Phoenix Fire

Chapter 5

Ember's POV

I woke up and again noticed that I had no wings on my back, which made me feel weird. Now that I knew what they were for, I think I will have to get used to having them and not having them the next second.

I looked around and saw that Kai and Tala were still asleep. I lingered on Kai, thinking about what happened yesterday after the big blast. We hadn't really spoken since then. I wonder what he and Tala are dreaming about?

Kai's Dream Kai's POV

I was looking around and I saw that I wasn't in the Abbey anymore. I slowly sat up and realized that I was in the mansion that I used to live in with my mother and father before Voltaire killed them.

I got out of bed, feeling the cold tile against my feet. It felt nice really.

I walked to my door and opened it and looked down the hall. It was just how I remembered it.

The paintings of Russia and other parts of the world, of mother and father, paintings of me and also my cousin, Jace. He looked almost completely like me but he had a white phoenix bitbeast instead of a red or black one. He had black hair with red strikes through it. He was 3 years older than me.

We always would train together and would do everything together. I miss him so much.

He died in a car accident and since then, I haven't really trained at all. Everything we did, I haven't done since. He was like an older brother to me.

I walked down the hall being filled with the old memories when I noticed another painting that had a little girl with red hair, with yellow and orange streaks. Next to her was a man with the same colored hair and blood red eyes, just like hers.

It hit me then. This was a picture of Ember and some other man. He wasn't like Chaos, he had more of a dark tint to his hair and eyes that made them seem like they were dried blood.

I heard a noise coming from the kitchen that sounded like someone crying.

I ran to the noise and stopped just at the door and looked inside.

I saw the same man from the picture but I also saw my mother standing there in front of him. She was the one crying.

"I am so sorry. I didn't think that…I thought," she blubbered out.

She broke down onto the floor and sobbed even harder. I saw the man come down to her height and say something to her.

"I am not blaming you or your family, but I am blaming Voltaire. He tried to kill my sister and me; she probably doesn't even remember me anymore. He is the one who is causing all of us pain. All I ask is that you protect my sister."

My mother looked up and she nodded her head yes. She then looked back down and started to cry harder.

"She, your mother, was my best friend. She never did anything wrong and neither did your father. I thought that the chain was broken, that no more people would be excepted by the bitbeast but…I was wrong."

I saw the man look at her for another moment before he darted a look over to where I was standing.

"Kai…you can come out now. I need to speak to you."

My mother looked over to me. She saw me step hesitantly up to the man and she dried her tears. She then motioned for me to go to the man.

"Kai, sweet heart, this is Alec. He is a friend of the families son."

The man, Alec, nodded to me and then started to speak.

"You will be apart of this twist of fate, Kai Hiwatari. I know it doesn't make sense to you now, but when the time comes, you will remember this night and this conversation. For now, you will forget anything that had to do with me, or my sister."

Alec then started to speak a weird language and then I felt like I was dizzy. I fell to the floor, asleep.

Kai, Tala, and Ember's Room Kai's POV

I woke up and felt the dream come back like a slap to the face. It made me gasp for breath and then I felt like I normally do.

I sat up in bed and looked around the room, I saw Tala still asleep but no Ember. She must be in the bathroom or something.

I thought about the dream and how I had meet Ember's brother. I remembered that he said she probably didn't remember him at all.

I made a note to ask her about it later, just to see if that was true.

Ember's POV

I was in the bathroom trying to finish getting ready when I heard a gasp from my room. It sounded like Kai.

I finished getting ready and brushing my teeth.

I rung my cold wet hair out of my face and threw my clothes on.

I walked out of the bathroom and saw Kai sitting up on his bed looking at nothing in particular but…looking like he was uneasy.

"What's wrong, Kai?"

I asked worriedly.

He jumped slightly at my voice but then calmed down.

"Yeah, I'm fine. You done in the bathroom?"

I nodded my head 'yes' and Kai got up and went into the bathroom, closing the door behind him.

Ember's MIND

"Ember? What is wrong?"

"That dream…why does it have to come every night?"

Chaos was silent for a long time and then finally spoke.

"That dream is the most important memory in your mind. That memory is a look at how you came to be and why you are going to fight this battle."

I brewed over that for a while and then finally shook my head. It made a little bit more sense but was still confusing.

"I still don't get some of it though."

"In time you will. It appears so you can find the hidden meaning in its story."

Back in the room

Ember's POV

Tala started to wake up after I talked to Chaos and said good morning.

He then got up and waited for Kai to get out of the bathroom so he could change.

After they both changed, we went to go meet the others and eat breakfast. (Woopdy freaking doo!)

Kai was silent, but not the normal silent. He seemed like he was sort of shocked and confused.

"Kai, what's wrong?"

I asked quietly.

He jumped slightly again and looked up at me.

He then got a defensive look on his face.

"Nothing."

He then sped up ahead of Tala and me. I was hurt personally.

"What I do wrong?"

Tala looked at me apologetically.

"He gets moody sometimes. Don't take it personally. He does it to everybody almost all the time."

I still felt like I was involved some how with why he is feeling like this.

Kai's POV

I still couldn't get the dream out of my head. I felt like I should remember something else to go with it but…nothing.

I then felt a warm feeling come over me and time seemed to stand still.

I looked back and saw Tala and Ember both frozen in time and in mid-step.

I looked ahead of me again and saw Chaos in human form and Dranzer right behind him…she was in human form to.

She had a pair of blue jeans on and a red and orange shirt on. Her hair was red, orange, and yellow with a black streak through it. Her eyes were a pitch-black color with a red pupil.

"Kai, that dream came to you because Ember's past is intertwined with her and her future. You are the one who will over all, help save her and save the world."

Dranzer said in a low voice. It sounded a bit soprano.

"You have to tell her about her brother today…she will meet him soon and will need to know who he is."

Chaos spoke quietly.

Then, time began up again and Tala and Ember started to move again.

I stood still, thinking about how I was going to do this.

Ember's POV

I saw Kai stop up ahead of us and we walked up beside him and stopped.

"Kai, really, something's seems wrong with you today. What is it?"

Tala asked.

Kai turned to look at me.

"I need to speak to you…alone."

Tala looked at him and then at me.

"Ok…?"

I nodded for Tala to go ahead of us and he hesitated but started walking again.

After he was out of earshot and we couldn't see him, Kai started speaking.

"Ember, do you have a brother?"

"Um…no. Why?"

Kai was silent for a while and then spoke again.

"Because you do have a brother…and he is coming soon."