Voices of the Past (Tech)

[Kelsie]

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Kelsie was touring the academy. Harley at her side and her cane leanding the way so she didn't run into things. It was going to be hard to map out a school this large. It seemed that it never ended just when she thought she had finished there was a door that led to a whole different part of the school. She sighed softly. What she really needed was a friend. But right now blind girls probably weren't the best buddies you wanted at an all Magical school.

But she had already been out exploring all day and now she was tired and wanted a rest. It was just something that needed to be done, mapping the school, so she didn't get lost. Yet right now her stomach growled and Harley whinned.

"Allright, allright, I hear you both. Lets go get something to eat." she said with a soft chuckle as Harley led them towards the smell of food. Once they rounded the corner Harley jolted the girl forward.

"You know a warning that you're hungry.." she shut up as Harley did the unimaginable and ran her straight into someone. Who in the world?

"I'm terribly sorry, please forgive me, my dog.. he's a bit hungry it seems." she chuckled as she stood. She was dressed in a soft blue dress that was the color of the sky her bust filled out the bodice well in the peasant top and the dresses soft flowing fabrics fell down around her knees in sheer fabrics. She wore cute little white tennis shoes and her thick full blonde hair hung down beautifully around her body.

"Are.. you allright?" she asked looking straight ahead her blue eyes the color of ice seemed to stare unseeingly in the direction of the person she had run into.

[Brandon (Tech)]

"Bad day" Tech muttered to himself as he walked down the hall. To start off with, he had run out of chocolate, meaning that his head ached madly. Then he had botched up while trying to further is experiment, releasing a minor explosion of energy hat had disabled Mek for a while, so he was on his own. He was wearing his usual set of clothing, the loose brown jumper, the denim trousers and the baseball cap that shadowed his face, making him look almost as gloomy as he felt.

"Oomph" Somebody had walked into him, not surprisingly as he was looking down into the floor all the time. He looked up to find a girl, apparantly blind apologizing. " 'Is aigh't" he mumbled. Another day, another life he would have paused and adressed her good looks, but right now he felt miserable. Something stirred a distant part of his soul, but he didn't notice. He just wanted to get some choclate as the Cafeteria had also run out, but he had managed to get some in Babylos, a fairly good brand in fact, but he didn't feel like smiling about it. They said that chocolate made you fall in love, but he needed it not to fall into depression. "My bad" He said as he passed her, briefly placing his hand on her shoulder as he did so. No reason to make her think that she had made him mad

[Kelsie]

Her eyes opened wide. Wider than ever. That voice? Could it be? There was no way. The luck of finding him hear was insupassable. She just.. no that was a bit much right? She was hearing things. But then she heard it again and no.. she knew it was him. Her hands clenched around the cane that was in her hand and she turned. Spinning on her heal to face him again.

"Brandon.." she whispsered softly as she looked around in his direction. "Brandon Thomas." she said a bit more firmly.

Her blue eyes glistened with happy tears. If it was indeed him then she knew exactly why Harley made her run into him. She knew exactly why she had come here now. Not only to learn more about her magic it seemed but to reunite with her very best friend from childhood. The one that didn't mind that she was blind but found games and activities they could do no matter what.

She could only hope that he remembered her, if not she would probably just go sit by herself and grab something to eat. Continuing her rather dull and lonely existance. But right now her hopes were soaring and she waited. Shyly she waited. What did she look like? What if she was horribly ugly and he just ran from her or something? She waited.. nervously.

[Brandon (Tech)]

Tech froze. Nobody knew him by that name, he had never told anyone on this island. The only people who knew his real name were his parents, the SoG or.... He turned around slowly, his eyes taking everything in. The blind girl stood with her beautiful eyes glistening with tears. He had never known a blind person since.... "Kelsie?" He barely whispered, unable to believe it. "Kelsie Marie Sky?"

