The eternal flame

Chapter 3 A new name

Chapter 3

When we got home Iris shoved me aside and almost made me fall into the rose bushes. I walked into the house to find a surprised mother. "Where are Iris's bags? You did go shopping didn't you?"said Grace my mom.

"No I didn't take her shopping because she is always a brat and I always have to pay for her million dollar cloths. So to quote doctor Seuss I did not take her shopping and I will not take her shopping. So if you want her to go shopping take her yourself and you can also pay for her cloths and then we will see who's laughing!" I said almost about to shout.

"You go to your room right now and don't come out until I say you can! Got it! Oh and you will no longer be getting an allowance."

"You never give me an allowance anyway." I mumbled as I walked up the stairs.

I opened the door to my room only to find my little brother David snooping around. "What are you doing in here. Get out."

He left surprisingly but I grabbed the book that was in his hand. He was always trying to steal my stuff. I decided to read a book so I picked one of my favorite A TALE OF WONDER! It was about two brothers who fight over a girl on an adventure to find the city of the lake. I was about an hour into the book when my mom called me down. I reluctantly got up and walk down stairs hopping this wasn't about my sister. When I got down stairs I knew the conversation was going to be about Iris. My mom and sister were siting on the couch and staring at me. "So what do you want?"I asked in a very casual tone.

"Iris tells me you talk to a stranger today is that true. You know you were supposed to take her shopping." She said in a very neutral voice.

"Well the stranger I was talking to was the owner of the book store that I was in and as I said before if you want Iris to go shopping take her your self and you can pay for her stuff." I said a little more confident.

"He also said that I should ask you about my history. So what is my history?"

My mother swallowed hard. All of a sudden she looked nerves. "You should sit down on the couch for a moment." She said in a calm yet nerves voice.

"This may come as a surprise to you but you are actually adopted."

I stood up I could not speak I had to restrain my self from strangling her on the couch. "I may have also changed your name to Addy."

This time I had no trouble in bring words to my mouth I shouted "You changed my name and you never told me. Do even remember what my other name was. At least now I know why who always liked Iris more than me so why don't I just leave. Maybe that would make your life so much easier not have to take care of a chilled you don't like."

I stormed up the stair case into my room and hopped on my bed and started to cry. I could hear my little brother down stairs talking to my mom about what just happens. Out of all the people in my fake family my little brother was my favorite even though he takes my stuff he has always been nice to mr and has alway taken my side no matter what. I heard a soft knock on my door. I got up opened it and there stood my little brother. I smiled at him and invited him in. "So are you going to leave me here with mom and the brat ( The Brat is my brothers and my nick name for Iris)."

"No I would never do that to you. I am going to go some where tonight but I'm taking you with me. So when night falls we will go downtown and get answers."

After night fell me and David snuck out my window, down the drain pipe, and onto the grass. We walked down town and went into the book store which was surprisingly open and went inside. Mr.Clams was at his desk reading a book he looked up and closed the book. He put it on a rack and smiled at us "I was expecting you. Did you ask your mom about you know what?" He said is a smart alike tone.

"Actually she told me before I even asked."

" she told me something to." Said David

"What. What did she say."

I didn't think grace had done anything to David. What could she have done to him? "She said that I was adopted as well as you."

Mr.Clams all of a sudden turned around with a worried excretion on his face. "What? How could that be that woman was only supposed to have one." He said in an angry tone.

"What do you mean she was only supposed too have one?"

As soon as the words left my lips there was a pounding on the door."Let me in let me in. Your going to be in sooooo much trouble for this"

I walked over only to find little Iris shivering on the other side of the door with an angry face. "I hope you have a good explanation for this."

"What are you doing? Your supposed to be at home ." I said so angrey i could shove her into the street and leave her there. But i put on a smile and said "Fine I don't care if you tell mom. She's not even my real mom anyway."

she walked in and took a seat by the fire and gave me a shrewed look. Soon she was joined by Dsvid as he tried to perswad her not to tell mom. I  looked at Mr.Clams as he shuffled through some books on his desk and found the one he wanted and then looked at me. "Addy would you mind joining me in the back for a moment."

I noded and tried to follow him but Iris steped of me "What are you doing? He could tale you back there and kill you for all you know." said Iris

"He's the owner of a book store and he's like fifty years old. I doubt that he's going to kill me."

"Fine but if you wake up dead don't blame me." she said very sarcadtikly.

I shrugged and followed Mr.Clams into the back room. He pointed toward a place where I should sit. I took the chair and found it was acctuly quite confreble. He took the seat across from me. He picked up the book that he had beed carring around and opened it up to a spusific page and skimmed it and then looked up at me. "As you can see i have some information on you that you migh want to know about." he said all of a sudden.

I was suprized by his comment because I had been thinking of just that. "Yes I would like you to tell me what you know of my past. That I araently know nothing about."

"Well lets start at the begginging shall we. When your parents Veronica and Lusifer where caught in a storm of the cost they died and you were luckly safe on the shore some how. we stil don't know how you ended up there but we do know why. unforchunetly i can not tell you at this time but when the time comes you'll know why you were sent there. Now i know your step mother Grace told you she gave you another name."

How did he know that was he there or was he listing? He contiued "So your real name is actually Flame Sparrow  daughter of Veronica and Lusifer Sparrow. Your father was a great fire and air wizard and your mother was a brillant warter wizard so you will have to find out what type of wizard you are. Now for the time being we should not have you out in public for who knows who wants to kidnappe you or take your power. Plus you are very unstable with your power right now so you'll have to go somewhere safe. I have aranged for you to go to a place called the ship along with your brother and sister."

i frowned at the thought of my sister with me but then smiled at the thought of her getting throun overbord int the sea and getting eaten by sarks. "You'll have five days to prepare. then come back here on the fith night and I'll send you over there."

we walked out of the back room and the first thing out of my mouth was "we get to go on a road trip." I said with a smile.