A Teenage Crisis - Chapter Nine

James had carried Kaylin’s limp body to Kathleen’s bed and closed the door. He concentrated half of his mind on her and the other part on Kathleen. Kathleen was sitting in her den waiting for James. When he arrived he gave her an encouraging smile. "Her
breathing is normal now. I can’t see into her mind space though. Do you have any idea why that is?" Now it was Kathleen’s turn to smile.
"I put a mind block on her. Any memory prior to her life with me has been sealed away from her and any others who might want it. That includes you James. Now don’t give me that look, your family have been very good friends to me for years, but your own loyalty is still questionable."
"So the demon...?"
"Ah yes, Dardon has been in her mind since birth. As you know a mind space is a very complex system, especially for someone with magical abilities. A regular human uses ten-percent of their brain, we magicals use eighty, sometimes ninety percent. However this is a special case. A Rarity uses a hundred percent, and more, of their brain."
"How is that possible?"
"Their mind spaces have the ability to stretch itself. Kind of like a bubble. Forever growing."
"But the attachment of Dardon to Kaylin? Did you-?"
"As a matter of fact, your mother helped me perform the attachment," Her eyes narrowed at him, " You wouldn’t be feeling any acts of violence towards Dardon, now would you James? After all, the Dardon you are thinking of has been taken care of. This Dardon is a decendant of my dear husband Julian’s line."
"You put demon royalty into her head!" He jumped to his feet but Kathleen stopped
him.
"James stop being a fool. It had to be done. Her mind was very strong as an infant before the mind block.Other demons have died trying to attach to her mind until the only option left was demon royalty."
"Okay fine. But when can I delve into her mind space?"
"James, why are you so insistent on her mind space?" He looked at her as if that was the dumbest question on earth. Her face lightened up, "So that’s why? The prophecy. You believe in it."
"Well...uhm.." He couldn’t continue for some reason.
"Oh James! You cannot deny it can you?! You feel the prophecy, do you not?
Running in those abominable veins of yours? Coursing through that thick skull? What bliss!
The future is saved!" She looked at James’ face. It had paled somewhat but that could not
stop the anger that showed through.
"Kathleen that is all a lie. I refuse to accept it. No. Never will I degrade myself to loving-"
"Kaylin is perfectly fine!"
"As long as that demon lives in her I will not accept it."
"Then don’t. The demon is bound to her as one should be. She is the Rarity demampyre after all." Her face turned sullen. James broke the silence.
"Kathleen-"
"What James?"
"Is there any hope?"
She smiled faintly. "Yes."
"What?"
"Not what, Who?" She looked meaningfully at him. "The prophecy has been truthful in the past. Why not now?"
"But-"
"Only you James. Only you."

In the bedroom Kaylin mumbled incoherently. Things inside her mind where brewing. Knowledge was learned. Kaylin’s mind was undergoing some improvements. Spaces where being discovered or rather extracted.

***INSIDE KAYLIN"S MINDSPACE***

"So Dardon, what exactly am I?" Kaylin sat across from Dardon who was still munching on cookies. "Am I like my grandmother?" Dardon smiled at this.
"No Kaylin. You are not an Angel, you are a demampyre." At Kaylin’s stumped
look he started, "A demampyre is a child born of a vampire and a demon. You are the first to be born naturally, that is, you were not created by Mammon’s will. A demampyre is a demon vampire that has to be attached to a demon at birth. You however are a special case.
At birth your mindspace was so strong that only demon royalty could be attached to you."
"So you are a demon prince that lives in my head? So does that make me evil?"
"Not all demons are evil. Years ago a royal demon family line broke away from Mammon’s territory, your grandfather’s line actually, and turned good working alongside angels."
"So you knew my parents?"
"Yes I did. Your mother Kayleen was a very fast vampire and when she was paired up with your father, Devi, who was a demon as well, they were unstoppable."
"But they died."
"Well yes they did. But Mammon found out their weakness."
"What?"
"You."
Kaylin was silent. She found herself eating cookies. They actually were good. "Is this real?"
"You have watched ‘The Matrix’ Kaylin. Same principle applies."
"So what else should I know?"
"The Guard. James is a noob at this. The night he found you I could tell he was an amateur. Jack, James’ older brother is the leader of the guard. He located the Rarity angel a couple of months ago. Actually the angel is Tinzy, your distant cousin. Now Persea, or as the brothers like to call her Pressy, is the last one that makes up the Guard. She is locating the Rarity aemowolf."
"So how is the aemowolf related to me?"
"He is your half brother from your father’s first marriage to a witch. He looks like your father you know. He is about one or two years older than you."
Kaylin noticed something was happening in the space they were in. Things were starting to form. Rooms, seats, couches, beds, were appearing from nowhere. "Dardon?"
"That’s you, not me. You must be thinking of furnishing this place yourself."
"I can do that?"
"Yes you can. Whatever makes you comfortable in your mindspace whatever you can think of and want it appears."
"But why are there strings?"
"So you can see those? Good. Each of those strings you can connect to various things. I am permanently attached to one, the gold one actually, which you can pull to communicate to me at will outside of your mindspace. All you have to do is give it a little tug and I will respond. Pull hard enough on it and I will be by your side for a limited amount
of time. The more experienced you get with it the longer I could stay on the outside world."
"Dardon, are all demons like you?"
He frowned. Tinzy could see his reluctance to answer her question. She ate a cookie and waved the question off. "Forget it. Now how do I get out of here?"
"There are a few ways you can do that. The simplest way is to pull that string right
there." He motioned to a black string near Kaylin’s shoulder. "Pull on it and you will be lying on your Grammie’s bed."
"Thanks Dardon."
"No prob. That’s what I am here for, well part of. Any more questions just ask, but practice pulling the gold string to talk to me. Remember, don’t yank it too hard unless in an emergency. I will talk to you from time to time so don’t get to spooked." The smiled at each other as Kaylin pulled the black string.

NEXT: CHAPTER TEN-Why is James’ loyalty questionable? Why does James wish to see Kaylin’s mindspace? ALSO Jack and James reunite at their mother’s house, Tinzy and Kaylin finally MEET only for the short reunion to be disturbed....-gasp-

LATER: More History revealed. Why is the necklace important? What is the prophecy?
Find out in soon to come CHAPTER ELEVEN!