Here comes the seventh!
Chapter 7
Ophelia
I watch in horror as my aunt and cousin fall to the ground, dead. Mom and Uncle Matt both rush forward, Uncle Matt's eyes wide, and Mom trying to comfort him.
I want to help, but Dad's arms are tight around me, preventing me from going. My vision is obscured by tears, but I can hear Chloe yelling at the soldier that killed Ambrosine. Apparently, all three of us kids were supposed to remain unharmed. She and the rest of the Order leave.
Just then, Aunt Neriah sits up. I shriek. I mean, hey, it's not everyday that your dead aunt sits up right in front of your eyes! It takes her a while to remember what happened, but before long she sees the body of her daughter lying beside her.
"What's going on?" I wonder out loud.
"Oh yeah, that's right!" Mom exclaims. "I forgot that Neriah is Immortal!"
Oh. Yeah, I forgot too. Both Uncle Matt and Aunt Neriah are Immortal, so wouldn't that mean…
Yep. Ambrosine sits up, only to be knocked over again by her mother. And…now I'm confused. So, apparently, is Dillon.
"What just happened here?" he asks no one in particular.
Surprisingly, it's his girlfriend who answers. I guess that she's my aunt too…I mean, she's Dad's sister, so hey. "Neriah and Ambrosine both got stabbed, but because they're both Immortal, they didn't die. Just like it was always meant to be."
We all stare at her. Aunt Crystal just stares back and shrugs. "What? Who says that Isabel is the only one who gets to see into the future? And who says that people can only see the future through visions? In fact, there are 6 people here aside from Isabel who can see the future."
We continue staring at her and she sighs in frustration. "Didn't any of you ever stop to think that maybe there's more to Truthseeing than simply reading people's minds?"
Everyone shakes their heads. "If that was all that Truthseeing is, it would be called telepathy. But all Truthseers are able to see the future of a certain person. That is, if they concentrate hard enough." She shrugs again. "I thought it was pretty straight forward."
"It sure as hell isn't straight forward," Rochelle says, "but it does make sense."
A murmur of agreement goes around the group, followed by an awkward pause.
"Where did the Order go?" Aunt Neriah asks to break the silence.
"Well, it seems that the plan wasn't to harm the kids, so when that one guy stabbed Ambrosine, Chloe got mad at him and they all left," Mom explains.
"Oh."
Another long silence follows.
"Let's go now, before the Order comes back," Dad suggests, and everyone agrees.
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I don't get it. I've never woken up in the middle of the night before! But tonight, I just get this sudden feeling of something bad going on. Cool! Maybe I'm getting a sixth sense like Mom!
I get up out of bed and walk around the house, trying to pinpoint what's wrong. There isn't anyone or anything outside that I can see, and I can see everything as if it were daylight. I got that from Mom too.
Suddenly, I hear a scream from the bathroom. I run towards the sound, and Dad comes too. He knocks on the door.
"Isabel? Is everything alright?" he asks.
Mom doesn't answer, but I can hear her crying.
"I'm going to come in, okay?" Dad announces. He opens the door, and Mom is kneeling on the floor, head in her hands. Dad walks in, and blocks my view of Mom.
"Oh…Isabel. Th-I-oh."
Mom gets up and hugs Dad, still crying. And I'm standing here, outside the bathroom, with no clue what's going on. It's times like these that I wish I were a Truthseer.
It takes Mom a while to calm down, but once she does, she sees me.
"It's okay, Ophelia. You can go back to bed now."
I start to go, but then I hear Mom and Dad talking in their room. I suddenly get an idea. As soon as I get to my room, I change into a mosquito and fly out to where my parents are talking. I land on Mom's nightstand in time to hear the last part of her sentence.
"…just don't know what to do, Arkarian. I mean, I'm excited, but at the same time…"
"I know what you mean," Dad says.
"And…I just…how will we tell Ophelia? I want her to know, even if I'm unsure of how she'll take it."
Dad puts a reassuring hand on Mom's shoulder. "I'm sure she'll be excited too. I mean, soon she'll have a baby brother or sister!"
Hahaha!!! See? I may be evil, but I'm not evil enough to permanently kill a character…well…so Isabel's pregnant…again! Sort of makes you wonder, doesn't it? Makes me wonder, anyway. How's Ophelia going to take it? You'll just have to read on to find out, now won't you?
