Gia POV
Time stood still …. When first I walked this Earth, so many moons ago, it was a desolate place.. My father just held this raging ball of fire in his hand, and next thing, there was a tiny rock of molten lava spinning in the universe. There was no light. There was nothing. The darkness enveloped me as I woke into the world… My silver eyes opened and I saw the towers of fire and brimstone. Back then, I did not even know what those were I chuckled to myself thinking about it. Fires of giant volcanoes raged nearby… And dark, thick, smoke.. a lot of it. Nothing else. The Earth was forming.. The molten lava was everywhere .. As I walked on it, I noticed again, even without fully understanding it, that there was nothing…Cracked mountains of fire, smoke and darkness.. I did not understand why Father would awaken me to this place, to this emptiness and despair, nor what I was supposed to do with this desolation.. Confused and unsure, I walked around, taking everything in. There was nothing but me and fires… Endless stream of fires, black, red and purple colors exploded all over me, as I walked and surveyed my new home…The volcanoes were rumbling,, lava spilling on the ground.. I walked around and as my senses were starting to form, I found it all whimsical.. The amber lights, the heat, the liquidity of fire…. I took it in my hand and loved the feel of its warmth, its movement, how it flickered in the dark and the desolation I was walking in… I looked at myself trying to decipher and understand my very own being.The father certainly chose an interesting shell. I walked upright with extremities starting to form. At times I would have two, six.. It was amusing. I noticed that I could change my appearance. I could fly with my outstretched golden wings, and I could sense and feel everything. I was like a butterfly waking from the cocoon. Stretching my arms, however many I chose at the time I walked the lava and relished in its colors.. Then I heard his voice.. “Gia my child… you have woken”, a thundering voice said. I turned around to see where this voice, this sensation, this power which pulsated my whole being came from…And then I saw him.. My whole being leapt up in an inexplicable way… “FATHER!!!!!!!”The feeling of belonging overpowered me. Something was drawing me to this voice, a power of such force I could not begin to explain. Next thing I saw was an iridescent blue light which pulsated the same energy I felt within me, only so much greater. The pull was so strong I tripped and fell straight down into lava I was just walking. I heard a sound. “Babies”, he says.. “Babies need to learn how to walk”, the voice retorted with a chuckle. I craved to touch him.. to smell him.to understand, yet I could not move.. I was down on my knees trying to use my wings to lift myself up, somehow, I knew what to do, and I tried. And nothing happened.“My daughter” a voice said, without me understanding what that word was. And then something happened – I sensed something stronger then Father, something I could not identify at that time.. Now I know I felt love.. Pure, unabated love, just love… “Rise, daughter”, voice boomed. I stood up and looked at myself. I stood there on my two hind limbs My golden wings were outstretched as were my many hands. My skin was iridescent white and blue changing hues into ambers, chocolates, and gold… My hair was silver, and as I tried to fully discern the being in front of me, my eyes that locked onto an emerald sea of his. That is all I could see. The endless greenery of comfort, peace, and care in the color I have never been able to replicate since, much as I tried. His aura was all around me… I was sucked into a vortex of what my father’s power is.. And I did not even know how to speak.“Gia, my child”.. he said.. “Speak!!!”, the voice thundered again
Sheepishly, not knowing what to do, somehow I formulated the thought.. “How do I speak?”As on que, the whole place trembled at the weird sound. “hahahhahaha… hahhahahahahaDaughter, you can speak. Open your mind connection or your mouth. Speak child”. I just stood there looking at the green eyes, lava bursting around me, everything exploding. Unsure what I should do, I stretched out one of my hands to touch him. I had this urge to to feel – an urge I did not even understand, yet here it was. I felt pulled and next thing I knew I flew somehow through space, and yet I did not move. However, I looked and turned around to find I am holding a hand of another being, just like me.. I knew it was him - my father…I gulped and looked around…. The light was blinding me and my eyes took a moment to adjust…“Take your time daughter”, he said.. My chest was burning and the pressure was painful. “Breathe child, breathe”, the voice was encouraging me. Somehow, I knew to simply exhale. And then inhale. The pressure was gone and I just stood there. “Breathe child, breathe.. In .. And .. Out.. In and Out” my father said.. I repeated that and my vision cleared…. “Continue he said”.. “Continue what?”, I was confused. ”Breathe child, it is called breathing”. So, I did.. Once I followed