Thursday, February 25, 2016

The Sister She Wanted (Caitlin)

Seeing Samantha face to face was like staring at a shadow of myself. We stared at each other in awkward silence, neither one of us knowing what to say. The woman in the assassin suit was so much to me I did not know what to make of her. She was my abuser, my tormentor, and my nightmare. She was the one who tried to kill me several times. But more than any of this, she was my sister.
         "It was you all along. The prophecy reads that the one with black eyes shall sow discord over the land." Aside from letting my sixth graders have at it with Notemaker, I don't see how I did that. "I can see Steve. He's right behind you." I did not move. "Come on! Don't you want things to go back to the way they were?" There was no way she was hurting Steve, not after everything we had been through together.
         "Why? So I can die?" She looked taken aback.
         "Caitlin, that's not true! You'll thrive! You'll be a queen, like me." She desperately fumbled for words.
         "I'd rather be a peasant in the overworld than queen of the End!" That was so refreshing. Though my limbs ached, I felt a new surge of energy. I felt like I could fight forever.
         "I can give you anything you want, Caitlin. Money, power, love, you name it."
         "But money and power are not important to me! As for love, I already have it. I love Steve. I love teaching sixth graders. I love playing my instruments. Nothing can replace those. And, if you really want to give me anything I want, I want my sister back!" I meant Rosalie. I meant Vivienne, both of them! 
         "They are dead. If you can't accept that, move on."
         "I already have. It is you who are stuck in the past. I renounce the ways of the Ender Dragon!"
         "Then I will disown you."
         "I don't care! Go away! Go wreak havoc somewhere else! I want you gone!"  I wanted her gone, not dead. I used to want her dead, but now I only wanted her gone. Emmeline stood beside me, but only for a second later.

I woke up face down on the floor having no idea what just happened. I managed to scramble to my feet. Emmeline asked me what happened. This was normal for me. I fall over and get back up. It happens about seven times a day. It happened during Kaitlyn's adjudication.
         "I'm sorry if I'm not the sister you wanted me to be." Emmeline was shocked, but she maintained her repose as always.
         "Are you kidding me? How could you not be the sister I have always wanted? I want to be more and more like you each time I see you." Emmeline embraced me. "By the way, I think I'm getting an apprenticeship!"
         "What for?"
         "Blacksmithing. With Jordan Dupont! I came to apply, but he wasn't there, so Alex came out and told me all about you! Smart girl, isn't she?"
         "Alex is very clever indeed." I had noticed that there was a pink jacket at my feet. Having heard my comment, Alex joined in.
         "Oh, thank you!" She picked up her jacket and started home. 




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