The Awakening of a Soul Reaper

Chapter 23. Forgiveness

“So, the three of you had food poisoning, hum unlikely but I will accept it, this time!” Mister Johnson takes the sick notes and puts it in his student file “now take your seats”.

Mister Johnson stands up from his chair addresses the students, “because you three were absent yesterday I have to repeat my speech of yesterday.  Due to privacy laws I have to inform you that the school have added another 24 surveillance cameras to the school yard and buildings, unfortunately I or any other member of student council are allowed to confirm or deny any location of these cameras.  So, considering this ensure that you behave appropriately in any part of the school terrain as if you are being watches,” he slams his fists on one of the front desks,” because you ARE!  After class come and collect you consent cards that must be signed by you and also by your guardians or parents, the rest of the class please hand your cards in after class.”

The tree students collect their cards and leave the class when the bell rings.  “What do you think that is all about?” asks Willow taking the lead of the three students.  Clares is too busy looking around to see if she can spot Tyler, the last time she saw him was yesterday when he took his fake sick note from Willow.  During recess she walks through the hall where everyone is busy enjoying their food and snacks, there is no sign of Tyler.  She walks through the halls and finds him sitting alone underneath a tree.

“Hey, stranger” she calls out to him.  He just sits there looking at her.  “Are you angry with me?” she takes a seat next to him.

“I don’t know if I can trust you?” he slides away from her.

“I didn’t mean to hurt you; it was an accident; I promise you!”

“Hum it’s not that.  It’s not the fact that you pulled me into this situation it, it’s because you lied to me!” he glares at her.  “I didn’t lie, I just didn’t tell you about my secret, because I, myself is not sure yet of what is going on” she drops her head into the palm of her hands.

In frustration he jumps up, “Not to say anything is still lying, keeping quite is still lying it doesn’t matter in what why you say it, you lied to all of us!  You are no different than my dad and my mom.  Everyone is lying to me.  Why should I ever trust anything you or anyone tells me?”

He starts to walk away from her.

After school Clarise, Willow and James walks home.  “So, what exactly are these powers of yours” asks James intrigued by his new found wisdom.  “Well, I’m strong; I’m a bit faster than I used to be; I can use my power to make me jump very high and far; and then I can also conjure Ignus who can only be seen by reapers; and then I can turn him into a cloak with a scythe” she explains.

“Wow that is awesome…”

The rest of the way silence hangs over the three of them.

Shortly after Clarise arrived home she decided that this situation needs to be cleared between her and Tyler.  She feels that what she feels is more than just like and that she doesn’t want to lose him.

She takes off, to go see him at home I hope he will talk to me.

She reaches his home in the suburbs, this is the first time for her to visit him.  Walking into the front gate she finds herself around all colors of flowers and a green law that is perfectly cut and flows all around the house.  The house itself is a single-story home, with a big wooden door.  She presses the bell button and a few moments later a lady opens up the door.  “Yes, can I help you?”

“Sorry to bother your mam, but is Tyler home?” she asks politely to the lady.

“He is in his room, let me go and get him for you, you can come in” she opens the door for Clarise”

She disappears around a corner and a few moments later she returns, “He will be with you momentarily you can wait for him over here” she leads her to the living room with big white leader couches and chairs.

She goes and sits on the opposite side of the room so she can watch towards the direction she came in.

After a couple of minutes, he makes his appearance, he doesn’t look very pleased to see her but he expected her, after this morning at school.

“Come let’s talk in my room” he nods with is head.

She follows him down a long hall going past a couple of rooms, she enters a room pained a light blue color, he has some motivational posters against his wall.

Behind his door she finds a small basketball hoop, the rest of his room is neat and tidy, she can’t find one thing out of place.  He tells her to go and sit on the side of his bed he takes his long back desk chair and turns it around facing her.

“Yesterday when I returned me and my dad, we had a falling out, not over the fact that I visited James for a couple of days but because I asked about my mom.  My earliest memory that I can remember is of her, her long dark hair, dark eyes with a beautiful smile.  I always thought she was a princess or a queen because she was truly beautiful.  My dad always told me left one day and never returned.  So last night I confronted him, he took me for a drive and then pulled alongside the road, he showed me a scar where a bullet has penetrated him.  It was one of those injuries that he shouldn’t have survived but he did, he told me that my mom saved him.  She saved him not only from the bullet but from himself.

When he asked where all of this came from now, I told him that I found out that I was cursed because of something that he and my mother have done, and I wanted to know the truth, he first denied everything, but then…” he takes Clarise’s hand in his “he told me something.  If what happened didn’t happen to me I myself wouldn’t believe him, but… he says my mom was a Valkyrie.  She watched over him in battle and when he fell, she protected him, she fell in love with him, and after I was born, she was called back…  All of this is too much to process”

“After that did you tell your dad what happened to you?”

“I decided not to, but I have decided to take Emrys up on his offer to train me” he pulls his hands from Clarise’s hands “I’m just not sure if I want to train with you!  How can I trust you?”

Tears starting to flow again down her face, “I didn’t tell you because I was afraid that you are going to think that I’m crazy, let’s face it, what I have heard from everyone is that you, secluded yourself from everyone when you enrolled in school. 

You don’t trust anyone, so if I told you or if I didn’t tell you, it would have come to this.  All I know is that what I feel for you is more than just like, I think…” she goes quiet.

He looks at her, with a stone-cold gaze in his eyes.

She stands up walking over to him, she takes his hands in hers “tell me you don’t feel something for me?” she brings his hands up and kisses his fingers.

“I didn’t say I didn’t feel something for you, everything is just confusing” he says with a sigh.

“Then let’s work through this, it’s just as confusing to you it’s to me, you see this pendant, it belonged to my dad and guess what it found me after almost nineteen-years, next week I’m turning eighteen.  I picked it up on the side of the street when I was walking home after my first day of school here.  How confusing do you think that felt, you went with me to find my grandparents, you yourself know how confusing everything was to me and then to learn with these new powers.

You are not alone if we do this together, we can overcome it together and we can make the best of it, so I beg you please forgive me for anything that I have done to you”

He closes his eyes and bows his head “For some reason it feels comforting that you are here, and that you want to talk out the situation but I think it will take a while before we can come to the point where I can put all my trust in you again”

 “Can we at least go to Emrys and see if we can train together?  I need to win back your trust”. He looks down at her and a tear flows down his cheek, he nods his head “yes we can go to him, but unfortunately my dad grounded me, so I will only be able to go to him next week Monday” he explains.

“What is you telling him about what really happened if he finally trusted you with the truth about your mom, maybe he will allow you to get control of the beast inside of you?”

“I will think about that…”  There is a knock on his room door, the door opens and a man in his forties with dark shortcut hair, and facial characteristics similar to Tyler enters the room, Clarise can clearly see that its Tyler’s dad, and he does not look pleased to see her there.

“Tyler, you know you are grounded and you are not allowed any visitors, sorry miss but I will need to ask you to leave” he says forcefully and with his arm extended he shows her the way to the door.

She leaves them and start to make her way home.