Daughters of Kimora - Angel92296 (read me a book txt) 📗

when you were seven but I knew you longer before that. Actually, you weren’t seven. You, uh, just looked seven.”
“What does that mean?” I asked, finally speaking with no anger and hatred.
“Well, you were sleeping. For quite some time,” she spoke carefully, way too carefully.
“How long is quite some time?” Jesse asked the question before me.
“I don’t know. A hundred…,” she said, leaving the sentence hanging in the air.
“A hundred what?!” Jesse and I yelled together.
“Years,” she said. None of us spoke.
“But she’s…,” Jesse didn’t finished and I looked at him waiting for him to finish. I saw that Jesse didn’t believe anything Maria had just said. I, myself, didn’t know what to believe. I know that chant was something I never heard or said before. But then I thought about something else that Maria must have lied to me about.
“Where is Miraculous?” I asked, quickly. Maria said nothing. She just pointed up and I knew that meant to look out the window and up at the sky. There she was floating up over the millions of trees that we seemed to be passing. Miraculous was a dove. A dove I became a friend with since I have known Maria and Jesse. But she wasn’t a normal dove. Maria finally made a right and after a minute or two stopped the car. We were at a familiar place in different woods from the one that stretches from my backyard. At the cabin we sometimes vacationed at.
“You brought us to the cabin?” I asked, confused because just an hour and a half ago I was being pulled into the woods of our backyard.
“Yeah, they won’t find us here,” she said, getting out the car and breathing the fresh air. I rubbed my neck, still feeling sore after my brother non-hesitantly tried to choke the life out of me.
“Sorry” he murmured when he saw what I was doing. I sighed and climbed out after Maria. As I expected, Jesse followed me.
“Ah, were did she go?” I whined, looking up at the sky.
“Who is Miraculous?” Jesse asked. I opened my mouth to answer but Maria’s hand went up to silence me.
“You’ll see,” she said, smiling at me. I couldn’t help but smile back. “Call her.”
“Miraculous! I summon you!” I screamed. I heard the flapping of giant wings and then she dropped a few feet away from where we stood. Miraculous was not only a dove but she is a giant dove. She is nearly as big as a twelve story building. She was a graceful creature I used to think was created in my dreams when I was a child.
“Hello again, old friend,” Miraculous said, speaking directly to me.
“You returned to me. How is that possible?” I asked her.
“I am not a figment of your imagination,” she answered. I turned to Maria and when I spoke I didn’t move my eyes from her.
“That’s not what someone told me,” I said, blankly.
“Her intentions are good and pure, I assure you,” she said. “Come to me, child, let me see how you’ve grown.” I walked forward until Jesse’s voice made me freeze.
“Lucinda!!No!!” Jesse yelled, finally breaking through his shock, I guess.
“She is perfectly safe, boy. Do not fear,” Miraculous said. I turned to look at Jesse who looked strangely colored and shaking more than I was in the car. I held my hand out for him. He just starred at it.
“Come to me,” I said, in a surprisingly strong and controlling voice that I didn’t recognize as my own. I didn’t think he would but he took the few steps that I had taken, closing the space between us and grabbed my outstretched hand. We walked were Miraculous stood still, careful not to startle Jesse any further.
“My, oh, my! You have grown,” she said. I noticed that Jesse was squeezing my hand and Maria didn’t move an inch. She only smiled at us. I couldn’t see her but I knew Katelyn well enough to know she was watching with burning fear in her eyes.
“This, Jesse, is Miraculous” I spoke, still wondering about Katelyn.
“I know him well, child, since he is very close to your heart.”
“Miraculous, do you know everything about me?”
“Of course, as do you,” she responded.
“I know nothing of myself. I need your help,” I pleaded.
“Are you sure you’re ready?” she asked, curious. I thought about it and decided that I had to know in order to protect myself. I didn’t know from what yet. I walked closer, pulling Jesse along, I used my free hand to stroke her wing.
“I have to know. I have to remember,” I told her. She looked at me with her wise bird eyes that reminded me of someone I used to know and couldn’t remember.
“Do you wish for her to come with me?” she asked, turning toward Jesse.
“It’s not really my choice. It’s hers,” he answered, respectfully.
“You will find that it is your choice as well, Angel,” she said, in a questioning but truthful tone.
“Do you call me by my name or of what I am?” he asked, and I listened confused.
“Don’t you mean who you are?” she asked, sadly.
“No, the way I spoke it seems correct, my lady,” he said. I couldn’t believe that he was speaking so respectfully to her when he looked scared out of his wits just a moment ago.
