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Chapter 8

I pulled a large fur out of a chest by my bed throwing it over Drott and I as I made for the back door. I could hear the yelling coming from the front room and I knew if I didn't leave then we would be caught. I could hear everything as it happened and it was terrifying, "Kill them all. Take the crown."

It was definitely a man. But I was sure I had never heard his voice before. "Do you smell that? It smells delicious! Find where ever that smell is coming from!" He yelled again.

After that I was out the door and running down the dirt paths towards the boats. I didn't wait around to hear anymore. I had enough to last only a day or two and I had no milk for Drott.

All that mattered now was keeping her alive and safe. I could hear feet following fast behind us but I ran as fast as my feet would take us. By the time we reached the sea I knew there was no way to out run them I had to hide! But there was no where to run, no where was safe.

"This way! I smell it strongly now!" A man yelled.

In those few moments I truly thought we were going to die but something inside me told me to make it to the water. And I did taking Drott in with me. I held her and waded up to my knees and held on to her as tightly as I could hoping that by some strange miracle we would be okay.

I saw Eric run out of the woods behind a pack of wolves that shifted into men right in front of us. One by one they stood tall and still, growling at me. They had made us. "You will fight me!" Eric yelled but none of them made a move for either of us, they just stood still as if waiting for someone. And in that moment a man appeared. He moved faster then anything I had ever seen.

"Stand down men! I would speak to this...Marvelous creature." He said putting his hand out to them as they fell on bended knee. Eric stood stalk still fully aware they could kill us all at any second.

Shaking I pulled a small dagger from my side and held it out if front of Drott and I.

"Haha! She thinks she can defend herself from us? Now now child step forward!" He called to me.

My body was on fire. I had a strange tingling sensation taking over, but I pushed it aside to speak, "I will not!" I called back holding myself in a defensive position. "I will not let you hurt them!" I yelled again.

The men were all laughing now. "Child there is nothing you could do to stop me. Now come foreword or I will come to you. You're choice." He called to me calmly from the beach.

"She will not!" Eric yelled moving forward towards the cloaked man.

"Ah ah Viking! Do not be a hero!" He said baring what looked to be fangs. He looked practically feral. "I do not know what you are thinking but I will not wait much longer." He said again.

I had to make a choice. "I will come but you will allow my brother our baby sister!" I called out hoping he would compromise with me. Once Eric had Drott I could fight for my life.

"Yes yes I really don't care about you're sister or this Viking. Come forward and they will be spared." Nothing more was said I stepped as close to Eric as I could and handed him my sister. I had a feeling this would be the last I saw of them for a while. Quite possibly forever.

"Alright now. You will let them be?" I asked. The man only nodded and put his arm out to me.

"Come child I hunger greatly and you are the best thing I have ever smelled." Now I was truly afraid. He had been talking about me? Why did I smell so great.

"I am not food sir!" I hissed pulling the dagger back out in front of me. He came close and grabbed the dagger from me throwing it to the ground. The tingles grew once again and before he could take me into his arms a great white light flew from my finger tips throwing the man at least twenty feet. My arms were outstretched towards him and the light still lingered softly from me.

Eric was awestruck as the three men before us took off towards their master. The man had recovered and started back towards me. "What are you?" He screamed, "WHAT ARE YOU?" He grabbed me by my neck and pulled me up in the air. Tears streamed down my face.

"I am nothing. I am Oliivi!" I answered. Clearly this is not what he wanted to hear.

"You are more! You are not human!" He hollered. I had tried to stay strong in front of my viking but could no longer.

"Please...Please let me go. I am nothing. Please." I cried out.

"You are so much more then nothing!" He threw me to the beach. The light still showing from my finger tips. I waited no longer outstretching them towards him again and shooting it at him.

The second hit took him to his knees. He only laughed at me? The three men grabbed for Eric and my sister holding them, "If you do not surrender child I will have them executed." He said softly.

"You will touch no other tonight, vampire!" We all looked back to the sea. A voice that had come from none of us spoke. A beautiful woman stood there. She was very beautiful but she was drenched in water. Her hair sticking to her neck. She walked forward until she touched the edge of the water, "She is protected. You will leave her and these others in peace." She said.

The man only laughed harder, "And what is this? Another delicious creature. It must be my lucky night." I was torn whether to leave the man and join her in the water.

Something was drawing me to her. But I stood my ground, arms out at my sides still glowing. "You cannot fight us both vampire. We are more then you will ever be. Let them go and I will spare you." She repeated. "You are more are you? How is it I have never seen you're kind? If you were strong you would plentiful would you not?" He asked grinning from ear to ear.

"We need not explain ourselves to you. I believe I have given you enough time." She threw her arms out throwing flashes of light in all directions. At this the men had gone. No where to be seen. Only Eric, Drott were gone as well.

"Wh..Where did they go?" I asked looking around us. Even Eric had gone.

"Relax small one. I have you're family back home. They are safe now. As for the men I sent them far away. They should not make it back for a long while. If they try." She said. "It is over small one. I am here to bring you home." She said softly coming to me with her arms open.

