Okay this is an idea I have had for awhile. It is set two years into the future. Everything in Bloodlines has happened along with some other things. Read to find out. Also Jill has grown up and is not the same quiet girl she has been. That is what happens in life. Read and Review
Jill's POV:
"Sydney we are going to -" My voice catches when I enter her room. Nothing is there. Her mattress is gone, all her books and clothes are missing too. It is like she was never here; like they just erased who she is from the world. I look everywhere trying to find something that reminds me of Sydney. I try to find some way of remembering what she did for all of us. But I can't. Someone took her away and everything and anything that could be linked to her. She is gone. I don't know how long I sat there, in the center of her room crying my eyes out. The world could have come crashing down and I wouldn't have cared or noticed. All my thoughts kept going back to Sydney and that I would never see her again.
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"Jill?" Eddie says poking his head into the room. He is wearing his guardian mask. Whatever he is going to say it will not be good.
"What?" My voice coming out harsher than it was meant to be. But I couldn't bring myself to care. If Sydney was here she would have scolded me for being mean and would act like my big sister or mother. Thinking about Sydney made me want to start sobbing all over again. Eddie seeing I was going to go into another crying fit came and sat next to me, wrapping me in his arms, trying to comfort me.
"It's okay Jill." He repeats till I am no longer shaking or on the verge of tears. "No one could believe it."' Well that through me off guard.
"What are you talking about?" I ask Eddie, pulling away slightly to see his guardian mask still intact.
"You didn't here? I thought for sure that is why you are here like this." He stands up and starts to pace. I jump up and stand right in front of him so he can't run away from this.
"What are you talking about?" My voice came out as cold as ice; I barely recognized I was the one who said it. Eddie took a few steps away from me as if I would blow up on him because of what he had to say.
"Jill," He starts "Sydney was removed by the Alchemist." Why is Eddie stating the obvious! Who else would take her?
"Yeah, I got that." Sounding more annoyed be the second "What I want to know is how we are going to get her back? We should probably call Lissa and Rose because they care for her and wouldn't want to see her in re-education. Dimitri and Sonya should come too. We need to get them here soon so she isn't that far away." The look on Eddie's face made me stop. The look is a combination of pity, sadness, and also a secret. Eddie is keeping something from me. "What aren't you tell me Eddie?"
"Sydney was taken because she can practice magic. It was a collaborative effort by Lissa and the Alchemist. She could have hurt you, Jill. Every minute you spent with Sydney your life was in danger. Sydney's magic is a ticking time bomb and she could have hurt you Jill. You are being sent back to Court to be debriefed on the whole situation." Any and all color drained from my face. Any emotion that I could have possibly felt, Left me at that moment.
"What about the law?" If the law hadn't changed that means that I could be walking into my own death.
"The new law is being signed into effect as we speak. You are safe Jill." Eddie wrapped me in his arms at that moment. I didn't respond. It is more like I couldn't respond to him. Everything didn't seem to add up. Sydney wouldn't hurt me with her magic, everyone knew that…. Wait …. Only Adrian and myself knew that Sydney could even do magic. Adrian would not have told anyone that secret he knew what it meant if it got out. I sure as hell didn't tell anyone her secret. Sydney meant the world to me. I wouldn't betray her like that. Plus Sydney is too smart to tell on herself. That means someone has been spying on us and decided to take her away from me.
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It had been an amazing two years. Even though Sydney didn't go to school with us anymore we still saw her all the time. She had her own apartment in Palm Springs but you wouldn't ever find her there. Nope she moved in with Adrian after graduation and the two of them had been joined at the hip ever since. Sydney's apartment is four doors down from Adrian's and that is where they store paintings or old spell books or just random crap. I swear in the next few months Adrian was planning on popping the question to Sydney. That is how much they are in love. They are truly so perfect together. They acted like they were already married and they were the parents of the Melrose's. Well the only acted in love around me. Adrian and Sydney had managed to keep their relationship on the down low along with her magic abilities. Even Zoe never suspected a thing, and that girl can catch even the tiniest flaw.
