Timpani
There was a knock on the door. I quickly glided to it, anxious to see who it was.
"Blumiere!?" I said.
But it was not him. In fact, it was my sister.
"Talli!" I exclaimed as I embraced her. "Where have you been the last three days?!"
"Well," she replied, "you know that I always spend a couple days with my friends for my birthday, I mean, it's the only free-time I have away from the house."
"Why don't you just go when you want to?" I asked.
Talli shot a glance at the floor.
"You would understand if you were older," she said with a hint of sadness.
"You've always said that," I replied, "you've been saying that since I was eleven. I'm nineteen now, don't you think that I can take care of myself?"
"It's not taking care of yourself I'm worried about," my older sister said, "it's your protection."
"Protection against who?"
Her eyes gazed down at the floor.
"Protection against them…the Tribe of Darkness. They did…terrible things to our parents.."
My heart sank.
"He wouldn't do anything like that," I muttered.
Then, I realized what I said.
Crap! I thought.
"Excuse me?" Talli replied, "who is this he you speak of?""Oh….." I spat, "j-just a guy I met….I uh…found him in the forest…"
"The forest!?" she hissed, outraged, "what in the worlds were you doing in there!? I can't believe you disobeyed me, even after I've warned you not to go in the forest a billion times! Do you know the dangers that lie in there!? I swear Timpani, you could be killed out there!"
"I was out in the forest to get those flowers you adore so much," I said.
"That's nice of you to think of that, but don't risk your life for it! And who is this he?""He's a guy I found in the forest."
"Oh, so you just found this guy in the forest, huh? Wow. Very believable, Timpani."
"It sounds absurd but it's true! I think he fell of a cliff and was knocked out.."
"And what was his name?"
Should I tell her who he is? I thought. Yes, I have to tell her…I've never lied to her..
"His name is Blumiere," I replied.
My sister immediately turned toward me with a cold look."…Lord Blumiere…..?" she said slowly.
"Yes," I said, surprised she knew his name.
"Timpani," she rasped, "stay away from him… Do you not realize that he's in the Tribe of Darkness?! He could kill you…just like…"
"Just like who?" I asked.
"Nothing," she replied, "it's nothing.. Just stay away from Lord Blumiere! Never go around him or any member of the Tribe of Darkness again. Understand?"
I nodded.
Talli just walked into the living room and said nothing more.
I wonder why she's afraid of him….