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Relicbearers Anonymous
Risika meets two gaurdians name Jan and FaeWynd

Risika stood in her large kitchen, staring at the small piles of meat before her. It was a small asortment of rabbit, deer, moose, cow, and pretty much any sort of meat she could find in the woods surronding her home, or at the local supermarket. She held a fairly large and sharp knife, cutting each pile of meat into nicely sized squares. Although this was to just make the work easier on the blender that she then threw the pieces into. It was a tedious task for her to do, but it was her responsibility and by now it was second nature to her.

She flicked the blade across the last slice of meat, using the blade to place the pieces into the blender. She then placed the knife down gently and took hold of a cup of blood, dumping that into the blender aswell. She secured the top of the blender then pressed the button labeled "mix." She sighed softly as she watched the red contents whirl around, making a sickly mixture only a crazy person would consume. Which wasn't that far from the truth.

" Aubrey!" she called as she stretched for a large cup in the cabinet above her. " Come get your lunch!"

A door being wrenched open and then slammed shut answered her, followed by the quick thumping of foot steps coming down the stairs. With a deep sigh, Risika turned toward the stairs to meet Aubrey's golden eyes.

Aubrey was what is called a Windigo. Windigo are demons that crave the flesh of humans, to make a long story short. Risika had been entrusted with the task of aquiring a human host for Aubrey and then taking care of him until he reached Windigo maturity. Throughout the first few years, Risika had grown attached to Aubrey, and began to see and treat him as her own son. Whether these feelings were returned, she wasn't too sure. He respected her and treated her better than others they had met, but she expects that Aubrey does this merely out of respect for the fact that she helped him live, nothing more. Regardless of how he truly felt, she kept making him his meat slop shake and continued on with her duty as his caretaker.

" Here you go," she murmmered, holding out a cup of the sludge from the blender. " I added a few new meats because I ran out of the other types. So I apologize in advance.

" Hrm," was Aubrey's only response as he took the cup from her hand and headed towards the bar, sitting on a stool and obviously making an effort not to meet her eyes. Sika smiled, turning away from him to clean up her counter. A moment of awkward silence followed as she cleaned the surface with a sponge.

" What is in your jacket-pocket Risika," Aubrey murmmered softly. Sika flinched, mainly from the sudden break of silence, but also because he had used her full name.

" What?" She asked innocently.

" Don't act dumb, I sense something living in your jacket pocket. What is it?" He was suddenly beside her, his pupils narrowed to mere slits as he stared at her pocket.

" Aubrey," she paused, taking in his haunted look. He didn't look angry or offended, but scared, very scared. " Aubrey, it's the relic I spoke to you about before. I warned you about this." She had warned him, because he got funny while around things that were inanimate yet had life sources. He was made to eat that which had life, and osmething he couldn't eat that HAD life, confused and frightened him.

A frown crossed Risika's face as she took a step back from Aubrey. She would need to keep up a defense for the relic and her own safety. Aubrey watched her step away, a predatory look in his eyes, she had to end this.

" Aubrey, that is enough," her voice had a warning tone to it. Aubrey knew what she could be capable of if forced to defend. And from the look on his face, he did know, and was contemplating whether or not to risk it. " Go back to your room Aubrey." He nodded, a sad look in his eyes as he grabbed hold of his lunch, and disappearing into the shadows.

A breath that Risika hadn't noticed she was holding, escaped her throat. Her tensed muscles finally relaxing ever since he had come down stairs. She gingerly took hold of the relic nestled safely in her inside jacket pocket, taking it out and holding it in both hands. She ran her thumb over the side of the relic, watching it sadly. Could she truly keep these Aduthule safe, would she always be there to protect them from Aubrey? What if she couldn't? ANother sigh escaped her, and she placed the relic back into her jacket pocket. She shuffled over to the counter and started to finish cleanign up the bloody mess left behind from Aubrey's lunch. Perhaps she would finally get around to her own meal.

The day had started early, mainly because Elazu had woken up wailing at 6am in the morning. Risika now stood in the kitchen, sipping at a small cup of hot tea, her eyes half lidded as she watched Kisten and Trent watchign TV in the next room. Elazu was back in his crib, sleeping soundly which was a god send. Risika had already figured she would be spending most of her morning consoleing him until he finally went to bed a few hours later, but he was fed, changed and poof, out like a light. So now she stood, watchign her two kids who seemed to LOVE being up this early. Were they always up this early watching cartoons? Now that she thought about it they were always the ones waking her up in the morning, not the other way around. Hopefully that would change as they got older, and she could go back to sleeping until noon again, but she did seriously doubt it, especially once the thought of school danced in her head. Oh dear god.

The thought of sending all of her kids to school during the day and finally getting the house to herself, did make her feel a little better, and yet at the same time the thought of being alone made her feel well, lonely. She pushed herself off of the counter, taking her cup of tea with her as she made her way to the doors that lead out to their porch, staring outat the yard. A lovely sight met her eyes as she saw the first frost of the season over the nice green grass. She smiled and opened the door, walking out onto the porch. A puff of air escaped her mouth, lettign her knwo that it was indeed cold enough, and that possibly just letting the kids run around in it without proper winter clothes, was defiantly not a great idea. But nevertheless, she called Kisten and Trent over, putting an arm out to keep them at her sides, knowing that Kisten would probably squeal with excitement and run out into the cold.

