~Boom!~
Inside the 'training court' in the Darkling's compound; there was loud explosions. Dust covered the battle arena as continuous clash of swords and explosions reverberated inside the building.
A man -who was spectating the spar from a transparent cubicle that was floating above the battlefield received a call.
"Hello, sir..." He answered with a tone of respect. After a short pause he replied "Yes sir, I'll inform them immediately".
Using magic he enhanced the volume of his voice enough to be heard by the duelists in the arena.
"That should be enough for today, prepare for the initiation ritual, don't delay your father's waiting. He said and as he turned to leave he remembered something "... It's a boy." He said and disappeared.
"Huff, Huff," Panting sounds were heard as the clouds of dust settle to expose the two young girls in battle.
"Huh? A baby boy? I guess we're even now. How strong do you think he's going to be? I'm sure he'll be stronger than Raphael, that dude's too lazy to even train." The youngest among the two said.
She's wearing a training suit that has a very similar design to a track suit. Her eyes are of different colors one red and the other golden, her black silky hair tied in a bun. She is Riley, Raphael's twin sister.
The other girl she addressed was Olivia, her elder sister–a blonde girl with red eyes and a well chiseled face. She was wearing a black crop top and sports trousers.
Olivia stretched out her hand and a tiny red portal opened; a bottle of water came out of it and she took it, opened it and drank after closing the portal.
Riley, the different colored eyed girl, waited patiently as her senior sister, emptied the bottle of water and picked up a clean towel to clean her sweaty face.
"Are you going to ignore me Olivia?" Riley pouts
"Do not address me so formally. Raphael is your twin brother, you should know more about him than I do. That aside, your attack has gotten more stable and intentional, but your movements are slow and clumsy." Olivia said as she started walking out of the arena.
"Why are you always cold? You should be a little nicer to our baby brother. You might scare him with this attitude of yours" Riley said as she picks up an eye patch from the table and wore it, covering her right golden eyes.
"Oh, I know what this is, you're too shy to express yourself right? You should know that I can see through your stone-hearted exterior." Riley said as she ran following Olivia closely behind
"That boy... I pity him. He just arrived in hell." Olivia said. Making Riley frown.
"I still don't get why you despise this family so much, what's your deal?" Riley asked in annoyance.
"You're still seven, you wouldn't understand even if I told you."
"Look who's talking, you're just twelve. TWELVE ... YEARS ...OLD." Riley dragged her words before she continued, "You're right, I don't understand you at all. You have the strongest eye amongst all of us, Just look at me and Raphael, half vampire, half witch. We will never be able to use any of those two powers to its full potential. But you have dad's eyes. The 'Blood supreme eyes' if anything, I should be the one cursing this family for making me so much half-assed."
"Go and get prepared, we leave immediately," Olivia said completely ignoring Riley's whining and disappearing from sight as a droplet of blood.
"So much for the hate speech, but she still flaunts her powers which is from the family. Why not stop using it if she hates us that much? Tsk I'm so annoyed." Riley complained before walking out of the arena.
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A nurse was carrying a peaceful baby; he had cried a little and was now sucking his thumb. They found the baby cute as they dressed both him and his mother. But, they were surprised to see the baby with purple eyes, unlike his family's red or golden eyes.
They started to get other ideas, but they did not dare say anything or else they'd be dead.
"Can I see my baby?" The mother, a woman with beautiful golden eyes and long blonde hair requests.
"Sure ma'am." The nurse says handing over the blonde baby to the woman and moving aside. She carried her son and looked at him with eyes filled with emotions: pity, joy, and sadness.
She wasn't sure if she should be happy or sad, she knew that this baby was going to suffer a cruel fate from his purple eyes.' To top it off, she checked his magical aptitude and saw that he had weak prowess for magic.
"You're just like his mother" She muttered with a sad tone.
She pitied the peaceful poor baby for being born into a family that seeks only strength and power. As a member of the Darkling family, you deny yourself of your humanity as you're expected to sacrifice anything to be at the top.
"Just hang in there son, you must." She said as she gently caresses the baby's face. In reaction, the baby holds her finger with his tiny hand and attempts sucking it. She didn't know when a chuckle escaped her lip, upon realization, a bitter smile replaced it.
"It's going to be tough, but don't worry, mummy will always be there for you." She whispered to him.