Fae 5.9

~Sebastian~

Well Rochelle left today for Faeland, she got accepted to the dance company, for a summer internship.  I envy her so much. I would give anything to get out of this town. It's so boring here. I spend most of my free time exploring the edges of our island, not that there's much to explore. Near my house is a beach, and on the other side of the island is a small forest. Anyway after Rochelle left I went out to the forest, just to kill time. As I walked into the woods I saw her standing there. The vampire girl, the one I talked to that day at the park. I quietly approached her, "Hello" I said. When she turned and saw me, she said "I have to go"    "Wait! Please!" I pleaded. "I'm not allowed to talk to you. I have to go." She said as she started to walk away. "Hey, wait up!" I said as I caught up to her. "Why can't you talk to me?"  "Because of your parents" she said looking around. "I really have to go, they'll be mad if they catch me." With that she was gone. I stood there for a minute. What did my parents have to do with anything? I spent the rest of the afternoon at the lake in the forest. When I went home I went upstairs to my room. Flopping down on my bed, I thought again of how boring it was here, even my own parents were boring.

The next few days were just like every day before. Up, school, home, bed, repeat. Saturday was here, I got up just as mom was going to bed. She had a habit of sleeping during the day for some reason. I decided to head to the beach, and wouldn't​ you believe it, but there was the vampire girl again.




"Hello!" I called. Startled she turned around, "Are you stalking me?" She asked. "No, I live right over there" I said pointing to the house, I come here all the time. "Are you going to run away again?" I asked. "I'm supposed to." She said, but didn't leave. "How about this, since you aren't allowed to talk to me, I'll write a question in the sand and continue in my walk. If you want to answer you can, then you can't get in trouble?" She nodded her head in agreement. She went back to what she was doing.

-What's your name?- I wrote in the sand and continued my walk. 

As I came back around I saw she had answered.-Meghan-
-My name's Sebastian. Why can't you talk to me?- again I made a loop. 

-It's a long story-  

-it's it just me, or all Fae?-. 

-Just you, though no one else has tried to talk to me, I have to go-.  

-can you meet me at the lake tomorrow?- as I came around again I saw that she didn't answer.


Did she see my last question? Well I would go to the lake tomorrow and wait all day if I have to. When I got home mom was making dinner, "Hey mom" I said "did you have fun at the beach?" She asked. "Yea it was great" I said sitting down at the table. Dad came in a few minutes later and joined me. Once dinner was ready mom joined us and said "Your father and I have some news, I'm going to have another baby"mom looked at me waiting for a reply, "Great" I said a bit sarcastically. We ate the rest of dinner in silence. Once dinner was over I went upstairs​ to my room. Flopping on the bed I just lay there staring at the ceiling. 

Fae 5.8

~Charity~
The years past, and other than a few near misses none of us encountered the vampires again. Rochelle continued with her dancing, the dance company had wanted her to audition for several years now, I knew if she joined them she would move to the land that Kai and I had left, I just prayed that they would treat her better than they had treated us. I wasn't ready to see her go, so I kept saying no. Today she turns sixteen, and I've agreed to let her go. Sebastian kept up with his chess club for a while, but hadn't shown much interest in it for several years now. He spends much of his time exploring this tiny island we call home. Watching them cut into their cakes made me remember all the birthday's leading up to this one, and I began to cry. "Charity are you alright?" Kai asked as he put his arms around me. " I was just remembering when they were little. I miss that."  "We could always have another baby." "That sounds like a perfect idea."

~Rochelle~
I felt like I was flying as I danced back and forth across the dance floor. I had to perfect this dance for my audition. I am Sixteen today, and mom and dad have finally agreed to let me audition for the Dance Company. I have been trying for several years to get mom to let me audition, but for some reason she wouldn't, dad was cool with it, but not mom. Till now that is. I have never wanted anything as much as I want this.

~Sebastian~
Sixteen. For most turning sixteen is a big deal, but not to me, see to me it's no different than being fifteen or eighteen, I'll still be stuck in this town, population 42 and I know every one of them. When I was younger it was cool to know everyone in town, but now I hate it. Nothing ever changes here, the biggest thing to ever happen here was when the vamps moved in, I talked to one once, but mom freaked when she found out, and I've never done it again.  I would give anything to get out of this town, it's too quiet here, too bad no one gets to leave.

Fae 5.7

Both of the kids asked to sign up for after school activities, to which Kai and I readily agreed to. Sebastian chose the chess club, and Rochelle followed in my footsteps and chose ballet.













I had not danced in years, or even thought about it, but seeing Rochelle practice took me back to when I was a child and my only joy was in dancing. Rochelle was much better than I ever was, watching her dance in her recital I couldn't help but cry. Kai sitting next to me noticed, leaning over he asked me what was wrong. "Nothing, she's just so graceful. She reminds me when I used to dance."   "You never told me you danced"   "It was a long time ago, I haven't really thought about it in years." Kai knew me too well, "Liar" he said putting his arm around my shoulders. On the way home after the recital Rochelle said "My dance teacher said I'm the best dancer in class and if I continue to get better I might have a chance at joining the Fae Dance Company when I get older, isn't that awesome!" I smiled at her, but inside I was remembering when I told my aunt almost the exact same thing. I refused to let history repeat itself, so once the kids were in bed I told Kai we needed to talk. "When the day comes that Rochelle wants to join the dance company, we're going to let her regardless of her age, okay?" I could hear the tinge of panic in my voice. Kai heard it too. "Where's this coming from? She said she might have a shot when she's older, that could still be years away."  I Sighed and sat down, "When I was seventeen, I had a shot at joining a dance company myself. I told my aunt, who forbade me from joining, as I was too young, well I snuck  out and went to the audition anyway. I messed up my audition and since I didn't want to go home I went to the park. That's where I met James."   "So you don't want Rochelle to make the same choices you did. She's not you, and you're not Berlin. When and if the day comes that she wants to join a dance company, I'll keep an open mind. Fair?" That wasn't exactly the answer I wanted, but it would do.  I tossed and turned all night, memories plaguing me the whole time. I finally gave up and went outside to tend to the garden.

