The Fallen Sisterhood

Chapter 15

AN: Howdy! Let's get straight into the beginning notes shall we? Not a lot to say today so, time skips are marked with the *. We're getting a further introduction to Xiomara, this chapter focuses more around her and the prophecy in the summary of the last chapter. The text inside the (Bold parenthesis) is the translations to the Spanish so you don't have to use google translate or something to translate it, I know that can be annoying. I am by no means fluent so if you can let me know if I got something wrong then please don't hesitate to point it out.This chapter is relatively shorter but the next chapter may be from my OC's POV but I haven't decided yet, we shall see. And that short story I mentioned at the end of last chapter. I'll finish it hopefully in the near future. There will be a lot of lore and missing scenes further covered in short stories I promise. These notes are already longer than I anticipated, sorry lol. Let's get into it!

Carl picked Perry the dog up off the bed in the strange military base. The mutt's tail was wagging a million miles an hour, somehow Perry seemed to know who this was. Carl set Perry on the floor, a doctor in the room stepped forward, gently taking Perry's leash and talking to him in a soft quiet voice. Perry was happy for the attention, immediately flopping on his back for belly rubs. Carl, he just stared at the woman he had thought dead for so many years. Xo was asleep, only waking up briefly when Perry had torn the leash out of Carl's hand to love on her. Carl reached a hand out, lightly tucking a strand of chocolatey brown hair out of her face.

"It's her, it's really her." Carl muttered, "Oh my god it's her."

"Yes sir," the doctor said, continuing to rub Perry's belly. Then Xo started stirring again. Perry jumped to his feet and up onto the bed. Before Carl or the doctors could do anything. Perry laid down, paws on her chest, nose in her neck as she stirred.

Xo rubbed his back. "Que es el nombre de este perro." (What is this dog's name)

Carl of course gave Perry's nickname. "Gato." (Cat) He said grinning.

Xo glared at him, "Ese es muy estupido." (That is very stupid)

Carl started laughing, "No quieres?" (Do you not like it?).

"No." She huffed, closing her eyes.

"Es Perry." Carl admitted (It is Perry).

Xo opened her eyes again and gave him a 'seriously' look. She wrapped her arms around Perry's neck and rolled onto her side, Perry flopping with her. His tail was still wagging, his eyes saying, "look Dad, I found Mom."

Carl reached a hand out touching her arm.

"Mi amor," he said (Need I translate that?).

"Que?" she huffed.

"Te amo." Carl said (I love you).

"Mwah." Xo responded, then promptly passed the fuck out.

*

Xiomara remembered laying in bed, she remembered seeing her husband, remembered when her parents were crying as they had visited, remembered waking up in the middle of the night seeing Carl sitting on the small couch in the room, sobbing. She remembered this all, and one constant remained, the fluffy, long limbed, sable blue dog with strange purple eyes. The hound was in fact currently laying next to her. Perry's back was pressed against her side and his long legs were twitched as he quietly yipped in his sleep. It was one of those rare moments that neither of her parents or Carl were in the room with her. She had woken up when she heard her father enter the room and then exit abruptly. It sounded like he was trying to reassure someone. Xiomara rubbed Perry's belly. Then she heard several other voices start talking. Moments later her father entered again, removing his hat as he went to sit by her and sighing.

Ah perfect, now Xiomara could pester him again. "Dónde está Isa." She said for what must've been the fifth time that day (Where is Isa [A nickname Carl and Xiomara would call Lisa]).

"Going home, she is returning home, Xo." Her father told her, sighing.

"I want to see my baby." Xo insisted.

"You will, you will. She's just- overwhelmed by this place." Her father reassured her.

*

That evening, Xo dreamt. She was in a forest, nearby she saw a woman, the woman. With the long black hair and summer sky eyes.

"What do you need?" She asked.

"Unfortunately, help. I can't be released from my prison, not without help." The woman said.

"How do I help you?" Xo asked.

"Tell your daughter where I am."

"And where is that?" Xo said.

"Follow me." The woman walked into the trees.

Xo followed her out of the woods and onto a path wide enough for a horse to tread carefully, to the right was a sharp cliff, tumbling down to a rushing river. After what felt like ten or fifteen minutes of walking. The terrain started to even out as they continued walking. The woman led her up the mountain, through a canyon. When they emerged on the other side, they emerged into a large hollow all around them were dens. Xo had a creeping feeling that someone was watching her. Crimson red eyes glared at her from the darkness.

"They won't hurt you. They only fight when one tries to leave." The woman said.

"Well then how do you get past?" Xo questioned.

"You fight. Enlist the help of the Soul Riders. Only they can know this information. Tell them you will face Shadowguardians. Lead them here, Perry will protect you." The woman said.

Xo looked down at her side and saw the hound standing there. He grinned a doggy grin and barked.

"Good luck, Moon Warrior." The woman said.

With that, the landscape went dark. When she woke up again, she saw Perry. He was awake and grinning, wagging his plumed tail. His purple eyes sparkled with excitement.

It seemed like this island had more to it than meets the eye.

AN: And that's this month's chapter, I hope you have a wonderful rest of November. Happy Thanksgiving and Veteran's Day to my fellow Americans. Now quick fun fact, I hope to have chapter one of a Lord of the Flies fanfiction written this weekend. We read LOTF class and I'm not happy with it, so I'm fixing that. I'll be reviving Simon (not in a magical way) and focusing on him as they return to civilization. Also, I'm posting this on Wattpad soon as well today. I also have a tumblr for this as well. I do a bunch of stuff there so here it is!

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