Poseidon's daughter

Chapter 10

Pensieve 1

Nicos POV

After which we walked together holding hands and then went to sleep.

The next day.

Sairah left a note saying she would be back in an hour. I then went to the great hall where the Pensieve was placed. I found that Sairah had left a list of people who were allowed to watch it.

Me, Thalia, Percy, Annabeth and Chiron were on the list.

We sat down as Annabeth switched it on.

Pensieve

Sairah J Anderson was born to Janet Anderson and Poseidon. Sairah had an elder brother Nicolas were a happy family but one fateful rainy night Janet met a car accident. A high speed car skid over the muddy water. The driver was drunk and to avoid any kind of mishaps, he left Janet bleeding on the road. Janet didn't open her eyes ever after that.

After this traumatic incident Sairah and Nicolas were under the legal custody of Jane, their aunt and Janet's younger sister. Jane herself was married to Bob and had a daughter; Sue, two years older to Nicolas. The night Sairah and Nicolas had come to Jane's house Sairah cried, Sue stayed up all night and comforted her and Nicolas. Sue was by Sairah's side everytime she needed her. Sairah and Nicolas eventually accepted Jane and Bob. Jane accepted both of them. Jane took care of them but they were always second priority when Sue was in choice . Nicolas and Sairah were soon used to this behaviour. They lived happily but this happiness was not long.

Only a year later during summer holidays at the beach, Sairah told she was thirsty. Leaving Sue in charge Bob and Jane went to buy water. Sairah and Sue were busy with their sand castle, Nicolas wanted to swim. And without informing any one he went into the water.

Unfortunately he wasn't able to swim in the deep sea. The sea was taking him to the horizon. He cried for help. Sue heard him and instructed Sairah to stay put while she herself dived into the water and swam upto Nicolas helped him up. Nicolas wasn't able to keep himself afloat.

Soon panic started to overpower both of them. Soon they were both engulfed by a wave and this time they went inside and never came afloat.

Sairah saw all of this and wasn't able to move. Soon her eyes were watery and drop fell after drop. Jane and Bob arrived from behind Sairah, they saw Sairah facing the sea and no sign of their daughter Sue. Jane thought Sue was playing somewhere and went to give water to Sairah. But when Sairah didn't move, Jane knelt down to see tears. She realized, but it was too late. Bob dived into the water to find his daughter sinking to dept. She was holding Nicolas's hand. Up at the surface Jane was shouting and screaming at Sairah demanding her to bring back her Sue and threatening her if she didn't . Bob now brought Sue at the shore. All three rushed to the hospital. Jane and Bob both were in a state of trauma.

At the hospital the doctors said that survival chances were bleak. Unfortunately both Jane and Bob blamed the death of their daughter on Sairah. Sue was their life. Sairah constantly asked for Nicolas but was shushed everytime. Whenever she was about to speak something she was forced to shut up. This annoyed both Jane and Bob.

The next time when Sairah asked about Nicolas, Jane replied "he left you. He didn't like to be with you."

After that there was no mention about Nicolas. Sairah believed that she was responsible for Sue's death but she couldn't believe that her brother had left her.

Condition at home worsened day after day. Jane's eyes which once had a some warmth now were full of anger. With Sue and Nicolas gone Sairah was left without any protection or care. She regularly cried herself to sleep. She was forced to do daily chores and was treated worse than a servant.

Everyday Sairah cleaned the house, dust the house, washed the dishes, made food, got scolded for no reason at all. She wasn't allowed to share the table with Bob or Jane, she ate the leftovers. She was only allowed to sleep after Bob and Jane had slept and was to get up before them. She wasn't given new clothes.

Neither was she allowed to touch Sue's things nor enter into her room or even touch her photograph. She wasn't allowed to leave the house. Getting a glimpse of outside world through the window was a privilege. Sairah often had watery eyes when she saw a pair of brother and sister giggling while passing through her house as it reminded her of her past days of joy and laughter with her brother and Sue.

Sairah's only comfort was now a stray cat that she had found on the roads unwanted and alone like herself. Sairah used to leave some milk of her own in a bowl for the cat.

