Opal Rain

  Chapter 4

  When she entered the room Tabatha come straight to my side completely ignoring Jasmines presence until the young vampire had left the room.

  “She didn’t do anything to you did she.” She asked when she was sure that Jasmine was not going to hear her.

  I just shook my head, there was no point trying to explain that Jasmine and the other vampires did not intend to harm us in anyway. I was use to her being over protective of me and mostly I just let it happen. She looked down at me her eyes gleaming I could tell from the way she was looking at me she knew that I was hiding something and before she could open her mouth to ask me what I was I placed my finger to her lips, “One day I might tell you about what happened while you were out but for now it is a burden that I must bare alone, please don’t ask me about it I am not ready to talk,” tears soaked my eyes as I spoke, I hearted that I couldn’t tell her what was going on she meant so much to me and I knew that over time my secrete would tear us apart.

  “I’m not going to pretend that I like the fact that you are keeping secretes from me but because it seems important to you that you deal with it alone I will respect that.”

  “Thanks,” I replied forcing a smile, it was an empty promise and we both knew it.

  Before either of us could say another world an elderly male vampire appeared at the door. I could help but stare he was the first male I had seen since coming here and even at his age he was stunning to look at, seeing him made me wonder why Jasmine had chosen to have a relationship with a fey instead of a vampire boy. After a moment’s pause he walked forward and place a small slip of paper on the table next to my bed, he didn’t say a word he just turned and walked away leaving us both in shock. Tabatha recovered first and picked up the small piece of paper and began to read it.

  “What does it say?” I asked seeing a look of worry wash over her face.

  She looked up at me as though she had forgotten I was in the room and with a sigh began to read aloud. “There will come a time when only two of each species of fey will be left in existence. When this comes to pass the fate of the world will rest in the hands of eight young fey. Should they fail their kind will cease to exist.”

  Her voice caught in her as she read the last words. I wanted to comfit her I wanted to make it alright but before I could say anything we were joined in the small room by the vampire who had been tending to me when I first woke up. I looked up at her at first it seemed that she was happy then she spotted the paper in Tabatha’s hands, “Can I see that paper you have Tabatha?” she asked her face darkened as she read, she looked down at us when she finished reading “You were not meant to see this yet, how did you get it?”

  “An elderly male vampire came in moments ago and placed it on the table and walked away,” I said.

  “I must find him, he should not have given this to you yet, you are not ready to know the truth of your situation.”

  “So it is referring to us then?”

  “We cannot know for sure at this point in time as there are a few other of each species left, however yes we believe that at least one of you will grow up to be a part of what is written.”

  “Is all of this why you don’t want the two of us to be together?” Tabatha asked.

  I didn’t give the vampire a chance to answer I just turned to her and said, “Look Tabatha we are just kids right now we supported each other through the dark days at the orphanage but who’s to say that we will always feel this way, but those days are over and although you will always be like a sister to me I believe that there will come a time when we will drift apart like all families.”

  “She is right Tabatha you two will grow apart over time; the two of you are what 16 or 17 years old by human standards.”

  “Opal is 16 I am 17 but I don’t see what our ages have to do with anything.”

  “You are still only young you have much growing to go through; there is no telling if you are truly apart of all of this or not, however destinies aside you will over time like all young people go your separate way provided you both live long enough for that to happen.”

  Tabatha and I looked at each other in worry what did she mean if we both lived long enough to for us to drift apart. I opened my asked ask but I was cut off.

  “I know that all of this is a lot of someone of you age to take in and some of what you know you should not have told but there is much more left for you to learn. The prophecy of which you have just read a small portion is long covers a great number of things most of these thing do not affect the two of you directly at the moment, there are however a few things that directly affect your current situation greatly. Unfortunately it is not my place to explain these things two your and I fear that I may have already said too much all I can do now to help the two of you understand the situation that you have landed in is organise a time for you to speak with a member of our community that can explain things to you in full. I will return when I have been able to organise something, if you need something before I return call either Jasmine, Lily or myself, I am Rose, trust no one else I am afraid there a still those among us that do not agree with what we are trying to do.”

  “Thank you Rose,” I replied, “you have done more for me then I would have expected.”

  An awaked silence fell over the room as rose walked out, I knew that Tabatha was upset about I had said but there was so much else going on in that moment it didn’t seem all that important that I justify my actions to her. The silence seemed to stretch on forever until I remembered that Tabatha had promised to tell me what she knew about fey.

  “Hey Tabby,” I said using the nick name I had used when we were younger hoping that it would make her less angry with me, “you said last night that you would tell me what you could about the fey.”

  “Fine avoid the issue for now I don’t care,” The hurt was obvious in her voice when she spoke and that cut me like a knife but I didn’t know how to handle the situation and to me understanding as much as I could about something it might be my responsibility to save was more important than protecting her feelings, “find out from someone else, shouldn’t be too hard considering it seems to be more important to you then your friend,” she yelled the last and turned and ran from the room.

  My heart was pounding in my chest I didn’t know what to do, it wasn’t safe for her to be roaming around out there on her own but I wasn’t sure if I was ready for the talk that was sure to come if I found her, I considered calling either Jasmine or Lily to try and find her and calm her down but I knew that doing so would only make her feel worse in the end so my only real option was to go after her myself. After taking a few moments to compose myself and figure out what I would say to her when I caught up with her I got up and walked out of the room to look for her.