Part 11
She was happy, laughing as Zan chased her around the Crashdown. She was safe here. A group of adults sat nearby and Angel giggled as one came over and picked her up and swung her around. She noticed Zan nearby being hugged by a woman. The adults were familiar, the man holding her, and the woman holding Zan, even the adults at the table seemed familiar. They felt safe, like the Granolith. They were a family. It was then that she remembered she didn't have a family. She didn't deserve one. The world around her went black as her guardians' words began to echo around her.
"You worthless brat, we should have left you to die."
"Why can't you do anything right, it's no wonder your parents threw you away, who would want a whiny, stupid, useless brat like you."
Suddenly she was four again standing in the living room, blood pouring from her wounds as the beatings continued, this time there was no Zan to help her, no one to save her from bleeding to death when her punishment was over.
"I never should have saved you"
"You've always been in my way!"
Zan's voice joined her guardians yelling at her, telling her the truth, telling her what she had always known. Then everything went silent.
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Zan pulled away from Max standing up quickly and almost falling down again as a wave of dizziness overtook him and the pounding in his head increased in intensity. Slowly he tried to put together what had happened, remembering something he began looking around his eyes searching for the Granolith Crystal as the memory of why he had the headache returned to him. Seeing it on the floor where it had been dropped and forgotten he slowly bent down to pick it up another wave of nausea hitting him, as he gripped the crystal tightly. Taking a few deep breaths to fight the dizziness he began to stand up, stopping suddenly as a pair of warm arms surrounded him, steadying him. Slowly he looked up into the deep chocolate brown eyes of the woman the Parkers had introduced as their daughter and the worried eyes of the man with her.
Feeling the crystal warm in his hand he gripped it tighter concentrating on it, his power flowing instinctively around it, feeling the power coming from it, even as his own power began to gather around it. Focusing on the power he pushed a small amount of power directly into it, just enough to send a query to the Granolith without aggravating his headache. The crystal began to glow a soft blue, before deepening to a dark sapphire color as the granolith sent it's response, the crystal growing even warmer in his hand. A minute later he felt the crystals warmth travel into his body and his headache disappeared along with the dizziness. Feeling the Granolith's response through the crystal he focused more energy into it before turning slowly and reaching out to touch the hand of the man beside him the arms of the woman still holding him, the connection forming before he could stop it, or control it. The images he had seen the two previous times replayed in his head along with many others from the lives of the two adults. Overwhelmed by what he was seeing Zan pulled his power quickly away from the crystal stumbling a little as the power rushed back into him as he up at the two adults wearily, confusion and fear on his face.
"father?..."
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In the granolith cave the two lights stopped bouncing around as the amethyst one began fading even as the sapphire one grew brighter for a moment, power beginning to flow through it as the connection between the Granolith and Zan began to rebuild itself. Feeling the boy's query through the crystal the Granolith scanned the two adults before sending a wave of excitement, hopefulness, and fear through the connection, before sending the energy that Zan was sending along with some of it's own into the amethyst light, a thin string of gold faintly shining between the two lights as it began regaining it's color. Soon it would be time. The young ones were beginning the needed process. Soon Destiny would be rewritten and Fate would be complete.
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Pain and Fear were the first things that registered. The connection she shared with Zan was gone...loneliness and fear filling the void in her mind. The memories of her past with her guardians rushing through her head. Lady Tess was right, she didn't deserve to live. This was her punishment for ruining Zan's life. Opening her eyes slowly her fear increased as she noticed the unfamiliar surroundings. The room was white, like the room Lady Tess threatened to send her to if she kept being bad, bad things happened in white rooms. Huddling on the bed Angel curled into a ball, running would only make things worse. A feeling of peace washed over her and she looked up slowly to see an old woman in the middle of the room.
"Everything will be okay little honey bear..." The woman said walking closer her body glowing with a white light. "The Granolith will help you."
Calmness filled her as Angel relaxed her mind reaching out and opening as she felt the energy of the Granolith enter her, healing her.
"The time is coming child; you will have to be strong." The woman said sitting beside Angel and wrapping an arm around the child. "Trust your heart."
The woman faded leaving Angel alone in the room.