The only friend from his childhood who had truly mattered, the only one who had ever been able to understand him fully, just like his uncle. The more he looked at her the more he realized it was true. It had to be her! The age, the blindness, the looks and the adorable voice. He stepped towards her, still uncertain, but feeling more and more confident with every step he took towards her. "Kelsie?" He asked again, feeling a blend of happiness and sorrow fill his chest as he looked into the eyes that had made his childhood a better time. "Is that really you?" He barely whispered, the first tear running down his cheek

[Kelsie]

She smiled brightly when she heard her name. She nodded happily when he used her fully name and chuckled when he walked over to her and used her name again. To meet here in a magic school that was not connected with Earth at all seemed to be a miracle. Here was her very best friend and she couldn't help but be completely thrilled now that she was here.

"Oh, Brandon, I've missed you so much." she said as she moved and hugged him tightly.

She noticed that he felt different. Harder but she didn't care. He was her very best friend and they were getting back together. She let the happy tears flow from her unseeing eyes as she hugged him for several moments not wanting to let go. She finally though, just so he wasn't uncomfortable pulled back a blush on her face.

"What are you doing here? I.. I thought you were gone, or dead or something. You're mom she sent you away but she wouldn't tell me where. So I couldn't write you or anything." she said as she hugged him again screwing him being uncomfortable as her body pressed up against his.

"Oh Brandon, life is no fun without you." she whispered softly.

[Brandon (Tech)]

"Kelsie" He whispered happily as he felt her arms wrap around him and he replied in kind. "Oh, Kelsie I missed you too. The bitch of my mother wouldn't allow me to see you, I, I" The words trailed off as he buried his face in her shoulder, almost crying with joy. She had been the only true friend in his life, the only one with whom he shared a mutual understanding. "I had to live knowing that I'd never see you again, that my parents wouldn't let me. ´For your own best´ up my arse" He laughed as the tears began to flow, his chest filling with joy. "But you're here, you're really here." His rotten day had just been saved, the gloom and his headache gone. He was laughing and crying at the same time, truly happy for the first time in years.

He lifted her into his arms and swung her around like he had done when they had been children, a thing he had longed to do since the day they parted. He didn't notice people look and he didn't care. He was happy beyond words as he danced around, holding her in his amrs, reliving his lost childhood

[Kelsie]

Kelsie closed her eyes as he hugged her and lay his head on her shoulder. She couldn't help but be elated that some greater power had seen fit to bring them back together no matter how far apart they had been. She chuckled at his imitation. She hadn't known why his mother wanted them to seperate so suddenly. They had been so close and now they were going to have to get to know each other once again.

He picked her up. She was very light, and he spun her in a circle like they had done when they were children playing in their backyards. She giggled and hung onto him as he sat her down and she smoothed out her cute little blue dress. She remembered when they had seperated. She had been growing closer to him by the day. They had even held hands once when they went fishing. But then he had been taken away from her and she had been lonely up until now.

"I want to catch up. I want to spend as much time with you as possible. Can we .. go somewhere?" she asked softly as she reached up and touched his soft cheek and smiled as she wiped away the tears that had wetened it.

[Brandon (Tech)]

He was still smiling with laughter when he set her down. "Of course" He said, his happiness flowing through his body like liquid joy, "I know this great little place where we..." He paused as her hand reached his cheek and took off the tear. She had always known how to do that, always known exactly when he cried and where his tears were. He felt the blissfull touch of her finger against his cheek, reaching a state of pure tranquility for that moment.

"Oh Kelsie" He whispered, having longed for that special touch so many times when he felt sad. She was the only one who had been able to make him feel better. He gently cupped her cheek, his hand now feeling thanks to the most recent implantation. It should also be of adequette warmth, but he didn't think about that. "I've missed you so much. Everyday I wished that I could just see you again, that we could be together as we used to be." He embraced her again, holding her tightly, his wish finally come true.

Her beauty was everything he remembered it to be, only more so, everything about her so perfect that it made him cry. He knew he should let go, but held on, feeling that he was back where he belonged.

[Kelsie]

He paused in mid sentence as she wiped away the falling tears. She was good at reading him. Always had been, one of the reasons they had gotten along so very well. She felt his hand on her cheek and she closed her eyes. When he whispered her name like that it was as if he was calling to her very soul with that beckon. She smiled softly. He was the only one that had ever taken the time to understand what it meant to have a blind friend.

She nuzzled into his hand gently as her own came up and cupped his cheek. But he pulled her in for a tight and fierce hug and she didn't let go. She hugged him back for all he was worth. Her love had never faltered for this boy. Never once she had often thought about him especially when she was having a bad day. But they were back together. The two that had once been inseperable would once again be so. She smiled softly as he held her in his arms.

