I have the power to walk right! The power to talk right! And the power to live right!
At fifteen after ten on a raw January night, Catori sat on a deep purple comforter just outside her house watching the clear night skies. All the stars were out as usual, and she got an unobstructed view of the Milky Way.
As Catori sat to watch for the meteor show, that was supposed to be happening for the next two hours, but the only thing brighter than the stars thus far was the moon. The light of the full moon beat down on Desolation, creating a vivid canvas on the snow and rocks.
Her mind drifted to her friend, wondering if she was having fun with everyone else as they watch the night sky as well.
Maybe if Catori wasn't so socially awkward, she would have gone, but a group of over three people just wasn't her thing. She was always over-analysing the situation, overthinking what to say, and what people would say about her.
She decided to stay home by herself.
The fear of rejection was crippling.
All too suddenly darting green, red, and yellow sparks lit up the dark skies in the distance, just beyond the forbidden snowy mountains, with the occasional booming sounds like thunder.
With a bit of excitement, Catori watched the show. Unbeknown to her what was really happening.
The snow fell heavily, coating her emerald green nightgown, giving it a distinctive glow like the Southern Lights she was used to.
“Catori, get inside now!!” her mother yelled.
Catori turned her head ever so slightly, causing her mid-back silver-blonde hair to fall into her mismatched blue and golden eyes.
She pursed her full downturn pink lips as she ignored her mother’s words.
Catori glanced up as the lights got closer, thinking that it was just a passing storm, which would explain the thundering sounds and flashes of light.
Two shadows soon blocked out the moon, moving in a frenzy, circling each other as more and more sparks flew.
Catori could feel the electric charge on her skin, causing her hair to stand on end, in an instant she felt daze.
Her head span as she fought to keep her eyes open, blinking back black spot, all the while wondering what could have brought on the feeling.
Two Dragons appeared out of nowhere, fighting each other in midair.
Teeth and claws slashing and biting, while shooting green lightning and red fireballs.
Catori laid on the freezing ground, shivering, staring at the sky. She watched while the two beasts clashed.
Seeming to move impossibly fast, unaware of her down below, watching them.
They disappeared just as quickly as they appeared, forgetting that they weren’t to be seen out in the open with the potential of exposing themselves to the humans.
Catori must have fainted, for when she woke from her deep slumber, she was in her bed, and the morning sun was already up.
She rushed to her window, thinking that by some chance she could get a glimpse of those beasts again.
She soon gave up her futile search and went out into the den.
“Was I the only one who saw those Dragons last night?” Catori inquired.
“Dragons? What on earth are you talking about?” Her mother frowned.
Catori explained what she saw the previous night.
Her father simply looked up. Sure enough, he had something to say, but held it in.
“I will not tolerate you and this tomfoolery. I have told you many a time to not listen to those falsified, tall tales. They will rot your brain.” Her mother rant on.
“You are a big girl now, no longer a child. Your primary focus should be on marrying one of the chief’s sons.” Her mother added.
Catori groaned out at that, “not this again, mother.”
Even since she became nineteen years old, that was all her mother talked about.
“You should set an example for your two siblings, instead of running wild and acting like a tomboy. You should also dress up more, use make-up, and comb your hair every day.” Her mother continued.
Catori made a face, causing her ever sweet heart-shaped face to contour into something meaner. Her golden eye burnt brighter, and a frown married between her naturally high arched brows.
“Why don’t you marry the one of Chief’s sons yourself, hell why didn’t you marry the Chief himself since you are so caught up in him and his family? I'm so damn annoyed by this bullshit every day. It's my own damn life, so I'll do as I please, and it's not to marry any of those man whores.”
The room fell silent at that. Her mother opened her mouth, then closed it again.
“Lucian Murdoch! Reprimand your daughter.”
Lucian glanced over at his wife, then went back to eating his rice porridge.
Catori’s twin siblings only gave each other knowing looks but remain silent.
Catori and her mother have an intense stare-down, blue and golden eyes gazing into warm chocolate brown eyes.
The corners of her mother’s thin lips turned down in disapproval. Her already long face seemed to lengthen. As the nostril of her broad nose flared, while her almond-shaped eyes narrowed, causing more crow's feet to form at the corners.
Neither said anything, just continued their staring match.
Catori’s mother is the one to break first. “Just make sure you don’t live to regret your decision. Your father and I won’t be around for much longer.”
Catori shook her head. “The only thing I’ll regret is a forced marriage to some egoistic bastard who can’t even keep his dick in his pants.″
Lucian got up at that. “Ok, that’s enough.” He stood between the two, his massive frame towered over them easily.
Standing at 7′2, Lucian looked between his wife and daughter. Even though he didn’t say a word, he didn’t have to.
His amber eyes seemed ablaze. As he bit his thick lips to not say the wrong words, his strong jawline twitched before he opened his mouth.
“Listen, Catori, you can’t say things like that, especially in front of the little ones, and have some more respect for your mother. And Farrah, can you stop with this whole Chief’s son already? I don’t want my daughter to be mingling with those kinds of people.”
Farrah rumbled on, while Lucian rubs his clean-shaven chin, pretending to consider the words she was saying.
Lucian wrinkled his straight nose when Farrah mentions Catori having kids.
″This conversation is over.” Lucian told them, then strode out of the house for work.
“Well, I must take my leave as well,” Catori announced.
“And where do you think you’re going?”
“Certainly not to the Chief’s house.” she slammed the door behind her.