She was happy, laughing as Zan chased her around the Crashdown. She was safe here. A group of adults sat nearby and Angel giggled as one came over and picked her up and swung her around. She noticed Zan nearby being hugged by a woman. The adults were familiar, the man holding her, and the woman holding Zan, even the adults at the table seemed familiar. They felt safe, like the Granolith. They were a family. It was then that she remembered she didn't have a family. She didn't deserve one. The world around her went black as her guardians' words began to echo around her.
"You worthless brat, we should have left you to die."
"Why can't you do anything right, it's no wonder your parents threw you away, who would want a whiny, stupid, useless brat like you."
Suddenly she was four again standing in the living room, blood pouring from her wounds as the beatings continued, this time there was no Zan to help her, no one to save her from bleeding to death when her punishment was over.
"I never should have saved you"
"You've always been in my way!"
Zan's voice joined her guardians yelling at her, telling her the truth, telling her what she had always known. Then everything went silent.
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Zan pulled away from Max standing up quickly and almost falling down again as a wave of dizziness overtook him and the pounding in his head increased in intensity. Slowly he tried to put together what had happened, remembering something he began looking around his eyes searching for the Granolith Crystal as the memory of why he had the headache returned to him. Seeing it on the floor where it had been dropped and forgotten he slowly bent down to pick it up another wave of nausea hitting him, as he gripped the crystal tightly. Taking a few deep breaths to fight the dizziness he began to stand up, stopping suddenly as a pair of warm arms surrounded him, steadying him. Slowly he looked up into the deep chocolate brown eyes of the woman the Parkers had introduced as their daughter and the worried eyes of the man with her.
Feeling the crystal warm in his hand he gripped it tighter concentrating on it, his power flowing instinctively around it, feeling the power coming from it, even as his own power began to gather around it. Focusing on the power he pushed a small amount of power directly into it, just enough to send a query to the Granolith without aggravating his headache. The crystal began to glow a soft blue, before deepening to a dark sapphire color as the granolith sent it's response, the crystal growing even warmer in his hand. A minute later he felt the crystals warmth travel into his body and his headache disappeared along with the dizziness. Feeling the Granolith's response through the crystal he focused more energy into it before turning slowly and reaching out to touch the hand of the man beside him the arms of the woman still holding him, the connection forming before he could stop it, or control it. The images he had seen the two previous times replayed in his head along with many others from the lives of the two adults. Overwhelmed by what he was seeing Zan pulled his power quickly away from the crystal stumbling a little as the power rushed back into him as he up at the two adults wearily, confusion and fear on his face.
"father?..."
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In the granolith cave the two lights stopped bouncing around as the amethyst one began fading even as the sapphire one grew brighter for a moment, power beginning to flow through it as the connection between the Granolith and Zan began to rebuild itself. Feeling the boy's query through the crystal the Granolith scanned the two adults before sending a wave of excitement, hopefulness, and fear through the connection, before sending the energy that Zan was sending along with some of it's own into the amethyst light, a thin string of gold faintly shining between the two lights as it began regaining it's color. Soon it would be time. The young ones were beginning the needed process. Soon Destiny would be rewritten and Fate would be complete.
**************************************************
Pain and Fear were the first things that registered. The connection she shared with Zan was gone...loneliness and fear filling the void in her mind. The memories of her past with her guardians rushing through her head. Lady Tess was right, she didn't deserve to live. This was her punishment for ruining Zan's life. Opening her eyes slowly her fear increased as she noticed the unfamiliar surroundings. The room was white, like the room Lady Tess threatened to send her to if she kept being bad, bad things happened in white rooms. Huddling on the bed Angel curled into a ball, running would only make things worse. A feeling of peace washed over her and she looked up slowly to see an old woman in the middle of the room.
"Everything will be okay little honey bear..." The woman said walking closer her body glowing with a white light. "The Granolith will help you."
Calmness filled her as Angel relaxed her mind reaching out and opening as she felt the energy of the Granolith enter her, healing her.
"The time is coming child; you will have to be strong." The woman said sitting beside Angel and wrapping an arm around the child. "Trust your heart."
The woman faded leaving Angel alone in the room.