DarkMina: I think this is the longest chapter yet.
Puck: Wow, it's a miracle!
Ash: It really is too.
DarkMina: I know...But they should be longer now with the new Technic I'm using.
Puck: What is it?
DarkMina: Your funny...
Recap: "Your wound," I said, ignoring her, "it's gone." I looked up at her in disbelieve.
Thorn touched the bloody bandage over her wound slowly as Puck pushed himself over to get a closer look. "How is that possible?" he asked.
"I chose to live," Thorn answered in a thought. She looked up at me and her father slowly. "I chose to live..."
Thorn
With the shattering noise filling my ears I opened my eyes to see my room's ceiling. I sat up swiftly and was shocked to see my bed and the floor around it covered in ice. I slowly looked up from it to see four people and a wolf at my door. Only one registered in my mind at that moment though.
"Kierran!" I heard myself yell as my arms went out in front of me to him. I didn't even see him move just felt him hug me tightly.
I relished in his warmth and kissed him patiently. After seeing a life time of Kierran in agony from my death, I felt it was long over due. But as I wrapped my arms around Kierran to pull him closer, Ash had to clear his throat in strict authority. Kierran pulled away with a slight blush on his face, and I could only imagine what my own face looked like.
"Sorry," I whispered. "I was just so scared for you after what I saw."
Kierran looked at me with confusion but didn't get to speak before his parents spoke up behind him. Meghan asked how long we've been together as Ash asked my dad if he knew about us. I winced from the sound of Ash's irritated voice.
Dad nodded. "I knew they loved each other, are you two too dense to tell or something?" he asked. "I don't know how long but I've had suspicions for a long time."
"Does anyone know when they fall in love?" I asked, silencing the room. I stared at the three adults like they were morons.
Kierran looked down at me in shock, but then he seemed to notice something. He quickly pulled me away from him and looked at my chest.
"Kierran, are you serious? You're staring at my breast right in front of our parents." I was looking at him with a raised eyebrow.
"Your wound," he said, "it's gone." His eyes as he looked up at me were huge in disbelieve.
I touched the bloody bandage over my wound slowly as Dad pushed himself over to get a closer look. "How is that possible?" he asked.
"I chose to live," I realized. I looked up at Kierran and my father slowly. "I chose to live..."
"What do you mean you chose to live?" Dad asked puzzled
"Ariella came to me and told me that wyverns were messengers to 'us'...t-to warn us of what is coming, and if we can help or not," I explained a bit. I looked between Dad and Kierran, remembering the last visions I saw of them. "I found that, with out me, you guys loose the war that's coming. Ariella figured out that she was a danger and died until you needed her again." I smiled as I remember my mother.
"Wait," Ash spoke up. "how did Ariella come to you?"
"She told me that because you were so close to me, she could help me," I answered. Ash seemed surprised but didn't actually show it.
"You met your mother," I heard Kierran whisper to me suddenly. I looked up at him to see a small smile on his lips.
"Yes, I thought I wouldn't be able to except my mother when I met her, but Ariella is so sweet..." I smiled remembering her.
Abruptly, in the front room, the door was busted open and Kiri and Ion were standing in my doorway. Ash had his sword out in seconds and was standing protectively in front of Meghan. Kierran had his own sword and was doing the exact same thing as his father but protecting me. The Wolf was standing in a crouch towards the two with his hackles up until he realized who it was. My dad had his knife out but was the only calm one, besides me, to stay calm.
"Who are you?" Dad asked them.
"Their names are Kiri and Ion," I answered before they could. "What are you guys doing here?"
"I saw a wyvern attack you," Kiri answered as Ion asked, "You're okay?"
It took me a moment to make sense of what they said before I chuckled a bit. "Were you guys worried about me?" I asked with a smirk.
They both froze where they stood and met my eyes. "No," they answered in unison. "Ion did," Kiri added though. Ion glared at her as he argued that he didn't. They continued to argue as I felt Kierran glaring at Ion next to me.
Ion had kissed me at Hanna's, which had shocked me almost to death. I had a bad feeling, though, that Kierran could sense it. Well, at least sense Ion's feeling even though I didn't even understand them.
"You're friends with them?" Dad asked looking at me out of the corner of his eye.
"I guess you could call it that," I said. "They saved me from Queen Mab."
"I see..." Dad put his knife away but is shoulders stayed stiff. Kierran and Ash, I noticed, weren't budging though.
Ion and Kierran were staring each other down as Kiri and Ash were had their eyes locked. They both seemed to be looking for something in each other though. I didn't understand exactly.
