Chapter 67

We rode quietly on our horses, each attached to a four-wheeler wagon. Both of us were lost in our own thoughts. We have four days ahead of us, four days of unpredictable fate. I'm going all the way out of this territory (probably) to find some people that taunt me in my dreams, it's a typical delusional step to take I must say. But that's the only thing my head tells me—to find them. We headed towards the sacred house first. I'd like to see my sister first before going further into this ridiculous journey.

At the sacred house, I met them training. The royal living room had been rearranged amusingly and the sight of the two sparring partners caused flusters in my stomach. They are stopped as soon as they noticed I was there. Alistair had a grin on her face and Emiliar, she caressed the cut on her arm painfully.

" You always end up hurting yourself Emiliar. " I attacked.

"You shut up! " She spat, dropped her hurt arm and dragged me inside other room. Alistair trotting behind us. 

" Alistair isn't always nice. It's a learning process anyway. " She said as soon as we were seated.

" Oh it is! " I smirked. I noticed Alistair was till staring at me with that grin on her face. Something I wonder why she like to stare or what she thinks about whenever she sees me.

" Alistair, how're you coping with Emi? I know she's a pain in the neck. " I intended to snap her out of whatever she was lost in. Gush... My sister thinks too much.

" Emiliar is... A darling. Perfect girl. " Emiliar blushed.

" Whatever! " I spat.

" So what brings you here today? " She asked.

I cleared my throat. " I'm going on a mission, kinda, to find some people. It looks too awkward but... I don't know" I paused. " I'm seeing face lately and all my head tells me is to find them. I drew those faces. " I gave them pieces of paper where I drew on. Alistair stared at them for a while. She reached out to her drawer and brought out hers—her own drawings.

" Good job sis. Add these" she gave hers is to me. " I see faces too and our drawings are quite familiar. "

Emiliar left the room and returned with hers. She had drawings too. 

"I've got faces too. I ain't a good artist though." She gave hers to me.

"You need to find them. We're seeing them because they are near and we can easily get them. That's how we find our kind." Alistair said.

"Who are we?"I was forced to ask.

"I'm a witch not like you guys" Emiliar chipped in. "I belong to the white coven"

"You're not an ordinary witch Emiliar"Alistair corrected."You are a special and rare kind, the ones with rare gifts. Like our Mom, katrienair. Our mother was just like Emiliar. She was special. The only child of the leader of the white coven, even the heir to the throne. She became king when her father died but she... " She trailed off. "She committed an abomination and believed power could help her get away with it."

"Which abomination?" I asked.

"Dad was a demon, the heir to his father's throne also. Mother fell in love with a demon and Dad, he left his territory for love. He joined mother at the white coven and married her. We were a happy family...until the big war"

I have a family, my head was bubbling with questions but I could not utter a word. 

"So you know why I say we are not ordinary hybrids. We are rare but the kind I'm talking about is witches with rare abilities like Emiliar and a bit like us."

"Alistair" Emiliar said."since you seem to know all. Do you know who my real parents are?"

"I do." She smiled. " Your father died long ago, even before the war. He was a soldier who never had the chance to mark his wife. Though, he consummated her first but she wasn't marked. Your mother, you have met her before. It's just a shame. You don't know her and she doesn't too."

The atmosphere wasthick with tension and everyone of us was thinking. I especially, my mind was reeling fast.

" 'listair, are you saying our parents are dead?"

"No Katrienair. They are not dead" She responded. " They could not be killed. They are like the rarest being that have ever existed and the love they shared bounde them together. The Dems ns were able to capture them but could not kill them. "

"They tried all ways --even the lake of fire. They crept put of it together. Ive been to the lake myself. I survived. They later got caged ... Somewhere obscene. I do not know the exact place but I believe they're somewhere in the sky. Somewhere up there, watching... Just watching..." A single tear dropped fryher eyes. I felt like I was going to cry too but I just could not. Alistair she is a very strong lady, and can imagine what she would have gone through. 

"Katrienair, Emi, you guys should stop brooding. I didn't tell you this to get us all moody. I only wanted to make a few things clear, so we won't be scared unnecessarily next time. Especially you Emiliar, you don't need to fear cause you are unbeatable, only your fear can beat you. That's one peculiar thing about us. We determine our destiny. But also do not feel too powerful. Our pwers expire when we least expect them too. Sometimes, it's not like they expire. They just sieze to work for a moment. I think that's what helped the demons capture our parents. We should live cautiously till we achieve our goal. "

A tear finally dropped from my eyes, my own reality taunting me.

"How then did we get to the earth?" Emiliar asked.

Alistair sighed."The earth was the safest place for you guys then. You were so little. Being so little, you'd be the first target by our enemies in a war. I was also...a target but I was a grown up already. I was a member of my father's legion. I could fight for myself but you guys could not."

We were thinking quietly while she watched us. When she got tired she broke the awkward silence herself. 

" You came with someone. I'm going out to see him."