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Chapter 5: Familial Bond

Dianna's POV

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Year 1241

I slowly opened my eyes to meet the penetrating gaze of my siblings

"Seeing the look on your faces, I guess this is not the afterlife and I'm not dead, my planned failed" I said

"You plan was stupid and reckless, you burnt an entire colony down and wiped out a whole village just in a bid to kill yourself!!" Gia said

"Oh please, and when did you start to care about people or the destruction that befalls them Gia?" I scoffed

"Hell we don't care for any of those imps, but what we do hate is running, because of what you did, the village authorities are gonna come after us and I'll be glad to make a dinner out of them but that will only earn us more attention, and in the end we'll have to leave and we'll have to run again" Eric said

"You think I like this?!!" I yelled "Always being on the run, alone, with a power I cannot control, you think I like this?! All my life, I wanted nothing but to live simply, learn a trade, fall in love and have a family of my own but I can't even do that, I can't do any of that now courtesy of this stupid curse! I....I can't even birth a child to call my own" I cried

"In case you are forgetting sister, the curse is on all of the Hammingtons though some deeper than others" Ivan said "If you are being so miserable then I wonder what I should do, my right hand and leg bring out fire constantly and my left hand and leg exude lightening constantly, I can't control it neither can I turn it off, you know this Dianna, I can't even touch someone without condemning them to a fate of immeasurable pain yet you don't see me going off to burn every village I come across in a bid to kill myself, you are the eldest Hammington Dianna so you better start acting like it" Ivan said and walked away

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"That can't be true doctor, you are definitely mistaken" I said

"Here's the result ma'am, you are 3 weeks pregnant" he said handing over the pregnancy test result

I went through the result hurriedly with my mouth wide agape

"Lemme see that" Ivan said snatching the result from me

Eric and Gia moved closer to get a view of the result too

"This is unbelievable, there must be a mistake somewhere" Ivan said

"Am quite certain you are 3 weeks pregnant Miss Dianna" the doctor said

"You don't understand doctor, she can't have an offspring, none of us can!" Gia said

"None of you can? Is....is it a hereditary disease or something?"

"That's one name for it" Eric nodded

"Well sometimes there can be exceptions even in the case of a long term hereditary disease"

"Not in this case doctor" Ivan said "We've all tried this before, we cannot procreate, it's a curse on us and there is no exceptions, there never was"

"If there's no exceptions then she wouldn't pregnant now would she? Though that result in your hands is clearly saying otherwise, your sister is pregnant, you all should be overjoyed" the doctor said and faced me

"You'll have to be careful of all you take and do from now onwards an as everything you do could have an effect on your baby, you should come for a counselling with the father of the baby, it will be really helpful cause right now you'll need all the support you can get, you'll also need to...."

"Stop stop stop!!!" I yelled "Enough of all this, I'm outta here"

I threw the IV drip off my arm as I stood up

"No, stop, you have to stay till you are completely recovered else it will affect you and the baby" the doctor made to touch me but Eric grabbed his hand

"Do not touch her" he said "She wants to go, let her go"

I walked out of the patient's ward and my siblings followed me

"Get in, I'll drive" Ivan said and we all got in to the car and drove home silently

I walked slowly into the Mansion cause I knew immediately we get inside, I'll be bombarded with questions even I am still struggling to answer for myself

"What happened sister? How....how are you pregnant?" Gia asked immediately we got inside

"Leave her be Gia, she needs some rest, we'll talk later" Ivan said and walked off

"He's right, get some rest sister, we can always talk later" Gia smiled and walk off

"You were right, you didn't die today" Eric said and I smiled

"Rest" he said and went off

I walked upstairs to my room and I laid on the bed staring at the blank space above

How am I pregnant?

Is this really possible? Or is fate toying with me?.......

"Sister, sister wake up" Gia tapped me gently waking me up

"Gia"

"It's dinnertime sister" she said and I nodded

"I'll be down in a bit" I replied and she left

I went to the bathroom, washed my face and walked downstairs

Everyone was already eating but they stopped immediately they saw me

I sat down and Eric dished out my food with a smile

"Eat" he said

They continued eating but I couldn't eat

"I have no idea how it happened" I said breaking the silence

"You all know how I've always fancied having a child of my own, for a thousand years, I've tried all means to get pregnant all to no avail so I finally made peace with my fate, I can't have a child, none of us can, the Hammington line will end with us. Considering the fact that I couldn't have a child, I had sex whenever I felt like and with whomever I wanted, sex was never a big deal so if am really one month pregnant now, it's from a one night stand and I've had lots of one night stands in the past month so i have no idea who the father is"

"If you are pregnant....." Gia was saying but I interrupted

"I am pregnant Gia, I can't explain how but I can feel it, there's a little human growing inside here" I said touching my tummy

The room was silent for a while then I broke the silence again

"Remember the Guardian's curse? Now that am pregnant, I cannot afford to die, this baby must be birthed so the Hammingtons must not cease to exist in a year's time, I have to live for my baby" I said and Ivan laughed silently

"The Guardian was right" he said "You shall be given what you wish for, but you shall want it no more, that was what she said"

"We wished for death and we were given, we will all die in a year's time but we don't want that want any more" Eric said "Now things are different, there's a little Hammington growing inside sister, we have to live for the baby, Dianna has to live"

"You are unusually making sense recently Eric" Gia said "Since you are pregnant sister, we are solely behind you, finally, the Hammington line will not end with us, it shall live on through your baby Dianna, it's a dream come true"

"And what exactly will be the point of that?" Ivan asked and we all looked at him "A thousand years ago the Guardian didn't just curse us, she cursed the Hammington name, so anyone of our bloodline will automatically be cursed too"

"You don't know that" I said

"I think this is a pretty common logic Dianna, your baby is a Hammington and the curse will....."

"Shut up Ivan!!!" I yelled banging my hand on the table "My baby will not live like we did, she will not be cursed like we were, I will give birth to this baby and I will make sure my baby lives a happy and free life, for that I will find the Guardian again because I am certainly not dying before I give birth to this baby and I need to make sure the curse wouldn't be transferred to my child, you can help me if you want to, or you can keep your peace, either way, I am not loosing this fight, I will find the Guardian and I will save my baby alone" I stood up and turned to leave

"And what kind of Aunt will that make to your child?" Gia stood up and held my hand "This is our fight sister"

"You are unusually making sense too Gia" Eric stood up and faced me "You are not alone sister, your baby has a strong uncle to depend on no matter what"

Ivan sighed and looked up

"Well I can't be the only bad uncle can I? How do we find the Guardian?" he said and I smiled.........

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