Beyond: Snillotia Trilogy Book One by Donna Wagner (books you have to read TXT) 📕

understand though. Anna can do that too, the light with her hand, I mean. If powers run in families does that mean Anna and my mom are related?"

"No, Tim," Grandpa Mit explained, "Little powers like that have no significance. Many families have been able to make light through the years."

Tim felt like something was lifted off his chest. For some reason he felt a lot better knowing he wasn't related to Anna somehow. After that they started talking about more general things. Tim told that about some funny stories he remembered, and they shared some stories about his parents when they were young. Grandpa Mit soon brought an end to their reminiscing. "An is requesting that we join them in Tim's bedroom. Anna has a theory about Nelle's books and would like to share it with everyone all at once.

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

Tim heard Anna before he saw her. "I still don't know what my power is, Goldie. Do you have any way to find out for me?"

Tim looked at his grandparents, who were walking with him. He didn't think they were near his room yet and his grandparents didn't seem to hear anything. "Yeah, I know I can make light, but what good will that do? If it's dark I can make it easier for a rebel to see me so they can kill me?"

Tim looked at his grandparents again. Anna really seemed to be upset, and they didn't seem concerned at all. "I know there's still time, Goldie, but not much. I'll turn fourteen in just 3 months! My parents said that powers present during the thirteenth year and whatever happens, happens. If nothing except the stupid light is all I get, I'm a pretty sad excuse for a princess who's supposed to save the world."

Tim reached the door to his room and paused before opening it. He assumed Anna was inside and he didn't want everyone to storm in on her all at once. He looked at his grandparents. "Umm, Anna seems upset. Give me a minute, okay?"

He slipped inside his room, not seeing the surprised expressions on his grandparents faces, only for one to appear on his own face when he realized his room was empty. He looked over at the doorway propped open to the copied room. Maybe Goldie wanted to feel more connected to her home, he thought. He went through the doorway, but the room was empty. " I guess this is what Grandpa Siul gets to feel like all the time. No offense, Goldie, but you do look like a dog that exists where I grew up and he can talk to animal! That’s awesome! We had a cat when I was little and always wondered what he thought about," she paused, then laughed, "You don't like cats? Neither do dogs!"

Tim frowned. Why could he hear Anna? Then he realized something. He could only hear Anna. She was obviously talking to Goldie, but if they were somewhere nearby, why couldn't he hear Goldie too? He opened the door to his room, to find his grandparents standing there with Anna's grandparents. Anna wasn't with him. "She's, um. not in here."

Grandma An was the first to speak. "Why did you think she was? She said she was going to clean up and get properly dressed before meeting us here."

Tim looked down at himself, realizing he was still wearing what he'd slept in. "I thought I heard her. I could hear her while we were walking here. She had to be close by. She seems upset..." Tim trailed off, confused.

"Amazing!" Grandpa Mit exclaimed.

"What?" Tim asked.

"You're communicating, telepathically, with Anna, dear. She’s sending what she’s saying to you, but I don't think she realizes it." Grandma An explained.

"Oh, cool! Wait! Why is it amazing? I saw you tell Grandpa Mit something earlier in your mind!"

"Son, the telepathic ability between sibling rulers only exists when they are the rulers- after the coronation ceremony. That Anna is sending you thoughts now, years away from when you'd even be the age to be crowned- well that's something special," Grandpa Mit added.

The other grandparents were silent, listening, since they were not familiar with what went along with being a royal. "I always knew you two were different. I could tell in my visions. I suspect this is only the first of many surprises!" Grandma An said.

"Suprise? What did we miss?" Anna asked as she joined them, with her parents behind her, "And why is everyone standing in the hallway?"

They all moved into Tim's room. It was very crowded, with eight grandparents, two parents and Tim and Anna all in one room. "Uh, why did we have to meet here?" Tim asked Anna, "I think there'd be more room somewhere else."

"Your mom's books are in here, silly. I only have the first one, but once Grandma Eilime told me her power, I thought she should see them all," she looked at Grandma Eilime before continuing, who nodded for her to go on, "She can touch things and know all about them, so with books, it's like she reads them completely in seconds, just by touching the covers!"

"I still don't understand why you think they're important. It's just a story my mom made up."

"Tim, I read the first book last night. I woke up in the middle of the night and couldn't fall back asleep, so I finished it. I didn't want to wake you so I couldn't continue with the second, but if you know the story your mom is telling, I don't see how you don't realize what she was writing about. Tim, it's like she knew what your power was going to be."

"What do I have to do with the books? I'm not in them. The main character is a girl!"

"Think about it! What happens at the very beginning of the first book?"

Tim really had to think about it. It had been a long time since he'd read the first book. Even then, he