Aneon [Incomplete]

Chapter 25

After explaining the whole situation, everyone looked at Alexander and I dumfounded, shocked or completely horrified.

“Are you sure that’s what you saw and heard!?” Ronald yelled, not wanting to believe us.

“Yes!” Alexander repeated again.

This has probably been the eighteenth ‘yes’ he’s had to say to doubtful questions.

“I knew that feeling in my gut was a bad one. I can’t believe she brought my brother into this!” Nate hung his head in depression.

“And you! Why are we now finding out about you being part of triplets!?” Kim yelled at Nate.

“Because!” He yelled, but couldn’t say the rest of his sentence.

“Because…” he sighed then continued, “My family abandoned me. Just because I have a choice to become Angel or Demon instead of being born into Demon-hood, they disowned me. So I started anew. I hid for a few years, until I got a letter from this school. They granted me new life. I was so glad that I got a chance to forget my past and took the offer instantly. It seems my past has somehow come back around to ruin my life again.”

“Don’t go all deep, mysterious past, shit, on us now! Now is to tell us what the hell we’re up against!” Snow yelled at him.

Funny. Snow always seems to be the most outspoken of us all, closely followed by Shard.

“Well one thing’s for sure. If my brother is involved…my whole family is involved,” Nate frowned.

“What!? The whole Diavolo family!?” Alexander was seriously shocked by this.

“Yeah. Fate was always most loved among the three of us. Mother and father loved him most since he was first. They loved Kate because she was last. Me? No! They hate me because I came out a damn Aneon!” Nate grew furious.

“We have to warn our parents,” Alexander looked at me with worried eyes.

Everyone is worried…about me.

“Now is no time to be thinking that, Ali! Just come on!” He grabbed my arm, pulled me toward him, lifted me off the floor and carried me out the door.

I rested my head on his shoulder and couldn’t help myself but think that all I have done was be an inconvenience to everyone. Especially Alexander.

Maybe it would be better if I just gave myself over to Crystal and Fate. Maybe I shouldn’t have come to this school. Then all of this wouldn’t have happened. Or maybe I shouldn’t have even been born. Then everyone wouldn’t even know about a second Anon.

“Shut up!” Alexander yelled at me.

His grip on me tightened just a bit. I looked up at him in surprise at his outburst.

“Don’t you ever think those things, you hear me!? Without you being born, Ali, I wouldn’t even have the will to live. I remember when I was born, they all told me I had to be special and live up to so many expectations. I was alone. No one could be on the same level as me. I begged and begged for a little sister…but then…you came along. With you there, there was no need for a sister. Instead of family, I received love. Ali...you were the love of my life. No one compared to you.”

He’s using past tenses…

“Ali, don’t leave me again. I don’t think I’ll be able to live if I’m away from you any longer,” he continued.

I gasped.

Did…he…

Yes. Alexander needs me. There is someone that actually needed me.

I’ll try.

“That is all I will ever ask for you to do,” he smiled at me.

My head found his shoulder again and I squeezed him a little tighter. I heard him make an ‘oh’ sound. He looked at me and smiled. I blushed.

I seem to bring out the old Alexander that I once loved.

I made sure to block off my thoughts before saying that.

“Wait. I now realized…Why am I running if we can teleport!?” Alexander stated then teleported us to our parents.

Seriously? Why did we forget about teleporting?

“Oh? Son? Alexis? What are you two doing here? And Alexis, you should not be out of bed, dear,” Ambrosio was the only one there.

“S-s-sorry to disturb you, A-Ambrosio” I stuttered.

 “Now is no time for small talk! Dad, a huge war is going to break out in a month’s time!” Alexander seemed to be panicking and he put me down.

“What!? Okay, go through all the details,” Ambrosio believed us right away.

After Alexander and I, mostly Alexander though, explained the whole thing, Ambrosio pondered about it for a while.

“Alright. School has been terminated until this war is over. We have to prepare for the upcoming war. I’ll go tell Aarón, Alicia and Adalia. Both of your lives are at stake,” Ambrosio got up and was about to head for the door.

“B-both!?” I asked.

“If you die…you both die…” Ambrosio reminded us and closed the door behind him.

I forgot about that…

I frowned. Of all people in the world, why did I have to be connected to the one that I don’t want dying; the one that I don’t want to hurt. I must find a way to break our binding before the war. I do not want to be a burden on Alexander.

“What are you thinking about so much? You’ll get stress wrinkles on your forehead,” he poked my forehead.

I looked at him and blushed.

“Nothing. Why are you so calm about all this?” I asked.

“Well, we can’t really do anything. If one of us gets hurt in the battle, the other will also get hurt. Judging by my father’s reaction, he won’t let us near the battle field. All we can do is hope and pray that no one gets hurt too badly,” Alexander began to walk to the door.

“Wait!” I grabbed him by his sleeve and stopped him.

An idea just popped into my head.

“Maybe we don’t have to be near the battle field,” I smirked at him.

“Eh?” he raised a confused eyebrow at me.

“You said we could cast spells, right? Maybe we can cast spells from a distance,” I suggested.

“What? That’s ridicu-…wait a minute…” he thought about it.

“Ali! You’re a genius!” He yelled, hugged me, lifted me off the floor and spun me around.

We both laughed. For the first time, I heard him laugh. He always gave a halfhearted chuckle, but this? This was a full blown laugh. I smiled and hugged him back. Hearing him laugh made me happy for some reason. Almost as if all my troubles disappeared in the sounds of his laughter. He rested me down on the floor and he kissed my head. I was utterly shocked that he kissed me. Not on the lips but still, he wouldn’t dare go any further than touching me. And that took a long time for him to even reach to the point where he would be comfortable touching me.

“Okay. So while everyone is preparing for the war their way, we have to prepare ourselves our way. First is to help get back your memory of casting spells, and I think I know how to get it back,” he smiled at me.

“Alright. Let’s go, then!” I beamed a smile at him.

He held my hand and we both walked out the door.