A/N Hey guys! So this is just the prologue and general outline of what I'm thinking of developing into a more substantial story. But before I do that I want some feedback on the idea. So below you will find a suggestion for how this story is going to come about. Ignoring the semantics I want your opinions on whether or not I should continue with it.
Outline: Ally was raised by her single father, raised to hate the evil creatures of the night and to learn how to manage keeping them a secret. When she turns fifteen the mother who abandoned her shows up tells her, she's part evil creature of the night. Dragged away from her father, the next three years are spent being trained to be the guardian of a race she could not care less about by a mother who was in her eyes nothing but a selfish bitch. Now, aged eighteen, she is put through the same series of trials as any other teenage Dhampir and passes. It seems to be time to head to court. This is going to be a story following Ally's life from when she first steps into court. It will be told from her point of view and contain spoilers for Last Sacrifice if you haven't read it yet. The following is just the beginning.
"You have got to be kidding me." She said with absolutely no humour in her voice what so ever. "Just because I'm willing to acknowledge out relation does not mean I'm willing to forgive and forget." The short redheaded woman crossed her arms over her chest and glared at the identical copy of herself facing her.
"But we used to be so close Janine! Why can't you just let the past stay in the past? I can't help that I got reassigned here and eventually they were going to meet. It was just a matter of time. Why can't it be now?" The doppelganger said. It was hard to tell the woman apart. The differences were slight, but enough to notice. A shorter haircut, different clothes and a thicker Scottish accent marked the second woman as someone who was not Janine Hathaway, but was definitely related to her.
"Why can't it be now?" Janine said with enough sarcasm as to rival her daughter, "Because Rose is finally happy. I may not have been here through it all but I've seen enough of her recent life to know it hasn't all been easy. I'm not going to jeopardise that for anything. And I know you know this, everyone does.
"So ask for both you and your daughter to be reassigned. Not to mention, I don't want to see you ever again. I've successfully ignored your existence for eighteen years why ruin that now. And meet your bastard? I think your forgetting that she's the reason I disowned you in the first place. It's time you remembered your place Lucy." Janine hadn't raised her voice once throughout the entire conversation, but the deadly tone in her voice was what made her so frightening.
"Oh, that is rich coming from the woman who was impregnated by some mobster who frequents in illegal activities. Your daughters as illegitimate as mine." Lucy replied with venom.
"But at least mines natural." Janine said.
The two woman cross their arms, staring each other down.
"Er Mum?" Rose said, approaching from behind her mother. It was her day off and before her and Dimitri took off for the day they had to attend a guardian meeting. Rose had planned to walk with her mother. In the two years since Lissa was crowned queen their relationship had vastly improved. That and they'd both been exceptionally busy. Finding time to actually talk was a rare occurrence. "Who's that?"
"No-one you need to worry about Rose, go on ahead and I'll meet you there." Janine said never moving her eyes from Lucy.
"Okay, well, since my mother doesn't seem keen on letting the information slide," Rose said ignoring her mother's request, stepping around her and holding out a hand to Lucy, "Hi I'm Rose Hathaway but I get the feeling you already know that. I would I'm pleased to meet you but until I know who the hell you are I'm not sure. So please enlighten me, who are you?"
Throwing a quick glance at Janine as if to say I told you so Lucy reached out and grasped Rose's hand. "The names Guardian Lucinda Hathaway. I'm your mother's twin, which makes me your aunt."
"So what you're saying is that my mother disowned you for having a baby she didn't approve of?" Rose questioned not totally disbelieving. When Lucy nodded Rose continued now that all three of them were walking towards the meeting. Janine was quite away ahead attempting to pretend for even just a minute that her family didn't exist. "Well I guess it's not really that shocking. Hypocrisy seems to be somewhat of a genetic trait in this family."
With only a raised eyebrow and no real questions Lucy finished explaining. "Well, her disapproval wasn't totally unfounded."
"What did you do?" Rose asked suddenly excited, she couldn't help but love to know the scandal behind her mother's disapproval; she'd earned it her fair share of times.
"Well I think I'll let your cousin share that with you. She's here too and is super excited to meet you." Lucy said.
"No she's not." A voice offered from behind. This is followed by the sounds of stiletto's and all three turn to see who'd joined them "Your cousin doesn't want to be here, is being forced by the mother who abandoned her, questions that mothers right to tell her what to do, really wants to hit someone and would kill for some strong highly caffeinated coffee that isn't that instant shit the guardians keep around."
The girl that matched the stiletto's and sarcastic drawl was soon to be seen. The first thing they all saw was the shoes. Five inch stiletto's that looked killer but really wouldn't be that good in a fight. Weirdly enough, the rest of her getup was regulation guardian black and whites. The curly waist length hair that spilled over her shoulders was both beautiful and once again highly inconvenient for a guardian. The dark blonde hair framed her face which held the pale, pale blue eyes that were currently glaring at the small collective.
"Hi I'm said cousin. I'm here under the duress of both the Alchemyst's – those traitorous bastards and the guardians, who frankly, I would expect nothing else of. Now if you'll excuse me, I have a suicide attempt to make, anyone know a good place to hang myself?" She asked while already walking away. As she walked past Rose though she flicked some of the hair that had been obscuring her face over her shoulder and her cheek is momentarily caught in the light.
"The child you had my mother disapproved of?" Rose asked when they finally started moving again after her cousin's performance. "Is she an Alchemyst?"
The brief illumination had caused a flash of gold. The side of her face had gold tattoos.
A/N So what did you guys think? I need reviews to know whether or not to continue… so the review button is tempting you to push it… even if you hate the idea a "God no, for the sake of my sanity please don't write it" review is better than no review at all that causes me to keep going and well your sanity is gone :)