Everything Burns Prolouge

     Heated crimson blood runs down my face like tear drops as my sword stabs through his heart and he starts coughing up the sticky liquid. The last breath he will ever breathe comes out in a huff. His lifeless orbs roll back into his skull.  "Return to the stars, mea lux."  I say to my last hybrid member. My eyes threaten tears as I realize I am truly the last of my kind. My phone vibrates distracting my thoughts. I clear my throat and answer. "Is it done?" Knowing who it is, I slowly nod, “Yes, it’s done” I mutter softly. "Good, now, come back to the castle. " He commands, he doesn’t  ask because he knows I will argue and he is hosting company, so I allow it. I dip my victims body in acid and wait for it to full dissolve, silently, I slip into the past.
 
     A dark haired boy with crystal eyes, ran beside me through the Forest of the Dead.  His mother, a demon, his father, the  god of water. He fits in with no one and neither do I.  I don't know where I came from but I know I am very special. I was no more than 14 years old and he was at least 17.  My ignorance got the best of me because it was about 1 AM and we were going to see "fireflies". Midway through the dense forest, he pushed me up to a tree, and kissed me. I tried to break through but he stood firm. I bit his lip, drawing the dark liquid of a hybrid.  It was a dark purple liquid that seeped through even the smallest wound..  He pushed my hips to the tree, then pulled back. His perfectly crystal blue eyes clashed with my gold ones and I saw he was holding back tears. "You are special, Ash. You are my star, Mea Lux. I love you.... I ... I think I always have... but now I must return to the stars." Jason was my first kiss, my first love, he was also my first kill.  After he spoke, he licked his injury and crashed into my lips. deepening the kiss for a few seconds before he slowly faded. Taking a step back, he opened his eyes and collapsed. I tried so hard to catch him. The last thing I said to him was ..." I love you too..." That’s when I learned I was meant to kill. It is my purpose in life. Three weeks later I found his letter explaining why he had been like that. It was his only escape he said, and he was so sorry to leave me in this hell but he couldn't stand it anymore. He told me he had returned to the stars and not to worry because I had light in me. He told me of how he loved me and how I was so special. The repeating phrase was Mea Lux. I also realized no one cared about hybrids like us, we were the outcasts, the misfits, and we would have to take care of ourselves. We were abominations, he was lucky though, his father had cared. I never knew my parents, they were never around. But that day, after they found Jason's body, everyone knew me. Suddenly, I was a murderer of hybrids. I even stood in the trials of the Gods. I can still feel Hera's hard glare, Zeus' impending judgement.... But the look on Poseidon's face haunted me to my very core. My boss then adopted me… On one condition, I kill the hybrids. I fought for him. It's been three years, and he has acted like a father to me every second. Even though he has his own kids, he invited me to everything that has his family. I was his favorite, his warrior, but he still had secrets from me. This made it hard for me to trust him.

       The fizzling sound is driving me mad, taking a deep breath I walk just outside of the room. I quickly pick up a creature coming closer. "Ash!" His voice seems relieved, " Thank Goodness you are here, we have to leave." I look at a struggling Hades, He seems nervous. "I told you I would go to the castle! " I shout, I hated\ when he fathers me like a child. He grabs my arm, my gold eyes clash against his black ones, but our paleness is identical. "Do not father me, Hades!" " Big words for a small girl." He smirks, " Ok, we have to go." He is anxious, but I don't put up it would just be an argument he would end up winning. With a flash of strawberry blonde hair, the lovely Persephone, dressed in her usual all black and alluring dress, glares at her husband, then back to me. "Where do you think you are you going, Bastard?" the question is pointed at me. Utter confusion strikes me. Persephone never really noticed me and when she did, she was always nice. Hades glares at his wife, sudden realization plastered on his face, and booms, "It, was you? How could you betray me and my guest? And you better watch your next words!" Persephone just stares him down. " I shall do what I see best for my family including my husband!  I am pregnant again, Hades. Don't you see your bastard child is in the way of that? Zeus will take care of your daughter or Artemis can take care of the bastard or the water God can disassemble her," His hard face flies into pure rage as Persephone bellows a scary laugh. I rip my arm out of Hades hands. " what the literal Hell are you talking about?" I can’t breathe. Hades turns around his face softening when his eyes meet mine. " Ash... Um ... I am ... I mean... I didn't... How do I put this-" " You aren't a hybrid of a god.... but a bastard of two. My worthless husband and the whore of the night." Persephone was obviously hurt by this scandal. It isn’t allowed for two gods to have kids... Due to the infinite power the offspring produced. Information floats through my head. He lied to me for three years. Bits and pieces came together. I broke.  He was fuming. " Reporting me to Zeus? That's how you get back at me? What about Ash's life?" " She is just a hired gun what do you care if she dies? Hell, she almost did three years ago. I hope you enjoyed having your pet. That stupid bastard can't be saved by you now." She smirks... That bitch smiled at the thought of my death. " Then I will face the charges with my daughter and her mother and if you think she will leave then you are mistaken. I have claimed her and if you ever call her a bastard again I will kill you!" He looks back at me.  Sweetly, he takes my hand and guides me toward the doorway. " Come, Ash, we must go see Zeus now." Once out of the doorway, I feel as if I need to explode. " You.... You are my…?Father?" I can't breathe once again. He takes my head and gently kisses my forehead. " Ash I have always loved you and kept an eye on you ... I just couldn't tell you when we first met because it was against the laws and you were watched very carefully and then I became too attached. But you were always mine." He was being possessive. I just lightly let go of his hand and drove home. Ignoring his screams as I left. Tears in my eyes. I had a family. I have a family.
 
 
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