"Love and Pain." ~~~~~~A LEGACIES STORY

Chapter 21: The Break Up

Hope's expression hardens. "And what is that task, Will?"

My dad laughs. "Well for my daughter to die, of course."

Hope has a shocked expression on her face. "You're going to kill your other daughter aren't you?" Will starts to laugh louder.

"It's a sacrifice. She will die but it'll be for something far greater then anything ever before. She will be fine. She'll be reunited with her sister."

"No." Her voice is full of hatred and panic.

"Yes. There is nothing you can do about it either. My daughter will be dead soon enough."

Hope stares at my dad up and down. "No. I won't allow it." Hope starts to storm out of the basement when my dad says something else, "you may be the strongest in the world, but you are the most broken of us all. You don't care about my daughter. You're just happy to have some sort of relationship since your family abandoned you."

Hope doesn't turn around. She just walks out.

In the present, Hope removes her hands from my face. "No. My dad would never hurt me."

Hope gives me a sad expression. "I'm so sorry Alexa. I was studying your family's history to understand your history. Look it's all in this book."

The book sits in front of me. Hope sits down and turns the book towards me. There it was. Right in front of me. My family's history sits right in front of me, but I don't take it.

"I don't want to know, Hope. I just need a moment."

Hope nods. "Okay."

In my room, my homework keeps me busy. My mind doesn't really focus on it though. My thoughts wander to my family. My dad, brothers, and my families history.

If my dad did want to kill me then why had he been so nice to me? It didn't make sense. He had apologized every single day. There was even a few times where he would cry, and not a little cry but a full on cry. It seemed so real. The more I thought about it, the more I realized that the only way I could get answers was to ask him.

The students are all going to sleep by the time I get out of my room. They roam around in their pajamas on their way to the rooms. Rafael, Landon, And MG are talking. For a moment , I think they seen me, so I run past them trying to avoid conversation.

The basement looks creepy. I've never been here in the night time. My dad back faces me. He's asleep.

"Hello daughter." Well I was wrong. "What is it now? Have you come to tell me that you and Hope are done?"

"No. I came done here to talk. Dad, who did that to you?"

My dad slowly gets up wincing a little. "Take off my chains and I can show you."

"No. No way." He shrugs and turns back to lay down.

"Wait. I'll do it, but if you make one wrong move I'll kill you." He puts a hand to his chest smiling.

When I take off the chains, my dad twist his wrists. "That feels amazing."

"Now show me." He nods and puts his hands to my head.

The vision continues from when Hope left the basement. She comes back her face full of the hatered and anger. "Actually, I'm not done."

She twists his legs causing him to yell. "What are you doing?" My dad is panicking.

Hope walks up to my dad. She grabs his neck. "If you put one finger on my girlfriend, I will kill you in ways you didn't even know was possible."

My dad laughs. His laugh is hysterical. Hope starts to look even angry. "Aaaahhh!" She grabs his neck and punches him. After she gets done hitting him, my dad falls to the floor. His body limp.

"Don't threaten my girlfriend."

Back in the present, I push my fathers hands away. "She was doing that to protect me."

My dad leans against the wall. "Maybe so. But are you really comfortable with your girlfriend attacking your dad? You're a big girl, you can take care of yourself."

I get up and start to walk out the basement. I'm furious. My blood boils. How could hope do that? Why would she hurt my dad? I never asked her to.

When passing the gym, Hope catches my eye. She is training with Alaric. The door slams open and closed as I walk in. "Hope! What the hell is wrong with you?"

Alaric makes a shocked face. "I think that's enough for today hope."

He walks past me, but I don't even pay attention to him. "What's wrong, Alexa?"

"You're a liar! Hope, that's what is wrong you hurt my father."

Hope does a little laugh. "Alexa, no I didn't. You don't know what you're talking about."

Her laugh makes me even more mad. "I don't know what I'm talking about? Really? Hope at least admit it."

Hope starts taking off her gloves. She throws them down on the ground. "You want me to admit that I don't like your dad? Fine. I don't. That doesn't mean I hurt him."

"That would give you a motive." Hope runs her fingers through her hair.

"Alexa, he wants to kill you, okay? He doesn't love you. He never have and he never will."

The words sting me. My heart starts to hurt. Hope can tell but she continues talking. "He's a monster, Alexa."

My anger boils over. With all of my strength, I attack Hope. My punch causes her to turn around a little, but she comes back hitting me. We stand there for a moment looking at each other. "Of course you would know, Hope. Your father was a monster."

Hope has a expression that I've never seen before. "Don't you dare talk about my father!" She rushes towards me. "Phasmatos navaro pulsus sanguinox."

My blood starts to boil and it gets hot. "You feel that, Alexa? That's your blood turning into acid."

The spell starts to wear off. My blood goes back to normal and I'm back on my feet. "You know what, Hope? My dad was right. You're stronger then me. You're the strongest person in the whole world. The only thing is your lost. You feel abandoned. That's why you would much rather fight with someone with magic then get abandoned."

Hope watches me. Her eyes starts to water a little. She shifts a little in her stance. I start to take off the necklace she gave me.

"What are you doing, Alexa?" She has a worried expression on her face. Her eyes really start to water then. My own eyes start to sting. The necklace falls out of my hand onto the floor.

Hope eyes stay on mine. She looks regretful. With my eyes staying on hers, I whisper, "incendia."

Hope gives me one last hurt look before closing her eyes. The fire shows in the corner of my eyes. The necklace shows too. It hurts me to walk, but I slowly walk out of the gym. Before putting opening up the door, I decide to take one last look at Hope. She stares at me with tears streaming out her eyes now.

She starts to silent cry more as she turns toward the necklace. When she faces me again she tries to hide her pain behind anger. She uses her magic to open up the door. That's my signal. She wants me to leave, and so I do as she says, and leave.