"Serenity Donetta White." Mrs. Jacobson said. I smile and walk across the stage and grab my H.S diploma and smile to the crowd. I worked for this moment, the moment I walk across this stage and see my Name on a piece of paper with fancy letters and the faculty signatures. I look in the front row, my Brother claps as I walk back down off the stage and sit back down in my assigned seating. Alan leans over,
"Congratulations, Serenity." he smiles, I wonder, are Werewolves like vampires?. Do they get to live for a long time?
"How old are you?" I ask. He smiles grabbing my leg and squeezing it.
"I'm 18, you?" I'm shocked, he seems so much older, like my brothers age or something.
"17." I said.
As the ceremony went on for another half hour Alan and I just kind of tuned every one out, it was just us holding each others hand.
It came time to throw our caps up in the air and officially graduate high school. Everyone cheers and screams as for I, I turn to kiss Alan, then hug him.
My brother takes us out to lunch, once again, my brother eats but Alan doesn't.
"How is it that you can eat, but he can't." I ask. Alan turns to me,
"I'm an Alpha, I don't need the energy anymore. Ryan is just a pup, so he needs all the food he can get to build up his agility."
"But Ryan is 24 years old, how can he be a pup?" I ask.
The way Alan describes it is kind of confusing but I'll try to explain it. There are two different types of werewolves, within those two types there're are interknit groups who fall along the same principles or rules. Alan is what they call 'Modern day' wolves. These wolves live off a 'monarchy' based apparatus. So the type of 'ruling' isn't heredity but fought for and that is in most cases. But the other 'group' is 'Ancient' werewolves. These werewolves date back to a war a very long time ago. These werewolves have a different system (again following the same rules). There're are only two ancient werewolves left. One named Tetra, a male, and one named Monica- a female. The king and Queen of werewolves, they rule over everyone, including Simon. They way this system works is interesting and quite complex but, I had good people explaining it to me.
I stir my milkshake a bit before taking another sip from my straw. This tastes awful. I wonder if they even had oat milk, animal activist here; I don't drink actually milk because I don't think we should be drinking it from cows. It's meant for there babies.
"Where is Carter and Stetson?" I ask. Alan and Ryan look at each other and Ryan shakes his head.
"What?" I said. I get up,
"What aren't you telling me?" I ask again. Alan looks at me, he wants to tell me I know he does.
"Because Carter and Stetson are pups, like Ryan- they get punished for any actions I fail to do." What? Punished? But, they didn't do anything wrong, how can you be punished for something they didn't do. I grab my bag,
"Where are you going?" Ryan and Alan ask.
"We're going to help them." I stated. They both rush over, stepping in front of me. I try and scoot around them but it's no use.
"You can't go, if you do, he will kill us all. Besides, you haven't even found the ring yet." I sit down in a random chair spacing out when A brilliant Idea comes to my head.
"I don't intend to ever give him the ring."My brother grabs his neck, already picturing what it would look like on a stick,
"I also intend on keeping my brother Alive. Now, Where is this king and queen?" I ask. Alan starts to chuckle, my brother and I staring at each other. What is so humorous, I am being serious. Carter and stetson don't deserve the punishment, stetson is a quite and relaxed person, Carter on the other hand; Even if he is a d**k he stood up for me, trying to help me. Now they are getting hurt in return. If there are such things as king and queen in this odd world, then maybe they can help us out
"I know how I can get a hold of the king and queen."Ryan said. Both Alan and I look at him,
"We have to call the king and queen of the vampires." He states with his eyes open widely.
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R O Y A L T Y
I sit on the sofa in my house while Ryan is on the phone with his 'contacts'. Why can't he have contact with the 'king and queen' of Werewolves. I sigh hoping Alan will here it, he did. He gets up and sits next to me,
"This Idea of yours, is dangerous. Vampires are, ruthless, and only want to suck your blood,"
"I Have to help Carter and Stetson they did nothing wrong." I said. He sits deeper into the couch, he is trying to figure me out, but not even I know how this plan of mine is going to work out. Part of me is terrified about being in the presence of vampires, especially powerful ones. I've read about so many of these creatures in books and now it's actually happening to me. I'm meeting creatures people only wished they knew about. I'm in love with one too. How does it work anyway, being in love with- a werewolf. Would that be b********y? Or- my face has disgust written all over it, I shake my head to get the image out of my brain. Why would I go there?
"They'll be here in a few minutes." Ryan says. How does he have these contacts, we'll have to talk about that afterwards. There is so much I have to discuss with Ryan, like why he is a werewolf and not me? Why was I the only one out of the two of us that is... normal? Not that I want any powers, but I' weak, there isn't anything I can do. If I was could I have helped my parents? I shake my head again, these thoughts are darkening me. I can't have this, not yet.