It had been an amazing two years. I am in my second semester of my senior year. Everyone talked about how they couldn't wait to be out of Amberwood but I would always miss it. Amberwood is home to me. The better way of saying that is that Palm Springs is home to me. In Palm Springs there is my best friend Angeline, crazy how we got super close after she dated and broke the heart of the guy I really like still, my bond mate, Adrian has become like a big brother to me, some really amazing friends, Trey and Neil to name two, and I got the sister I always dreamed off, Sydney is the best sister in the whole wide world. I love Palm Springs and my family. But all that was shattered the day Sydney was taken. Looking out the window it's hard not to be upset to be leaving that. In truth, I don't want to go to Court, I don't want to see Lissa or deal with all this political nonsense, and I don't even want to share the same last name as Lissa. No I want to stay back in Palm Springs. That is my home. But as I have learned in life it seems like I don't get what I want. It seems like I always get the short end of the stick. As the plan descends for Court all I can think is how shitty this will be and how much I could use some advice from Sydney right now.
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"Jill she could have killed you." Lissa says in a calming voice like she is talking to a baby, and not wanting to hurt the poor baby's feelings. As soon as we touched down, I was franticly ushered out of a plan and into a car and out of a car and into the room I am sitting in now only to be brainwashed into thinking Sydney is so 'evil'. I am getting so sick and tired of people trying to tell me who Sydney Sage 'really' is. They haven't lived with her for two years. They haven't seen her create a dragon from a rock or see her sob after it died. Even though she knew she would only have Hooper for a year and a day. They haven't seen her when she talks about college or cars or coffee. No these people did not know who the real Sydney Sage is.
"Jill, are you even listening to me?" Lissa snaps. Her voice pulls me out of my thoughts and back to this depressing reality.
"It's kind of hard to block you out when you keep talking to me but trust me I'm trying my best to." I snap back at her. My plan is to keep my mouth shut to avoid saying things I would regret later, that is not working to good for me. Rose tries to hide her laugh but is given Lissa 'evil death glare,' Rose pointingly shuts up like a good guardian.
"You need to pay attention!" She says swatting right in front of me so that I can see the pity in her eyes. She thinks Sydney is a bad person. That somehow she brainwashed me into covering for her all this time and that I needed to seek some professional help. "Sydney Sage is not a good person. She was just using you and would have turned on you the first chance she got." I snapped. Without thinking of what would happen later I slap Lissa so hard she falls on her royal ass in clear shock. Standing over her body I say "You have no right to talk about her like that." Turning to walk out of the room before I did something even more stupid like killing her, I am pulled back by Dimitri.
"Lissa is The Queen; you could end up in prison for doing what he did." I knew he cared for me and just wanted to protect me but he didn't understand that being here was prison.
"You're wrong I am already in prison." I say flatly with no emotions what so ever.
"How is this prison?" Lissa asks truly stunned. "What did we ever do to you but love you to make this place prison when Sydney would have used her weird magic to harm you more than anyone else could." Did she really want me to answer that? The look on her face showed that she wanted an honest answer but I knew she would regret it as soon as I open my mouth.
"You did nothing that is the point! You never called or wrote or tried to be there for me. Where were you when my first boy friend tried to kill Sydney and Adrian to become a Strigoi again? Where were you when I was broke up with a human? Where were you when Angeline almost got kicked out of school for the tenth time or when she broke Eddie's heart? Where were you when Sonya was held by the Warriors of Light? You never wanted to be part of my life! I am to that conclusion a long time ago. You have always hated me because I am the black mark on your perfect family name. I get you never wanted me in your family but Sydney did. She took care of me when you were to busy to. She went out of her way to make sure I was comforted and had everything I needed and she is the most selfless person I have ever met. She protects my family: The Melrose's. She was the glue that held us all together and she made things happen.
So what if she can use magic. We all use magic! She can control her magic probably better than you, Lissa. She joined this coven and her mentor has been teaching her everything she can about magic. Her mentor almost died to help Sydney control her magic. She has made all of us a better person and she is happy. We all were happy until you decided to mess in our lives." I finally decide to take a breath of air and everyone in the room just looks at me with wide eyes. They wanted to hear my opinion right. An awkward silence fell on us then. No one talked everyone just stared at each other.