"Bran, I missed you every day. I tried to contact you but no one would let me. I've missed this. I've missed us." she said softly as she cried onto his shoulder while he cried onto hers. It must have been some site to see them together like this. Each one crying on the others shoulder Harley sitting there waiting for his orders from her.

There were so many feelings racing through her body. She had meant to tell him so long ago that she had fallen for him. That summer when they had held hands and gotten closer than ever. Yet, his mother took him away before she had the chance and now Kel was going to have to start all over again. She didn't let go though. Never. She stayed in the hug and left it up to him. He could take her to that place he talked about or they could just stand here. She honestly didn't care.

[Brandon (Tech)]

Her words chimed like fine bells in his hearts and he sobbed harder. He had done so much without her, been to school, hung out with friends and been with girls, but it had all seemed so hollow without her, his one friend and soulmate. He ran his fingers through her blonde hair, loving her beyond words. "It's all been so meaningless, so hollow without you Kel" He whispered to her with his eyes closed. "I felt so broken when they made me leave you."

He hugged her a little tighter, so happy that God had seen it fit to reunite them. The feeling of her in his arms and his hair between his fingers was the most beautiful thing to happen to him, not just since the incident but ever. "I'm, I'm sorry that i left you" He mumbled, wishing that this moment, this loving embrace would never end

[Kelsie]

Kelsie smiled softly when his hand began to play with her hair. It was someting that had an instant calming effect on her no matter what and he knew that. Despite that his words gave her hope in a way. Hope that maybe they could work their way back to where they had been so long ago when forced apart. She listened softly to his words a small smile crossing her face.

"I've not been whole since you left. But do not appologize. I know it was not your fault nor could you change your situation. I blame you for nothing. I should have tried harder but after a while even my parents told me to give up." she said softly.

He held her tighter and she reached up and gently stroked his hair softly. She nuzzled into his shoulder and stayed there. Screw all the people in the cafeteria all she wanted was to be right here in his arms and know everything that had happened to him since they last spoke.

"I'll never let you go again." she whispered as she hugged him back with everything she had. "Perhaps.. we should go find a more private place. I really want to know everything that has happened since I last got to hear you. Please, my Bran, please lets go." she said pulling back.

"I promise you can hug me again." she chuckled softly as Harley stood up ready to help her find her way.

[Brandon (Tech)]

He chuckled with her, he had enjoyed her sense of humor as far back as he could remember. People were staring at the beautiful girl and the mechanic freak, but he didn't see them, nor would he have cared if he did.

He nodded, then remembered that she couldn't see it and said "Yeah, I could show my place? Mek'll make us some chocolate and we can talk. And you can meet Mek" Tech, no, Brandon knew that the sudden lift in his spirits would have allowed Mek to self repair, and he would probably be hovering around the room, trapped behind the heavy door by the time they got there. But this was but a subconscious knowledge, all his attention was here. He gently ran his now sensing fingers down her cheek, smiling with gentle love. The emotion was so heartfelt, so true that it seemed to show on his artificial side as well.

*Presuming Kelsie doesn't object*

He led her through the tunnels beneath the main part of the academy, reliving their childhood when he would lead her through the woods and gardens, to their secret places. He unlocked the heavy door and swung it open, the metal door swinging almost without out a sound on it's well oiled hinges. Mek flew to meet him and, seeing Kelsie and sharing Brandon's emotion through their bond, rubbed his temple against her like a happy cat. "Kel Mek, Mek Kel. If you would make us some chocolate Mek?" Brandon handed the bag of chocolate to Mek who grabbed it in one of his tools and proceeded to the kitchen table.

"Here" He said, gently guiding her to the sofa. He had missed her beyond words, but now that only meant that he was all the more happy to see her, although he knew that had they not been separated he would still be physically whole, or at least, so he thought. The couch was old and ugly, but very comfortable. Brandon sat down next to Kelsie, still holding her hand. He reached his other hand up and stroked her cheek gently, savoring the tender sensation. "I missed you, Kel" He whispered, so happy to be united with her once again. "I've missed everything about you, your face, your hair, your smiled your laughter. Everything has been so... pointless without you." He ran his hand from her cheek to her hair, gently running his fingers through it.

