Two Kingdoms

Puzzled by the pastor confession, Scott and Sardonyx press him for more info.

“Royal half-blood?”

Scott said. “Mom never told me who my real parents were. Now you’re telling that I’m princes?”

“Yes, your father is Nollax Blackmoon; the werewolf king.”

“Who is his bio mom?” Sardonyx asked.

“Queen Castra the rapier queen.”

“Queen Castra?”

Sardonyx said her heart pounding vigorously.

“You’ve heard of her Scott asked.

“Mom told me about her when I was little. She was a vampire who stole a powerful medallion from a coven of Witches called the Cultch.

“You look scared Don. What’s so special about the Clutch?”

Sardonyx stood up fearful to tell her adoptive brother.

“The Clutch was lead Nadia Pryde. My biological mom.”

“Your real mom worked for mine?”

As Scott turned away from Pastor Miles, the religious figures regain dominance over his own mind.

“What …What happen?”

“Um … you were taking us to our beds for the night.” Sardonyx lied while nodding to her brother. “Isn’t that right, Scotty?”

“Uh…. Yeah. What she said. I think you just got a little lightheaded along the way.” Scott added.

“Oh. Of course,” please follow me.

“By the way Pastor, that is a nice necklace. “Sardonyx said as she pointed out the silver locket around the pastor’s neck.

“Thank you, my dear. I had gotten one just like it for my granddaughter. “

“Granddaughter? “Scott said. “I didn’t even know you had kids. “

“Yes. My son Alex and his lovely wife, Rachel recently moved to this city. I was blessed to be the one who married them.

“So, they were parents before they were married? “Sardonyx asked.

“They were. But I have no right to judge them. Alex has already proven to be a better father than I ever was to him. “

“How so? “Scott asked.

“I was a different man when Alex was born. Ran around with the wrong crowd and as a result, abandoned him and his mother. “

“Then how did you get back into his life? “

“Unfortunately, I found out that his mother passed away last year. After that, I reached out to him. Begged him for forgiveness and for the chance to help provide for him and his family. “

“So it was that easy? “Scott asked.

“Not quite. We are still working on our relationship. But thankfully, I have the blessing of making things right with him. “

“Blessing. Interesting word. “Sardonyx whispered.

“Guess we all are looking for a new life. “

“Indeed “Pastor Miles said. “But let us get you children to your quarters for the night.

The Pastor lead the two teenagers to the second floor of the church. Completely naïve of the secrets he had given them and the ones yet to be revealed.

Pastor Miles guided Scott and Sardonyx to an empty room with six beds, each across from one another and a window on the end of the room.

“While we usually keep males and families separate mans this one is the only one that isn’t bring renovated at this time.

“That okay, Paster.” Scott said.

“Should you need fresh clothes in the morning the church is expecting a new shipment from the donation drive also the washroom is only two doors away to the left.

“That’s great, Pastor.”

Sardonyx said. Thanks, you for everything.

“My pleasure, young lady.  Have a blessed night”.

As pastor miles shut the door, Scott and Sardonyx sat across each other.

“How long do you think we can stay here?” Scott asked.

“Tough to say. Our house wasn’t known by most of the city that’s why all our mail was shipped to the church”.

“You don’t think Someone here could have.”

“Killed mom?” Sardonyx cut him off. The Pastor and his workers are good people. I cannot bear to even think they could do something like that. Even if the Pastor wasn’t the only one who knew what we really are.”

“I don’t know. But I would feel a lot better if we looked around more.” Said Scott.

“Before we do that, I got to ask you something. “

“What? “Scott asked.

“So since when can you compel people?”

“You mean glamour them like I did Pastor Miles?” Scott asked I did not know. That was a first.”

“What did it feel like?”

“Like my heart stopped beating. My mind was filled with rage and everything else around stood still.”

“That’s crazy.”

“Yeah. I just wish I knew someone who could teach me more about how to use it.”

“Like Queen Castra? Your biological mother?”

