Love in Darkness

Chapter 7: Darkness within

Eon enters the portal to the magic world. He sees no one in the village on his way home since it is still early in the morning. "I would not say that I am glad to be home. I am sure they even not notice I was gone." Then he continues his way to their house. He sneakily enters his home and closes the door without making any sound. When he turns around and is about to go to his bedroom, his parents are in the living room, sitting, and looking at him.

His father, Fero, stands. "You were gone for almost a week. Care to explain?"

Eon is shocked. He did not expect this to happen but he composes himself and responded. "Did something that made you care about me?"

Diana, her mother, rises from sitting in their wooden tree chair and shouts. "What did you just say?! We were worried about you! We cannot find you anywhere! You even stopped attending magic school. And that is how you will reply to us?!" Then the windows break because of the strong winds that appear when his mother is angry.

"Really, Mom? Both of you were worried?" Eon laughs half-heartedly. Then he looks around to see that everything is in gray color. Before he could ask, his father speaks. "Your brother died."Eon falls silent. He cannot find the right words to say. His silence makes her mother upset. "You can't say anything? Your father said your brother died!"

"What do you want me to say?" Eon looks at his mother with no emotion. "I'm sorry, it must be hard for you?" His mother quickly approaches him and slaps him. "How dare you! How dare you say that to me?!" Diana starts hitting Eon in his chest. The ground starts to shake so Fero immediately hugs his wife to stop her.

"I know it has been hard for you, Mom. You lost your dream child. But you think it was easy for me? You and dad hardly acknowledge my existence and when my brother came, you completely forgot I exist." Emotions that had been kept for a long time are bursting. "You expect me to mourn? How can I? You did not even let me see nor hold him. Why? Afraid he will become powerless like me? You literally made me feel like I am a contagious disease."

Her father tries to come close to him. "Son..." It starts raining outside. Someone has felt sadness.

Eon could see that sadness in his father's eyes. But he steps back. "But you know what? I realized what is this fuss all about. You lost your dream son so you decided to think about your powerless child. It would have been better if you continue to treat me like nothing. I'm used to it." He did not wait for his parents to respond and rushes to his room.

Eon locks the door. Then he sighs. "What did I say those?" He regretted every word he said to his parents. It is not the right timing but he feels relieved. All of those emotions and words were building up inside of him. Eon just explodes. He presses his back on the door and slowly slides down to sit on the floor. He leans back his head and closes his eyes. "They should have ignored me like they always do." Then he sighs.

An hour later, Eon opens his eyes and looks for his magic pouch. It is a small bag but its insides are huge enough to fit anything - big or small. He starts to move around in his room. He is packing his stuff. He could only think of Selena. "She is the only one who truly loves me no matter what I am."

Eon carefully closes the door of his bedroom. He checks the living room to see if his parents are around. "Good. They are not here." He continues his way to the front door. Little did Eon know that his father has seen him and follows him to the portal.

Eon enters the portal. Fero is shocked to discover that his son had found the portal to the humans' world. Only the elders and the higher fairies knew the exact location of every portal. Fero goes back to their house to gather important things and then he will follow his son.

On the other hand, Selena arrives at their house. It is disturbingly quiet. She calls her mother, "Mom? Are you home?" She then goes to her parent's bedroom and sees her mother sleeping. Selena comes closer to her mother and gasps in horror when she sees the bruises.