Lightbringer | Kai Parker Fanfic

Six

Moreau estate, Vermont – September 2012

I take a sip from my bottle of water, still staring at nothing in particular. I just wish this were over already. I sense movement on my right; someone sits down and clears his throat. My dad.

"It'll be over soon, just hang in there." I vaguely nod and sip water, remaining silent. "You did everything you could, you know. No one is blaming you for anything that happened."

I squint, trying to contain my anger, as I turn my head to him. I certainly did everything I could, but we can't say the same for everybody here. My dad must sense he just said the wrong thing; it's an argument we've been having over and over again. It won't change the past though.

Silence stretches until Alice joins us. We both look up at her, that strong, determined clan leader of ours.

"The elders are still listening to Jared's report," she informs us, fiddling with her wedding ring, "then they'll come back to you. You ready?"

"Do I have a choice?"

My sister and my dad share a glance but say nothing. They probably have no idea of how I'm feeling right now because they never experienced the frustration of a failed mission. Both of them, successful leaders of the Lightbringers, never had to cope with this kind of humiliation, this feeling of utter powerlessness and uselessness. I could have done so much more. I take a bitter sip of water; I'm gonna need something stronger soon.

The door opens again and Simone appears in the frame.

"They're ready for you."

My family take a deep breath, as if they were the ones being heard, and we all rise to join the elders. They're all sitting in a large meeting room furnished with an old and polished wood table and matching chairs. They are all sitting next to each other on their side of the table, leaving only one chair across: my designated place as the one being auditioned today. Other chairs have been installed in the back of the room in order for other clan members to come listen if they will. They are to sit behind me though, leaving me alone to face my judges.

"Do sit down, Andrea."

The command is gentle; I obey and they stare, assess. I try to put on a good face.

"Now please, take us back to last May. Explain the situation in your own words."

"It was– chaotic. The Other Side was falling apart; the Travelers were taking over town and coming very close to breaking their curse. They cast this spell around Mystic Falls to wipe out Spirit Magic in the area; meaning any witch-given gift was wearing off when entering town. Witches' magic became null: vampires' daylight rings stopped working, the magic that kept them undead as vampires stopped working; same with hybrids and same with my Light. I couldn't enter town without feeling my lungs being torn away from me; there was nothing I could do to stop–"

"About your targets," Lucien reminds me politely.

"My targets were trying to fix this mess; all of them together." While I was to stand back and watch. Oh, I could kill Travelers around, sure; but there were dozens of them. It was useless.

"Can you elaborate on that?"

"Bonnie Bennett was trying to find a way to stop the Travelers and save the Other Side, with the help of her vampire friends that kept dying around. As for the Gemini twins, they tried to spare the doppelgängers as long as they could. Then they all ended up joining forces in order to use the Travelers' plan against them."