Than something dawned on her, tomorrow would be the Founder's Ball, she'd be able to get at the vampire boy's as well as the two werewolves who betrayed their own kind. Darius and Matt.
She was about to plot her revenge when two strange figures caught her eye.
They were talking but she couldn't quite catch what they were saying. She walked towards them and noticed that the girl was wearing fairy-like clothing.
Witch I bet! Rose thought hopefully and walked over to them.
"Hello, I'm Rose. Welcome to Mysticville!" She tried her best to smile with friendliness.
[She's talking to Willamina and her mother]
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Caroline was utterly confused. She didn't understand why Matt had brought her to Karolli and Darius' house.
"What's going on?" She asked, her eyes worried.
Matt wouldn't say anything, he looked away.
""It's okay, Caroline. We're here to help Matt, but to help him...he has to tell you something. I don't want you to get angry with him; he did this for your protection," Karolli explained.
Caroline shook her head. It wasn't okay. Something was wrong, Matt had never been like this before.
"W-what?" Caroline looked at Matt was still looking down.
Willamina spun around and saw the woman. "Werewolf." she whispered. Her mother nodded but held her hand ut to Rose anyways. "Kathrine Rozen, but you may call me Kate. This is my daughter, Willamina." she bowed her head and delved into Rose's mind.
ReplyDeleteNo. Not the kind of werewolf that she wanted to try and make a ring for. "One second." se beckoned Rosed to follow her and then she spun around.
"Don't even atttempt to ask me to ake a ring. I will ensure you I only became a witch 2 years ago so I'm not as skilled as others, got it?"
Kate watched and her phone buzzed. She looked down at it was a text. "Meet me at headquarters ASAP"
~Willamina
Rose growled. "You better watch your back on the full moon, witch!" She spat and pushed her way passed. She made her way into the Mysticville Grill. Stupid witches, don't know how to do anything.
ReplyDelete(Sorry, that's just how Rose is, lol)
Willamina watched as Rose left. "And I can turn you into a mouse with one word!" she hissed.
ReplyDeleteKate ran back to her daughter and pulled her by the arm. "Come on, Min. Let's go."
She glared at Rose's back and followed her mother. "Stupid werewolves." she whispered. Her mother hit her arm. "You father was turned."
"And then killed by vampires."
"True..."
She got into her mother's van and crossed her arms. She hated vampires and werewolves. One because her father ad become a werewlf. And two because he was killed by vampires.
"You better not take me to headquarters."
"I won't. Just watch your back at home. I don't trust that girl."
"You didn't hear anything."
"No. But I profiled her."
"And?"
"From the looks of it she is werewolf. She wants to destroy something and she seemed very happy to see you at first. Meaning she can only phase on a full moon. Other reason I know, no ring."
"Ah."
~Willamina
(Yes, Kate can profile someone in a matter of seconds. LOL.)
Karolli smiled politely at Caroline and motioned her to the couch. Darius sighed and grabbed Matt's arm. "Tell her. Now or never. C'mon Matt, you can do it." Darius whispered lowly.
ReplyDelete(LOL Maybe Willamina and Fallera possibly meet XD)
ReplyDeleteCaroline hesitantly sat down.
"I-I can't! I don't know how!" Matt hissed, his eyes scared and full of worry.
Karolli walked over to Matt and grabbed his hair. She pointed towards Caroline and hissed, "Do you want her to live in the dark forever? Caroline's your best friend and if you don't say it now, you'll never tell her. So go over there, sit down beside her, and explain it to her!"
ReplyDeleteShe shoved Matt towards Caroline and mouthed, "Tell her now."
Matt gave Karolli a dark look as he sat by Caroline. "T-There's something I need to tell you..." Matt looked up to see Karolli mouthing, "Tell her now."
ReplyDelete"What do you need to tell me?" Caroline asked and frowned. Something was wrong and she knew it.
"I-I.." Matt sighed. "You know the myths about Mysticville? The ones about werewolves, vampires, and witches?"
Caroline nodded.
