Horrified screams awoke her this time. Elina looked down at
the blanket to find Violet missing. For a second she looked around wondering
where a two month old could go, then another scream clued her in. The window
she'd left a jar was now wide open. “The Dark Fairy," she hissed.
Transforming into her fairy costume, she ran to the window and flew out. Fifty
feet above The Dark Fairy was holding a screaming Violet in her arms.
"The
poor Fairy," The Dark Fairy laughed, "I saw you hauled away last
night.
Frankly I'm
surprised you’re still kicking."
Elina rushed towards her, uncertain
if she should attack or not, closing the distance between them. “Give me back
my sister!" She demanded, and then added, "She’s never done anything
to you!"
“You're
wrong! She's your sister that was supposed to be my pleasure." Her words
were like icy darts, and sent chills down Elina's spine.
“I can have
more than one sister. My best friend has three brothers," Elina insisted.
“We were
separated, possibly at birth. You've got a nice cozy family. Me, I've never had
anyone."
"Sister,
no, I'm your family. Tell me your name or why you hate me. We can work through
it together. But not at powers point. We could sit down like reasonable human
beings."
"We're
not human beings. We're fairies. There is no reason to us."
"You’re
right. We're only half human, otherwise we'd have wings. Our bodies are much more
delicate than humans or fairies, because we aren't completely natural,"
Elina paused. "When I fell yesterday, I broke my arm in two places. It
hurts like crazy, and because of the awkward position I'm in I can't tell
anyone."
Surprisingly
that calmed the Dark Fairy down.
Elina continued, not sounding as
mad, "Give me back Violet. She's my sister, like you are my sister too.
That might even make her, like, your sister too. My name's Elina. I'd like it
if we could be family."
Suddenly
enraged, "Elina, that's a joke. That's my name." The Dark Fairy laughed,
her demeanor was crueler than before, “I'll never be your family. In fact, I
will always hurt them. They'll never be safe while you're around. I hate
you." With that she dropped Violet, and flew off. Elina raced against
gravity rushing to catch her sister, to save her from falling. The ground was
rushing up at tremendous speed. Elina caught Violet long before they would have
hit the ground. Violet despite the tremendous ordeal, and her being so little,
was unharmed. Elina was more shaken by what had happened than Violet ever could
have been.
"Let's
not tell Mom, Vi." Elina returned to the hotel room through the window and
closed it, with lots of excruciating pain as the adrenaline had begun to wear
off. Laying her sister back on the blanket, she took another Ibuprofen.
Her
prospective clearer than it had been all day. She realized she had to stay. Despite
the pain and challenges, she'd been chosen. It was her job to protect people
especially her family. Even her identical twin with an identical name. She had
to train to protect the people she cared about. She might have to down play her
injury and fight to stay strong, but it was for her family.
As she
curled up once again next to her sister on the bed, she felt at peace, in spite
of her circumstances.
