Grandpa Rubin
Emily found herself and her grandfather’s home and sees him sitting on his rocking chair. She was a 6 year old little girl again. She had her hand clasped in the other, her back hunched, and her head tilted down as she approached her grandfather. Her grandfather smiled and chuckled. “No need to be scared. Come, sit in my lap.” Seeing his warm welcoming Emily ran to the man and sat on his lap. He brushed a hand on her head as he rocked back and forth in his chair on the porch. Emily yawned and closed her eyes as she laid her head down on her grandfather’s chest. He smiled warmly as he held her face while she drifted off into sleep. Rubin the old man heard growling in the distance. He held Emily tightly as a pack of wolves appeared from the forest.
Emily rubbed her eyes for the movement had woken her. She clung to her grandfather as he backed away from the strange looking pack of wolves. The wolves were black and darkness clung to them and created an aura around each wolf. They all white intimidating eyes. One growled and barked at Emily. Emily grips grew tighter as she closed her eyes in terror. “It’ll be alright, Emily. I’ll protect you.” He comforted Emily. A wolf lunged at the man but he dodged and it crashed into the door. Rubin jumped over the balcony and walk backwards away from the wolves. The wolf that crashed into the door recovered and the other were planning their next move.
Another wolf lunged at the arm that held Emily and he bit down. Rubin cried out in pain and Emily fell on the ground. Another wolf attacked him and the two other surrounded Emily. One went to swipe her but then time completely paused. Emily was 15 again. Her grandfather was the only thing not frozen. He was older but he still looked the same and he was giving her that same warm smile. Rubin outstretched his hand and Emily took it and got up. “Hello Emily. I’m sorry you didn’t get to say goodbye before I transcended to the next world.” Emily wondered if she was really seeing her grandfather. “How can this be.” she asked. “I know you must be confused but when we die we are either reincarnated to learn important lessons or we find out higher selves. I chose to find my higher self and if I want, I can come back to earth to guide others on their journeys.” her grandfather explained. Emily cocked her head to the side in absolute confusion.
Her grandfather placed a hand over his face. “Yukael was right you have a lot to learn. You won’t understand everything right away but in time all will unfold. Do you remember this day Emily?” he asked. “No, I don’t remember it at all.” she answered. “That’s what I expected. I erased your memory of this event to protect you until I knew you were old enough to handle this. Now, I knew my time was coming to an end and that’s when I contacted Yukael your spirit animal. I knew that’d it be difficult to take the news of my passing so I distracted you. He wasn’t just a distraction though. You need him. He’s going to teach you all the things I didn’t get to teach you because your parents convinced you I was senile and kept you away from me. Although right now I need to teach you something because I foresee something you’ll need to prepared for. Yukael won’t make it time and you cannot fail.” her grandfather explained. Emily remained quiet but let her grandfather know she was listening. She was very confused and it was hard to take in all this at once. Why are the wise people always only telling you what you need know and not the whole story?
“You see these wolves you need to “purify” them. They have been tainted and turned into dark spirits working for those of lower dimensions. In order to purify tainted dark spirits you send love to them. Tainting is done by using hate. Purifying is done by using love. Remember this hate binds you to someone but love helps you let them go.” her grandfather told her. “Why are they tainted? For what purpose?” Emily asked. “They are tainted to bring the vibration of the world lower and into dimensions with little understanding of infinity. To blind you from the truth. The reason they attacked mainly you is because they see a light in you that will be hard to burn out.”
Emily paced with her hand on her chin. “So how would I exactly use love to “purify” these tainted wolves?” Her grandfather thought for a moment and then spoke. “When I was younger I used a technique taught to me by my spirit animal. Since you aren't as advanced yet you can use your hands to purify them. Think of love as cosmic energy. Taking deep breaths imagine the energy swirling inside you and then imagine it moving into your extremities. When you’re ready you can then purify them,” her grandfather paused for a moment and then started again. “There are certain points on the body of an animal, human, or some other species that you touch in order to purify tainted beings. You can touch the head centering your palm between the brows of the being. Touch the back of the head closer to where the stem of the brain would be or touch the chest of the being. Touching the heart is the fastest way but tainted beings guard have all their dark energies surrounding their chest.” Rubin paused and looked at Emily with a dark ex
pression in his eyes.
