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"Revelations"


~**Chapter 17: Unknown Lives


Rose sat outside in their balcony, catching sight of the tattoo her and Nick had on their left wrists. It was a navy blue ring, inside was a crimson heart with two swords crossing through it under two golden moons. She sighed gently, staring up at the stars above her; she loved doing this and felt as if there was something out there just waiting for her. Rose pulled up her green t-shirt a tad, rubbing the medical tape that covered her abdomen and wondering when Nick was gonna be back with their medication. The young girl watched the stars sparkle in the dark velvet sky while her mind went back to a time when she used to do this all the time, but never alone. She saw herself atop a high, grassy hill staring up at the sky as she was now. Rose was there along with someone else, she looked to see who it was and was shocked to see Brian instead of her twin. Her hand grasped his as she leaned up against him, his hand running through her silky golden locks. She smiled at him lovingly, marveling at the beauty of the two moons above them, he then lifted her chin toward him. His deep blue eyes gazing into hers as their faces leaned closer and her eyes began to close….

"RAIN! I'm back!" her sibling called out, his voice breaking her free from her visions.

Nick set the bags he got from the local pharmacy on the counter, knowing where his twin was relaxing. He groaned quietly, walking onto their balcony, which was nice since their apartment was on the second floor. She had been doing this more and more often lately and he didn't know why, which was concerning him a bit.

"Whatcha doing, brat?" he teased, ruffling her flaxen curls as he sat down beside her.

Rose turned to him, flashing her trademark, winning, Carter smile. "Not much Ice brain. Just looking up at the stars. They're beautiful aren't they?"

Nick nodded, grabbing her hand, squeezing it affectionately. He looked up at the stars too, when suddenly images blazed before their eyes and they saw themselves in a basement instead of the balcony. Rose squeezed her identical brothers hand tightly, relieved he was there with her in what seemed like a large laboratory.

"Is this a dream?"

"I don't think so Rain."

They watched on in shock as Jamelet and AJ came down along with herself and Nick. Rose then noticed herself gazing about and asking Kevin something as nick caught sight of Brian coming down the metal staircase. Rose taps Nick, pointing everyone else out to him.

"BRIAN!" he yelled, but the sandy haired teen took no notice of them as Nick watched himself walk up to him and they do their own handshake.

"Rain," Nick hissed, "They can't see us!"

"I know! And why are WE over there?" she choked out as they watched themselves walk into a closet like room along with Kevin, Jamelet, AJ, and Kim.

"What are they doing here?" Rose wondered aloud seeing Howie and Ana, those two Para Surgeons who helped them, come inside the basement.

"Who knows? This is getting stranger by the moment." He replied trying to stay calm for his sister, seeing Alison, Brian, and the two medics soon follow with the door closing behind them. The twins watch on while they argue silently about something and begin to bang on the door angrily. They walk up to the case, their identical blue orbs widening in horror as they saw their friends along with themselves slowly begin to freeze. The two of them hug each other in fear, burying their faces into each other's shoulders, not wanting to watch the unspeakable horror any longer.

When they finally looked up a few moments later, they both saw that they were once again back in their balcony. Rose exhaled softly; relieved, not realizing she was holding it in in the first place. Nick ran his hands through his spiked blonde locks, when a dam broke and the memories flooded into the twins' heads, drowning the ones they had always taken for true before, but knew now that they weren't.

Rose backed away from the terrace into the living room, frightened from the events that had just occurred.

"Nick."

"Rose."

"You first." They said together.

"Nick, its clear to me now. Who we are, where we're from, our life. I mean it never felt right before. But now? Do you remember? Our betrothals, El Silencio, my relationship with Brian. I don't understand it but it all makes sense now."

He nodded, grinning at her.

"It does, our sister Ana, mom and dad, the visions, the dreams, who we really are."

Rose tugged at her hair nervously, still trying to sort out these new revelations of the night, a thoughtful look coming across her innocently beautiful face.

"Ice, what happened to us? Why are we here? What happened to our home? Earth isn't out true home, Venus is."

Nick sighed in frustration, gazing at his baby sister.

"I don't know Rain. I honestly don't have one freaking clue."

