The Fate of the Unknown

Chapter 37: Key

Woohoo, it’s Friday!

This week has been brutal! We finished our classes with Charles. Our final class was yesterday. Caitlyn’s birthday is in 5 days. He said at midnight on her birthday is when she will transform. So we have been planning it out. Like where we will be and everything else. I want to make sure it can go as smoothly as possible for her. It will just the 4 of us; our dad, Isabella, and the two of us. Well we will have a few guards surrounding the area as well, but just the 4 of us. We are going to stay the night at this cabin by the lake. I finally get to cook! I’ll be making whatever Caitlyn wants for supper. Rita is making a small cake and cupcakes for us.

I am working on all of the details and plans. This weekend I want to go shopping to distract her a little. The school is having a dance tomorrow night, the ‘sweetheart’ dance. Caitlyn is shockingly too stressed to go. Which gives me time to help her enjoy this weekend. I’m making it a full birthday weekend for her.

The final bell of the day rang, bringing me back from my thought. I gathered all of my stuff and threw it in my bag. I liked to take a minute and let everyone else leave first. Makes it easier to get up, and not block the path for anyone.

“Hey Alexis, are you going to the dance this weekend?” Talia asks me. We have been becoming friends. She is in my first and last class. She’s so funny and nice, but she is also a little promiscuous. Which I have no problems with, it’s not hurting me. It just really threw me off. She comes off as this sweet and innocent girl. The sweet part is accurate, the innocent is not. Some of her stories make me blush. She always says, “we’re only young once. So I’m going to enjoy being young and hot!”

“No. I plan to make this weekend a birthday celebration for Caitlyn. Shopping, food, hair, some more stuff. Her birthday is Wednesday.” I reply.

“Oh yes! Her 18th! I wonder if her mate is in our pack?! I bet her wolf is beautiful!” She stated with a smile.

I got up and threw my bag on and did my best to balance on my crutches.

“She really doesn’t want to go to the dance? She looks like someone who enjoys dances.” She asks curiously.

“Last I knew she did not want to go.” I shrug.

“Plus there is no way I can dance like this. I’m in such agony already as it is by the end of the day.” I add.

We start heading out of the class, she walks ahead of me holding the door open for me. “Well if you change your mind, I will see you there. Otherwise I’ll see you Monday!” And off she ran to a group of boys. Which caused me laugh. She’s so short compared to all of them.

“What are you laughing about?” I hear Eric ask from behind me.

“Oh just Talia. She cracks me up.” I say laughing and shake my head as I throw my books into my locker.

“She is something.” He said with a chuckle.

We then head to the exit.

I’ve been getting better with the crutches. I’m not as slow now, which is nice.

“So are you really not going to the dance tomorrow night?” Eric asks as he held the door open for me.

I shake my head no, “yeah. I’m going to try to make this a good weekend for Caitlyn. She’s really freaking out about her birthday. All of this has been a lot to the both of us. I still have a year before I’m 18, she has only had a little over a month to learn and understand everything about being a wolf.” I inform him.

“That is true. We all grew up knowing about everything, so it is exciting for us. I can imagine it would seem scary to those who don’t know about this world.” He replied seeming sincere.

I just nod my head. It really has been a lot. We still haven’t found our mom. We found out we’re part witch and werewolf. Which means Caitlyn gets her wolf next month. Nala told me about the wolf Caitlyn will be getting. Her name is Lilly. She is a kind and powerful wolf.

“Well if you do change your mind, let me know. Might make the whole dance worth going to.” He said with a smile. Making me blush.

He really is a sweet talker. But he knows I don’t want to date anyone or get serious with anyone until I am 18. I want to make sure the one I’m with, is the one. I don’t want to waste any firsts on anyone else. Eric is sweet, funny, and cute but I just don’t know… I don’t want to cross any lines and ruin anything with my mate. So instead we can just be friends. He turns 18 in August, maybe he’ll find his mate. He does deserve a great girl. She would be lucky to have him.

“You want to watch an episode with me before I go to practice?” He asks as we go inside the pack house.

I shake my head no, “not today. Might be Thursday before I can again. I just have so much to plan for this weekend. And then we have stuff planned for her birthday. Enjoy the episode of your trash TV, and have fun at practice.” I say walking away, more like hobbling on these crutches. I actually want to go lay down for a little bit. My leg is hurting bad today, and I’m worn out from school and both sets of lessons.

I get to my room and climb into my bed, propping my leg up.

“Poor Eric is probably crying right now. Big bully Alexis!” Nala teases me, laughing.

“You are such a sarcastic ass, Nala. He’ll be fine. I’m hurting anyways. I just want to lay here.” I say closing my eyes.

“I wish I could make your injuries disappear.. I am speeding it up faster than it would be if I wasn’t here, but I can’t do it too fast… They would all suspect something. Although I’m sure Caitlyn will know soon enough.” She states.

That made me open my eyes back up. “I thought no one would know? How would she find out?” I ask.

“Because of the wolf spirit that she is getting. She is my sister wolf. Lilly will sense me. She’s also a blabber mouth. So I’m sure she will tell Caitlyn.” She states.

“Well that’s kind of cool. Sister wolves to sisters.” I say. That is cool.

“Well you are both very powerful girls, and you’ll be even more powerful women. Which means you will both need equally powerful wolves.” She states with pride in her voice.

“Do you know what the future holds for us? If you are saying we are going to be powerful women with powerful wolves, you must know what is to come? Right?” I ask... Trying to pry any form of information from her.

“Lex, you know I can’t tell you anything. The only thing you can know, is what you do know. Which is to stay true to you. You hold the fate to many.. Also with them seeing you have two separate paths you may choose. It shows you are truly the key. The key to the fate of the unknown. The fate is in your hands. We really don’t know which way this will go. But it has been sealed in the fates. Normally the fate is written with the known of what is going to come. You however, are a mystery. You are the key to our unknown fate. I do know that I believe in you.. You have a kind and pure soul.” She states and with that, I fell asleep overwhelmed.