"My home is back there." I pointed towards my village. "My home is that way. I must go to my family..." I was still crying. I had lost everyone who mattered except my two siblings. They were all I had.

"They will be fine child. They will remember you but I have moved us to our realm. You will not be able to go back for some time." What the hell was she talking about? Realm?

"No. No I must go to them. They need me." I couldn't think of this right now. We had lost our parents. Eric and Drott would need me with them. Who would comfort him. Who would care for Drott? "Please they need me!" I cried into her arms. "I must return to them. Please."

She only stroked my hair, "You cannot child. I am sorry but time works so much differently in Fairy. Even if we did go back much time has passed there. They would be much older. They may not even be there anymore." Was she serious? Fairy what the hell is Fairy?

"What do you mean I cannot go back? I must!" I cried again. I didn't care about Fairy or whoever this woman was. I cared about Eric. I cared about Drott.

"I am sorry child. Maybe in a few months when the doors are open again you can return. But by that time it will have been at least fifty years. They may be long dead." She said. "I am here to show you your home. I came to get you small one." She pulled me away and looked at me, "You are royalty here. We searched for you for eighteen years. I cannot let you leave until you declare your side." She went on. "You're people are eager to know you. They are eager to find out where you stand dear one." I stood back and took in my surroundings. They looked the same as home but they were lit up in dark greys and silvers. There was the most beautiful light all around us I couldn't explain. There did not seem to be any sun or moon or even stars in the sky.

"What is Fairy?" I asked. This was not my home.

"Fairy is you're home. It is where you were born." She answered, "You are of the Fae child." The Fae? What the hell!

"What is the Fae? I am viking. I am not Fae!" This was enough for me. I wanted to leave.

"Fae is what we are. We are of the earth child. We hold great magics." So that explained my ability's. "You have reached your prime age. From now on your body will no longer change. You will live the life of an Immortal." She said it so simply. Like it wasn't a big deal. She explained many things to me that day. I drew my power from water. That is why it always made me feel better to be near a river or the ocean. Evidently I could see the future and read minds. That was a trait most of us shared. Except half lings who would only take a few traits from their Fae bloodlines. I had a great light inside me that held my true powers. I could use it for many things. She told me I would train with her a while in preparation for my court meetings.

"All I want is to be with Eric and Drott again. Please I just need them." I kept saying to her. I knew that it could not be fixed but my heart ached everyday for him. I missed Drott to but I thought of Eric frequently.

"Yes child. You love him." She said. "That is not likely to change anytime soon. We Fae love fiercely. In some instances we even may die of a broken heart. It is why most of us abstain from loving. We are most amorous instead, having many lovers." She explained.

"I wish no other lovers." I had told her. And I meant it. There would be no one else for me.

I spent a few months with her finding out about her lifestyle and her home. Her name was Claudine and she would be my Fae grandmother. She would be held responsible if I did not follow rules or do as the council wished. But I had not yet chosen a side so there were no issues we had to attend to.

She had told me all about my true family. My blood. They had been Dark Fae of the Unseelie Court. They were malicious and mischievous Fae who held no regard for others. I could tell she hoped I would not be dark. And I also had thought about that. There was nothing in me that screamed good or bad. I felt rather...Neutral in a sense. I had learned to use my abilities properly. She had a lot of patience with me.

"You're people will await you at the end of the month child." She told me.

"I would ask to go to my home first. Before I choose." I knew much time had passed but I had to go back and see for myself.

"Yes I will take you. The door will be open for a few days. I would see you through and back again." She wanted to keep me safe. I nodded. I would agree to her terms and go home. My real home by the sea. Everyday I had been in Fairy hurt my soul.

I ached to dig my feet into the river where Eric and I had our first kiss. I ached to swim again in the ocean where I spent most of my days. I knew before I even went home that I would choose no side. I wished to come home.

The morning of my court date I dressed in my earthly clothes again. I was so excited to possibly see my family. I knew that from my visions Eric had long left the village but I hoped to see someone. Anyone who may be descended from my family. I originally asked Claudine if she could take me to him but alas she could not. The door we used would only take us to Oland. If I wished to move on from there and find him I could. My plan was to go home and see the village. Once I finished I would go to court and brake the news hopefully leading to them banishing me back to earth where I could live my life again.

I stepped through the portal as soon as it opened. I took in my home. The tide came in and out normally as it always had and the sun was shining. Inhaling deeply I remembered the good times.

I remembered Eric. As I walked the old dirt path to the village I noticed small changes here and there. There were new paths leading to new places and back again.

When I reached the village though I had to take a deep breath. It was far different from the village I once knew. There were bright colors all over. Women wearing nicer clothes and even the men.

I looked for my house along the way finding it still standing in the centre of town. It had changed to, new rooms added and a new roof to. People were staring at me now. A few elderly women in particular were glaring at me from afar. They seemed old enough to know who I was.

I hadn't aged a day since last I was here. As I walked into the building I found a large family sitting around a large fire talking with the villagers. This was a court! I took my place with everyone else waiting to see to the Jarl and his family. I noticed Drott as soon as I had a full view of them. She was old and weary, but I knew her eyes. The brightest blue I had ever seen ran through this family's gene pool. I would know them anywhere. I only wished to ask her of her brother and her life here. I hoped she was kind enough to impart her past upon me. When my turn came I stepped forward and bowed my head to her.

