The Girl I Wish I Knew

Chapter 20

Kacey's P.O.V. 

I wake up in a brightly lit room. Looking around I see 3 cloaked figures standing on a platform in front of me. The fates I recgonized them from my other dreams and visions. "What do you want with me this time." I yell at them all my frustrations coming out. As many times as I had seen them they never took down their hoods. "Oh my dear child life hasn't been very fair to you has it." The middle one says in a sympathetic voice. "Now you join us again you have told a mere mortal our biggest secret. We only communicate to special individuals. You can't simply go around telling people." The one on the left says in a stern voice talking about Max. "Do not be so hard on her Christopher. We have given her a hard task more than she can probably handle. She doesn't need your scolding." The middle one says tiredly. "Let us not forget why we called the girl here in the first place. To discuss the next step in her life, you are at another crossroads child so far you have decided a life of hardship. You chose the road most are too scared to travel." Says the one on the right. "You will be facing much more hard choices. Ones that won't always have a happy ending. You are not the first we have talked to, and you won't be the last. You have shown your true power not what you can control with you mind but what you can do with your heart. You have lasted past those before you. So once again you must decide if you will take the hard road that's ending is unseen, or will you choose the path that is easy that feels right." The one on the right says with virtually no emotion. "I don't know it is so hard to live this life knowing that I could choose happiness. Now more than ever I want to choose the other path, where it's safe." I say confusion thick in my voice. "Child the choice will not be easy you are approaching the place where many have failed. Now will you fall among them or strive to pass them." The middle one says. "That's not a straight answer just tell me what I need to do and I will." I says getting frustrated. "That is not for us to say It must be the mortals choice. We can not help you anymore than we have." Says the one on the left Christopher I think. "Well I'm done playing your games. I'm done being the chosen one. The one that will set up the next eon. No I don't want to be that  person anymore. I'm finally happy I have a real family now and I'm not going to do anything to ruin that." I yell at them. "You are always saying it is my choice, well then I choose to quit being the chosen one. Because really nothing is my choice you already know what I will choose. But I'm done, I don't want to be the chosen one any more." I yell as loud as I can their calmness just angers me more. "Do you wish to see what you choice causes in the future?" Christopher asks summoning an orb and inside is Hiddenville. He throws the orb at me and it expands around me  trapping me inside the fake world. I am watching a young girl ten or so standing bfeore the judges just I had. "What do you want now?" She asks boredom obvious in her voice.  "You are at another crossroads child so far you have decided a life of hardship. You chose the road most are to scared to travel." The one on the right says to the girl. "Yeah, yeah the samething you say everytime. I choose to let people suffer, for their lives to crumble around them. And I choose it again and again." She says twirling her hair carelessly. The image changes and I am watching myself and my family. "Max how could you work for Heather Dark Mayhem's daughter. And with your little siblings on the line." Dad yells at him. The image changes Phoebe sits on her bed crying in the room we shared. "I just don't know how he could do this. I know I wasn't the nicest to him but he's still my twin." She sobs. "I know Phoebe, he doesn't deserve your love, I don't even know how Mom and Dad put up with him." No this is all wrong. "Don't say that Kacey he's just misunderstood." She says nodding to herself. "No she's right I don't deserve you forgiveness." Max says walking toward our balconey. "Max, what are you doing..."She asks but is cut off has he takes out a knife and stabs himself in the chest. "Max!" She yells at his limp body running him. "No, that's what people like him deserve." I watch myself say with no sympathy "No no no, it's not real." I hear myself say out loud. "This is what you mean to the world Kacey." The one in the middle says. "So I have to do this to save the ones I love." I say tears coming to my eyes. "You think your the first one who wants to give up the job. Everyone hits their breaking point, but only few actually move on from it. Sadly this is accurate vision of what could happen. I'm sorry child I can see how hard this is on you" She says lowering her hood I see my mother. "What?" I stutter out from shock. "I have been around for the longest time. I bore the child of evilest one. That child becomes the next chosen one. Though I have felt   particular special bond with you. How do you think you remember that night at the warehouse. I wanted you to know me. I'm sorry I didn't tell you earlier I needed you to make the hard choices first." She says stepping down the platform. I back away no sure if I trust her of not. "Do not fear me child." She says taking my hand. "I have spent so long watching you and waiting for the right time to tell you." She says stroking my face. "Really?" I ask with false hopefulness. "Of course my child. I am  you mother I wouldn't lie to you." She says her finger combing through my hair soothingly. "Is that what you tell all your children?" I ask her jumping away from her. "Kacey I wasn't lying when I said I felt a special connection with you." She says desperatly trying to get me to calm down. "No I'm done here." I say forcing myself to wake up.  