The Lycan Alpha Queen Warrior

Quincearñera (Sweet 15)

“Should we wake her or carry her out?”

“Lu you think you can carry her to her room? I’ll give you the key and your mother will go with you.”

“Yea dad that’s fine. Come here princess I got you.”

“Hmmmm. Lu what’s going on. Where where are we.”

“Shhh. It’s ok princess. I’m going to take you to your room”

“Lu I’m sleepy please let me sleep.”

“It’s ok go back to sleep. I got you princess”

He takes me out of our black suburban bridal style and I lay my head on his chest. All I’m hearing is his heart beat. I haven’t slept this good in weeks and I don’t want it to end. I have no idea where I am or what time it is but I know where ever I am, I’m safe and at ease. He puts me in my bed and god is it soft and extremely comfy. I adjust to my big bed and Lu starts taking my shoes off to tuck me in when I feel him leaving my room. And that’s when I finally open my eyes.

“Please don’t leave.”

With that he shuts the door, starts undressing so he can cuddle with me.

“Lu your toes are cold.”

“Sorry princess do you want me to keep my socks on?”

“No it’s ok. Love you Lu good night”

“Love you to princess. Sweet dreams.”

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The next day

I wake up and it’s the next day and to my left is Lu. He looks so peaceful. I haven’t seen him sleep like this in a very long time, he’s even snoring a little. I do a little giggle waking him up.

“What, what happened?” He says all confused

“Nothing it’s ok go back to sleep.” I say giving him a kiss on the cheek.

He grabs my waist bring me in relaxing his heart beat. I look up to see his face and I give him a big smile.

“Why you smiling like that for?” he asks me grinning at me.

“Because you looked really peaceful when you were sleeping. Plus you were snoring and it was funny”

“Ooh princess what can I say your easy to get comfy with. Plus I know you like me in your bed.”

I slapped his arm and he starts laughing

“What was that for. It’s a compliment. Not my fault you took that the wrong way. Oh and by the way happy birthday sweet cheeks.”

“Your kidding. It can’t be my birthday I didn’t sleep for that long.”

Getting up from my bed and checking my phone sure enough it’s my birthday, it’s July 21st 9:15 a.m. and I just turned 15. Lu and I look at each other with horror as we hear running coming towards my room. The door burst open with a over excited Mikey running towards me.

“There’s my birthday girl come here! Look at you all grown. You make me so proud.”

“Thank you babe.”

The three of us walk down into the kitchen when I start to piece together where I am.

“Guys what are we doing in Chicago?!? Aren’t suppose to be in Florida!!! Oh my god what happened!?!? Who do I have to kill?!?!? Is everyone ok??? Is grandma ok???”

I start panicking thinking the worst happened to my human family that lives in Chicago (Pilsen to be exact).

They both look at me a with a smirk on their faces. I know somethings up but I don’t know what yet and to know that my phone hasn’t been blowing up yet for my birthday is really weird. I think I’ll take a drive to check up on my grandmother later today. I walk into the kitchen with my best friends when I’m greeted by everyone singing happy birthday and a piece of cake with a single candle. I blow out my candle and everyone engulfs me in hugs and kisses saying how much they love me. We finish eating our big breakfast and my best friend Alice who is Max and Julius’s gamma yes I said gamma and Mikey’s little sister tell me we need to go get ready and she drags me to my room. There’s a hair stylist, nail tech and makeup artist already set and ready to go.

“Alice what’s going on?”

“What I can’t spoil my big sister once in her life. Come on sis it’s your 15th birthday aren’t just a little excited.”

“I don’t know Alice. I’m worried; grandma hasn’t called me yet and my tia Magda hasn’t called me either. Somethings off they always call me by now. I think I’ll take a drive there before I get ready. Plus where am I going that I need hair and makeup. I can do it myself.”

“They are fine they are probably thinking your still sleeping you have had a rough couple of nights. Plus your makeup is not actual makeup. This is a it’s my b-day and I do what ever I want, so look out world the queen is in town.”

We both start laugh and I let the hair stylist and make up artist do their thing. I have absolutely no say so on what’s being done. After we are done with our makeup it’s already noon and both my tias (Lisa and Marisol) come into my room all glamorous with long gowns that are simple but very elegant.

“Hey mom we just finished our makeup,nails and hair I think it’s time we get her dressed.”

“Your right sweetie we are running a little behind schedule. But first let’s get you dressed so we can help Crystal into her outfit.”

