Come To Light

"Let me tell you the story of how I lost my sister and best friend in the world to a lakeside house. " "Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you." my mother sang to my sister and me as she walked into our conjoined bedroom. I pulled the blanket over my head and snuggled closer to my bed, but daddy wouldn't let me have it. "Come on, Selene. It's time to get up," he said. "We still have grandpa's funeral to attend." With a sigh of reluctance, I threw my feet over the side of my bed and hopped off. I walked over to my walk-in closet, pulled a black pantsuit off its hanger, and proceeded to the bathroom to get showered, changed, and dressed. As I walked downstairs from my bedroom, I saw my twin, Celestia, she was wearing a black knee-length sleeveless dress with a sun on the hip of it. Looking at us, we are identical, but yet we are complete opposites, yet we complement each other. "Really Bast? A pantsuit?" she asked me. I nodded my head smiling at her. "You know how I feel about dresses, plus I look fine in this," I replied. She walked up to me and touched the crescent moon above my left breast. We stood there silently when our parents came down the stairs. "Are you girls ready?" Dad asks. We nod and head for the door. We hop into the SUV and head to Death Valley Cemetery, where the funeral is being held. As we drove up to the funeral, Mom turned to face us. "It's a close casket funeral." she said. We immediately understood what she meant. We filed out of the car and walked up to where the other members of our family stood. The moment we stopped, my head began to throb. "Look the celestial twins decided to grace us with their presence." our cousin Kaleb sneered earning a chuckle from the rest of the others. I clutched the sides of my head as visions and images flashed through my mind. "Are you okay dear?" Mom asked. "Y-yeah, just a little headache," I answered. Celestia grabbed my hand and I clung to it. As the service ended our grandfather's attorney, a crocked old man, waddled up to us. "May I speak to you all in my office, please," he stated. We piled into our cars and followed him to his office. Walking into the building, we took the elevator to the fifth floor. The lights flickered and a ghostly voice moaned into my ear. I grabbed Celestia's hand. The elevator dinged and we walked out and into the lawyer's office. "Selene, Celestia, and Kaleb have a seat," he said, indicating to the three chairs in front of him. Opening a letter he parted his dry, chapped lips and read. "To the twins, Selene and Celestia, I leave half of my assets to each twin, my business, and my lakeside house in Black Moon Valley as a gift. To Kaleb, I leave a fifteen hundred dollar investment in a new upcoming business, you may do with it as you please.". He closed the letter back up and looked at us. "What!" Kaleb roared, "Why do they get everything and all I get is a bloody investment!" "I am sorry young man for how you feel, but those were the instructions left by your late grandfather." "Even in death the old man dears to mock me," he growled storming out of the office, his parents in tow. As we got up to leave he called out to us, "Young masters Selene and Celestia, one more thing, your grandfather requested that you spend a long weekend at the house with six chosen friends." I turned to Celestia, the same look of confusion painting her face. "Why six?" Celestia asked, echoing my thoughts, but beating me to asking the question. His face paled a bit and he clammed up; his lips drawing into a thin line. "That was the only instruction left to me to give you both." he said. I looked at Celestia, and she gazed back at me, then we turned to our dad. His face, drained of the melanin that made his dark-skinned face so beautiful; our mother was no better, she usually clairvoyant eyes, clouded over with tears, misting the corners. "Daddy, is there something we should know?" I asked. My voice seemed to have pulled him back to reality, he feigned a smile, took my mother's hand, and shook his head. He patted my head and smiled at me, it didn't meet his eyes like it usually does. "It's nothing sweetheart." he stated. I glanced at Celestia out of the corner of my eyes and she nodded, noticing his change in demeanor.