Revelations

3- World in a Bottle

 

3- World in a Bottle

   Descendant of Hecate goddess of magic, the Nova, rings define you, you had to be hidden so they didn't kill you. She has a brother. Your 'dad' isn't your dad.

     Those words blew around in my mind like a hurricane. I feel like my head is going to explode. This is too much information to process, it sounds strange, unbelievably strange. It couldn't be true. I can't be one of them. A  Hecate it's just not me and I mean I just can't believe it. But somehow I can. The fire thing and being able to control it. Well, with my experience I don't think it was actually control. I nearly burnt down the school because I got angry. Yet after all those years I refused to believe any of it was to do with me, until now.

    I couldn't stop shaking, shaking with rage and fear. The feeling that is so strange, so different. This is a feeling I have never experienced. I guess it has been building up for years, and it is scary thinking about it. I can't help but think why me? Why now? Why not earlier? I can't be the one to help all these people. I can barely look after myself, let alone help a whole civilisation.

"Open the damn door!" A voice yelled.

"Calm down! Come in, it's not like the door has a lock on it."

 "Do you think I would be stood outside if I could open the door?"

 Urgh, I actually have to move off the bed.

Wow I'm so lazy.

"There you go, wasn't so hard, was it? What are you doing here anyway? I thought that you hate me, not that I particularly like you either."

"I'm not too crazy about you as well, but Alexei asked me to talk to you. Well more specifically apologise but we both know that's never going to happen."

"Then why bother turn up Joseph, you could have just ignored him."

"That's not as easy as you mortals think."

"Well why don't you explain it to me then, I am not a mind reader. You do know that you actually have to talk to people to make them understand."

"It's not the easiest thing to explain what you have to grow up knowing, it is your family history."

"I wasn't as fortunate as you to grow up knowing exactly who I am."

"Fortunate? Fortunate? I grew up thinking my father was dead, is dead, while he cared for you, I would have killed to have what you had!"

"Well I'm sorry for being born. How do you think I feel? You know what, if you are going to just argue with me then get out of the room before I get really angry."

"What are you going to do? Burn the house down, just like you did before? What good did that do for anyone?" He spat out, his words filled with disgust.

That was it. That was the final straw. I couldn't control it the demon within took over. My hair became red hot flames, my body an inferno. He had to run. He needed to run, before it was too late. I couldn't control myself, the monster within controlled my every move making me run after him with one intention.

To kill.

But that wasn't mine it was the monster within. I was battling with my own body, not being able to control myself its torture no matter how hard I keep trying to stop myself from going after him I couldn't. I only felt one real thing, rage pure rage.

The flames danced on my skin. I tried so hard to restrain myself from lunging at him but it was too hard, it's physically draining.

"Periorísei tis flóges!" Joseph roared.

 The flames disappeared and I flew backwards tumbling down the black and white marbled staircase, hitting the cold, hard wooden floor. My glasses smashed the tiny shards of glass, piercing my cheeks. Blood trickled down my face, slowly losing consciousness. Voices faded, yet there was a woman calling out.

Stay strong my darling I will come for you, I will come.

 ***

Oh god, what the hell just happened? My head is pounding. Every muscle in my body hurts the fall must have been bad. I can't even remember what happened, the only thing I do remember is some woman saying 'stay strong, I will come' or something like that. It's still hazy.

"Oh good you're awake, my name is Valentina I guess you have met Joseph." She had blonde hair and blue eyes, just like Vincent she scarily looked like him. They're probably related.

 "Hi, er my name's Andie, what actually happened?" I said sitting up, reaching over for the glass of water.

"You lost control of your power and tried to kill Joseph, he well er how do I put it? Hm he did a spell, but we call it si̱mánei which is spell in Greek." Valentina explained.

"It's not the first time, is it? That I lost control, Joseph said it was my fault that I killed my dad, I mean Josephs' dad."

"We don't know that for sure, well no one really does because the only people there were you, Josephs' dad and Theron."

 "Who's Theron?" I asked, gosh so many new names I need to remember.

"He wants to destroy the Nova, who are like our government. They try to keep law and order but keep failing. Anyway, he wants to start a war and overthrow the Nova as he believes Hecates should only, what's the word? Mate, well have children together so they are pure blooded as he puts it."

 "That's ridiculous, I mean you should be allowed to have a child with whoever you want regardless if they are a Hecate or not. I kind of see where Theron is coming from but the way he acts or is going to act upon it is wrong."

 "That's what most people think, you wouldn't dare say it to the Nova they have people everywhere and they can make you disappear off the face of the Earth. They can make it look like you never existed. Plus it's dangerous having a pure Hecate as most turn out evil." 

"Wow, I wouldn't want to get on the wrong side of them or Theron, by the sounds of it."

"Theron shouldn't even know of your existence or we'll all be in trouble."

 "What are you on about?" I asked puzzled.

"Oh shoot, I shouldn't say anything, damn you Valen-" I cut her off.

"Tell me now. I am pretty sure you don't want to test my patience."

"Fine, just because I don't want to have to get my hands dirty." She said waving her hands around.

 "Just get on with it." I say with my patience thinning.

 "Calm down, alright you are not going to like it but to hell with it, what's that saying? You onl-" I cut her off.

 "Yeah, yeah you only live once, now quit stalling." This is one thing I really hate, when people say they know something and then they go, oh no but now I won't tell you. It's like get it over with do not toy with me, quit your stalling and get on with it.

 "Jesus, okay Theron is your real father." She said with a sigh of relief, at least I think it was relief.

 You have to be bloody kidding me.