Savannah sits on the piano bench, intently staring at the keys as her fingers dance over them. She is playing a cover of the "On the Nature of Daylight" by Max Richter. It has become one of her favorite melodies to play. It's late, around 3:30am, but obviously she has no need for sleep so the time doesn't matter to her.
"Can you play something happy for once?" Taisia mopes as she slouches on the piano. Savannah was too focused on her playing to notice the little redhead enter the room. Savannah smirks and stops playing, glancing up at the Russian girl who giggles and skips over to sit on her friends lap. Savannah can't help but note on how much the redhead reminds her of a young cat, who is in constant need for attention and always is eager to curl up on someone.
"Where's Evangeline?" Savannah asks as she runs her fingers through her friends long red hair.
Taisia shuts her eyes and smiles, appreciating the physical touch. "She's on the phone. She didn't say with who, but she rushed off pretty quick to answer it and she's been there for over an hour." She responds. Another set of footsteps enter the room and a second later, and Aron joins them around the piano. Savannah avoids eye contact with the Polish vampire, but she can practically feel his gaze on her. Taisia shifts forward and blocks his view on her face. It's a fairly tense feeling between the two of them, but before anyone can say anything, Evangeline comes walking quickly into the room. She's usually smiling, but today her face is downcast.
"What's wrong?" Aron asks and crosses the room to stand beside her. She forces a smile and shakes her head.
"I'll tell you all when the others return from their hunt." She assures while the forced smile remains on her face.
The others she is referring to are the remaining members of their family; Kristian, Bryce, and Vivienne. In total there are seven of them, and they span from different places and backgrounds.
Evangeline was the first to be turned. It was 1675 and she was serving as a maid. Her long dark hair is usually piled on top of her head; her soft eyes are forgiving and kind. There is something about her that attracts people, and that is why she was turned into a vampire; she attracted the wrong man. After she was turned, she was confused and frightened, and wanted nothing more than her eternal torment to end. One night, in London, after having tried to starve herself, she became too wild and attacked a group of merchants. Carlisle heard the commotion, and grabbed the young vampire and pulled her away before any sort of authority to arrest her. And with him was where she stayed, for years, until everything changed.
Aron is the second oldest. He was turned in 1772. Evangeline found him. She was in Poland, and she found a newly turned Aron, crazed and blood thirsty. But she controlled him, tamed him and over time, befriended him. She gave him the choice to stay with him or leave to make his own life. He can't be alone, he hates it, so of course he stayed with her.
Next was Kristian from Germany. He was 1790. Kristian was handsome, a hard worker, and had a fiancée, but a jealous vampire put an end to his idyllic life. The vampire meant to kill him, but Aron chased him away before he could. Aron and Evangeline didn't know whether he would live, but he was strong in life and in fighting death too. He wasn't as blood crazed as Aron when he was initially turned, but he was angrier. Losing your life and everything you cared about is the worst hell anyone can be put through, so of course he was angry. He lashed out at Aron, because Aron could handle violence better than Evangeline could. It took years for Kristian to calm; thirty years to be precise. During that time, they moved him from Germany to France, to a small cottage in the woods. There was a small village fairly close to the cottage, and the people were terrified of Evangeline, Aron and Kristian. They claimed they were witches... If only they knew.
But, while they were there, they discovered Vivienne. Vivienne was full of herself, and she demanded attention wherever she went and that would be the end of her. Kristian found her, bleeding and screaming on a road and took her back to their house. Evangeline and Aron took care of her, and she calmed down after 10 years. And then they moved to America because Vivienne was too well-recognized in France. While there, they found Savannah. She was a maid, but one night, while she was walking down a dark alleyway to get home, she stumbled upon a beautiful but frightening woman: Vivienne. She was thirsty and because she was only a few years old, she attacked the frightened woman. Aron then found them, pulled Vivienne away, and tried to save Savannah by sucking the venom out of her skin, but he knew it was too late in the end as too much of it flowed through her veins. He carried her back to their home, and he stayed with her through the pain. When she woke up, her throat was sore and dry. He was the one to take her away, to a hospital where people were almost dead. That's the people they... drank. People who were almost dead. They variated between them and animals or blood banks later, but they didn't have a lot of choice initially. Then, they found Taisia. She was a beautiful, small Russian immigrant working as a prostitute. Aron and Savannah found her, screaming and writhing on the cold street. She never told her family how she was attacked. Bryce was the last to be turned. He was a well-liked, attractive man, but a jealous woman attacked him and left him to die. It was Evangeline who found him.
