The Cold Female – Episode 3

The Cold Female – Episode 3

© Bunmi B Gabriel

#Theme : who am I?

Sometime life can hit you with a blow you can never get use to or arise from. The sort of shock life gave me was beyond comprehension. After I froze the water at mom’s place, I didn’t see any changes again for months. November, December, January…but it came back at the first week of February

I was invited to a pool party at Jena McGee’s. (Who remember this name? ) she always throws the best parties. I wore a sunflower printed bikini and a yellow short. I wore a light fur coat over the bikini and short to cover my body. I can never stop marvelling over her house, she and her sisters’ especially Raquelia. The beautiful queen of USA. She and her husband, Arthur have that tag

Their beauty are just beyond natural

‘Arabel’ she squeaked when I walked into the pool yard. I walked to her and embraced her. She’s still beautiful and young even with four kids. She moves and talk with enthusiastic grace, authority and power

Sometime I wonder if she’s human

‘You made it! I was worried you wouldn’t come’

‘I will never miss a chance to party with a friend that has your name tagged to it’

‘Awwn! You’ve got me blushing like a crazy moony girl’ she said fanning her cheeks. I chuckled ‘is it me or is your skin glowing?’ I looked at my hands and shrugged. ‘Beautiful’

‘How’s the kids? Gemma and her younger ones or something?’

‘Fighting to turn my hair gray, that’s for sure’ she said frowningly

‘Heh heh, wanna tell me why you’re holding a pool party at the early week of February? It’s cold for people’

‘What can I say, I’m abnormal’ she said playfully. I smiled and stared at the massive pool, people dancing and having fun in it. So many celebrities I hate

‘Hey hot legs, you finally came’ one of the models I hate most shouted. I rolled my eyes and she chuckled

‘How can you keep the water warm in this weather?’ I asked staring at the sky at was clouding up. She smirked

‘Like I will always say, I’m an unquenchable fire’ she said winkingly. I chuckled. ‘Won’t you go in?’

I shivered at the thought. Recently touching hot water was a sickness to me, it hurts me

‘No, I’m good’ I smiled

‘Jena the water is getting too hot, do you want to cook everyone?’ The sweetest voice in the universe huffed. I turned and smiled at the extravagant and extraordinary beautiful queen of US, Raquelia Catania McGrath or rather McKnight now. Always so quiet, sophisticated and elegant

A true work of art

‘Arabel, I was waiting for you’ she smiled

‘Raquel longest time’ I said giving her a hug. She released and stared at my eyes funnily. She arched a brow suspiciously and moved back. ‘Is everything okay?’

‘Yes, just…Jena the water!’

‘I’ll be back’ Jena said calmly and ran out

‘Are you feeling okay Ara?’

‘Hundred percent’ I chirped

‘Why didn’t I notice it before’ she muttered

Notice what?

‘How have you been?’ I asked changing the awkward topic

‘Fine’ she said, a smile crawling into her lips. She leaned closer to me. ‘I’m pregnant’ she whispered. I gasped and cupped my mouth

‘No way!’

‘Yes way’ she laughed. ‘I couldn’t believe it either because something I don’t want to talk about forbade me from having a baby but now I have one growing in my womb’ she whispered tears rolling down her cheeks. The sky strangely thundered. She wiped it off immediately and smiled

‘Have you told him yet?’

‘No’

‘Why?’ I asked shocked

‘Joyful fear I guess. I still think it’s a prank and I don’t want to get him excited for no reason because he believes we can never have a child of our own’ she said lowly

‘Oh come on Raquel! You have a living evident growing inside of you, that should be enough’ she smiled and sighed

‘You won’t understand’ she said smilingly ‘anyways, it doesn’t matter. I will tell him when he returns’

‘I’m back!’ Jena squealed walking back to us. Her third trip was with her, Jinora wife of Lyle, younger twin of Kyle, Jena’s husband. They just married each other

‘So what was the gist all about?’ Jinora asked curiously

‘Was just sharing my news with her’ Raquel shrugged. Jena smiled and tapped her feet blushingly. ‘What’s with you?’

