(A/N: Wow. Sophomore year really grabbed me by the horns. Summer flew by before I knew it and Junior year is seriously kick my butt. But no more excuses, Sorry I kept you guys waiting for so long. I really couldn't do handle Rising Sun, Setting Moon Anymore. So instead, I thought I would do a new story, with the help of the most awesome beta (my bff Abby) and my amazing friends as inspiration. So with out further ado, I give you, Tantalization: The Misadventures.)
"I'm telling you, I don't really remember what happened." I told her again with a sigh. Her eyes were so kind, like she believed everything I was saying, but she wanted to have me run through it again. Just for the sake of running through it I guess. Hell, I might as well have humored her, after all her family was letting us stay here. Logan, Morgana and Huntington were out trying to find a place for us to live one that was close to this magnificent palace like place. It was more then I could ask for, more then what I was going to ask for in the first place. All I had wanted was directions to the nearest motel six. "Well then, tell me what you do remember." she asked for the third time in less then two hours. "Nessie, Don't tire out our guests like that, it's not nice." I sighed and remembered a time when I had been so care free about things. I raised an eyebrow at her and then leaned over to look at the person who owned the voice. He looked back at me with curious eyes, and there went my other eyebrow. With another sigh, I threw my self back into their couch, only to have it move back a full four inches. "Sorry!" I yelped, "Still not used to the whole super human strength thing." Though in the back of my mind, I was pretty aware of the fact that I was never Human to begin with. I said it with yet another sigh. I seemed to be sighing a lot now a days. Edward, or at least that's what I had been told his name was, laughed and put a reassuring hand on my shoulder. It made me twitch to have the guy so close to tell ya the truth. Not that he wasn't totally hot and everything, and to top it off he was really nice.
But I wasn't the type of person who was used to such contact from anyone except Logan, Morgana or Huntington. Maybe he could tell that he had made me uncomfortable because the hand came off my shoulder almost in an instant, but the girl in the room obviously didn't think the same way he did, because the next thing I knew, I was being taken by the hand and sat right back down onto the couch that I had accidentally moved in the first place. My eyes went wide as I looked down at her hand which was STILL holding mine. "Just a tad over friendly eh? Didn't you parent's ever teach you to be careful who you befriend?" I asked in a grumble. I heard a chuckle and looked up to see ever present Edward sitting on the arm of the couch. Nessie smirked at me and then looked over at Edward, "Yes, Daddy tell's me that all the time. Doesn't mean I listen to him though." Her comment threw me for just a second, had she been referring to Edward when she had said Daddy? Hard to believe he was a dad, he didn't look much older the 17. "Thank you." Edward replied with a smirk. My bottom lip twitched as I looked at him, "Creepy man. Very creepy." It bemused me, in a creepy kind of way, that he could read my mind. I could do the same to him, if I wanted to. I still hadn't exactly learned to control it, seeing as I found out I had it a while ago, but didn't get much chance to play with it. "Come on Lolah, tell it again. Pretty please?" The child was unbelievable. Since our arrival those few hours ago, all I had been doing really was telling my life story to her. I shock my head and looked over at the clock, Logan, Huntington and Morgana wouldn't be back for a while, and I did need something to do after all. I was starting to wonder just how many time I would have to tell her my life story before she could recite it to me backwards and forwards with out missing anything. I smirked at the thought, and out of the corner of my eye, thought I saw Edward do the same. "Fine, one more time then." I told her with a slight smirk, this would be time number five would it not?
