(Sky's POV)
Brandon said this afternoon he would meet me at the Avalon trail in Eraklyon. We use to walk down here all the time, even hide out and camp if I wanted to get away from everything. Then Red Fountain came and I was never happier to see the universe, get out of the palace.
I am now worried that something has happened if Brandon can't be here on time. I whip out my phone as I am in my room now; waiting there for an hour was long enough with out looking creepy or conspicuous.
The line rings for a bit then Brandon finally picks up but the other end is a bit fuzzy and crackly at first.
"Brandon?" I say, furrowing my eyes brows.
"Ye- wait-just- out-stupid-hang-on… is it better now." Brandon voice finally comes out clear.
"Yeah… where the hell are you?" I ask worried.
"In a cave" He says simply while sighing. A cave…..
"Brandon?"
"Yeah?"
"What are you doing in a cave; we had plans an hour ago."
Brandon sighs deeply again, I can sense him rubbing his temple when he sounds like this. I hear other voices on the side to, like Flora and Stella, I think.
"Look Sky, she's fine and you don't need to worry, Flora and the girls took good care of her and she will make a full recovery so don't go-" Brandon carries on and I am left with know recollection of who he is talking about.
"Who is 'she', Brandon?"
"…Bloom" Brandon says softly. A first I am wondering why he is talking about her, finally after a long while bringing her up in a conversation. But then his words hit me.
"Bloom! What- Is she hurt, what happened to her?" My brain full of worry, my heart beating against my rib cage. But I soon think that I shouldn't be feeling this. We are no longer together; I don't need to worry… Even though right now that's all I am doing. Maybe I shouldn't feel this way, but maybe I still do.
"Sky! dude calm down. I told you before she is fine now." Brandon reassures, and I relax a little.
"What happened Brandon?" I repeat sternly.
"Bloom went to Obsidian to seek down the ancestral witches. We don't really know what happened but she came back with a black, jagged, knife like rock in her stomach. Flora got rid of the poison, Blooms a little weak from blood loss but she's fine Sky, believe me … no need to panic." He says, adding that comment at the end.
"I am not panicking" I hiss back
"Right… Anyways sorry have to take a rain check on the Avalon trail, next week some time maybe" Brandon offers and I sigh.
"Yeah, sure talk to you later… Oh and Brandon why the cave?" I say, not putting the pieces together in my head.
"It's apparently where Bloom has been living for the past couple of years, on Pyros… You know Sky, Bloom's taking this Sparks thing to a new level. I went into her room and head to toe it was covered in anything and everything about Sparks, the dimension or her parents. Some things where in ancient scripture and by the pictures in it was pretty complicated and way way out there," Brandon informs me, sounding worried himself.
"Why are you telling me this…?" I ask back, confused.
Bandon exhales slowly" Because Sky, you're the one person and the only that I have seen to bring Bloom back from whatever place she goes to when she becomes like this."
Time seems to low down in those moments. Brandon words hit me, and for the first time in a long time, I haven't realised how much I have missed her. But I push that aside and remember my now situation with Camila my fiancée'.
"She doesn't want to see me Brandon; she made that perfectly clear three years ago and the other night." I reason.
"You know what, forget it your right. Bloom left you don't need to do anything it she doesn't want you to…sorry I mentioned it…." Brandon sounds genuinely sorry and I pinch the arch of my nose.
"Yeah…" Not really knowing how to react." I'll see you next week then?"
"Yeah, sure thing." Brandon says and before I know it we say our good byes and hang up the phone.
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I am lying on my side in the dead of night, hearing the rustling of the sheets of Camila's body raising and falling to her steady breathing. Guilt is like a piece of gum stuck to the bottom of your shoe; it's annoying and sticks, until you do something about it. I feel conflicted though, She left me .I don't need to talk to her, to see if she is okay. She has Dean for that now apparently. I just want to punch wall in right know. Everything was going smoothly until I saw her face again.
