Violet Foras

chapter 26

I awoke from the smell of burning firewood. I sat up from the couch and looked around, there was a shadow at the other end. "Who are you and how did you Get in?" I called out as I conjured up a dark purple flame.

The shadow comes closer and stands next to me before It fell to a kneel, "Master~" It speaks in a soft tone.

I looked down at it in confusion, "Master?" I swung my legs over to sit up. "Who are you?"

It begins to chuckle softly. It stands up and snapped it's fingers. The dark blue smoke that surrounds the body fades away into the air. I noticed it was a women, I looked her over, she had on a black and blue trench coat, brown leather straps around her waist holding a few small bags, hair short and brown, eyes blue as an ocean. She wore dark blue pants with light blue knee high boots that had a dark blue trimming on the heels and the seam on the top.

"Who are you?" I asked again.

My flame remains in my hand, "I am Leona Barberis, I was sent by your mother to protect you, my master." She bows slightly after she spoke.

"My mother?"

She looks up at me now confused. "Do you not know who your mother is?" She asked me as she looks at the couch. "May I?" I nodded at her as I watched her step to my right and sit next to me.

"No I don't know her." I brought my flame down to a smaller size.

"Hm, I mean I can tell you but first you must accept me being here."

I looked at her still confused, "I do that how?"

She smiled at me. "Give me your arm." She paused. "Please, master." She laughs nervously and holds her hand out.

"Your not going to try cutting it off are you?" I brought my hand to my chest.

She nods no and smiles, "of course not I just need to drink your blood so i can remain in this realm."

I gave her my arm. "So what are you anyways?" She gently held my arm and slightly lifted her upper lip revealing her teeth. There were two very sharp fangs on each side. "Oh never mind, that answers it." I laughed nervously and got closer to her so that I'm not uncomfortable during the process.

She leans in and bites deeply into my wrist. I didn't feel the pain that most would, I only felt her soft lips against my skin. I begin to feel my blood leave my body, I felt slightly light headed. She looks up at me she must have noticed because she pulls away instantly. "I took a little to much I'm sorry master please forgive me." She let's my arm fall onto the couch with her head bowed.

I smiled at her, "It's fine honestly, it's not like I can die. . .right?"

She chuckles "No you cannot die from this my master." She smiles at me.

"So why did she send you here?" I got up from the couch and walked to my kitchen.

"She wants me to take you to her realm with me." She answered me.

"What? No thanks." I grabbed a cup and filled it with some warm water and grabbed the tea from the cabinet.

"What are you doing?" She asked me in confusion.

"I'm making tea." I paused. "Did you want any?" I held the two cups in my hand by their handles.

"No thank you, the human needs are not one of my requirements." She walks into my kitchen and sits on the chair behind her at my round wooden table. "Master?"

"Yes?" I went to grab the sugar from the cabinet.

"You do know you don't need them either right?"

I looked back at her. "Of course I need them, I'm half human ain't I?" I gave her a look of confusion.

"I can't answer that I'm afraid, your mother told me you need to figure these kinds of thing's out for yourself."

"Your very helpful." I said with an eye roll and made the tea anyways.

She smiled at me, "I'm sorry master." I put everything away, I turned to face her with my hands to my side on the counters edge.

"Leona, why does she think I'm willing to go to her?" I turned to grab my cup and walked to the table to sit next to her.

"She thinks you are ready to take her throne upon her army." She takes her staff -that I just now noticed- off of her back from the brown leather straps. She looks over at me, "also." She paused and looked deep into my eye's. "You must not give into your other half, because otherwise she will kill you where you stand." I remain giving her eye contact in confusion.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"I can't say anything more but just promise me master that you will do as I say?"

I sighed. "I usually don't like making promises but sure." I smiled slightly.

"Master before I go, your mother requests that I see the strongest form you have." She holds her staff. "Its for my report." She smiles.

"Sure." I stood up walked to my front door and brought up a portal. "For magic purposes such as this, let's go some where more private." I gesture her to go through with me following after her.

Within seconds we were in a very familiar building.

The orphanage, it's completely abandoned and worn down. The floors rotten, installation hanging from the ceiling, walls covered with mold and torn wallpaper. I felt something crawl on my cheek and cupped it pulling it away. It was a spider, it must have landed on me thinking I was a wall or a broken vase. Bringing my other hand up I poke it and play with it softly careful not to kill it. I looked around and noticed all the furniture have been destroyed, the old table I sat at with many other children was vandalized. The smell of spray paint and mold filled my nose.

"Why must we be here not at the apartment?" She asked me as she stayed close to my side.

"I just don't trust my neighbor's." I walked around a bit collecting very old memories.

"So your mither wasn't joking when she said that you were raised by humans." I heard a small chuckle coming from her. "Ok so the form? May I see it please master?" I turned to face her and smiled with my sharp teeth forming.

A black mist surrounds my body, my skin turns to a very light grey, my long brown hair begins to grow down to my knees and have white streaks. My arms grew to a pitch black, nails sharp (stilleto nails, sorry I'm not familiar with make-up) my eye's glowed a very bright purple.

"That's the 1st form I believe." Leona takes a step closer to me and inspects me.

"1st form?" I asked her in a deep demonic tone.

"Yes, with who you are." She stops and stares at me. "You will have 4 different powerful forms." She smiles "to be honest the second form is my level of power." I smirked.

"How would I get to the other three then?" I asked as I watch her look away from me.

"I cannot say, I'm sorry master." She bows slightly. "But I must go report back to your mother, if you ever need me burn this with your purple flame and I'll be here instantly." She hands me a small squared shaped paper with a black symbol written on it. "But before I go, your father." She paused slightly. "Your mother it's ." She smiles and takes a few steps back, Before I could say anything she crossed one arm over her chest. Suddenly red and black flames begin to consume her, from her feet to her head and Within a blink of an eye she was gone. I was now standing in the middle of the orphanage alone, I sighed and brought up a portal to go back home.