The Song of Heroes
Chapter Two
The Beginning of a Journey
Warren looked up and nearly jumped out of his seat in shock. Winifred glared at him.
"Not a word about the makeup," she snapped. Her face and arms were covered with green. "Dress rehearsal started today."
"Green's your color," Warren managed to say in between laughs.
Wini snorted and entered the bathroom and showered off. When she was finished she looked like herself again. She looked like her brother dark hair, minus the red dye job, and dark eyes. She wore a pair of new blue jeans and a white tank top.
"I thought you were staying with Jared," Warren mentioned.
Wini smiled as she examined a picture. "He's a jerk. Besides, I want to make sure your okay. How's Mom?"
"Same as she's always been," Warren answered. "She's at work."
"Kelly has a new hair charm," Wini said as she tossed Warren the picture.
True to her word, the picture of Kelly aged over the ten years that had passed since the Hearts had left.
From what the picture showed, Kelly had turned into a beautiful young woman. Her golden-brown hair was short, and she had several hair wraps and charms in it. She never appeared to wear makeup and always seemed happy. Her blue eyes were the only clue that she was sad.
Cassidy also had a picture. She was twenty-six at this point. She kept her hair long, and the picture never showed the actual length. Her blue eyes never seemed happy anymore and she never smiled.
Kerri was the one who changed the most. Her own hair was streaked with purple, gold, and red. She wore heavy makeup and wore shaded glasses. All that change couldn't cover up how sad she looked.
"Warren my love, don't dwell on those three," Wini said. "They'll come back when they done what ever they left to do."
"Cassidy talked like that," Warren mumbled.
Wini looked shocked and then smiled. "Yeah, she did. I admired Cassidy, so I picked up a lot of things she did before she and the others left."
"I have homework," Warren said and he made his way up to his room.
His room faced the abandon house of Hearts. It stood empty and lonely for ten years. However, tonight a light was on in one of the rooms, Kelly's room to be exact.
"Wini, they're home," Warren said as he took the stairs three at a time. Wini who had been flipping through television channels turned the box off quickly and raced with him outside.
Warren grabbed the door handle, and to his surprise, the door opened easily for him.
A black and white cat greeted them. It was big and semi fat. Giving a pathetic meow, the cat began to rub against Wini's leg. Picking the cat up Wini smiled.
"What are you doing here Kitty?"
"Put my cat down," a female voice snapped. She had purple, gold, and red streaks in her hair. Around her hand a black aurora was forming.
"Hey Kerri," Wini said.
Kerri looked shock, but lowered her hand. "Wini? Warren?"
"Kerri, who's here?" Cassidy asked. Her waist length hair swished with every step. "Well, look who dropped by."
"Yo Kelly, get down here," Kerri yelled up the stairs.
Kelly ran down the stair as fast as he had ran down his when he realized that someone was in the Heart's home.
Warren caught her when she launched herself off the last stair.
"I missed you," Warren whispered.
Kelly smiled.
Cassidy looked horrified.
Kerri was just about rolling on the ground with laugher.
"What's so funny?" Kelly asked from the top of the stairs.
Warren looked at the Kelly he was holding to find out it was a young man in his early twenties. A second man came from the kitchen and laughed.
"Rick finally managed to hook up with someone other than Kerri?"
"Oh boy," Wini said as she looked around the group. "Things have just gotten very complicated."