I hear Alice speak to my aunt Marisol. They walk into my bathroom and I hear Alice and my aunt Marisol

“Alice you have to suck it in a little sweet heart.”

“I’m trying mom. I literally can’t suck it in anymore!”

“There! We go got it”

Alice walks out of the bathroom in a nice simple rose gold dress that is up to her knees and puffy at the bottom. She looks beautiful all I can do is smile at my little sister.

They walk me into my closet and I see the most beautiful puffy dress in the world. It’s a rose gold dress with a sweet heart neckline with jewels on running from the top of the dress to the center of it. There’s flowers on the bottom of the of the dress also made from jewels. It has a corset back it’s just absolutely amazing. I’m put in my dress and walk out of my closet and all eyes are one me. All the girls in my room are starting to ball with tissues in their hands.

Since I’m not allowed to look in the mirror my aunts help put on my gold earrings with my gold necklace that was passed down from my grandmother, it’s in a shape of a butterfly. I have my gold bracelet on that Iv had since I was a baby. Lastly, I hear a knocking on my door and it’s my omega Carmen (her and I are the same age).

*knock knock*

“Come in”

“Hi there my queen. I was told to bring this to your room.”

“Oh my, is this what I think it is. I haven’t seen this in years.”

I turn to face my aunts and my little sister. My aunt Lisa being the wife of the ex beta she does the honors and puts on my royal tiara on. It’s filled with stones not just any stones but my birth stones with diamonds as well. I stopped wearing my princess tiara since the day my parents died.

“There we go. Now it’s put on its rightful place” my aunt Lisa says while tears run down her face.

“Ooh sweet heart you look amazing. Here let’s take a picture of both you and Alice”

Alice and I stand next to each other and she tells me how pretty I look but then is interrupted by AJ walking into my room. AJ parents died the same day as mine. They were my fathers worriers top worriers to be exact. AJ has slick black hair with hazel eyes that shine a light gold color when the sun hits them. He’s also my general.

“Oooh wow you look gorgeous.”

“AJ it’s not polite to stair with your mouth open” Alice teases him making me blush.

“Im sorry for the interruption ladies but beta Lucas has sent me to get you all to come down.We are running behind schedule.”

My aunt Lisa tells AJ to let everyone know we will be down in a minute. Since I can’t bend over from my dress being so big I need help putting my shoes on. After my shoes are put on with some help people start to exit my room until I’m the last one. Like usual I hear screaming and hollering from the foot of the stair case.

“Come on Crystal we’re waiting for you.”

“Come on Saul it’s her day cut her some slack” Mikey comes to my defense.

As I get to the top of the stair case they all look up at me. It feels like a total Cinderella moment. For the first time in years I feel special, like I actually matter. I pick up the front of my dress and start walking down the stairs in silence. I got the bottom and like usual Mikey’s the first to cut the silence.

“You look gorgeous little one”

“Yea sis you look really pretty”Max states

“Mama’s you look beautiful”

“I really like that color on you sis.” I hear Dave say.

After everyone tells me how great I look we walk out the door and I see a giant black hummer limo with flowers on the side of the windows. I’m helped into the limbo because I couldn’t see where I was stepping due to my dress.

“Hey guys where are we going?”

“Don’t worry about little one it’s a surprise”

“Ugh I don’t like surprises. Please can some give me a hint before I start thinking the worst!”

Everyone is just smiling ignoring me saying not to stress.

“I swear if this is you guys leading me to my future husband I swear to god I will shove my shoes so far up your asses not even the pack doctor will be able to surgically remove them!”

“Young lady watch your mouth this instant. You know better to be talking in that manner.”

“I’m sorry uncle Lucas I didn’t mean to be rude but you told me we were going to see a king and my crown that I haven’t worn years is now on my head and nobody is telling anything and I know that I’m going to need a husband to make our pack stronger.”

My uncle Lucas growls at me saying “I don’t care for your excuses young lady that’s not how you are suppose to talk to people. Now I don’t want to hear another word come out of your mouth.”

He’s never scolded me or growled like this before and especially on my birthday. Everyone is in silence and I look out the window as I start creasing my nails into the inside of my palm. I cause my self pain to help me stop thinking. I wipe the tear ready to fall from my face and I can’t seem to get out of my own head. I’m such a disappointment. This is why I didn’t want to come. I always f**k things up, maybe things would be better with out me.