The tone between the teenagers become as dark as the pitch-black sky outside of the church.

“How did you know about her?  Better yet, how did you know all that stuff about your mom? You always told me you never meet her.”

“I told you a lot of things that I thought would be best to tell you.  “

“So, you’ve been lying to me? “

“I lied to keep you happy. Otherwise, the truth would have broken you. “

“What the hell does that mean?” Scott asked.

“There’s something I have to tell you about our families Scotty.

Sardonyx faced her brother as she began to spell her own secrets after the Pastor revealed his.

“You know how Malia took me in as a little girl two years before you were born?” Sardonyx asked.

“Yeah?” Scott answered.

“There is a lot more to that story and the medallions of equinox.”

“Medallions of Equinox?” Scott asked.

“There are Stones that were used to banish a powerful demon named Equinox.”

“The Gamma Deus Demon?”

“How did you ….”

“Snuck into mom’s old books a few weeks ago after she took away my tv.”

“You deserved it.” Sardonyx smirked for glamouring that Pizza guy to bring free food.”

“It’s not like she ever gave us an allowance. Besides drinking animal blood gets boring.”

“Anyway, were getting off topic.” His sister reminded him.

“My bad.”

“Thousands of years ago, Equinox and the other seven Deus demons sought to tear the human world and Parabola apart.”

“Parabola.” Scott asked. “You mean that other dimension mom used to tell us about as kids.

“Yes. Back then, we through that was all make believe.  But Parabola’s real and monster like us were meant to live there not the human world.”

“You mean folklore, right? “Scott said. “Mom told me that’s what humans call supernatural creatures. “

“Exactly. “Sardonyx said.

“Then why were we brought up here?”

“Back in the days, Nadia and the rest of the Clutch were responsible for keeping one of the medallions from being taken by your real father, King Nollax. They called it the Medallion of Day.”

“Okay. Why couldn’t the clutch stop him?”

“They tried but the king had the other stone, the Medallion of Night. With that stone at his disposal, the fae did not stand a chance against him. Despite their best efforts, most of them were killed trying to stop him.”

 Scott displayed an expression of utter horror as he heard of the carriage caused by his estranged father.

“The medallions were cursed by Equinox so that only a werewolf or vampire could use them. Any other creature would be killed instantly.”

“The medallion of Day. Yes. But my real mom made a deal in order keep it under control.”

“Control?” Scott asked.

“Both of the Medallions are too powerful on their own for one wielder usually a spell caster is used to help the wielder stay in balance with the Medallion’s power. Otherwise, it would overpower them and…”

“Game over.”

“Yeah. Way Over.”

Sardonyx added.

“My mother had lost many of her followers, so the queen needed a fae to be by her side 24/7 so in exchange for being the queen’s personal witch, your mom around for me to be brought up in the human world, safe from their war.”

“Wait. Why couldn’t your old man have taken you in?”

“I never met my father. “Sardonyx said. “Malia told me that he was murdered by King Nollax.”

A pattern of tears began to drip from the young witch’s eyes as she covered mouth.

“Don’t…” Scott reached over to comfort his adopted sister.” I am so sorry.”

“No, it wasn’t your fault, Scotty. None of this is.”

The two orphans found comfort in each other as they revealed their truths to one another.

“We both got screwed over. But now, we got each other. “Said Scott.

Sardonyx grabbed her brother’s hand, feeling the warmth of his touch,

“Always. “

Just as the teenagers consolidated one another a loud knocking on the door interrupted their discussion.

“Who could that be?” Sardonyx asked as she wiped her tear and made her way to the door.

“Hello?”

Greeted with nothing but silence the young enchantress steadily opened the door before it was forced open, pushing her to the ground.

“Don.” Scott stood up only to be pinned down by a white furred werewolf get off me.”

“Not so fast Vamp wolf a second werewolf shouted, covering Sardonyx mouth so she couldn’t chant any spells.”

“If you hurt her…”

“Relax half-blood were just her to leave you a message. Curtsy of the king.”