While I lay unconscious I had this dream where all the memories of my life from the time I was 5 started unveiling itself.
I was born Rachael Pfiffer in the year 1994 and was born with normal powers which every other person on the planet possessed but then I had these beautiful looks. People would want to have a second glance at me even as a child. Apart from that there was nothing special when it came to my powers.
I was the only child until I was ten. My parents gave me the best in life, I was given everything I asked for. My dad dotted on me. The only thing missing in my life was a sibling. I never expressed my feelings to my parents but I believe they sensed it and they didn't want to see me sad. My brother Ray Pfiffer was born in 2004 when I turned 10 years old and my joy knew no bounds. I literally dotted on him. I was his second mother.
Then one day things changed. We had someone visiting us when my brother had just turned a year old. He was my grandfather's friend and loved my dad just like his own son. He had come to tell us something important that had to be kept secret and warned us of the repercussions if the secret was let out.
My brother had a rare power that would unveil itself when he turned 16 , and if this secret was let out , the dark forces will hunt him down wherever he was. This power was so rare that it appeared on the planet once in a billion year and only one individual was bestowed with it. He gave my dad some concoction to be given to my brother which would conceal only his rare power till he turned 16. The rest of his powers would not be concealed and he would seem like any other person on the planet.
He also warned us not to tell Ray about this rare power until a day before he turned 16. With the power came dangers. We had to safeguard our brother with our life until he turned 16. He gave us a passcode to contact us via encrypted telepathy, if we encountered danger and had left that day. The science was so advanced on the planet that there were creeps sniffing telepathic messages so for any sensitive confidential information to be passed a passcode encrypted telepathy was used.
But it was too late when we realised that my house maid had eavesdropped and leaked out the message. She was too big a gossiper. Our family was in danger. The dark forces began their hunt for my brother. All are friends turned greedy and wanted to hand us over to the dark force. With no choice left my dad contacted our grandpa's friend through telepathy and asked for help.
We were immediately summoned to his place, he made arrangements to send us to earth which was the safest place. The dark forces feared earth although the earth was not so advanced. They feared the goodness of people on earth. In this era, there was still some goodness left on planet earth. The dark forces could enter earth only when the evil triumphed over good. But they were always looking for loopholes to enter earth.
We moved to earth in 2005 and spent the next 14 years peacefully on earth leading a normal life hiding away all our powers. My brother was just a year old when we moved and he was not made aware of his normal powers as well which he had , just to avoid any lurking dangers. His rare power was safely hidden due to the concoction. While the rest of the powers could not be used without the required spell.
My parents planned to tell him all about his other normal powers we had along with the spells to be used only after his 16th birthday. I always argued with them to at least let him know of his normal powers to keep him safe. But they had shut me off.
And then one day when he turned 15 he insisted my parents to take him to this fantasy park which he always wanted to visit. Whenever my brother and me insisted to go to fantasy park, our parents always denied. They seemed to sense some kind of a danger in the park and never allowed us.
I could not see the sullen look on Ray's face and had managed to convince my parents that I would take care of him and keep him safe, away from the dangers. My parents had some important work and could not accompany us that day. They had complete faith on me and trusted me but I had failed them miserably. May be they had failed my brother as well. My baby brother was braver than me and tried protecting me all the time. Had he known the powers he had may be the situation would have been different.
I was sobbing in my dreams and I woke with a jerk finding myself completely drenched in sweat.
[ Authors note: That's all folks until next Saturday . Hope you have enjoyed the story so far. Looking forward for your reviews, feedback's , corrections , ideas and comments to keep up my motivation. I had recently written dialogues for a small play at my work place and thought will attempt story writing. This is just a way to reduce my stress level ]