But the part that I think is bugging me the most is the secrets. I want to know why she was yelling at my father. I want to know what she knows about King Miler. I want to know why she went to Obsidian by herself and nearly got herself killed. I want to know why she left me….
I am already out of the bed and putting on an old t shirt and pants. Clothes I very rarely get to wear anymore. I tune back to see Camila till innocently asleep, not a sound could wake her.
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Bloom never really talked about Pyros, I guess it was her special getaway place. I find the entrance to the caves. It's easy to spot that humans live in there by garbage cans outside it. Its day time hear in Pyros, being the other side of the universe does that.
When I reach the opening, it's a very brain twisting scene, of beautiful classic furniture in a hollow cave. On the far end of it is an older woman. She gets up and cautiously walks over to me. I think by the look on her face, she somehow recognises me.
"You must be Sky" She says with a soft smile.
"And you must be …Mya" I remember Bloom telling me about her. She nods in return.
"You came to see Bloom?" She asks, studying my face.
"Yes, well I know she probably doesn't want to talk to me but-"Mya cuts me off.
"Nonsense, she is awake now, still bit weak but go in and see her." Mya encourages already leading me down another tunnel of the cave. And the next thing I know I am near an arched entree with a wooden door blocking it.
"Mya I really…" I turn around but Mya is already gone from the hallway and I am left standing there at Bloom's door.
(Bloom POV)
My side burns furiously no matter if I am lying down like a statue. I have strict orders from Dr. Flora not to move. I guess I can't complain because I don't want to move because of the pain. But I can't do anything meaning I'm left with my thoughts on what happened in Obsidian. My father isn't dead, they were lying, right? Ahh, right now I wish for anything for a distraction and I soon get one by a knock on the door.
"Come in" I say sweetly thinking its Mya. But the figure that comes through the door is far from her.
"Sky?" I question with my raspy voice and he gives me a weak smile. He looks down at me then looks away. I release I' m only wearing a bra and trackies. But even then the bandage around my stomach keeps me mostly modest.
"You've seen me naked before Sky, it's nothing new to you" I tease, seeing him trying to be more of a king, modest, by respecting me. Sky glares a me then frustratingly sighs.
"I'm not the only one…" He mumbles under his breathe. Stella warned me before she left that he knew about Dean. I fell my cheeks go flush, almost ashamed to have done that. I was drunk and out with Flora, to be honest I don't even remember the night.
"I'm sorry about Dean Okay, that was a drunken mistake-"I start to apologize for some reason.
"Just forgot it Bloom "he buts in. and we stay silent for a while. I notice Sky looking around at all my stuff on the walls, objects, maps. He studies them intently.
"I don't mind the company Sky, but what are you doing here?" I break the silence and he looks at me. He sits down on the chair by my bedside. He stares at me our eyes locked.
"I need to ask you about King Miler. You said, and I quote "he is a piece of work"."
I roll my eyes and laugh in knowing" Get a girl why she is weak, good tactics." Laughing seemed like a good idea, until it began into a coughing fit. My stomach burns even more. Me clutching it for helping to ease the pain.
Sky though puts his hand to the back of my neck and slowly steadies me up as he rests a glass of water on my lips. I gratefully take a few sips. My coughing subsiding and Sky places the cup down before resting my head back down on the pillow. I relax, but soon realize that Sky's hand is still placed at the back of my neck, his thumb swirling circles, calming me. I feel something I haven't felt in a long time but look over to Sky. By his face he just realized what he was doing and quickly but gently pulls his hand away. Awkward silence…
"Thank you" I mummer and he just nods in response. I don't know if it was the lack of blood going to my brain or that I still felt the need to make Sky happy I tell him the truth.
"A while back I was researching about Bentonon. Like Sparks, there main energy source is power like mine. Neither good nor bad. If it was like Sparks then I could find out something about it. But also traveling around, people mentioned this woman called Brenda" Sky looks like he is about to say something but I give him a look and I continue.