I wake up sitting up straight. I look around, I'm laying next to Max. Looking at his face he is crying in his sleep. Oh no, I hope he isn't crying because of me.  I think to myself. Knowing I won't get and sleep with out the judges ruining it. I go up stairs and don't see anyone home. There is a note on the table. "You guys were taking to long so we left with out you be home by 6:00." It said. Looking at the stove clock it was 3:00. Not sure what to do, I go upstairs to mom and dad's room. I walk to the desk where papers are scattered everywhere. But placed on top is an envolope with my name written on it in my grandfathers elegant cursive. Looking at the other envolpes with my siblings and parents names on them. Not wanting to be tempted to open them, I leave the room. Bored out of my mind I go back to my room and pull out one of the very few items I kept with me form grandfather's. A book of occuless  tricks. Flipping to the page I have marked. It was the invisibility. Closing my eyes I imagine myself. From my combat boots that I wear everywhere, then my jeans that have holes at my knees, and finally my worn sweatshirt. Slowly I imagine my boots disappearing leaving nothing then my jeans. I hear a a loud shriek taking me out of my thoughts. Opening my eyes I can see the illousion fading off. Look at Max I can see where the high pitch scream came from.  "What's wrong?" I ask him. "You're invisible." He says in disbelief. "Oh sorry just a new thing I was trying." I say blushing. "How do you do that. Suddenly you think hmm that power is cool and than you do it." He says. "It's all in the brain. And I can't do things like fire breath, ice breath, super strength, super speed, and a lot of others. "Well talk about something to wake up to. Where is everyone else?" He asks giving me a forced smile but I can see right through it. He doesn't want to talk about what happened earlier. "They went to the power place." I say shrugging. "Oh, well we probably should probably get ready for our cape ceromony." He says making his super suit fly toward him. "Well here's mine." I say as a black and dark purple suit flies toward me. "When did you make that?" He asks. "I was bored so I made this." I says shrugging. Snapping my fingers I am in my super suit. "What do you think?" I ask him doing a little twirl. "Wow it's good but why the M and not a T?" He asks gesturing to my chest. "Well I was thinking I want to be called  Mayhem girl. You know after my father." I say shyly. "Oh that's cool as long as your going to help me and Phoebe stop crime." He says letting out a sigh of relief. "Don't worry I'm good and so are you. We are going to be the crime stopping trio." I says giving him a shy smile. He gives me his real smile. It's nice to see the mischievious smirk back on his face. "Hey let's go to Splat Burger since they wont be back for like another 2 hours." He suggests grabbing his coat. "I can't go out like this." I say gesturing to my outfit. "Kacey we are going to Splat Burger you can come in pajamas and still not be the worst dressed there." He says his smile growing. "Okay." I say grinning too. He puts his arm around me and we go to Splat Burger. Taking a booth I sit across from him. "Kacey you know that I didn't mean what I said that night." He starts out tentivly. "I know Max. I'm sorry if what I said hurt. I guess it's just that a lot has happened in such a short period of time. I mean I dreamed of this happening getting a familiy. But now that I actually have one it's just a lot to take in. But I do trust you I always did deep down. Max I know you care about me a lot and I care about you too. I love you Max." I say honestly. "I'm glad you deserve the family of your dreams. I love you too. You know in a sibling way." He says blushing at his last sentence. We order quickly and eat hungerly. Afterwards we leave and go back home. "Want to watch a movie?" He asks taking off his coat. "Yeah sure, what do you want to watch?" I ask him jumping over the back of the couch. "I don't care you pick." He says heading toward the kitchen to make popcorn. "What you pick?" He asks sitting down on the couch. "Back to the Future." I say snuggling into his side contently. "Oh, I like this one." He say putting the popcorn on my lap and wrapping his arm around me. "I love you sis." He says kissing my head. We snuggle up and start the movie. After the movie we play a fighting game. "Hey guys, you missed a lot of fun." Mom says walking through the front door. "Kacey, me win." Chloe says running up to me and jumping into my arms. I catch her twirling around. She giggles gleefully. "Did you good job short stuff." I say bopping her nose. She giggles again. "Oh Max can we play?" Billy and Nora asks at the same time. " Yeah sure." Max and I say at the same time. We make room so that all six of us can play. Mom and Dad just sand back and watch us. "I'm going to take a break guys." I says walking toward Mom and Dad. I just hug them. "What's this for?" Mom asks surprised. "Just wanted to say thank you for giving me an amazing family." I says shyly. "Well you deserve it." Dad says rubbing my back. I feel the others wrap us in a hug. Chloe finding her way into the middle.

A/N: 20 Chapters people wow. Thank you guys for all the support on this story. Every single reader means alot to me. My heart skips  beat when I see that I go another view. Hope you enjoyed the extra long chapter and the next one is on its way. Please Vote and Comment.