Twin's Luck by Kelsey Hunsdon (great novels txt) 📕

we were younger, Preschool. I glanced up and caught the eyes of another kid. He had bright orange hair and luminous green eyes, his eyes were locked on me and I dropped my gaze back to my toys without a thought. Puck.
" Why are we going to see her then?" I asked him. He seemed like he didn't want to tell me this.
" For the next part of the Destiny." He said quietly. My body went rigid against his and he glanced at my face. I knew that it was strained and pale but there was nothing that he could say that would fix this. I buried my face into his shoulder and closed my eyes. I forced myself to stay with reality, to keep myself out of the dark hole that always tempted me. It would be all too easy to get lost in inanity and never ressurface, but I had to do this for Oliver. I owed him this much.
What's Next?

The marsh appeared out of the mist and without a word we tied the horse off and walked in. I felt my eyes wide as I watched all the dark corners and followed Ash. He held his sword in front of him and it lit the way. I shivered as a wet fern rubbed up against my arm. Without a sound Ash stopped and I saw his shoulders go stiff. I placed my hand on the hilt of Oliver's sword. I knew that something was close but then Ash took a breath and I knew that the danger had passed. We started walking again and then thankfully we were out of the marsh. Before I knew it we were standing in front of the mound of skulls again. Ash walked up it and picked up the one with the tooth. He pulled the door open and then looked back desperately towards me. A shadow covered me as I turned and drew the sword. A dragon was standing over me but it wasen't full grown. It's dark eyes starred down at me and it's scales were peeling. That's when I noticed the thing in it's teeth. It gingerly bent over and dropped it at my feet. A monster sized chew toy was covered in dragon slime.
" Throw it!" I turned around and saw Shujii. She was standing next to Ash watching me with her hand's on her waist. She was wearing a checkered apron and looking upon the dragon fondly. I turned around and looked at the dragon who was now waiting like an anxious puppy. It's tail wagged and drool came from it's open mouth. I slowly bent down and picked it up. Then I pulled back and sent it flying over the tree tops. The dragon turned and took off through the trees, it's tail nearly took me off of my feet. I turned and started walking back towards them. Shujii had already disapeared but Ash was waiting for me. He jumped down and I followed closing the door behind us. She was waiting with a torch. Without a word she started walking and we followed.
" Is that the egg you stole?" He asked her, I had nearly forgotten about our near death experience with the angry mother dragon.
" Yes, Dudley was the only one that I took." She led us through the dirt tunnels and then she opened her familiar door. A sweet smell filled my nose and she disappeared around a corner.
" Have a seat." She called. Neither of us sat down though, I had been immobile for too long to rest. She came back with out with no apron.
" Sorry for the inconvenience, baking." She took a seat at her old table with a sigh. Then she met my eyes and we starred at eachother for a while. Suddenly her eyes snapped away and to the sword at my hip. She smiled then looked at Ash.
" Wait outside, the tunnels fine." Without question he glanced at me and nodded before leaving. She watched me for a moment then sighed, and stood.
" Follow me, leave everything but the sword." I watched her round the corner and I took off the backpack, arrows and my bow. I rounded the corner and walked through her kitchen where a strange cake was sitting on the counter. Then I walked into a hallway. There were a few doors but the one on the end was open. She was waiting in the doorway. I followed her in. It was lightly lit with candles and she signalled for me to sit in the only seat. I watched her carefully. She put an orb like ball down on the floor. Then she turned off the lights and it glowed blue.
" Come out when your ready." I was about to protest but she closed the door and I was in darkness. My eyes shot to the ball and it's color was glowing. Suddenly a stream of color shot out of the ball and into the air. I blinked and then my brother was there. He was watching me with a smile on his face.
" Oliver?!" I asked as my voice shook. He took a few steps over in his nonexistant state. He was made of blue mist but it was definately him.
