Chapter 25: Task One:
I had already gotten up, dressed, and ate before I decided to wake Serena. She was laying half out of bed, moaning, and smiling about something. I shook her and she fell forward then woke up and slowly moved to take a shower.
"Good morning. What time is it? Oh, thanks. I don't want us to be late." She got up and went into the bathroom as I cleaned up her room.
"My love." I turned around and there was Torres sitting in the open windowsill. The wind was blowing his hair in swirls around his face and it gave me a warm chill as he moved close to me.
"Our first task is tonight." I nodded my head and turned around as Serena was standing behind me in a bunny towel. Her long blonde hair stringy and her blue eyes awake with morning happiness even though it was time to be at school in an hour.
"Could you close the window?" She said shaking as I slowly turned around and walked over to the window and shut it. I felt Torres presence lift when he left the room even though it was a pretty long way down from the windowsill to the floor and it would take him a long time to climb up and down the large oak tree outside her window but for some reason I didn't really care.
"I'm going to get your breakfast. Sammy is downstairs eating, I'm not sure where your dad went, and your mom went to the open market. I didn't know your family was so busy on a Monday morning. I usually get up and Amara and Michelle are gone to school and Trista and Horuka are around the house or sometimes they get an early start and I don't see them until I finally come home." I smiled and bounced down the stairs letting Serena get dressed in private while I brought her cereal and juice.
"Catrina.let me get it." Sammy got up from the table to help me carry the small tray. Serena was right he did have a small crush on me, but he's young and besides I have someone special now.
"You know this is for Serena right." I smiled as he handed me the tray and went back to eating. I knew that if I said it was for her he wouldn't help me, but I know he loves her anyway and she loves him.
"Serena?" I opened the door as she was putting on her shoes. She said that she slept well and asked me how I slept and I told her just fine not even mentioning my deal with darkness last night.
"I'm going to go check the mail box to see if there is a letter for me from Darien. I'll be right back." She laughed hoping that there was but when she walked passed me there was a large gust of wind. A force of energy that almost swept me off of my feet at its strength.
"What's wrong?" I smiled and said I was just thinking about something and not to pay me any attention and she had a strange look on her face but walked out the door. When she did, I closed my eyes and suddenly got a quick flash. There was Nehernia standing on top of a ledge firing down on the sailor scouts with all her might then without warning there was a large light beam that circled her from somewhere unknown, then other lights on the colors of the rainbow and then a finally light of blue and silver then it filled her body and she burst into small stars as Sailor moon lay on the ground with the other scouts around her sobbing.
"There's nothing there." Serena looked in my eyes trying not to cry as the more she moved close to me the stronger the energy got as I had to go back to her room to get away from her for a second because of the way it was taking my breath away.
"Torres?" I said in the darkness of room as I felt his hand on my shoulder and his breath on my neck. I turned around and looked into his eyes. They sparkled blue but then were shaded by black the closer he looked at me.
"I'm here." He said running his hand down my back and my sides as I placed both hands on his strong chest. I could feel his heart beat against my hand and it echo in my ears like it was bouncing off the walls. He moved close to me and leaned down as he slowly kissed me gently and I lost myself inside his world. While we kissed I saw our childhood, our youth, and our future, what it would and could be if we listen to Nehernia, then I saw darkness and fear, and strange creatures with deep red eyes that torn apart a kingdom after kingdom, after kingdom, and finally there was his home, Twilight Kingdom. One of the creatures were going to use a large fire ball and everything would be gone but suddenly there was a great light, beautiful lights that shot into the sky.
"Catrina!" I heard my name from somewhere and then I saw myself standing on a balcony while everything around me fell. I looked at Torres, as he stood on his balcony as more damaged happened around him. Suddenly I pulled away from his kiss and the images faded. He looked scared when we pulled away from each other but he came back in and we kissed again. I saw clouds, waterfalls, a beautiful crystal kingdom, and there I stood in a long white gown looking at the kingdom, and some hand was slipped in mine and I slowly looked up.
"Catrina?" I opened my eyes quickly and looked at Serena.
"I'm coming." I said looking around and grabbing a book and headed pass her without a question of to why she saw me standing in the darkness of a now cold and dark room alone.
"What's going on?" We were now late to school because of Torres and me or shall I say me, because that was just what she saw.
The bell rang as we ran into our first classes. Everyone looked at me as I ran in and took a seat sitting behind the computer.
