Riddles of the Phoenixes series

The War of the Phoenixes.

Chapter one: A tense family reunion.

“How?” Jay asked. “How do we defeat Tom? He’s powerful, too powerful.”

“We’re gathering a army. Starting with you and our other siblings. Tom has been using medallions in the shadow phoenix kingdom, turning them into implants, and then stealing people(mostly children), mind wiping them, and then using them in his army. We have to convince the kingdoms to work together to stop him.” Emma explained. Jay nodded.

“So…how do we do that?” He asked. “We start one step at a time. We’re trying to get all your siblings back… including Jaquin and Josephina.” Andrew said. “Ah ha! I knew it! See, it wasn’t my fault….Jay!” Jack exclaimed.

Jay frowned. “No. Technically it is still YOUR fault because you let Tom get them!” Jay said. Jack sputtered angrily. “Me?! Me?! What was I supposed to do?! I thought they were dead! What did you want me to do? Walk up to Tom and say, ‘Please sir don’t take my siblings. My brother Jay doesn’t want you to have them.’?” Jack asked sarcastically.

“Well you could have done something!”

“I though they were dead!”

“You could have checked!!!”

“I was thirteen! If a bomb hits someone don’t you think they’re be dead?!?!”

“ENOUGH!!!” Nora yelled, her eyes glittering with annoyance. “Stop acting like children!” Emma cried. “You’re not thirteen anymore!!” Jay and Jack scowled at each other. “He started it.” They muttered at the same time.

They glared at one another. “Was not!” They said at the same time. Emma slapped her forehead with frustration. And then they began to bicker once more.

“It was your fault! You could have saved them!”

“I was thirteen!”

“That doesn’t matter! What were you thinking?!”

“I was thirteen!!! I left them OUTSIDE the building and I went inside the building!!”

“And yet they still died. This is all YOUR fault! If it wasn’t for you-” Jay began but Jack interrupted him loudly.

“Enough! Why are you blaming me?!?! I didn’t mean to! I was thinking of them when I left them outside the building! I didn’t think the bombers would target them!” Jack screeched. “Listen to me-” Jay began. “No you listen to me!” Jack yelled. He lowered his voice, cold and hard and Jay went silent.

“You’re always blaming me. Me! You know I didn’t meant to and yet you still blame me! Have you ever once considered that maaaybe I DIDN’T mean to, huh? Have you ever once considered how I felt? All these years, I’ve been lost because I feel bad because it’s “my fault” and every time I remember that it’s not my fault you pop back into my life and drag me back down into the pit of despair!!! Have you ever once considered that it’s YOUR fault? YOU were the one who told me to take them! YOU left them with me!!! I was thirteen! Will you EVER stop blaming me?! I want to live my life!! They’re alive and that’s all that matters so why do you keep blaming me?! Is it because you hate it despise me? Well guess what? I despise you-you to!” Jack said, his voice shaking slightly at the end. “Jack-” Nora began but Jack marched past her and went to the other room, slamming the door shut behind him.

The house shook. Cole muttered something about going to go do the dishes and left the room. Sylvia followed him. “I’ll go talk to him.” Emma volunteered. She and Andrew left the room to go where Jack was.

-SunnyFox57