*Knocking* I get up immediately, I didn't even prepare any drinks or food.. right, they're vampires. They don't eat and there is no way I will offer my blood- nasty. Ryan walks up to the door and opens it giving them a big hug- He invites them in. in come a beautiful pair. She has long brown hair, pale skin, and her eyes glow a blue-ish green color. She's beautiful, and not to mention he is a snack himself. She looks pregnant, and really happy. wait- can vampires get pregnant? She turns to me and smiles.
"my god." Alan answers. I turn to him and he turns to Ryan.
"You know the true bloods? The ones who stopped the worlds destruction- not once but twice?" He sounds excited, almost like fan boying. The man laughs, like Alan does.
"We wouldn't say that..." I tilt my head to the side. What does that mean?
"Magnus, come here." A Boy comes out from behind him, who is this? He looks like a teenager, he feels- scary.
After a bit of catching up I had to do, I finally know who these people are. The girl, her name is Alannah and she's been through a lot within the last 10 years. Her son killed her- her story is quite long. The Guy's name is Desmond and the teens name is Μάγκνους, but Magnus for short. I haven't gotten tot he part if she's pregnant or not, I think I'll keep that to myself. Anyway, I sit down next to Alan, I feel like I'm the only outcast here, I don't want to play catch up right now. I feel kind of dizzy again, the last time I felt sick was when coach wanted me to talk to the coaches in the gym. I get up and excuse myself, my heart is racing and I'm out of breath. I look out the window and see my reflection, someone standing behind me. I gasp, I grab a kitchen knife from the drawer and turn around, nothing is there. Alan pokes his head in the kitchen, I look up at him, my breath can't catch up.He notices that and quickly walks over to me.
"You alright?" He asks. I nod my head and point to the guests in my living room.
"I'm going to go rest for a little while. Just, help Carter and Stetson come back, Okay?" I Push his hand off of me and head to my bedroom. I close the door, my palms are sweaty and I feel like 'm burning up. I'm pretty sure I didn't get bit by a werewolf, why am I burning up? I plop down on my bed and wrap myself in blankets, I'm cold now.
*thunder*
I quickly rise up and gasp, what time is? I look over at my clock on my window sill. It's almost 2 am? That means I've been asleep for eight hours?! I throw the blankets off of me and scoot my butt out of the bed. I open my door and here laughing in the living room, oh good. They're still here, that's good. I walk out into the living room, and there attention is drawn towards me. Alannah smiles and grabs my arm, bringing me into the kitchen.
I grab a dish from the cupboards, Ice cream is good no matter what time it i- so that's what I plan on making. Alannah seems to read my mind grabbing my Ice cream maker from my cupboards. It's silent in the kitchen but my thoughts aren't silent and once again I think she knows. Can she read my mind? Finally after what seemed like forever she breaks the silence.
"I used to be just like you." I looked at her, I was confused.
"I used to be a Human- somewhat. Before I was told there was an entirely different world out there, in a way you and I are very similar. In fact, I could probably tell you what your thinking- without reading your mind of course." I place my hand on my hip and raise an eyebrow. I Dared her, then it hit me. She said she used to be human. Does that mean she was turned? By the guy in the living room? He seems so nice, or is it like Bella and Edward? Or Pam and Tara? In order to live you had to survive death. That's how every story went, even in the show, vampire diaries. In order for her to live she had to die and the person she loved made the decision. To me, that isn't love. Love means 1+1= 1 or 2=1 but never 1>1 I know, it's the equations to being a partner. That's the secret to being in a relationship. No one is greater than the other person, if we all look down deep- we are all the same cruel people.
"Right now, everything you know is being flipped over. You may be okay with it because life is sh*tty anyway, but deep down your just as scared as everyone else. Alan and Ryan, they are good people and they'll protect when the time comes. For now," She pauses peeling and orange and putting it in a smasher. What is she going to say? For now, just be a normal teenage girl- well, I don't want to be. This is the world I want to be apart of.
"Follow your heart Serenity. Really look deep within yourself what you really want to do." She throws away the orange peel and puts the rest of the stuff away as I stand stunned.
"By the way, it's a girl. Her name is ˈhärmənē, or Harmony for Americans." She walks out of the kitchen and directs for the party to split up. Follow my heart? What does she mean by that, is my heart hiding something from me? I shake my head and walk out of the kitchen into the living room.
I look at Ryan and Alan, looks like they got the information.
"One is here in town the other one is off in London somewhere, Desmond said he'd take care of the one in London for us- he can't exactly... talk."