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Reports and Family	By : lileeyore76 Category: Twilight Series > AU/AR > Het > Het Views: 1127 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Kaashaa smiled watching with increasing fascination as Elyshia’s pack was sitting empty on her bed, which was strewn with various items, clothes that would be meticulously folded and placed inside, the many pouches she never went anywhere without, and her blades which told Kaashaa that Elyshia planned to stay off the beaten paths, and very likely out of touch but for the phone she was charging nearby. “You sure you’re not just running away from me getting married?” she tried to put a teasing tone to her voice that she didn’t feel to be met by the icy stare from her sister’s dark eyes.

“If I didn’t think that you and Jasper were right we wouldn’t be having this conversation. I just ... got to go... It hurts Kaash and if I stay…” she trailed off as Kaashaa’s smile softened the knowing look to her gaze appearing.

“It hurts too much.” Kaashaa finished with a soft smile. “I know. Just don’t vanish for years this time okay? I don’t think I could take that again.”

“I doubt you’d notice for a century the way he looks at you.” Elyshia countered with a bittersweet smile as she began packing the bag easily with practiced hands closing it off before turning to her closet to withdraw an ankle length black leather duster style jacket and shrugged it on with a shake of her head again before turning to finish gathering her things for her trip.

“Aw come on give me a little credit.” Kaashaa protested as she chuckled at her sister’s words.

‘I am.’ The grin was brief as she tucked the blades carefully in reach but out of sight unlike once when they’d have been prominently carried on her person. “Now go enjoy that time.” She said walking past Acie and Tia who were on the other side of the door.

“Now I’ve seen the definition of ‘dangerous beauty’.” Lucia commented quietly to Kaashaa as the petite woman rounded the corner to the stairwell.

“She’s every bit the predator a vampire or wolf shifter is.” Kaashaa agreed, “Not necessarily as enthralling when she hunts but she’s accurate and deadly when she chooses.”

“Every bit the predator... but I’d place my vote with more terrifying than we are. What... is she exactly or did Amelia never figure that out?” Lucia asked as Kaashaa set them on a path to one of the dens to talk.

“We don’t really know, Daddy thinks somewhere there’s some sort of ‘other’ blood as he says to her. Mom tells me that hers refused to talk about her father – no one else ever knew.” Kaashaa said leading the pair away from the abandoned rooms her heart filled with worry for the increasing shadow she sensed within the heart of the Keeper.

***
She’d been wandering the coasts of Europe for two weeks, knowing that the time to head stateside again was coming – the wedding was soon and her sister was now in Forks and she’d given her word that she would be there to support the pair… for once attending such an event as a member of the family rather than merely as Keeper. It warmed her heart to be doing so much as it was as daggers into her chest again. Lost in her own thoughts, she nearly stepped on the delicate seeming strand of metal on the ground. Bending to pick it up she never saw the shadow crossing over her to vanish into the lee of the nearby cliffs watching.
“What is this…” she murmured to herself gasping as the weight on the chain revealed itself to be something she never expected to ever see again, particularly since the owner of this particular item was long since… gone.

Like the delicate-seeming chain it was made of a fine strong metal the color of shining polished silver that would never tarnish or taint the wearer, carefully hand-crafted to the shape of dragon’s claw along the sides of a blood-red garnet stone the size of a newborn’s fist that was rough hewn as if taken from the earth and metal formed around it to grip it for all eternity…

Pulling her phone out she took a snapshot of it in her hand and immediately sent it in a text to her sister, waiting for the response Elyshia looked around again with a small bittersweet sigh. So she’d found something precious, something in fact only the two of them, and Kaashaa knew the existence of. That didn’t mean anything did it? She wondered as her phone blared loudly to life.

“Hello?” She answered turning her back to the cliffs to stare out over the water again the longing and the sadness creeping up over her almost drowning as she heard both the excitement and genuine happiness in her sister’s voice.

“Is that what I think it is?!” the voice all but shrieked into the phone, unable to quite control herself the instant Elyshia had finished greeting her.

“I... I believe so.” Elyshia answered as the sun set under the water painting the sky a bloody red again, never noticing again a shadow moving behind her. “If its not then someone’s got a twisted fucking sense of humor.” The bitterness was back in her tone Kaashaa realized as the thought that someone would bastardize something as precious as one of the few hand-made, personalized gifts from her sister deeply hurt her.

