Ieloharis Island: The Curse

by CB Colin

  Chapter IV

  Amira’s sister

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  The Moonlighters were very outraged, for the simple fact that Vanilla tried to kill the rain’s daughter, the one who managed to call the clouds full of blessing water upon the island, a thing which Vanilla didn’t able to do.

  The sky was clean as a whistle, with beautiful white and foam clouds, and the sun was shinnying with less strength, coming back to normal.

  The autumn came quickly then it should be, the proof being the tress which were metamorphosing their leaves in vivid colors like yellow, red or orange.

  Angell and Marvell were forming an enviable couple, even if a lot of girls were still sobbing the boy with blue eyes and of course a lot of them wanted the couple to break up, but… was not possible. Amira was happy that her daughter was alive (of course), but she was happier for both of them, being very beautiful together.

  The Ravings were spending a little less time with Angell, given the thought that she couldn’t stop the relationship with Marvell, being unbreakable. Angell found Marvell as a smart boy, lovable, serious and funny at the same time. Even thou her friends didn’t say a bad thing about her relationship, only Mariuss was making some remarks, like the girl forgot about her true friends, and even Angell was laughing, being used to his type of sarcastic jokes. Vanilla was condemned by the judge at 10 years of prison for attempted murderer, and she was still saying that she didn’t want this to happen, because she was believing and respective the island tradition to sacrifice Angell literally, for the locals to have rain, and why (after her sayings) the prosecutors punished her when she was loyal to her country.

  In the day of 5 September 2010, Serena was running like a crazy person, in the morning, towards Veriss house. She stopped at the gate, holding onto a part, with a blue folder in her hand. She looked up in the sky, cursing.

  “I was such stupid, God!”

  Then she opened the gate and entered in the courtyard, running towards the house. In that moment, after the corner’s house, Dingo jumped barking, making Serena screaming. The enter door just opened and Amira went quickly outside, wanting to know what was going on.

  “Good God Serena, what’s going on? Dingo, down boy!” She said to the dog, and he suddenly stopped barking, listening his master.

  “Mrs.… Amira… I…” Serena tried to speak, breathing thirsty.

  “Let’s go inside my dear, and will talk there.”

  “I don’t have time… I need to… to take Angell at the college.”

  “Why?” Amira raised her eyebrows.

  “Well… it’s an exam. I have an arrear.”

  “Angell has arrears?” Amira freaked out, watching Serena above her glasses.

  “No, just me and Mariuss.”

  “I hope your mother doesn’t know. Come inside. She is still sleeping.”

  Serena shook her head and went to the house, holding her chest.

  “Oh God, don’t tell me that you ran until here.” Amira asked, and both of them entered the house.

  “Yes I did.”

  Serena ran like she was a bullet from a gun, up on the stairs, directly to the floor where Angell had her bedroom. Serena didn’t stand outside her room to knock at the door, but entered strongly in it, smashing the door to the wall, making Angell to jump from her bed, looking scared from the ground.

  “Serena… what the hell?!” Angell horsing said.

  “Angell. The exams! Did you forget about your arrear?”

  “Shhh, be careful, my mom could hear you! Yeah, God dammit, I will dress now.”

  Angell jumped up, like a gymnast and ran to the dresser, and while she was picking up her clothes to wear, Serena was moving around the room very agitated. Angell ran into the bathroom and Serena after her.

  “We don’t have much time! It will take us two hours until Careville!” Serena started to panic, while Angell was combing her hair fast, or better say, pulling down her brown light hair with the comb.

  Only after a couple of moments, a miracle for a girl like Angell who used to spend hours in the front of mirror, the girl was ready, putting a white bonnet on her head, and taking her folder, then both ran to the stairs and then to the main hall. Amira was looking at them.

  “Oh my God, is like the invaders just came!”

  “Mother, not now, we are in a hurry. Kiss you, bye.”

  “Bye honey, good luck Serena.”

  “Thank you, good bye.”

  And so the girls exit the house in the courtyard.

  “You little bitch; you didn’t tell me that outside it’s so cold!” Angell said to Serena, having on top only a t-shirt.

  “Now we are in a hurry, don’t worry, you will warm up later.”

  And so, the girls ran into the garage. Angell got in Amira’s car, and Serena got so fast in, that the driver started to engine, running on the road, turning left.

  “We have to stop in OldStory.” Serena said, putting her seatbelt on.

  “Why?”

  “Mariuss, did you forgot that he will give an exam too? Only Lania and Emell are clean, without a problem.”

  “Whatever, it doesn’t surprise me, really.” Angell said, entering with her silvery car in the town’s center.

  “Hey, look it’s that hot guy, Kaiuss.” Serena said smiling.