"Well... they aren't myths. I-I am a werewolf, Caroline."
Caroline snickered, than burst into laughter. "Now what do you need to tell me?"
Matt groaned and looked at Karolli and Darius for back-up.
Karolli growled at Caroline as she burst out laughing. Her hands filled with a black and purple smoke and her hair flew about her face. Darius grabbed Karolli's wrist, but he let go immediately as his skin began to burn.
ReplyDeleteKarolli walked over to Caroline and grabbed her throat. "What did you say?" Karolli hissed as she lifted Caroline. "Do you think we're joking? Darius, shift now!"
On cue, Darius morphed into a werewolf and eyed Caroline with yellow eyes. Then he shifted back into a human and Karolli dropped Caroline, red finger-marks branding into her skin.
"Do you believe us now?" Karolli snapped furiously.
"What the hell are you doing?" Matt snapped and glared at Karolli as Caroline coughed, holding her throat.
ReplyDelete"You didn't need to choke her to prove your point damn it," Matt growled. His eyes turned into a yellow amber and soon he was phasing into a werewolf.
As if Caroline wasn't traumitized enough when Darius morphed, she watched Matt and backed away.
"Stay away from me," She said as she stood up and backed away towards the door. Matt phased back and reached out for her. "No!" She screamed and ran out the door.
"Caroline, wait!" Matt yelled and when she slammed the door shut he whirled around to face Karolli. "It's your fault! If you hadn't encouraged me to tell her and pissed me off she wouldn't be afraid of me!"
"Don't you go blaming it on me!" Karolli hissed back with just as much venom. "It's your fault for keeping it a secret for so long!"
ReplyDeleteDarius clenched Karolli's arm tightly and pulled her back. Karolli shoved Darius off of her and then turned back to Matt. "She'll be back." Karolli said, in a much softer tone. "Now that she knows the rumors are true, she'll want to know who's a monster and who's not."
Darius winced at the word 'monster' and moved out of Karolli's way as she stormed past him and marched upstairs, slamming her bedroom door.
Darius walked over to Matt and put a hand on his shoulder. "Karolli's right, you know. Caroline will come back. I say we give her an hour or so and she'll come back." Darius said. "Besides, if we chase her, she'll get scared."
"I doubt she'd be back here after what your girlfried did to her," Matt grumbled and sat down. His brows furrowed together with thought.
ReplyDeleteCaroline continued to run as soon as she slammed the door. She ran through the forest that was close to her house, she knew a shortcut.
Darius shrugged. "Humans are curious." He stated flatly. "If Caroline's as curious as we think, she'll be back. Don't worry, Matt."
ReplyDeleteMatt sighed, trying to control his temper. He sat down and clenched and unclenched his hands. "I guess your right..."
ReplyDeleteDarius left Matt in the living room and headed towards the kitchen. He knew what Karolli had done was wrong, but it was in his nature to defend her, just as she had always defended him. Darius sighed and then began to prepare dinner when a dark shadowy figure appeared beside him.
ReplyDelete"Darius," The figure crooned.
Darius whirled around, grabbed a kitchen knife, and pointed it at the figure's neck. Then he dropped it.
It was Helena.
Well, it wasn't exactly Helena, but he was certain it was her. Darius slashed the air and the knife sailed through Helena, and Darius realized she was using magic to create a shadow form of herself.
"My dear baby boy," Helena murmured sadly. "Come back to us, Darius. Come back to me. We miss you. We need you."
Darius growled fiercely and hissed, "Get away Helena. You are not my mother. My real mother wouldn't have forced me to fight against the one that I love."
Helena's eyes dimmed and her face fell. "Darius..." She pleaded.
"GET AWAY FROM ME!" Darius shouted furiously, slashing the air with his claws as they emerged from his fingers.
Helena screamed as shadow figure was torn apart and Darius lay on the ground, clutching the kitchen knife and sobbing uncontrollably.
Matt heard Darius and ran to the kitchen to see him sobbing. "What happened?" He asked.
