Gimme a Break

I kicked the desk. Not only did I have algebra to catch up on this weekend, again, but Mom was making me do paperwork for her. I suck at math in my textbook, why would real life be any better?

I wiped my…somehow greasy hands on the nearest towel which really made no difference before walking into the garage which made no sense. Wipe your hands coming out, you'll get them dirty if you go in.

I sat on a box, letting out a yelp. I was wearing jeans, but my hand had touched the silver of the walking stick when I touched it.

"Holy crap! Stop following me! You stayed home so nicely when I was away. Go back to doing that!" I complained. Mom started laughing before I heard a "BANG" followed by language I'm not supposed to repeat in the house, but no one usually cares if I do anyway. "Mom, we don't laugh while under cars."

"I know that." She snapped back.

"Well, maybe we need to touch on it again if you're hitting your head."

"Did you do what I asked you to do?" She asked.

"Er…sorta…um, you know how I suck at math?" I rocked back and forth.

"Don't remind me, your father threw a temper tantrum about your grade."

"Haha, I remember that!" I laughed quickly, "No, but I'd say have Dad or Ben check it over. I could get Ben to do it no problem." Even if I was good at math, I hate paperwork and the effort that comes with it.

"That's fine." She sighed.

"Ben gets weekends off and actually allows them to stay that way, want me to call him?" I piped.

"No, he'll be here in a minute anyways. He'll probably be frantic or something about whether or not you've eaten and I'll have to explain to him that I approve of feeding children."

I laughed before I heard the door open and shut and I turned around. Uncle Zee stood there, his face a mixture of grumpy and tired and grumpy because I hate you. It didn't matter, he'd get snappy anyhow eventually if not immediately.

"Zee," Mom got up.

"I need a favor." I assumed I was mistaken because it seemed he was looking at me, but Mom was now next to me so it was only logical it was she he was speaking to.

"Shoot." Mom motioned for him to continue.

"Not from you." He shook his head and looked at me directly. I froze.

"ME?"

"Yes, you." Zee agreed. "I will be indebted to you if you accept."

Fae only admit their in debt to you if something is very serious and they're remotely kind to things like me like Zee is. I blinked.

"Erm. What is it you want?"

He half-smiled which was somewhat unlike him, unless I was coming home from Aspen Creek and hadn't seen him in eons. His glamour dropped, which is something I typically try to keep from peeking through unlike Mom, and there was something new around his neck. He pulled it off and I watched it fix itself in front of my eyes.

"What the hell?" I reached out to poke it.

"She can't touch silver, Zee." Mom reminded.

"It's iron, pure iron." He dropped it and I instinctively caught it.

"What is it?" I fondled the little charm at the end which looked hauntingly like a wolf howling at the moon.

"Do you accept responsibility for it?"

"Will it be too late to back out if I say 'yes' before you tell me exactly what it is?" I looked at him cautiously.

He let out a breath.

"What it is is not important." He told me, "All you need to know is that the Grey Lords have ordered it to be kept safe."

"You are not bringing my daughter into this!" Mom growled.

"Why does it need to be kept safe?" I questioned.

"A charm necklace." He answered simply. "With one charm."

"For all I know that could be glamour for an evil parasitic Fae who is gonna eat my brains!" I exclaimed. A car engine cutting and two doors slamming were the first signs of Ben's arrival. Of course, he would come now. His arms wrapped around my waist from behind.

"She will not." He growled.

"It is her choice if she wishes to, wolf." Zee spoke cooly. "Do not take that choice away from her."

"Think of what happened to Mercy!" He snarled, "She's only sixteen. I refuse to let her do this."

"Ben leave it alone." I snapped. "It's not your choice."

"I agree with him." Mom glared at Zee. "How could you risk my daughter?"

"There is not much risk to it, only I and the Grey Lords know it exist." He blinked, I don't know when his glamour had come back. "Porsche, do you accept."

I took a breath and looked from Mom to Ben before returning my age to him.

"Yeah, I accept."

Ben didn't have fingernails, being a guy, but he dug them into my side so hard I think I would've started bleeding if I didn't bother to squeak first. He immediately let go, looking ashamed.

"Sorry." He muttered. I leaned back.

The chain was like ice against my palms and magic more than literally hummed around it.

"Do I need to wear it?" I looked up.

"It's up to you, but you should carry it with you at all times and guard it with your life."

"Zee, how could you do this?" Mom snapped. "She could die?"

"It is highly unlikely." He frowned, "In fact, if she is careful, no one will know and she will be more than safe."

"I'm fine with it." I shrugged.

"I don't like this." Ben mumbled.

"You don't have to." I informed him.

"Porsche, there is one thing you need to know." Zee called my attention back to him. "It is fairly powerful considering it is still young. It works like a magnet or a sponge maybe. It repels some magics and absorbs others for its own use."

I frowned, where had I heard that before?

"Thus the symbol." I looked down at the wolf in my hands and could faintly make out handcrafted detail I hadn't noticed before for I hadn't looked that closely.

"It's me…" I trailed off. "How 'new' is 'new'?"

"It is the newest artifact of old magic you are going to find in the world and will possibly be our last creation." He informed before nodding once and just…leaving. Mom and Ben must have been absolutely stunned if they didn't call him back.

"He should've given it to Tad!" Mom gained her voice back, "Damn that man! My daughter?"

"Don't get hurt." Ben whispered. "Please."

It was hard to concentrate on Ben's begging with Mom screaming and Mom's screaming will Ben begging in my ear. Mom and Ben got into their cars, Ben pulled me in his before Mom could do otherwise and we headed to the house.

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"No. NO! Absolutely NOT!" Dad snarled.

"He gave it to her!" Mom growled.

I reached to touch the charm around my neck that swung gently like a pendulum and it wouldn't stop. I held onto it but it shook its own way out of my grasp.

"Porsche, give it here." I looked up to see Dad with his hand outreached. I felt Ben move to unclasp it.

"Fuck!" Ben cursed. "It zaps you!"

"What?" I asked, I hadn't felt anything.

"It zapped me."

"Suck it up, it's only an static shock." I rolled my eyes and took the necklace off.

"It's like an Iron version of the Silver Borne it seems." Mom sighed.

I dropped the necklace into Dad's hand and he dropped it.

"It stings." He growled.

Mom reached to pick it up.

"No it doesn't."

"That test isn't quite accurate. You're both immune to most magics." Ben pointed out. "That piece of Iron bites like a piranha."

I frowned.

"So what the hell am I doing?"

Everyone looked at me.

"We have to figure that out don't we?"

I sighed and took the necklace from Mom, clasping it back on my neck.

"Okay then."

A/N-

:) i kno its a short one but i needed to get it out if i wanted to be happy! what does everyone think?

Julz: haha thanks yeah he will b in a lot more…i introduced it funny tho…i need to fix it

ahaha i bought carribbean blue 4 streaks but idk wen im gonna do that

haha here u r tho! i hope u like it!

Notloggedin: yeah i kno its screwy its bugging me too :( but no worries! thank u! im glad u like it!

i did ;)

i did

ok! u do that! XD

OKAY! so tell me! besides the fact i did introduce the object a little…oddly…what did you think? its not actually an iron version of the silver borne if u didn't guess that that was a false statement, but no worries, obviously there will be more about it! i hope u all like it tho…

GIMH