Chapter Two: Family

There I was, standing in front of.. Well, a Witch's coven. I never knew of it's excistence until my parents died and left me a note saying to find Madison, since I would be in great danger. Until this day I still have no idea how big this danger would be.

Oh well, hopefully they take kindly on a friendly vampire orphan.

I closed the gate behind me and looked up at the big, white building that stood ahead of me. I swallowed and tighten the grip on my suitcase.

Here goes nothing.

I walked up the stairs and placed my suitcase on the ground next to me. Then I took a big sigh before ringing the doorbell. It felt like it was an hour that I waited for someone to open the door, but instead it was like five minutes or so.

The woman who opened the door look suspiously at me. I have to admit, after my parents died, I didn't drink much blood, because I don't dare to hunt for humans.

"Uhm, hello. My name is Terra Montgomery.. I..", I hesitated. I never really wanted to admit that I'm Maddi's cousin. Mostly because people look at me like I'm the same amount of bitchyness as she is.

"Are you miss Madison's sister?", the woman -who I believe is the maid of this coven- asked. I smiled and shook my head. People often mistaken us for sisters. But I look nothing like Madison. We just have the same last name.

"I'm her cousin. Our mothers are sisters", I explained to the woman as she let me in and grabbed my suitcase. As she closed the door behind us and I grabbed my suitcase.

The maid looked at me weirdly. "Oh, uhm. I'm used to takeing my own suitcase", I explained to her. The maid smiled at me thankfully. I walked behind her through the hallway.

"What's you're name, if I may ask?", I asked her. The woman stopped walking and turned to face me. "My name is Delphine LaLaurie".

My eyes widen. The Delphine LaLaurie?

"You're a murderer!", I exclaimed. I could not believe she was still alive. "B-But how are you still alive?", I questioned, my eyes still wide as hell.

Delphine looked saddend. "That's a story for another time, my dear girl", she told me. Then she grabbed my suitcase from me and walked up the stairs. I followed her soon after.

I was still a bit in awe from who I have walking in front of me. Delphine LaLaurie is a slave-murderer who tortured her slaves to death. Her body was never found though... Well, until now. I was really wondering how she was still alive and well.

"Miss Madison! There's a visitor for you!", Delphine yelled. I frowned. Do they all yell around here? I stood there in the hallway, waiting for miss big bitch to come out, yelling about how she sarcastically missed me very, very much.

She barely misses anybody. Only things. I wonder if she heard the news about the slaughter of my parents. She barely cares about things.

After like ten minutes the door at the end of the hallway swooned open and a tall, blonde girl walked out with class. Okay Maddi, you win. You've got the style and class of a swan. A very bitchy one.

Madison stopped in her tracks. Her left arm was raised as if she was wearing an invisble purse around it. Oh, and her mouth was open in shock. I was surpised since I could not sense a heartbeat or brainwave.

Yes, all vampires can sense a heartbeat in a human being. Or well, anything that breathes and has a pulse. And right now, Maddi has none of that. No pulse, np breathe.

And yet she's standing in front of me with her stupid pose. "Terra?", she asked. Then she fake shrieked and hugged me. I expected a knife in my back but nothing.

"Hi Madison", I said in my shyer voice. Madison looked at me from head to toe. I wasn't dressed really weird or something. Just a wide crop top, some ripped jeans and some flat shoes. Nothing to make fun of.

She looked me straight in the eyes. "Darling, I heard about you're parents. I'm deeply sorry. I mean, at least you've had nice parents, mine don't care that I died".

I knew it.

I just knew that Maddi has died, otherwise I'd sense something on her. "How did you die?", I asked her. I was kinda ignoring the subject about my parents. I've learned to deal with it. Nobody in my surroundings really cares about a bunch of dead people.

In my neighbourhood alot of people died, nobody was surpised when my parents died. Life goes on, for humans at least. I still wonder who killed my parents, and why?

"Did you tell your parents you died?", I asked Madison. She rolled her eyes and passed me, expecting me to follow her. Not to piss the queen of the coven off, I followed her downstairs.

"You know your aunt and uncle, Terr. They wouldn't care if I told them, and well, I don't expect them to care", she said and turned midway to face me. Now that her complexion is a bit paler, and her make up darker, she looked a bit intimidating for a dead person. "Okay, I give you that point. The only thing your mom would care about was if you would still be able to act".

Madison gave me a short nod before heading for the kitchen. "I want to show you something", she told me before she opened the kitchen door. There was a lot of food on the kitchen table.

What was it she wanted to show me?

I sat down as Madison grabbed an empty plate and started filling it with food. Within a few minutes she had eaten more than an elephant. And she wanted to grab more. My eyes widen as I saw her chow down all that food. "Still not full?", I questioned after seeing Madison eat for fifteen minutes.

Madison swallowed and smiled at me. "Nope".

I leaned foreward a bit as I asked in a whispering voice. "What the hell happend to you?".