chronicles of Night Trials of fire and water

chronicles 23:stress and struggles

As time goes, because I couldn't sleep I now couldn't quite stay awake, as we are now returning back from Ospedale Civile, on Campo SS. Finally, a punch to my arm wakes me from a weakened state in limbo.

"Ciaran, why are you so hellbent on sleeping when it's your last day with me? ant 'ahmaq ghabi' which was arabic for "you ditzy fool" Kali pouts cutely, and I don't realize how much she's grown until she's giving me a massage. It's nice, and strangely it wakes me up a bit. I look at my littlest pride and joy and can't help but be a little happier than I was, I look into her eyes, my eyes, the eyes that I didn't think I would ever see again.

She smiles and takes the bacon and waves it in my face again.

"Please I can't eat it, and I would rather you eat it than go to waste" I smile and peck her on the cheek and smile and bite them like a dog causing Kali to cry out its surprise.

"Ciaran With your hands you animal muzeij jidana"

Sarah was finding amusement while digging into and biting into her plate of eggs, potatoes, and chicken fried steak and started chewing. Finally, I hear my name once again.

"Caleb, as we have now had our mission fulfilled, we're gonna finish eating here, and then drop off the sisters, and head back to the church, for now, eat, and....I'd appreciate it if you didn't make a fool of yourself in the restaurant god your 17 and yet you act like your 12..dork."

I scowled at him and gave him the bird but something was in his eyes, something troubled. I sigh and rolled my eyes and looked at him, yawning.. "are we gonna keep on kissing each other's asses? Let me remind you these two are my sisters too, and I can't assume just because your here means we can't have accidents, also I found that I did something amazing I honestly have a level of aura in my body that most youngbloods don't, I used more advanced spells on this trip than any time at the Vatican before I only had a few instances of danger in Rome, this one moment with Biagio showed me what I...mostly could do I fought hard, but only because you pushed me forward, so in that regards, we both served as the shield and sword, and together we killed it..." He said, blinking, tired and smiling.

Sarah was quiet, her body already healed, but scarred, luckily being a dhampir, she healed up quickly.

She was happily tearing into some potatoes, eggs, and chicken fried steak, she seemed to have some thoughts, because she was checked out.

Finally, she looked up at Caleb, then Kali, then finally her older brother Judas.

"I caused you all great peril last night, I don't mean to put you in danger"

At that moment Judas, chewing on a steak egg omelet looked at her and smirked.

"Well wandering off in the middle of a battle like that would do that, what made you wander off?"

Sarah blinked, and sighed, dropping the fork down. "Well you see, it's not easy to explain, I was sort of coursed into following him, as soon as we touched into the court, it didn't take long something to take control of me, by the time I retook control, I was wandering into the church, and soon after I was caught in that trapdoor, being sliced open, I didn't wake until after Ciaran found me. The grace of God was the angel Caleb, Ciaran, you saved me, you saved us all, now what continues for you?" SHe asked, quietly, and this alerted everyone, even me.

"I assume, we head back at this point, I go back to my studying unless you know otherwise?"

Judas was eating his omelet, calm, thinking.

"There's some need to consult the leaders, so, for now, yes we will have you busied with your studies apprentice, questions must be asked," He said smiling.

Meanwhile, Kali was snuggling up to her big brother who she hadn't seen for years and made it quite known that "time and distance only fueled two soulmates" She looked at me and smiled.

"What is it like behind the church walls? They better not give you shit for your emerald eyes, I'll go there and cut them myself, bitch people calling my brother grass eyes, or rich snob, and how are they cooking I'm gonna be mad if I have to go over there and make your food, my big brother gets what he needs  la 'aetaqid 'anani lan"

And I can't help but laugh at her because she's sweet, and her emerald gaze makes me want to fly.

I reach out and scratch her behind her black fox ears, and I smirk.

"Oh no everyone is going to fear my little sister's wrath" I laughed and tickled Kali's sides. She barked like a fox and I saw her jump and she swung out of reflex and clocks me in the eye and I recoiled, falling into Sarah who spilled on herself.

"Damn it Ciaran, can you not push your antics on me, and especially when I'm drinking blood chocolate, god now I look like I massacred someone.

I lean up and cough, "sorry" I look down, thinking, worrying, remembering what I saw before, it was a beast, an undead, an incubus, a shade, it looked inhumane, with dead eyes, and it spoke a name for me that I instantly recognized;

"Cale..." I said out loud and Judas blinked and looked at me eating, before he handed me a plate of greens, "you wanted some Kale?" He asked me and I blinked,

Shaking my head I look around. "Ick Judas you know I don't eat them. I need to get to the bathroom, I'll be back' I get up and disappear into the bathroom to splash water in my face, as I contemplate what I saw, what I heard

"Cale...only two people know me by that name...."

Gabriel and Alexis. I throw water on my face and look into the mirror and I see myself, no I see that creature surrounded in black flames, blood-red eyes staring back at me, behind me, I look behind me and nothings there, I look around, checking the stalls, but I'm alone, I drop my head, and sigh wiping my eyes, really starting to worry before opening the door and leaving, and I felt someone grab me from behind, and say "we are going outside and your gonna talk to me..."