ReplyDeleteCaroline stopped when she reached the middle of the forest. She had no idea where she was. She only know where she was close to. The Hall house. She sighed and turned around before she could get any more lost. She walked, head down until she reached the house. She held her hand on the door as she was about to knock.
Karolli flew down the stairs as she heard Darius yelling and then gasped when she felt something wash over her. She grabbed Darius' arm and froze as his memories flew over him, seeing Helena's shadowy figure and listened as she tried to convince him to return. Karolli let go of Darius, grabbed the knife, and threw it away from Darius. She took him in her arms and cradled him back and forth as he sobbed, throwing his arms around her. Karolli stroked his head and murmured, "Shh, shh. No, Darius, she hasn't found us. Shh, she isn't gonna take you away from me."
ReplyDeleteKarolli looked up at Matt and said, "Can you go and let in Caroline? She's just made it back."
"How do-never mind," Matt said and went to the door. He opened it to see Caroline.
ReplyDelete"Hi..." She said and didn't look at him. He moved out of the way so she could walk inside.
Fallera was walking by a house when a van pulled up in the driveway. Interested, she disappeared into the shadows and waited for them to come out, whoever it was. They must be new here, Fallera realized. Nobody lived here. A redhead and an older lady who looked like her stepped out, and their aura hit her like a ton of bricks. Fallera winced. Witches. She hated how much their presence could affect her- it seemed as if she had to carry some of their burden.
ReplyDeleteKarolli helped Darius over to the sofa and brushed some of his hair out of his face. "I told you to call me if the memories come back." Karolli huffed.
ReplyDeleteDarius closed his eyes, wincing, and mumbled, "It was so strong, Karolli. It wasn't Mo--Helena. We both saw my father kill her that night."
Karolli bit her lip and then mumbled, "Don't forget when he killed himself. The night he lured me back. I was...so sure--nevermind. What we need to find out is who's creating the hallucinations and...the new leader."
Darius' eyes widened. "What do you mean, Karolli?" He asked, a nervousness setting in his voice. Karolli kissed his forehead softly and murmured, "I'm going to go back, find out what's going on."
Darius shot upright, nearly knocking Karolli to the floor. "NO!" Darius roared fiercely. "NO! I'm not letting you go back there!"
Karolli picked herself up and said, "Now's not the time to argue. We've got company. Matt! Caroline! Can you both stop hiding in the doorway and come into the living room?"
Darius grabbed Karolli's wrist and hissed, "I'm not done, Karolli."
Karolli yanked her wrist out of Darius' grip and retorted, "I never asked for your permission."
Matt walked into the livingroom. "What the hell is going on?" He said, he had heard Darius' and Karolli's argument. Every word of it, and it didn't make sense to him at all.
ReplyDeleteCaroline reluctantly headed inside. She kept her gaze on the floor and everything else but the three people sitting in the livingroom. Even when she entered the room, she kept her sight everywhere else.
Karolli stared at Matt coldly and said, "Nothing. It's nothing--that you need to know about, anyways."
ReplyDeleteDarius walked over to CAroline slowly and said, "Caroline, I just wanted to say I'm sorry for what Karolli did to you. It wasn't right and I should have stopped her. I'm sorry. Can you forgive us? And listen to us?"
Karolli stayed in the back, looking at Darius' back angrily and muttered to herself, "No one's gonna stop me. Not while I'm in charge."
Caroline reluctantly nodded. "Now will someone explain to me. What's going on?" Suddenly memories flooded back to her. "Jeremy! H-he's a..." She trailed off.
ReplyDelete"A vampire?" Matt said. "Yes, stupid bloodsucker," He spat.
Karolli shrugged. "That day that I told you Jeremy was flirting with you, I lied. He tried to bite you, but the other vampire--what's his name-" "Damon, Karolli, his name's Damon." "-right, Damon, whatever Darius. Anyways, Damon chased after him, I altered your memory, and we all walked away with no more complications. Until now. But you see, Caroline, we're not monsters." Karolli finished, blinking.
