Red Vessel

Chapter 11: The siblings

Iris's PoV

June explained all these recent events, and those episodes Rhea is having, well her name is Arya now, I don't think that could change now... she grew up with that name... so Arya it is. According to Rio... uhm... Kris, there is a sect named Krasnaya, and it has been around for a couple of years, He said that many different experts in linguistics have tried to decode Krasnaya's writings and the symbols they find in the crime scenes without any luck. I wasn't aware of the existence of this sect... that's what happens when you don't have time to watch the news.

We are still waiting for Arya to wake up, guess that June put her in a very deep sleep; in the meantime, Kris is making some tea while he talks to his mother in the kitchen, I can hear him whispering... well, all of this is not a very pleasant information to process, and I came out of the blue calling myself his aunt and calling her mother June, and on top of everything, I stopped aging at 24, so I look like his own age, and that is even more confusing.

— Awake? — I said to Arya when I realized she was sitting on the sofa with her hand covering her eyes.

—What happened? —She says without realizing she's talking to me.

— Your mom put you to sleep —I say this while she Put her hands away from her face and looks at me.

—Oh... Ok... Uhm... WHAT?! Wait, WHO are YOU supposed to be?! And more important... Where is my necklace?!—took her long enough I guess... but, the problem is that she is still fixated with her necklace, I need to cool her down some way.

—Rhea... uhmm, sorry, Arya, my name is Iris, I am your aunt and I-

—Aunt? —she interrupted me.

—Let me finish please. — I said as I sigh. —I'm g-

—And why did you call me Rhea!? Who is Rhea!?— she won't shut up! Will she?

— Arya, please, I'm going to explain everything, only then you'll understand all this recent changes withing you, and also the reason why you need that necklace so much. Y-

—You are the one who has my necklace aren't you?! Give it to me right now! —She is starting to raise her voice, it's not a good sign. —Wait... what... what is that on your neck? that necklace is similar to mine! You g-

—ARYA! Just... just calm yourself down and listen to me, —It is normal for her to have this reaction over my neckacle, because at the end, they are very similar, her's is made of gold with the Red Stone in the center and mine is made of silver and the stone is blue and both a v shaped, but most importantly they were both made out of the same essence, the Red Essence.—I will give you your necklace, but only after you listen to all I have to say—Afer she agrees, her mother and bother sit down with us, they need to know everything as well.

—We are ready Iris—said June while pouring tea for all of us.

—A long time ago, existed in this world, the rightful rulers, the ones with a power beyond imagination, those were called Red Vessels, they were the Kings and Queens of Kramian. These rulers are not the ones your History books tell and so, taught at school. This Red Vessels were part of The Crown family and they were born only in the succession line once every generation. They possessed an enormous amount of essence, but, with great powers comes great responsibilities towards the world and its balance. W-

—I'm sorry but, what does that have to do with me? Or the fact that I don't care what you are talking about? — This girl has a sharp tongue; I suppose it is because of the effects of the resonance with the Red Pendant necklace.