3: Secret

Zander smiled sadly at that question.

"My sister is kind... she's smart, cheerful and always... smiling... but she... she may talk again when she wants to.... I think she's really broken to the point that she didn't even spoke a word to me... Don't worry, she can understand you, just please don't mind that she's not talking" Zander said and then look at Zarkesia who's only holding his hand while staring at the flowers

"Broken? What do-hmmp! " Kaiden wanted to asked what does Zander mean in the word broken but Killian stopped him by putting his hands in his mouth.

"Is that so? We don't actually mind, we hope to hear her voice soon, anyway what's your abilities? I have gravity ability" Killian said changing the topic

"I... I have teleportation and sister have telekinesis" Zander said and they look shocked

"Wow, that's rare, teleportation huh, cool! I have something similar, my ability is warp! " Naomi said beaming with a smile

"I too have similar with telekinesis and teleportation, though I can't make things float I can move them from one place to another, I can't move a living being though, it's telenethy, a combination of two but weaker" Kaiden said as he demonstrated his ability by moving a pot of flowers to the opposite side.

"I can also use telekinesis" Herald said as he look at Zarkesia curious about her level of ability

"I can use force field but it's still weak" Fiorella said as she tried to make a bit as demonstration.

"Say Zander, what level is your sister's ability? " Herald asked as he look at Zarkesia curiously

"Level? Ummn... what levels? " Zander asked

"Oh, that's in the 4th book so you don't know yet, level's are-" before Kaiden can finish Zarkesia finally look away from the scenery and look at them with her beautiful emerald eyes

Zarkesia then look at Herald and raises her hand showing 4 fingers meaning level four

"Woah! Level 4! She's better than you Herald" Killian said as Herald look at him annoyed

"I'll reach level four soon enough" Herald said as he shrugged off Lillian's hand in his shoulder

"Sis, what are levels? " Zander asked her

Zarkesia then look at Zander, holding his hand and opening them, she wrote in his palm

(I'll teach you later) feeling the letters and reading them Zander gave a smile

"Alright! That's a promise! " Zander said and Zarkesia smiled a little

Their cousins were about to speak again when they heard a call

"Young Miss!, Young Master!, Where are you? " Rafael shouted as he search the garden

"Ahh, it's Rafael, let's go sister, It's nice to meet you all, we're going now, thank you for accompanying us" and with that Zander was about to run to Rafael when Zarkesia held him back

"Sister? " Zander look at his sister confusedly as if asking why did she stopped him

Zarkesia faced their cousins and then bowed slightly, as if saying thank you and then waited for their response

"No need to be polite, you can go now, I'm sure you're tired from your travel too, go ahead" Killian smiled at her polite and considerate actions

Zarkesia nodded and smiled slightly before pulling Zander to go to Rafael

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Night time inside the former room of their father Fellix

The siblings couldn't be separated even in the bedroom after that accident. Rafael changed the big bed in the room and put two new beds For Zarkesia and Zander.

Sitting in their own bed, Zander tool a peak at his sister's face and asked.

"Sister what are levels?" Zarkesia who's staring at their Father's painting in the wall look at him then a voice started to speak in Zander's head, her sister's voice.

{ Levels are the measurements for one's control in their own ability. There are a total of 10 levels, Level 1, non-user, it's those who cannot control their ability, Level 2, beginner, those who can feel and release it but cannot control it at will, Level 3, User, you're in this level, those who can control their ability but not to it's full potential, level 4, my level, Ability Wielder, this level is the level that's considered to be the start of the real control of each ability, it's for those who can control their ability at will, it's the start of the 'expanding' or 'controlling' of the ability where you start to widen your ability's range, intensity, speed, power, and many more according to your ability, the next is Level 5, Mid-level, the level of your control in your ability is about half to your full potential. the levels for 6 to 10 are High tier wielder, Mastery, Expert, Grand master, and Legend. Those who reach level 8 to level 10 are in high positions like elders, leaders or head of the families, King or Queen, and those who are not in positions are considered as protectors who protects the country and it's people. Did you understand all of that?}

Zander nods as he smiled and said, "Sister, I want to hear your real voice... can you please talk?.... at least just to me? " staring at his sister's beautiful eyes

{I'm sorry Zander... I want to talk too but I can't... but... aren't you glad that you could talk to me like this?} her sister's voice rang in his head once again

"I'm glad but I want to go back... go back to our happy days... with mom... dad... the other servants Lia, Grace, Mika, there's Gerald too and Mikael... also Rafael... Sister.... I miss mom and dad... I miss home... our home..." Zander's tears flowed out as he hugged his knees

Standing from her bed, Zarkesia then walk to Zander's bed and sat down next to him. Hugging him she placed her brother's head in her arms as she use her other ability Telepathy.

{Me too Zander... I miss them too... but at the very least... I'm happy that I didn't lose you too... Don't worry, I'll protect you.... I'll stay with you, well be together as long as we breath... I... I promise Zander... I'll make those who did this to our family pay for their sins} saying those words Zarkesia's emerald eyes turned bloody red as anger is seen evidently.

"No! Don't do it sister... I don't want to lose you as well, I don't want to lose anybody else again... please sister... just...just stay with me.... please" Zander clung to Zarkesia tightly as he held her tightly as if afraid of her vanishing.

{Alright... but Zander... keep in mind that this ability of mine is never to be shared to anyone... this secret... this should be just between us} Zarkesia said as she hugged her brother back

"Alright... promise... this is our secret... just between us--" just as Zander's words fell he also fell asleep

Zarkesia then covered him properly in his bed and went to her own bed.

Glancing at her brother's sleeping figure she said to herself 'I'm sorry Zander... but I can't forgive those who took our family away from us... but don't worry... I will not let any danger fall into you or Rafael.... in this world... you two are going to be my only family... I'll protect you even with the cost of my own life, I swear to god'

With one final look Zarkesia then closed her eyes as she drift into her own dreams of peaceful memories.

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Note:

"..." => for conversation

'...' => for thoughts

{...} => telepathy

(...) => writing