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Warm. Dark. Wet. Those were the first three words that would come to mind if you ask me what I first thought about when I woke up in the basement of our former home. Nothing about where my siblings were, nothing about why there was a huge breeze coming in when this was a BASEMENT, nope. Not even how I knew I was in the basement in the first place. Hell, not even my own name went through my mind. Its Lolah by the way. I think my brain was still trying so dearly to repress what it had just gone through. I don't know how long I was down there, a few minutes, an hour, a day, a month, a year. I'm just not completely sure what to tell you. But when it did sink in, when it all finally did click, and the flood gates that had been holding everything back finally snapped, I can tell you, no I can practically paint you a picture, because that's when all hell broke loose. It was then that the inner demon child reared its ugly head, and scared as I was, it was a good thing too. It was also then that she found me, where I had not exactly been hiding, but more like discreetly watching with out them knowing of my presence. It was then that the battle for the rest of my life started, and my sense of self preservation kicked into over drive.
She came at me, faster then anything I've ever seen before. Her skin was freezing cold, like a block of ice where it came into contact with mine, and so pale that I could almost see right through her. Her red eyes were blazing, her once tamed amber hair was now wild, pulled out of its ringlets as it was. She was strong, and fast, but I didn't want to die. Scratch that, I COULDNT die. Not here. Not now. Not like this. If I was going to go, then I was going to do it in the way that I had been planning since the day they put my siblings and I in the custody of the state, not like this. I closed my eyes, and just let my senses take over. She lunged left, I ducked, lunged right and threw my arm out. Direct contact, though it didn't phase her at all. She just kept coming, and that's when I knew, I had to end this. It would pain me so much to see this place go, but from what I understood of the way things worked, it had to end with a huge fire ball. I opened my eyes, and ducked as her right arm extended, fist ready to go for my eye. I swiped a leg under her, knocking her to her feet and then I pounced.
My teeth, razor sharp, were bared as I lunged, going straight for the jugular. And then I was ripping her to shreds, tearing the woman that had once been so much to me apart, like there was no tomorrow, no way for me to stop. It HAD to end like this, right now, right here. I would NOT have them endangering our way of life anymore. And then she was nothing more then clumps at my feet as I stood, pulled out a match from the inside of my pocket in the old torn leather jacket that I was wearing and lit it. I took careful aim, making sure that it would land right where the gas leak was. And then I ran, ran for my life, I already knew that my siblings were not in the house. I had come alone, which was what she had wanted. I ran like I was in middle school again, with meat in my pocket with out me knowing and a pack of wild, hungry dogs was chasing me. I ran like nothing mattered anymore, counting silently in my head as I did so. Five, Four, Three, Two, One. Good Bye Bethany. And then, my past was gone forever. I had to find my future now. If only they had left me some kind of a note. I panted as I ran, annoyed at not knowing where I was going. And then I tripped, forgetting for a few precious seconds that I was a major klutz. I was counting how long it would take me to hit the ground when I was stopped, and picked up. I looked up into a pair of glowing pink eyes that I had never been so happy in my life to see more then right now. "Your Late." Was all I got out before my eyes fluttered to a close, and everything around me became one with the blackness.
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When I was finished I looked down at her with a smirk. She looked rather sad for some reason. "What's wrong? You asked me to tell you what I remembered again, and I did." Next thing I know, Edward is laughing while Nessie is pouting and looking at me with huge doe eyes. "I kind of meant from the very beginning." Both of my eyebrows went up, and I looked over at Edward to make sure that I understood what this child was asking me to do. "You mean, You want me to pretty much sit here and tell you my life story?" I asked, just a slight hint of amusement in my voice. She looked at me, and I swear, in that instant I could have screamed my head off. But I didn't, instead I just put my head back, closed my eyes and laughed. And when I was done, I opened my eyes to both Edward and Nessie looking at me, pretty much just waiting. I smirked, seeing as they were serious, and then shrugged. "Alright, if your sure you want to waist another hour or so of your life." I told them both, just then letting go of Neisse's hand and shifting in my spot for a more comfortable position. "I'll tell you all about my past."
(A/N: Well, there you have it. The Prolog to my new story. Which I will be sticking with might I add, haha. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. The First chapter will be hope some time this week, making some last minute changes to it before I send it to my lovely Beta. haha. Well, stay tuned kittens, to find out how the hell our lovely Lolah got her self into this mess. Kikko Says: Tata for now!)