"Hi.you stayed with Serena I guess right?" Amy said laughing as I smiled and turned on the computer and started beginning the lesson already in progress.
"Take your seat there please. I will get to your introduction as soon as the class is now settled. Sit please." Everyone looked up from the computers and so did I as I looked into Torres' eyes. He still had on the same clothes and he was actually real. He was able to sit at the desk and everyone see him. He tapped at his computer then suddenly looked up from it and in my direction smiled. I smiled back as his face twisted a little, he looked out the door, and Serena was walking down the hall. I caught the feeling from her before I even knew she was there. It was like I felt her heart beat as soon as she hit the hallway and the farther her feet hit the floor the easier it faded.
"He's looking at you." Amy said to me smiling but I looked back at him and he was still looking into my eyes.
"Introduce yourself please." The computer instructor said I suddenly Torres stood up and looked around the room once.
"My name is Torres." He began but the more he talked the more I listened as the story he told was very fabricated but he covered himself.
"Hi." He said to me as everyone looked at us but then seemed to not pay that much attention as I smiled and began to write and small words that I hadn't written appeared on my screen.
[MEET ME AT THE TOWER WHEN THE MOON IS FULL IN THE SKY AND THE STARS BEGIN TO SHINE. I'LL BE BY YOUR SIDE TONIGHT AND I'LL STAY ALL NIGHT IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT. NEHERNIA WANTS US TO MEET HER ON THE TOP OF THE TOWER. I WILL BE WAITING THERE FOR YOU MY LOVE. TORRES]
I glanced up at him and then back to my computer screen.
[TONIGHT THEN MY LOVE]
I wrote back, he looked up with me, and we continued our lessons as he was the new guy in class and I was the exchange student. No one really knew who we were and what we meant to each other. I closed my eyes and saw fire and electricity as things exploded, Torres, and I stood in the shadow watching earth explode as the Sailor Scouts and their leader didn't know what to do about all the damage. I held Torres hand as he laughed and so did I as we watched them run and Nehernia stood behind us and smiled.
Tonight I will have my first task. My first task to getting my parents and my home back but why do I feel this way, so angry, what is Torres doing to me? Or is it Nehernia? No, they are here to help me get back what's mine and what we all deserve and besides no one will be hurt in all this. I will make Neherenia promise me that....
I had already gotten up, dressed, and ate before I decided to wake Serena. She was laying half out of bed, moaning, and smiling about something. I shook her and she fell forward then woke up and slowly moved to take a shower.
"Good morning. What time is it? Oh, thanks. I don't want us to be late." She got up and went into the bathroom as I cleaned up her room.
"My love." I turned around and there was Torres sitting in the open windowsill. The wind was blowing his hair in swirls around his face and it gave me a warm chill as he moved close to me.
"Our first task is tonight." I nodded my head and turned around as Serena was standing behind me in a bunny towel. Her long blonde hair stringy and her blue eyes awake with morning happiness even though it was time to be at school in an hour.
"Could you close the window?" She said shaking as I slowly turned around and walked over to the window and shut it. I felt Torres presence lift when he left the room even though it was a pretty long way down from the windowsill to the floor and it would take him a long time to climb up and down the large oak tree outside her window but for some reason I didn't really care.
"I'm going to get your breakfast. Sammy is downstairs eating, I'm not sure where your dad went, and your mom went to the open market. I didn't know your family was so busy on a Monday morning. I usually get up and Amara and Michelle are gone to school and Trista and Horuka are around the house or sometimes they get an early start and I don't see them until I finally come home." I smiled and bounced down the stairs letting Serena get dressed in private while I brought her cereal and juice.
"Catrina.let me get it." Sammy got up from the table to help me carry the small tray. Serena was right he did have a small crush on me, but he's young and besides I have someone special now.
"You know this is for Serena right." I smiled as he handed me the tray and went back to eating. I knew that if I said it was for her he wouldn't help me, but I know he loves her anyway and she loves him.
"Serena?" I opened the door as she was putting on her shoes. She said that she slept well and asked me how I slept and I told her just fine not even mentioning my deal with darkness last night.
"I'm going to go check the mail box to see if there is a letter for me from Darien. I'll be right back." She laughed hoping that there was but when she walked passed me there was a large gust of wind. A force of energy that almost swept me off of my feet at its strength.