When morning came I had the best idea, once every one was awake I decided we needed a family day, and we all went down to the beach. We spent the whole day there. It was so peaceful. Sebastian and Rochelle went for a swim, then while Kai and I sunbathed, they built sandcastles. We returned home as night fell.








A few days later while sitting in the living room I heard the front door slam followed by Sebastian yelling at his sister "Its none of your business! Leave me alone!"  "Hey! What's going on?" I said as they entered the living room. "Rochelle? Sebastian?" I said looking from one to the other. With a sigh Rochelle finally said " We went to the park after school, Sebastian got there first and when I got there he was talking to a girl."  "Well there's nothing wrong with that, Rochelle."  "But mom, he was talking to that vampire girl. So I got mad at Sebastian and we came home."  "Rochelle go on, I'll talk to Sebastian."  "fine"   "Mom, I don't see what the big deal is. She's not all that different than we are."  "Yes she is. Her kind are dangerous, none of them can be trusted. Believe me I know. "  "You're wrong mom."  "Sebastian, don't argue with me. You are not to talk to her again. Do you understand me?"  "Yes ma'am" He said as he went upstairs. Part of me knew I was wrong and felt guilty for what I said, but a bigger part just wanted to keep my family safe. No good could come from Vampires.

Fae 5.6

After the kids were gone to school I sat down to read the paper, most of the news was routine, though one headline caught my eye. "THE CITY IS PLEASED TO WELCOME IT'S FIRST VAMPIRE RESIDENTS"  No, surely I had read it wrong. Nope. That's what it said alright. I couldn't breath, how could they let one of them move here? This was wrong.


I went inside where Kai was working, and told him the news. "I knew."  "Wha- How? How did you not tell me?" I felt betrayed. "We need to leave, I refuse to live in the same town as one of those!"  "And just where are we suppose to go Charity! Back to the land that we came from, or have you forgotten how they treated us!" Kai was angry, he never got angry. "Just forget it Malakai" I said walking away. I went and sat down on the couch and Kai went outside for a bit.





When he came back inside, I was sitting on the couch crying, "Charity, I never meat to hurt you." Kai said sitting down beside me. He lay my head over on his shoulder and said, "I promised long ago I would protect you, and I meant it. I didn't tell you before  because I didn't know how. I knew how you would feel and I didn't want to see you hurt. Though it seems not telling you has hurt you even more. Forgive me?"  "I forgive you, I just don't know what to do."  "Don't worry whatever happens we'll deal with it together."

Fae 5.5

Our little ones we growing up. The time had come for the twins to start school. Our village was very small, so small in fact you could get most anywhere by flying, which is exactly what the kids did on their first day of school.















When the kids had left, Kai surprised me with a picnic in the front yard. "What's the occasion?" I asked. "Well these last few years our lives have revolved around the kids, and while I wouldn't trade our family for anything, I would like to get to know my wife again." I smiled and leaned over and kissed him.




When the kids got home from school, they set to work right away on their homework. Sebastian flew through his, while Rochelle took a bit longer to finish hers. I offered to help, but she wanted to do it herself.



Before bed we read the kids a story as we had done since they were babies. "Mom" Sebastian asked "Yes honey?" "Are humans real?" He asked seriously. I chuckled and answered "Of course they are, why do you ask?"  "Well this boy at school said they were just made up, humans didn't exist."  "Well, just between us I'll tell you a secret, I used to be one."  "You were a human?!?" Sebastian's surprise was evident. "Yep, I was. Someday when you're older I'll tell you and your sister all about it."  "I can't wait" He said as he drifted off to sleep.




As we went to bed I told Kai what Sebastian had asked. "Funny, Rochelle asked me the same thing. Why do you suppose they think humans are made up?"  "Well" I said, "Until I met you I thought the same was true of Fae, so it makes sense. Though I suppose someday I'll have to tell them how I became a Fae."  "We'll tell them, but that wont be for many years." Kai said rolling over to go to sleep.

Fae 5.4

To celebrate their birthday, Kai and I decided to take them to the park. As soon as they had eaten we got them changed and headed out. I took Rochelle and Kai took Sebastian, we hadn't been there long when it started to rain, so we figured we try another day and we headed back home.











We tried to put them down for a nap, but Rochelle and Sebastian would not have it, so we set about teaching them to walk and talk. I let Kai handle the potty training however. Life was simple and uneventful, just the way it should be.

Fae 5.3

Kai took to fatherhood like he'd done it before. It did not matter if they needed changing, feeding, or to just be held he was the first one there when they would begin to cry. I loved watching him with our babies. Our babies, I still couldn't get used to the fact I was a mother. I had never even thought of having children, I was going to be a dancer, then James happened. Now however, I couldn't imagine my life nay other way.

We quickly settled into a routine, I would garden, then eat breakfast with Kai, sleep for a few hours while he tended to the kids, then I would tend to the while he worked on his potions. It was definitely unconventional, but it worked for us.

Birthday's past and soon the twins were toddlers. They were the perfect mix of Kai and I. Rochelle had my hair and kai's eyes, and Sebastian had Kai's hair and my eyes. They were most definitely opposites.