Hi hi! Welcome welcome, I am in the process of rewriting and finishing this story. So updates will be slow, but they will happen. Everything is unbeta'd. Only my husband looks my works over and trust me when i say he's not an English buff. Lol. So. Read enjoy, review, ask questions PM me. whatever. I hope you enjoy. Oh also, Aryin is pronounced Erin.
I own nothing just Aryin and her family.
I put my last book in the box and sealed the box. Everything in boxes was going to be sent to my new address later. I looked over at my best friend who was pouting on my bed.
"Lacy, please. Stop" I said rolling my eyes.
"Why do you have to leave then?" She asked looking up at me, her topaz eyes glittering with tears that would never fall.
"Because, one you of all people know I am not happy here. Christine offered for me to watch her house, while she travelled with Joseph and I took her up on it" I said. "I'm going to a town where if my instincts are correct, I'll fit in perfectly fine." I said. Lacy huffed.
"Still its your senior year" She said. I looked over at her my face saying it all. She huffed again.
"I've done senior year so many times Lacy. I promise. Its nothing special. For you, its one thing. For me? Not so much. Just, stop okay? You aren't going to change my mind. Now, its time for you to go before you are forced to choke down human food. Mom is cooking dinner" I said and she nodded before hugging me.
"Oh alright. Can't blame me for trying. Gabe will be over here tonight" She said smiling slightly. I hugged her back.
"You'll see me soon enough" I promised and she nodded before leaving my room. I rolled my eyes as soon as she was gone. I couldn't blame her for not wanting me to leave, but I figured I would have a better chance on figuring out why I was essentially immortal not being around humans twenty four seven. I packed my last bag and zipped it shut. My blanket and pillow were going into my carryon so I could get some type of sleep when I got to Christine's.
"Aryin. Dinner" Mom called up the stairs. I trotted downstairs, my younger brother right behind me. We settled down around the dinner table after dishing up. It was a simple meal, spaghetti with garlic bread, and one of my favorites.
"All packed?" Mom asked. I nodded swallowing my mouthful
"Yeah, just my blanket and pillow which is part of my carryon" I said. She nodded.
"Remind me what time is your flight?" Alex, my little brother, asked.
"Five AM. So we are leaving about three AM to make sure I get there on time." I said and Alex nodded.
"Anyway. Alex how's school going?" Mom said directing the attention to Alex, who groaned.
"Its going mom. I'm passing all of my classes." He grumbled.
"And staying away from those druggies right?" I murmured underneath my breath so only Alex would hear me. He glared at me but nodded.
Dinner passed quietly after that. I spent some time with both of them before heading up to bed. I sighed plopping down on my bed. I laid back my arms behind my head and stared up at the ceiling.
"You know that makes you sound depressed right?" A male voice asked. I nodded shortly. It was Gabe who had just jumped through my window.
"I am aware. I just dread sleeping though I am exhausted" I said sitting up to look at him. He nodded.
"I know. Cinna is going to be stopping by here in a bit to give you a farewell gift. Something you'll need until you get contacts set up there" He said. I nodded understanding that Cinna was bringing me blood. I heard the crunch of someone walking and hurried downstairs. I opened the door right as Cinna went to knock. She chuckled and handed me the thermal bag.
"Should of known Gabe was going to tell you. We will miss you little one. Aaron said hello and be safe" She said and I nodded.
"I'll miss you all too. Give Andre a hug and keep an eye on Lacy, she's a bit down at the moment. I don't need her trying to follow me" I chuckled and Cinna nodded her topaz eyes sparkling.
"I will. I was also able to get the information you wanted. The Cullen coven is currently there. The leader Carlisle, is a doctor. He should be able to help you" She murmured quietly. I nodded.
"Thanks. I owe you" I said feeling some of my stress melt away.
"You owe me nothing. You have helped us" She said hugging me. I smiled and hugged her back. She let go and looked me over.
"Be careful lovely. We will come to visit over summer." She said before walking back down the path. I shut the door quietly.
"Aryin who was that?" Mom called from the living room
"It was just Cinna giving me a farewell gift" I answered. "Lacy texted and let me know she was on her way over"
"Alright. Go get some sleep kiddo"
"Night mom." I said going back up to my room. Gabe was already laying down waiting on me. I set the bag down next to my other ones and kicked my jeans off and pulled on my sleeping pants before sliding into bed with Gabe. There was nothing romantic about this. I had trouble sleeping and Gabe was able to keep me quiet. And it gave him the chance to sleep too.
