I DO NOT OWN TWILIGHT
I looked down and began to show them my memories. Being what I am, I have the ability to show people things that have happened to me. It's a real handy time saver if I do say so myself. My thoughts started to come slowly at first, but then they came faster and faster. I could see everything flashing before me as if it was happening all over again. I started to lose concentration, and I felt like I couldn't breathe. "Wait! Hold up! Stop a minute!" An unfamiliar voice called out, and I quickly looked up and turned around. There were two boys standing behind me, but I focused on the one that had spoken. His hair was short and I could feel the waves of confusion and frustration radiating from him. I hate for other people to feel bad because of me. I looked into his eyes, touched his arm, and started to think of happy things. In an instant all of his tension faded away. I took a step back as he began to speak again. "What...how...who are you?" "Renee." It was still hard for me to talk so I kept my answer at one word. "What are you? What were all of those images? Why did you come here? Where..." "Hey Seth, why don't you shutup?" I looked back at Kou, who had a smirk on his face. "I'm pretty sure she doesn't feel the need to answer all of your dumb questions, and her voice is so cracked I doubt that she'd be able to anyway." Seth glared and turned back to me but, before he could say anything else, Kou cut in again. "How about this...I tell them what you are while you calm down. I still have no idea what happened and you're not going to be able to show me in your condition. Just sit down and rest for a minute." I nodded as I sat down and pulled my knees up to rest my head on them. "You guys should probably sit down to," he continued. "The thing is...well...she's a...ummm. She's a fairy."
KOU'S POV
I looked at Paul's and Seth's shocked faces as they turned from me to look at her. Her head was facing away from us as she looked at the sea. She started to rock back and forth and I couldn't help but smile. That was one of her bad habits. She probably didn't even realize that she was doing it. I looked back at the guys and continued explaining. "There are lots of other fairies, they just choose not to show themselves. It's a lot less troublesome that way. If no one knows that you're around or that you even exist then it makes life a hell of a lot easier, right? Anyway, Renee here is a very special fairy. She's a...I don't know how to describe it... The other fairies call her The Divine because of her abilities. She is a descendant of a long line of fairy protectors. I would tell you the story but I kinda suck at it, so once she gets better she can tell you herself. Hell, she can tell the others too. They'll probably be really curious about..." "SHIT!" We all jumped up and yelled. We had completely forgotten about patrol. Sam's gonna kick my ass, I feel it. I hope Emily can get to us before he can rip out our entrails and spatter them across the yard. I wonder if we'll grow new ones? Will we just have to sit there in pain and agony while we wait for the rest of our body parts to grow back in? That is going to suck... "Come on. We need to hurry." I started to walk off until I heard a soft "Wait."
RENEE'S POV
"I need to show you." As I listened to them talk I calmed down. Being around Kou made me feel safer. I knew that he would never do anything to hurt me. I also knew how worried he was about me. I needed to show him what had happened so that he could understand...so that I could let this pain go. I closed my eyes and focused on the beginning...
FLASHBACK
"Yes! I finally mastered that damn technique!" The elders keep telling me that my progress is astounding. No protector has ever been as skilled as I. I will be the one who will free us from that evil bitch, Zala. For good. With CJ's help I'll be unstoppable. We will be unstoppable. I need to go and tell him. I quickly brought my wings out so I could fly home. When I got there I lightly landed in front of the steps. "CJ!" I made my wings disappear as I ran up the steps and opened the front door. "CJ where are you?" I went to the bedroom and started to open the door. "Hey CJ! Guess..." My words faded as I saw him in the bed with some girl. I was so confused. How could this have happened? He's supposed to help me defeat Zala. He's supposed to be my love. He's never supposed to hurt me like this. Even with all of my negative thoughts I still held on to one little glimmer of hope. I held on to the thought that this was one of the trials that we were supposed to overcome. One of the...battles that would only make us stronger...make us love each other even more. He walked towards me with a serious expression on his face. I felt around for his emotions, but all I could find was resolve. There was no regret. No remorse...no guilt. All this did was confuse me even more. Doesn't he feel sorry for what he did? He has to. He has to want to make things better.