his instructions, my vision cleared. What I originally saw as emerald eyes started forming into a shape. The landscape around us formed too and I noticed it was very different from my world. Different colors where everywhere. There were clear skies. The similar color of my father’s eyes was seen everywhere in things that grew around. There were sounds and some liquid looking substance of different color I could not understand….. It was very different… I was confused. “What, what is this, where am I??”, I asked looking around, my eyes taking it all in. The green eyes looked at me softly and extended a hand. “This is your birth home child… Look around. I will teach you” his booming voice said.I touched his hand and the electricity buzzed through me. The power radiating from my Father’s hand opened my eyes, my senses and stirred something within me I could not explain. There was that sounds again, I could not understand emanating from him.. “hahhhahahahahahahahah” I heard again. “Are you awake, fully awake daughter?”. Every feeling, every fear, every desire, every emotion he created came at me with force of thousands suns.. The sheer force dropped me to my knees. It was too much. A warm red liquid started dripping from my eyes, my mouth, my wings. I stood frozen except the liquid dropping and I could not move… Before long I was sitting in the pool of red liquid without ability to move.“Rise child”, the voice said again. I could not move… Rise, I said Gia.. I still was glued to the ground… “Gia…. Rise… look at me!”. All I could muster is too look at his green orbs… “Rise Gia, blood of my blood”. And with that, the red liquid stopped dropping…It retracted back into me as I felt a surge of power and flew up the air and came back down only to growl and spit fire at the green eyes…. That sound again… “hahahhaahhahahahahahahahah… I am very pleased” green eyes said…”You are my first born, Gia, Mother of Earth’s Creation”.The green eyes looked at me engulfed in fire I breathed, yet it did not hurt him… Everything stayed the same.. When I landed by his feet, I felt his hand cup my face and he said; “Go and create your world… Your first children will be dragons” And with that, I found myself back on the sea of lava and molten Earth.
Gia POV I looked around… I was breathing and my eyes were adjusting… The warmth of the soil, the fires around me… What do I do – how do I create my children? The question formed in my head and before I could think I heard my Father’s voice… “You are of my blood. Make them of yours. Bound them to the air and soil they walk” he said… “Why is my world so different Father?” I asked… “Gia, it can be whatever you want it to be”, same voice said… I looked up and there was so much dust, so much darkness. I wished for the clear skies of my birth word.. Thinking about it, the dust started disappearing, the clouds were moving away, light became and clear sky was coming into focus… “hahahahhahahahahahahahah .. that sound again.. Well done daughter, well done.. Now let me see your children”, Father said encouraging me.I stood there as in trance.. I withdrew my wings and stayed this upright walking creature of long silver hair which was everywhere around me.. My eyes looked around and I saw that
Emma POV The alarm was beeping incisively. It is 730 am … A little more I said… 10 more minutes. “You already overslept I heard – you have that interview at 11!!”, Leo my brother was bellowing from downstairs. Money was tight and I really needed to get up to try to get that job.. “Ok, ok I am coming!” This was the best time to sleep.. Lately my dreams have been strange and I would find myself awake at random times at night staring at the ceiling. I could not explain it – I was restless, yet I did not want to move.. I rushed to the bathroom to splash some water on my face and look at myself… You have to be presentable Emma I keep saying to myself.. Looking at my unruly brown locks which could easily pass for bird’s nest, I did not know what to do with myself.. My saving grace were always my eyes, which still showed their interesting green and gold color, yet today even they looked dulled and tired.“You want coffee?” I hear Leo say and I yell back – “sure – make some please!” Jumping
Silence and tension fell as Emma stepped out.. I tried to focus, but inexplicable feeling overtook my every thought. I was conflicted. Was I happy? Relived? Worried? Scared? Confused? The tornado of emotions hit me with absolute, raw, crippling force. “Was that her Madam?”, Mateo asks, anticipation evident in his voice, excitement palpable. “Is that her?”, his voice full of hope. “Is that Catherine’s daughter”? His face was expressionless, but I could feel his wanting, his love and his tension. We all loved Catherine. Whole family did. She was special. She was somebody that held us together, even thought that was technically Kal’s job. He did not get a say, after she was born, not that he complained much. He too was mesmerized by her, taken with her in a way none other were. He, my mighty son, everybody was deathly afraid of worshiped the ground she walked on. I thought of those years with a smile and happiness; ever since she was born, it was her presence, her sheer personality, her
