Chapter 2 About family, dreams and legends.
The first year of my new life I spend in denial. I just couldn't believe that I was reborn into a BOOK. And TWILIGHT of all books. I mean was that even possible?
But after that, I just told myself to get over it and enjoy the second chance at life I had been given.
So, let me tell you about my new family.
First, there was my mother, Sarah. She was one of the most kind and patient people I have ever seen. Even when Jake or me would wake her up every second in the middle of the night, she never got frustrated with us. She had this smile on her face that just made me relax the moment I saw her. She would sing lullabies to me and Jake all the time, and we would instantly fall asleep, because she had this soft and suiting voice.
After her, there was my father Billy. He was a member of the Council of the Quileute tribe, so he was often gone for it. His job was as a commercial fisherman, and he was often working on his nets. But he always made sure to play with me and Jake for a while. Sometimes he would also read us a bedtime story. And if you were wondering, he was not in a wheelchair. I don't really remember when he got into a wheelchair from the story.
Then there were my sisters. They were both four years older than me and Jake, and always made sure to look after us.
Rebecca was more the responsible and quite type, who would look after me and Jake and made sure we didn't fall from the couch and had enough food. Yes, even at that age. She was very overprotective of us. She was very smart, and my father kept joking that she would probably became a doctor later.
Rachel was the complete opposite. She was loud and very active. Most of the time she just wanted to play with us and had a bad habit of blurting out what came to mind. Even to complete strangers, she would say what she thought of them. My mother would get really embarrassed and would apologize to them afterwards. Even still, she was really kind, she would always come to mine and Jacob's room before she went to sleep and kiss our foreheads and then quickly walk out before my mother saw her.
And then as last there was Jake, my twin. We were pretty much irresistible. When we first started to walk (at ten months if you want to know) we would walk around the living room holding hands. My mother thought it was adorable. Jake also had this overprotective thing going on, every time someone said something about me. I remember the first time mom took us on a play date with other kids. We were both two years old, and mom had a few friends who also had kinds, so they decided to introduce us all.
We were invited to the house of Joy Ateara, who was good friends with my mother. She had a son named Quil, who was the same age as Jake and me. Both Jake and Quil bounded directly, and started playing with each other. But when I tried to join them, Quil gave me this look, which was a cross between fear and anger. I just pouted and looked away. It was probably because of my eyes.
Ah yes, my eyes. The reason why Rachel had commented on it when we were first brought home, was the same thing. My right eye was a dark brown, just like the rest of my family. But my left eye was the reason why every one stared at me. It was a light grey color, or silver as Rebecca like to call it.
People had a habit of commenting about it to my mother, who would just laugh and say that I probably had my great grandmothers eyes. It was also the reason why I couldn't get any play dates.
Before I could swallow deeper in my self pity, another child was set beside me. It was a little girl with big brown eyes and chubby cheeks. She stare at me wide eyed. Then she pointed at my left eye. 'Pretty.'
I couldn't help it, I went red in the face. That was the first time that someone had complimented me about it. I heard a woman laugh and quickly looked up. The woman had the same brown eyes at the little girl and smiled at me when we made eye contact. 'Freya, this is my daughter Kim Conweller, be nice to each other, okay?' I nodded quickly. She liked my eyes so she was already on my good side. I looked back at Kim who was looking around the room.
'Wanna play with the dolls?' I blurted out. She gave me a grin.
'Okay. That sounds fun.'
And that was the birth of our beautiful friendship.
My peaceful life came to an end at the age of four. Or as I like to call it "When the old lady came around and ruined my life."
It all actually started with a dream. Me and Jake had just playing outside the whole day, and after that we had eaten and went to sleep. At first, I couldn't fall asleep. So I just rolled around in my bed and after an half hour of rolling my eyes finally dropped shut.
To this day, I remember the dream clearly.
I was standing in a forest. It was early morning, as I could see the sun rising in the far. I was wearing a white dress and was bear feet. I looked around too see if someone was here, but I couldn't find anyone. I don't know how, but I knew this was a dream. It felt like I was waiting for someone here.
'Hello?' I called out. I heard birds chirping but for the rest there was silence. Suddenly there was burst of wind and I gripped my dress, as my hair flew in the wind.
'Ah, you have finally come.'
I looked up startled. There was no one here. The voice sounded old. Was I imagining it?
'No my dear, you are not imagining it.' This time I saw a woman appear in front of me. It was an old native woman with tiny eyes, wrinkles and grey hair that was pulled into a messy bun. She was wearing a grey dress with many fabrics under it.
'Eheh..who are you?' I asked after a long silence of staring at each other. The woman smiled at me.
'I am Gwenelda, but you can call me Gwen. I will be your teacher from now on.'
'Teacher? What do you mean? Isn't this a dream?' I asked her confused.
She nodded at me. She raised her hands and clapped two times. The forest disappeared and we were suddenly in a field of meadows. 'Sit down, I will explain to you everything.'
I slowly set down at the field and looked at the woman wearily. 'So, are you going to explain?' I asked her when she didn't start talking she was just looking at me with a calculated look.
'You are an old soul' she told me. 'You have lived before, this is your second life. Isn't it, child?'
My eyes widened. 'How do you know that?' Holy shit. Who was this woman.
She just nodded, as it was the most normal thing in the world and ignored my question. 'Tell me child, do you know the stories of the spirit warriors, Taha Aki and of the third wife?'
Oh, she meant the Quileute legends? I nodded at her. 'My father told me the stories before.'
'Good, then this will be easier to explain. Has your father told you about the Spirit Guardian?'
'No, I haven't heard that story before.' I told her. Were was she going with this?
'Then let me tell you.' She smiled and looked away from me, in the far.
'After the dead of the third wife and the disappearance of Taha Aki, his two sons took control on the tribe and made sure that no Cold One would trade in there territory. The two sons, named Taha Wi and Yaha Uta, had a little sister.
Her name was Cha Si and she was a very faithful girl. After the dead of there mother and the disappearance of there father, the girl swore to herself to protect her family from now on, so that something like with her parents would never happen again.
So, she prayed to the spirits to give her power to protect her family, the shape shifters, from harm. She stayed in her room praying for more than two weeks and would get her food brought by her.
Then finally she came out of her room, and her brothers instantly knew, that something had changed about her.
There were moments when she knew things that were yet to happen and later the brothers found out she could communicate with them while they were in wolf form.
The brothers were very protective of there sister from then on, and would always make sure she was protected. She had the same body, temperature and fast healing like the wolfs, but couldn't change into a wolf herself. The people in the tribe called her a miracle, someone who was send by the spirits.
They named her the Spirit Guardian.
She was someone who is send to help and guide the wolf pack, in there times of need, who would be able to prevent from something bad happening, because of her knowledge of the future, and would be by there side until the end.'
Gwen looked at me again with a smiling face. It was a beautiful story really, but I didn't know why she was telling me this.
'Cha Si had one silver eye Freya, just like me...' She opened her left eye wide that I only just now saw that it was silver. I opened my mouth to speak, but she was before me.
'...and just like you...you are the next Spirit Guardian, Freya.'
And there you have chapter 2!
I may post the third chapter in a few days!
Enjoy!
