Siphon (Siphon Chronicles, Book One) (19 page)

Sylph- a magical being that can persuade others to do their bidding using their appearance and voice as tools

Siphon- a magical being that can take a human’s years of age away to gain energy

Ciphor- a term formed by the young to describe a siphon who is unaware of what they are, but knows they have an unidentifiable magic

Siphon Council- group of people who hold court to make decisions about the livelihoods of all siphons

Nexus- a term coined by the young siphons to describe the one female found in a prophecy who would possess great power and come about to save the siphon breed from becoming a cursed among humans; known by her sylph abilities, as well as extra sensory siphon abilities and unable to hide from the Siphon Lord

Siphon Lord- not appointed leadership of the siphon line who possesses a set amount of abilities like no other siphon; ability to seek out his mate

Enchanter/enchantress- one who holds magic ability without reason or skill

Siphon Omnibus- Handbook for students of the Headquarters to know the siphon history; covers all creations within it’s history—i.e. siphons, ciphors, sylphs, electros, the nexus, etc.

Electro- sylph with the ability to strike another; most often associated with electricity but owns the ability in multiple ways

Spirit- sylph with the ability to revert any amount of energy back into themselves; varying degrees

Siren- sylph with the ability to call to the opposite sex with more than just a magical appeal, but a degree of pheromones that make the being under their control; varying degrees

Original Council Members (eighteen years ago)

Motto:
For the good of all, we serve only others.

Mark and Jodi Lyn Spur – Head of council leaders (Lark’s parents)

Phoenix and Jenna Crawford (Daniel’s parents)

Brady and Tara Haltler (Jason’s parents)

Justin Blakely

Carlton Regions

Joel Heartgood

Melissa Rowan (Kristy's mother)

Siphonic Laws 1951

1. Permission is asked of another siphon before any energy can be provided.
   
2. The number of years must be spoken aloud to the giver of energy, per a siphon.
   
3. Permission is granted to take from any unspecified human as long as no more than three years are taken from the individual.
   
4. Preference over old and young will not be punishable, but it is advised to take only from those who have the ability to give or give it willingly.
   
5. It is the expectation that all siphons use discretion in who is aware of our kind.
   
6. Communication within the siphon council will be expected from all siphons via letter or telephones.  (Lucy Phone preferable)
   
7. At no time can a siphon have interrelations with any type of sylph or enchanter.
   

Siphon Council (now)
For the good of all, we serve only ourselves.

Phoenix Crawford- Head of Council and Security

Marion Bartlett- Counselor

Jared Heartgood- Public Relations/Ambassador

Matt Dearling- Magic Control/ Erasure

Jones Finnegan- Housing and Property Control

Kelvin Dauharty- unknown

Daniel Crawford- Retrieval

Locations of Siphon Branches World Wide

Siphon Headquarters- located in Newport, Rhode Island, United States

Siphon Branch # 2- located in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States

Siphon Branch # 3- located in Los Angeles, California, United States

Siphon Branch # 4- located in London, England

Siphon Branch # 5- located in Rome, Italy

Siphon Branch # 6- located in South Africa, Africa

Siphon Branch # 7- located in Brazil, South America

Siphon Branch # 8- located in Sydney, Australia

Siphon Branch # 9- located in Moscow, Russia (supposedly disbanded)

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AMES

I let the girls crowd around cuz’ well...I was a guy.  They were each telling me their names.

When I turned to the sound of one talking about another girl approaching, there she was.

If l could have prepared myself for what I would be confronted with, I’d have never believed it.  My body shook at seeing her, feeling her burning energy.  The last time I saw her she was seven, but up close and made into a woman now...

Almost dropping my notebook, I stopped for a brief second before continuing my stride in her direction.  The closer I came, the stronger it got.  At some point it became so strong that I planted my feet to the ground and waited for her to ascend upon me rather than get any closer.

She kept on.  Closer.  Two feet.  The tips of her shoes knocked mine.  Her hand clamped down on my arm.  Heat flooded me, grounding me to the floor.

The groupie cheerleader named Christina barked something at her I didn’t quite hear since my insides were barbequing and roasting to a good 100° above even the unusual scorching Tennessee heat.  The girl taunted her with her words finding it seriously easy to downgrade her self esteem in front of me.  Were these human girls even more evil than I?  I doubted it, but it was a close second.

Jem was toying with the girls as her emotions were doing a flip-flop motion with a combination of anger and and
desire
.

I don’t even know how I know how she was feeling it.  It’s a power I’ve never held.

She actually liked me.  I didn’t know how to compute this information.  She wasn’t repulsed by me and she didn’t siphon anything from my own emotions to help herself.  Processing this was beyond jacked up much more than the fact that I was even feeling her
emotions
in the first place.  All of this was just wrong.

After the initial shock that she didn’t use any of her own pain inducing powers on me, I decided to let go of my own and see how it fared.  She didn’t seem to be the queen of evil I’d expected of her.  She didn’t have an ounce of malice in her body at the moment.  But I did have an overwhelming urge to search her body for scars and other distinguishing differences that would make me know her better than any other man on this earth.

The girls stepped up their fowardness.  They pressed even closer in as I moved towards Jem.  She had the same piercing eyes that matched my own as she did years ago.  Her blue to my odd green.   Girls have always dug it.  Human ones.  My own kind counted me as the odd man out more so than even the humans.

Jem’s hair was long and had shiny waves of golden brown even in the florescent light.  Not really a guy thing to notice, but I did.  She was cute and beautiful all in the same way.  She bit her bottom lip as if nervous, but tossed her hair back in confidence.  She was fun to watch.

During the initial greeting, the Christina girl leaned against Jem’s body and I suddenly went ape.  She was too close to her.  I reined it in and held my fists to my clawing body.  If it wasn’t for the fact that she was of my own people, I would have to wonder why I felt the urgent need to protect her.  It wasn’t healthy for dang sure.

It gave me the same disgusting feeling it always did.  Human girls were cold, clammy. 

Jem didn’t like the groupie girl doing what she did.  Interesting.

Groupie girl pressed in more and I let it be to see what Jem’s next reaction would be.  I was fascinated to say the least but I hated it too.  I had a job to do. 

When the girl ran her fingers up and down my arm Jem visibly scrunched up her face and a soft whimper left her lips.  Was she in pain?

I stepped away from both of them wanting this girl’s inhuman pain to disappear.  I didn’t want her to hurt.  Yes, I did.  No,
I didn’t
.

I bit back a small smile, but she saw it.  Not able to take my eyes off her, I nodded to groupie girl and held out a hand to Jem unable to control what I was doing.  I swallowed back the bile that my throat caught from wasting energy on the bubbly cackling chatter behind me now.  If they weren’t following due to the magic within me before, they were now.

This girl, I got nothing.  It was like she cut it off. She didn’t give an ounce of emotion over to me on purpose though I was trying like everything to get it.

Groupie girl Christina barked a comeback and then said my name, “...Ames here will find out how taken you are all too soon.”

Taken?  Did that mean she was already claimed?  By a filthy human?   I shook my head enough she didn’t catch it.  I didn’t care if she were claimed or not.  It only made it harder if she were attached to someone to have to embrace this new world she would have no choice in turning to.

Christina laughed a little like a guy on steroids and took her little fawning guy traps away from us. 

Ring! 

Great!  I was alone.  With her.