ReplyDeleteDarius looked at Caroline as she tried to understand everything and said, "I know it's a lot to take in, but...we will help you."
"Than who's the monster?" Caroline finally asked and than frowned. Was she able to trust anyone? Damon and Matt, her childhood friends. They were hiding something from her for who knows how long.
ReplyDeleteMatt stayed silent.
"Well, it depends on whose side you're on. As for us, I can somewhat promise you that Darius and I are not monsters. We are decent hum--excuse me, decent people with....advantages, I suppose you could say." Karolli said, smirking at herself as she tried to say that she and Darius were humans.
ReplyDelete"What about Damon and Jeremy? Do werewolves get alon with vampires? What are you doing in all this?" Caroline shot questions like fury.
ReplyDeleteMatt sighed and rolled his eyes. Typical Caroline.
Karolli sighed and began to massage her temples and then growled, "Have you never seen a vampire/werewolf horror movie? Vampires and werewolves hate each other. It's basic ancient history."
ReplyDeleteShe shook her head at Caroline and then added, "As for my part--well, Darius' and mine--we're just simply...avoiding bad company."
Caroline looked at Matt. "But you, Damon, and I used to hangout all the time. Until you suddenly stopped and so did...." She trailed off, thinking hard for a brief moment. "That's when you both turned wasn't it? I didn't see you two for weeks and you both started acting different!" She stood up. "That was awhile ago. And you never told me. Why?"
ReplyDeleteMatt sighed. "Caroline, it's not that easy. Yes that's when we both... turned, but it's not what you think. Damon never wanted to turn, Jeremy did it without him agreeing. He... well he didn't want to hurt you and I don't either."
Karolli yawned, uninterested as she heard Matt and Caroline squabbling angrily about Matt not telling her when he changed. Karolli wedged herself inbetween the two and then said, "Well, it doesn't matter now, does it? Because he told you. And now you know. What does matter is how we're going to protect you."
ReplyDeleteDarius nodded and chimed in, "The Founder's Ball is coming up, isn't it? And if you go, Caroline, it'll be hard to protect you from Rose, Jeremy, and anyone else who thinks they can use you to their advantage."
"But Damon and Matt will be there. They have to go," Caroline said. "They are apart of the founding families."
ReplyDeleteMatt sighed. "I forgot about that," He said. "Wait.. don't vampires need to be invited in? Jeremy wouldn't be able to get in but Rose will, but I'll stay at the door with Damon and keep her out."
Karolli frowned and then said, "Fine, then Darius and I will watch from above. I'll set up a few spells and protection wards for you and I'll make sure no one except Damon, Matt, Darius and the humans can get close to you."
ReplyDelete"I'll be perfectly fine. Honest," Caroline protested than looked at Karolli and Darius. "You two are going? Do you have suits and dresses?" She asked.
ReplyDelete"Yes, of course we have suits and dresses." Karolli replied. "We were the children of one of the most powerful vampire and werewolf alliance mafias. We had everything in the world."
ReplyDeleteKarolli turned on her heel and entered the kitchen, noisily preparing dinner, slamming down pots and pans. Darius shrugged as Karolli left and said, "You'll have to excuse her. It was rough on her, 'specially when we had to fight each other."
"I'd never be able to fight someone I love," She said and looked at Matt. Matt's eyes lit but she quickly added, "like a brother." He looked down when she said that and than stood up. "I'll go see if Karolli needs any help."
ReplyDeleteDarius frowned at Caroline as she hastily amended her sentence as Matt's eyes lit up hopefully. When Matt had trudged slowly into the kitchen, Darius turned to her.
ReplyDelete"You shouldn't do that, you know," He said, glaring a little at Caroline.
She looked at him, confused, and he sighed. "Matt likes you. You keep hurting him when you say stuff like that. He really wants to protect you, Caroline."
"He knows I will never love him. I can't and I won't," Caroline said quietly. "I don't ever want to hurt him but I can't help what I say."
ReplyDeleteMatt looked at Karolli. "Need help?" He asked and quietly listened to Darius' and Caroline's conversation.