Both boys were amazed, wide-eyes and gasps of wonderment seemed to be the only thing they could do for the first few moments. This was their first frost, their first cold weather really, and Kisten seemed to be especially entertained by the fact that he could see his breath float around infront of him. But a frown soon crossed Risika's face, for she didn't have any winter clothes for the kids yet, which meant that today woudl possibly be a shopping day after all. She sighed, getting a giggle from Kisten as he watched her breath dance in the air, then herded the two boys back into the house, shutting the door and then making her way toward her purse which was back in the kitchen. It was always best to make sure you had the money to spend on winter clothes. Thankfully winter had come late this year, therefore most of the stores had their winter clothes on sale, figuring that the winter would be a light one and peopel wouldn't really need to be buying stuff. But mother nature always seemed to have her own plans for things.

Money situation was good, so off to town it was!

December 19th, 4:30am
So I woke up early to get some last minute laundry and last minute packign done for the kids. Getting my own packing done was a....fun experience. First I lost my own bag, having to go with a much smaller and less sturdy bag instead. I had two other suit cases, but at the moment they were all being used by Kisten and Trent. I swear, for kids they had plenty of things to bring with them on a week long trip.

Elazu was the easiest to pack. Being much smaller than the other boys, most of his clothes could fit into a regular handbag, plus he didn't understand the meanign of video games like Kisten did, so this left plenty of packing space. The only thing of his I would have to worry about would be his car seat aswell as the three seated stroller for everybody. The people at the baggage drop off were just going to LOVE me. Which is why I am getting to the airport 2 hours before my flight even starts boarding.

5:30 am

And we're off! Getting the kids into the car was simple enough, especially with Raziel's help. He was deffiantely a big help when Elazu started to throw a fit from being woken up. Kisten and Trent were still passed out, so a simple pick up and set down into their booster seats, and they were set to go. By the time everything was in the car and it was time to get going, Elazu still hadn't gotten over his fit. So for most of the ride to the airport I had to hold him. He has this thing now where he can only got back to sleep while being held if he can listen to my heart beat. Something hard to do since my heart hasn't needed to beat for about three hundred years. But my boys seem to do the strangest things to me, my heart workign again being one of the many things.

6:30am

As I had figured, the ticket lady was just thrilled with how many bags and the huge stroller I had to check. However, Raziel's glare and fanged sadistic grin made her keep her comments and snide remarks to herself as she entered codes into her computer and placed the tags onto my stuff. I waved a cherry goodbye then shuffled my way towards security, Elazu in my right arm, Trent holding my left hand, and Kisten holding Raziel's ( Trent refuses to get any where near Raziel and Kisten seems to be fairly fond of him), and then headed for Security.

The woman at the front of the security line was nice enough, she gave Kisten a long, confused stare especially when she had reminded us that we would need to take our shoes off then saw that Kisten had hooves for feet. Kisten didn't seem to mind the stares, he took them for stares of admiration and would grin right back at her, tugging on Raziel's hand to show him that he was getting attention.
A gave Raziel a quick kiss and hug goodbye, as did Kisten, then ushered the kids toward security. I placed my back pack onto the x-ray machine then turned towards the metal detector. Kisten had already skipped through and was waiting for us onn the other side with a huge grin on his face. I returned the grin then looked down at Trent, whom was staring at the device with large, scared eyes.
I knelt down by his side to see what was the matter, offering to walk him through it. He shook his head violently and ran toward Kisten, his eyes closed shut as he ran into his brother. I sighed and walked through with the still sleeping Elazu in my arms. The security officer nodded to me, his eyes still glued to Kisten and a sulking Trent as he muttered, " Got your hands full don't you?"

" That I do, sir. That I do."

Due to Elazu's age, I was able to get just three seats for the four of us. The flight attendants were angels, offering to help me get the kids into their seats. I got the first three seats of the plane so we were the first to board, thusly making us be waiting on the plane. The wait was a lot easier than I thought it would be due to the fact that I had woken the kids up so early, they were passed out before we even started to take off.
They stayed asleep for most of the flight, only waking up to ask to use to restroom, or to ask why the plane was shaking so much. All three of my boys have flown before, so the only thing that bothered them was turbulance and landing. Kisten would constantly ask if he could fly with the plane and when told no, why couldn't he? Trent slept for most of the flight, his first plane ride had scared the crap out of him so he knew better than to stay awake. Elazu of course was asleep for most of the ride too, only waking up when Kisten poked him to talk to him. Elazu really likes Kisten, he keeps him entertained the easiest, so no fits followed the sudden awakening.

Landing was smooth, and because were right infront of the plane, we were the first to get off. I was excited to see my mother so I was kind of rushing the half awake kids down the hall towards baggage claim. Down the escalder and there she was.

" Kids, thats your Grandma Mary," I said as I grinned at my already crying mother. Kisten squealed and ran down the rest of the escalder steps, pushign his way past a few people. Trent stood still, watching Kisten with a disgusted look as he ran into my Mother's open arms. I tugged Trent's hand to make him move as I walked off of the escalder, muttering a few apologies to those who were still around me that had been pushedmy Kisten.
I was instantly pulled into a tight hug, I barely had time to hold Elazu out the side on my hip so that he wouldnt get squished inbetween us. Elazu was also soon snatched from my arms into my mother's.
" So you have three now? When were you going to tell me about this cute one hm?" She waggled her fingers infront of Elazu's outstretched hands. He giggled in response, instantly brightening at the sight of my mother. " Oh, and look at this one's hands! I swear you get the weirdest, yet most adorable boys. And hello to you too Trent. I'll leave you next to your mother, she already warned me about your personal space."
Trent hid behind my legs as if on cue, and my mother and I exchanged a knowing look. One only mother's understood I guess you could say.
" Well lets get your bags," my mother said, still holding Elazu as she made her way towards the baggage claim. Kisten skipped at her side and Trent instantly grabbed hold of my hand as we started to walk.
" Of you're going to love how much stuff I packed mom," I said with a smirk.
" Oh Raziel already warned me my dear, about many things."
" You'll be needing a lot of coffee."

~A Day at the Mall~

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