The Prophecy

Sibling Rivalry

"Did you miss me, my Dove?" Maxx asked me, jumping down from the tree he had been standing on.

"Maxx!" I exclaimed, startled. "When did you get there?"

"Just now. Where's my baby brother?" He looked around.

"Gathering wood so we can make a fire to cook. Why?"

"We're alone." He smirked as he took a seat next to me. He thrust his hand into the air, creating a force field around us. "Have you remembered who I am yet?"

"I had a childhood friend named Maxx. There were two Maxes, but their names were spelt differently. You resemble one." I looked into his red eyes.

"That's right. I knew you when you were three. We were best friends. That was before my fall. When I was a pure angel. I fell when you were ten. They took me from my job as your guardian. When they gave the job to my brother, I realized that I had fallen in love with you. I couldn't bare to see my brother watching over you in my place, so I left. I became infuriated when he left you a year before you went to Hawaii. I came back to take care of you, but I stayed out of sight."

"I apologize for forgetting. We were best friends. I shouldn't have forgotten about you." I frowned, ashamed.

"Don't worry about it. You remember now, and that's all that matters." Maxx moved closer to me and put his hand over mine. "I never stopped thinking about you."

"Maxx..." I was at a loss for words. He began to lean closer to me.

"I love you." Maxx spoke softly as he pressed his lips to mine.

"Athena!" Michael shouted as he ran into the border between us that had been placed by Maxx.

Maxx looked into my different-colored eyes one more time before disappearing. Michael ran up to me as soon as the field was gone. He wrapped me tightly in a hug.

"I really hate that guy. He knows how I feel. If he comes around again, I will destroy him." Michael promised me this.

"How you feel about what?" I asked, already knowing what he meant.

Michael turned the color of his brother's eyes. "Th-that's, um, that's not important right now. I'll tell you...eventually. I promise."

That night, the same incident happened again. Michael went to get firewood, and Maxx appeared. Maxx only shows up when Michael isn't around.

"Hey." I could barely see him tonight, due to the clouds covering the moon.

"Where are you?" I asked, summoning a small ball of light. Even with the light, I couldn't see him.

He wrapped his arms around my waist from behind me. "I'm right here."

I looked over my shoulder to find his face right next to mine. "You know, you keep making Michael pretty mad."

"You're alone at night with a guy and you start talking about his brother. How do you think that makes me feel? I think I need an apology kiss."

"Why don't you let me actually see you first?" I asked. He was still behind me, holding me in his strong arms.

"Why? You think I'm hot or something?" He let go of me, so I whirled around. He was wearing the same black jacket as always, but he had the sleeves rolled up.  He was attractive. That much was true. "Now where's my kiss?"

I cannot believe what I did next. I actually kissed him. I did what he wanted.

"That's a good girl. So obedient." He smirked in the light that I had created. "Are you infatuated with me yet?" 

"Don't make me answer that." I begged. I actually did think about him all day.  Well, all day since lunch. I think I actually did love him. He stared at my face like he were looking at painting. "Please stop staring. It makes me nervous."

"Yup. You're infatuated with me. I can see it. You love me. That's why you obediently kissed me. You wanted to." He declared. Once again, he pulled me into his embrace. How did they always see right through me? "I love you too, Baby."

"Am I a dove or a baby?" I asked as he kissed me once again.

"Hmm...Both!" He grinned at me. I began to slip into another vision.

I was wearing a wedding dress with Maxx as the groom. It was beautiful, but something was different. His eyes weren't red; they were blue. I smiled as I boldly stated "I do." The vision faded.

"Maxx." I breathed deeply. "I had a vision.  We. We were getting married.  Me.  And you."

"Our fate.  The fates have been kind to me.  I guess we're meant to be." I began to collapse in his arms. He laid me gently onto the grass.

"Your eyes were blue." And I was out like a light as Michael approached at a rapid pace.

I materialized in a full angel form.  My human body still lay in the grass, but I was upright.  The boys were arguing.

"What did you do to her?" Michael shouted.  "And do not say nothing. She is unconscious in the grass."

"I didn't do anything.  She had a vision.  It was about a wedding. Our wedding.  Me and her." Maxx told his brother calmly.

Flames shot up from both of Michael's hands. I have never seen him so angry.  "Liar! I'll destroy you!"

I ran in front of Maxx. "Michael! Stop! He's telling the truth!"

"Athena? How are you...? What's going on?" Michael was stunned.  My wings were spread with unusual size. They were a lot larger now.

"I'm not sure myself, but I think this is only the angel part of me.  The human part is still sleeping.  That's why my wings are larger.  I'm fully angel right now.  Not human.  I think." I explained to my best explanation. "Please.  Don't hurt Maxx. I...I think I love him."

That's all I remember from that moment. When I woke up, both Michael and Maxx were lying on the ground, and I still had my full-sized wings.