Tomorrow was Sue's birthday. Sairah remembered she wanted to see her and feel her presence , feel her arms holding her tightly and telling her to stop crying. Sairah had stopped herself to see Sue till now but at her birthday she couldn't control herself. She decided to sneak into the car while Jane and Bob were getting ready and then just have a glance of Sue's grave and then rush back into the car and be back. If Jane found out what Sairah was upto, she will thrash Sairah to blue black; but Sairah felt it was worth it.

That night Sairah was awake late to find her best dress to wear tomorrow. She ironed it along with the other clothes and cleaned her sandals. She was eager to meet Sue. The next morning she was up early she prepared the breakfast and swept the floor. Took bath and wore her dress and combed her hair to a pony hid herself but her plan was called of as her aunt called her to wash the dishes. Obediently Sairah went inside and did the dishes when she was half through she saw Jane and Bob all well dress and ready to go. They closed the door after them locking Sairah inside. Sairah wasn't ready to give up so easily. She finished her dishes and she opened the locked backdoor whose key she found beneath the flowerpot placed near it, just where her aunt used to keep it. She seemed to remember her past days when she and Sue used to sneak out of the house everytime they were up to some mischief.

Once out she rushed to the graveyard. She was out of the house for the first time in three months she wanted to do so many things but seeing Sue was the most important one so she ran and stopped only when she had reached the graveyard. There she waited for her aunt and uncle to leave. As soon as they left Sairah rushed to see Sue. As she reached the grave she fell on her knees and cried.

"Oh Sue, I am so sorry shouldn't have let you die. I should have done something, anything that could have saved your life. You didn't deserve to die, I do."with another sob she said" I miss you so much. I remember all the fun we had together. I know you are watching over me. I love you Sue. Please come back. I am sorry .

"Yes you killed her. You killed Sue"said a voice in Sairah's ear. Sairah sobbed harder. After that, all she remembered was being dragged, thrown into the car and driven back home.

Where she was hit by a belt on the back that left a blue on her back . She was threatened , if she left the house again she would be killed. Next day she was setting as usual after finishing her chores with a bowl filled with milk placed in front of her for the cat. She was lost in her thoughts when the cat sat on her lap and was looking at her this when she came out of her thoughts. The cat saw her with eyes as if questioning 'What happened' with this tears rolled down. The cat licked it. 'As if telling her not to cry.' Sairah hugged the cat for understanding. Then she placed the cat down near the bowl of milk. The cat drank the milk and left.

The next day Bob came home early to see Sairah keeping some milk for the cat. Furiously he grabbed the cat and rushed inside. Sairah rushed after him pleading him to let her go. As he was in he called out to Jane

"She gives food to this cat. Hold her"

Jane did as she was told. Bob then came back with a club in his hands. Bob hit the cat in front of Sairah. Sairah cried and begged for forgiveness and to leave her cat alone but Bob acted as if he was deaf to her plead. Bob did stop, only to find the cat wasn't alive. Jane loosened her grip.

Sairah was grief-stricken, she fell down. Anger and revenge surfaced up she somehow managed to gather some courage to stand up picked up a glass bottle filled with water and threw it on Jane.

It hit Jane on the back of her head. Jane started to bleed. Bob slapped Sairah, she fell on the ground.

"You stay here" he screamed at her. He locked Sairah in the house and left with Jane.

At the hospital he found out that Jane was out of danger but the trauma of loss of her daughter and this hit had made her mad. Back at home Sairah alone in the house was crying over her cat. She felt no kind of regret for her aunt.

Bob returned home with Jane three days later. He went out to get medicine for Jane he forgot about Sairah. After Sairah heard the main door close she crept out of her room to find her aunt sitting still on the couch. Sairah was scared that Jane might shout at her but Jane didn't move. Sairah moved closer to her aunt who still showed no movement. Sairah sat beside her aunt ready for any kind of sudden action. But there were none. Sairah couldn't understand this new behavior. She went and ate something and came back with a glass of water for Jane and offered it. At this moment the door opened and Bob entered.

He saw Sairah holding a glass of water to Jane. He thought that Sairah was about to hit Jane again. He thrashed Sairah again and again until she fell on the floor with a loud thud. He then grabbed her by hair and forced her into her room and locked it.

That night he opened Sairah's room and dragged her out. Shoved her into the car and drove it to a deserted place. He forced her out of the car and locked her in the house. Sairah was terrified she was trembling with fear.

Until next time

Kohinoor

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