Hidden Memories
Chapter 1: Night of the Blaze
Note: If you have not read 'The Time Has Come', then don't read this. This contains the past of my OC, Aletia McCulloch.
Disclaimer: I do not own Xiaolin Showdown. I only own Aletia, her parents, and un-nameable Shen Gong Wu. Thanks!
"...The end." Anna McCulloch finished the story tale, named 'Cinderella'. Her little girl looked satisfied with it. But, everyone knows that little girls and boys like to have another story asked.
"Tell me another one!" the little girl squealed, picking up another book. Her mother smiled, knowing that her girl was going to beg her to read her another one. "Please?" she ended sweetly. Anna took a deep breath in. Her only child wasn't going to go by the rules.
"No Aletia. It's bedtime." Anna said firmly. Aletia sighed, looking like she could burst into tears, yet she kept silent. Anna looked at her daughter's shimmering sapphire eyes, along with her lovely cute curls that framed her face. Her delicate hands softly clasped the end of Anna's skirt.
"Don't leave me here on my own." Aletia said, her grip on her Mother's skirt being even tighter than it already was. Anna was surprised at this. Her two-year-old girl had never acted like this before. It was if she was going away, never to return except in nightmares or dreams. She gave Aletia a kind smile.
"I'll see you in the morning," was her answer to her daughter's reaction. Anna slowly took her daughter's hand off her skirt placing it inside her girl's tiny bed. Aletia still wanted her to stay. She cried and held her mother's skirt even tighter than before with both hands. Anna tried to do what she had to her first hand but the other one was always on her.
"Daddy! Come in here! I don't want you or Mummy to go!" Tears were streaming down her face as her father came walking in. He helped his wife hush Aletia to sleep, yet she still beckoned for them to stay, so certain they were going to leave her if they left her room. Her parents sighed. Aletia's father grabbed Aletia's hand gently, taking them off her mother. He slowly put them inside her bed and walked out of her reach. She screamed, standing up on her bed. Soon, there were out of sight. "I'll miss you..." was her last words of before destruction...
"Do you think she knows she's going to the Wind Shrine near here, Joe?" Anna asked her husband as they walked out of their daughter's room. Joe simply looked away from her gaze, un-sure of how to answer her question. Anna looked at him with her chocolate eyes, staring into the sapphire eyes of Joe.
"Maybe, but she doesn't go until she's five, so it's rather strange..." Joe said, his voice trailing off at the end. They entered a small living room in their small bungalow. There was a table with drawings and some crayons. It looked obvious that a child had been playing in here earlier. A tartan sofa, able to fit three people on it, was seen across the table. Anna and Joe sat on this, trying to figure their daughter's strange behavior.
"I hope we can have lots of fun at the moment with her. I would hate it if something happens and we need someone else to look after out child early!" Anna sighed. She didn't look so well, as her skin was getting paler and paler as they spoke about this. A strange feeling was also creeping up her back, giving her a horrible feeling.
"Well, I've got to check up on the bikes. You never know what flammable things I've accidentally left down there!" Joe said, smiling his lovable smile. Anna smiled back.
"I'll go with you, just in case." Anna added, following her husband to the very back of their small home. They laughed, talked and held each others hand. When they opened the door to where Joe's Motor Bike was, they were horrified. There, before them, was a beast. He looked like a Human Reptile. It was holding a lit match and some flammable gas. It dropped then, spreading a great fire. Anna and Joe ran out of the room, to where their daughter was. The Human Reptile grinned, and followed them too.
Aletia was looking at the bottom of her crib, tears strolling down her face. Her face turned forward as her door flung open. Her parents came running in, as did the fire. Aletia kept silent, as her tears slowly came down her pale face. Anna scooped her up and ran out with Joe. Soon, they were in the deep hills of Scotland. They turned round to see their bungalow flowing with flames. "Why Joe? Why did we have to have our house burned? WHY!" Anna cried, holding her little girl tighter in her clutches. Joe tried to comfort her,
"I know Anna, dear. I don't know either, but at least we're all together, as a family." he said. He also said that they can always get another house, but not another family.
"Oh, how sweet. Too bad it's going to be broken," an evil cackle filled the smoky air. Anna and Joe turned to see a Human Reptile. He walked forward, towards the trio. They were scared, and Aletia cried. He grabbed Aletia out of Anna's grip, making her cry even more.
"ALETIA!" Joe cried. Anna was petrified. "Who are you?" Joe said with fury in his voice. The Human Reptile grinned, looking at Aletia. She had her eyes shut, and was crying furiously. He then changed slowly into a human with black hair.
"I'm Chase Young, here to take this powerful girl from you." he said coldly. Aletia suddenly stopped crying, her hand glowing a soft gentle, silvery glow which said Wind in Japanese. Hurricanes and Tornadoes and Gales came sweeping the area. Aletia then said,
"Gales of Justice hear my cry,
Help me, please I beg of you.
Stop this man with only a sigh,
Of your Wind to blow him away far and High!
May the Hurricanes of Hope come on by,
So that I can be free.
Allow me to be able to fly,
From he.
Oh Tornadoes of Fury feel my pain,
To make you all more powerful than normal.
But make sure this man is not slain,
But make sure his pain is horrible.
Gales, Hurricanes and Tornadoes, release this power!"
Suddenly, gales, hurricanes and tornadoes swept the area. Chase Young lost his grip on Aletia, yet the he still was alright, even though the was really unbearable. However, the fire grew stronger, and the vortex pushed Anna and Joe backwards. They fell into the disastrous fire. They screamed in pain, and Aletia turned towards them. She too, screamed in terror. Soon, the fire died down, leaving two corpses laying there.
"Mummy! Daddy! I-I-I-I told y-y-y-you to stay with me!" Aletia cried, running towards their body. Her mother's necklace and her father's gloves suddenly went off their body and onto Aletia's. "What the!"
Hush. It is I, the one you called in battle. Wind. I felt your power tug on me to come forth with great power, so here I am.
Aletia was crying, looking at air. She sniffed once or twice before she went closer to the air that she was looking at, hugging it. "I need them, like I need you now..." she whispered to the Wind, crying even more. The Wind returned this hug, as a man in the shadows was watchihng her every move, grinning...
O.K. This is the first chapter in Hidden Memories. I hope you liked it! I'm planning on updating it every time I put at least another chapter on my other fic, Enter the Future. Please R+R!