Okay, yeah, this sort of just popped up in my head and I started writing. Anyways, I only own Dwayne, The Pythons, the Hastingses, and the spells. Everything else is Stephenie Meyer's. Except for McDonald's, which I still don't own, but I wish I did. What? I love Big Macs!!
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Serena
Worried, the feeling that shook through my whole body. I caused way too much trouble at my old school. Why was I entrusted with the most dangerous thing in my family? We had been in the family's '76 mini-van for eleven hours, on our way to a town called Forks, Washington. Our starting point was Atlanta, Georgia. I looked at my five-year-old sister, who was sleeping, her head pressed against the cold, dark window. I looked at the clock, which read 9:56 PM. I said, "Mom, why couldn't we just fly?"
"Serena, honey, we couldn't afford to put all of our stuff on the plane." Serena was my name. It was unique, but my great-grandmother's name was Serena.
I then said, "No, Mom, by broom." My dad wasn't here, nor would ever be. Once he learned about my mom's family's secret, he left us, scared that we might turn him into a frog.
"Serena Marie Python, just because you're entrusted with the family sorcery, does not mean you can use it every second!"
"Luckily it wasn't Maddie, Mom. She'd make her stuffed animals and Barbies talk when she does those tea parties."
"That's not true, Rena," My little sister piped up. She was awake, which meant I was back on duty, entertaining the thing.
I looked at her in the dark and said, "You know it is, Madelina. Either that, or you would've made yourself the Princess of Sorcery."
"Stop insulting your sister, Serena," My mom suddenly said as we pulled into Chicago, where we were staying for the night. We drove around until we found a motel. Mom gave me and Maddie the room key while she started to go get some food to fix for breakfast.
"Mom, why can't we just start tomorrow with a healthy dose of McDonalds Iced Coffee accompanied with a Bacon, Egg, and Cheese McGriddle and hashbrown?" I said full of sarcasm.
"Yeah!" Maddie cheered. She really liked McDonalds.
"You'd get Dr. Pepper instead of Iced Coffee." I said putting Maddie in the bed which we would share for the night.
"Rena, we have to act normal. You know what'll happen. The Hastingses will-"
"-come and attack us and take Maddie away from us. I know Mom. But Mickey D's is normal. Why don't we also stop at Wal-Mart and get a pet fish?"
"Can we name it Guppy?" Maddie asked.
"I'm joking here Maddie. Mom, get some rest, you've been driving all day. I just got my license anyway. Why don't we split up the driving tomorrow?" I looked at the map and saw we still had thirty-five hours more of road time until we reached our new home. "We can get McDonald's, and I'll start out. We'll switch at the rest stop or the first gas station in Montana. How does that sound, Mom?" She looked scared at the idea of me driving our ancient family car. "Don't worry Mom. Would the DMV give me a license if I was seen as a threat on the road?"
"You're right," Mom said, finally realizing. "Just let me go to the gas station right now and let me restock on snacks. You put your sister to bed and get some rest yourself. You're starting at eight."
I squealed with excitement. Even though I was a new sorceress, I wanted to still live like a normal teenager. Once my mom pulled out of the motel parking lot, I sat down on the side I was sleeping on to tuck Maddie in. Maddie said, "How come we're moving so far away from home, Rena?"
I didn't want to answer. I hated answering this question. "You'll find out some day, Maddie. Right now, you're too young to understand."
"Does it have to do with us being magical?"
"Hold up," I said with a smile. "Who said you were a sorceress?"
"I'm not, yet. I'm not thirteen. But does it have to do with us being magical?"
I finally said, "Yes, Maddie, it does. Right now, you need to get some rest. I've got to stay up until Mommy gets back." I handed her the teddy bear that she slept with every night. "Night Maddie."
"Rena, can you sing me that song?"
"What song?" I asked.
"That one that Granny sang to us."
I peeked into my memory. I then head the tune drift through my head. No words were playing though. "I-I don't remember the words."
"Hum it!"
"Will you go to sleep?"
"Yes." I then hummed the song until she drifted off to sleep. Once I was sure she was asleep, I changed into my pajamas. I went to hop in bed as soon as Mom came to the door. I opened the door silently and whispered, "She's asleep. I'm going to bed too."
"When I'm driving, you're studying," Mom commanded. She pulled out a book and said, "This is the Python Book of Spells." It looked like a picture book.
"There isn't a lot of spells," I pointed out.
"That's because they're real simple," My mom taught.
"Okay," I groaned. I played around with the family pendant around my neck as I went to sleep. I was sleeping well until I was invaded with a dream.
