The Academy

Thirty Eight

Tink:

       In my drean Rose was being tortured by Wendy. Oh my god, this isn't a dream. This is me seeing through Jace's eyes. Holy Shit I have to wake up. I wake myself from the dream just as Rose falls asleep. There's too much blood, too much sorrow. "I need to leave," I tell Peter. "To where?" I asks, as I start dressing in uniform. "To Rose. My mother is hurting her and oh my god she's inches from death. I need to leave. Be back soon. I love you," I say. I appear right next to Jace. "Help her," he pleads. "I got it pumpkin," I sigh, kissing his cheek and pushing him away a little bit. "Alright Rose this is going to need help from both sides. I need you to hold on," I whisper. I start with her head, pressing two fingers to every wound. They heal up to little faint scars and her eyes flutter open.

       I tackle hug her and she laughs a little. "Oh my god you're okay," I say. Jace practically throws me out of the way. Jace hugs her, pulling her up from where I pressed her against the floor with my hug and the second she is sitting in front of him he starts kissing her aggressively. I thought she would pull away but I really couldn't be more wrong. "Wow if you guys could not have sex right now, that would be great," I say smiling. "Oh look their both in one place," my mother's voice says from behind me.

       "You really shouldn't have come back," I sigh, brushing my hair behind my ear. "Why is the scared little girl who has daddy issues going to hurt poor old mom?" She asks, mocking me. "You are hilarious. I put a curse on the house when I entered. You can't leave. Jace, pumpkin, get Rose to the car. You guys need to go see Jean and she will make sure you are okay. Go now," I say, turning my head slightly. "Sure thing princess. Just call if this is too much to handle," Jace says, picking up Rose and leaving.

        "Why can't you just leave us alone?" I whine. "Why won't you just be my daughter again?" She counters. "Answer my question first," I say, leaning against the wall. The thing about being safe around this lady is that you have to act like you don't care. The second you care, she uses that as a vulnerability. "I want what you have. It's that simple. You got the attractive husband that I worked so hard on. I really did try my best but now he loves you and the only way for the two of us to truly be happy is for you to be out of the picture," she says. The Peter card. Calm down. "Oh but you could never please him like I can and that is all you are worrying about. You are an old hag and look at me mom! Do you honestly think he could ever love you?" I demand. "I'll give you that but Rose has powers that I need back and in order to take them, I have to kill her so yeah..." she explains. "To kill her you'll have to go through me, Logan, Jace, and here's the kicker, Peter. You'll never have him if you plan on killing Rose," I inform her, getting off the wall.

       "But if I kill you like I have been dying to, I get my sister, my husband, and everything you could never have," I say. "Kill me? That is most comical thing I have ever heard," she says, waving a hand in the air. "Oh, looking for this?" I ask, referring to the magic that Peter gave her. A small tube of green sparkly liquid that I now have on a string around my neck. It's her main source of magic. "Oh very well, I can fight with my hands like the good old fashioned days," she says, hiking up her blood soaked sleeves. The blood of my sister. Here we go.

      I stomp twice on the my heel of my right foot. Blade pops out at the toe and I kick her the gut. "Is that all you've got?" She asks. "No, I've got my friend Larrington," I say, pulling the dagger out of the side of my left boot. "Dagger throwing, nice skill," she comments. I throw it and hit her right between the eyes. Dead. She hits the floor and I gasp, my hands shaking. I just killed my own mom. "Jace sent me. He knew something was wrong but he wanted to stay with Rose oh my god Tinkerbell," he says, pulling me to his chest. "Tink did you do that?" He asks quietly, turning me away from it. I nod against his chest. "Okay wow, let's go see Jean," he says, poofing us back to our home. "Peter this isn't Jean's office," I say, sitting down in the couch. My hands and knees are still shaking.

      "I now but I thought you might want to talk in the closet like we were seven again," he says, taking my hand and pulling me into the hall closet. We both sit down on the floor and our knees touch. "I don't remember that," he chuckles. "Me neither. Peter I just killed my mother. The mom I wanted back so many days of the year. I just killed her. For like no reason. She didn't get a trial or a judge or jail time I just let go of the knife and freaking killed her," I say, covering my face with my hands. "I know but after the shit she's pulled she didn't deserve a trial or a judge or jail time. He deserved death. She almost killed your sister, tried to kill our kids and damn it she hurt you. Her leaving, that hurt more than any physical pain," he says, taking my hands away from my face.

       I nod wanting to believe it but still feeling guilty as hell. "Lets go see Logan," he says. "Dad's home?" I ask, my knees shaking again. "Yes and I think he wants to meet his grand kids," Peter says, taking the scrunchy out of my hair. I nod and we stand up out of the closet. We go over to the Institute and I run straight into my dad's arms. "Hey baby girl," he laughs, hugging me tight. "I heard what you did and I am proud of you. She hurt your family and you stood up to her," Logan says. I nod slowly. "Now I think I'm a grandpa and would like to meet my grand kids," Logan says.   

          We go into the infirmary where Rose and Jace are playing with Sammie and Nathan. "Come here Sammie," Peter says as soon as he walks in the room. I'm not sure who is more attached. Peter to Sammie or Sammie to Peter. I carefully take Nathan from Rose and we hand them both to Logan. Logan laughs. "Hey guys," he says. He sits down with them and start smiling. "Oh gosh he's got my eyes and she's got your's," Logan says. I smile. "Okay well I have some paperwork to do but I will be back later," Logan says. I crawl up into the hospital bed and hold Sammie tight. "I'm not going to leave, I promise," I say and kiss her forehead. She yawns and I smile. "Can I put her to sleep?" Dean asks. "Uh sure?" I say, handing he carefully to Dean.

      Dean starts singing the lulliby version of Hey Jude to her and Jean smiles. We all just listen for a minute and then she is asleep. "I'm sorry I made you do that all by yourself," Jace says, moving to sit beside me. "It's okay. Go upstairs and get some sleep. You need it desperately. Take Rose with you," I say, patting his leg. He nods with a yawn and they go upstairs. Soon the room is clear except for my little family. "What movie to you wanna watch?" Peter asks. "Harry Potter," I say before he finishes asking. "Just like we used to," he smiles.