By the time I realize it we are at a forest preserve that’s decorated with light flowers and balloons and there’s even a catholic priest there as well. Everyone exits the car and I tell them I need a minute. I don’t want to go. All I want to do is run, run away from everything and everyone. I start crying and it turns into a complete sob. There’s knocking at my door and I lock the doors where I’m at. I don’t want to see anyone. I want to be alone. I mind link the driver to step out side, to lock the doors and let no one in.

“Princess open the door please it’s me. Please open the door.”

“Hey Lu what’s going on? Why isn’t she out yet?”

“She locked her self in the limbo. Babe please let me in.”

“Little one you have to open up please.”

“Don’t shut us out princess. s**t Mikey what are going to do.”

“ We can always yank the door off if it’s necessary”

“Hey guys what’s the hold up?”

“AJ see if you can talk some sense into her she won’t come out.”

“ What do you mean she won’t come out. Heyyy Crystal it’s AJ do you think you can open the door for me please. There’s people waiting to see how beautiful you look. Please open up”

“Boys what’s going on where is she???”

“She won’t come out. She locked she self inside mom.” Mikey tells my aunt

“What do you mean she’s locked inside. Let me go get your father”

“Loook sweet cheeks if you don’t open the door we will have to rip it off and that will be very hard to explain. So please come out.”

After 10 minutes of me sobbing, Mikey threatening to rip the door off and my aunt Marisol being worried, the last thing I want to do is upset anyone else so I wipe whatever tears I have left and open the door.

“Sweet cheeks what happened. What’s wrong,”

“Princess you can’t be doing that to us. Why were you crying”

“Guys just give her some space. You ok little one. You gave a pretty good scare there”

I answer them with a “Yea I’m fine” and walk right past them. My eyes were red and swollen; I felt it. My makeup on the other hand I have no idea how it looked and that point in time I didn’t care. I want to be dead. But I couldn’t die not on my birthday so I hummed. I hummed and it reduced the redness in my eyes and the swelling. Walking up to my uncles and my aunts with my friends behind me and there’s a strange man standing with them.

“Where do I need to go”

“Baby girl are you ok what’s wrong” my uncle Xavier looks at me with concern.

“Yea I’m fine. So where do I go”

He tells everyone to take their seats and he walks me over to a aisle covered in white flowers. Music starts to play and as I start walking down the aisle I see my human family. I see my grandmother, my aunts and my uncles. Everyone who I consider family is here. I walk to the end of the aisle and there’s a priest standing in front of me. He has everyone take a seat. He begins my ceremony of my Quincearñera. Since we are part vampire we aren’t allowed in churches so they did my church ceremony outside. The ceremony was about 1.5 hours long so by the time we finished it was 2 in the afternoon. Everyone greets me with this huge smile on their face and the moment I’m in my grandmother’s arms I feel at peace. My sadness is gone and Im back to being a 7 year old little girl again who just wants her grandparents.

“Mija you look beautiful. Do you like your dress”

“Yes ma I love it thank you.”

She wipes my tears with a tissue and I hear my aunt Magda in the back ground.

“Hey what about me I helped too.”

I laugh turning around giving her a giant hug as well. This is what I needed, I needed them. They talk me off the ledge without even realizing it. We all get into the limbo talking and laughing with each other. My little cousins are wear the same color dresse as me as well. And that’s when I see where the driver takes us. We are on State street and there’s a photographer waiting to take us pictures on the bridge on top of the Chicago river. We take a couple of pictures there and then we are taken to Buckingham fountain to take pictures as well. I get compliments and a lot of happy birthdays from pedestrians walking by. I take pictures with everyone then with just the girls then the boys. It’s funny because the human teenage girls are gawking hard at my brothers. I turn around giving them a stern look making them flinch.

“Even when you look like a princess you scare people.”

“It’s not my fault their starring at you guys. Even though I must admit you all look very handsome today.”

“Oh really. So enough to be the first to dance with you.”

“I don’t know about that; tradition is my dad goes first but since he’s not here I don’t know how that will go”

“Hey don’t get sad on me now. Your too pretty to be sad and plus it’s your birthday, we can’t have the birthday girl upset on her birthday that just won’t do”

AJ and I have gotten closer throughout the years, we are able to connect on a deeper level since we both lost our parents. Plus he’s really cute and fun to be around.

