Page 67 of Knights of Past

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A little time later…

I had just finished telling Sophia, Pip, and my mum all there was to know about my dreams, the Wraith Master, and now about what the Oracle of Light had just told me. Naturally, this was a lot to take in. Hence why my mum started chanting,

“No no, no, no… please tell me this is not what you have in mind?” my mother asked, making me sigh as Pip leaned in and said,

“Sorry, Toots, but that sigh isn’t a good sign either.” My mother shot her a look over her shoulder and Pip held up her hands, doing so quick enough that she lost two more candy canes this time.

“I have no choice, Mum, surely you can understand that?”

“That's where you're wrong, you always have a choice,” she argued, making me throw logic of her own double past back in her face,

“And you, Mum, did you have a choice when you stepped through that fountain?” Hearing this and she flinched, and I knew that I had her trapped in her own argument.

“Oh come on, Keira, did you really expect her not to use that one?” my aunt said, coming to my defence.

“Okay, so that’s not helping… and you, young lady, it's not the same thing, Amelia,” my mum said.

I knew she was only worried about me and considering she had experience in this past jumping department, then I couldn’t say that I blamed her.

“But you're wrong. You had a duty, just like I do.”

“I was prophecy bound,” she threw back, making me scoff,

“And you think I’m not?” At this Pip and Sophia started to look slightly awkwardly toward one another.

“Maybe we should just leave you two to…” My aunt Sophia tried to say, only she was quickly stopped in her tracks,

“Oh no, you two are not going anywhere. You are having my back on this.” At this Sophia and Pip once more looked at each other, making me frown.

“Okay, so what am I missing here?” Sophia sighed and scooted her chair closer to my mum, so she could place her hand over my mother’s before telling her,

“Amelia is right, the prophecy isn't finished. It isn't finished for either of you.”

“What?!” My mother's disbelief was easy to read in that one screeched word alone.

“What are you not telling me, Sophia?” my mum accused, shooting eyes to Pip who put her hands behind her back and started whistling, now focusing on anything but my mother. This meant that it was then left up to Sophia to explain.

“Pythia, may have mentioned something like this might happen.”

“What?!” Again, my mother was gaining a higher pitch each time she shouted this.

“Okay, so the time she spoke of us being back in time… it kind of didn’t… I mean it wasn’t so much…” My mum rolled her eyes and said,

“Spit it out, Sophia.”

“We thought the Oracle made a mistake or you did when we went through that gate and ended up in the desert, when she said it was all like fields of green and knights with big swords, et cetera, et cetera… what, I cracked okay,” Pip aimed this last part to Sophia who was holding the bridge of her nose like my father did when he was frustrated. Oh, and all of this was after delivering this information bomb.

“Are you serious… I got the date wrong?” she questioned, shaking her head as if she couldn’t understand it.

“I’m sure it can happen to anyone,” Pip said in a sweet, endearing way.

“Yeah, but this isn’t like forgetting your anniversary,” my mum argued.

“Aww has he still not forgiven you, because that was like once and ten years ago,” Pip said, patting my mum's back making her sigh,

“No, he has… wait, so not important right now… why didn’t you two tell me?” This time it was my aunt Sophia who answered.

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