“Well you only just got to … uh... wherever you are give it a day or two we don’t absolutely need you in Forks until two days before the wedding.” Kaashaa replied reluctantly offering her sister a few extra days, knowing that if someone truly had a malicious intent toward her sister the rage would need the extra time to simmer to manageable levels.

Turning at last away from the forever-drifting sea Elyshia saw a figure moving near the cliff and she stopped listening to watch the figure a moment. For a few seconds she could see …. His… movements in the way it moved, but that was impossible. He... was gone. Wasn’t he? Then the figure stopped as she vaguely heard her sister’s voice through the phone trying to get her attention as watching with stunned eyes as the figure turned fully toward her facing the lone figure on the beach the foaming waves framing her in a spray of white and green and blue catching his breath.

I only know one being in the entire world that can look utterly innocent and so completely tainted. The figure thought to himself walking forward to see the features of the woman framed so strikingly by the sea that had haunted him. Closer he drew in a breath and knew the scent that was unique to one being – a mix of jasmine, smoky sandalwood and a twist of vanilla too stunned to speak he stopped moving the eyes meeting each other, violet to dark brown neither daring to speak as he picked up the noise from the phone held near her ear. Picking it he listened and then spoke a single sentence before closing the unfamiliar contraption.

“Your sister has temporarily lost the ability to speak; I will see to it that she contacts you when it returns.”

***
Kaashaa’s breath slammed out of her chest as she heard a voice out of the past only vaguely she heard the phone die in her hands – the brat had dared hang up on her! Recovering her shock she catapulted out of Jasper’s arms shouting at the top of her voice, “Daddy! Daddy!” as she tore through the house at the top speed she could move in her more mortal form skidding around corners as Theron rounded the last corner leading to the stairs he had heard his daughter shouting for him from the top of.

“Calm down dear you’re scaring the hell out of people what is it?” Theron asked realizing that Kaashaa wasn’t the least bit upset... rather she seemed beside herself with an emotion that was somewhere between elation and shock.

“Look look look!” She half shouted despite trying and failing miserably to keep her voice down practically throwing her phone into his face the picture Elyshia had sent her not ten minutes before.

Theron’s jaw dropped as he realized that the only reason Kaashaa would be this tumultuous was that Elyshia had found something... if not someone, “What are you trying to tell me my dear?” he asked trying to make sense of her next words frowning as she had lapsed into the rapid-fire tongue that only Elyshia seemed to understand.

Theron sighed and placed his hands on her shoulders shaking her once, “You have to slow down, Kaashaa or I’m never going to understand what you’re trying to tell me.”

Kaashaa drew in a deep breath and looked up at him her gaze glittering at him, “I don’t know who Elyshia found exactly but Daddy it sounded a lot like Taron…”

***
He placed the phone back in her hand wrapping her numb fingers around it to prevent her from dropping it into the damp sand smiling a small bit. “You’re not hallucinating my dark moon.” He murmured watching as the shock snapped into the anger he was anticipating.

“Some motherfucker’s got one crazy-ass crack whore sense of wanting to die messing with me right now.” Elyshia blurted in a rush of words he only halfway grasped though the anger and shock were evident enough through her tone and her emotions whipping around them in a whirl.

Violet eyes danced almost merrily at the outburst finding it a comfort that the simmering rage could – and still would flare up at him. It was a clear definition that the woman who smelled familiar, but was clad in clothing that was foreign to him was most assuredly his Elyshia. “Take my hand and see for yourself my dark moon that you’re really experiencing this…” he offered placing his hand palm up in the air between them a wordless confirmation of the offer, knowing there was one memory that only they knew of. Longer fingers wrapped around the smaller ones allowing his mind to drift to one place that had become in the long years since a bittersweet ache.

Neither of them had expected to come across another in the woods older than time already and two sets of feet skidded to a stop wide-eyed staring at the other. One dark and the other the distinct hue of violet blue blinking as something drew him forward to brush his fingers against the softer cheek the slight tilt of his head telling that he was considering exactly what she was – the slighter shape was poised to bolt like a wild feline and yet she stayed. The tanned fingertips brushed down her cheek to curl around the angled chin tilting her head to meet the dark gaze.

