Before I started to walk I made sure the absence of red haired girl, every time she embarrassed me in front of him. I just felt to spend some time with him alone and walked towards him. He took me to the history library of the school. It was more like a museum than a library, we both entered and the librarian was standing next to the glass case. Right from the day I entered the school I spent most of the time in that section but never noticed that case.
I found both Bruno and the librarian were discussing something serious about some Ultimate destruction of their world. I was wondering about what the destruction was? Then I gently walked near the glass case and saw “OLDEST CARVINGS OF THE KINGDOM OF SEA LIONS” was written on it. There was a rock which had a Trident in the hands of a Mermaid carved on it.I remembered my uncle got the same picture in his studio but no body tattooed that.
I lost my patience by looking at them talking for a long time planning; I just went forward and asked them “What is happening here?” They looked at me like I’ve spoken something in a strange language and started to talk again without even responding me. I got angry and started to walk away, and Bruno stopped me and said “we need you back”. I was totally confused “Why would you need me back, I’ve never even met you before?” He said again “Our mother of the Kingdom wants you back”. And I had no Idea about what he was talking “I have to go, the classes are going to start in a while and I don’t want to be late again” and just walked away.
As I came out of the library Alice saw me and came running to me. She looked restless and was panting “Hurry Up! We have to leave now; there is no time to explain anything. Mark and Linda are taken by him, the more we delay; the more we are in danger” said she.
I was really spooked up to know the things that were happening. I never showed any love for my foster parents but still I felt for them a lot of times but never expressed it. Even they knew that I am not an expressive person. I rushed with Alice; she took me home which made no point.
I started to ask her over and over what was happening, which made her horn-mad “will you please keep quite. Because this is not a game, a millions of lives are in need of you and I need sometime, so please”.
I had never seen her mad before and her eyes were dwelling like she was going to burn me up. I was thinking that she knew only to gossip about others and dresses up like a Barbie doll but that day I saw her with some dreadful weapons. She had the trident which I saw on the rock carved perfectly “It looks like the Poseidon’s Trident, the Greek god of seas” I said.
“Yes, a kind of; but it is not exactly Poseidon’s. You will be told and reminded of the things that should be. As both of your defenders are under the hold of the Draconian king, I am here to protect you. I know whatever I said may not make sense for now, you will be made clear only after I get the sign” said Alice. She was trying to control her impatience and anger I never knew what the reason was.
“Yeah. All you want from me is just to shut up for now I get it” said I tiredly. Then she left me in my room alone with all those weapons. Among the complete collection of the war tools the trident impressed me the most, but at that time I was completely under pressure to know what was happening to Mark and Linda. I lost my temper and opened the room and walked down stairs. There was a stranger, Bruno and Alice sitting and discussing something seriously. Looking at me they stopped talking, “hello! Miss. Kokinos nice to see you as a young lady”, he said looking at me.
“Well, Thank You! I think you’re mistaken I’m Ann Beverly, sir and sorry I don’t recognize you” I said with a scary hesitation. He looked cool with designer suits just like a gentleman; he had a half bald head and some gray hair too. He seemed to be more experienced, well raised and confident.
“I am Dr. Rosewood who is specially appointed for you by our mother”, he said. That made no sense to me; his words were completely irrelevant to what I was wanting for? “Alice, what’s going on? You promised to get me back to my parents”, I cried.
“Come on kid its time for you to remember your past, feel and know about your present to change the mishaps of future”, he said. I was mentally acquisitive to know about what he was talking but I couldn’t digest the disappearance of Mark and Linda though. He continued to say “You know what was said by you? What you wanted and what has to be done? You need Bruno’s help to remember your past and understand your future”.
Bruno walked towards me and said “Can we go out?” I accepted his invitation and went along with him; he took me to the beach where I met him a day before. It was late and there was no one out there but me and him. I kept asking him about what they were speaking in the library and about the Mother who needed me but he didn’t seem to answer or annoyed either. Then we passed a while in silence till Dr. Rosewood arrived.
He squeezed both of my arms asking “Do you remember anything by now you should?” I had nothing to answer him because I couldn’t understand about what he was talking? “I don’t know what you want me to remember?” I cried. “DAMN!” he cursed. All I wanted at that point was just to cry out loud, I felt like my whole body mind was undergoing a cyclone and surrounded by tight emotions which were neither positive nor negative. I busted out into tears. Bruno came forward to console me but Dr. Rosewood stopped him in getting near me. “You don’t even know why you’re born? What gave you a rebirth to be in this world?” he chastened me.
He continued to explain, “Listen kid, you’re not just another mortal, you’re born with a fatal purpose. Unless you remember your déjà vu that is the past life your life will remain incomplete and this might cause an unseen mortification for the entire dynasty of The Sea Lions. Your past does not only include you it ties up the lives of the people of a Kingdom and their incomplete life”.
Even then my mind was empty and full of undefined emotions that busted out without control, Bruno stopped him from talking any further and tried to console me by lending his arms and I felt an inexplicable feeling of overwrought and fright.