Well, this was strange to say at least, I think to myself. I was grateful for Lily’s ride and getting here. Even though I was late, I was still hoping to make it to the interview. I quickly texted Leo that I made it, so he will not worry and opened the door. As I step into the lobby of the huge building it is even more intimidating than its view from outside. Large marble reception desk is in the center and a woman in her 30ties or so is sitting behind it... Her fiery red hair is styled to perfection, her icy cold blue eyes with perfect makeup. Her outfit looks like it costs more than my rent… I rush towards her nervously and she raises her eyes to me.. “Miss Brooke, I presume???” She says as she looks at her watch…“Err, yes I could not find the transportation from the trin station I stutter, I apologize I tell her hurriedly”. She taps on her computer screen and looks at her watch again. “Mr. Loke appreciates punctuality she says with the stern voice”, looking at me dismissively. I
The days were going slow.. I have been wanting to go back to Bavaria and spend time with my son, but the work in California was becoming more demanding by the minute, the work more demanding, and there was something else. There were things happening in my realm I could not explain and that put both me and the Beast on edge. My patience was growing thin and I was not a man to be played with. A lot was going wrong and after all this time, a lot going wrong was not something I could tolerate or afford. The meeting of the Council was in two weeks and there was a lot to prepare for… Things have been changing faster than we thought. The unexplained attacks in our European strongholds were increasing and we could not find its source… I have reached out to the vampire covens to find the source of this or to benefit from their seers, but so far, we got very little back as a result, which in itself was unheard of. Short of my brother’s Oracle and the crones I employed for centuries, Vampire magi
Emma’s POV More I stood there; more nervous I became. This place was starting the creep me out in a way. Mr. Locke’s voice sent shivers down my spine and not the good kind either – his words literally froze me in the spot and I felt hair on my hands stand up. I could not move – I felt as if I were glued to my spot. There was an inexplicable force in his tone, something I had never heard from anyone before, something dominating, raw and primal, yet controlled and directed. What was more interesting is that he did not even really raise his voice. I simply could not move and stood there. I felt like a statue and for a second wondered if he froze those warriors in their spot too… Not knowing what to do with myself or what to say, or where to look, I was fidgeting with my hands, trying not to show my stress and anxiety. I was grateful to the gorgeous red head lady as I indeed did wipe sweat from my face in the elevator, but it was coming back on, the little beads of it already appearing
Kal’s POVMy anger is still simmering within me, but I have an interview to do, I thought to myself. Compose yourself Kal, stop scaring humans. I knew my aura could affect them too, I knew that I came across as scary – it took millennia to control my burning rage and anger at times. And now, I am here with this tiny human girl, who looks like a mess every way from Sunday. Oh well, I thought. Yes, she is late, and yes, she is human, but my Seer has never been wrong. For centuries, the old crone has served me well, and I had no reason to doubt her now. Although, looking at the tiny human with messy hair and inability to speak, standing like frozen statue in front of me, I was starting to wonder. I moved slowly as not to scare her, I thought to myself. “We are scary and she is afraid”, Beast, my dragon half chimed in. Her big eyes were staring at me.. She clearly has not moved from where Valor left her. Not sure what was happening to her hair, and I could not decipher if that was the lo
Lily’s POV Mateo was an excellent driver and one of my sons whom I absolutely trusted with everything. Coming from the long line of Alpha werewolves, he was extremely loyal and fierce individual. Ever since he came of age, he was always with me, just as his father before him, and his before him, and so many in their family line. His family have been some of my guardians from the dawn of time, and now was his turn. I smiled thinking of him as a young pup, he was mischievous and always got himself in some type of trouble. Those days were gone, and even though he still held onto his sense of humor, his sense of duty and loyalty were always at the forefront. It took us about 2 hour drive to get to the cabin in the woods. I could have teleported myself within matter of seconds whereover I want, but over time I have grown accustomed to human forms of transportation. It helps me relay to them, understand them better, and blend in most importantly. The drive was uneventful and scenic, and it