepy. And she didn't like the first one at all. I blood the final price is paid...She wasn't too fond of blood.
"Basically, it takes blood to make the blue fire work, all the Wild Powers will be the same age, 17. The blind maiden is part of the witch council - maiden, mother and crone. She's eighteen and blind, but for her first year she had her vision. In that year the Wild Powers will be born. If the Night World get their hands on even one Wild Power, then the darkness will win."
The waitress came over to take their empty glasses and the half eaten plate of fries that had been forgotten about. "That sounds like a really cool movie. You guys studying film making or something?"
Sati opened her mouth but Star cut in before she could speak. "Yeah, it'll be our first big hit. We'll knock 'em dead at the Oscars."
The waitress smiled. "Everyone's dream, huh?"
Sati looked at her sister curiously. "What?"
Star waved her hand dismissively. "One of the first rules of Night World is you can never tell a human it exists. They have to die if they find out. As long as she keeps thinking we're talking about a movie, it's okay."
Sati sank back in her seat. It all sounded like the plot of a movie to her, as well. "So I'm one of these people who are supposed to save the world."
"That's the story. Soulmates is a Night World concept - the idea that there's one perfect love for everyone and when you mean that person - well - you know they're the one meant for you."
"And you think this person with the blue power to mix with my black power will be my soulmate, thus saving the world."
Star shrugged. "That was my guess. We've already found three of the other Wild Powers, the land of kings, the heart with the spark and the Dayworld with two eyes watching."
"None of these people are human, are they?" Sati asked. It wouldn't be very interesting if it was just every day people who were supposed to save the world.
"Well, one's half human, half vampire, the Dayworld, from the land of kings is a vampire prince, and the hearth one of a witch, and then there's you."
"The dragon and whatever my soulmate will be." Sati smiled dreamily. "I hope he's sexy."
Star's eyes rolled. "There are more important things than looks."
Sati sneered. "You're hardly one to talk."
So now she knew about all of this stuff she wasn't supposed to know about yet...now what She didn't know anything about being a dragon or how to use these great powers she was supposed to possess.
"When the Circle Daybreak agents come to take you, they'll train you and everyone."
There was one thing Sati had forgotten to ask, "So what happens if the human world ends and the bad guys win?"
Star frowned. "The vampires will rule, the world will be bathed in darkness and the human race will be enslaved."
That didn't sound too bad to Sati. She wasn't human? Why did she have to use her powers for good to save a bunch of people whom she'd never met and wouldn't even be worth the risk? What if she didn't *want* to go with Circle Daybreak?
Star checked her watch. "I guess we should go home now."
Sati nodded. "You go, I'm gonna walk about a bit more." She left the diner (leaving Star to pay) and stood outside in the warm night, wondering what to do now.
"Hi."
Sati turned, briefly recognising the boy as one of the group from the diner. Sati eyed him. "Hi." He wasn't bad looking. Medium height, nicely muscled shoulders, casually messy brown hair, eyes that seemed to shift colour from minute to the next.
"New in town."
"Yeah. I'm Sati? What's you're name?"
"Vincent. You don't want to go with the Day Dweebs. Trust me on that." He gave her a dazzling smile.
"You heard?"
"Don't need to. We all know you are."
That was a slight surprise to Sati. Everyone knew who she was but her? She folded her arms. "And if I go with you...why should I?"
Vincent grinned, teeth flashing briefly. "Why don't you let me show you?"
* * *
Sati waited expectedly for Star to start explaining herself. But Star just looked at her. "Um...maybe we shouldn't talk about this. Mom and Dad don't want you to know yet."
Sati was tired of all the secrecy. She wasn't sure how much more of this she could take. The rest of the day dragged on. Sati was finding it harder trying not to talk about what she had overheard.
It wasn't the type of thing she could ignore. She didn't *want* to be taken off somewhere by people she'd never met. Or then again...maybe it was more exciting not knowing. Something was going to happen to her...could be soon. Could be dangerous...could be the best thing that had ever happened to her.
"Enough with the third degree already." Star appeared in the door to Sati's new room. "Let's just tell them we're going to check out the town or something, come on."
Sati eyed her sister, a smile pulling at her lips. "I didn't say a word."
Star glared. "You don't need to. You want to know nor not?"
"Sure." They decided to walk, rather than take the care. The moon was shining brightly, large and full, and somewhat eerie in the small-town sky-scene. It didn't take them more than forty minutes to wander about, learning their way around. It was one of those picturesque towns where everything was within walking distance and everyone probably knew everyone else.
They found a diner and headed inside. It was almost empty. There were a few kids inside who looked their age, barely acknowledging them as they passed. "You gonna start talking or what?" Sati asked after they had ordered Cokes and fries.
Star sighed. "Well...it involves secret societies, prophecies, and the end of the human world for starters."
Sati blinked. "The end of the human *world*?"
Several of the other kids glanced over at them. Star waved her hand. "Keep it down!" she hissed. And she started talking, telling Sati about a mythic society known as Night World, inhuman creatures living amongst humans and prophecies that had recently been discovered telling of the end of the human world.