As we get going we are driven to this amazing venue called the Salvatore’s venue. It’s lighting and decorations were amazing. It has lights hanging from the ceiling and there’s a outside venue also decorated with lights so it can be lit up at night. It was spectacular. There weren’t any arranged seats so everyone picked a seat where they felt comfortable. My dad side of the family was on one end of the venue and my moms family was either with me at the main table or on the other side. The Lycans were scattered around not giving a care in the world about my family drama, if they needed too they had direct orders to throw out who ever tried to ruin my birthday. As dinner was being served my uncle Lucas stood up to make a toast.

“Thank you everyone for coming to my little girl’s quincearñera. Look at you all grown up. Iv know your father for many years before you came along and the moment he found out about you I knew that you were the one thing to scare him to death. I remember you on your first day of school with Lu and Mikey; you were so little and a complete ray of sunshine. Your father was a hard head over protective father but you my darling were his only daughter and his eldest. I know it was hard at times but he meant well and you remind me so much of him. Many years ago your uncle Xavier and I made a promise to keep you safe and to give you everything you and your brothers would ever need. To teach you, to help guide you in your time of need not realizing that you were the one to lead and guide us. You take amazing care of those around you, you stood up when you weren’t asked to and took charge when you didn’t have too. You have a big heart my princess and don’t ever change that. Your father would be so very proud of you just like we all are. From what I see your the daughter Iv never had and Xavier’s second daughter and many others first child as well. We love you very much my dear princess. Happy 15th birthday. Would anyone else like to make a speech”

“Yes I would. Hi there I don’t know if many of you know me or not but my name is Roger and I’m Cristina’s older brother. What can I say that wasn’t said already. I know one thing for sure is you really are everyone’s sunshine even back when grandpa was around you were his sunshine. You have always cared for people since you were little you watched the struggle of others and learn how to grow as a young lady. I made a promise to your grandfather before he died to make sure you keep smiling and continue to be happy and I know I haven’t been around as much and for that I’m sorry but thank you, thank you to all who have made sure she stay with that bright smile on her face. And thank you Crystal for no matter how far you are you know your roots and continue to grow into a amazing young lady. I know that your parents and grandfather are looking down on you with a lot of pride and happiness.”

I get up from my seat running toward my uncle squeezing him tightly. He was the only one to stand up for me when I was a baby and for a couple of years after that. He’s a hard a*s when it come to the economy and money but he means well. He squeezes me back and I know that he loves me he’s not one to say it much but he does. I remember that day he made that promise. It was the first worst day of my life I lost my best friend and the man I called dad for years and still continue to call dad. We look at each other and start laughing then we hear the DJ say “It is now time for the father daughter dance”

My uncle Roger takes my hand and dances with me for a little bit then passes me along side to my grandfather in my fathers side then I’m passed down to my uncle Xavier and finally my uncle Lucas. Dancing with my uncle Lucas is awkward since he scolded me hours ago and we haven’t spoken since.

“What’s wrong princess. Why the long face”

“Nothing I’m fine.”

“I’m sorry about earlier I shouldn’t have yelled at you like that. I don’t like you speaking like that. I know you have been an emotional reck these past couple of weeks and I’m sorry I wasn’t there. I’m sorry for yelling at you, please forgive me princess”

Nodding my head giving him a big smile and a kiss on the cheek we were separated by the rest of the party. A chair was brought to the middle of the floor for me to sit on and the DJ goes “it is now time for the change of shoes”

My grandmother comes out with my 3 little brothers with a black box. Dave and Max kneel in front of me I lift my dress up a little showing my cream colored flats on. Sam opens the black box handing a gold heel with red bottoms to Dave, Dave takes one of my shoes off and puts on my heel; Sam then hands the other heel to Max and he does the same thing. After my shoe change I’m dragged off the floor for a surprise dance. All my cousins and brothers (including Mikey and Lucas) were dancing to Daddy Yankee that mixed into other songs. I was so surprised I jumped in dancing with them and that’s when the party kicked off. Everyone was on the dance floor dancing and laughing with one another. For the first time in a long time I felt normal. No drama, no fighting, no blood, just love and laughter. The party kept going until 3 a.m. my dad side of the family was drunk and singing their lungs out my mom side was singing to Vicente Fernandez and there were little kids passed out on chairs. It was what you can expect from a Mexican party. I walk out to the garden area of the venue to take a breather and I hear my beta behind me

“So do you like the party”

“Mmhm. I loved it i don’t know how you guys did it but thank you. I really appreciate it.”

We stand in silence next to each only to be joined by Dave, Max, Sam, Mikey, Alice and AJ. We all just embrace each other in a giant hug as friends and family. The night was amazing and I wish it would never end.