“If your heart is not pure enough or if you feel any sense of fear while doing this you will be consumed faster than you move your hand.” Rubin clapped his hands together and smiled. “Ready to do this?” he asked. “I don-” Emily was cut off by the snap of her grandfather’s fingers and the wolves acting as if nothing ever happened. Emily was on the ground again and the wolf was going for her neck. Quickly she focused and placed a hand on the wolf’s head slowly it started to purify.
It wasn't going fast enough the next wolf bit down on Emily’s wrist. She did her best not feel scared but the purifying on the other wolf was reversing. Emily ripped her hand away from the other wolf and placed a hand on it’s head. She remembered the love for her grandfather and as they were purified they shot backwards. Before Emily could even catch her breath the other wolf pounced on her. In the air she placed a hand on it’s head and transcended her love into it’s soul and it purified. He shot back just like the others.
Then all the wolves got up and walk into the forest like nothing happened. Emily breathed heavily trying to catch her breath. She dropped her to her knees. All the fear she suppressed started to overwhelm her. The pain in her wrist got worse and when she looked at it her eyes widened. Black essence was coming out of her arm like it surrounded the wolf like a flaming aura and it was like a liquid traveling up into her veins. The pain became unbearable as Emily screamed and kicked around.
Her grandfather ran to her side. “Emily hold still.” he told her. Emily bit clenched her teeth hard as pain seared through her arm. Her grandfather gripped it tight and a glow emitted from his hand as he pulled the black liquid from the wounds in her wrist. The liquid then turned white and vanished. Emily sides heaved but then slowly stopped as her breathing resumed to normal. She held her wrist to her chest still in pain. “It will hurt for a few days even though the essence is gone. Try not to get bitten, scratched, or any of the sort or you’ll be tainted slowly. Since you’re still learning you’ll probably get hurt often so Yukael will help you. I have to go now. Good luck Emily.” Rubin told Emily. Emily looked up he was gone and now she was falling.
Emily shot straight up. It was just a dream, Emily thought. She grabbed her wrist in pain looking confused. Everything felt so real to her. Then Emily wondered how she got in bed. All she remembered was crying on the steps. Well the good thing was Emily no longer felt sad about her grandfather’s death because she could still see him if he chose to show up again. She still couldn't believe what happened in a dream manifested in the real world and that she actually could have been “tainted”. Pulling down the covers she got out of bed and went downstairs. Her father was in the kitchen preparing breakfast. Emily’s wrist was really hurting her. “Good Morning, Emily.” her father told her. “ ‘Morning, Dad. Um, do we have any pain killers?” she asked. Her father put down the spatula. “Sure, just a moment.” He dusted his hands off the apron went into the downstairs bathroom and came back with a bottle of Tylenol. “Here.” he said as he gave it to her.
Emily went to the counter got a glass and filled it with water. She rested it down and tried to open the bottle with her bad hand. She gripped her wrist in agony. ‘No wonder I’m literally half blonde.’ she thought to herself. Emily indeed was half blonde. The other half of her hair was black. Emily’s father is Asian and White. While Emily’s mother is Black and Hispanic. Her father’s hair is blonde because of his mother and her mother’s hair is black. This was caused by a mutation in her genes. Emily’s father caught glimpse of her hunched over in pain. “What’s wrong, Emily?” Emily stood up straight. “It’s just my wrist. I’ll be okay.” Her father furrowed his eyebrows. “Are you sure you’re going to be alright?” he asked. Emily nodded her head quickly and then took the pain medication. Today was going to be a long day for Emily.