Song Of The Siren

❦Chapter Three❦

Chapter Three~Family Reunion

"What are you doing here?" I snap at my sister, Auraline. 

"Why, I can't see my loving younger sister?" Auraline replies fake innocently. I roll my eyes before turning my back on her. Auraline has always brought back bad memories from years ago. She's partly the reason why I am like I am now. I hate her. I wish we weren't related. I would disown her in a millisecond if I could, but I don't think Syrene would like that.

"What are you doing here?" I growl again and Auraline sweeps her hair back and smiles smugly.

"Nothing much. Just Syrene told me to tell you that we're having a reunion in a for-night." She says. I groan out loud and try not to curse Syrene. Why a family reunion now? I wish I could decline, but I haven't been to one for at least 500 years. But still...

"Busy." I mumble and try to avoid Auraline's eyes. I heard her scoff behind me and I try to busy myself by arranging the small goblets I retrieved a few years ago from a sunken ship. They glimmer gold in the moonlight.

"You liar." She says simply and I push down the feeling of frustration from her voice. I whirl around to look at her steadily in the eye. Then, I send her the most hateful glare I could muster and clench my jaw tightly.

"Fine. What time?" I ask, gritting my teeth. It's a wonder that my teeth haven't broken off yet, from the strength I was giving them. Auraline smooths a hand through her hair and pauses. I see a small bracelet hang off her slim, pale wrist and internally bristle. It was made of milky white pearls and I knew instantly who gave her that. 

"Midnight." She finally answers and I nod slightly and stiffly. It's another wonder that we've been in the same place for around 4 minutes, and I haven't ripped her throat out yet. Maybe I could survive the reunion. But just maybe. I probably would lose my self-control and kill her (if I got lucky) but then Syrene would probably announce me as a outcast and force me to leave the Siren's Cove. 

Siren's Cove is the all the Sirens that were approved loyal by Syrene and all had specific places assigned to them. These sirens were all evil and were willing to lure and kill humans. It's like a club, a group. Once you were in, you're in. But you could be kicked out. And that was probably what I would be facing if I killed my own sister. Then, I would be an outcast and if any sirens saw me, they had the authorization to kill me, since I would've broken the Law. It wouldn't be a very fun life.

"Alright. Farewell." I say, pushing tension into the farewell. Maybe she got the hint to leave. 

She didn't. Or maybe she did but wanted to annoy me further. 

"You know Raidne, I'm surprised that your heart is still light." Auraline says lightly. Rage flows through my body. Telling a siren their heart is still light, might be one of the worst insults there are. By light, she means good. And telling a siren they were good, was basically a death wish.

"It. Is. Not." I snarl, clearly pronouncing each word. Auraline smirks (again) and shakes her head slightly.

"It is little sister. You don't seem like one of us- a siren. Syrene probably let you into the Cove because you're her sister. Shame we're related. Oh well. Anyways, I don't see why you're a siren. You're nothing like us. You're more like a mermaid. Honestly, I would've thought after James-" 

That was it. The worst insult. Me a mermaid?! And how dare she mention James!!!!! I completely leap on her, slamming her into the slick cave walls. Auraline's eyes look surprised and I stare into her eyes. 

"Shut up. Do not mention James to me or else I will personally tear your throat out. Alright?" I snap at her and Auraline shoves me off her. I glide back a bit and watch as Auraline steadies her breathing discreetly and turns around to fix her hair. Then, she turns back to me and tilts her head, observing me. The whole cave was silent, apart from the waves lapping around us. The moon shone into the cave, glaring gloomily at both of us. 

"I see why he left you." Auraline says and cackles nastily. Left me?! Who does she think she is?! Frustration, anger, rage, all kinds of emotions were flowing into me. I could pratically feel the heat from my anger spilling into the waters around me.

"LEAVE!" I screamed at the top of my lungs and Auraline flinches slightly at the volume. I'm pretty sure glass shattered at my scream. She gives me a wink and a nasty glare before swimming out of my cave. I watch her figure recede into the darkness and that's when I whirl around and punch the cave wall as hard as I can. There was a loud CRACK. But the wall was fine, my hand isn't. I let out a small cry of pain and cradle my injured hand, knowing it would heal soon. Tears are flowing down my cheeks but I know it isn't just because of the pain.

It is because of the memories Auraline bought back. The ones I try so desperately to forget, to ignore. Not really working is it? I try to block them out but all they do, is come back at night, haunting me. Although it has been around a 100 years ago, the pain is still salt to a fresh wound everyday. How ironic. The seawater is salty.

And this is all because of Auraline. 

And well, James.

A/N: So.... NEW CHAPTER!! How did you like it?? What do you think happened between Auraline, Raidne and James? SOOO, Comment!! Vote!! Fan!! Whatever you want!! I would love to hear from you guys and.... well... please? :) No pressure. Feedback is welcome and I hope you enjoyed this chapter!!! Oh, the picture is Auraline!