Forest Mirage:Chapter 14
"Raylet," Rayvn called, sitting at the table and pushing around the soggy bowl of cereal with her spoon.
The Lucky Charms marshmellows had faded into the milk, turning it a slightly pale pink, after much stirring. Several pieces of the hard cearal floated away from it's counter-part, not spared from the spoons constant chopping.
"Yes?" He called, sounding not far away.
"I was thinking... Did you ever have another sister?" Rayvn shrugged, and dull silence met retorted breiefly.
"Yes, I used to have a sister. Yes, her name was Salus, and yes she was a vampire." Raylet snapped, appearing infrount of her, to shove the chair back and seat himself.
Rayvn's brows rocketed to her hairline, and she stared at her brother for a few moments, of which he composed himself and flushed.
"I apologize. I just felt the need to get right to the point," Raylet mumbled, "What exactly was your dream?"
Rayvn's eyes strayed sneakily past Raylet's, exaiming the portrait of a ivory-colored mare in the far corner of the room. Abstractedly, she pulled her legs under her, biting her lower lip and raising a brow thoughfully. Suddendly, she unadequetly replied by simply shrugging.
"I don't remember clearly!" She exclaimed with the annoyed look he cast her, and he laughed.
"But you remembered to ask me?" Raylet accused, pushing himself up from the table and sending the chair to bump neatly into the soft finished table.
Rayvn snorted as he struted from the room, shaking her head before taking up her spoon agian.
She screamed.
"I have no reflection, and it is your fault!" Rayvn hissed at Jaguar, who had appeared quite promptly when she screamed, bare-chested and footed.
Raylet raised a brow, folding his arms as he stood beside Jaguar, "I told-"
"Yeah, yeah!" I yelled, "You told so, whatever! Just fix it!"
Raylet looked amusedly to Jaguar, who simply grunted and blinked several times before swallowing. Impaciently, Rayvn slammed her slender fists agianst the chair which she held between them as if a battle shield- a uneffective one at that.
"I am waiting," She pressed, refusing to meet Jaguar's gaze, of which oddly gave her a sense of guilt.
Still, Jaguar said nothing, but ran his hand through his hair which a yawn. Fiercely, Rayvn back-handed the chair, sending ti crashing to the floor.
"Rayvn, dear goodness," Raylet scolded, "Control your temper. Even you should know binding takes much from a vampire. It kills most, for the act of giving vampire blood to another; sheding your stolen treasure, is like a theif giving it's guns to another." Raylet pondered on his analogy briefly, and added swiftly, "No. But you understand?"
"Raylet, I wasn't talking to you!" I hissed, adding sulkily, "I have no damned reflection! Like a vampire; like-"
"Like myself?" Raylet snorted, "And you involved me when you slung my chair across the room."
Rayvn rolled her eyes, annoyed that she had no reflection, and Raylet did not even care. Clenching her jaw, she wheeled on her heel and marched into the other room, only to stomp up the stairs and into her room.
She shut the door surprisingly gently behind her, closing her eyes and turning to sink agianst it.
"Rayvn, I have not been honest with you, and for that I am sorry," It was Jaguar, in the room, and Rayvn gasped, quickly standing to glare at him, "Sit, and let me explain."
Reluctantly, Rayvn sat beside him on the bed, looking at him in disgust before she met his eyes. All at once she seemed very much at peace with everything, and oddly faithfull.
"You see, binding is a delicate process..." Jaguar began, furrowing his brows as if to find answers of things he wished to explain, "I know the mortal will loose their reflection when met with silver, which, yes, explains the supposed sterotype that silver impairs or kills vampires. But with that, there are other things, as the dreams we have experienced, though because you are mortal you will more than likey experience mine. There are also things such as speed you will gain in some time, and the ability to sense some underlying meaning of thoughts in even a vampire."
Rayvn blinked, and bit her lower lip in apparent confusion. Slowly, she asked, "Is that all? Can you control me or something?"
Jaguar laughed, touching her cheek fleetingly, and she shivered. "No, no. At least I do not think I can control you. Is that all? I do not know. I suppose we shall find the answer to that ourselves."
Rayvn suddendly felt very uncomfortable with him in her bedroom, and no topic in mind. The silence was unnerving, and she reluctantly looked up to Jaguar.
"Your eyes are very much like a forest mirage," Jaguar murmured.
Rayvn narrowed her eyes at him on instinct, and then laughed. "A forest mirage? That sounds awful. What is it?"
Jaguar grinned softly. "Trust me, it is certainly not. It is when the forest colors blend together with the light and dark, heat and cold, and it appears to be a vibrant jade green and emerald."
Trust me.
She looked away, frowning at the words, and surprisingly, he brought her chin up so she looked him in the eyes. Curiously, she cold she each individual fleck of the deep black, which undoubtedly was the reasoning of his name.
"You will tire easily, get some rest." He breathed gently, just gently enough as she could not accuse it was a command, and his lips brushed across her cheek before he vanished.
Rayvn narrowed her eyes at the thin air before her. "Coward."