Suppose I should explain a bit. My name is Aryin, pronounced Erin. I am human, but my soul was not. My soul had been around since the beginning of time. I had no idea why I am on a recycle circuit but it never failed. I died, was sent to a black and white room that slowly started to fill with books the more I died, and was reborn. Every time. It was the same thing. And then I started to learn that there were others like me but not like me. Vampires, Werewolves, shape-shifters and witches, which was what I was classified under. Being a witch was not all it was cracked up to be. No I wasn't evil, no I didn't curse people. Well not harmful ones anyway, bad luck spells were my specialty.
I don't know how or why, I just do what I can with my life. I try to make a difference for the regular humans. And occasionally I stick my nose into vampire affairs. It wouldn't do to have the Volturi thinking that there were no consequences to their actions. Werewolves, well I didn't have to deal with them because Caius had them hunted to almost extinction. Not that I minded, they were mindless beasts. People during the day but mindless during the full moon and that was never good for the populace.
Witches were the wild card. While we didn't have the strength or speed. We had the ability to heal almost instantaneously. We had power. Sure some vampires were gifted. But we had the ability to do anything with our magic. Gabe was the only one to witness this first hand though. At night when I am asleep, I have no control over the magic that leaks from me. It wasn't too long after I met the Emerson coven. Gabe had taken an instant liking to me because I ended up putting Andre in his place when he tried to take a chomp out of me. Not that I smelled good to the vampires, because I didn't, but Andre hadn't fed in a long time and with the smell of blood, any blood, he went off the deep end. Anyway back to what I was explaining. Gabe had come over one night to talk to me and I ended up falling asleep laying on his lap. I woke up the next morning to a living breathing Gabe under me, who needless to say freaked out. Once we no longer had body contact and I was able to pull the magic in, he returned to his vampire state. Needless to say we spent a few days experimenting with it. And I couldn't turn a vampire back to a human while conscious, but unconsciously I could. I figured that for the moment I didn't have the skill needed to do it.
The magic felt like silk spiderwebs. Not sticky and annoying but something I could cacoon myself in and bend to my will. It was an extension of myself and I learned quickly to keep it under wraps. The only downside to my life was I had to drink blood. Yeah I know what you are thinking, she's a vampire too! No not even close, I'm human but with using the magic comes the price of having to drink blood. Some things didn't take that big of a toll from me, like changing my hair color, and length or my eyes color. Those didn't take a lot, however, my little bad luck charms took a bit out of me. I still didn't understand it but from a past life, I knew I had to have the blood. Somethings never make sense.
Three AM never came so early. I had already been up for ten minutes pulling the magic back inside my body so when Gabe woke he was already turning back to his vampiric self. I learned too that, when that happened it made the time between me having to drink blood shorter so I ended up telling Gabe that he could stay the night only if there was blood the next morning. I sat up and finger combed the fuzzy mess that was my blond hair until I actually got up and got dressed. Gabe sat up and watched me walk around the room double checking everything.
"Girl, drink your go go juice, brush yo head and get ready. Your mom is already up." He said yawning. I nodded and opened the thermal box Cinna had given me last night, and popped open one of the bottles before guzzling it down making sure that I got every drop. Gabe just chuckled before putting his shoes on. Once I was done, he walked over to me and hugged me.
"Be safe. I promise I'll come and visit soon" He said hugging me. I pushed his stone body away.
"Alright you are worse than a PMS'ing woman. I'm fine. I'll see you guys during summer." I said. He just shook his head.
"Whatever, call when you get to Christine's" He ordered before hopping out my window and hurrying down the road to his house. I rolled my eyes and shut my window then locked it. I grabbed my brush from my purse and ran it through my hair smoothing it out. Once that was done I threw my brush back in my bag and clipped my bangs out of my face. Sometimes it sucked having short hair but I chose it so I had to wait to let it grow lest someone notices I made it grow overnight. I made sure everything was together before opening the door and heading downstairs. Mom was already in the kitchen making up two cups of coffee.
"Hey dear" She said handing me the keys to her Chevy Eqinox. I went outside and slung my suitcase in the back before sitting my carryon and purse in the front seat. I went back in to make sure I didn't forget anything before changing into a comfortable pair of jeans and red tank top with a black button up over it. I buttoned up the three bottom buttons leaving the top two unbuttoned which I will say famed my boobs fantastically. I chuckled to myself before heading back downstairs after shoving my clothes into a box that was going to be shipped later in the month.
"Ready when you are" I said to Mom who handed me the cup of coffee and I handed her the keys to her SUV. Off to Atlanta Airport we went.