And here is the long awaited [or not] sequel!
Hidden Lives: Humans! Ok, now this is pretty long for a first chapter, so bear with me here! The replies for the reviews are from the last chapter of the previous story, and since I was so excited for publishing this, I've neglected my other stories :P
But worry not, next week I have no classes, ergo, I will be writing to my heart's content!
Wolvmbm: That was the connecting chapter from Dragons to Humans, explaining why Cassie is how she is. Hmm, I don't know, will there ever be a truly happy ending? We'll have to see! Thanks! Glad you liked it so much! Enjoy the sequel!
BlueserDragon: Haha, and you'll have to keep on waiting for more, for this will be long, tedious, and torturous, I can guarantee it :S Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed! Hope you enjoy the sequel!
Luiz4200: Hmm, do you mean the name Cassie, or her character? Her name, yes completely random. Her character however, does have a reason for being there, it will al be revealed in time. Her parents? Erm, I'll just leave it as a maybe...don't want to give it too much away ;) And Bridge, well, she will remain in a hiatus, no one knows what happened to her really, except for me :P But seriously, you will find out what happens to Bridge, near the end however, there is a reason for everything.
Just to remind everyone, I do have a reason for everything. Except for random characters, such as Dr. Beatrice, and the like, I do have a reason for including everyone and their backgrounds. Meaning: there is a reason for Cassie and having her parents die...it will be revealed later on! And of course, I will keep everyone tortured, waiting to find out what happened! This chapter won't help to raise confidence in the hopeful ones :P
Anywho, please review and let me know how the story is going!
==Base of the Protectors, One Year Later
"Hey Cassie!" Em called knocking on the open door of her friend
"Hey Em." Cassie replied, beckoning the other girl in. Throughout the year, Cassie had been getting a bit friendlier to everyone, and was a little less angry towards the world. Although she hadn't gone after the drunken trucker, she had been getting better at defending herself, but always got her ass kicked by Em.
"So, you excited?" Em asked, sounding excited herself as she sat down on the chair, facing Cassie.
"About..." Cassie replied, confused.
"About getting your new roommate dummy!" Em said, playfully slapping her friend and laughing.
"Oh, right, I don't know much about that. I guess a younger sister would be cool." Cassie sighed, still sad that she couldn't remember anything about her past life, except for the last few moments before the car was hit, and the fact that she had given her mother that bracelet when she was young. She always wore the bracelet, never taking it off for fear of losing it or breaking it.
"Come on, don't feel bad! I'm sure you'd be a great older sister to her!" Em smiled. Em wanted to hug her friend, but remembered that the last person who touched her was thrown against the wall so badly, his spine nearly cracked.
Suddenly, another knock was heard, and a young girl, no more than 11 at most, was standing there, ladled with her luggage. She had blond hair and wide hazel eyes, looking like she was petrified at the prospect of being here.
"Hey, can I help you?" Cassie asked the young girl, who seemed to hide behind her suitcase.
"Yeah, I'm-Are- are you Cassandra?" The girl timidly asked.
'Yeah, that's me. You my new roommate?" Cassie wondered.
"Yeah." Suddenly the girl sniffed. "I'm going to miss my mommy!" The girl wailed.
Cassie was speechless. Em saw that Cassie wasn't going to make move to comfort the girl physically, so Em rolled her eyes, as she stood up and hugged the little girl.
"Shh, don't worry, you'll be fine. Don't worry." Em soothed the girl. "Why don't Cass and I help you unpack?"
"Ok."
"What's your name?" Em asked, since Cassie hadn't even moved.
"I'm Holly Hall."
"Very nice to meet you. Now let's get unpacked."
The unpacking just took five minutes. After they were done, Holly grabbed Cassie's hand. Em flinched as she saw Cassie get angry.
"Come on!" Holly urged Cassie, pulling on her hand.
Holly led them down the hall, with Cassie trying to get her hand free. She wasn't happy, she was beyond pissed. She finally managed to get her hand free, and Holly turned around to stare at Cassie and Em.
"Where are you taking us?" Cassie snapped, getting the girl to back off a bit.
"To meet my mommy!" Holly timidly replied.
"Uh...your mommy?" Em was stupefied. This was an orphanage, why would the girl be here if she had her mother?
"Yeah! Come on!" Holy coerced, grabbing Cassie's hand again. Cassie rolled her eyes as she was once again led by the younger girl. They went down the stairs, and finally stopped at the main entrance, where the Evanses were standing, with a woman, and neither of them were talking. The woman was glaring daggers at the two older adults, until she saw the trio make their way downstairs.
"Mommy!" Holly squealed, running up to the woman. She had blonde hair and blue eyes that turned from glaring to ecstatic in a second at seeing Holly.
Cassie and Em were stupefied. The Evanses saw this and Diana explained. "Not everyone here is an orphan. Some of them, such as Holly here, are just here to train. Holly will be starting her training here, and she'll be bunking with you, Cassie."