"I missed our summer, playing in my uncle's back yard" He whispered, gently squeezing her hand. "You're the best thing that ever happened to me, all the time we spent together was the happiest time in my life. I've been so lonely without you, it felt as though my heart was dying a little bit every day." He smiled, running his hand back to her cheek. "But you're here now, and that makes me feel better than I have in years"

[Kelsie]

Kelsie smiled softly as he took her and led her gently down through the academy. Her cane retracted automatically as she had some kind of new age cane. She let Harley go and he trotted next to them as they made their way into the lower academy. She could feel the air changing the lower they went until he finally stopped.

She waited patiently as he opened the door and the breeze of different air let her know it was open. He led her into the door where she was assualted by some metalic .. thing rubbing on her. She was then introduced to Mek she chuckled wondering what he was exactly but when he flew off to make hot chocolate she let it go figuring she would ask about it later.

He led her gently to a couch and she sat down. Harley went and sat beside her. She smiled at his touch. His whisper caught her ear and she turned to face him as his hand came up to stroke her cheek. His fingers felt different. Different than anything else she had felt before. She closed her eyes against the soft touch and let him speak his mind.

Recalling the sweet memories they had shared in his uncle's back yard. The fun times they had playing together brought a happy smile to her face. She smiled at his words and brought his hand down from her face. Her sensitive hands worked over the metal and her brow furrowed a bit trying to figure out just what it was. But for now it wasn't important. She looked up at him.

"Brandon, when they made me stay away from you each night I cried to sleep. I knew I would never see you again, they made it so clear. I thought that I would have to live my life alone. But now.. now you're here and I..." tears streamed down her face as she quickly closed the distance between them and hugged him tightly.

"I've come to realize just how much you meant to me so far back then and how much I truly need you now." she said as she clung to him for dear life. "I'm never going to lose you again!"

[Brandon (Tech)]

Brandon was lost halfway in between the extacy of of Kelsie's rouch on his his hands and the all consuming love he frealized that he felt of her. He listened as she told him how the seperation had affected her, and he could only let his tears fow with hers. She leaned in and hugged him, her tears streaming from her eyes and soaking into his brown jumper while his own, only streaming from his one eye, ran down her blue dress as he hugged her back with everything he had felt for her.

"I won't leave you" He said, the fond memories from their shared childhood running through his mind. "I'll be here for you forever, supporting you, guiding you" Unlike Kelsie who had lived the pain, Brandon had lockd it away, trying to fight off the pain and loose himself in te vengeance he inflicted on his parents for what they had done to him, to them.

He held her delicate body in his arms, the feeling of their lost childhood alive in their hearts once again. "Oh Kel" He whispered, crying. "Why did they have to pull us apart? How could they do it? They had no right, they couldn't just...." He allowed himself to sob for the first time in years, finally feeling at home, not as much in his room, but in the arms of his childhood friend, his only true friend.

"So much has changed, I'm not who you remember me to be" The unpleasant reminders of how his looks had changed pushed themselves into his mind, and he knew that he would have to tell Kelsie, otherwise he would lie to her, himself and what lay in between them. Just a little longer, He thought, losing himself in the embrace and the joy, only wanting to be here and now, with her.

[Kelsie]

Kelsie felt him hug her back and she felt the small tears that were falling on her dress. But she wasn't worried about her dress she just wanted to never leave his sight again. That was all she wanted in her entire life right now. She closed her eyes and heard his words. He began to sob and she knew now that he had not healed or let himself heal all those years ago.

"Sweet Brandon, let it out. You shouldn't hang onto grief as such. Look at us. We've reunited against all odds. Miracles, Bran, miracles." she whispered.

She lifted her head softly and kissed his soft cheek letting her lip stay for only a moment before her head dropped back to his comfortable shoulder. She let her hand fall from his neck and begin to stroke his back gently. Letting him gain comfort in her touch. She held him becoming stronger just in his arms that was all she needed really.

"Bran, I'm never leaving your sight again. I don't want a day where I don't hear you." she whispered softly. "I won't live without you ever again. Never."