It was like a fairy tale. An happy ending. The beautiful maiden to live forever with the handsome prince, riding away into the sunlight.
Except, it was a strong slayer and a brooding vampire with a soul. And they were not riding into the sunlight, but the moonlight. After all, who would want a pile of dust for a husband? No one, except for maybe…
And I forgot. He's not vampire anymore. He's humans as she is, as I am, as any other human. Sometimes I wonder why I never knew. Knew that he would go back to here once he "shanshued". Became human again. Should have known. Should have known that once he got his reward I would mean nothing to him. And I am alone.
And I hate that feeling. It eats me up, and it meant I am worthless. After all, what's a seer without her champion? I'll still get visions and have to fight them by myself. Okay, not really…they others might help. But what are sidekicks without the hero?
I think they know what I know. We cannot survive without the whole family. We tried it before, tried it twice…tried it many times. We always got ourselves in bigger trouble than originally intended. So what now? We all know there is no coming back. He's not going to come back to us. But without the whole family, we're dead.
And I watch them. They are leaving tonight to go on their honeymoon. I will force a fake smile and laugh and tell them I am happy for them, and for them to have fun. I will meet the others as they too use fake smiles. After all, this is a fairy tale to them. And a fairy tales have happy endings.
I think they have forgotten though. Him and the slayer. I think that they have forgotten the true purpose of fairy tales. That they were originally made to scare little kids so they behave. That they all had morals. That many of them didn't end happily, or at least has happily ever after as what we view fairy tales today. (The evil step-sisters had their eyes poked out and their feet cut off. The little mermaid didn't get the guy and lived forever alone on an island.)
And as I watch them drive out into the world beyond my sight, I have a vision, as seers do. And a tear falls down my cheek. The truth is, as it will be, that even a normal human could predict what happens next. Anyone could predict that when they return, the family he once knew won't be here.
And when I go back in, the remaining others are already packing.
We can't stay here.
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