Hey guys, it's Katie Hedgie, this is sorta a sequel to Way Back When, but it's in the present. I do not own any characters other than my own. With that, enjoy!
A Choice
Sequel to Way Back When. Chapter 1 (300 and some years later)
"A choice?" I asked. I had talked to my father every now and again, but I talked to the pack members a little more frequently.
"Yes." Replied the one I was talking to. Father's second in command, who, oddly enough, I'd once tried to kill (and succeeded, but he won't stay dead…) "The choice is between you staying a vampire, or becoming a werewolf, so you can age with your kids." At the last part, I glanced over to Alec and Mary, who'd been growing too old. They were eleven now, and Mary sat playing X-Box like always, while Alec sat in the window and read. Neither of them aware of the world around them, both in their own worlds.
"You mean…he finally perfected it? The formula?" I responded excitedly. The formula was something dad had been working on since…well…the incident over three centuries ago. The formula would be able to turn a vampire mortal, or at least allow them to resume their life from when they were turned. For me, because I'd never been mortal, I'd become a wolf.
He nodded. "Your father doesn't exactly approve of the pack having any contact with you, ever since the vote…" His voice trailed off.
"What…oh. That vote. So, did they think I should be shunned or hung?"
"Hung. That's why he doesn't want any of us near you. Majority vote was hanging. In fact almost everyone voted against your father."
"Great. That makes me feel so loved by the pack."I sighed. I'd known they'd say this, but this had its toll on my choice. "So…If I change, I'll be hung if seen by a pack member. If I stay a vampire, my kids will grow up without me unless I change them, and the vampire hunts will continue on as before." I glanced at them again. Although they were aging too quickly for me, I couldn't bear to change them at this age, before they had any choices for themselves.
I could not allow Alec and Mary to face my fate. Now, knowing their futures, and my husband, Jordan's future, lay in the balance…how would I know how to choose?
It was hours later before I finally said a word. I'd been pacing nervously around the house, trying to clean-up the already tidied space. Fidgeting with recipes in the kitchen and random pieces of paper, some pencils and pens, trying to do anything to distract my mind from the choice at hand. However, the world wasn't being cooperative. There wasn't much I could do to distract myself, I decided I could read, but then realized I'd already read everything, and going to the bookstore without planning to first would seem odd. The library was closed too. Guess I had no choice, but I had to call in the ultimate distractions.