  “Kaiuss? Isn’t his dad owns that bakery, Happy Flower?” Angell asked, being very careful at the road.

  The sun was starting to grab power by the minute, and Angell took some sunglass out and put them on her eyes, for the light to not disturb her emerald green eyes.

  “Yes, he is the one.”

  Angell looked at Serena, ironically smiling. Even if she had the sunglasses on, Serena could swear that her friend was rebuking with her eyes.

  “Serena, did you forgot that Kaiuss, which you are talking about, tried to seduce me?”

  “Oh yeah, I forgot.”

  Angell smiled thankfully that she cut Serena’s breach from under her feet, and pulled the wheel, heading to the main highway, which will bring them to OldStory.

  The wind was blowing, and the sun could be seen on the sky beautiful and shiny for the morning, after the Pya Mountains which they were in their left. OldStory was the town between the mountains, in a pretty beautiful valley, in the middle being a lake. The houses where spread everywhere, hiding after the big trees. Angell turned to left towards the mentioned town. The music was exploding in the car’s boxes, while the girls were focusing on the road.

  “Where you said that Mariuss will wait for us?” Angell asked, stopping suddenly the car, in front of a park which was around the lake.

  “Here” Serena said, getting down from the car.

  Angell took her cell phone, looking at the time. She made big eyes when she saw that they only had one hour and a half, until the exams will start, and they wouldn’t be there right in time, if they were spending precious minutes in OldStory. At one point, the girl took away her sunglasses for the nose, and saw Mariuss how he was running towards their car, and Serena showed him her watch, sign that he was late, or that Serena was parsing about her expensive watch, even if Angell didn’t believe the second option was true, given the fact that on Serena’s face it could be read the irritation.

  The doors opened and Mariuss with Serena got in the car, while they were fighting.

  “Really, I don’t understand you Mariuss. Even if we are so late, you prefer…”

  “Just give me a break, will you Serena? Hit it Angell!” Mariuss said, making himself comfortable in the back of the car, looking ugly at Serena. She was answering to his gaze, watching him with the same feeling in the rearview mirror.

  Angell looked weird at both of them, starting the engine and turned back to the highway, to get in the Careville city.

  “Man, what’s wrong with you? Did you both eat something rotten this morning or what?” Angell asked amused.

  “Well if Mr. Mariuss is always late, what can I say?” Serena was expressing herself,
like the boy with this name wasn’t in the back of the car.

  “Ah, shut up, how about when you were late.” Mariuss attacked back.

  Angell rolled her eyes, and raised the volume from the music; only then maybe they will shut up. And she was right; both of them were suddenly silent. Mariuss was moving easily in the rhythm of the music, smiling, and Serena was looking angry at the window.

  The road was starting to grow more, in four bands, and other cars were driving near them, coming from the other places, everyone heading to Careville city.

  Angell entered in the city, praying to not get in traffic or something like that, because then she could say bye to exams. But for her luck, at the entrance of the city, the car didn’t make a column and therefore the girl easily could pass the others, with her mother’s car, arriving on a paved street, in the left side, between two big orange blocks.

  Angell stopped the car at a traffic light, watching the street in front of her, which it was cutting their way.

  “We have 20 minutes left until the exam, Angell.” Serena said downright terrified.

  “Girl, just don’t worry. We will be there in time.”

  When the light turned green, Angell grew the speed and pushed hard the acceleration, like she was in a car race. She turned the car to the right, in the moment when another car wanted to pass, horning her. Angell didn’t care. She observed the University building how was getting closer, with the country Ieloharis island flag on top, light blue with the green island in the middle, divided in four sectors, being symbolized on it the four emblems (the full and silver moon, the open book, the golden sun and a torch with purple fire) which symbolized the tree towns and the two capitals of the Island, Careville and Sareville.

  Angell, like a professional, parked the car near two others, getting down fast with her friends, running to the entrance of the building.

  After three hours, the three of them were singing happily in the car, in the way back home, very cheerfully that the exam was over and the subjects were easy.

  “I was so sure that they will give us from Sigmund Freud.” Serena said.

  “Yes. I love that guy, so lucky that I read his works.” Angell said, being much happier and relaxed then she was in the morning.

  She arrived in OldStory, stopping near the Erinis Lake. Mariuss looked around, then he said bye to the girls.

  “See you guys at the next following arrears!” He said.

  “What following?” Angell got sacred.

  “Which we will have them, of course.”

  “You will have them, I don’t want this anymore.” Angell said, starting the engine, with a thought to get faster home. Even if she was very happy, she sort of wanted to tell her mother, but Angell knew that if she would do that, she could say good bye forever to the silver car.

  “Girl, take care.” Serena said, while she was getting down, arrived in front of her house.

