Summary

Supernatural creatures have existed since the dawn of time, and for many years they lived alongside humans, their fearsome abilities keeping them in power over the humans. Though things could not stay that way forever, soon humans had the means to finally overthrow their supernatural oppressor. The creatures of the night that once had nothing to fear were dying left and right, and soon they were forced into hiding from fear of extinction.

The humans that fought of these terrifying creatures continued their searches, killing all that stood in their ways until they could find no trace of the supernatural. Centuries passes and eventually the fact that monsters once inhabited the world was forgotten by most, and the common knowledge of their previous existence was passed down from generation to generation as folk lore.

Despite popular belief, the creatures of the night were not all killed off, they quickly went into hiding to preserve their races and now most live in harmony to help build each other back up and fight back against those that still wish to do them harm. Unknown to most of the populace there are still those that know about the true nature of the stories told to children, and still know of the survivors of the supernatural race, they make it their mission to hunt down and kill all those who oppose the human populace.

Safe havens have been built all over the world for supernaturals that wish to live a peaceful life among each other. One of these safe havens known to all creatures of the night is the school of Filii Noctis, where beings all over the world send their children for safety and to learn the ways of the world so they too can one day thrive in their hidden world.

Cara was raised as a human all her life, and until recently that is exactly what she thought she was. Until one day some random woman decides to tell her differently, and suddenly her whole world is changing. Leaving her friends and family behind she is thrust into a world she never knew existed.

Chapter 1

Cara let out a long exaggerated sigh while tilting her head back to look up at the sky, her hand coming up to shield her squinted eyes from the harsh rays of the sun. The ten minute walk to her school had been made excruciating from the unbearable heat wave the sun had decided to throw at the populace. She was in no particular rush to be at school, but getting out of the sun greatly outweighed her disdain for being in school. She let her hand fall back to her side, pulled her pale colored backpack up on her shoulders as she continued her arduous journey to school. Glancing ahead she noticed a car passing by direction, and automatically looked in the driver's direction catching the gaze of a woman behind the wheel. She diverted her attention away to continue on her way, but stopped short when she heard the car coming to a stop behind her.

She could hear the sound of a car door opening before a woman's voice reached her ears."Calla, Calla is that you?"

Cara's eyebrow arched as she turned to face the woman, "I'm sorry, but I think you've mistaken me for someone else, I'm not Calla." She responded running a hand through her hair pushing it away from her face. The woman's eyes locking odd path of skin between her left eye and hairline that had been discolored and stood out against her pale complexion, and the fact that a patch of her hair alongside the birthmark had been stained a blood red only helped her oddities stand out more. Noticing the unwanted attention, she was quick to smooth her hair back down around her face to hide her birthmarks. "Okay, bye." She spat out discomfort rapidly wheeling up within her. She turned to leave, but only took a few hastened steps before feeling a hand wrap around her wrist.

"Hey! What are you do-?" She began whipping around to face the woman, her eyes locking with the woman's vibrant green eyes, she was unsure why but those eyes seemed to hold a certain amount of familiarity to them, like she'd seen them before possibly in a dream….or a nightmare. She cleared her mind with a subtle shake of her head, steeled her previous resolve and continued her statement, "What do you think you're doing? Let me go, I told you I'm not that person." She pulled against the hand holding onto her, and after a second the woman relinquished her grip on the young girl.

"I see, you don't know who I am." She expressed a forlorn look crossing over her expression for a moment. "So your memories haven't returned yet." She muttered chewing on the nail of her thumb, she to be talking more so to herself than actually to Cara.

"I'm sorry, what?"

The woman pulled her thumb from her mouth returning her attention to Cara, the saddened expression she sported moments ago was gone as quickly as it had come. "Let me start over. Hi, my name is Ester very nice to meet bare a striking resemblance to someone I once knew, and she's gone now. So I'm sorry, I don't know what came over me."

Cara visibly relaxed when the woman gave her some kind of explanation, maybe she wasn't crazy after all. "Oh, I'm sorry for your loss, your friend her name was Calla right?"

Ester nodded her head, "Yes, she was a beautiful kind hearted soul, I miss her everyday, so when I thought I saw her I just had no to stop. You really look so much like her, just like you could be her daughter. If you don't mind me asking, what is your name?"

Cara was hesitant to respond not sure if she should even still be talking with this woman, but oddly enough she didn't feel like she was in any danger with this woman here, and those eyes she couldn't tell why, but she felt she knew them. "My name is Cara… it's um nice to meet you Mrs. Ester."

"Oh please," The woman replied waving a hand at the girl, "Just call me Ester, Mrs. makes me feel so old."

"Um, I have to go." She drawled on throwing a thumb over her shoulder in the direction she'd previously going. "I have to get to school." She began to slowly back track so she could turn and leave, but Ester held a hand out to her stopping her in her tracks.

"Wait, I really hate to impose, but would it be okay if I spoke with you again? I hate to admit that I'm being a bit selfish, you really do remind me of my friend so much, I'd just love to sit down and talk with you sometimes if at all possible." The woman pleaded with a sweet smile gracing her lips, it was hard for Cara to tell her no, but for some reason she didn't actually want to tell her that. She wanted to help this woman if she could, maybe it would help her grieve the loss of her friend, and she seemed harmless enough, right?

Cara's eyes darted around as her mouth rhythmically opened and closed as she tried to muster up the will to deny her odd request, but after a moment she found herself nodding her head and responding, "Yeah, I mean that's fine, I'd love to talk sometime, but I really have to go now before I'm late." With that said she quickly turned on her heels and darted down the sidewalk towards her school. Ignoring the sweltering heat that beat down against her back and forehead as she raced towards the building to be on time.

I hope you guys enjoyed my story, constructive criticism is always welcomed.