"You have my brothers' eyes," Ash said, glancing at Ion so he knew Ash meant him too. "Your their children, right?"
"Yes, I'm Rowan's daughter," Kiri answered simply.
"I'm Sage's son," Ion added. He had straightened his back as he turned his gaze to Ash.
Ash nodded. "Sage was a good man, but I am sorry about Rowan."
"So am I," Kiri replied. "He was obsessed with power..."
"Who's your mother?" Meghan asked out of the blue.
Kiri's fingers reached for her teardrop earrings. "Her name was Snowberry..."
"Snowberry?" Meghan asked, sounding surprised.
"You knew her?" Kiri asked, her blue eyes shining brightly.
"Is she...gone?" Meghan asked. Kiri only nodded.
I realized Kiri and I may have more in common than I thought, yet we were still completely different. We didn't know our moms, or at least we didn't know them for long. The difference was I at least had my Dad, I doubted Kiri knew hers. Then again that may have been a good thing.
"I'm sorry," Meghan said sadly. "She was...an outgoing person."
Kiri smiled. "I remember her slightly, and she was a bitter and angry person. Great way to put it though, so thank you."
Meghan laughed. "Well, she got along with everyone else...I think. She didn't like me because I was Oberon's daughter and half human."
Kiri nodded. "She was a typical Winter."
"Wait, you said she had died 16 years ago," Ash started. "So how old are you?"
"I'm 20 years old..." Kiri answered. Everyone was silenced by surprise as she answered.
"So how old are you?" asked Ash as he looked at Ion.
"S-seventeen," Ion hesitated as he looked away, embarrassed.
"Seriously?" I asked shocked. She looked like she was thirteen so it was hard to imagine.
"Yes, I choose to look this young because I want to," Kiri answered.
"Why?" I wondered.
"Would you ever guess I could ever kill you in this little form?" she asked me.
I shrugged as I thought about it for a while. "So, your mom died when you were four?" I asked after a while out of curiosity. "Who have you been living with?"
"Ion's mom until Mab took me in a while ago..." Kiri said as she looked down, looking slightly shy about it.
"So, does that mean your the second oldest?" Kierran asked Ion.
"Obviously," he retorted.
Kierran glared at his cousin as he glared back.
"So...maybe we should discuss a plan?" I suggested suddenly to change the subject.
Everyone looked at me with confused looks. Dad had opened his mouth but Kierran asked me before annoying else could, "What do you mean?"
"Well, for the war that's coming. I thought we should get a head start," I answered as I remembered the vision that had surrounded me. Mab and Oberon had been killed in one of those vision, I can't let that happen.
"And who's this war between?" Ion asked.
"I'm not entirely sure where the line is drawn..." I looked down as I remembered as much as I could of the actual war, but there were so many visions that had surrounded me. Most of them being the people next to me at the moment.
"What do you mean?" Ion asked as he took a step towards me. I looked at him as Kierran stood protectively next to me.
I shrugged. "Well—" I wasn't sure if, and couldn't, tell them about my visions, especially since someone walked into my house.
I didn't know who it could be and was the first one to move, I had to break my blanket to do though. As I walked out to the living room where the front door was. I glared at the girl as I instantly recognized her.
"Electra?" Kierran asked as he came up behind me. "What are you doing here?"
"I've been worried about you," she lied. I could see right through her. She would tell anyone and everyone what they wanted to here to get herself ahead. Even to her family and closest friends.
Kierran seemed to know that too. "You could have stayed at home, I would have been there soon..."
I looked at Kierran shocked. I couldn't believe he was going to leave soon, and then I realized he wasn't telling the truth.
I glance at Kierran out of the corner of my eye. He was going to leave after I woke up? I wondered. Or...is he lying?
"How was I supposed to know that?" Electra whined.
"I think that was the point," I said abruptly. Electra and I locked eyes. If looks could kill we would both be dead.
"What did you just say?" she asked me politely, yet harsh.
"I said: Kierran didn't want you to know he was coming home because he doesn't want to be around you."
"And what makes you think that?"
"Kierran is my best friend," I answered, "and your a bitch."
Electra's flashing numbers had sped up so quickly her eyes looked completely purple. They were like daggers towards me, but I could only smirk back at her.
She turned her burning eyes towards. "Are you going to let her speak to me like this?"
Kierran only starred without saying a word to her. It looked like he didn't know what to say or do.
"Obviously, he's not going to say anything," Ion answered in the doorway of my room.
Electra turned and threw an iron dagger at him so quickly that if I even had a vision it wouldn't have helped. Except Kiri was faster then anyone else.
