Fairy Guardian - Past Contact Ch5

 "This is not easy for me to explain, so I will show you," Anna gets up and the front of the house disappears, and a movie screen theater appears. You see a pictures of what looked to be white robed people coming together in a space that looked to be Gobekli Tepe, which I only know because the last year of college we had to do a paper on something discovered that changed history. Being a history major, it intrigued me how many historical stories told to us are actual only a sliver of the truth of what happened. Anna interrupts my thoughts will a mellow voice, like a story told so many times you know it by heart. "Before I can tell you where Fairy Folk Human Guardians came into our world, let's start at first contact." She moved out of the way and let the scene unfold in front of us.  

"My parents, the Queen and King of all Fairy Folk kind with their advisors were meeting with an advanced human race known as Atlanteans. It was a time of peace and prosperity for the humans and all of Fairy Folk. We lived in harmony with nature and each other.  This time was a big boon to enhance both cultures and our way of life." Next part of the screen turned to a battle with advanced weapon systems, makes me think of the war of the worlds kind of technology except it was not an alien big war machines but small weapons held within human hands that could kill hundreds. The Fairy beings were using some kind of magical systems to protect themselves and attack. First picture on the screen looked like they were all humans, but this war shot told a different story. The fairies had huge scary beasts, flying creatures, tiny specs of different lights moving in unison, and a human looking beings except for the glow coming off them.

"As you can see with history, someone wants what the others had. Atlanteans wanted magic and we wanted the technologies that were shown to us.  It was a blook bath for both sides for a thousand years, until Atlantis was destroyed and we were shoved into another realm. I believe the Gods were tired of us and simply solved the issue with slight wave of their hand."  Turning to me with a stare that made my back go up and chills in the form of goosebumps coming up my arms. Placing my hands on my legs and moving them up down for some kind of grounding and warmth. 

Anna placed herself on the couch next to my chair and looked at me. Michael made a gargle sound as if he was coming over to be a divide between us. What does he think I am going to do, a simple nobody human with no magical abilities. Ignoring him all together and giving her my full attention. "Carson. Guardians are a way for Fey and Human to once again unite. I know this is overwhelming to you." Clearing her throat, almost to put off what she wanted to say next. "You may even have thoughts right now to let my brother steal you away, go back home, and never see any of us again." Pausing for another breath and another bomb to drop. What else? Farries are real. Check. Jerk and fish boy want me gone. Check. Link between human and Fey role needed. Check. I probably died. Check. What else could she possibly say.  

"There is no easy way to say this, but you have been gone from your human life for over a year." My shock came in waves, almost like at first you're not quite hearing the truth of her words correctly but then the weight of your reality hits you and an electric current is hitting your fight or flight response.  Jumping up onto my feet and starts to pace in front of fish man, beauty princess, and prick. She moved beside me and tries to take my hand, but I put my hand under my arm pit, almost as if a snake is going to bite me or tell me I am now a toad. At this point anything is possible and anything I thought I knew about the universe, my life, or pretty much all of it is a lie.  In a calming motherly voice that I am telling you more bad news, "I did not give you a drug or use my power when you could not leave, when I bond of guardian ship has taken hold your soul is now connected directly to your Fairy guardian." Michael is taken back and gets up to pace himself. Why is he worried, its not like he is stuck with me. Stupid disgusting human. I did not do this to Anna. Fate or some higher whatever did. 

After a couple of my own steadying breaths, "A year!! How? How is any of this possible? I was only out three days. I remember drowning, coming to and hearing words of my life being a loser ship from whiny voice (looking over at Basil) and then getting saved from Mr. Dreamy turned frog face, and next slept (rubbed the rose on my pinkie), and finally having brother no-good try to take me. No way has it been a year."  A knowing look I sent to her beautifulness. Your delusional not me. This place is crazy train and I wanted out. 

She looks over to the movie screen flicks her dainty hand and now my apartment is on the screen but empty, next my stuff shoved in the landlords' garage, next views of Lake Mills's town square with this small towns' shops and park in the middle with my missing poster outside on the lampposts. The scenes take us to my parents holding my pictures and Dad is looking slightly uncomfortable but dried eyed, not really surprising. I don't think I have ever seen my dad cry or share any emotion besides anger and impatience. Going to my mother looking very put together not a hair out of place with a bored expression.  She was always tried to look good for outsiders, and my brother and I saw the cracks of her displeasure, Finally, as if I could take anymore, the final clip was my brother looking horrible with red eyes and complete mismatched outfit putting more missing poster signs up.  At least that made me feel better one person cared.  Tears leaked from my eyes for my stuff being just thrown away, my parents barely having any emotion that I am gone, and that my brother did actually care for me. I sat back down and brought my knees to my chest, making myself small just like I did as a kid.

"Why?" Hiccupping with ugly cry "Did you take my life?"  I know by the warmth coming to my face with a gut wrenching feeling of total no care for living 25 years. Red and splotchy for color. Great. Turing my body away, to protect myself from him, Mr. Hottie idiot, from seeing me. 

Catching a glimpse of fish man, slash Basil as he made his way over with my phone and placing it on my lap. At least less and less hate shined from him more a pity look. Which in my stomach clenched because I would rather be hated than pitied. Whiny came out and said, "Here in the Fairy realm, I was able to monitor your phone, but (Can I a fish turn red and uncomfortable. Apparently.) nobody reached out until a month ago. Your brother texted he was looking for a loan from your landlord were evicting you because they moved to Italy." Basil, doing his duty, walked away from me slowly. Almost like sucking in life was contagious. Now I am lower than a fish.  I heard enough, my brother waited almost a year before trying to reach out and it was about money, not how are you doing, have not heard from you in a while. 

Being fed up with taking or seeing my miserable human life. Having no options in front of me except this Fairy task. It was time to look at this option seriously.  I had no money, no home, and nobody to care if I lived or died. Yes, no options. Now with my eagerness and maybe a slight hint of desperation tone, "What does this mean for me than, this guardian ship?"  Past now gone. Future is now. Moving ahead or get run over. I was tired of being tired. I was tired of being afraid of my own shadow and I was super tired of asswipes treating me like garbage. Grabbing my courage before it went away, "I am in." Anna beamed and I had to block the rays coming off her with my right hand. 

"Nice tattoo, maybe as buddies I should get one too. You have made me the happies princess EVER!" Hearing the grumbling from the troll, "You cannot do this. Humans are smelly, disgusting, unkind, and repellant creatures. They deserve to be put down more than adopting them." Waves his hand and house was once again restored with a beautiful lake view. Michael making more points that was not needed, "Granted this one is pathetic already but she is still human and she will betray you. I am not staying around to see it." Another flourish with his hand and he disappears like a mist off the lake 

Looking at the spot, he was just at, I did not realize I spoke out loud, "Who pooped in his Cheerios?" Anna took his place in front of me. "Don't worry about Michael, he is just sad he did not get one of you and I did. He had a bad experience with humans and now you cannot even speak the word, and he goes all "I hate all humans.' "They will find a way to kill us all." Her face was such a sister making fun of her sibling. I giggled. Felt good to feel something other than terrified. "My brother is gloomy almost all the time. You will get used to it. Besides he lives here too, so really he is being dramatic."

Now lets us begin with the checklist if you are my true guardian.