I will again be switching POV's. In fact, this will probably be the new style of my chapters due
to Siobhan & Warren's bonding. ~ GottesBlume
Chapter Ten: When Life throws Lemonade down your Throat
(Siobhan's POV)
She was sitting in the school cafeteria when Bruce walked in. The entire student body stopped and looked at Bruce.
"My followers, today we will storm a fortress. It is disguised as a simple trailer park but we will defeat those inside who would rule over us. We will conquer the dark forces of the world and truly call ourselves heroes. Today we graduate from students to teachers. Come with me!"
Siobhan looked toward Bruce and noticed a figure standing by him. She had brown hair pulled up in a pony tail. She didn't look threatening at all but rather like a book worm without a book. Bruce nodded to her after his speech.
The student body with glazed over eyes began to chant Bruce's name over and over again as they filed out of the cafeteria.
Siobhan's gaze turned and she saw Dana in a corner. Their eyes meet and a voice whispered, "This is a possible future if you do not stop it. He would have the world if the Tuatha De Danann falls under his sway."
It had felt like a continued conversation not a vision dream thought Siobhan as her eyes slowly opened. A beam of sunshine was shining through her window, the red curtains tinting the room ever so slightly. Siobhan shot straight up from her bed, "My curtains are not red" she thought. She rubbed her eyes as she looked again at her window. The curtains were now the normal soft pink that she was expecting. "Could it have been a trick of the light? Pink is kind of close to red" thought Siobhan.
She shook her head and stretched out her legs. Her body creaked and groaned as her joints twisted and flexed. Siobhan looked at her puffy eyes and disheveled hair and decided that a nice hot shower would be just the trick to wipe away the weird illusion of light that caused her curtains to change colors.
As the water relaxed her muscles and woke up her mind, Siobhan frowned, "Please tell me that yesterday was a dream" she said. Her eyes fell on her wrist and the circle of flames that wouldn't wash off. "Damn". The word didn't seem strong enough to her even as she remembered the goddess telling her that she would need Warren. "Why can't I just take care of Bruce on my own?" muttered Siobhan. She sighed and wondered if Warren had red curtains in his room. "That would explain the freaky change of color" She thought as the reality of being spiritually connected to Warren became a fact in her mind and not just a hazy memory.
Siobhan moved to her room and for once just dressed in whatever was on the floor. "Casey will get on me for this" she thought but she didn't care enough to change. She felt discouraged by the mark on her wrist and yet too impatient to dress with more thought. She ran her hairbrush through twice before packing for school. She had lost her motivation for school and yet she was eager to go. She knew it was the bond calling out for Warren that was creating an almost giddy tremor to her behavior. She felt like she was going insane as she was torn one way and then another. Siobhan shook her head and tried to find a small island of calm. "Breathe" she told herself as she left for her bus stop and the sure to be eventful day at school.
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(Warren's POV)
His pink curtains fluttered in the light morning breeze. "I must have left my window open" thought Warren as he slowly rubbed his eyes. He stared at his curtains as his brain seemed to puzzle out why his red curtains had turned pink. "What the hell?" muttered Warren He sat on his bed staring and staring. His mind was sluggish and he was sure his eyesight was going batty. Finally, he blinked, and his curtains returned to their normal red color. "That was weird" thought Warren
Warren was not a morning person. He always felt it took him longer to start the engine of his brain. He didn't drink caffeine, as he knew some of his fellow teenagers did, so he was wondering what exactly caused his groggy weird wake up today.
"Niño, time to eat breakfast" called out Warren's mom
"Coming" answered Warren
He decided that in the face of food that worrying about a particularly sluggish morning was not important.
"Smells good per normal" said Warren as he took his customary seat
"Hard to disappoint a hungry teenager" replied his mom
Warren grinned as he stuffed his fork loaded with bacon and eggs into his mouth. He defiantly could not deny her logic. But, his own personal belief was that his mom was an amazing cook. She often said that it was her cooking which first attracted his Dad to her. It was one quality that reminded Warren of the man his Dad used to be.