"Brenda, knew all about Obsidian. She knew about the Ancestral witches, them. That was the information I needed and in return she asked me to find out why King Miler killed her son. So being as good as I am, at breaking into castles I dressed up as a servant and snuck in. "
"King Miller recognised you, he said he saw you at his palace the other night." Sky comments and I nod along.
"Yes, well I pretended to be his servant. Sky… I walked in to his room and he had blood on his hand. And I am not talking metaphorically here. His hands were dripping red. I recognised what he was doing. You see, there is loads of different magic, but it seems your future father in law is interested in the sacrifice kind. Those people who do it say it's a necessary evil. To serve to a god or greater power."
I pause and watch Sky, he is soaking up this information but I don't see a reaction yet so I continue.
"There all types of sacrifice magic. You sacrifice a pretty woman and you become more beautiful. Sacrifice a man you become that little bit stronger. Brenda's son was a magical being like her. You kill a person with sorcery, you gain that power. I don't know why King Miler does this Sky, but he is doing something in that kingdom, something evil… And I find it odd after six generations of only marrying people of Bentonon in their own realm that now they choose to create an alliance with another planet."
Sky has a mixture of emotions on his face. But what stands out the most is hurt.
"Camila knows nothing about this." Sky looks at me, begging for the right answer.
"No, I don't think she does Sky… I'm sorry" I whisper. Sky puts his head in his hands and ruffles are hair in annoyance. Growling to himself. But then he takes a deep breath and he straightens.
"I will look into it… Bloom… why you were talking, well yelling at my father the other night." Sky looks desperately into my eyes. But that telling the truth thing is gone. The walls come back up; I promised never to tell him. And he can't know.
"Sky, I told you I was there for my research on Sparks that was it." I reply calmly, being relaxed as possible.
"Tell me the truth Bloom" he says more sternly, his voice does not even quake.
"I just did" I become more aggressive now, my side is threating to burst open at any point because the pain.
"Stop lying to me" his voice is getting louder "I want to know why you come on that night of all nights after three years to come talk to my father. Of all people, you go to him… does this have to do with the conversation you had with him all those year ago the day before-"
"Just stop-Ahh!" I scream and that erupts the pain in my stomach to a new level and I grab on to my side and throw my head back onto the pillow. Panting, its taking everything I got no to cry in front of Sky right now. Show no weakness. "This isn't helping my stab wound if you haven't noticed."
"And whose fault is that!" he gestures to my think bandage. And I become filled with rage at his comment.
"Excuse me?" I retort back. And Sky gets up from his seat and stares down at me. Helpless old me.
"You went to the most dangerous place in this dimension, to seek out the ancestral witches. By yourself. Is like you don't even notice that there are people that care for you and you nearly got killed. People thought you were gone once Bloom, don't make it for real this time." Sky comes back hard, a stern face.
"I don't tell anyone because I don't want to see others get hurt on my account. I already carry enough guilt from over the years of what I put people through. If they help me the could end up died." I scream.
"Guilt, so you saying you feel no guilt for the pain and worry you but people through when you do something as stupid as this. Your friends worry about you. They chose to fight with you, that's their choice. When are you going to realize you need help!"
"I don't need help" I scream back, I don't care about the pain anymore.
"Yes you do. See this injury as a good thing that happened, to see you do need help." He eyes me dangerously.
"So what, I deserve this" I shout louder than before. Sky stays quiet for a while and I want an answer" Sky!"
"Maybe you do if it means you're foolish enough to put yourself in danger!" He shouts out.
"Get out!" I scream. "Leave!"
Sky stands still, us glaring at each other and then he storms to the door slamming it behind him. I throw my glass of water at the door and it smashes with a loud shattering sound. I fall back onto my bed with the over dose of pain and I cry. I cry harder than I have in years even though my stomach wants to explode. I cry because the is nothing else to do when all you want to do is to disappear, when you can't…