It was raining very hard. I was in a forest, screaming for help. I then saw this beautiful boy. I couldn't compare anything to him. He then said, "What are you doing here?" He then pulled my sleek, black hair back to get a better look at my face. I looked into his eyes which were topaz. My eyes were a very pale green.
"I- I don't know. I think I hurt something."
"You have to go away, Serena"
"Why?"
"It's not safe here."
I looked at his shaggy, blondish-white colored hair. I asked, "What are you?" I then woke up, gasping for breath. Mom and Maddie were at the van. I looked at the time. 7:30. I quickly got dressed, not even putting on makeup. I then ran out to the van and said, "I'm awake. The driver is here!"
"Good. I thought I was gonna have to drive for the rest of the way." My mom joked.
I replied, "Ha ha, very funny. That's when we get in Montana." I hopped in the seat and shouted, "Get in the car people! We need to get the show on the road!" Everyone got in the car and we were off.
Once we reached the first gas station in Montana, Mom and I traded off and I joined a sleeping Maddie in the back when I was bored and slept a little bit, I was still bored. Therefore, I picked up the family book and read the note from my great grandmother.
Dear Serena Marie Python,
The Python family is one of the most honored families in sorcery. We once were the queens until the Hastingses came around. I am slowly becoming ill and have asked your mother, as my last wish, to train you become as powerful as I was. When you were younger, I saw tremendous power in you. Three years ago, when I took you to my hometown of Fork, Washington, I saw many things out of you, things I did not see out of Madelina. Therefore, I entrust you with the family sorcery, the reason you wear the family pendant around your neck. I also entrust you with the power that I had, which you will gain on your seventeenth birthday. However, I must warn you, when you have this power; the youngest Hastings will come and find you, no matter where you are. Use your sorcery wisely.
Mon amour et pouvoir seront toujours avec vous,
Serena Elizabeth Python
I read on, scared. Great, when I'm seventeen, I'm going to be hunted down by the most powerful family of sorcerers known to sorcery. I shook, "Mom, are you aware of what your grandmother is doing to me?"
"She's entrusting you the sorcery, of course I know, Serena. I agreed to it," she answered.
"Are you aware of what else is happening to me?" I asked.
"What else?" Mom said.
"I get her power when I'm seventeen. Then the Hastingses are gonna hunt me down. Why did I have to be more powerful than Maddie, Mom? Maddie was at that age where all the outbursts happen when I was entrusted."
"The reason why we're moving up here," She stated.
"Wait, you knew?" I questioned further.
She pulled into the last exit (I had the directions beside me) and said, "Yes, I knew. The Python family has no secrets amongst each other. Each woman works together to figure out which child to entrust. Anyways, get back to sleep."
"Mother, I've slept for… for like ten hours it feels like." She then snapped her fingers, saying, "Sommeil, Serena." I then fell into a deep, peaceful sleep. The darkness of sleep was then broken out by yet another dream.
The boy from my last dream ran closer to me, very fast. He was a blur. I then screamed, "Wait! They're here!" I must have been seventeen
He then stopped and looked at me with his topaz eyes. He then came over to me, holding me in his arms as tears slid down my face. He then said, "Don't worry, we'll protect you."
I then woke up, once again gasping for breath. Mom asked, "Serena, are you okay?"
"Yeah," I said. "I'm fine." I then saw the welcome sign to Forks. "Home sweet home," I said sarcastically.
"You can at least choose your room," Mom said. "We haven't moved out of Georgia since me, my mom, and Granny Serena moved to Atlanta."
"Is Granny Serena up here?" Maddie asked. I did not even realize she was awake.
"She got up here last month with my mom's help," Mom answered. She then pulled up to a house, which the house next door had a patrol car parked in the driveway.
"Uh oh Mom, the new neighbor's a police officer. You better behave yourself!" I joked. Mom and I started laughing, Maddie not getting it. Once we stopped laughing, I asked, "Can I go choose my room now?" Mom nodded and I darted out of the car and into the front door of our new home. I then found the staircase and went up, walking into a wood-paneled hallway, with four doors down the hallway. I was immediately pulled to the last door on the right. I pulled the door open slowly. I then saw the room. There was a bay window, facing the forest. I sat on the windowsill, looking at the rainforest I was now going to call home. I then saw something, a fast blur. What was that? I then looked closer and saw a boy walk up from the forest. He had shaggy blonde-white hair from what it looked like. It was the boy from my dreams.
"Want to go get your stuff?" Mom asked, startling me. I turned around, looking at her. I then looked back at the forest. Was the boy the blur? I was determined to find out what he was, even if it ended up with the Hastingses here. Were there more sorcerers and sorceresses here than just me and my family? This left me in a fog while unpacking my belongings. The boy from my dreams, there was something about him, a mystery only waiting to be solved.