"Renee I need to tell you something." "What is it? Why did you do this? Don't you feel sor..." "JUST BE QUIET AND LISTEN TO ME." My breath stopped in my throat. He had yelled at me. He never yelled at me. I didn't know what to do or say, so I just stared at him. "Renee, I don't love you. I never have. The elders brain washed both of us to make us think that I would be the one that could really help you, but I've realized that you mean nothing to me. You don't offer anything that could even remotely be considered special. Amelia...now she's something special. She's made me happy in a way that you never have and probably never will. So I think it's best to just stop now before we go any further. You should probably try to find someone else. You can still stay here if you want to, but Amelia's gonna be here most of the time so I don't know how you'll feel about that." When he'd finished I couldn't believe what he had just said. "Well, I don't know about you, but I feel a lot better about things. See you later." As he turned to go back into the bedroom, I felt something that I had never felt before. I was pissed. I grabbed the nearest object, a phone, and chunked it at his head. Unfortunately this phone was not cordless so it ended up stopping a couple of feet away from him. "Damn phone. Why don't you have a cordless phone anyway you jackass?" I picked up a lamp and threw that at him. He tried to close the door to the bedroom but not before the lamp crashed into his head with a satisfying THUD. "You bastard. I loved you with everything I had and you do this to me. If you didn't love me from the beginning then why didn't you just tell me. How dare you say that she's made you happier than I ever can. What was it? SEX? IS THAT WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT FOR YOU? I LOVE YOU FOR WHO YOU ARE NOT WHETHER YOU SLEEP WITH ME OR NOT! I FUCKIN' HATE YOU!" I ran around the house breaking everything in sight. My powers started to act up and the ground started to shake. Wind whipped around me, breaking even more objects and water started to burst from pipes in the kitchen. After I had destroyed just about everything, I walked out of the house with tears streaming from my eyes. My heart was crushed to dust. I couldn't breathe. I had failed. I was going to die trying to stop Zala. Or worse yet, I would die without being able to defeat her. The whole world would suffer because of my weakness. If I had paid more attention to him then this wouldn't have happened. What am I gonna do now? The elders. I have to go to them and explain what happened. They can help me. I flew back into the sky, not even aware that my wings had come out on their own. The elders have an explanation for everything. They will be able to help.
"You have failed." "What do you mean I've failed? Is there no hope at all?" The elders looked at me with a hard expression. The Leader curled his nose up in disgust. His short gray hair stuck out in all directions and he looked at me with menacing turquoise eyes. "YOU HAVE FAILED! You had a chance at fulfilling the prophecy and finally defeating Zala for good, but instead you have lost the one person who could help you! I had high hopes for you Renee, but like most of the others before you, you will only be able to pen Zala up for a short amount of time. YOU ARE A DISGRACE!" I stepped towards him with defiance in my eye "But I didn't..." My words were cut off as he raised his hand and made a waving motion. I flew across the room and into a wall. I felt (and heard) a rib crack. "YOU WILL NOT GO AGAINST MY WORD! Such insolence is unfitting for a protector. You will continue your training and you will fight Zala. You have lost your guardian, but you will not make the rest of our people suffer because of your carelessness. You may leave now." I couldn't move. He was blaming me for this. He was blaming me for things that were out of my control. A guard picked me up from the floor and set me outside the door of the council building. He scoffed as he went back inside and closed the door with a slam. No one was on my side. Everyone believes that this is all my fault...that I brought this upon myself. I can't take this anymore. I need to leave now. Where will I go? I have nowhere to go. I...I'm all alone. I could feel fresh tears make a path down my face. I'm surprised that I have any left.
I flew aimlessly for days. After a while the tears just stopped coming. I needed food and water, but I was too miserable to do anything. I stopped for a while when I was too tired to go further and contemplated what I could possibly do. Though the elders and many other people hate me...I still have a few friends who could help me figure all of this out. ...Ashley and Kanessa are flying around the country so it'll be really hard to find them...I don't really have anyone else...except...KOU! I have to find Kou. He can help me. He'll know what to do. He's supposed to be...somewhere in Washington? I don't know but it's worth a try. I took off into the air and went in search of my friend.
After I'd finished I looked up at Kou and gave him a sad smile. "I'm so sorry sweetie." He kneeled down to me and gave me a hug. He looked over at the others and suddenly backed up a bit with a nervous expression. "Come on. You look pretty much dead. You need something to eat and some rest." I nodded and began to stand up. Kou began to walk in front of me and Seth joined him. I took a couple of steps and began to feel dizzy. I felt really really sick. Suddenly, a warm pair of arms wrapped around me from behind as I slowly (and gracefully, if I do say so myself) fainted.
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