Electra's dagger never reached Ion, instead was grabbed by Kiri. Kiri had been a blur as her hand grabbed it and she moved to attack her. Kiri had fought Electra with such determined and quick movements that I could barely follow until Kiri had the dagger into her shoulder, to the hilt.
Electra yelled as she glared at the young looking Winter. "You will regret that," Electra hissed through clenched teeth.
"Is this where you threaten us? Show us your grand army! Make us believe we will never win?" Kierran voice echoed through the room. "Because we can already guest what you have to say, and don't want to here it."
"And we're not afraid of you," Kiri said, yanking the knife out of Electra and making her yell out in pain. "Or any pathetic army you have."
I could only stare at them, but as I did my eyes clouded over as a vision filled my mind.
Electra and Kiri as they were in front of me, but Electra pulled out another knife from inside her pants—gross.
She swiped at Kiri, cutting Kiri by her throat. It was swift and deep, an instant later blood was pouring out of her wound.
Ion caught Kiri, his eyes wide and hurt as he pulled her close to him. He was frantically trying to cover or close her gaping neck as he held her. "Kiri! Kiri!" Ion continued to yell. "Don't die! You can't!" He looked so scared for her that I was worried he'd start crying.
"Still not afraid of me?" Electra laughed.
I blinked and looked at Electra as her extra knife shinned in the light. "Kiri!" I yelled out as I threw my arm out. I didn't have a dagger and instead an ice shard seemed to form from nothing out of my hand and into Electra's back.
As Electra yelled loudly, her knife went out and still cut Kiri's throat. Kiri gasped and jumped back, covering her neck. Blood was already leaking through her fingers.
"Kiri!" Ion yelled as he grabbed her once more.
Electra turned to me with wild eyes, pulling out two more knives.
"Thorn!" Dad yelled out as he threw my dagger—his old one—to me. I caught it with expertise and turned to Electra with my dagger raised to protect myself. Electra was spinning her own daggers in quick circles. The glare between us was dark and horrible.
"Do you really think you could fight me?" Electra asked. "You could barely follow my movements when I was struggling with that Winter whore."
"Oh, Electra, you haven't even seen me fight yet," I answered as I jumped at her.
She blocked my dagger with one of her own as she sliced at me with the other. I jumped back before she could cut me and did a round house kick towards her. I knocked out her second knife, and got my leg cut open as I did. I didn't stop though. My leg flew up into her stomach, and from my foot in her stomach I lifted myself to kick her other knife out of her hand. I would have had her face if she hadn't moved out of the away. I dropped down to the floor as Electra fell back against the wall.
I chuckled as I slowly stood. "You may be fast but you're too easy to disarm." Electra growled only to pull out more knives. "Where the hell do you hide those?" I asked her as I walked towards Electra.
"Will you just shut up already?" she hissed and stabbed at me.
I moved to the side so she only cut my side and punched her in the stomach. She leaned over as she coughed and I moved into action. I pinned Electra to the wall by her shoulder and placed my knife to her neck.
"You loose Electra," I whispered darkly to her.
Kierran
As I watched Electra and Thorn, I had to fight to not get involved into the fight with them. Ion and Kiri were bundled in a corner with my dad. He looked to be trying to help Kiri and wrapped a cloth around her neck.
Puck and my mom seemed to be just standing like me. Puck was watching every move Thorn made as she fought. She was moving faster than I had ever seen her before, but I realized Electra didn't seem to be trying. Then Thorn had her pinned.
And then Thorn was down on the ground, holding her shoulder.
"Get out of there!" someone yelled from outside. I recognized his voice but I couldn't place it at that moment. It distracted me enough that I didn't realize Electra ran for the door.
"No!" Ion yelled as he grabbed the dagger Kiri had stabbed into Electra's shoulder and threw it at her to try and stop her. It barely nicked her leg.
"Thorn," I gasped and ran to her instead as I was still distracted. I picked her up much like Ion had held Kiri and looked her over. While she was looking out of it I pulled out the knife that was in her shoulder. She yelled out in pain and I cradled her against me. "Are you alright?" I whispered to her.
She nodded a bit and tried to sit up. "I'm fine. Did she get away?" Thorn asked him.
I nodded and helped her sit up. Thorn swore under her breath and looked towards Ion and Kiri. She jumped up and ran towards them, how she got up that fast I had no idea. I watched her in amazement, and then realized that Puck and my mom right next to me were looking out the broken window for Electra's accomplice.
