Damn! My Fairy Mate Is My Ex!

Chapter 7

“So let me get this straight, all of us are fairies and I can control fire. I didn’t set the fire,” Hana said, suddenly worried that it was her fault. We were all sitting on the fluffiest couch I’ve ever been on in my life, in a room that was twice the size of our first floor back home. There was a king-size bed a few feet behind us and a fireplace right in front of us. There was also a balcony overlooking a beautiful lake. It was heaven. Solana was sitting on my lap while Gab was passed out on our mother.

“Of course you didn’t. We gave you all dampeners to make sure that your powers didn’t seep out.” My stepfather said.

“But I’m human right,” I asked for clarification.

“Yes, Kayla, you are human, unfortunately,” my mother said, that last part under her breath.

“What do you mean by that?” I asked, suddenly hurt and fearing she resented me for being human.

“Fairies live a long life. Even though Hana and Hiro are practically adults in the human realm, here they aren’t even teenagers,” my mother said.

“What? I’m turning 20 this year,” Hiro said.

“You might as well be 9 because everyone will treat you that way,” My stepfather said, and I couldn’t help but laugh.

“It’s not funny Kayla,” Hana said.

“It is hilarious, I am now one of the oldest people in this room, if not the oldest. How old are you two?” I asked, curiously.

“You’re going to die first,” Hana said, and I stuck my tongue out at her.

“You’re just mad because you’re not an adult anymore,” I teased.

“Stop it, do you want to know the rest or not?” My stepfather asked.

“Of course we do,” Hiro said, for us.

“Almost 20 years ago, our kingdom was attacked by someone the king trusted. He lured him into a trap and attempted to take over the kingdom. However, our king was too powerful for him, and though the traitor did wound the king, it wasn’t strong enough to kill him. Unfortunately, the traitor escaped, and we have been looking for him ever since. They say he escaped to the human realm, but no one saw him over there,” my stepfather said.

“Why weren’t you able to get back here?” I asked, curious.

“Something happened that locked the portals,” my stepfather said.

“The princess was almost kidnapped, and the king locked it to stop them from taking her. She was only a few hours old and the queen was too weak to fight,” my mother said.

“But how did it open for us? The king said he didn’t do it,” I said, curiously.

“That is a good question. For now, get some rest, we have a busy day tomorrow, and since your children are here, and I have no idea how we are going to get back, I will sign you up for magic school,” My stepfather said.

“Wait, you don’t know how we are going to get back, I have clinicals next semester,” Hana said, upset.

“Hana, we almost died tonight, let’s talk about this tomorrow. Who knows, we have two months before school starts, something might come up,” I said, trying to look on the brighter side of things.

“True. Besides, you’re a human, so you probably can’t stay here that long, right mom?” Hana asked, worried.

“No, she should be fine, come on. Kayla, give me Solana. You kids go to your rooms. They are next door. Hiro, take Gab,” my mother said, and I handed her a cranky Solana, then stood up and followed my step-siblings out of the room and into the warm hallway, closing the door behind me. If you could call it that because it was partially outside.

“This is crazy,” Hana said.

“Who you telling? I wonder if the reason I was moved upstairs had something to do with you two,” I asked, as I walked the few inches towards my room for the night.

“Could be. They did want to raise us as humans, so it makes sense.” Hana said, trying to rationalize everything.

“I don’t know, I guess we’ll find out everything or at least other stuff tomorrow. For now, get some sleep. Both of you,” Hiro said. He was holding a sleeping Gab in his arms and for a second I allowed my mind to entertain the thought of having a family with him only for it to be followed by the words he said to me in the house.

“Goodnight,” I said, as I opened my door and walked in. My room was decorated the same as my mom’s and stepfather's, and it was just as big; however, I was too tired to explore it, so I crawled into bed, and before I knew it, I was out like a light.