I have already posted this story, but for some reason it keeps vanishing and appearing back at the site.

I have no idea what the problem is, so I decided to delete the story and create a similar one. Enjoy!

Chapter 1

"The Lucians completely lost their minds this time. This is crazy!"

Amy could hear her mother speaking on the phone with her father. They were both the leaders of the Madrigal branch, one of the branches that were part of the Cahill family.

The Lucians, also a branch in the family, were a strong straight up enemy of the Madrigals, but lately things have started to get even worse.

Once the 39 clues had been found, everybody thought that this was the start of peace. But every branch had different ideas about what to do with the information they had found.

Any relationship between the branches started to fade away, become colder. There was no peace in sight, no peace at all, only bad blood.

And the Madrigals and Lucians were the most different in their opinions.

Amy didn't know what was exactly wrong this time, but she only knew that her parents were really upset about it.

Her mother hang up the phone and turned to her, eyes softening. "Sorry for screaming like this, dear, I didn't even know you were here."

Amy smiled warmly. "That's Ok," She reached for her mother and patted her shoulder up and down for reassurance. "What's going on?"

Her mother sighed. "They drive us crazy, Amy. We have so many projects waiting in bay, so many disagreements, so many open issues, and Isabel Kabra wants to throw a ball!"

"Seriously?" Amy pulled away a little to look into her mom's frustrated eyes. "A ball? At times like this?"

She rolled her eyes. "The Kabras are just one of the families that are leading the Lucians, but my god, I'm pretty sure they're the worst."

Amy continued to cares her arm. "It sounds exhausting. What are you going to do?"

"The Tomas branch and Ekaterina branch are going, so we must go too. Only the leading families, of course, are invited."

Amy laughed and rolled her eyes. "Of course."

Hope laughed and looked tenderly at her daughter. "What are you doing here? I thought you were studying in your apartment."

Amy shook her head. "I've just finished, so I thought I'd come here and see how you guys are doing. Where are dad and Dan?"

"Dan's in his room, and dad is in the supermarket."

"Well I guess I'll go tell Sinead about this."

"I bet she already knows from her parents."

"Yea, probably." Amy nodded, getting up. "Thanks again for being Ok with this... arrangement, by the way."

Hope nodded. "We were hesitant at first, to tell the truth I still am because Sinead is from another branch, daughter of a leader family, but... She seems like a nice girl, at last. And it looks like you're living together is working out."

"Yea," Amy smiled. "We're having a lot of fun and we encourage each other with getting better in our studies. She is really great and hates this situation just like we do."

"Ok, honey, say Hi on my behalf. And be ready at seven, we will pick you up."

"Oh, is that today?"

"Yea, it is. Why, did you have any plans?"

Amy blushed. "Nothing important, I was supposed to go to a movie with Jake but that can be postponed."

Her mother smiled at her. "Alright."

Her parents liked Jake. Right from the moment they started dating, they had a good feeling about him. And indeed, he was perfect. Handsome, tall, smart and a gentleman.

She turned to leave, but her mom called - "Oh, and Amy?"

"Yes?" Amy turned.

Hope twisted her nose. "You're going to meet The Kabra family today... Their kids are about yours and Dan's age. I only met them a few times when they were younger and they can be very... Nasty. So don't let them get to you."

Amy felt a shiver go through her. She had had enough with nasty people when she was younger, she really wasn't excited about meeting those people and feel insecure and week, all again. "Ok."

Leaving her old house and going out, she took a deep breath of the cold fresh air. Hers and Sinead's apartment was really near her parents' house, she only had to walk a little. Tightening her coat to herself, she tried to think of ways to tell her boyfriend she couldn't make it tonight. They haven't seen each other in two weeks due to work and college, and she knew how excited he was about seeing her.

She sighed. She wished she had something really nice to wear tonight, but she didn't. She would have to settle for that green beautiful dress, the one she always wore for occasions like this, and her coat. Hopefully it'd be warmer inside.

