Fae 5.16

~Charity~
As soon as we arrived here, I used the phone Martin had given me to phone my aunt Berlin, the sole number in the phone. After a long story, she informed me that she had money set aside for me in the event I ever came back. We used those funds to purchase a home in Lucky Palms. Sebastian being the only human among us, took a job at city hall as a janitor. And while Cazien could pass in public Thomas nor I could, thus we never left the house. It wasn't an easy adjustment, but it was necessary.

~Sebastian~
Mom never blamed be for ripping our family apart, but I did. Dad was somewhere, Rochelle stayed behind with her husband, and neither mom nor Thomas ever left the house. I took the only available job, Janitor at city hall to provide for my family. Cazien fortunately was too young to be affected.

*SEVERAL YEARS LATER*

In the last few years I had gone from being a Janitor to having just been elected to the City council. As I arrived home, I saw a blinding flash, followed by the loudest boom I had ever heard. Racing in the house I called for mom. " Did you see that?!" I asked. "Yes I did, what was that?" mom answered.
"I have no idea, but I suppose maybe we'll find out" The rest of the night was uneventful, thomas worked on a project for school. since he couldn't leave, mom taught him at home, though that was probably a tougher education than he would get anywhere else. The next day the boom was all anyone could talk about. that and several people had mentioned seeing something strange. When pressed they admitted they had seen what looked like humans with wings. With that I excused myself from work and headed home. "Mom! you'll never believe what people are saying they saw!" I told mom the rumors, and we were both equally wary. what was going on?






We got our answers a few days later, late one night came a knock on the door. "I'll get it" I told mom, who still had a habit of being up all night. upon opening the door I got the biggest surprise, "Dad?"
His hair had a bit of grey, he was much thinner than I remembered, and he looked off, but sure enough, It was my dad. As soon as I opened the door, mom had come running, "Kai!" she said throwing her arms around him, yet he just stood there staring. " Sebastian, help me get him in the house." We got him as far as the couch where he collapsed into exhaustion. "what's going on mom?" I asked. "I don't know, but as soon as he wakes up, we'll see what he has to say."


Dad was still asleep when I left for work the next morning. Work was more eventful then it had been in a while. Everyone was talking about these "beings" that had appeared, the phones had been ringing off the hook with calls from concerned townspeople.    

~Malakai~

"I did exactly what I'd promised to do. I made a potion that stopped the war, just not in the way they expected. First I bought time, sending the alchemists after ingredients that I knew were nearly impossible to find, and some that had to be handled just so or else they were useless. Once all the ingredients were gathered, I made the potion, telling the council they had to take me to the veil to use it.  They were under the impression that it would be dispersed on the vampire side of the veil, spreading and killing them. Well, not exactly. Once we got there I smashed the bottle at the foot of the veil, with a blinding light and deafening noise,  it was destroyed.  No longer were we separated from the humans. We mystic creatures were no longer invisible. Magic, for lack of a better term, had been returned to the world. The council was livid, I used their surprise as a chance to escape. I really didn't know if it would stop their petty war, I just knew it was my only option. I wasn't killing anyone, and it was time for us to stop hiding. 

I've spent the last few months trying to find you, eventually I found your aunt who told me where to find you."

~Charity~ 
We spent the rest of the day catching up. I told Kai all about our lives here, raising Thomas and Cazien, Sebastian working in politics, everything.  When Sebastian got home we filled him in on everything. Things were changing.

~Rochelle~
I had wanted nothing more when I was younger than to be accepted.  I went to the right school,  married into a good family,  yet due to MY family's choices I still wasn't good enough.  Well, once the veil came down and humans realized what we were they flocked to our land, gawking at us. Rumors flew around over what had happened, the one thing everyone agreed upon was it was my family's fault. In one instant I went from having the respect of the whole town to being basically an outcast. Everywhere we went there were whispers, stares. It finally got to the point where I couldn't take it anymore and told my husband it was time for us to go. "Where? Where will we go?" He asked. "Home" I replied.