So they became a family living in the forests, usually in small cottages. People thought they were witches. Some teenagers tried to sneak in, and Vivienne lost her temper. One died from a heart attack, the others went into hospital due to fright. Now, the family is living in Northern Ireland. With every family, they have had their fair share of complications; made even worse from the fact they're temperamental, immortal beings. Despite the tempers, relationships have blossomed between the members like Evangeline and Kristian, Evangeline being the only woman to have managed to sneak into his heart like no one else ever had been able to. Bryce quickly fell for little Taisia, but it took years for her to finally open up and accept the tall, goofy individual who will do anything to make his little mate laugh. Lastly, there is Vivienne and Aron, but it hasn't always been like that. Initially, it was Savannah.
Aron's eyes flicker over to the dark haired woman sitting on the piano bench, her golden eyes staring intently at the sheet music. Despite still being with Vivienne, despite having chosen Vivienne over Savannah, he still cannot let Sav go. He still looks for her and stares for too long, still listens to her play for hours on end. He still sits beside her on the piano bench beside her when no one can see. And Sav lets him. The rest of their family were angry when Aron gave into temptation and slept with Vivienne, whilst still being in a relationship with Savannah. This action then led to a dangerous affair that almost led to Savannah and Vivienne fighting to the death. It took Taisia and Bryce holding Vivienne, and Kristian holding Savannah, before Evangeline could get in between them and beg for a truce. Being a vampire is a lonely, dangerous life and they need to protect the delicate lifestyle they've created for themselves. Savannah was the first to agree, knowing she couldn't leave her family and also knowing she can't make Aron or Vivienne leave the family.
So now here they are with the complicated, but content life they've built.
A noise at the door alerts the four vampires to the return of their kin. First to enter is the stunning blonde, who flicks her hair and glides over to Aron. She's dressed in a sheer white top and leather leggings. She glances at Savannah once, smirking, before turning her attention to the tall Polish man.
Bryce comes over and sits beside Savannah and Taisia on the piano bench, and Taisia climbs on to his back, smiling and nuzzling his neck. Kristian doesn't show this outward affection towards Evangeline, nor does she ever expect him too. He instead leans against the white wall, nodding at her.
She clears her throat and the five vampires look at her intently. She sighs and crosses her arms. She's clad in a dark blue dress, and it clings to her slight figure and her dark hair is piled on top of her head in its usual fashion. For one so small she certainly knows how to make the others pay attention to her.
"I got a call from Carlisle Cullen earlier and he wishes for us to pay his family a visit where they have relocated to a small town in Washington. He was brief as to why, but I know he would not call just for a leisurely visit." She tells them and waits for her family to respond.
"Why is he calling you?" Taisa asks in her thick, Russian accent and staring at her friend with a quizzical expression while she hangs off Bryce like a monkey on a branch.
Evangeline shakes her head and bites her lip, looking unsure if she wants to answer her little adoptee. Kristian stands up straighter and stares at his lover with intense eyes.
"What aren't you telling us, Evie?" he asks and closes the distance between them, his tall form towering over her.
She sighs deeply before finally facing her family and offering an explanation. "They have a child amongst them-"
"What are they having moral issues?" Vivienne snaps, growing impatient at having to wait around. Taisia punches her in the arm and growls, shutting up the tall blonde, who just rolls her eyes and looks back at Evangeline who is waiting for them to be quiet.
"The child is a hybrid."
That statement makes all the vampires snap their heads up and look in shock to Evangeline. Before anyone can speak, Bryce is on his feet and snarling.
"That's an abomination. It has to be destroyed." He says. Bryce is passionate about the life they lead and his kind, and an unholy creature like a hybrid child could cause their life to unravel- especially if more humans get involved. The thought alone infuriates him. The only fate for an immortal child is death
Evangeline walks over and puts her hand on his bicep, silently telling him to calm down. "I agree. I've known Carlisle for many years, I cannot possibly see his reasoning for obtaining a hybrid. Nevertheless, he has summoned us. He is my friend but I can only go if all of you agree because we will not be separated."
Bryce nods, anger still set in his face. Taisia quips in agreeance, and Savannah will follow without any sort of question. Aron nods and Vivienne shrugs.
"Alright. Let's go see this immortal child." Evangeline says softly, and all her children quickly get up to prepare for the journey, aside from Kristian. He is still beside her and his stony hand is resting on her shoulder.
"Why did Cullen contact you?" he asks her quietly.
She shrugs as her thoughts drift to Carlisle. "You know why." She answers. Carlisle met Evangeline not long after she was turned, and being a young, blood crazed vampire caused her to become fairly reliant on the kind man. But as she became stronger she sought independence and one day she quietly left him. Carlisle always secretly thought one day she'd return to join his family, but only when he met her again and discovered she had created a family of her own did he realize the quiet, fragile woman he knew was gone. God only knows why he calls on her now.