Once she got inside her little apartment, she heard a voice - "You heard?"

Sinead, standing with her hands on her hips, was standing right in front of her. Her red, very curly hair was jumping around, and her sharp eyes were impatient.

"Yes," Amy groaned and launched herself on the sofa. "I can't believe it, right? Just when I find some free time to spend with Jake."

Sinead rolled her eyes. "You know what I think of him, he is too dependent."

Amy laughed. "Why, because he wants to see his girlfriend? I think the right definition is sweet."

"No, no, it's not that, he is just like... Your puppy."

"Sin!" Amy threw one of the pillows at her.

"What?" Sinead laughed and took it off of her face. "You know I'm right. Anyway what time do you leave? You go with your parents, right?"

Amy nodded. "At seven. What about you?"

"Same. It means we only have time for homework and then we have to get ready."

The fact that they both were students and attended the same college made it really easy for them to develop their own routine. studying History and Literature, Amy found herself coming back to the apartment most of the times a bit sooner than Sinead, that was studding Physics and Engineering. Sometimes, Amy wondered how they managed to work out that fine, with them being so different from each other.

"Don't you have, like, tons of homework?" Asked Amy.

"Yea, but it's not a big deal." Sinead waved in dismiss. "I can fix it in two hours."

After they finished, they started getting ready.

Looking in the mirror, Amy sighed and straightened her dress with her hands. She did looked good in the dress, she must admit. Her thick hair was long and smooth, and her eyes matched the color of the dress. Her pale skin was flushed, the color red and prominent on her cheeks.

She took a deep breath.

Something felt different.

Meeting the Kabra kids... Why was she feeling so nervous?

Oh, right. Because she couldn't stand this kind of popular kids, pointing and mocking and laughing at you while you're crying. Nasty kids.

But the feeling was even more than that.

She felt as if...

Tonight, her life would change.

Forever.

"Yea, I'm here, I'll be there in a few minutes." Ian closed the call.

Damn, how much he hated whenever his parents were disturbing him. He had so much on his mind, what could they possibly want from him now?

He was a busy guy. Aside from usual - College assignments, girls, friends and his job, he had to commit a mission his parents would order him once in a while.

And those missions took time.

He ran his hand through his silky black hair as he entered his parents' big mansion.

Everything, as usual, was in place, carefully put and ordered in good taste.

The mansion was huge, with white walls and a lot of rooms, pianos, sofas, huge poles and ornamenting.

He nodded at Bickerduff, the tall, old man that he had grown with, and Bickerduff took him to his parents.

Isabel, his beautiful beauty queen mother, was sitting on a chair, in the garden, next to the pool. "Hello, dear."

"Mother," Ian nodded. "What is this about?"

His mother took off her sun glasses, revealing honey eyes. "You look handsome, dear, as always."

Ian stood straighter. He knew he had the looks for a model, or a super star. His eyes were brighter than his mother's some how, and made him more special. He was tall, masculine, muscular, and his face was chiseled and striking.

Isabel sighed and continued. "We're having the ball we worked so hard to arrange tonight, I wanted to make sure you're up to speed."

"I am," Ian nodded. "That's our chance to sniff around and see what we can get from people in the other branches, correct?"

"Indeed," Isabel took s sip from her drink. "We need to be ready at eight, and already be in the place in eight and a half. Understood?"

"Yes."

"Good. Your father, Natalie and I will meet you there."

Ian nodded and walked out of the garden. Did he really had to make all this way to his parents' house only to be told that? Couldn't she tell him that on the phone?

Pissed, he got back to his apartment. After cancelling his night plans, he took a glace at the homework he had planned to ditch. I t wasn't like he had to make them in order to be top of the class. But surprisingly he had some free time, so...

Maybe he could spare them a look.

When it was time, his homework were all done and he was standing in front of the mirror, dressed in one of his freshly new suits.

He looked perfect as ever, no mistakes.

And now, like usual, he would do what he was doing best.

Trick and kill.