I must make myself available to life. Catori never thought much of the world. Though she now had reason enough in the past few days, the pressures of being a young lady were burdening her down. Never did Catori imagine it like this. All her life, she was told how to live and who to love. But today that will change. In hopes of things getting better, Catori went to the only place she thought could help her, be her refuge in a time of confusion. With a racing heart, Catori knocked on the old rusting iron door, wondering if the occupants inside were still expecting visitors. The door swung open with a creaking sound and dragged on the ground. “Needs grease,” Catori said to herself, as she stepped inside the threshold. The old automatic door slammed behind Catori, as her eyes adjust to the dim light that washed the inside of the Church. It seemed to be the biggest building in Desolation, and the only
I will continue feeling bad until my attitude improves. "Catori, can you stop messing around and help me make dinner?" Her mother called out. Catori gritted her teeth as to not say something back in front of her siblings. ''Catori!" Her mother burst into the room toward her. Catori stared back at her. "Get up. You must learn to cook. And don't you dear say you already know how to. There is never such a thing as too much." Farrah said. She threw an apron at Catori's head. Catori sighed but got up. She didn't have it in her anymore to argue with her mother, but there was one thing she wanted to say. "I just hope you don't put Kai through all this nonsense. All this can cause a mental strain on one's mind," Catori told her mother. Farrah turned to look at Catori. "you have just too much to say, and speaking of which. Kai come, today you'll learn to set the dinner table."
Trying to prove something to someone is never a valid reason for doing anything. The moment Catori's parents came back from the Capital, she left the house. Not only did she want fresh air, but she needed human interaction other than her family. Catori walked down to the old pond situated just behind the schoolyard, the usual hang-out spot for people her age. Of course, they didn't work because their parents never let them. They can't leave either and no one wanted to get married yet. So they all did the next best thing, went out from dusk until dawn, tell stories, drank stolen brandy from their parents' cupboards and goofed around, with the occasional destroying a few properties. “Are you coming to the forbidden mountains with us?’’ Halona asked in a sing-song voice, as she danced around Catori. “It’s called forbidden for a reason,” Catori informed her best friend, as she draped a slender arm across Hal
Life will work for me when I realize... I Cannot breakthrough until I have a breakdown. Catori ran until she was breathless, sweaty, and her icy pants cut at the lungs. She had never run so far and fast in her life, not even when that polar bear chased after her. The small group didn't stop running until they were at the base of the mountain, all too scared to utter a word or glance behind them. Maybe from fear of the man, maybe in fear of his people or something worst. Catori glanced over at Calian. His face was blank and unreadable as he stumbled over his feet. His usual sleek back dark hair was now messy and blown out from the wind. Kateri had a bored look on her face. In fact, she yawned, trying to be as nonchalant as possible, but Catori could see her trembling. Her eyes drifting back and forth, looking for any unseen danger. "Who the hell was that?" Halona was the first to speak
Here are some names of the characters in this, what they mean and their origins. Catori- Means spirit Calian- Means warrior of life Kateri- Is a beautiful Mohawk version of Catherine Winona- Means first daughter Halona- Means happy fortune Kai- Means willow tree Istas- Means “snow” for a winter baby. Nuka- Means little brother Meztli- Means moon And these are all Native American names. ********* Lucian-Means light Arabella- Means Lovely; elegant And both are Latin names ******** Farrah- Means happy (Arabic) Eleanor- Means Bright, shining one; sun rays (Greek) Alice- Means Noble; kind (English) Rydstorm- Means law unto itself; very active (Sweden)
Catori's dream...... There was no ground beneath my feet. I was clawing at the air. Falling. We both were falling. Our fingertips touch and I saw green sparks in the darkness. Then I slipped through his fingers, and all I could feel was a loss. "Come back, I try to say," but my voice never came. I watched hopelessly as dragons tear at his skin with their teeth and claws; he fought them off but his effort was feeble. Catori jerked awake with a stare, her head spinning from the rush of getting up too fast. She hawked around her bedroom, noting that it was still night. Catori's sheets were drenched in sweat, her head throbbed as she fell back down on her bed, waiting for the dream to recede. Her dr
Life is always accommodating my requests... ___________________________________________________________________ Elsewhere in the Alpina mountain of Desolation, Rydstorm, the leader of the Rexona clan. Paced back and forth in the frosty room of the bathhouse. Still not believing that he had finally found his mate, he hated the fact that she was clinging to a human and the fact that she seemed terrified of him. But he knew that either way he will get her, even if he had to kill her human counterpart. She was his mate and he would do whatever it took to get her. Rydstorm thought about shaving to seem more appealing to her, or maybe smiling more. His mean look was what made him so unapproachable. Just then, the doors were pushed in roughly and in walked Rydstorm's second in command and best friend, Fang. Standing tall and mighty, walking with nothing but confidence. "What's this I hear about going to that place?" Fang asked, taking
I can always recreate what I believe...__________________________________________________________________That same night, Catori laid on her bed with her stomach grumbling but yet she refused to get up and get food.Catori refused to eat anything that her mother had prepared; she didn't even feel like staying in the house anymore, but simply because she had nowhere else to go. Catori will continue to succumb to the treatment of her mother and the nonchalantness of her father.Catori sat up in her bed to read some more of her book, but her door being pushed open made her pause.She placed the book under a pillow only to see that it was her brother, with a plate of food."I know that you always tell me to stay out of your room, but I brought you food." He said,