by CB Colin
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An alarm sound could be heard, higher in intensity. Was so loudly that Angell opened her eyes, falling from her bed.
“Good morning beautiful, slept well?”
Angell looked up being dizzy. Was Mariuss which was seating on the edge of the girl’s bed. He came back to the human form, having his eyes brown and his hair dark as night, wearing a blue sweater.
“OldStory…”
“Mariuss…”
“Here I call you like that.”
“Angell how can you call me by my god name, when only Mariuss you called me back there.”
“Whatever.”
Angell saw that she was wearing her pajamas.
“Angell, breakfast is ready.” A voice came from the kitchen.
“Mom?”
Angell got up from the ground, and with Mariuss they got out from her room, lowering the stairs. At the kitchen, Amira was talking with Lovin, which was alive an unharmed.
“LOVIN!” Angell shouted happily.
“Hey sleepyhead.”
And without a warning, he woke up hugged by the girl.
“God, I’ve missed you so much Lovin.”
“O…k, you’re acting pretty weird. Do you have a fever?”
Angell frown then she looked at Mariuss, who made her a sign to hush.
“I am sorry, I just woke up happy.”
“Come and eat Angel before your grandparents will come. Mariuss, do you want a toast with gem?”
“Yes please.” The boy said, taking a seat next to Angell, who was looking amazed at her mother.
“What grandparents?” She asked.
“What do you mean what grandparent? My parents Angell, are you sure you’re feeling ok?”
“They are alive?”
Lovin and Amira suddenly stopped, watching weird to one another.
“I mean… I know they are… I was just saying.” Angell said, red-faced.
After the breakfast, she and Mariuss went up to her room, for the girl to change.
“Angell, be more careful! Don’t forget that your wish came true. No one has to know where you’ve been. All who died, now they live.” Mariuss said, standing on the bed, while Angell came from the bathroom, changed.
“Yes I know, just that is so weird… I never met my grandparents before, and now I will see them for the first time, and I have to act like I knew them forever.”
“The duty risk.”
A horn from the fence could be heard, and Angell watched quickly on the window. Serena, Emell and Lania got off the car, and the girls had a little argument.
“You had to be late…”
“You always…”
“Me what?”
Angell smiled, yelling and ran down the stairs, going to the courtyard.
“GIRLS!” She shouted happily.
Dingo came and ran after Angell. She reached them, hugging. Mariuss came along, shaking his hand with Emell.
“God Angell, you choke us, what’s the matter? What is the occasion for you to be so loveable?” Serena said.
“Maybe because finally she got her period.” Mariuss joked, being slapped over his shoulder by Angell.
“Anyway, we came by, because Mariuss, the wormy over here, told us about the party.”
“Yes… the party.” Angell said frowning. “Of course, let’s go in.”
The girls, with the two boys, entered the courtyard. Another car came by, and from it none other than Marvell got out. He was wearing sunglasses, and Angell sensed her eyes wet when she saw him, running towards him.
“Oh my God, my Marvell!”
“Hey, what’s wrong?” He said, kissing her, seeing her tears coming out.
“Marvell, you know that I love you, right?”
“Of course I know but…”
“And so you know that I would never hurt you.”
“Angell, what is wrong with you?”
“I… I had a bad dream. A nightmare…” She said emphasizing the last word.
“Well love, I am here. And I will not let you go, where’s the gang?”
“They are inside.”
“Let’s go too.” The boy said happy, taking Angell by her shoulder.
A third car came by, being blue colored, and Angell watched it very curious. From the car came out four persons. The first two she recognized them, being Sabrina and Doriss, looking very happy. And from the back of the car, got out to unknown people. One of them was a tall, bony woman, with grizzled hair, having the glasses in in the shape of half moon. The other one was a massive man with a bushy moustache.
“Marvell I will be right back, just go before me.” The girl said, not taking her eyes from the guests. Angell presuming that the old people were Amira’s parents.
“Hey Angell, sweet heart, what’s up?” Sabrina asked her.
The girl got outside from the yard, hugging Sabrina then Doriss. Doloress, her grandmother, came and hugged her, even if Angell was feeling somehow uncomfortable, because she didn’t know them.
“Angell, you grew so beautiful. I hope you are well.”
“Very well thank you.” She smiled polite.
“Come here, my darling.” Gefred said, hugging her. “For a treasure like you I have something special.” He said taking out something from his pocket, wrapped in a piece of napkin. “Your mother told me that you collect flowers, and I brought you one very special.”
Angell smiled, and when she saw that special flower, her smile disappeared with a blink of an eye. Was a small blue, forget-me-not flower.
“Forget-me-not, the rarest flower on the island.”
“Th… thank you.” She said, and then hugged him taking the flower.
“Aunt, uncle, let’s go. I am starving.” Sabrina said, taking her purse.
Angell smiled to them, but something came into her mind.
“I will be back.” She said polite, entering the courtyard, and she made sure no one was following her, being in the backyard, and then she ran on the marble stairs, reaching the rebel beach.
The girl walked further in the sea, until he water was reaching her knee, looking at the blue sea.
“I curse you flower, to never appear again, to be forgotten.” The girl said.
Then she closed her eyes, and thrown the flower in the saline sea, seeing her how was pulled away by the current, then the girl came back on shore, smiling, holding the necklace with the small piece of the Dream Glass. Then she returned happy on the marble stairs, singing something joyful, not knowing that from a tree, somebody was watching her. She was dressed in a black cloak, having a large hood on her head to hide her face.
“Maybe you won a battle Angell Valentine Veriss, but you didn’t win the war.” Said the stranger, and from the hood dark, two silver eyes sparkled, written on it some ieloharian words.
The End of Volume I