" Hello Destiny." I felt the tears rolling down my face as he knelt in front of me. His hands reached up and held my face. I could see them but I felt little more than a slight chill. I reached down and unhooked his sword and held it out to him. He shook his head.
" I cannot take it with me. But here." He took it and I watched as the metal melted under his hands. I was going to protest but suddenly he was holding something new out to me. Two beautiful daggers sat in his palms and the shealths too.
" You were never much of a sword girl." I took them in my palms. It was true the sword had always felt akward for me and too heavy. These felt perfect and I knew that this was his gift to me.
" Thank you." I clutched them but I could tell he was watching me.
" What is it?" He asked. I looked up into his confused expression.
" I'm so sorry Oliver." A new flood of tears flew from my eyes and I could barely see him.
" Don't feel sorry for me, I'm happy Destiny." I looked up at him. "I'm truly happy here. Mom is great, I wish you could be here but you have things to do in Never Never."
" What do you mean, I have things to do?" I asked confused, his form was slowly starting to fade.
" Your destiny is pretty long, but it was always you. Your gonna do great things."
" How do you know?"
" I know everything, that's how I know that your going to find Robbie." He winked then. Suddenly I heard something strange.
" Oliver?" Someone called from the orb. A woman's voice.
" I gotta go, that's mom. Oh but don't worry, well be watching you." He turned away and I was filled with fear. His body was barely there now and he looked like he was leaving.
" Wait!" He looked back at me.
" What?"
" I love you Oliver." He smiled.
" Love you too Sis." Then he was gone and the ball went dark. I cried for a long time after that. I curled up on myself in the chair and let the tears stream down on me. I moved and something hit the ground. I looked down and remembered the daggers, his gift. I smiled through the pain and held them in my hands. They were slightly warm and I attached them to my legs. I finally found that the tears had stopped but my heart was still heavy. I took a few deep breaths and then I opened the door. I found her and Ash in the dining room drinking tea and talking. They both watched me carefully. I sat down without a word at the other end of the table.
" So, what's the next part?" I asked quietly. My throat was sore and it croaked slightly. She watched me for a moment and I saw Ash trying to figure out what had gone on. She sighed and then her eyes got lost again.
" The oldest will not be that way forever...The powers of the great one will awaken when the blood of the Winter Prince runs cold..." Her head snapped down on the table and I starred into Ash's face. His eyes were locked on the wall and a war seemed to be raging inside his body. His teeth were gritted and his eyes began to fill with water. I reached over and grabbed his hand. His head snapped over and his eyes met mine.
" Ash it doesn't have to mean you." I said it through my teeth but he wasen't listening his eyes were somewhere else, somewhere far away in his memories. I got up and grabbed his face between my hands.
" Come back." I starred into his lost eyes for a long moment and then suddenly they snapped closed. "Come back, please." I was on the verge of a breakdown when his eyes crept open again.
" Ash?" He swallowed loudly.
" I'm alright." He seemed to be telling himself more than anyone else. I looked over and met Shujii's sceptical eyes.
" Do you know what you've done?" She asked me. Ash looked at her also.
" No rules have been broken." She smiled quickly and then shook her head.
" But you love him." I watched her carefully and I could feel Ash's eyes on my face. We both knew that it was illegal but we were too afraid to face it. I tightened my grip on his hand.
" We have to go." I stood up and he followed me as I grabbed my things from the couch.
" Be careful." She said as she watched us go. I heard the door close long after we had entered the tunnel, and we opened the hatch door. There was no sign of Dudley and we walked through the woods silently. I wondered what was going on in his head, and if it was like the storm happening in mine. The horse was exactly where we left it but neither of us got on it. He was facing me but he wasen't himself. It had stirred something in him, something that had been buried deep.
" Ash?" His eyes came back to the present. "Where do we go now?" He watched me for a moment.
" Did your brother give you any hints?" I thought back.
" He mentioned Robbie."
" Who?"
" Puck, he said that I would find him." Ash watched me for a moment and it seemed to stump us both.
" Then I guess we know where were going." He swung up