"What is that frown for? Did you dream about your science teacher again?" asked Warren's mom
"What? Mom you promised never to mention that" said Warren
"To anyone but you" she replied
"Not even to me! I want to forget that" said Warren
"Ok, ok, so what was the frown for?" she asked again
"I was thinking about Dad" said Warren
"Oh, honey" said Warren's mom
"I know what you would say. It's ok, I will work through it…eventually" said Warren
He watched as his mother's lips pursed together. He knew she wanted to say something but she held it in. He knew that she didn't blame his Dad but rather she believed he
had been possessed by a demon. His mother was a very devout Catholic. He didn't know if
he believed her theory but his Dad's sudden flip from a sane man to an insane violent villain did not seem to be a thing that "just happened".
"Remember, he loved you very deeply" said his mom
"I have never forgotten" said Warren
"I'm glad. He was a good man. I should have encouraged him to go to church more" said his mom
"Hey, don't blame yourself" said Warren
"I know, I know" she said
Warren finished his last bite and then kissed his mother's hand. She was such a gentle women but he knew she was also strong. She had raised him after all.
"I love you" Warren said
"I love you, too" replied his mom
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Once outside the big brick building that housed his apartment Warren headed to his bus stop. "Another crappy day at school" thought Warren. He turned the corner and saw a red head waiting for him at his bus stop. "Layla?" he called out but as she turned he saw it was the curly hair of Casey and not Layla's straight hair. "What are you doing here?" he growled. Casey smiled at him and then as he blinked she disappeared.
"What the hell?" said Warren
The empty breeze of the still morning air did not reply to him. He looked around and there wasn't a soul to be seen. The hairs on his arms were standing up as Warren's fist slowly produced tiny spurts of flame.
"What the hell?" repeated Warren
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(Siobhan's POV)
Her feet felt antsy as the bus flew in the sky. For once, she perceived that the bus was climbing into the sky very slowly. "The birds seem faster than the bus today" thought Siobhan. She couldn't believe how eager she was to see him. "This is ridiculous" she thought but couldn't really change how she felt. The power of the bond was not easily overridden. She sighed as she peered into the clouds.
"How are you doing Sio-be?" asked Casey
"Oh shut-up" said Siobhan
"Can't keep a certain fire guy out of your head?" asked Casey
"I said shut-up" said Siobhan
"Oh, but it is too easy" said Casey
"What should I start on you and Colin?" said Siobhan
"You can try but we are not mated yet….so…" said Casey
"Augh! I don't want this" said Siobhan
"Liar, liar, pants on fire" said Casey
"I know how I felt before and I still mostly…kind of feel the same way" said Siobhan
Siobhan watched as Casey laughed at her till tiny drops of water leaked out of Casey's eyes.
"You are not helping" said Siobhan
"I am making the time pass, so yes I am helping" said Casey
"Whatever" said Siobhan
She returned her gaze to the window as the bus started to land in the school parking lot. She felt her heart speed up a little as she scanned the big yellow buses and wondered which one he was on. "This is ridiculous, why do I even care?" thought Siobhan. She knew why but she really wished things were different. She wished that she had a chance to fall in love before being compelled to love and desire someone. She wished that she had had more of a decision in her mating. "Living in the land of wishes is not going to help me with Warren or in the big problem of Bruce" thought Siobhan
She let out a heavy sigh as the crowds filtered off the buses and her eyes began darting around for a tall stormy youth in a leather jacket.
"What the hell is going on?" asked Warren as he jerked Siobhan around to face him
"Hey, be gentle I'm a girl after all" said Siobhan
"Sorry" said Warren
"What did my Grandma tell you about what you did yesterday?" asked Siobhan
"She said that by kissing you I was marrying you, which by the way is a load of crap. I hope you realize that" said Warren
"Warren, in essence, you did marry me and I you" said Siobhan
"Ok, you are just as nuts as the rest of them" said Warren
"Hey wait up for one minute" said Siobhan as she walked to catch up with his back. She could feel the tug of the bond that earlier had made Warren apologize and now made him stop.