"What's wrong?" I smiled and said I was just thinking about something and not to pay me any attention and she had a strange look on her face but walked out the door. When she did, I closed my eyes and suddenly got a quick flash. There was Nehernia standing on top of a ledge firing down on the sailor scouts with all her might then without warning there was a large light beam that circled her from somewhere unknown, then other lights on the colors of the rainbow and then a finally light of blue and silver then it filled her body and she burst into small stars as Sailor moon lay on the ground with the other scouts around her sobbing.
"There's nothing there." Serena looked in my eyes trying not to cry as the more she moved close to me the stronger the energy got as I had to go back to her room to get away from her for a second because of the way it was taking my breath away.
"Torres?" I said in the darkness of room as I felt his hand on my shoulder and his breath on my neck. I turned around and looked into his eyes. They sparkled blue but then were shaded by black the closer he looked at me.
"I'm here." He said running his hand down my back and my sides as I placed both hands on his strong chest. I could feel his heart beat against my hand and it echo in my ears like it was bouncing off the walls. He moved close to me and leaned down as he slowly kissed me gently and I lost myself inside his world. While we kissed I saw our childhood, our youth, and our future, what it would and could be if we listen to Nehernia, then I saw darkness and fear, and strange creatures with deep red eyes that torn apart a kingdom after kingdom, after kingdom, and finally there was his home, Twilight Kingdom. One of the creatures were going to use a large fire ball and everything would be gone but suddenly there was a great light, beautiful lights that shot into the sky.
"Catrina!" I heard my name from somewhere and then I saw myself standing on a balcony while everything around me fell. I looked at Torres, as he stood on his balcony as more damaged happened around him. Suddenly I pulled away from his kiss and the images faded. He looked scared when we pulled away from each other but he came back in and we kissed again. I saw clouds, waterfalls, a beautiful crystal kingdom, and there I stood in a long white gown looking at the kingdom, and some hand was slipped in mine and I slowly looked up.
"Catrina?" I opened my eyes quickly and looked at Serena.
"I'm coming." I said looking around and grabbing a book and headed pass her without a question of to why she saw me standing in the darkness of a now cold and dark room alone.
"What's going on?" We were now late to school because of Torres and me or shall I say me, because that was just what she saw.
The bell rang as we ran into our first classes. Everyone looked at me as I ran in and took a seat sitting behind the computer.
"Hi.you stayed with Serena I guess right?" Amy said laughing as I smiled and turned on the computer and started beginning the lesson already in progress.
"Take your seat there please. I will get to your introduction as soon as the class is now settled. Sit please." Everyone looked up from the computers and so did I as I looked into Torres' eyes. He still had on the same clothes and he was actually real. He was able to sit at the desk and everyone see him. He tapped at his computer then suddenly looked up from it and in my direction smiled. I smiled back as his face twisted a little, he looked out the door, and Serena was walking down the hall. I caught the feeling from her before I even knew she was there. It was like I felt her heart beat as soon as she hit the hallway and the farther her feet hit the floor the easier it faded.
"He's looking at you." Amy said to me smiling but I looked back at him and he was still looking into my eyes.
"Introduce yourself please." The computer instructor said I suddenly Torres stood up and looked around the room once.
"My name is Torres." He began but the more he talked the more I listened as the story he told was very fabricated but he covered himself.
"Hi." He said to me as everyone looked at us but then seemed to not pay that much attention as I smiled and began to write and small words that I hadn't written appeared on my screen.
[MEET ME AT THE TOWER WHEN THE MOON IS FULL IN THE SKY AND THE STARS BEGIN TO SHINE. I'LL BE BY YOUR SIDE TONIGHT AND I'LL STAY ALL NIGHT IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT. NEHERNIA WANTS US TO MEET HER ON THE TOP OF THE TOWER. I WILL BE WAITING THERE FOR YOU MY LOVE. TORRES]
I glanced up at him and then back to my computer screen.
[TONIGHT THEN MY LOVE]
I wrote back, he looked up with me, and we continued our lessons as he was the new guy in class and I was the exchange student. No one really knew who we were and what we meant to each other. I closed my eyes and saw fire and electricity as things exploded, Torres, and I stood in the shadow watching earth explode as the Sailor Scouts and their leader didn't know what to do about all the damage. I held Torres hand as he laughed and so did I as we watched them run and Nehernia stood behind us and smiled.
Tonight I will have my first task. My first task to getting my parents and my home back but why do I feel this way, so angry, what is Torres doing to me? Or is it Nehernia? No, they are here to help me get back what's mine and what we all deserve and besides no one will be hurt in all this. I will make Neherenia promise me that....