Darius narrowed his eyes even more. "What do you mean you can't? Is there something preventing you from loving him?"
ReplyDeleteHe hardened his glare and then hissed, "Don't even bring up the fact that he's a werewolf. He's the same as he was this morning and you know it. He's kept this secret for a long time and for a while you've only wondered. So don't tell me this changes anything."
Karolli looked at Matt sympathetically as she heard Darius and Caroline talking together and said, "You know she cares for you. Just give her a while. It took me a while to love Darius....I just...felt protective after a while. Like...he was mine. And I was scared to let anyone else have him."
Karolli took Matt's hand in both of hers and then hugged him. "You'll see. She'll care after a while."
Caroline listened to Darius, she than turned her calm gaze into a fierce glare. "Don't you dare talk to me like I'd just forget about my best friend. I can't because of Damon. I can't and I won't love them both. And it's not because Damon's a vampire and Matt's a werewolf."
ReplyDeleteMatt sighed. "I know she cares, but I wanted her to care more. I guess you can't always get what you want."
"What the hell does this have to do with Damon!?" Darius shouted, throwing his hands up in the air.
ReplyDeleteKarolli frowned as she heard Darius shouting and then patted Matt's head and led him over to the sink. She made him some tea and said, "You never know. Sometimes....sometimes I'm afraid Darius will stop loving me and go back to the empire. But I'm sure...that after a while...Caroline will realize how much she loves you."
"I know that Damon has feelings for me. He's always had and Matt know's it too. He probably think I'll run away with Damon and desert him. I would never do that!" Caroline snapped. She lowered her gaze and quieted her voice. "It'd be easier if I never existed."
ReplyDeleteMatt smiled and took the tea. He shrugged, "I don't care anymore. It's been hard but I've learned to ignore it."
[Don't blame me if it doesn't make sense. I didn't have my 12 hours of sleep and it's 3:30am and nothing makes sense to me right now XD]
[ Alado, Alado, Alado, what are we going to do with you? You need your sleep girl! Go to sleep early! It's not summer anymore! ]
ReplyDeleteDarius softened his gaze and grabbed both of Caroline's hands. "Don't say that," He murmured, trying to comfort her. "You're Matt's best friend. It'd be so much harder on him, being a werewolf if you weren't around."
Karolli frowned and said, "I'm sorry Matt. You're a sweet guy--you shouldn't have to be going through this."
[Yeah it is, I have a week still]
ReplyDeleteCaroline looked up at Darius and smiled.
Matt shrugged again. "It's life. It's never easy."
[ Lucky. I'm already back in school. ]
ReplyDeleteDarius smiled weakly back at Caroline and then let go of her hands. "I'm sorry. For yelling at you." He apologized softly.
"No. This isn't life. This is a curse." Karolli said bitterly. "You should have to worry about being a werewolf. You should only have to worry about upcoming exams or football games or even finding a date to the dance. People like you--wonderful people like you--shouldn't have this curse."
[Wait, I just realized, I have four days... technically three. And I'm pleading that the teachers go on strike 'cause well.. it's three AM and I'm not used to going to bed early and going to bed late..]
ReplyDelete"It's okay," Caroline said and looked at her hands.
"What about you? And Darius? You're a witch and he's a werewolf. I enjoy being aa werewolf, although full moons are a pain..." Matt said.
[ Ha ha xD Oh god, Alado, you will not believe what happened. My best friend [ who's a guy ] slept over last nite, but we stayed up till like, four in the morning. And then my mom came and told me to go to sleep, so I went upstairs and my mom went to sleep and then TJ [ guy friend ] came in a snuck inside my room and into my bed and we were talking and stuff, and then it started raining and my mom came to check on me and she flipped when she found TJ in my bed. We were both trying our hardest not to laugh because my mom thought we were having sex, even though TJ has a girlfriend. ]
ReplyDelete"It's not okay, Caroline. I shouldn't take my anger out on you, especially when you're new to all of this." Darius sighed.
