Another life; Chapter 1
(Authors POV)
Somewhere within the United States, deep within a forest lays a cottage filled with six different creatures of different breeds.
One of the girls with long brown hair stood in the doorway, arms crossed over her chest, looking out into the dark forest "They still haven't returned…."
"Sam, calm down; they'll be back soon" a boy said, laying a hand on her shoulder, Sam just sighed
"What if she doesn't remember us Blake?"
"She may or may not; we'll just see what happens" Sam just nodded, she didn't want to believe it, but she had to face the facts.
The boy named Blake looked back into the cottage and sighed, "Tristan! Take that platypus elsewhere please!"
"I don't want to" a boy with blonde hair exclaimed, he looked at the latter with blue eyes, "He's my friend and partner in crime" Blake breathe out heavily rubbing his forehead with a single hand.
"Fine…" the boy finally agreed.
In one of the back rooms a girl with short brown hair was pacing back and forth, her black half cloak covering her right arm, "This makes no sense!"
"What?" a girl with long blue air asked,
"She's changed…it must be some kind of curse! She is now afraid of everything!" a small human-like dog sat on the single bed and watched the latter that was at the moment pacing.
"Maybe it is; it'll wear off right?"
"That I am not even sure of!"
"Stop yelling Kate; this will get us nowhere" the blue haired girl said standing and held Kate's shoulders,
"We'll figure out what it is later; right now we have to make sure Angel comes here saf-" a scream interrupted the girls sentence, the two girls shared a look and soon exited the room.
Kate took upon the scene in front of her, she saw an unconscious Angel, a Blake holding back a pissed off Sam and as always; Tristan playing with his platypus.
"What did you do to her?" Kate nearly screamed, she glared at the black and brown haired boys, the brown hairs hung his head while the black haired just looked at the latter,
"This dummy smacked her with a sign…a stop sign to be exact"
"I did something did I not?"
"Seth!" Runo yelled, her bangs hiding pat of her right eye
"Okay! I'm sorry!" sighing Blake kneeled down beside Angel's body, checking her pulse
"She's alright, she'll be up soon"
"Seth; you, me outside now" Kate said walking past him,
"Crap…" he muttered before following her.
Blake picked up Angel bridal style, looking at the black haired boy he jerks his head towards one of the rooms, "come, I need someone to open the door"
"Fine" the latter mumbled complying.
Once in the room Blake sets Angel's body on the bed gently, "How long till she wakes up?"
"Well considering she got hit pretty hard" he turns the girl's face by her chin gently, showing the swelling bruise on the back of her neck, "She may not be up for a few hours"
The latter nodded, "Care to tell me why Seth hit her Rix?"
"Become she wouldn't come the first time, and he thought it was better than trying to bribe her with food…"
"I see…" Rix nodded and sat at Angel's feet,
"Seth is so in for it…" Blake nodded in agreement
"She did indeed say, and I quote 'Bring her back unharmed or else' and now look where he is" the two boys laughed, "Sammy was ready to murder him"
"Yeah, luckily you held her back; or she would have attacked me as well" Rix mumbled, stretching out his arms above his head
"Tired?"
"No, just sore"
"You want to rest?"
"…I guess, wake me when she's up" Blake nodded as the black haired boy stands and leaves quietly.
-Hours later-
Inside the cottage it was silent as all nine creatures slept, well, except one; Blake sat beside Angel's bed reading a book to pass the time, he yawns quietly, turning a page.
As an hour passes he senses someone waking, and heading his way; soon the door opens, revealing a sleepy looking Sam, she walks over to the bed and sits on the ground, leaning against the bed sides.
"Anything yet?"
"No, she's still sleeping; Seth get her pretty hard, I injected something to handle the swelling. Seems that is went down, just as I predicted"
"I see…"
"More nightmares" Blake said, saving his page with his bookmark and puts the book on the nightstand,
"Yeah…they feel so real…I don't want them to happen…"
"Was there anyone of us included?"
"Just Angel"
"What did she look like, what was she doing"
"She was helping me…trying with all her will; she had blood tainted on her white wings, her eyes were multi colored, she was…"
"Monster-ish looking?"
"Yes…"
"Well, after taking a blood sample, it seems that she has different types of blood mixed in with her own"
"What type?"
"Well, judging by the way you described her in your dream; Angel's blood, which is very rare, very hard to get hands on. Demon's blood; is very common among the vampire race. Vampire's blood, of course circulates throughout the body of a vampire. And lastly; Human's blood, most vampires' don't have the blood they use to have as a human, two out of a thousand can have it."