Sati listened, finding herself fascinated, despite how ridiculous it sounded. "So you're not human?" she asked in a low voice, pausing as the waitress came over bringing their order. They waited until she had gone before Star answered, "Hardly. I'm a witch."
"So at what point do I come into all this?" Sati asked. Star had mentioned something about black fire.
"Well...um...you're a dragon."
"I'm a *what*?" Sati was finding it extremely hard not to snicker. She remembered thinking it was weird how blunt her parents had been about her adoption. She had always felt there was something missing. Her hand moved her forehead, to the three pointed lumps under her fringe. Her parents had always refused to let her have them surgically removed.
"You heard me," Star said evenly. "You were given to us because the leaders of the good guys knew we'd keep you sage/"
Sati shook her head, knowing she probably shouldn't be so amused at this, Star was probably being deadly serious. Some point soon it was all likely to hit her with the force of a physical blow that it was all real.
"So what about the prophecies? You said something about black fire plus blue fire equals a Wild Power and a preordained soulmate?"
Star sighed. She eyed the other kids, who were ignoring them again, carrying on their own loud conversation. As a group they stood up and left, barely glancing at Star and Sati.
"There are two prophecies, one that states what will happen, and another that states where the Wild Powers can be found." She quoted: "In Blood the final price is paid/In blue fire the final darkness is banished/Born in the year of the blind maiden's vision/Four less one and the darkness triumphs."
Sati eyed her. "Okay..."
"Then the *other* prophecy is 'One from the land of kings long forgotten/One from the hearth who still holds the spark/One from the Dayworld where two eyes are watching/One from the twilight to be with the dark."
"So what the hell does all that mean?" Sati asked. She didn't like the sound of the last line of the second prophecy. It sounded kind of creepy. And she didn't like the first one at all. I blood the final price is paid...She wasn't too fond of blood.
"Basically, it takes blood to make the blue fire work, all the Wild Powers will be the same age, 17. The blind maiden is part of the witch council - maiden, mother and crone. She's eighteen and blind, but for her first year she had her vision. In that year the Wild Powers will be born. If the Night World get their hands on even one Wild Power, then the darkness will win."
The waitress came over to take their empty glasses and the half eaten plate of fries that had been forgotten about. "That sounds like a really cool movie. You guys studying film making or something?"
Sati opened her mouth but Star cut in before she could speak. "Yeah, it'll be our first big hit. We'll knock 'em dead at the Oscars."
The waitress smiled. "Everyone's dream, huh?"
Sati looked at her sister curiously. "What?"
Star waved her hand dismissively. "One of the first rules of Night World is you can never tell a human it exists. They have to die if they find out. As long as she keeps thinking we're talking about a movie, it's okay."
Sati sank back in her seat. It all sounded like the plot of a movie to her, as well. "So I'm one of these people who are supposed to save the world."
"That's the story. Soulmates is a Night World concept - the idea that there's one perfect love for everyone and when you mean that person - well - you know they're the one meant for you."
"And you think this person with the blue power to mix with my black power will be my soulmate, thus saving the world."
Star shrugged. "That was my guess. We've already found three of the other Wild Powers, the land of kings, the heart with the spark and the Dayworld with two eyes watching."
"None of these people are human, are they?" Sati asked. It wouldn't be very interesting if it was just every day people who were supposed to save the world.
"Well, one's half human, half vampire, the Dayworld, from the land of kings is a vampire prince, and the hearth one of a witch, and then there's you."
"The dragon and whatever my soulmate will be." Sati smiled dreamily. "I hope he's sexy."
Star's eyes rolled. "There are more important things than looks."
Sati sneered. "You're hardly one to talk."
So now she knew about all of this stuff she wasn't supposed to know about yet...now what She didn't know anything about being a dragon or how to use these great powers she was supposed to possess.
"When the Circle Daybreak agents come to take you, they'll train you and everyone."
There was one thing Sati had forgotten to ask, "So what happens if the human world ends and the bad guys win?"
Star frowned. "The vampires will rule, the world will be bathed in darkness and the human race will be enslaved."
That didn't sound too bad to Sati. She wasn't human? Why did she have to use her powers for good to save a bunch of people whom she'd never met and wouldn't even be worth the risk? What if she didn't *want* to go with Circle Daybreak?
Star checked her watch. "I guess we should go home now."
Sati nodded. "You go, I'm gonna walk about a bit more." She left the diner (leaving Star to pay) and stood outside in the warm night, wondering what to do now.
"Hi."
Sati turned, briefly recognising the boy as one of the group from the diner. Sati eyed him. "Hi." He wasn't bad looking. Medium height, nicely muscled shoulders, casually messy brown hair, eyes that seemed to shift colour from minute to the next.
"New in town."
"Yeah. I'm Sati? What's you're name?"
"Vincent. You don't want to go with the Day Dweebs. Trust me on that." He gave her a dazzling smile.
"You heard?"
"Don't need to. We all know you are."
That was a slight surprise to Sati. Everyone knew who she was but her? She folded her arms. "And if I go with you...why should I?"
Vincent grinned, teeth flashing briefly. "Why don't you let me show you?"
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