“Dark moon I will forever call you when we meet. For the light cannot quite penetrate the darkness surrounding your soul… and yet there is no darkness in the innermost places of your soul…”

Elyshia’s eyes glittered at him, the darkness within them obscuring the inner light sometimes Taron feared he was the only one who saw, shimmering with tears as her trembling fingers pushed his hood backward to find again the same long white hair she remembered complimenting the unusual violet eyes and the softly tanned skin smooth and unmarked by time as she had known he would forever be. “Taron…”

He nodded once fascinated by the dawning of the full reality that this precious, secretive moment wasn’t a wished-for dream or hallucination the smile twisting his lips softly, “Taron I was named once, and whence I went a name was unimportant… if it is your wish forever Taron I will remain.” He said leaning to rest his forehead against hers, the single crystalline clear tear dropping from her dark lashes and rolling over his fingertips, “Now… come … we will escape the chill of the Sea and you ...my dark moon can tell me of what has happened to draw me back to you…”

***
“Who’s Taron?” Bella asked in a whisper to Lucia.

“Taron is the one that had to leave and wanted Elyshia to go with him only she couldn’t because she still needed to take care of her sister.” Lucia whispered back.

“You mean the one that caused her so much heartache with his leaving?” Alice asked her voice showing the shock.

“It wasn’t Taron’s fault that sis stayed it was mine. If I had been married she wouldn’t have stayed but at the time she didn’t want to leave me because of Caius.” Kaashaa answered coming out of her shock and elation.

“So this is a good thing that she’s found him if it really is him?” Esme asked.
Kaashaa nodded happily glancing back at her father. “I do hope it’s him and she brings him. It would be nice to see him again.” She answered her voice sounding more and more excited.

“We’ll know in time who it was she found. She’s due to come in soon isn’t she?” Theron asked.

“I told her she needed only come about two days before the wedding. I thought if it really was him I heard then they should spend some time together.” Kaashaa answered as Jasper wrapped his arms around her again.

Theron nodded, “Good then its time we get everyone back to what they were doing before you got an extra boost of energy little flower bud.” Theron answered as everyone once again took off for their activities.

***

Dusk had given way to dark and somehow the surreal sensation hadn’t quite faded yet as Taron tugged her by the arm into the cave he’d found about halfway up the Cliffside deciding to play along with the game her mind was undoubtedly playing with her. “All right how long have you been here?” she asked lapsing into a language she hadn’t even realized she still knew as fluently as she had a lifetime ago.

“About five sunrises I think by now.” He replied with a smile at her as he turned his attention to the small fire pit in the cave floor. “Much is changed my dark moon.”

Elyshia tilted her head with a small snort, “More than you might think. You have been gone a long time.”

Taron sat down smiling a bit as he began preparing a small meal for them to share, “I’ve got the time to listen you have many things bouncing around your thoughts, spill them and lessen the burden awhile.”

“That’s the understatement of the millennia.” Elyshia muttered to herself as she sat down cross-legged across from him, “You’ve stepped into a world over two thousand years after your own time…”

“Then let’s start at the beginning, how is your family?” Taron asked handing her a dish of food.

"In a very weird place," Elyshia answered taking the bowl thinking a moment where to begin, "Kaash's getting married soon and I have to get to the United States for that soon."

“Married? So she finally found him then?” Taron asked the amusement evident in his voice. “Might I ask who the lucky man is and how long before you are due back?”

"Well it’s not Caius of Volterra thank the gods. What a jackass he proved to be." she grimaced lightly, "She found a reasonable match in a vampire named Jasper Whitlock, though he adopted his coven name of Cullen as his own."
Taron laughed, “Yes much was heard about this Caius of Volterra even where I was. I’m happy for both her and you. What of Theron and Amelia? Do they approve of this match?” he asked reaching over and taking her plate only to pass it back to her again full.

She nodded slightly taking a bite and decided if there had to be a hallucination damn if it ever ended she might kill who or whatever did, "They are pleased, I don't think Theron would have ever tolerated a union between Kaash and Caius anyway after what he did. Never mind I already made it clear what I'd do to him if he tried that again."

Taron laughed, “It seems you are right much has changed. What of you have you found no one for yourself?” he asked eyeing the young woman.

If looks could have killed he'd have fallen over dead himself in fact as she glared, "No." she replied tartly the icy tone wrapping around the years of hurt.

