My Way To You 261 Friend Or Fool

"Or what? You'll punch me again? I'm ready for you this time so give me your worst." Icarus laughed darkly. "No, Vasu will take care of you." Ariana said as she darted her eyes to the left. Icarus chuckled as he looked over. "What can a pink-what-the-f*ck!" Icarus yelled as he instantly released Ariana and scrambled off the swing.

 Giving him some distance between him and the magnificent pink stag. He was huge and dignified but his snorting and hoof dragging meant he was ready to charge. 

"What?! What?! I! What!" Icarus shouted in a panic as he pointed between the stag and Ariana. "It's okay Vasu, let it go." Ariana said as she got up and gently patted the stag. The pink stag looked affectionately at Ariana then shot a murderous look at Icarus before a swirl of light surrounded him. In a flash the stag changed back into the chibi deer that Icarus recognized as Vasu.

"No-ooo, no, no, no, noo. Oh n-o-o-o-o." Icarus ranted quickly as he brought his hands into his hair and pulled. He then looked at Ariana who was now holding Vasu in her arms. Icarus instantly dropped to his knees and bowed. "Forgive this meager n.o.body! Please forgive me your holiness!" Icarus shouted. Ariana almost jumped out of her skin. She ran up to Icarus and tried to get him off the ground. "Please get up." Ariana urged him as she pulled at his arm. "No! I have committed a heinous sin! I have disrespect the jewel eyed priestess! Please hand out your punishment!" Icarus shouted louder.

Ariana freaked and looked around hoping no one heard. "You moron I'm not the jewel eyed priestess! I'm only 15!" She shouted back as smacked the back of Icarus's head. "Loralei! Davita!" She called out just as Icarus raised his head and looked at her with doubt. The barrier went up instantly and Davita laid on the ground, curled up as air circulated.

"I'm her daughter! I thought Cayden told you that's why you guys have been watching me so closely but now that I think about it Lobo didn't know either. So that doesn't make sense, he said it was because Flint but I had a strange feeling there was more. So tell me what the h.e.l.l is going on?!" Ariana said angrily.

"You tell me?! I'm so confused! Her daughter?! What about Lobo but does that mean Xander knows too?! Why am I the last to know?! I have been looking for the jewel eyed priestess for my grandmother!" Icarus shouted back in complete hysteria. "What do you know about Lobo?" Ariana asked in a low and sinister voice. "What do you know about Lobo?" Icarus asked in return, finding his sanity when his friend was mentioned.

"I know everything." Ariana replied. "Bullsh*t!" Icarus spat. "And he knows everything about me. Him seeing me as his sister is a cover. He is acting as my guard, my personal knight. He wears my seal on his chest to prove his loyalty. Don't tell me you haven't noticed the change? If you want more proof last night my life was targeted because of who I am. He risked his Life to save me, along with Cayden." Ariana said as she held her head high.

Icarus's eyes grew wide as he recalled what he saw today. Lobo had been acting shy with them lately and never changed in front of anyone but today he caught sight of a weird marking on Lobo. When he asked about it Lobo went quiet and wrapped a body towel around himself. "What about Xander?" Icarus asked in complete disbelief. Ariana sighed and sat back on the swing chair. "He met Edlyn before I healed her. She was mute and I don't know if he asked Edlyn about it or if Cayden told him. They seem close so I don't know. Xander hasn't looked at me differently and I don't want to ask." 

Icarus walked over to the swing and sat down. His eyes were wide and his hair was wild, he looked like a mad man. "How does Cayden know?" He asked in a hush tone. "He was a.s.signed to me when I was only 4 years old. He's known from the very beginning." 

Icarus covered his eyes and started to laugh loudly into the air. "He knew I was looking for your mom and he couldn't even give me a hint? Am I not his friend? What am I talking about? Of course, I'm a fool! I mean look at me now. I'm a joke of a human being! I couldn't even see the family resemblance, I didn't even consider the rumors from the first family day to be true. Instead I doubted her holiness and only recognized her daughter because of the stag." Icarus said as his voice started to crack. Tears escaped his grasped and slid down his cheeks.

Ariana placed her hand over his hand and slowly pulled it off. Icarus looked Ariana and her heart broke, he was too pitiful. "You're his friend. He would never let you near me if he didn't think of you as such." Ariana said gently as she curled her fingers around Icarus's hand. Icarus let out a small chuckle, tears still escaping his eyes. "You're just being nice." He said pitifully. "No. He was being nice. He couldn't tell you the truth. My... My mother pa.s.sed away after giving birth to me."

Icarus froze. He looked like his world shattered. "What are you-?!" Icarus started to say but Ariana covered his lips with the tips of her fingers. "Everyone tells me the same thing when they find out. I am not lying to you. She's gone, she will never come back and the elementals will never recognize me as the next priestess because of my mother's sins. They will bless me but only if I find them. I am feared by all magical creatures and apparently even hated. Some want my life to compensate for what my mother did but I can do what she did. I can make miracles happen but I also have... Well let's call it a dark side." Ariana explained.

"But you can save my grandmother!" Icarus said excitedly as he grabbed the hand that sealed his lips.