Chapter Three: Leareth

Wynter's P.O.V.

When I woke, I was completely naked. And the covers were ripped off me in the next second. I clutched at

them as Leareth's smiling face chuckled lightly. Sounded sorta like bells. Little bells tinkling.

"Silly girl, time for bath. I'm a woman too ya know. 'S not like I don't know what one looks like.

I'd save that embarrassment when a man walks in on you getting dressed, not when a woman does."

"Sorry, you startled me. My dad's threatened to rape me, but never did."

"Oh, how dreadful! Come now. Here." she handed me a soft robe, it was thick, but light. It was a light blue.

Going well with her eyes and her hair. I put it on, and followed the woman who looked so much like me, and yet not so.

She had black hair instead of blonde, but her eyes were exactly the same shade as mine, like Silas and Daemon, she was taller,

slimmer.

"Are you the future me?"

"Not quite, but I could be."

"Does that mean Daemon could be a future Silas?"

"Entirely possible. Not likely, but possible."

"Oh. Why not likely?"

"Cuz you two are so different from us, and so close to each other, that it'd be hard to pull that off and still like

each other like you do now."

"What?" but she didn't respond. Just smiled. We had gotten to the bath.

It was humongous. I could not believe at how big this 'bath' was. It was like a swimming pool. I believe it was about

20 yards by 10 yards. It was a swimming pool.

"You sure this isn't the indoor pool part of this hotel?"

"What?"

"Oh, just a saying I made up. This 'bath' is pretty big."

"Well, no one's taking baths right now. Once people start showing up, it gets crowded pretty fast."

"Oh. I see." I didn't. I didn't really have time. Leareth ripped the robe off me and threw me into the middle of the pool

and dove in herself.

I silently thanked Leif for teaching me how to swim. After a while, I didn't come up. I heard Leareth calling worriedly

for me. I swam up behind her and pulled her down. Then came up laughing, as she came up, hair a mess.

"HA HA! GOTCHA!" I laughed and she chuckled along then started swimming my way. I stopped laughing immediately. I narrowed

my eyes and grinned.

"Sorry dark sister, but," she was about to grab me, when I plunged under and swam away. "I have other plans!" I said when

I came up. she wasn't there. There was a splash from behind giving me enough time to hold my breath as she dunked me under.

"Ha, who's laughing now?" she said merrily as I came up. I started laughing.

"STILL ME!" I plunged forward and pulled her under. She came sputtering in my silence. I was curled up in a corner half covered by shadow.

"What is wrong?"

"Oh, my usual interruption." Silas was just standing there.

"Silas! You're frightenin' the poor lass. Not today. Maybe later. Okay?"

He sulked a little,

"Okay..." he turned around and started walking out but he turned and winked at me at the last second. My cheeks heated up, and I blushed.

"Ah, so little black one does have feelings, and I should be the one calling you 'dark sister.'"

"Well, you're the one with the black hair, and on the cover of 'Sister Light, Sister Dark' one side, the light side, is blonde, and the other,

black. So, it's more better-"

"Better, or much better."

"Whatever, it's much better for you to be dark sister and me, light sister. Do you see?"

"Oh, yes, I see now. What would you like to do today?"

"I don't know. Hey!"

"What?" she smiled.

"I don't hurt no more!"

"Any more, and yes, of course not, me and Silas healed you. Didn't you see the blue-green strings/tunes and the blue-silver ones?" I thought for a moment.

There had been colors, and those two 'strings' where common, but I was lost in a sea of blue-green. The blue-green of Daemon's eyes. Although, it might have been Silas,

I was sure it was Daemon. I'd dreamt about him often. So, I guess even on Moonstone Island, he's in my heart so in my dreams.

"Say, why do they call this place 'Moonstone Island'?"

"Oh, that, you wanna see?"

"YES!"

"Okay, come on." she got out of the pool, and I followed, putting my robe on. Then followed her back to my room. I finally really noticed what

was in the room. There was a sea-green canopy bed, a few blue chairs and a midnight blue love seat. The carpet was sky blue. It was all blue. The walls

were even an extremely pale blue. Almost white. Almost.

Leareth opened a wardrobe of several dresses, and skirts and shirts.

"Any pants?"

"Havens, no. Ladies don't wear pants."

"Oh. Okay." I looked at my choices. The dresses, shirts, and skirts were all either silver, blue, blue-green, green, or blue-silver. I chose a blue

shirt, and a silver skirt. They went nicely together. Leareth, however, came out, in a sparkling silver dress with a black gawazee. My jaw dropped. She smiled.

"What?"

"Where-what-how-HUH?!" I stuttered.

"Well, did you expect me to dress in just a dress?"

"ME TOO! I WANT GAWAZEE TOO!" I yelled like an innocent little girl shrieking what she wanted.

"Really?"

"Yes! Please!"

"Okay, pick out a dress." oh. That was the catch. Gawazee=dress. Damn. I walked over to the wardrobe. Silver, or the blue-silver would go with my eye,

but the blue, blue-green, and green, would go with my hair. Decisions, decisions...finally, I chose the blue-silver one.

"Agree? Or disagree?" I asked Leareth.

"Agree."

"Okay." I quickly changed out of one outfit, to the other. Leareth came back with a black gawazee draped over her arm. I couldn't help myself from smiling as a

put it on and twirled around the room.

"And just yesterday, you couldn't even get up." then I remembered the dream I'd had.

"I had a very strange dream. There were two colors. One that was blue-silver and one that was blue-green, and I followed them and it was all very strange, and then,

when I woke up, I felt better and I hadn't even noticed until now, that I was better. Can you explain that?"

"Yes, because the blue-silver was me, and the blue-green was Silas. We healed you. You'll have a few bruises and maybe a couple of scars, but, for the most part, you're fine."

"How's Daemon? Does he miss me?"

"Heartbreakingly so."

"When can I go see him?"

"Tonight, if you wish."

"Really?"

"Yes."

"I read the 'His Dark Materials' series, and the daemons in that story are animals that can change and are the soul of the owner, so if one dies, so does the other. Are you the same?"

"Not entirely. I am your, what they call, 'dark sister' meaning, you are the light sister, and I am your double, only dark."

"But, does 'dark' mean 'evil' in this instance? Are you my bad side?"

"You tell me."

"I didn't think so, I just wanted to make sure. And earlier, you said that you should be the one calling me 'dark sister'."

"Oh, yea, that's right, well, I'm you dark sister, and I can go back with you when you go back."

"You mean I will go back?"

"In a while. Well, you can visit for a few days."

"Will I die?"

"Yes. Being here does not make you immortal."

"Good."

"Why?"

"Cuz I wouldn't be able to stand it if all my friends, Daemon, died, and I...lived on." her eyes twinkled as she smiled.

"One of the reasons why no one here is immortal."

"Oh, okay." a sudden wave of sleepiness washed over me and I yawned. I leaned on Leareth so I wouldn't fall, she guided me to my bed. Where I promptly fell asleep.