"Raylet," Rayvn called, sitting at the table and pushing around the soggy bowl of cereal with her spoon.
The Lucky Charms marshmellows had faded into the milk, turning it a slightly pale pink, after much stirring. Several pieces of the hard cearal floated away from it's counter-part, not spared from the spoons constant chopping.
"Yes?" He called, sounding not far away.
"I was thinking... Did you ever have another sister?" Rayvn shrugged, and dull silence met retorted breiefly.
"Yes, I used to have a sister. Yes, her name was Salus, and yes she was a vampire." Raylet snapped, appearing infrount of her, to shove the chair back and seat himself.
Rayvn's brows rocketed to her hairline, and she stared at her brother for a few moments, of which he composed himself and flushed.
"I apologize. I just felt the need to get right to the point," Raylet mumbled, "What exactly was your dream?"
Rayvn's eyes strayed sneakily past Raylet's, exaiming the portrait of a ivory-colored mare in the far corner of the room. Abstractedly, she pulled her legs under her, biting her lower lip and raising a brow thoughfully. Suddendly, she unadequetly replied by simply shrugging.
"I don't remember clearly!" She exclaimed with the annoyed look he cast her, and he laughed.
"But you remembered to ask me?" Raylet accused, pushing himself up from the table and sending the chair to bump neatly into the soft finished table.
Rayvn snorted as he struted from the room, shaking her head before taking up her spoon agian.
She screamed.
"I have no reflection, and it is your fault!" Rayvn hissed at Jaguar, who had appeared quite promptly when she screamed, bare-chested and footed.
Raylet raised a brow, folding his arms as he stood beside Jaguar, "I told-"
"Yeah, yeah!" I yelled, "You told so, whatever! Just fix it!"
Raylet looked amusedly to Jaguar, who simply grunted and blinked several times before swallowing. Impaciently, Rayvn slammed her slender fists agianst the chair which she held between them as if a battle shield- a uneffective one at that.
"I am waiting," She pressed, refusing to meet Jaguar's gaze, of which oddly gave her a sense of guilt.
Still, Jaguar said nothing, but ran his hand through his hair which a yawn. Fiercely, Rayvn back-handed the chair, sending ti crashing to the floor.
"Rayvn, dear goodness," Raylet scolded, "Control your temper. Even you should know binding takes much from a vampire. It kills most, for the act of giving vampire blood to another; sheding your stolen treasure, is like a theif giving it's guns to another." Raylet pondered on his analogy briefly, and added swiftly, "No. But you understand?"
"Raylet, I wasn't talking to you!" I hissed, adding sulkily, "I have no damned reflection! Like a vampire; like-"
"Like myself?" Raylet snorted, "And you involved me when you slung my chair across the room."
Rayvn rolled her eyes, annoyed that she had no reflection, and Raylet did not even care. Clenching her jaw, she wheeled on her heel and marched into the other room, only to stomp up the stairs and into her room.
She shut the door surprisingly gently behind her, closing her eyes and turning to sink agianst it.
"Rayvn, I have not been honest with you, and for that I am sorry," It was Jaguar, in the room, and Rayvn gasped, quickly standing to glare at him, "Sit, and let me explain."
Reluctantly, Rayvn sat beside him on the bed, looking at him in disgust before she met his eyes. All at once she seemed very much at peace with everything, and oddly faithfull.
"You see, binding is a delicate process..." Jaguar began, furrowing his brows as if to find answers of things he wished to explain, "I know the mortal will loose their reflection when met with silver, which, yes, explains the supposed sterotype that silver impairs or kills vampires. But with that, there are other things, as the dreams we have experienced, though because you are mortal you will more than likey experience mine. There are also things such as speed you will gain in some time, and the ability to sense some underlying meaning of thoughts in even a vampire."
Rayvn blinked, and bit her lower lip in apparent confusion. Slowly, she asked, "Is that all? Can you control me or something?"
Jaguar laughed, touching her cheek fleetingly, and she shivered. "No, no. At least I do not think I can control you. Is that all? I do not know. I suppose we shall find the answer to that ourselves."
Rayvn suddendly felt very uncomfortable with him in her bedroom, and no topic in mind. The silence was unnerving, and she reluctantly looked up to Jaguar.
"Your eyes are very much like a forest mirage," Jaguar murmured.
Rayvn narrowed her eyes at him on instinct, and then laughed. "A forest mirage? That sounds awful. What is it?"
Jaguar grinned softly. "Trust me, it is certainly not. It is when the forest colors blend together with the light and dark, heat and cold, and it appears to be a vibrant jade green and emerald."
Trust me.
She looked away, frowning at the words, and surprisingly, he brought her chin up so she looked him in the eyes. Curiously, she cold she each individual fleck of the deep black, which undoubtedly was the reasoning of his name.
"You will tire easily, get some rest." He breathed gently, just gently enough as she could not accuse it was a command, and his lips brushed across her cheek before he vanished.
Rayvn narrowed her eyes at the thin air before her. "Coward."