Five - A Brother?

“Aurora sweety, are you alright? It’s been hours, I thought you’d be ready by now?”  I hear Lindy call in her sweet carefree voice through the bathroom door. 

“ Oh, I am Soo sorry my queen, I must have fallen asleep while in the tub. I will get out straight away,” I called back, as I spit out the water I seem to have inhaled in my startled state. 

I quickly jump out of the tub allowing it to drain. Wrappping a big thick white towel around my body, getting to the door as fast as my feet will allow. I opened the door to see this gracious Queen waiting for me by the bed smiling. 

“Aurora you don’t need to Hasen, you are in no trouble. I only wanted to ensure you were ok.” Lindy spoke sweetly to me. 

She walks into the door I hadn’t opened yet, for me to see the light turn on automatically when the door is opened showing me a vast array of Lavasg gowns, and shoes of all sorts. Drawaers neatly tucked away with lushious fabrics draped around the room.

She steps in taking a quick look around, and grabbing a soft pink long dress and a pair of pink slippers and brining them to me with a smile.

“Here love put this on and eat your lunch it’s on the bed. I’ll be back in an hour for you.” She smiles as she hesitates, bu leaves me too it. 

I pull the light pink dress over my head and allow it to drop to the floor, never have I felt such amazing fabric on my skin, and as I look down at myself I can smell all the glorious oils and soap I had poured into the tub. I rummage through some of the drawers in the too big closet finding a pair of white panties and putting them on quickly. 

I make my way to the huge bed and see a tray filled with small sandwhiches and fruits of all kinds, some of which I have never seen before. Cheeses, meats and fruit. A goblet of red liquid, that smelt horrible. However made my lips and tongue tingle as I took small sips.  I started to gobble it all up. My stomachs so empty from not eatting for so long. About to take another sip of this seemly dangerous liquid that goes down way to easy I am started by a light tap at the door…..I get up quickly going towards the door and open it, 

“I’m so sorry queen Lindy, did I take to long again?" I get out  as I opened the door, only to be brought back, by Faulk standing there grinning, amongst 3 guards outside my door. 

“May I come in Aurora, we need to talk before you go to see the King and Queen” he exclaimed. 

“Yes, of course” I say cautiously as I open the door wider allowing him to step inside.  

“Please sit. I have some things to tell you about and you need to hear them first before you go before the king and queen”. Faulk said a matter of factly, as if he was waiting to have this conversation forever. 

I sat, curious, and scared at what this was going to entail. Leaning in towards him as he sat across from me in one the the ornate chairs. He made me feel calmer, and safe whenever he was around. 

“What do you know about you parents Aurora?” He asked curiously 

A tear escaped my eye, as I looked at him, and then looked away.

“Nothing, they abandoned me at the orphanage as a baby, that place is all I have every known. I have no one, no friends, no family, nothing.” I say very sadly, as I wipe the tears brimming in my eyes. 

“You have me Aurora, and I have always been with you” he states. 

“You said before that the world I know is not what it seems and that I have known you my whole life, but I have never seen you before.  How did you know where I live. You appeared when I needed you the most yesterday, but none of it makes any sense. I don’t understand. Maybe I am dreaming, maybe someone hurt me so badly I’m in a coma”. All of this rushes out of me faster then I realize my lips are moving. My eyes tear filledand my mind confused and scared. Sad that maybe I’m right, maybe I am dreaming in a coma….? 

“Whoa, whoa, whoa, calm yourself Aurora I will answer all your questions, but one at a time.” He says as he smiles at me, and in his smile I feel a small calm. 

“The world you know is not what you think it is Aurora and your first question will be answered by none other then the King and queen themselves! It is not in my place to tell you those things, without their permission.  I can however tell you about myself, and that is what I would like to do.” He brushes his hair outta his face taking a deep breath. 

“Aurora I am your brother, Faulk, our parents abandon me as well, except I was placed on this castles gates I assume for the King and Queen and you were placed at the orphanage. I was found by a not so nice man named Sam, who took me into the forest. As I grew I realized I was in trouble. Sam was nice to me and took care of me and fed me, but when I turned eight he bit me”. Faulk took a deep breath as he continued. 

“I was thriving and dying In and out of the most unbearable pain I ever felt….. for days. I was burning from the inside out. When I finally was able to open my eyes, I seen things more clearly then ever before.To my surprise, I had a voice in my head that was not my own. Reap, he told me his name was, that he was my chosen wolf, Sam had bit me turning me into a werewolf.”  Faulk said all this completely monotone. Too much seriousness in his voice. I almost laughed in his face, a wolf really? I’m not a little kid who believes in fable creatures and shit like that.  He looked me in the eyes not wavering and I could see for his facial expression, everything he said was the truth.

I gasped, my wolf dog, the black as night bright as silver dog from my safe space, 

“You, you are my wolf dog?” I asked curiously….

“Yes, that is Reap. He has been able to sense you since we were both little we are blood related and he could feel when you were sad, or being hurt. He knew that you would find us near the sacred waterfall if we were patient enough.”

“As soon as Reap first felt you, he told me of your life, I would have never known anything about you if it wasent for him.” He said sadly, as he fidgeted in his seat.

“You remember the first time we met, by the water fall?  Frances had strapped you because of the milk.  Do you remember?” I slowly nod my head yes to him as he continues, 

“We felt those straps too not like you did, but we still felt them. I wanted to take you away from that place so badly, But I was still with Sam and his small crew, and they would have hurt you too, a human so fragile to our kind, or any kind for that matter. I’ve wanted to save you your whole life but needed to make sure I wouldn’t put you in more danger if and when I did!” he states as the tears stream down his cheek.

“I’m so sorry I couldn’t do anything until now, the things you’ve had to go through, and the hand you have been dealt is not fair. I promise you will never have to go through any of that again.” His lips quiver as he quietly reacts to his own words, remembering I’m sure all the things I have told him of my life. 

The things Brian and his buddies had done to me as I grew, The beatings I took from Frances. Sometime not even just my own, but the young ones beating as well. I could take it, I just went into the black spot in my soul and stayed there until all those unpleasantries were finished. The times when I was starving so badly that his wolf could see my ribs and would whimper…payment of course for allowing the young ones seconds at dinner. 

My heart broke in his tears, and we both hugged each other as tears silently streamed down both our faces. 

“I have a brother?” I stated through tears….

“I have my sister finally”. He smiled wiping away the tears. 

“We have much more to talk about, I have way more to tell you but…” he stopped as we both heard a light knock on the door. 

“Come in my queen” Faulk states with a smile.

The beautiful queen open the door standing there smiling at the both of us, 

“It is time Faulk bring her into the throne room.” 

I stare scared at first, but then excited at the same time. I have a brother, he saved me from that nasty place. Anything is better then there at this point.