He sighed, “I had hoped maybe to one day be with you again my Dark Moon but others said that you must have moved on. How wrong they were as usual.” Then not knowing what else to do he scooted next to her and lifted her head to meet his gaze. “Not a moment has gone by that I don’t regret leaving you in fact that was why I was sent back.” He added kissing first her forehead then lips lightly. “When do we leave for this United States? I would like to meet the young man that has captured the heart of your sister.”

She tilted her head, "Did they really think anyone but maybe Taelon could withstand my temper? You owe hm pretty big time actually for putting up with my crazy moods, tempers and explosions." she sighed thinking about how long she had before she had to be stateside, "I think a week.. maybe.. I should probably check with Kaash to find out dates since everything when I wander.. just fades away."

“Then call her and find out and when we get there I will settle my debt to Taelon. I’m happy he was able to keep you from exploding everything around you. Besides your sister’s probably frantic since you kind of left her without so much as a good bye earlier.” He answered smiling. He handed her the phone.

Elyshia laughed for a moment "I kind of had my brain turn off. Lucky for me she'll forgive near anything I do. Might bring a good Belgian chocolate bribe just to be safe though."

He laughed watching as she dialed the number. “So the little creature still has a thing for chocolate. I know exactly what to get her for her wedding then?” he added as he watched her put the phone to her ear.

“Hello, This is Alice speaking.” The voice answered. She could hear Kaashaa in the background arguing about something with Rose.

"Hi Alice what's my sister doing that prevents her from answering her phone?" Elyshia said smirking at Taron's comment though he would see the mild annoyance that her sister hadn't answered the phone.

“She’s arguing about lingerie with Rose. Hang on let me give her the phone.” Alice answered smirking as Kaashaa dove over Rose and Bella to grab the phone.
“Hey sis what’s up?” Kaashaa answered glaring at Rose and shaking her head at the piece that was being held up.

"Just reminding you I didn't totally lose my marbles though I think the bag's got a bigger hole in it than usual.” Elyshia smirked at the image of her sister in that particular debate, "And why in hell would you and Rose bicker about something that probably won't survive the first wearing?"

“You should see what Rose is trying to get me to wear. So how big is the hole now and how’d it get that big?” she asked her voice vibrant with excitement.

"Well I'm pretty sure you already know that answer." Elyshia replied calmly looking at Taron, "And I've decided whoever snaps me out of my lovely hallucination gets to die. Twice by gods if I'm allowed it."

Kaashaa laughed, “Sis I don’t think you’re hallucinating. I can’t wait to see Taron tell him he still owes Taelon and me for putting up with you and your temper for so long and I demand the good stuff.” She answered. “So what’s up with the call something wrong?” she asked her voice conveying the worry.

"No, actually I wanted to make sure everything was set for me to get stateside, Y’know the whole legal way an' all since humans get pretty pissy when people just show up these days." She said watching as Taron snickered about the comment about wanting the good stuff.

“It should be. The wedding is in a week that is if my fiancé and his brothers are back from their big hunt by then and Emmett and Edward hasn’t killed him by then. Of course with Carlisle with them that is not likely.” She answered rolling her eyes dramatically at the girls getting them to giggle.

"Sounds good, looks like Theron'll have to make the arrangements
for Taron too I suppose since he wants to see for himself who you found." Elyshia said as Taron stole the emptied bowl, "So is it milk chocolate you want or the dark stuff again like last time before I get stateside?"

Kaashaa giggled, “From you only the milk chocolate from Taron he had better bring dark and it better be the real stuff not the fake cheap crap Taelon gave me two days ago that made me sick.” She laughed happy to hear amusement and good humor in her sister’s voice again. “I’ll tell daddy that Taron’s home and coming. Remember you guys have to be here by Wednesday for rehearsals otherwise Alice will have a coronary the first in vampire history.” She added.

Elyshia chuckled, "Tell the pixie to lay off the pixie sticks and I'll watch for confirmation that everything is in order for Taron is Theron sending the paperwork to the usual place?" she asked.

Kaashaa giggled, “She rolled her eyes and smiled. Yes, daddy just came in and said he’s sending stuff for you and Taron and not to worry everything will be there when you get there.” She finished.

"Excellent. We'll see you Wednesday then." Elyshia said disconnecting the phone well aware that Taron had listened to the vast majority of it, "Well looks like you get your wish easy as usual."

Taron smiled, “Then let us get some rest and soon enough I fear I’ll be in trouble with the little filly again.” He answered setting up the sleeping stuff and making sure the fire was going good.
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