Author Notes: Hey everyone. So I've now officially read both Darkest Powers books at least 5 times each and almost every Darkest Powers Fan Fiction I can find and figured I might as well give it a shot. I haven't done much writing in a while so I might be a little rusty! Hopefully you enjoy it!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything.
I woke up with the faint light of the morning sun lying on my feet, warming them. Despite the looming forests bordering the safe house, I had slept like the dead. No pun intended. The result, I'm sure, of too many long nights on the run.
Rubbing the sleep from my eyes I took a good look at my surroundings. I had been so exhausted last night I hadn't even cared to look where I was laying my head down to sleep. The room rated somewhere above generic and below comfortable, but it was a hell of a lot better than sleeping on concrete flooring.
I sat up and swung my legs over the side of the bed, toes subconsciously digging into the plush carpeting. Stretching, I stood, and walked over to the window. I squinted as I opened the blinds and the sunlight poured into the room. I couldn't help but stare, it was beautiful. I was surprised at how high the sun was in the sky, it must have been nearly noon already.
A sharp knock on the door snapped me from my stupor. "Chloe, its Derek, you awake?" I heard Derek all but whisper on the other side of the door.
"Yeah, I'm up. Come on in!" I replied, giving him a smile and a 'good morning' as he opened the door.
One gruff 'good morning' later and he informed me that Andrew wanted the four of us to head down to the kitchen for a little breakfast and a meeting.
"Thanks, tell him I'll be right down." I said. Derek nodded and left, shutting the door behind him. I turned and noticed for the first time that I would no longer have to share a bathroom. Eager to exploit this new opportunity I walked in and checked my reflection in the mirror. Maybe it was the sleep or washing some of the extra dye out, but I looked healthier. Less scary. I quickly ran my hands through my hair and splashed water in my face and headed out into the hall.
Once there I realized I had a slight problem. I had no idea where the kitchen was. I didn't even know the general direction! To my left were two staircases, one heading up and the other down. To my right was yet another staircase heading up. How I wished I had Derek's hearing, or even his sense of smell. Taking a wild guess I turned to my left. Most kitchens were on the first floor right? Once I got to the top of the stairwell I could smell eggs and bacon cooking and the sound of people talking quietly. My stomach grumbled, the incentive I needed to skip down the stairs two at a time.
Taking a whiff of the delicious smell of breakfast, I forgot to watch my feet and tripped on a slight crack in one of the boards. I mentally cursed my clumsiness as I prepared for the bone-jarring crash I could almost feel coming. Only it didn't.
"Watch it! You need to be more careful!"
I smiled up at Derek, a slight blush creeping onto my cheeks. "Sorry!" I said as I righted myself. I fiddled with my shirt, straightening it and dusting off imaginary dirt, anything to avoid looking him in the eye, I knew he was smirking and I would dearly love to wipe it off his face. So he caught me, so what? No big deal right? That's what I thought! "You going to move so I can get something to eat, or are you just going to stand there?" I snapped.
Derek just chuckled as he stepped out of my way and followed me into the kitchen.
I stopped short and heard an 'Ooff' as Derek walked into my back. I smiled, glad for a moment, that I wasn't the only one that ever happened to. I took a slow step into the room and ten faces turned to look at me, I recognized three, the rest I didn't.
"Well good morning sleepy head! I thought we might have to start without you!" Andrew said, gesturing around at all the smiling faces. I smiled back nervously.
"Madhouse Mach II" Derek muttered as he slipped by me and joined Simon at the table.
Authors Note: So that was the first chapter… Hopefully you liked it and even if you didn't reviews would be nice, as this is my first Fan Fiction in a while and my first Darkest Powers one. I'm trying really hard to match my writing style to Kelley's but if you have any pointers I'd be glad to hear 'em. Also, I'm currently writing without a beta and although Word catches a lot of my mistakes it wouldn't hurt to have an extra pair of eyes. If anyone is interested, let me know! Thanks for reading!
P.S. Sorry about the shortness, I felt this was a good place to cut it off… Hopefully the next chapter will be longer
~Perfect_Skye