Eli: Hey all! First off, I'd liek to say I do not mind if you hate this
story! I really don't. But at least be mature enough to give good reasons
and helpful advice to make it better instead of just blowing it off. Don't
be an idiot and just flame.
Anyway, to the people that actually matter: Diva!!!!!! You're back!!! Glad you are not dead! Will we ever see Duplicity again? Dawn, I will do. If I catch her. *calls for belovedone* Darkness, you love hobbits. Thanks for all the reviews!
BIG note: I forgot to mention that the reason the last chapter was called "Across the Sea" was because I promised my cousin she could name it. How she came up with THAT after I told her what would happen is beyond me. Sometimes I worry about that girl...... Anyway, go and read. Enjoy!
~ Dominic stuffed his face with a piece of toast as he bent down to tie his shoes at the breakfast table.
Life was nice with his father and his cousin, Lily. His father was home most of the time and spent every minute he could with him. He could tell his father felt sad when he went to school or when he went to Bethany's house.
Lily was cool, too. She took him to school and picked him up again after ward. She cooked and cleaned and made sure he got up in time. For the whole two weeks he had lived there, he had not been late to school once.
"C'mon, half pint, I have to get to school in half an hour and I still have to drive you to your school! Let's go!" Lily told him. He swallowed a hug lump of toast and got up. He downed the rest of his milk as he started toward the door. He placed his dishes in the sink and grabbed his back pack.
Stefen opened the door for them. Lily hugged him and was out the door. Dominic hugged him and tried to leave when Stefan made him stop to put on a jacket.
"But Father, it is not cold!" He complained.
"Then you can take it off if you get hot." Stefen told him before he sent him out the door.
"Bye Father."
"Bye Dominic, and remember, I will be picking you up after school."
"Why?" He asked as he walked down the stairs backwards.
"Your friend, the girl with the black curly hair, her father wants to talk to me." He answered.
"Oh, why?" He asked again. Before Stefen could answer, Lily honked the horn of the car. "Tell me later, bye!" Dominic jumped over the fence and got into the front seat of the car.
"How did you get to be so slow?" Lily asked annoyed as they started on the way to school.
"How did your hair get to be so green?" He asked back. She rolled her eyes at him and turned up the radio. A girly song came on and Dominic covered his ears as she turned it up.
"Ah man! C'mon, Lily, turn it down!" Dominic complained. She just turned it higher and sang along with it. He turned it down. Lily glared at him and turned it up. They sat there fiddling with the radio until the song ended and it went to commercial.
"You are such a little punk, Dom." She muttered.
"Am not." He replied.
"Are too. You really are." She told him seriously.
"Lily?"
"Yeah?"
"How come you live with us and not your mom and dad?" He asked. She shrugged and stopped in front of his school.
"Cause I can. See ya later. Now get out of my car before I give you a kiss infront of your girlfriend!" She told him.
"She not my-" Lily shut the door behind him. "Girlfriend." He muttered.
-After school-
Stefen glanced at the piece of paper and then at the address of the building. "Are we in the right place?" He asked, quite confused. Weren't they suppose to be at a house?
Dominic nodded. "Yes, Beth told me they would be here."
Stefen shook his head. "Dies ist ziemlich ungewöhnlich"*
"No, it's not, Father. You'll see." Dominic told him as they walked up to the ware house.
Inside, the sound of breaking and yelling could be heard. They walked in on Bethany using some sort of wooden axe looking things as Ian stood and commanded her to follow a certain order. The form she was doing was difficult, for anyone, but she did it without a mistake. When she had finished, she bowed.
She saw them and smiled. "Hey Dom! Hello Mr. Carver." She told them.
"Bethany!" Ian reprimanded her. She straightened her back and went into attention.
"Sir, yes Sir." She said quickly, not moving a muscle.
Stefen looked between Ian and Bethany with confusion. Was this the same pair he had seen many times before, always loving and joking? He looked at Ian.
"Why do you wish to see me?" He asked. Ian stepped toward them.
"Your son's training has ceased to exist. My daughter wants him to join her training. Since it is essential to both that they know how to defend themselves, I have no objection to it if you do not." He said smoothly. "But I warn you now, the training he will go through will be hard and difficult, but it will bring out the best of his abilities."
Dominic's eyes were hopeful. He wanted nothing more than to train here. His whole life he had been urged to surpass his predecessor, and now was a chance to be taught by him. He looked at his father and the hope faded.
Stefen looked at Ian as if he was insane. "Train? You must be joking! Why would my nine year old need to train in battle? He is not to go off to war!" He replied, shocked.
Ian tilted his head to the side. "Stefen, we have told you why your son is involved with the witchblade. He lives to protect it, and the wielder of it. My daughter. If he is trained here, he can better fulfill his destiny." He told him as calmly as he could. "He could die, Stefen, but we could lessen the chances by having him learn."
"Begrü�en Sie Mary der voll ist von Anmut!** My son is not dying! Do not speak of such things to me!" He exclaimed.
"This is the truth! We need to face it!"
"But I am not loosing my son to some girl's destiny!"
"Nor am I loosing my daughter because of him denying it!" The men stopped shouting. Dominic pulled on Stefen's hand. He looked down at him.
"Father, I know you do not like this, but I want to train here. I want to train here. If I don't, I won't learn what I need to survive. Please let me train, please?" He asked.
'My son is not dying. That is the point. This Verdammen Sie*** destiny has already taken his mother into insanity an death. If this training is what he wants and it will keep him alive, then fine. But my son is not dying.'
"When does he start?" Stefen asked. Dominic smiled and looked at Bethany. She smiled from her stance, going back to neutral when Ian glanced at her.
