Thirty Nine

I'm not sure how long I fell for, but when I finally landed, I was surrounded by flowers. I got up and saw miles upon miles of flowers. On the hills. In the valley. Everywhere. I looked down and saw a bouquet of flowers in my own hand, but they weren't just any flowers, they were my brother's favorite flowers. The memories I had with him began to flood into my mind and I couldn't do anything but cry, until I felt a tap on my left shoulder.

     I turned expecting to see Zephyr, but there was no one, so I turned to my right and kicked the person beside me. It was only until they were lying on the ground that I saw that the person beside me was no one other than Kevin, my older brother. I latched onto him tight and bawled my eyes out as I hugged him. He comforted me as I was crying and hugged me back. Between you and me, I think he shed a tear or two.

     I told him everything, starting from his funeral upto the explosive tantrum I threw because I didn't trust my friends enough to tell them what was going on. He tried to reason with me every single time I felt conflicted about the decisions I had made, but in the end he sided with Merlin. If I already came to peace with my parents, there was no need for me to kill Zephyr in the first place. I had to let it go.

     While I was deep in thought, Kevin pointed out how much I had grown, but I denied that I had changed that much. He then raised his hand a piece of a cloud descended into my hands. He waved his hand and a young boy holding an infant appeared, and he said, "This is what you looked like when we first met." He waved his hand and the cloud took the form of two young children chasing a 3 year old. Apparently that was when he and Elizabeth potty trained me.

     The cloud changed and 7 year old me was playing the violin. He had promised to make me the royal musician when he became king. The cloud then turned into a 12 year old, and he said, "That was the last time I saw you. Your beauty was just beginning to shine through your meanness." He then asked me about his death and recalled how a palace intruder had murdered him.

      Kevin implied there was more to his death, something few who are alive know. He mentioned that he knew Merlin, Arthur and Zephyr. I asked him to clarify and he told me that he was a warlock. My older brother had magic too.