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Jane sat inside her deep scarlet velvet throne watching her niece and nephew as they sorted through their memories. She knew they needed to learn everything soon; the war was a sign of what they were getting into. The Darker-Elitions are getting close to discovering Ana, which means her end was coming. She flipped through the forest green leather-bound book in her hands, knowing what she had to do if she was to give the kids salvation.

"JULIE!"

A young Venusian servant girl ran up, her fiery red hair toppling past her shoulders, her green eyes landing on the book within the young queen's delicate snowy hands.

"Yes, my lady?"

"Give this to McLean and Sanchez. They'll know what to do. Make sure they get this. It's extremely important."

She nodded, grabbing the book and running down the dark candlelit halls. Jane's big tan eyes focused once again onto the mirror in front of her. Tears streamed down her face as Nick and Rose began to figure out what was really going on. She knew it had to be hard for them, having a fake past, a royal legacy, and being part of the chosen ten that will finally bring peace to their fighting galaxy.

"Soon, kids soon." She whispered, running her hands over the mirror. She held her hand out to the blue glass orb as it floated to her, knowing it was time to see what the other chosen ones were doing.

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Brian sighed in contentment, watching a shooting star blaze across the sky as he sat out in his backyard of the small house he and his cousins shared. His thoughts went to Rose, the blonde haired, golden angel that he knew to be Nick's twin sister. He felt a deep unyielding love for her, one he couldn't explain. It was like one would have for a fiancé or a girlfriend of a few years. He gazed up, feeling calmed by the stunning sky. Brian smiled, knowing Rose would enjoy this as well.

His mind showed him a time when he and Rose were sitting on the balcony of a grand home, staring up at the stars. She gazed at him happily, her ocean eyes sparkling with joy. They leaned in closer, with Rose kissing him softly on the cheek.

"Be there for me always?" she asked him tenderly.

"Now and forever. You're my life Rain, my angel. I could never be away from you long." He placed her soft hand into his, "I promise you that as long as I live I'll be there for you whenever you need me."

"I believe you. I'm just glad I'm marrying you one day instead of some other snobby, royal, goon here."

"Even if you were, I would stalk you until you left him, it would be pure torture having to live without you by my side."

"And I with you." She whispered into his ear, resting against him, and falling asleep in the comfort in his arms. He sighed, as they laid there together happily in the sparkling light of the two moons above them and stared into the night.

It then went to an image of him and Alison talking with advisors of some kind in the grand dining hall of Nick and Rose's castle.

The advisor was in a navy suit, his unruly black curls flowing in the breeze coming through a nearby window. Just then Nick and Rose walked into the room, Nick in a black suit, and Rose in an elegant midnight blue ball gown, Nick's silver crown and Rose's silver tiara glittering in the light. Brian looked down to see himself in a forest green suit and was surprised to see his cousin Ali next to him in a evening dress the color of the violet lily pads in the pond nearby.

"Lord and Lady Littrell, I would like to introduce you to your betrothed mates, Princess Rose Aileen Carter, and Prince Nickolas Gene Carter. Rose, Nickolas, I give you Lord Brian Thomas Littrell, and Lady Alison Marie Littrell. They are lord an lady of the Uranial Venusian estates."

They walked up to the twins, his eyes gazing to Rose's as the voices of Nick and Ali started fading into the background.

"Hi it's a pleasure, I've never met a goddess of beauty before."

She blushed and shook his hand softly, "I'm no goddess but I am glad to meet you."

He grabbed her hand and they begin to walk down the hall together. "The pleasure is all mine." He replied.

Brian shook his head as the images faded away, realizing Ali was standing above him.

"Hey Bri, you there?"

His azure eyes glanced about dizzily, finally settling on his cousin, his best friend. He stood up, watching her tie her long brown hair into a high ponytail.

"What? I didn't hear you, sorry."

"I said dinners ready, but be warned, Kevin's trying to cook lasagna." She told him, her brown eyes swirling with amusement.

"Take out Ali?"

"Yeah, otherwise we'll croak."

They laughed, putting their arms around each other as he grabbed the keys.

"So what are we getting?" he asked.

"Pizza?" she replied, opening up the door to the blue Honda civic, and getting into the passengers seat.

"Pizza it is then" he confirmed. 'It was just my imagination' he thought pushing the thoughts out of his mind as he drove off into the night, not knowing how wrong he really was.