Maiden- So, i've been re-reading this fic and i've made some changes to the past chapters. The plot and storyline is more consistant now and the major errors have been fixed. So click the nice little back button and re-read them :)
Lydia Jade Logan II
Chapter 7- Complicated
Rachel walked briskly through the halls of the tower to her daughter's room. Excited to show her off to her long lost best friends and family.
"Lydia" Rachel called as she entered the dark room. Lavender sheets were strewn across the bed in all directions, but Lydia was no where in sight. The violet eyed mage began to worry but started to hear soft music comming from the next hallway. Rachel followed the sound, soon finding herself outside her sister's old room. Falcon was spelled out in block letters on the outside of the door. She peeked inside to see her daughter leaning over an old laptop, watching something intently on the screen.
Without being heard, Rachel crept closer, violet eyes sparkling and a smile tugging at her lips as she watched the video playing across the screen. A young teenage woman with long violet hair sang her heart out on stage. Her steady and confidant voice rang throughout the speakers.
"You never told me you performed, mom." Lydia said unexpectedly, making her mother jump in responce.
"That wasn't me, that's Vanessa. Cyborg recorded that when we threw a carnival to save the local orphanage from shutting down. Nessa decided she'd perform to draw in money.
"But how is that aunt Nessa?" the younger asked. "She looks soo happy and carefree in that video. Nothing like she is now."
"She was truely a jewel." Rae smiled at the distant memory, but then remembered her real reason for finding her daughter. "Come, sweetheart, i have a surprise for you."
Lydia walked into the common area, green eyes widening. Two couples whom she'd never seen before seemed to be hugging the life out of Kori, Richard, Cyborg and Bee. 5 teenagers stood on all sides of the adults, but one in particular caught her eye.
Lydia inconspicuously studied the girl. She was very close to a mirror image of herself, save for the hazel eyes and tanned skin.
"Mom, who are these crazy people?" she asked when she finally found her voice. Her emerald tinged skin blanched. Garfeild scooped her up and sat her in front of the girl she'd been staring at.
"Lydia, this is your cousin, Rebecca." The hazel eyed girl smiled and held her hand out for Lydia to shake.
"You can call me Dawn." she spoke with a voice similar to that of Vanessa's.
"How come you look like me?" Lydia asked, getting straight to the point. Everyone chuckled at such a bold responce, murmuring 'she's soo much like her mother' comments amongst themselfs. Nessa bent down to be eye level with her neice. Happy tears still pricked her wise cerulean eyes.
"Rebecca is my daughter, and your cousin." she then turned to the hazel eyed man standing behind Dawn. "And my husband, Jhonen Moore." he raised his hand from lying position on the couch and perched it on his wife's shoulder and offered a grin to his neice. "He may be a lazy, loud mouthed, metal head bum, but i love him." She stood and pecked him on the lips.
"I never knew you had a family, aunt Nessa."
"Dawn was born the same day as you, sweetheart. After your parents were killed, I had a mental and emotional breakdown and retreated back to Azarath, leaving my family behind. I havent seen them since that day. A fact im not at all proud of." silent tears rolled down her ivory face as she spoke. A split second later, Lydia found herself staring into a pair of mystical and kind burgundy eyes, taking her by surprise and jumping back a few feet from the girl.
"Mama why is she staring at us like we're mad loonies?" the girl asked, only a year or so younger than Lydia. AJ tugged her daughter back and smiled.
"Emma dear, it is not nice to get up in peoples' faces," AJ instructed," Trust me I know! That makes them think you're a loon, love." the raven haired woman then knelt down to be eye level with the jade eyed empath. "Lydia, I'm your God Mother, AJ. And this is your unbiological cousin Emma, or Butterfly. Her twin Olivia is here somewhere- oh! Lark get down now!"
The daughter in question was climbing on top of a stack of chairs near the CD case to get something. Lark grinned waving her hand to grab a bit of aura in the air and make a disc to hover on before letting her father set the leaning chairs straight. After much heckling, the girl grabbed a cd and floated down.
"Mother I was not going to fall," Lark said in a huffy tone. She smiled towards Lydia, turning her red-brown eyes to focus on her. Both twins got within an inches' distance from the Logan girl's face and said at once," Nice to finally meet ya, Lydia!"
"I think our crazy 'family' is going to scare her, Rae," Aaron laughed to the violet haired woman, scooping both his girls up into a hug and bending to kiss AJ's temple. Though Aaron rarely spoke, he had a presence that all came to respect.
"Perhaps this is all a little... overwhelming," Rae said touching her daughter's shoulders lightly.
"We understand, Raven." Joy finally spoke, the sound of her old nickname made Rachel's mouth twist into a slight smile. "This all must be quite confusing for all the children. But how about we get to the real reason why you called us all here tonight." Rachel nodded and motioned for her husband and sister to come forward to stand with her.
"We're gonna change the past so we dont end up with this future." she said blutly. All eyes were wide and mouths ajar at the bold statement.
"Come again?" Cyborg asked, checking his hearing pannels to see if he heard correctly.
"I've seen the future that should've been." Vanessa replied. "If Terra hadn't have killed Rae and Gar, our lives would be much different...and better."
"Then how do we go about this plan?" Richard asked, pulling his own two children close.
"Theres a spell that requires at least 7 sources of magic." Rachel continued. "If done correctly, we can go back to the day we were killed. And kill Terra before she ever lays hand or rock on me and Gar."
Maiden- Sorry if it's a little short, but that gets the basic plot introduced. R&R kiddies!