Dwayne
Adrenaline, the feeling I used to feel in moments like this. I was running fast, with my new brothers, the Cullens. For years, I have been looking for a coven to join, and only weeks ago, I just found one. Edward, the oldest out of all of us, was running very fast, but the other two, Jasper and Emmett, were going a different way while I was following Edward. I was fast, faster than other vampires were, but not as fast as Edward Cullen. My blonde-white hair was flying in the wind I created with my speed. Edward then went outside the forest, just enough to be seen. "Edward, wait!" I shouted. I then was stopped by a powerful scent, the scent of someone's blood. The smell of something that was vanilla, freshly made. I then walked at human speed to the edge to see a girl with sleek, black hair that went to her mid-back, sitting on her windowsill, staring straight at me. The smell was coming from her. She then turned around for something, and I ran off. Who is she? Wait, I can't get involved with her, I thought. Her scent is too powerful. I don't want her and I to be like…. Then a voice came from behind me, "Who are you talking about, Dwayne?"
I turned around, startled to see Edward there. His dirty blonde hair was everywhere. I forgot he could read minds, as I could be manipulative, which it was easy to get my way, but I only used it when needed. I quickly fibbed, "No one."
"Dwayne Cullen, I know you're lying." He quickly said, smiling.
"I don't lie."
"Well then who's this girl?"
"No one, I just saw her."
"Want me to ask Alice what her name is?"
"Edward, Dwayne," shouted Emmett. "Cool it down. Weren't we coming to get Bella?"
"I'm going back," I decided. "I'd love to meet Bella though." I then raced back through the maze of trees behind the town to get back home. I saw Rosalie and Alice sitting there in the main room. Rosalie asked, "Where are the others, Dwayne?"
"Getting Bella."
"What about this girl?" Alice asked. "Do we get another Bella?" I have heard the story so many times about Edward and Bella, even though I have never met her. That was why the two were getting married, so she could be safe.
"What girl?" I simply asked. I finally had my own tricks through this coven. I acted clueless with Alice, since she could see the future. I acted blank around Jasper and I tried to keep a clear head around Edward. I had failed today because of her. Who was she? Would I see her in school tomorrow? I then realized, I was the only Cullen who went to Forks High School. I could be my own self there, not the Dwayne the Cullens and Hales (that was Rosalie and Emmett's last name) knew. Could I somehow try to keep this girl in the window as far away as possible? I was not going to use my manipulative powers on the administration. I would just let her schedule fall in place.
The next day, at Forks High, I sat in the lunchroom, looking around. I then smelled that scent again, the freshly made vanilla. I stayed where I was, looking for the girl with the long, black hair. I then found her, looking for someone. Luckily, her eyes did not fall upon me. She then sat with Lucy Dunn, a girl with a red bob for hair. She was nice, but I was not much of a talker. I then heard their conversation, Lucy introducing the girl to her group of friends.
"Everyone," Lucy introduced, "This is… Katrina?"
"Hi, my name's Serena," she corrected. Serena's voice was a soft voice, a voice for someone that did not talk much. Then, everyone at the table started a conversation at once with her, asking her questions. Her pale green eyes widened, not used to this kind of attention. Welcome to the small town of Forks, Serena, I thought, where everyone's families grew up with each other a town.
"Where are you from, Serena?" Lucy then asked.
"I'm from Atlanta, Georgia," She answered.
"You're pretty pale to be from there," a girl with brunette ringlets said. "You're as pale as Dwayne Cullen." She was pale like me, pale enough to be a vampire. Surely, a vampire did not have such a seducing scent like that.
"I-I don't think I've met him yet," Serena said.
"Hey, Pretty Boy," Lucy turned around, talking to me. "There's someone I want you to meet." I looked at their table. The only seat open was by Serena. I then went over there, sitting by Serena. I tried to block out that sweet smell, but I could not. Lucy then said, "Dwayne, this is Katrina."
Serena laughed, "It's Serena. Nice to meet you, Dwayne." She then extended her hand.
I took the hand, saying, "Nice to meet you too." Great, what was going to happen next? Does she recognize me from yesterday?
"Wait," Serena said to me. "Weren't you walking around in the forest yesterday?"
"Yeah," I said. Was she manipulating me? She could not be a vampire. She had blood and green eyes. Could she be a werewolf? For a fact, I knew she was not human. I was in a fog, wondering this. I cannot believe I fell in love with a werewolf, if she was one. What was my family going to say? I was in a fog, until I saw her again.