Justice for the Moon, Chapter Four
I sat by my brother, I don't know why, but even he seemed annoyed with me,
and he was always easy going. Darien's face and voice was tormenting me
enough, without the whole family giving me the cold shoulder. I could hear
Raye's voice telling me that I should be more responsible and that if I
wasn't up to being the leader, then I should let someone else take over.
Without realising it, I had taken out my locket and was fiddling with it.
The Blake's were friends of the family. They had organised the whole trip to the lake for everyone in my year. They had contacted the three schools in the district that meant that all the scouts could go and Darien and Andrew had volunteered to look over at his. So had Chad, my parents, Amy's mum, and Raye's grandpa. There were other parents and friends going, but I knew of these.
Right now I wished that I had to take on Queen Beryl again. Darien hated the fact that I was being 'irresponsible', Raye and the girls would not talk to me and Andrew, Molly and Melvin had been 'outed' form my life ages ago. My friends that were not part of the kingdoms a millennium ago were hardly my friends any more. I had other worries, yet Raye, Mina, Darien, Amy and Lita still manage to keep in good contact with their friends, some of them who were mine to start off with.
"Serena, say goodbye to Ben and Miriam", my mother was instructing me.
"Goodbye, Ben, Miriam. I am sorry for not being here before, but I was needed by a friend."
"That's ok dear", they said.
Oh how I wish mum and dad would let me off that easily. But as soon as the Blake's were out that door, I was attacked.
"Serena, you were told that you were needed back here, straight away from school without any excuses," my mother was coming down hard on me.
"I'm sorry, but Molly wanted to talk to me", I said quietly.
"Oh really", my dad's voice was full of sarcasticness. "So that's why I found you with that 'boy'!?!" He spat out the last word.
I saw Sammy shrink back in fright, I wished I could too. Neither of us had seen dad this angry before.
"Serena you are not to see him again, do you hear?" I couldn't believe it, my mother; my own mother was saying this. She was the one who had wanted to meet him in the first place.
"Huh?" that was all that came from my lips.
"That boy has corrupted you, by that locket!" Dad shouted.
Once again, "Huh?" Where'd that come from?
"That locket, you carry it with you everywhere and have had it since you started 'seeing' him!" It was like they had been planning this.
Before I knew anything, my dad had crossed the room and grabbed my locket. He opened it and then handed it to my mother, who gasped. They turned to Sammy, but I couldn't let him be treated in the same way that I had been treated.
"Leave him out of this! He's done nothing wrong!" I screamed at them.
"Don't worry Sammy, you haven't done anything wrong. We just want to show you how you can get a hold on young girls hearts." My mother said coldly.
"Yes, just buy them a crystal and they'll be yours forever." My father stated.
"It's nothing like that!" I tried to defend myself, and Darien.
"Of course not."
They spoke like they knew everything, but they didn't. They didn't! They didn't care that I regularly put myself in danger. But then, these were not my real parents. They used to pretend that I was the perfect daughter. But the truth was, they thought they couldn't have kids. They had adopted me and raised me, but now, that I was being 'rebellious' I could be treated like trash, used and then thrown away.
"You can't control me! I'm not your daughter and I've known it for ages!" I would have so loved to continue, but no, how could I when they were shouting back at me.
"You are an ungrateful child and you can live where you like!"
"Yes, we don't need you influencing and setting bad examples for out SON!"
"You're not welcome here anymore, so you can leave right NOW!" They finished.
"With pleasure!" I said, "Just give me back my locket, NOW!"
"Oh, this locket? My dad questioned. He had set in down on the mantelpiece above the fire. "Here's what we think of it."
And he brought his hand down on it.
The crystal, the Imperium Silver Crystal, smashed. Gone, in a million pieces. My other had sent me to live a peaceful life on earth, where I was brought up in a 'loving' family, one that pretended to love me but secretly hated me, one that had finally destroyed one of the most precious things in my life, my heritage, the only thing left from my mother, the Silver Crystal.
The Blake's were friends of the family. They had organised the whole trip to the lake for everyone in my year. They had contacted the three schools in the district that meant that all the scouts could go and Darien and Andrew had volunteered to look over at his. So had Chad, my parents, Amy's mum, and Raye's grandpa. There were other parents and friends going, but I knew of these.
Right now I wished that I had to take on Queen Beryl again. Darien hated the fact that I was being 'irresponsible', Raye and the girls would not talk to me and Andrew, Molly and Melvin had been 'outed' form my life ages ago. My friends that were not part of the kingdoms a millennium ago were hardly my friends any more. I had other worries, yet Raye, Mina, Darien, Amy and Lita still manage to keep in good contact with their friends, some of them who were mine to start off with.
"Serena, say goodbye to Ben and Miriam", my mother was instructing me.
"Goodbye, Ben, Miriam. I am sorry for not being here before, but I was needed by a friend."
"That's ok dear", they said.
Oh how I wish mum and dad would let me off that easily. But as soon as the Blake's were out that door, I was attacked.
"Serena, you were told that you were needed back here, straight away from school without any excuses," my mother was coming down hard on me.
"I'm sorry, but Molly wanted to talk to me", I said quietly.
"Oh really", my dad's voice was full of sarcasticness. "So that's why I found you with that 'boy'!?!" He spat out the last word.
I saw Sammy shrink back in fright, I wished I could too. Neither of us had seen dad this angry before.
"Serena you are not to see him again, do you hear?" I couldn't believe it, my mother; my own mother was saying this. She was the one who had wanted to meet him in the first place.
"Huh?" that was all that came from my lips.
"That boy has corrupted you, by that locket!" Dad shouted.
Once again, "Huh?" Where'd that come from?
"That locket, you carry it with you everywhere and have had it since you started 'seeing' him!" It was like they had been planning this.
Before I knew anything, my dad had crossed the room and grabbed my locket. He opened it and then handed it to my mother, who gasped. They turned to Sammy, but I couldn't let him be treated in the same way that I had been treated.
"Leave him out of this! He's done nothing wrong!" I screamed at them.
"Don't worry Sammy, you haven't done anything wrong. We just want to show you how you can get a hold on young girls hearts." My mother said coldly.
"Yes, just buy them a crystal and they'll be yours forever." My father stated.
"It's nothing like that!" I tried to defend myself, and Darien.
"Of course not."
They spoke like they knew everything, but they didn't. They didn't! They didn't care that I regularly put myself in danger. But then, these were not my real parents. They used to pretend that I was the perfect daughter. But the truth was, they thought they couldn't have kids. They had adopted me and raised me, but now, that I was being 'rebellious' I could be treated like trash, used and then thrown away.
"You can't control me! I'm not your daughter and I've known it for ages!" I would have so loved to continue, but no, how could I when they were shouting back at me.
"You are an ungrateful child and you can live where you like!"
"Yes, we don't need you influencing and setting bad examples for out SON!"
"You're not welcome here anymore, so you can leave right NOW!" They finished.
"With pleasure!" I said, "Just give me back my locket, NOW!"
"Oh, this locket? My dad questioned. He had set in down on the mantelpiece above the fire. "Here's what we think of it."
And he brought his hand down on it.
The crystal, the Imperium Silver Crystal, smashed. Gone, in a million pieces. My other had sent me to live a peaceful life on earth, where I was brought up in a 'loving' family, one that pretended to love me but secretly hated me, one that had finally destroyed one of the most precious things in my life, my heritage, the only thing left from my mother, the Silver Crystal.