Nina POV

My name is Nina Rutter. I am different. It sounds stupid, but it's the truth. I'm the "chosen one", but that's not all. Twenty years ago, I met a few people who changed my life forever. Literally, forever. Like, I'm stuck in an eighteen-year-olds body forever. But it could be a LOT worse.

Me and Fabian were THE PERFECT pair. And we were of course talking about marriage, how many kids we wanted, the like. Then these three girls, about 13 or 14 years old, showed up at Anubis house the day we were leaving. THEY. WERE. GORGEOUS. Like drop dead, supermodel gorgeous. They asked if they could come inside, their voices sounding like silver chimes. I, of course ,said yes. When Vera came to see who it was, she looked surprised and happy. She greeted the mystery kids with hugs and hello's. "What's going on? Do you know these girls?" I asked. She told me that they were an old family friend, which confused me, considering how young they were. "I'll leave you to it, then." I said. I didn't particularly like Vera, but it made me glad to see her so happy. "No, no." she replied.

"When the Vensara girls are anywhere, they have news for everybody. Call everyone down to the common room, Nina, they look like they have something important to say." I did what I was told. I thought it was ridiculous, I'm pretty sure I'd never seen these girls before, so how would they know anything? But I just brushed it off and called everyone. Mara and Jerome came out of his room laughing and holding hands. I thought I caught a glimpse of something shiny on her left hand, but I didn't stop to wonder about it. Patricia and Eddie I had a hard time finding, but I finally spotted them in the kitchen making out behind the counter. Amber was re-doing her makeup, Alfie was playing with his jester hat, Joy was already in the common room reading a magazine, and Fabian was finishing packing his things, which made me remember that this would possibly be my last time with 99% of the Anubis boarders, minus Mick.

When everyone was gathered, the three "mystery maidens" stood up and introduced themselves. "Hello. My name is Evelyn Vensara." The first girl said in a voice that shimmered like diamonds. She had waist length, golden-brown hair, with beautiful eyes to match. In fact, all of them had the same, exact, eye color. Strange, I thought to myself. The next girl, whose name was Melody, had very short, dark brown hair, and a pale face. Last to introduce herself, was Kylie, who had dark brown hair and a slightly darker skin tone than the other two, although she was still pretty fair. "We have some news for all of you, some of it concerning yourselves." Evelyn sang in her silvery voice. "First off, Nina, we have a letter from your grandmother. She asked us to deliver it personally." she said, handing me a letter. "Second, Jerome, Mara, do you have something you want to tell your fellow boarders?" she asked. What the heck is she talking about? They don't have anything to tell us… do they? I thought. Turned out, they had just gotten engaged! Even weirder was the fact that it had just happened 10 minutes ago, directly before they arrived. Next she told Vera that a person named Isabel wanted to see her. She bolted up and called the air port. Well, this cant get any weirder. I said in my mind. I was amazingly wrong. Melody told Joy that her brother, Addison, was getting married and wanted her to be there, but forgot her phone number. After that It was just small stuff, like Patricia's mom got a new cat, Eddie's mom was looking for a new house, Fabian was planning to propose to me… WHAT! He stood up and demanded how the heck they knew. They just shrugged and said they had ways of getting information. He's planning to propose? I wasn't the least bit upset or embarrassed, but I suspect he was. He was still demanding another answer, so I stood up, kissed him, and said in a whisper, "yes." That got him to calm down.

Melody and Kylie looked like they were having a hard time not punching Fabian, so I suggested we go upstairs to my room until we were ready to leave. Once we were sitting on my bed, he said "I was planning on asking you later this afternoon, then those freaks showed up and ruined pretty much everything." then he pulled out a small black velvet box. "guess all I can do now is give you the ring." he took my left hand and slipped it on my finger. It fit perfectly. My mind flashed to when the prince gave Cinderella her glass slipper. Except this is real, this isn't some glorious fantasy. we sat there for a while kissing, before someone knocked on the door. We both hesitantly drew away. "Come in." I said, annoyance clear in my voice. And then when I saw it was the Vensara sisters, I was even more annoyed. "What do you want?" I asked. Then all of the sudden I felt such guilt for what I'd just said, I started apologizing like it was the end of the world. Then the next second I was super angry and screaming at them for interrupting, and then I was back to guilty feeling. what is going on? I thought I'm never this emotional… then I looked at Kylie and she was smiling mischievously. "What are you doing?" I asked, knowing that they were, in fact, doing something. "Kylie, knock it off." Evelyn barked to her. Then I was normal and annoyed feeling again. "What is wrong with you guys? You knew things that nobody else did, and you're making me an emotional wreck!" "You are why we are here, Nina. You are special. And you already know that." It was Evelyn that seemed to do most of the talking. "You are the chosen one, but in your mind there's something we cant grasp, if you were like us, we would be able to see it." now Melody spoke up, "The letter from your grandmother is really bad news, but we'll be here to make you feel better." it was totally off the subject, but I opened the letter. Melody was right. The letter could have been a knife for all I knew. It read like this:

Dear Nina, I didn't want you to see me in pain, so I acted like I was alright when you called. If you are reading this, than my dear childhood friends have reached you, and I am in a better place and smiling down on you. Enclosed is my will. I leave everything to you, Evelyn, Melody, and Kylie. They have been my friends since I was around the age they LOOK. They will help you and Fabian, and you will be loved, cherished, and cared for. Remember, I am smiling down on you. All my love, xoxo, Gran.

Gran was dead….. I was so happy just moments before, now my world about came crashing down on top of me. But then I was alright, and knew that she was happy somehow. Fabian was behind me, and I felt his arms wrap around my waist. Then I was actually happy again. "Wait, what did she mean 'since I was around the age they look?'"

"We're what most people call shape-shifters, but we shorten it into just shifters" Kylie said. "Your grandmother was such a good friend, and when she asked why we didn't age, we just flat out told her. None of us are as young as we look." "So, how old are you then?" Fabian asked. Melody spoke again "we three are 588 years old, but we just added another sister and her husband. They're 582" I went white. These girls were immortal? I thought that was just a thing of dreams and nightmares. Apparently not. Amber came running into the room just then. "NINA! Will you please please please let me help with the wedding plans?" "Sure." I said. "We've got to go, but you'll be seeing us around." Evelyn said. Then they literally disappeared into thin air.