*this is very odd*
** Hail Mary full of grace**
***Damn****
Coming Attractions:
Mirror Image
Anyway, to the people that actually matter: Diva!!!!!! You're back!!! Glad you are not dead! Will we ever see Duplicity again? Dawn, I will do. If I catch her. *calls for belovedone* Darkness, you love hobbits. Thanks for all the reviews!
BIG note: I forgot to mention that the reason the last chapter was called "Across the Sea" was because I promised my cousin she could name it. How she came up with THAT after I told her what would happen is beyond me. Sometimes I worry about that girl...... Anyway, go and read. Enjoy!
~ Dominic stuffed his face with a piece of toast as he bent down to tie his shoes at the breakfast table.
Life was nice with his father and his cousin, Lily. His father was home most of the time and spent every minute he could with him. He could tell his father felt sad when he went to school or when he went to Bethany's house.
Lily was cool, too. She took him to school and picked him up again after ward. She cooked and cleaned and made sure he got up in time. For the whole two weeks he had lived there, he had not been late to school once.
"C'mon, half pint, I have to get to school in half an hour and I still have to drive you to your school! Let's go!" Lily told him. He swallowed a hug lump of toast and got up. He downed the rest of his milk as he started toward the door. He placed his dishes in the sink and grabbed his back pack.
Stefen opened the door for them. Lily hugged him and was out the door. Dominic hugged him and tried to leave when Stefan made him stop to put on a jacket.
"But Father, it is not cold!" He complained.
"Then you can take it off if you get hot." Stefen told him before he sent him out the door.
"Bye Father."
"Bye Dominic, and remember, I will be picking you up after school."
"Why?" He asked as he walked down the stairs backwards.
"Your friend, the girl with the black curly hair, her father wants to talk to me." He answered.
"Oh, why?" He asked again. Before Stefen could answer, Lily honked the horn of the car. "Tell me later, bye!" Dominic jumped over the fence and got into the front seat of the car.
"How did you get to be so slow?" Lily asked annoyed as they started on the way to school.
"How did your hair get to be so green?" He asked back. She rolled her eyes at him and turned up the radio. A girly song came on and Dominic covered his ears as she turned it up.
"Ah man! C'mon, Lily, turn it down!" Dominic complained. She just turned it higher and sang along with it. He turned it down. Lily glared at him and turned it up. They sat there fiddling with the radio until the song ended and it went to commercial.
"You are such a little punk, Dom." She muttered.
"Am not." He replied.
"Are too. You really are." She told him seriously.
"Lily?"
"Yeah?"
"How come you live with us and not your mom and dad?" He asked. She shrugged and stopped in front of his school.
"Cause I can. See ya later. Now get out of my car before I give you a kiss infront of your girlfriend!" She told him.
"She not my-" Lily shut the door behind him. "Girlfriend." He muttered.
-After school-
Stefen glanced at the piece of paper and then at the address of the building. "Are we in the right place?" He asked, quite confused. Weren't they suppose to be at a house?
Dominic nodded. "Yes, Beth told me they would be here."
Stefen shook his head. "Dies ist ziemlich ungewöhnlich"*
"No, it's not, Father. You'll see." Dominic told him as they walked up to the ware house.
Inside, the sound of breaking and yelling could be heard. They walked in on Bethany using some sort of wooden axe looking things as Ian stood and commanded her to follow a certain order. The form she was doing was difficult, for anyone, but she did it without a mistake. When she had finished, she bowed.
She saw them and smiled. "Hey Dom! Hello Mr. Carver." She told them.
"Bethany!" Ian reprimanded her. She straightened her back and went into attention.
"Sir, yes Sir." She said quickly, not moving a muscle.
Stefen looked between Ian and Bethany with confusion. Was this the same pair he had seen many times before, always loving and joking? He looked at Ian.
"Why do you wish to see me?" He asked. Ian stepped toward them.
"Your son's training has ceased to exist. My daughter wants him to join her training. Since it is essential to both that they know how to defend themselves, I have no objection to it if you do not." He said smoothly. "But I warn you now, the training he will go through will be hard and difficult, but it will bring out the best of his abilities."
Dominic's eyes were hopeful. He wanted nothing more than to train here. His whole life he had been urged to surpass his predecessor, and now was a chance to be taught by him. He looked at his father and the hope faded.
Stefen looked at Ian as if he was insane. "Train? You must be joking! Why would my nine year old need to train in battle? He is not to go off to war!" He replied, shocked.
Ian tilted his head to the side. "Stefen, we have told you why your son is involved with the witchblade. He lives to protect it, and the wielder of it. My daughter. If he is trained here, he can better fulfill his destiny." He told him as calmly as he could. "He could die, Stefen, but we could lessen the chances by having him learn."
"Begrü�en Sie Mary der voll ist von Anmut!** My son is not dying! Do not speak of such things to me!" He exclaimed.
"This is the truth! We need to face it!"
"But I am not loosing my son to some girl's destiny!"
"Nor am I loosing my daughter because of him denying it!" The men stopped shouting. Dominic pulled on Stefen's hand. He looked down at him.
"Father, I know you do not like this, but I want to train here. I want to train here. If I don't, I won't learn what I need to survive. Please let me train, please?" He asked.
'My son is not dying. That is the point. This Verdammen Sie*** destiny has already taken his mother into insanity an death. If this training is what he wants and it will keep him alive, then fine. But my son is not dying.'
"When does he start?" Stefen asked. Dominic smiled and looked at Bethany. She smiled from her stance, going back to neutral when Ian glanced at her.
*this is very odd*
** Hail Mary full of grace**
***Damn****
Coming Attractions:
Mirror Image