Holly's mother saw Cassie nod and she extended her hand. "Violet Hall, nice to meet you Cassie."
Cassie ignored the hand and just coolly replied "Not nice to meet you."
"Cassie!" Diana exclaimed.
"What! I'm not pleased to meet her! I could've continued living without ever meeting her!" Cassie retorted, storming off.
"Sorry about that. She's just touchy because it's been one year that everything happened." Diana explained to Violet.
"It's perfectly understandable." Violet looked doubtful, pensive even.
"Please don't take her from Cassie's room!" Em pleaded. "I think it'll be good for her to be with Holly, make her have a closer connection with someone else."
Even though Em and Cassie were the same age, Em was always the mature one, and for that, she protected and looked out for Cassie, almost like an older sister herself.
Diana and Jeff looked doubtful. "We don't know, it might not be good for Holly." Jeff said.
"I'm right here you know? I like Cassie, and want to room with her!" Holly replied with a stubborn tone.
"Ok, Holly, but if anything happens, just let them know ok?" Violet conceded.
"Will do!" Holly nodded enthusiastically, rushing off to her room, accompanied by Em.
"Violet, is anything wrong?" Diana asked, once everyone was out of earshot.
"Nothing's wrong. Just- nothing. Make sure she's kept safe." Violet replied stoically, as she left.
== A month later
"Cassie, can you read me a story?" Holly asked.
"I told you once, and I'll tell you again, I'm, not, going, to, read, you, ANYTHING!" Cassie growled.
"Ok Cassie. Is something bothering you?" Holly asked, sounding very mature.
Cassie looked at the innocent girl. She wouldn't know anything about this kind of pain she felt. It was best that Holly just didn't know. "No Holly, I'm perfectly fine. Goodnight."
"Night!" Holly replied, turning off the light.
==Some hours later.
Cassie woke up, hearing a strange sound. She kept quiet wondering what the sound was. It sounded like whimpering.
She got out of the bed, and saw that Holly had fallen out of the bed, tangled in her bed sheets.
"Holly! Are you alright?" Cassie yelped, running up to the younger girl.
Luckily, the pillow had also been tangled, and so Holly hadn't been damaged, since she fell on the pillow. But she was still scared as heck, and Cassie had no idea what to do.
"I'm-I'm fine, I just can't get out of here." Holly whimpered as she struggled.
Cassie undid the bed sheets at least enough so the poor girl could get out. "Here you go, does anything hurt?"
"My legs hurt a bit." Holly said." I'm sorry I woke you up. I was trying to get out of it myself, I tried to be quiet." Holly apologized.
"Hey! It's ok! You should have called me! Come on, come here." Cassie replied, opening her arms to the girl. She had seen Em do it with the other younger kids to calm them down, so she might as well try it now, no matter how much she hated hugging.
Holly seemed hesitant at first, but eventually went to Cassie and buried herself deep into the older girl. Cassie felt strange. She never knew hugs could be so interesting, granted, she didn't know if her parents had ever hugged her, but the sensation felt so nice. She felt like she was protecting Holly. Holly must have been feeling the same way, because she had fallen asleep.
==2 years later
"Cassie! Wake up!"Cassie felt someone jump on her. She opened her eyes to see Holly staring at her.
"AH! Holly! Could you be any more careful!" Cassie berated her. "As revenge, you're going to get tickled to bits!"
"AH!" Holly yelped as she ran away.
Cassie was faster, and more experienced, and quickly caught the girl and started tickling her. "Bad idea Holly, bad idea!" Cassie laughed.
Holly was giggling throughout it all. "I'm going to miss you Cassie."
Cassie stopped her tickling. "You're leaving? But you're not done your training!"
"I know, but my mom has been scared for me ever since the American Dragon's daughter disappeared." Holly sighed. "So she sent me here so that I could train myself, but now she wants me back home. Mainly because of the revolt going on."
Cassie nodded in understanding. It seemed like all the evil magical creatures were banding together, following some anonymous leader in order to make life hell for both magical creatures and Huntsclan alike. It didn't help that the Huntress was a murdering rampaging monster. She had read the news, and Holly had nearly barfed at seeing the dead Nix. It was a brutal city, New York, and no one was safe.
"I see, but for the last time Holly, the American Dragon's daughter is dead! Why won't you believe it? No one disappears for 3 years just for the heck of it. She's gone." Cassie sighed, hoping to once again, convince the girl.
But it was all in vain. "NO! My mom believes that she's alive, and won't hear a word against it. I don't know why she's so ferocious on the topic, but I believe her!" Holly retorted.
"Holly, the probability is that the American Dragon's daughter was murdered by the Huntress." Cassie explained.
"She can't be dead Cassie. Evil never wins." Holly replied, her naivety showing through.
