Cupid's Curse

Chapter 9: Meet Carina

I walked around school for the next week in a daze. I saw the guy a few more times, but as much as I wanted to go and find out who he was, I couldn't. Every time that I saw him, I always remembered something else that I had to do in another part of the campus. It was as if something didn't want me to ever find out why this guy had such a drastic effect.

Or someone...

The thought came to me, burning into my head, the loud booming voice that deafened me. I winced and fell to the ground, clutching my head, feeling as stupid as Harry Potter when Voldemort came around knocking.

Pictures flashed through my head, a hill covered in snow, Heidi, some random girl in a very strange getup and chili sauce? I moaned and held my head in my hands and when I stood up, the pain cleared from my head, I realized that I remembered the girl. And she was passing by right now.

"Manda!" I yelled trying to get the brunette to turn around. "AMANDA!"

Either she was totally deaf, or the avoidance spell was not broken on her yet.

I tried to run after her but my body froze and a hole that could only be described as a vortex opened up in front of me and my motionless body was sucked into it.

As I was pulled into it, images became distorted. I saw myself kissing Collin, but as my image pulled away from Collin, I saw that my hair was shorter and blonde. The red from my hair was gone along with it's black alter ego. And for the first time ever since hearing the prophecy, I yearned to be the blonde girl. She looked so happy with her healthy Collin.

Another image appeared to me, but this one was crystal clear. I stared into purple eyes, that were set into a face that looked eerily familiar. My own.

As I watched, the violet-eyed girl reached out her hand and my hand grasped onto it, without myself even recognizing it. The girl pulled me out of the swirling vortex, and I had the sudden urge to throw up, now that the world wasn't spinning. The urge turned into the need and I vomited my guts into a bush, the violet-eyed girl holding back my still red hair; just like I had done to Manda, only days earlier.

My stomach emptied and my head still dancing with the image of the future Collin and myself, I slipped into an unconsciousness.

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What felt like days later, I awoke to find myself in a strange room. The walls were made out of material that looked a lot like rock and dirt. The floor seemed to be mad out of the same and a fire burned bright in the middle, keeping the dank room warm and bright. And that's when I figured out, being the genius that I am, it wasn't a room but a cave.

A rustling sound from behind me, made me freeze as I established the fact that, a) this was a cave, and b) I wasn't alone in said cave.

I turned around to see the violet-eyed girl cutting branches, her red hair flowing down her back in soft waves. The image of me and future Collin came rushing back along with head numbing vortex. But that had to of been just a dream, right? So if she was here, then I hadn't really woken up.

Satisfied that I was still sleeping, I lay back down and closed my eyes, waiting to feel my soft mattress underneath me as I floated back into my subconscious. Instead all I felt was rock. I tried to imagine the familiar clink as my ceiling fan worked its way around, keeping the air moving. Instead all I hear was a soft chuckle and a voice to match say, "I know you're awake."

"No," I thought. "It isn't working."

"What isn't working? Trying to get back to your bed? I'm sorry to have to tell you this, but this isn't a dream. And if we are to finish what Zeus had decided for us, then we better get started."

My eyes popped open at the strange name. "Zeus?" I asked, sitting up and looking at the mirror image of myself only with purple eyes, "No, he's name is Jupiter."

She nodded, an understanding and patient smile on her face, as if she was teaching a kindergartner how to write. I knew that smile too well. It was the one I used when i wanted to piss Heidi off. No wonder she got so annoyed. I wanted to punch the violet-eyed girl down.

"Where you are from, yes. Where I am from, he prefers Zeus."

"So that means," I said slowly, putting it all together. "You're Greek."

Another patient smile. How I wished I had a gun. "Yes. I am Carina, daughter of Eros, and your Greek twin."

I stared dumbfounded at her. "If you're my twin, then do you break hearts too?"

She nodded. "Zeus and Jupiter have decided that the time was ripe for us to meet and to break our curse together. Seeing as you are the daughter of Cupid, Eros' more powerful self, when you screw up, you're screw ups are more damaging than mine." And it was back. If you killed your twin that no one knew about, would it still be considered murder? I'd have to look into that. "And since Antevorte placed the illegal memory wipe on you and your branded heart, her powers have been taken away for awhile. However she predicted this to end, it will no longer end like that. She has no idea that you are here and we must keep it like that. But in order for you to fix things with your heart, we must first fix things with mine."

I took a deep breath. "Let me get this straigh. Cupid's counterpart had a daughter, that would be you, who received the same curse?" Nod. "And the terms and rules are the same?" Another nod. "So what happens if we fix things with your guy but not mine?"

She shrugged. "The curse will only be halfway broken and you, Cupid and Collin might cease to exist."

And for the second time that day, I blacked out. This time due to shock.

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Soooo. I'm back ha ha. *Clears throat* sorry about the wait. I lost this so I had to remember my vision for the chapter and rewrite it. Ugh. But what do you think of the new twist? I've had this planned for a very long time! And tell me what you think of Carina (cuh-ree-nuh)?? Good or evil? Leave me a comment and vote if you think it deserves it. Thanks people!!:)