Karolli shrugged. "We were born into it. We were raised with the reminder of kill or be killed. This is new to us--staying in one place and not slaughtering everyone here. It's....scary how barbaric we used to be."
[LMFAO! My two best friends, Willard and Patricia, well last year we had a sleep over and us three live near each other so we hungout all the time, and we spent the night at Patricia's house and Patricia's mom thought that me and Willard liked each other, and she said me and him weren't allowed sleeping over together at her daughter's house, 'cause we all slept on her queen sized bed [Patricia's] and I guess her mom thought we'd fool around and have sex. I was like... -_-, WHO DO YOU THINK I AM? Some tramp?! I would never date my best friend, and he's a year younger than me! But.. than I found out he liked me in the summer [of last year] and he liked me for five months, until he found a girlfriend. I hated her. She hated me and Patricia 'cause we were his best friend, and while he was dating her, for eight months, he liked me still and he even bought me a $120 purse. XD]
ReplyDelete"Really, it's okay," Caroline said.
"That's horrible. I wonder if I've ever killed anyone. I mean, during the full moon, I never remember what happens on those," Matt said.
[ DAMN GUUURL. You got some man there!! xDD Jk, jk. But Tj has a girlfriend, BUT MAN DO I HATE HER!! She's some blonde slut named Isabel and god, I hate her. Tj's always scared that she's cheating on him and then like, I can never hang out with him anymore because she doesn't want me to hang out with him and I'm like, 'GRRRRR. He's my best friend, you know!!!' And then she kisses him and stuff and she gives me these looks and then I get all mad and I know it's her fault, that bitch! xD If you get the reference, I love youuu :DD ]
ReplyDeleteDarius sighed and then mumbled, "Would you like to stay for dinner, then, Caroline?"
Karolli held Matt's hand tightly and then said, "Don't worry. Darius and I will make sure you never hurt anyone. We're here for you."
[THAT'S EXACTLY HOW WILLARD'S GIRLFRIEND WAS! She even got my phone number and started texting me and tried to pick a fight with me. I walked up to her and I said 'You really wanna fight me? You can't your too much of a coward.' and than she shut the hell up :3]
ReplyDelete"Sure," Caroline said.
"Thanks," Matt smiled sheepishly and kissed Karolli on the cheek. He went back into the living room and placed himself on the ground.
Darius smiled at Caroline and then looked up as Matt walked in. "Do you want to stay for dinner too? Caroline's staying." Darius said, stretching.
ReplyDeleteKarolli blinked as Matt kissed her cheek and then smiled softly. She started making dinner and then began to form a plan to head back to the empire.
Matt shrugged. "Sure, why not?"
ReplyDeleteCaroline smiled and looked out the window, deep in thought.
Darius smiled at Matt and Caroline and then estimated in his head rapidly. "I'm going to go help Karolli with dinner, so it should be done in ten, twelve minutes."
ReplyDeleteThen he walked out of the living room and into the kitchen, hugging Karolli around her waist.
Matt looked at Caroline and shifted uncomfortably. He didn't know what to say it was all too...akward.
ReplyDeleteCaroline felt the same way. She peered into the kitchen to see Darius and Karolli, she sighed and leaned back in the couch. Let's just home they finish soon! She thought impatiently.
Karolli jumped as Darius hugged her around her waist and them murmured, "Dinner should be done soon. I'm almost done making the sauce and the pasta's all ready."
ReplyDeleteDarius grinned; pasta was his favorite. Karolli nuzzled her face in Darius's neck and added, "And I should be leaving around midnight to head back to the empire."
A pause....
Another. Then--
"What do you mean you're heading back to the empire?" Darius asked, his voice low and deadly.
"We already went through this," Karolli reminded him. "If they can send you shadows to haunt you, they'll soon track us down. And I'm not letting anyone hurt you, or Matt, or Caroline." Karolli snapped.
"You're not going anywhere! You're staying right here and you're not leaving me! EVER!" Darius shouted, his voice raising angrily.