"Did you feel that?" asked Siobhan
"Why else would I ask what the hell is going on?" said Warren
"Listen, You and I are bound by magic. The same magic or essence, if you will, that grants us our powers. It is weaving us together as one, much as marriage is supposed to do for a couple, only a little bit more powerful. I know it doesn't make a lot of sense but you felt it and we both saw parts of the other person's morning. I am not insane and neither are you" said Siobhan
"Let's say I believe you, how can we turn it off?" asked Warren
"We can't. It is impossible" said Siobhan
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(Warren's POV)
"Impossible she says" thought Warren, "So what now? Do I just continue to have flashes into her day? What if I fall for another girl?" Warren briefly scanned the students in his class. He paid attention to the girls to see if any sparked his interest. The pretty blonde up front caught his attention. "Her hair is not as silky as Siobhan's and I bet she doesn't have those mysterious and often aggravating grey eyes" thought Warren, "wait, wait, do I like Siobhan? What the hell is happening to me?"
Warren closed his eyes and tried to breath, "I am not falling for Siobhan. I am simply comparing her hair and eyes to a girl I have never met before". As he opened his eyes, he could have sworn he saw a different teacher at the front of the classroom. "It is that essence that Siobhan talked about letting me see through her eyes again" thought Warren. It made him curious, "what class is she in? Is she also wondering about me?"
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(Siobhan's POV)
"Ok, before Warren gets here and I get completely focused on him, we need to talk about Bruce" said Siobhan
"Are we talking about his upcoming judgment?" asked Iona
"Actually, no" said Siobhan
"What then?" asked Iona
"As I told Casey earlier, her suspicions that Bruce was up to something was right. I don't know how he kept it from my visions but the goddess talked directly to me when he tried to force his mark on me and this morning in a dream" said Siobhan
"Is he planning to become the air clan leader and do some sort of damage there?" asked Casey
"His plans are much worse. He is using some girl with mind-control powers to build a zombie army to overthrow all the clan leaders and force our people to do his will. According to the goddess, he will use our people and his army to rule the world" said Siobhan
"What army?" asked Casey
"What do you mean 'zombie'?" asked Iona
"He is going to brain wash the entire school body into an army blindly devoted to him. By zombie I mean a mindless group following his orders" said Siobhan
"This is bad" said Casey
"What is bad?" asked Layla as she and Warren arrived
"Oh, just our recent scores in history" said Siobhan
"It's not the end of the world but my mom is going to get pretty upset" said Casey
"Yeah, I can understand that. I hope she won't punish you or anything" said Layla
"I don't think so. It is my first really bad score though" said Casey
"Mine, too" said Siobhan
Siobhan felt Warren's gaze and she wondered if the bond was telling him that she was lying or if he was still pissed with her answer from earlier. "I really hope he isn't still pissed" she thought, "I mean I can't control it. He chose to do it and it would be nice if we could be friends".
"Who do you have for history?" asked Warren
"We have Mr. Hoard" said Casey
"He isn't too bad. I bet he will let you do extra credit to make up for your bad grades" said Layla
"Ok, thanks. We will have to ask him" said Siobhan
"I am fairly decent at Hero and Villain history, I could tutor you guys" said Warren
Siobhan swore that she saw Layla's jaw drop but maybe that was just the physical reaction she expected from the way Layla's eyes widened in shock. Though, if she hadn't known about the bond, she would have been very surprised at Warren's offer as well. She couldn't help but wonder if he knew that the bad grades in history were a ruse and if he did know did he want to spend time with her?
"That sounds great, what do you think Casey?" said Siobhan
"Sure" replied Casey
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(Siobhan's POV)
The buses were filling up with teenagers eager to get away from school and back to their video games and whatever else held their attention. Siobhan wasn't really focused on them. They were merely the white noise as she and Warren finally were able to get some private time with each other.
"I am going to need more information about what all this means" said Warren as he pointed to the flames on her wrist.
Siobhan looked at her wrist. The circle of flames almost seemed like they were dancing. She sighed this was nothing like she had dreamed about in her childhood.
"It is a long story to explain it all" said Siobhan
"Well, according to you, we have forever" said Warren