CHAPTER 1: Take Me Away


    “I’m not trying to hurt you Aqua,” That’s what he said after he broke up with me, not that it helped at all.


    “You’re just too submissive and that’s not really what I’m looking for.” Maybe he was right, but I wish I


    knew before I wasted all that time with him. “I thought it was hot at first but I''m a little bored with it now.


    I had a good time with you, but I can’t picture this going anywhere.” They always get bored so why do I


    bother dating at all? Maybe because I thought love would save me from my depressing life.


    I couldn’t help the tears and he couldn’t help wiping them away before he walked out of my life for


    good. Later that week my therapist had to dive deeper into the situation in every way. I didn’t have


    much to rely on now for happiness but that’s nothing new. I thought things would look up soon because


    I was with him, but you can’t put all your hope in a rtionship. My parents knew it wouldn’tst but


    that’s because they didn’t think everyone was cut out for rtionships. I was one of those people to


    them.


    When I came home from my therapy appointment, we had guests. No one I’d ever seen before, but I


    didn’t think too much of it since I didn’t know all my parent’s friends or co-workers. I was supposed to


    be on my way to ss, but I dropped out of college a few weeks ago. I didn’t tell my parents since I


    didn’t really drop out, well not officially. I just stopped attending my sses and a few already dropped


    me. Sometimes I wondered what this was all for because I don’t know if I was living for myself or just to


    fit into social structures and economy. Maybe it was my ADHD that made me feel so disconnected or


    maybe it was more than that. “Aqua, you should join us,” my mom said when I almost slipped away to


    my room.


    It seemed like they were arguing before I came in, so I wasn’t going to bother introducing myself. I


    walked into the living room where they were all seated on two separate couches. On one were my


    parents and on the other were two oddly dressed men. One looked a little older than me and the other


    could have been his father easily. The older man looked familiar but distantly. “I’m Aqua, their oldest


    daughter,” I introduced myself since nobody else wanted to speak first.


    The younger man muttered, “That’s up to debate.”


    A faint sigh came from the older man in response to the younger. “I’m Konn and this is my son Cade.”


    They seemed different than anyone I had met before and I wasn’t only talking about appearance.


    “We should tell you something first, Aqua.” My father blurted out. “I’m ashamed we haven’t already had


    this discussion. We should have had it in private a long time ago.”


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    I didn’t want to have this conversation because I already knew. “You mean about how you found me


    when I was a baby-” I wanted to get straight to the point since anticipation was frustrating for me.


    “You know, but how?” my mother cut me off as usual. “We made sure you wouldn’t know… we’ll not


    this soon.” I never suspected until I was fourteen or fifteen. Somehow, I knew but I was hoping every


    kid felt that way. It’s not like I looked that different from my parents. Sure, we didn’t look identical but


    from what I seen not all families did.


    Konn stepped forward. “It’s the intuition. We don’t have much time approved, so I have to cut to the


    chase.” He looked down at me. “I’m your birth father and I left you in this world neen years ago. I


    didn’t n oning back but now I don’t have a choice. I must bring you back with me. I can’t say


    anymore in front of them.” It shouldn’t have felt as real as it did.


    “Father we need to leave, we don’t need anyone''s understanding or permission.” Cade looked down at


    his watch nervously.


    “Of course, you need permission, we raised her.” My mother wasn’t going to just let me go with them


    but it’s not like I was a minor. If I wanted to go I could, in fact I felt drawn to them. “You don’t have any


    proof that she’s your daughter. You’ll get a test done then we’ll figure the rest out.”


    Konn didn’t pay my adoptive mother any attention. He looked at me as if It was my decision. I couldn’t


    stop thinking about how he said he left me in this ‘world’ as if he lived in another. A lot hit me all at once


    and I wasn’t even over my breakup yet. “Can we slow down?”


    Cade scoffed. “No, we can’t.” He started to pace. “They told us we had an hour to be here and back


    with the possible holder of the almost lost abilities. The outside world is already insufferable enough.”


    I’d be crazy to disobey my adoptive parents and go along with them wouldn’t I be? I would be stupid,


    naive, and gullible. I turned to my parents and really saw them. I saw what they represented in this


    moment and how I never really felt a family bond with them. I had my chance to start over somewhere


    new. If someone asked me now, why I was even considering leaving with these two strange men I’d


    smile and say I had nothing to lose. I’d say nothing could be worse than existing the way I was in an


    empty day to day life where I couldn’t feel whole or even barely satisfied. I looked away from my


    adoptive parents and up at Konn. He looked like a clean responsible type and not like someone I’d


    even get along with. If what he was saying was true, then he abandoned me with no ns toe


    back. The only reason he was here now seemed to be an order from someone they saw as important.


    For some reason I knew I’d be fine, call it ‘intuition’ like Konn did but I knew. “Get me out of here,” I said


    with exhaustion.


    Konn simply nodded and my parents followed us outside yelling. My mom went back in after


    threatening to call the police as if I weren’t over eighteen. “Aqua, I’m so disappointed in you for leaving


    like this, you don’t care about your siblings, us who raised you, or anyone else but yourself!” I’d be lying


    if I said those words my adoptive father said didn’t hurt. I didn’t reply to what he said because after


    feeling a heavy wind, the ground shake, and a loud noise I turned around to see tworge… dragons in


    our front yard. Thankfully, we lived outside of town and there wasn’t another house for miles, but they


    wouldn’t have even believed their eyes.