My train of thought just kept going so that why I'm updating so fast it might not last long so enjoy while you can :) just so you know the picture on the front, of the boy with the black feather I picture him as Nisroc :) maybe with different coloured hair but still :)
Rephaim was the only one who dared to come between the two, he pulled his father off Nisroc and stood on the bed between them.
"I'm trying to help you Nisroc all of you" Kalona growled.
"By abandoning ussss?" Nisroc hissed.
"No never, like I said you can do whatever you wish, if that is following me around fine, if that is travelling around the world fine, if that is also choosing light and hoping the goddess grants you a human form like Rephaim fine, nothing in life is easy Nisroc, this is a lesson I failed to teach, one I failed to learn myself until recently, I know I have done wrong by you and your brothers but I'm trying to make up for it Nisroc, I'm trying" Nisroc had never seen his father look so defeated in his life he wasn't abandoning them he was trying to give them their own lives Kalona got off the bed turned away from them.
No one spoke as the minutes stretched.
"Come back to the ridge and tell them" Nisroc eventually said.
"Okay" Kalona agreed.
"I'll come too, so they can see for themselves" Rephaim said also getting down Nisroc followed suit.
"Then I'll go with you" Stevie Rae said immediately.
"Can I come too?" a small voice asked behind them, they turned to Anthony.
"This isn't a field trip" Kalona sighed Anthony looked down, Nisroc saw the fear in his eyes.
"You can come Ant" Rephaim and Stevie Rae said together then smiled at each other, Anthony smiled too his eyes meeting Nisroc's still smiling. Nisroc looked away suddenly wondering the time not something he can remember doing before.
"How long wasss I unconsiousss?" Nisroc asked.
"Six hours scared us right, didn't it?" Anthony said nodding.
"We'll go now while it is still dark" Rephaim said.
"Alrightly I'll drive you two fly k'" Stevie Rae said grabbing keys to her car and walking out, choice made for them Rephaim followed with Kalona, Nisroc sighed knowing this wasn't going to be easy and who knows what they will do? Suddenly Anthony was there looking up at him.
"Everything will be good you'll see, everyone deserves a chance and it'll be worth it" he said in his fast-no-stops way with a smile, Nisroc found himself wishing he had the boy's optimism as he followed him through the tunnels and to Stevie Rae's car, Anthony hopped in the back and closed the door, Kalona and Nisroc watched the car take off leaving them alone neither said anything, they knew they could reach the ridges well before the car could no matter how fast the car drove.
"I hope one day you'll forgive me Nisroc" Kalona said surprising him.
"For what?" Nisroc asked.
"For being such a bad father" he said his head hanging like it was tied down.
"I think you ssshall find many will easssily forgive you for that" Nisroc said.
"Are you one of those few?" Kalona asked meeting his son's gaze, Nisroc thought about it, will he forgive his father for risking his life and that of his brothers for his own gain? For raping his mother? For killing so many for no reason other than the thrill of it? Nisroc knew he too had done bad things that humans could only call evil, he did it because his father did and he thought that was what he was meant to do, what father wanted which it was but not anymore, could he forgive father for leading them astray? For making them the monsters they are?
"I forgive you father, I only hope I am alssso worthy of forgivenesssss" Nisroc found himself saying.
"You are worthy Nisroc; will you ask the goddess for forgiveness?" Kalona asked.
"Why sssshould I? What can sssshe do? Give me a human form that only workssss during the night but during the day having to endure the pain of turning to a mindlessss beasssst? What kind of choicccce issss that?" Nisroc asked.
"It was a choice Rephaim made not to be a human; he did not foresee that, only to be forgiven for his sins"
Nisroc did not answer instead he spread his wings and took off, he knew his father followed him but he did not acknowledge him he flew with his eyes closed embracing the amazing feeling of flying, he could never give this up no matter what he looked like he decided, Nisroc flew above the car then past it to the ridges his brothers all awaited him.
"Father isss coming, along with Rephaim and othersss do not harm them isss that underssstood?" Nisroc asked they nodded as Kalona landed and the car pulled up below them, they watched as Stevie Rae and Anthony help Rephaim up the cliff as he wasn't as strong anymore. Eventually they reached the top; his brothers could not help but gasp and stare at their eldest brother who accepted their stares with ease, as he did with everything. Nisroc found himself jealous of Rephaim he was always the first and best at everything it annoyed Nisroc for the first time; Nisroc pushed it away as their father started speaking.
"My sons this is going to be difficult to explain and for you to understand but I shall do my best, please just listen" the Raven Mockers all did even though they still looked back at Rephaim and the red vampires next to him, who were both looking at all the Raven Mockers with wide eyes. Nisroc did not really want to listen to his father talk, so he sat on a rock behind Anthony and Stevie Rae close enough to hear easily and still be considered part of the gathering and waited.
There is a lot of conflict going on inside Nisroc this chapter shows mainly that but don't worry there will be more action soon :)