  “Ok, see you, bitch.” Angell said smiling, driving relaxed.

  Finally arrived home, she frown her eyebrows, when she saw that in the front of the fence was another parked car, black with strange numbers on it. The cars from the island were having to small underline “I”. Angell stopped her car, in back of the other one, getting down from it, not separating her green eyes from the strange car, not knowing whose it was. She heard some laughter, softly blurred, in the back of the house, and Angell entered through the gate, with her folder in her arms, guided by the sound of the stranger voices, which were growing in intensity. Even the dog didn’t come at her, like every time when Angell was arriving home from somewhere. She heard her mother’s voice, happy, and then she breathes relieved. They were not thieves but guests.

  When she came from the corner, saw her mother standing on the terrace with two unknown people.

  First was a woman with a voluminous curly hair, falling free on her back. Her face was sharp, with a broad, having beautiful blue eyes. The other one was a massive man, with his head shaved, having his nose aquiline, and long-eared. His eyes were easily almond having the wood color.

  When Angell approached them curiously, the blond woman jumped up and hugged her, making Angell to be more than confused. She found out why Dingo didn’t wait for her. He was sleeping in the man’s arms.

  The night felt softly like a feather, over the island; Amira, Angell and the two guests were talking very animated in the living room, where in the chimney a playful fire was burning.

  Angell found out with amazement that she had an aunt, having 28 years old; Sabrina by the name, the blond curly hair guest, being Amira’s sister, even if Angell didn’t had a clue that her mother had a sister. Although the both women explained to the confused girl, that Sabrina left the island when she was much younger and wasn’t back from a long time, and Amira didn’t want to tell her daughter about having a sister, because she would ask about her.

  Angell remained perplex at those explications, not understanding their logic, but she preferred to swallow the Veriss sisters story. The reason that Sabrina came back on the island, was because she just wanted to get married with her fiancé, the massive man, named Doriss.

  “And here we really want, at our church from the center.” Sabrina said animated, drinking wine.

  “It so beautiful, but when you want to get marry? I honestly tell you that I never was at a wedding before.” Angell said, happily at the thought that she will participate at an event like that, more important for her then The Rain’s Festival.

  “Well we were thinking at the day of 15 September.”

  “After a weak and a half?” Angell asked happy, looking at her mother, which was smiling too.

  “Yes.”

  “Awesome. It’s fast, I mean… I know that for a wedding you have to plan so many things, and you two will resolve all this in a week?”

  “Come on! We don’t need a year Angell. After all we want something simple and elegant. Anyway, relax; we just took care of all the things. The party will take place in the Morning Glade.”

  “Superb! There the Rain’s Festival was held.” Angell said.

  “You know that I was the Rain’s Daughter too?” Sabrina said, making Angell to watch her amazed.

  “Really? How come?”

  “Yes. Was supposed to be your mother but…”

  Sabrina realized what she said, looking somewhere else. Amira changed her look, putting down the glass of wine on the glass table between them. Angell watched both of them.

  “Anyway Sabrina, we have a lot of stuff to do, especially with the invitations.” Amira said, breaking the tensions between them.

  “Yes, is true and I want, Angell to be my bridesmaid.”

  “Really? That is cool; I have best friends which are be delighted to participate.”

  “The Ravings.” Amira laughed.

  “The more people, the better is.” Sabrina said.

  After analyzing a little bit, Angell saw that Sabrina had a teenager attitude, being very cheerfully, beside her fiancé who was restrained at talking.

  Sabrina and Doriss agreed to sleep in the first mentioned room, being transformed in a guest room, from Angell’s floor. In the next days, Sabrina was spending her time with Angell and her friends. Mariuss, when he saw Sabrina first time, he said that he will be the first who will kidnap the bride from her wedding.

  “Are you always picking up on girls?” Serena said.

  “Yes, it’s my hobby.” Mariuss said, making Sabrina to laugh.

  “I like your friends, Angell.” Sabrina said.

  “And Angell’s friends like you back.” Mariuss said.

  Angell also introduced her boyfriend Marvell to Sabrina and Angell remained stoned when she saw that he was acting like a true gentleman. She was very proud of him.

  Amira was personal dealing with the preparing for the wedding, while Sabrina was spending much time with her niece, and her Ravings, while Doriss was very quiet, with his eyes on the laptop, working.

  Seemed to be that Doriss and Sabrina were the perfec
t match, he was being a very calm person, respectable, mature, and he was accepting the rebel style of his future wife.

  The days were passing by without a sense, and the 15 day of September arrived, the day when Sabrina and Doriss will unite their destinies. Sabrina was very close to explode because of the emotions, a thing which Angell understood perfectly; even she had to struggle with a situation like that, with the festival which just passed.