~Sebastian ~. 

stories of fae had sprung up all over the world. At first people embraced the idea that they weren't alone, but soon they turned. Reports of fae being captured by scientists and military alike had become common. In one such incident a fae who was being captured used his magic to escape, though fae magic itself wasn't dangerous, something happened and the human died. After that people were afraid of fae, signs went up everywhere "faries not welcome" if they tried to live amongst humans they risked their lives. Here in my town the people were calling for the city council to do something about the fae, so far I had just kinda ignored the situation,  but I no longer could.  I had recently been elected mayor and it was up to me to fix the fae problem. The council had drafted an ordinance stating the fae weren't allowed within city limits,  the vote was unanimous, myself included. 

~Sebastian~

My family wasn't happy with the way I voted, but I knew it was a good move politically.  My popularity continued to increase,  and before too long I was being asked to run for governor. I jumped at the opportunity. Cazien was getting older, he showed a natural talent for art so I set up a sculpting area in his room. Thomas was almost a teenager and resented the fact he never got to go out, he and Jasmine became pretty good friends since they were about the same age. Though not the normal we wanted it was what we got.

~Rochelle~ 
Fae were banned from the city partly due to Sebastian, he just couldn't seem to think of anyone but himself.  Not even his own son Cazien, sure he bought him things and helped provide for us, but he wasn't really there. Mom, dad, and I took up the slack with him, thomas, and my daughter. Thomas was resentful of Cazien getting to come and go as he wanted, but Cazien more or less wanted to keep to himself,  he was a bit of a loner and very quiet. Even though he was a vampire we tried not to treat him any differently than the other kids. He did his sculpting when not in school and that was pretty much it.

~thomas~ 
I hated Sebastian.  He may be my brother but as far as I was concerned he was a traitor. He never once mention he was once Fae and that his family still was. I guess we don't matter. I want to be free, to belong like everyone else. I want out of here.

~ Cazien~ 
Dad worked a lot and people might say he did it for me, but I think it's more he did it because of me. I looked like my mom, I was different from everyone else in my family.  Though they never came right out and said anything I knew from listening to their conversations what my existence had caused and sometimes I wished I didn't. I took a sculpting class in school and really enjoyed it, so I asked dad for some supplies. I really only needed a few things but as usual dad went overboard and bought me everything, I think that was his was of making up for not being around.

Several years later....

~Sebastian~
I did it! Word came in that I had won the election,  I was president. Thomas had become very resentful of me, he kept saying I should use my influence to help the Fae but instead I was hiding who I really was. He didn't understand,  how could I stand up in front of the whole country and tell them who I really was. It was just better this way. I had two weeks before I was to be sworn in. 

~Thomas~
Eighteen at last! I was outta here. Out of this house, but not out of this town. If my own brother refused to make a stand, then I would.  As soon as I could I was moving out, and everyone could just deal with having a Fae in their town. It would never get better for us if no one would do anything. Cazien had it easy, he could blend in, but Jasmine and I had to keep hiding.

~Cazien~
Well dad got what he wanted at last. Hopefully he could finally be happy. He offered for me to move into the mansion too, but I was much more comfortable with grama and gramps. I had pretty much mastered sculpting so I moved on to painting, there was just something about taking a blank canvas and turning it into something beautiful. Since I needed less sleep I spent hours after school painting. My diet had changed as I got older too, used to I could eat what ever grama cooked, but these last few months it just wasn't satisfying anymore, so grama made me juice out of the plasma fruit she grew, it was so delicious.  

~Sebastian~

President...as my first act, and in an attempt to make amends with my family, I passed a law that no one could be discriminated against based on their occult status, at the press conference I was asked why now? I had always been a staunch opponent of Fae being equal. They were my people, but they never accepted me or my family, they didn't deserve my help, yet for my brother's sake I finally gave it. I held a press conference and told the truth, I was Fae, made human, but born as one of the ones I claimed to hate. As soon as the words left my mouth the room erupted in a cacophony of voices, all asking questions, and above the din BANG!. People ran screaming for the exits, I stood at the podium watching three crimson spots blossom out over my chest, I had been shot....

~Charity~

We watched on the tv as Sebastian made his speech, we heard the shots and saw him fall, moments later the phone rang, it was Sebastian's security telling us the news, he was gone. 

The next few weeks went in a blur, the funeral, becoming public for the first time, Sebastian's law had been passed, we no longer had to hide, It still wasn't entirely safe but it was safer than before.  We decided as a family to move across the country, start fresh. Thomas found his own place and got started with helping Fae get settled in the mortal world, Rochelle and her family settled near us as well. Cazien went off to college, his mind set on an art degree.