==At the Evanses' Office
"Violet! Such a long time that we haven't talked to you! Please, sit down. " Diana exclaimed, gesturing to the chair in front of their desk.
"Maybe if you guys weren't such hard-heads, I might hold a civilized conversation with you guys." Violet spat, as she stayed standing.
"Hard-headed? How're we hard-headed young lady! We saved you from being double-crossed by your twin sister, and this is the thanks we get?" Jeff retorted, getting angry.
"Double crossed? Is that what you guys call it? I call it sacrificing myself for the better of others, alright! Rose is anything but a double-crosser." Violet snapped.
"Clearly noted, since she seems to have taken a liking to brutally killing magical creatures!" Diana scoffed.
"Argh! She kills evil magical creatures!" Violet stormed.
"Because the American Dragon's daughter is an 'evil' magical creature." Jeff replied, quoting Violet.
"Wha- why would she kill her? You don't honestly believe that do you? No, she's still alive!" Violet said, paling.
"Violet, it's part of the Huntsclan way to kill magical creatures, and that young dragon wasn't any different. She was probably just there, and thought, that she could kill two birds with one stone. Kill the American Dragon's spirit, and his daughter, all in one fell swoop." Diana calmly explained.
"Right, because she would totally be heartless to her own spirit being killed, and her own heart crushed right? Rose may be crazy, but she's not that evil." Violet rolled her eyes.
"Why would her spirit and heart be killed over a random dragon?" Jeff wondered.
"Oh my- you guys don't know, do you?" Violet asked, dawning on her. "They, Rose never told you? She, the American Dragon's daughter, is Rose's daughter as well. She's your grandchild."
Jeff and Diana were shocked beyond words. "Wait, come again? Are you telling me that that dragon and Rose, had a child together?"
"Yep, Jake and Rose had a child, Bridgette, who was the new American Dragon, until she disappeared. You see, there is a complicated story behind that.
"Rose, afraid of Bridge being raised in a household without a mother figure there to comfort her, had Jake raise Bridge by himself, with her helping in the sidelines, unseen to Bridge, but there nonetheless. But, it got to the point where Bridge saw the Huntress when she was young ,and was forever afraid of her.
"Later on, 3 years ago to be precise, Bridge had a built a very intense hate for her mother, or as she called her 'the woman who gave birth to her.' As part of her planned revenge against her mother, she started searching things up about her. She found out somehow that Rose was part of the Huntsclan, and the hate worsened.
"Rose then had the idea to integrate herself back into the family as Jen Phillips. She 'dated' Jake, and then 'married' him. Later, however, Bridge was eavesdropping on the newlyweds, and because of that, Rose had to reveal herself. Bridgette stormed off, promising that she would return home to continue talking to them, and that's the last we heard of her, and it's been 3 years, with no sign of her" Violet explained.
"That is intense." Jeff sighed.
"We have a missing granddaughter, and no one bothered to let us know?" Diana was hurt, and her disbelieving tone showed it.
"Well, you guys did kind of kick Rose out, and threaten her. It's not like you guys would have listened to her." Violet scoffed.
"Touché, but still, well, can you give us a picture of her, that way, if we see her, we'll let you know?" Jeff conceded.
"Sure, it's just Rose, but with black hair. Anyway, I should get Holly back home, traffic will be murder." Violet groaned. "How's that girl, Cassie, going?"
"She's great, she's really taken a liking to Holly." Diana smiled. "One of the few people that is allowed to get close to Cassie, the other person being Em."
"Has she now? I was wondering, because, Jake and Rose lost Bridge three years ago, and Cassie lost her parents sometime after that, what if they were to adopt her? Maybe they could learn to cope. If they say no, I would still like to adopt Cassie, she seems like a girl that deserves a family." Violet explained nervously.
==Cassie's room.
Holly had left some minutes ago, and Cassie was just staring at the empty half that used to be for the younger girl. They had gotten so close with one another, it was going to be hard getting used to someone else here.
Someone knocked on the door, and Cassie groaned, wondering if they already got her a replacement. She opened the door, and to her surprise, she saw Holly, with her mother a bit off, along with the Evanses.
"Holly? Did you forget something?" Cassie asked, kneeling to the girl's eye level.
"Nope! Do you want to come with us?" Holly grinned.
"Come with you? Where?" Cassie wondered what this girl was on about.
"Come with us to live there." Violet spoke up, making her way closer.
"For real?" Cassie gaped.
"Please?" Holly pleaded.
"I-uh, sure!" Cassie conceded.
"Yay! I have a big sister!" Holly ecstatically exclaimed, jumping onto her.
Tadaa! Yes, Cassie was just adopted by Violet, and might go and live with Jake and Rose!
oooh! As for bios of the characters, that will be made for the next chapter, since this one got to be quite long :P
Anyway, as for topic of discussion, what do YOU think happened to Bridge? Do you think she's dead? Alive? If so, where?
I won't bite, so please let me know...you could be right!
Hezpeller