Sam nodded slightly, she casts her gaze over to the sleeping figure, "I hope she remembers us; I'll feel horrible if she doesn't"
"You do realize, that she was in an accident at a very young age, or so Kate has told me; she could have lost her memories through that incident. It will be difficult for her to suddenly retrieve the memories again. It takes time" again Sam nodded, she looks up at the boy
"You need to sleep, or you'll really become a zombie"
"Then go wake Rix, he can watch her until she awakens" with that said, Sam went to wake and bring back Rix.
Once done she and Blake exit the room, "Good night you two" Rix says before the door fully closed.
Rix sighed as he laid his elbows on the edge of the bed, watching Angel sleep, "I wonder if you'll remember any of us…" he muttered, he places his face on his fists, feeling his eye lids close for a moment.
He wakes to the sound of a girl muttering, opening his eyes he saw Angel stirring slightly in her sleep, "She's waking up; better wake Blake" he says and walks out of the room.
(Angel's POV)
The last thing I remember was meeting a guy and being knocked out my head was pounding, I couldn't think straight anymore. I groan softly, "My head" I mumbled softly and I heard another voice
"She's waking up; better wake Blake" and then footsteps moving away from me, WAIT! I wanted to yell, but I couldn't; all I did was keep my eyes shut and hoped that the voice would come back, Jonathan…I'm scared…where am I? My mind whispered, hoping for a reply. But it never came. I knew he would never be by my side anymore, never again.
I heard two pairs of feet walk near me then I felt someone place two fingers to the pulse on my throat, "She's alright, she's coming to"
I began to panic, who are these people? What are they going to do to me? Oh god and Jonathan please help me…
I felt my fingers twitch every once in a while, but soon felt a hand on my own, Oh god.
Forcing my eyes to open, soon saw the boy from before standing by me, his back faced me while he gazes elsewhere, I stared at him until I saw his twitch in the slightest and turn to me.
His eyes were dark; I remember that they were brown; his hair was black, and slightly curly at the ends. He looked back at me and moved to face me; he slowly moves his hand towards my face and I flinch "Don't worry, I won't hurt you" I just looked at him as he felt my forehead, "You don't have a fever, that's good" I noticed that he didn't smile once.
"Do you remember anything?"
"…" I couldn't speak, why was I acting like this?
"Are you alri-"
"ANGEL!" I heard someone scream and push the boy away and looked at me with desperate eyes, "Are you alright?"
"…" I just stared at the girl with her red eyes, short brown hair, and armor
"Angel? Why the hell are you not speaking?"
"Kate… Maybe she just needs some space…" the boy came back and pushed the girl named 'Kate' away from the bed side and helped me sit up, I felt like a two year old being helped by their parent.
"I'll start, since I have only seen her from afar"
"Cause your too shy dude" I heard a boy with brown hair say, I remembered him, and he said my name earlier…
The raven haired boy cleared his voice; I looked him in the eyes as he began to speak "I am Rix, and what would your name be miss?" I don't know why, but I felt my face heat up slightly, NO! Bad Angelina!
I swallowed before answering,
"A-Ange-elina…" I stuttered, damn it!
"Angelina, such a pretty nam-"
"Dude quit flirting!"
"I'm being a gentleman…unlike you Seth…."
"Pffft whatever!" I saw the brown haired boy named 'Seth' walk up to me and holds out his hand
"Hi, I'm Seth" I bowed my head slightly
"I'm…Angelina…"
"Nice to meet ya again" and he smiled.
"Angel!" I turned to the girl from earlier….her name was….'Kat'? Katie? …Kate! That's it
"Please tell me that you remember me!" she exclaimed, now that she's mentioned it…she does seem familiar…same with all these people.
"I….You all seem very familiar….but I can't quite place my finger on it…"
"It's alright, you'll soon remember" a girl with long blue hair said, smiling at me, "Until then, Hello my name is Runo" I smiled slightly
"Nice to meet you"
"I love your accent!" she exclaimed, has she never met an Italian before?
"Uh thank you" a girl with long brown hair walked up to me and smiled
"Hi, I'm Sam" she looked around and her eyes landed on two boys in the back and motioned them to come closer, "This is Blake, and Tristan. If you don't mind, could you tell us about you?"
I stared at them all, can I trust them? They all seem so familiar, I guess…I could try to trust them; I took a deep breath and looked at them all
"I am Angelina, and I am sixteen…" Everyone seemed to nod slightly. 'Kate' came over and looked at me intensely; I feel like I've seen these eyes before, "Where have I seen you before…."
"Long ago…" Kate said with a serious expression, I noticed a very faint hint of sadness in her eyes; she soon walked out of the room.
After everyone else said their 'byes' and 'let us know if you need anything' they left, all but one, Rix.
We sat in silence; I would sneak a glance at him, only to see the same expression. A blank one…
I looked at my hands again, should I try to remember? Deciding to do it, I closed my eyes, letting my memories from before I was turned into a vampire reform in my head.
This is only part one of the beginning chapter, look forward to seeing Angel's past~