‘Kyle is killing her with flirtatious looks’ Nora laughed shaking her head. I trailed her eyes to Kyle, always so gorgeous. I wish I was Jena, Nora or Raquel. Their husbands are so yummy

Arabel

‘Creamy’ I gasped simultaneously with Raquel at the sound of Arthur’s voice, is it so bad to be crushing on him? He’s just the right amount of perfection. She turned sharply and screamed happily. I covered my ears with others, her scream is too loud

‘Shut up’ Jena groaned holding her ears with a wince. Somehow, Arthur was the only unaffected one. She kept shut but still ran to hug him. ‘That’s the last of her today’ Jena said rolling her eyes

‘You’re back!’ Raquel kept chanting. How she can become a teenage girl because of a man is something else. Hope I won’t be like that if I end up falling in love

‘Hey Nora, Penny and I need you in the kitchen’ Nia shouted waving at us. She’s the wife of Jayden, the older triplet brother of Jena and Jinora.

‘Gotta go now’ Nora said chirpily, she patted Jena and run off. Jena smirked

‘There are lot of hot guys here, go get pregnant’ she pushed me forward. I laughed. ‘I’m going to give a special someone a blow job’ she said winking at Kyle. ‘See ya’ she walked away

I found a place to sit and rest my head. I closed my eyes and pondered hard on my upside down and miserable life. How did I end up like this? Why just me? I barely talk to my sisters again, all they manage to talk about is their husbands and it’s irritating

All this started shortly after Amabel gave birth, I became cold and redrawn. No…not Amabel, after that accident that almost took my life…in fact, I died and woke up again and when I did, I became different

I which I knew what was wrong with me, I wish I can talk to my sisters about it but anytime I tried, they will ruin my courage by bringing their husbands or something irrelevant up.

I hate my life

‘Hey everyone!!! Inside, it’s going to snow and there’s hot hot stuff in here’ I heard Jena shout. She’s never scared to say anything… A go getter

I didn’t move. I loved the cold wind on my skin. It was soothing.

Few minutes later, I felt a tap on my cheek…I mean slap

‘Jena what’s your damage!’ I yelled opening my eyes and rubbing my cheek. She’s the only one crazy enough to do that

‘I thought you were dead so I gave you the slap of life’ she said nonchalantly

‘You are two feet away from me, couldn’t you try calling my name or tapping me gently’ I said frostily, the slap felt like fire on my skin. She shrugged and smiled

‘This is much more fun’ she winked. I rolled my eyes and smiled too. ‘Quelly what were you blabbing about earlier?’ She asked turning to Raquel

‘Arabel I want you to go touch that water’ she said calmly ignoring Jena

‘Why?’

‘You do not question me, you do as I say’ she said sternly. Something about her present look didn’t look so gentle and innocent. I stood up and walked to the water. I bent down and touched it, nothing happened

‘The water is cold, it was hot be…’

‘Touch it again and concentrate’ she said much more calmer. I shrugged and touched it staring at it intensely. That stupid white fog rose from my hand the water turned to solid ice

‘W…wh…wh…’

‘I was right after all’ Raquel said with a smile. Jena mouthed a wow and cool

‘What is happening to me?’ I cried

‘Relax, I will help’ she said nonchalantly. I scoffed

‘I’m the one turning into a freak here so I cannot relax!!!!’ I yelled

‘You’re not a freak, just a gifted someone I guess’ Jena said with a shrug

‘Gifted! Jena you won’t understand how I feel right now, I just froze a damn pool’ I sobbed. ‘Am I Jack Frost’s younger sister or what!’

Jena chuckled and Raquel smiled

‘I say gifted because I understand how you feel’

‘No you don’t!’ I yelled

‘Really?’ She smirked. ‘Like I will always say Arabel, I’m an unquenchable fire’ she said smirkingly. I gasped as her eyes turned into a sharp lava color. Her hands burned up in flames and with one wave, the water was back to normal. Her eyes returned to normal, her lips still maintaining it smirk. ‘Still think I don’t understand?’

Whoa!