Puck glared at him but Mom looked more seriously annoyed, as if she knew who he was. I slowly stood and watched as my dad helped Ion pick up Kiri and Meghan and Puck were whispering to each other silently. Thorn though looked as lost as I felt in that moment. She opened her mouth to ask Ion if Kiri would be okay, but I think the worry in his Winter eyes changed her mind, and she'd never ask my dad. I looked at her sadly and moved closer to her once more.
"Come on," I whispered to her and pulled her to a secluded hall. I knew my dad would take Kiri to Thorn's bed and that the adults would be talking about who to go to first after that, so I wanted an escape and I thought Thorn would want one two.
As soon as we were hidden behind a wall, I pulled Thorn towards me. She seemed surprised but I wouldn't let her speak before my lips were pressed against hers. She kissed back even out of surprised and wrapped her arms around me. I pulled her closer to me as I shut my eyes. We were so pressed against each other that we could have became the same person.
After a while she pulled away from me, both of us panting slightly, and looked up at me happily. "I missed you so much," she whispered.
I touched her cheek lightly. "We've only been separated for a couple of days, even though it felt like weeks."
"It's felt like years for me," she said and kissed me again.
"Is it that bad to be away from me?" I asked with a cocky smirk.
She hugged me tightly suddenly. "No, it was all the visions that had surrounded me when I wasn't awake. None of them were good, and a lot of them were about you and my dad."
I hugged her against me as I listened to her. "Oh, Thorn, I'm so sorry." I kissed the top of her head lightly. "Is that why you decided to live?" I asked against her head.
"Yes, I couldn't let that happen to you." She smiled and kissed me once more.
We were in that hallway for—I had no idea. My mind was far gone from any worldly things other than the girl I loved and how intoxicating she is. I was lost in Thorn's lips and touch. And then my dad interrupted us again.
He cleared his throat to get our attention again before grumbling, "Come on, we're all meeting in the living room."
We both nodded with embarrassed faces and followed my dad slowly to the room we had just fought in. There was blood on the floor and the knife in the door still and Electra's daggers on the floor. It didn't seem real until you looked at all the weapons, mostly Electra's. I seriously wonder where she hid all those daggers.
My dad and mom were sitting together on one couch, Puck was in his chair with his head in his hands, and Ion was in another couch that could fit three people. Ion patted next to him, lifting a wrap for Thorn's wounds. Thorn hesitantly sat down next to Ion, and I had to force myself to sit next to her. Dad glanced at us, but everyone turned their attention to Puck as he spoke up.
Puck was looking up at Thorn with serious eyes. "So, tell us about your visions of this war."
Thorn looked shocked at first and nodded a bit as she let Ion clean the cut on her leg. "W-well...um...the most memorable thing was that Electra had killed Mab and Oberon. She had their heads on a spear..." Thorn trailed off as she thought more about it, she didn't even seem to notice Ion.
"So...she's targeting both?" Puck asked.
Thorn nodded. "Yes, but I saw images of you guys being in fights and arguments. The war seemed to go on for years and it wasn't like Iron fey versus Winter and Summer, but all against all."
"That's what you meant earlier?" Ion asked, referring to the question he had asked earlier. He was already done cleaning her wound and was wrapping it up.
Thorn nodded as Puck sighed. "Maybe we should go to Mab and Oberon about this then..."
Dad and Mom looked at him like he was the craziest creature in the world. "What?" they asked in unison.
Puck shrugged. "Well, tomorrow Meghan and Ash could go to warn Mab as Thorn and I travel to the Seelie Court to warn them. That way Kierran and Ion can stay here to take care of Kiri..."
"No," Ion and I suddenly said together. We looked at each other, glaring. I deepened my glare when I noticed he was working on Thorn's cut side.
"Okay, then Ion can stay here and Kierran can go with his parents." Puck looked at me.
"That works..." I muttered.
Thorn smiled at me. "Look," she started. "it's getting late and we could all use some sleep I think." I looked out the window and was shocked to see it was already dark.
"Where's everyone going to sleep?" Puck asked her.
"Well, Ion will most likely be with Kiri in my room and Meghan and Ash could take the spare bedroom..."
"And what about you and Kierran?" he asked. Mom and Dad was starring at us with the same adult gaze. Their eyes looked dark and said, "Hell no."
"Out here on the couches?" Thorn suggested with a shrug as if it was no big deal. I don't think our parents thought that though.
"Oh? And what's going to keep you two away from each other?" Mom asked.
"You all being in the rooms with only a door separating us..." Puck opened his mouth, to argue no doubt, but Thorn stopped him. "Where else are we going to sleep?"