Lissa is the first to try and talk. "I am sorry if I came across that way. But she is dangerous; I mean it might have been for the better but she casted a spell over Adrian." That is the stupidest thing I have ever heard in my life and I have heard some messed up shit.
"Are you serious?!" I scream "Sydney didn't do such a thing. She told herself every day that she didn't have feelings for Adrian. She went as far as to date someone else and almost go to Mexico! If anything Adrian casted a spell over her. She isn't dangerous you are just a self centered Bitch!"
"Jill!" Rose and Dimitri say at the same time.
"What she is! She doesn't care about my sister! She doesn't care about Sydney. She just cares about herself and she doesn't like Sydney or me! That is why she keeps ruining my life. I would have been fine not knowing I was genetically her sister. But know I am dragged into all this royal bullshit because of her! I was having a great life with my family in Palm Springs until she ruined that too. She is a life ruiner; she ruins people's lives." After that i am sobbing. I run to my room at Court just to get away from it all.
'Lissa hates me and she hates Sydney. Lissa took my sister away from me. She doesn't want me to be happy.' Those are the words that are repeat in my head. It's like a chant that you can't get away from. I throw myself on my bed not caring about the covers or lights and just sob. I can't regain control over myself and I don't want to. My sister – the only sister I have ever had in my life – is gone and no one seems to care. I stay curled into a ball clutching my pillow until I cry myself to sleep.
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"Jailbait?" I hear Adrian call from the other side of the room. I woke up a awhile before he came in and was doing an okay job of not breaking down but as soon as I hear my old nickname I can't handle it anymore. The sobs start to come faster and more violently. Adrian scoops me up so that I am crying into his shoulder.
"She's gone Adrian." That is all I can say. I have gotten amazing at blocking out Adrian. I had too because he wanted to fool around with Sydney and I didn't want to experience that. It took us a bit but now I don't even feel his feelings if I don't want to. After all of this I couldn't deal with Adrian's feelings and my own. I would have killed myself.
"I know, I know." There is hurt in his voice but he is trying not to show it. He continues to rock me in his arms until my cries stop coming. "I am going to go find her." He says in a small voice after awhile.
"Really?" Joy starts to fill my heart. If anyone can find Sydney it will be Adrian.
"Yes." He says more bold and confident. "But I need you to stay here and be safe. I can't go looking for Sydney unless I know you will be safe." A smile creeps across my face as big brother Adrian starts to come out. I didn't want to stay at Court not at all but I wanted Sydney back and sometimes we have to make compromises.
"Fine, but only till graduation then I am moving back to Palm Springs back into your apartment." I say firmly holding my ground. Adrian lets out a slight chuckle but nods at me in the dark.
"When do you leave?" I ask wondering how much time I have left with my big brother.
"I will leave after I know you are okay and won't go off on Lissa again." Great. He had heard about my explosion onto Lissa.
"You heard about that?" I ask wearily.
"Yeah." Adrian says in a matter –of – fact tone.
"I promise I am fine and I won't do that again go and bring back my sister." He sighs and gets up from the bed. Giving me one last look he gives me the keys to his house at Court, the Mustang, and the apartments back in Palm Springs and walks out the door to find Sydney Sage.
Don't worry Sydney Adrian will find you. I think as I drift off into complete and utter oblivious sleep; this time holding onto the keys for dear life.
I know! What am I doing writing a one shot and not updating my story? Well I had writers block and this idea had been rolling around in my head for some time now. Jill is older and has a lot of issues starting with abandonment from her father, her parents, and now Lissa. The only people who have been there for her were the Palm Springs crew. That is her family. I know it has a lot of yelling and drama but that is what it is like when you go through those kinds of issues. I did my homework for this one! Tell me what you think. If you hate it or like it or whatever! Also read my story Witch Academy Update coming soon for that! Love all of you!
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