‘And that’s how it started’ I finished my brief explanation on her everything started

‘She can’t just suddenly develop powers, I thought we were he only ones’ Jena said to Raquel who had her eyes shut the whole time

‘We aren’t. There are other supernatural beings on earth, the only difference is that I’m not from this reality and your powers come from me’ Raquel replied with eyes still closed

‘And you tell me now!’

‘It wasn’t relevant. As a being with too much power, I’m not allowed to interfere with the works of the beings in this reality’ she said softly. ‘Who is Christabel to you?

‘My mom’ I said confusedly. ‘Why?’

‘She’s the reason you are like this’

‘Pardon?’ I asked shockingly

‘Your mother is the last daughter of the winter witch’

‘The what are what now!’ Jena and I exclaimed

‘The winter witch is the ruler of winter. She has limited powers to it, with one wave of her hand, the whole earth will be nothing but frozen stone but I’m sure the flora witch won’t let that happen. To humans, the flora witch is a roman goddess or what they will call mother nature’

‘Sorry, how does my mom get involve in this?’ I asked nastily

‘In other to sit on the cold throne, you need five things. The crown and the scepter, a symbol of the throne. The mark of winter, to dominate over winter. The symbol of the great snow dragon, the divine beast of winter. The cold stone, for immortality and the most powerful of all, the crystal heart. With those five sacred symbols and items, the winter witch is born’

‘Quelly can you get to the point’ Jena hissed

‘Be quiet Jena’ Raquel’s voice echoed as she opened her glowing white eyes. Jena looked away. ‘The winter witch had three daughters for three creatures of ice. The first was Icy, the heiress to the throne but strangely, she only has the mark of winter on her, the rest weren’t there’

‘Let me guess, my mother had the rest’

‘Not entirely true but similar. They all shared the sacred symbols. The second daughter had the symbol of the snow dragon and your mother has the cold stone in the middle of her heart. They were to rule together, side by side but that didn’t sit so well with Icy’ she touched my hands and I gasped. I could see everything the way it happened. ‘After the winter witch died and the sceptre and crown was given to her as the first born…’

‘She went killer frost on them’ Jena said chucklingly. Nice of her to find it funny

‘The second daughter risked her life to save your mother, her real name is Crystal. She changed it when she fled’

I watched my mother as she wandered in the street. Tears ran down my cheeks. I saw how she met Iso’s mother, how they became friend, how they met my dad…how I was born

I removed my hands and wiped the tears off

‘Icy’s dark crave for power led her so deep intoo darkness that the winter mark turned dark. She became the dark empress of winter, the ice queen. She searched endlessly for your mother and got a hint after you were born. A daughter of winter should feel no pain but the pain she went through when giving birth to you alerted The Ice Queen. Your mother knew she would find her and ki*ll you so in other to protect you, she faked her own death and ran away’

‘So she’s alive’ I said scoffingly in tears

‘Hidden in the temple of the elder beings. The oldest of all mystical creatures. Her eyes stopped glowing

‘Why didn’t my powers come out since?’

‘Because you had none but when you died in that accident, you returned as a daughter of winter and Pius, the time for the real winter witch is near, the one to be born with the crystal heart and all the symbols of winter…even greater’ she replied standing up

‘I’m gonna die huh? That b***h will come after me’

‘Not yet but before that, you must have the sacred one in your womb because her light is the only one that can save you’

‘Do you see me getting married in the next thousand years’ I scoffed. She smiled

‘You do not see what I see Ara, I am the eyes of the universe, the vessel in which they spin, my knowledge is beyond normal understanding….’

‘Then make this all go away’ I cried

‘Like I said, I’m not authorized to interfere with fate and destiny. I can lead you to the right path but never use my powers to stop it. You have a rare and forgotten symbol, the power of the great snow eagle, the second creature born in winter. When your mother dies, the cold stone will be yours and then everything will be passed on to her….I cry ahead Ara, you do not see what I see’ she said sadly

‘So I should just randomly get pregnant?’

‘You will meet him at the right time but for now, you will stay indoors in a place I shall take you to. I will assign something to teach you how to use your powers before the final stage comes and then him’ I shrugged

I guess I’ve got no choice than to dance to the tone of destiny. At least I know who I am now

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To be continued

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