Puck sighed and nodded. "Fine but stay on different couches. Got it?"
"Got it," Thorn and I said together.
Her dad winked and stood. "Great, then I'm hittin' the hay."
Thorn smiled at her dad as he left to his room down the hall Thorn and I was hiding behind. Ion had left quickly after Puck, muttering something I didn't understand, after he finished wrapping up all of Thorn battle wounds. Though my parents, especially my dad, were lecturing us until our pointy ears fell off. Finally Dad allowed Thorn to show them to where they were sleeping for the night.
There was no way Thorn and I would listen to Puck, so when Thorn came back to the room we were on the three person couch, cuddling under a warm blanket. I had pulled her closed to me and had the smell of her hair in my nostrils. It smelled like a forest in winter and a roasting fire on Christmas, though, she wouldn't exactly understand that if I told her. It was nice and calming though, and I was asleep in moments just knowing she was there.
Electra
As Thorn pinned me to the wall with her freaking dagger, I hoped that Hayes would be able to help me, or at least continue with my plans. Finally Hayes' own knife broke the window next to Thorn and I and went into Thorn's shoulder. She was off of me in seconds and down on the ground, holding her now bleeding shoulder.
"Get out of there!" Hayes yelled from outside. I grinned and ran for the door a few feet away from me.
"No!" the Winter prince yelled as he grabbed my he dagger the Winter bitch had stabbed into my shoulder and threw it at me. He was trying to stop me, obviously, but barely nagged my pant leg.
As I got outside, Dylan and Hayes were waiting for me and already had the gliders ready to fly. Hayes grabbed me before he took off in the air. I realized after we were off the ground that Dylan had his girlfriend Ellen with him.
"What are you two doing here?" I asked them with annoyance. They were supposed to stay at the castle and the hell away from me.
"We were wondering where you two were," Dylan answered.
"I had to check up on Kierran to look like a concerned fiance, but they know what I plan to do..." I practically yelled with anger.
"How?" Hayes asked over me.
"I think it was that little red headed bitch."
"Thorn?" Ellen asked.
I hissed at her and threw a knife, the blunt side towards her. It hit Ellen in the face and then the knife fell down to the ground. "Yes, Kierran's best whore." I could feel all of them role their eyes, it only pissed me off more.
When we got back to the Iron realm we all went to their hang out, the same warehouse I had found Kierran in before the ball. He had ditched me in the middle of us planning what to wear and when I found him I almost had a heart attack. I never knew Hayes and Dylan were friends with Kierran, so when I found out I was pretty shocked. Then I figured out they had been friends with Kierran for a while, but didn't want them to be king.
I sat on one of the couches with Hayes and sighed loudly. "They fucking know...They'll be going to Oberon and Mab tonight I bet."
"I don't think they'll leave tonight after you killed that little Winter," Hayes said.
"I don't think I killed her," I growled.
"Why not? You slit her throat," Hayes added confused.
"I barely did...That red-head girl some how warned her..."
"She saw your knife, didn't she?"
"I know it might sound crazy, but it seemed like she knew what was going to happen," I started. "I mean she was frozen, just standing there, a moment before and then she suddenly attacked."
"That reminds me," Ellen suddenly said. "Electra, take off your shirt."
"Excuse me?" I asked.
"So I can help your wounds."
I sighed and had Ellen follow me to a different part of the warehouse where the boys couldn't see me. I threw my t-shirt off and sat down for Ellen. Ellen looked at the wounds, poking and prying the wounds and cleaning them. I kept hissing in pain until she pulled out a needle and thread. I bit a piece of cloth before I could yell out. As Ellen stitched me up I kept my mind distracted by thnking of Kierran and that Thorn bitch.
After Ellen had me all stitched up, I walked out to the couches to see the boys watching a stupid horror movie the humans made. "I think it's time we put our plans in action, before those idiots warn anyone. Hopefully Hayes is right and they'll be waiting until tomorrow."
"So what do you want us to do?" Dylan asked me.
"Get our army together, gather everyone tonight. Got it?" I was amazed he didn't think of that without me.
"Got it," the three said and pulled out their phones. Ellen and Dylan were the first to leave the warehouse as the spoke, but Hayes floated by. Thankfully one glare at him got him moving.
Ash: Why the hell did you go into Electra's point of view?!
DarkMina: I thought it would be nice to get to have a little insight into her head.
Puck: Well ,it's not.
DarkMina: You just sounded like a gay black man...
Ash&Puck: What?
DarkMina: I love confusing these guys. Review!