"What is it you wish to ask child?" The Jarl's wife asked me.

"I only wish to speak to Drott if at all possible. It will not take much time." Bowing to her again and hoping for the best outcome.

"Whatever you wish to speak to my mother of young one you will say to all of us. Hurry up then." She said rolling her eyes at me. This was Drott's daughter? Drott had daughters!

"No no dear. It is fine. I would take her into my sitting room to talk. You go on about you're business." She said patting her daughters knee. The Jarl's wife was not amused by this but clearly didn't have the heart to tell her mother no. The woman nodded to me and I was led into a small sitting room with Drott. She took a seat and I followed sitting next to her.

"What is it you wish to speak of my dear?" She asked calmly.

"I wish to ask of the past my lady." I said, "I wish to know of your brother? What happened to him?" I knew this wasn't very tactful but I just couldn't contain my curiosity.

"My brother?" She asked startled by my question, "Why do you wish to know of him?"

"I have no reason to give other then I knew him once. I wish to know what became of him." I felt as if I could not lie to much to her. She sighed and lay her hand on my knee.

"You are but a child. How could you have known my brother?" She asked eying me with curiosity.

"I am older then I look." I told her hoping she would let it go.

"Yes well. Not everything is always what it seems eh?" she laughed, "My brother raised me until I was five years old. One day he left to fight for our village and never returned."

He had lived here for five years until he was turned.

I nodded, "And your life? Was it good?" I asked. She smiled now.

"My life was what I made of it dear child. I have two wonderful daughters and I have lived a long time. I will die a proud wife and mother." She eyed me curiously now.

"What is it?" I asked her hoping she might remember me.

"My brother told me tales of a girl like you. I am sure they are just that. But I had a sister once who gave her life so we could live ours. You just remind of his stories is all. I think that is why I wished to speak with you in here. I guess I had to make amends somehow." A smile came to my lips.

"I am sure she would be happy in the knowledge that you lived a long happy life." As I stood to leave she stopped me.

"I would ask you to have this. It was my brothers." She said, pulling a chain from around her neck, "I would think if he were here he would wish you to have this. You really do look like my sister sweet one." She said handing me the chain that held a beautiful emerald that was wrapped carefully in leather. I knew this was my circlet that had been altered to fit a man as a necklace.. It touched my heart that he would keep this.

"Thank you." I said as I headed out the door. This would be the last time I ever saw my sister. As I walked out of what once was my home I took in everything around me. The way it smelled, the way it had changed. I would never forget my time here.

And so I headed back to Fairy to the council that I had yet to meet. I hoped all would be well and I would leave again a few months later when the portal opened. Then who knew what was waiting for me. Maybe I would finally have a home by the sea. Maybe I would find Eric. Maybe I would travel. I couldn't be sure.

I finally sat amongst the rest of the hierarchy of Fae awaiting my chance to tell them I wished to leave. I knew what it meant to leave it all behind. I would be alone without my people. But I didn't care. They hadn't been here for me all these years I was away. I knew nothing of who I was or how I came to be, only that I had found a home and people who I loved. If there was even a small chance I could be happy again I would take it.

"We would like to welcome you to the Seelie Court Oliivi." One of the Fae greeted me, "We are excited to find which side you wish to take." She smiled to another sitting next to her.

"Yes we all feel as if we have waited enough. Tell us child. Are you Light? Or are you Dark?" The man asked.

Claudine stepped forward and took a seat at the council table, "Go ahead then girl. We are all here now." She said. I cleared my throat as I stood and addressed my people.

"If I may say a few things before I give my answer?" I asked them. Having been given the go ahead I went on, "I have known nothing of Fairy or my people. You. For most of my short life. I have lived in another realm for a vast majority. When I came here I cannot say that it was on my terms. That being said I have enjoyed learning your ways and also about my ability's. Everyday that I stay here is another day a small piece of me seems to float away. I wish only to go home." I hoped they would understand.

"You wish to go home?" The man asked. I nodded to him shifting from one foot to the other nervously. "But child. This is your home." He said smiling, "We wish for you to chose a side, not become earth bound."

Taking a deep breath I went on, "I will choose no side. I wish to go home." I repeated hoping it sunk in this time. The council was filled with whispers and people laughing.

The man stood, "If you wish to leave then we will not stop you. But you must understand what becoming earth bound will mean for you. You will not have us to help aid you if you come under attack again." He said.

But I had known that already, "Before I knew who I really was I hadn't anyone but my family to help me. I did alright. And maybe I will make a new family once I have returned." The man took his seat again.

"Very well. You have chosen no side. Upon the next open door you will take your leave of us." Another woman stood, "We wish you the best child. I cannot say that I am happy you are leaving but I can say I am happy you are no Dark!" They all laughed.

At this I was sent away to be with other Fae awaiting council or an open door and spent my time with them. I even learned about our strange ability to heal. I wasn't great with it but I could heal minor wounds and abrasions.