“I don’t believe so but it’s not up to me to judge. Does my lady now?” she asked him
“No, she knows and remembers nothing,” he answered her. I’m going to be honest. I am completely confused here. Why is Jesse speaking so easily like he was born in a different century when he can’t even remember to put the seat down in the bathroom? He sounds so much smarter than his usual idiotic self? What am I missing?
“You seem confused? What is it you question, my lady?” Miraculous asked, now speaking to me.
“Right about now? Everything,” I answered.
“Would you show her what we are talking of?” she asked, turning her attention back to Jesse who still gripping my hand, shifted his weight from one foot to the next nervously.
“May I?” he asked, and I saw something spark in his eye. Was it happiness or a trick of the sunlight that shined brightly above us?
“You may,” she answered bowing a little at him. He nodded and with minor reluctance released my hand. He turned facing his mother and began walking. I watched his every move carefully. He stopped half way between where Maria and I stood, just staring at him. He dropped on his right knee and bowed his head. Something under his shirt seemed to move on his back and then his shirt was gone and there were only sparkling white wings. I heard myself gasp and then Jesse was on his feet, staring at me. I didn’t meet his eyes. I was hypnotized by the way the sunlight hit the wings just perfectly enough to make them sparkle. I wanted so badly to touch them.
“You have much to learn, child,” Miraculous voice broke through my haze and brought me back.
“Yes, I do,” I said, simply. I finally met Jesse’s eyes and was upset to find that they were sad. “What is wrong?”
“You see me differently now,” he answered.
“Is that a bad thing?” I asked.
“You tell me,” was his reply.
“Nope, I’m pretty sure it’s a good thing,” I said, smiling. Knowing me, I probably look like a fool. But I was glad to see his eyes glow happily again and knew that the last time they glowed, it was a trick of the sunlight.
“Want to go for a, well, fly?” he asked, now holding out his hand. I thought about Katelyn who probably fainted by now and Maria, who just stood there. I also thought about what Miraculous said about having a lot to learn. That just means I could use a little bit of freedom right now.
“Sure,” I said, running to take his hand. But then I stopped and turned back to Miraculous. “Does it still work?”
“Try and find out, child,” she said, in response. I was thinking about what message I would send to her mind when the first thing that I should have told her came to me. I have missed you, Miraculous. It didn’t really take long for her to respond. As I have missed you, bright child. I gave her one quick smile and joined Jesse where he stood.
“Is this safe?” I asked and that made him chuckle.
“Aren’t you always safe with me?” he answered my question with a rhetorical one.
“I really hope so,” I said, grabbing his still outstretched hand. He pulled me into a hug.
“I’m so glad you don’t think I’m a freak,” he said, swinging me from side to side.
“As you can see, I’m not so normal myself.”
“Not in the least bit. Ready?” he asked, still holding me in his arms. I nodded enthusiastically and then we were spiraling toward the sky. The flapping of wings filled my eardrums. The opened blue sky wrapped around us. The wise voice of Miraculous spoke in my mind. He see’s you as more than a foster sister, though that life is left behind. He feels for you more than anyone could ever feel for another. Try to see him, too.
The words surprised me as well as opened my eyes about Jesse. How he never got angry with me. I wondered what I really saw when he was choking the life out of me. I knew exactly what Miraculous was talking about but I had no idea how to approach it. I can see but how do I confront it? Again, it didn’t take her long for her to respond.
Let the sky guide your heart. It has always guided mine and I looked up at Jesse to see he was looking down at me while I smiled at the inspiring words of Miraculous.
“What?” he asked, smiling to?
“Oh, nothing,” I said, innocently. We lowered down to the lake that always seemed like such a long ride from the cabin but we seemed to get there in minutes. He gently set me on my feet but he didn’t let go. I finally took the chance to touch one of his wings. I softly pressed my finger tips to the feathery glistening texture. It was soft and warm and I wished then that I had always known about this part of him.
“Is that why you lock the door in your room every night before you go to bed?” I asked him, with curiosity.
“Yeah, to be honest, I didn’t like having to keep this a secret” he said, spreading his wings so I knew what he was talking about.
“Why?” I asked.
“Because that was the only thing I couldn’t tell you. Well one of those things rather,” he said, turning his head and hiding his face. I was surprised at what I did next but I did. I grabbed his face in my hand, making him look me in the eye. I kept my hand on his cheek and saw his eyes brighten in excitement.
“Can’t you tell me what the others are?” I asked in a small voice.
“There is only one,” he murmured, his face getting closer and closer to mine. And then he pushed me. I went flying across from him. The blow knocked the breath out of me. I rolled (unintentionally) until my body smacked really hard against a tree.
Hang on, child! I’m coming to you! Miraculous thought exploded in my head. My head hurt so badly and I could barely open my eyes. I tried to make out