  Standing in her room and arranging herself, Angell said to her that probably was the most beautiful period in her life and she was forcing to not drive her attention to the end of this event. She looked almost a half a hour in the dresser mirror, which was long, trying to correct some small defects on her aspect, wanting to look perfect at the wedding. She had her hair smooth with big and beautiful curls, flowing on her shoulders. She was wearing a silky vaporous purple dress, having assorted a purse with the same color as the dress.

  Maybe the dress was so long or to outrages, but she with her girl-friends was maids of honor, and the two boys plus Marvell were made by Sabrina, Knights of Honor. Therefore they had to look honorable and beautiful. She took from the jewelry box a beautiful necklace with diamantes, and also she putted on her ears two pairs of earrings, simple and made of silver.

  Lania and Serena suddenly got in the room, making Angell to shudder, paying attention in the mirror.

  “Angell, are you ready? We have to go to the church.” Lania said, being in the same purple dress, perfect arranged.

  “In a minute, God, it’s like something exploded.” Angell said, and together left the room, running down the stairs.

  All of them got in Amira’s car, and with this occasion the driver pushed the acceleration, and rising the volume of music to max, she really didn’t care about Sobber, the policeman that he could pull her over, was a wedding. The law in the island said that in special occasions the speed limit could be passed.

  Neither good the three of them enjoyed the short trip with the car, that they arrived at the little church in the center, and Angell parked so suddenly, that Serena hit her head on the driver’s chair.

  “Angell, are you crazy? You will ruin my hair. Do you know how much time it took me to finish it?”

  “Leave the hair now, wasn’t a big deal. Let’s go.”

  “But the bride didn’t come.” Lania said confused.

  “Lania, the bride doesn’t have to come yet. We open her way with white rose petals.” Angell said, opening the trunk.

  “From where…” Lania started to ask, but Angell was already sharing the girls some small baskets with white rose petals in them.

  “I am so curious how Sabrina will look like.” Serena said, walking with the girls on the big marble church stairs.

  “Me too, my mother said that they found a perfect dress in Sareville. But after my mother’s taste, I really can imagine how will look like, only if Sabrina choose it first.”

  “Yeah, but the bride it’s a little bit late.” Serena said, looking at the watch.

  Angell had to agree with the girl. Sabrina was late, a thing unusual for her, because she was punctually all the time. The people were gathering around, entering the church. The boys were already at the chapel near Doriss, and the girls were waiting exciting and with a softly worrying for the bride to appear.

  “I wonder what’s going on. I hope she is ok.” Angell asked worried, but didn’t pass much time and a black convertible car, ran towards the church, horning. Sabrina was screaming from all her lungs.

  The car stopped, and the first one who got out from it, was Amira, dressed in purple, very beautiful. Angell remained stupefied sawing her mother.

  “What?” The woman said.

  “My God, you look so hot.” Angell said.

  “You think that you are the only one who is attracting eyes?” Amira joked.

  “What happened? Why are you guys late?”

  “Long story Angell, get ready girls, enter the church and spread the petals.” Amira urged them, and the three maids of honor didn’t stand to chat with Amira, and immediately got in the church on the long way, which was separating the chairs. The people got up in their feet, welcoming the radiate bride.

  After the girls took their place right next to the bride, at the chapel, finally Sabrina arrived, very emotional, taking Doriss’s arm, who was sharing the same feeling like her. The bride was wearing a puffy dress, having light-blue color, hooked in a corset, with a softly décolletage. On her incredible smooth hair she had a tiara made of diamonds. She was very excited, and the proof was on the blue flowers she holds, which they were shaking in her hands.

  Angell, with her large smile on her angelic face, was looking around seeing so many unknown faces, and then her look intersected with a man’s eyes, from the middle of chairs, watching her without blinking, a thing which gave the girl some chills. Serena saw that her friend was looking to the crowd, but didn’t say a word, paying attention to the priest, nudging Angell to do the same. The girl in case seemed that man very familiar, even if she never saw him in her life. At one point she took her connected eyes from the mysterious man and turned her gaze to the knights of honor, smiling again. Emell was watching Lania long, seeing her so beautiful, Mariuss was with his smile on his lips, pretending that he is throwing up (knowing that Emell was watching Lania) and Marvell was laughing at Mariuss, looking after Angell; seeing her looks, he quickly winked her.

  Suddenly, Angell fixed her eyes on the two happy grooms, seeing her in the bride’s blue dress, on Marvell’s arm, in front of the priest.

  “Angell Valentine Veriss, will you marry Marvell Marvollio, to be your love husband, until death does its part?”

  “I do.”

  “Marvell Marvollio, will you marry Angell Valentine Veriss, to be your love wife, until death does its part?”

  “I do.”

  “I declare you, husband and wife.”