Chapter 3

Los Angeles, California 2020

Sofya

The sun was slipping in through the window as I layed in bed staring at the ceiling. Grogley I stepped out of bed and yanked open the curtain enclosing the window. The bright sunlight shot in stinging my eyes. I threw on some jeans and a t-shirt and headed downstairs. My foster parents Jack and Annie were making lunch. “Hello” Annie greeted me. “Hey” I grumbled. I was still mad at what she did when Ash was over. I still couldn’t believe she had done that, how would I ever face him again, and I wanted answers! I walked over to the kitchen and grabbed an apple off the counter. I heard a loud knock on the door. “I’ll get it!” I shouted. Who could this be, it was the middle of the day, all my friends were at school, it was probably Ash, I really wasn’t in the mood to see him. I trudged over to the door and opened it just to see a large object being swung at my head. Then everything went black. What a great day.

There were little dots at the edge of my vision as I came to. I blinked and looked around. I was in a limo and handcuffed to the door. In the front, there was a scrawny middle-aged man driving, in the passenger seat a woman with graying hair in a black pants suit. I was so furious I felt the anger boiling in my veins. I tugged at the handcuffs they wouldn’t budge. “What the hell!” I screamed. “I see our dear Sofyalisia has finally come to.” The woman said. “Who are you and where am I!” I hollered at her still trying to snap the handcuffs. “I am Wanda and this is Hank.” The woman said gesturing towards the man driving. I huffed like I actually care what their stupid names were, Wanda? Are you kidding me? What the hell kind of name was that? “You’re in a limo on the way to the airport, let me explain all of this, I’m sure you’re pretty confused.” “No kidding.” I said through clenched teeth giving her an icy glare. “Well, first of all, you are Sofyalisia Winchester right? You are 17 and your parents were killed about 10 years ago and then you went to live with foster parents after that, right? “That’s right” I mumbled unhappily. “So……. Why did you freaking kidnap me! “Well, you know of Aleksandr Vasilievich, Alek?” I grimaced, why was she asking about Alek, everyone knew about him, he was crazy and all over the news. “Who hasn’t, that guy is a complete psychopath.” Wanda nodded. “He has control over part of North America, the overworld, underworld, and over half of Europe, and all of Asia.” “He also needs 18 kids that are powerful to help him take over the worlds, he may be very powerful but he needs more. He needs to be stopped, and that’s where you come in.” “Excuse me?” I laughed. This lady was insane if she thought a bunch of kids could kill Alek. “You think that kids can kill Alek? Even if we are special?” I wondered if she knew about aemons. There was probably more to the story, but Ash hadn’t got a chance to tell me yet. “ Yes, and you are special Sofyalisia. If you weren’t how would I know you can speak to animals, see in the dark, and create a gold fire out of your bare hands.” Wanda said giving me a questionable look. “Sofyalisia you are very powerful, even though you may not know it.” My eyes widened. “How, how did you know that?” I stammered. How did she freaking know that! Not even my foster parents knew, because if they did then they’d commit me to an insane asylum or sell me to the government, or something crazy like that. OMG! Maybe that’s what they had done. But I had never told a single soul. Well, I hadn’t till yesterday when Ash had found out, he was the only one who knew and he probably told his friend, Alex, if he’s the one responsible for this I was going to kill him. “Because I know others like you and I knew your parents, they trusted me to look after you and tell you the truth when the time came.” “Then why am I handcuffed to the freaking door!” I shouted at her getting angry again. “Are you sure you knew my parents because to me you look like a psycho” I spat at her, knew my parents, yeah right, my parents were very secretive from what I remember, they didn’t even speak to the freakin neighbors and I had no childhood friends. “Yes, I knew your parents I just wanted to make sure you didn’t run away before I tell you the truth.” Wanda said. “The world as you know it won’t exist anymore once I tell you this, Ok?” “Ok.” I mumbled. “First of all, there are three major worlds in the universe that exist with life. Earth, the Underworld, and the Overworld. Before you ask, the Underworld is not hell and the Overworld is not heaven. In the Underworld they have demons. In the Overworld they have angels. Most legends and myths are true, there are no zombies or vampires, it’s all demons and angels that caused those myths. Like humans neither species is completely good or bad, there is good and bad in all species. Also with demons and angels, there are different groups within the species. There are the korrigan, incubi, morai etc. Your mother Bryn was korrigan and your father Galen was gyo. But the most important thing is the legend” Wanda said. “What legend?” I asked skeptically. Ash hadn’t said anything about a legend. “It is said that the daughter of a korrigan and gyo will be the second most powerful of all the aemons, which are half demon half angel, and will be the one to kill Alek and restore peace to the worlds. That’s you” Wanda said. I stared at her bewildered. “This is a lot to take in, I need some time to process this.” I said. This lady was completely insane, how could I kill Alek, the Alek, this was just not believable. Ash had told me about aemons but not much else, we hadn’t gotten to talk about it since yesterday, or I think it was yesterday, I wasn’t sure, the windows were so tinted I couldn’t see outside. “Of course my dear, it will be a few hours before we get to the airport. We are going to a remote island off the coast of Hawaii. It will be safe there for you and we will start your training there.” Wanda said. “Um ok.” I said still completely shocked and horrified, but it was getting late, almost midnight, I saw as I looked at the clock at the front of the car. I was exhausted and after a few more minutes I drifted off to sleep.