Chapter 3: Missing

Evelyn's POV

I was trying really hard to tune out Kate, Lily, and Erica as they babbled on endlessly about boys. That's all they ever talked about was boys. If I were truly being honest with myself I think I would rather watch paint dry than listen to my friends talk about boys again. They said I didn't understand because I "didn't have a guy yet," but I knew that was not the answer. There were just other things in my life that were more important in my life right now than finding a boyfriend. Like getting good grades to get into a good college.

I had dreams of getting into a good college like Harvard, Yale, Princeton, NYU, UCLA, or even USC to name a few. I've always been interested in science thanks to my father. Being the scientist that he is. I had a dream of getting a degree in marine biology. Whales, Dolphins, and all the other sea creatures have always piqued my curiosity.

Dolphins have always been my favorite animal since one saved my life when I was little. When we were five years old my parents took my sister and I whale watching. I stupidly climbed up and sat on the ledge of the boat. I fell overboard before anyone even knew what I had done. I didn't know how to swim so I started panicking and drowning. I couldn't breathe as I continued to sink further and further down. Then I saw a pod of dolphins out in the distance. I watched as two of them broke away from the group and swam toward me as fast as possible. One of the dolphins was a lot smaller than the other so I assumed one was the mother and the other her baby. The mother dolphin started pushing me toward the surface as I grabbed onto her as tight as my little arms could. She didn't leave until I was safely on board the boat again.

From that day on my love of marine animals grew and I found myself doing a lot of research just for the fun of it. Reading books, watching documentaries, researching online. It was a hobby of mine. A hobby that no one knew about. Not even Ava. Mainly because I didn't want to be a labeled as a nerd by my friends. That was a label they were quick to pass out to anyone that actually liked learning. They actually thought I was crazy for wanting to go to college as soon as high school was over. The only thing they seemed to really care about was shopping and boys.

I scanned the cafeteria for Ava and was surprised to see that she was not there yet. She was not sitting down eating lunch on her own like she usually was. That girl really needed to get some friends. I didn't understand why she didn't have any. I hoped she was okay. I worried about her sometimes. I imagined that knowing she was a clone of myself could not have been easy. She never really talked about her thoughts on the subject though and I chose not to ask. Her being a clone and me being adopted were two subjects that we both refused to touch upon.

I looked around for Ava once again and when I didn't find her I began to worry. The only thing I spotted was Derek sitting by himself. He too was looking around the cafeteria for something or someone. When his eyes met mine I sensed worry.

I shook my head. If there was one person I couldn't understand here it was Derek. All the girls here, besides me and Ava anyway, were constantly throwing themselves at his feet. Yet he chose to be a loner. He stood out with his pale skin and gold eyes and being by himself all the time made him stand out even more to me.

When my sister failed to make an appearance at all during lunch I grew even more worried. It wasn't like her to just disappear. My anxiety continued to climb during the last two classes of the day. When she failed to show up at our meeting stop after class I was nearly panicking.

I was about to call her when an ice cold hand suddenly grabbed my shoulder causing me to drop my phone. My anxiety was immediately replaced with curiosity when I saw that it was Derek. He'd never approached me before.

"Evelyn is it?"

"Yes what do you want?"

"You haven't seen or heard from your sister have you?"

"No," I said immediately growing suspicious. "Why have you?"

"No I haven't. I haven't seen her since she ran off after third period,"

"What do you mean she ran off?!"

"Maybe it's my fault. I should've stopped her. I should've stopped them. I should've helped her,"

"What are you talking about?"

"Hey Evelyn want to go hang out at the mall?" Kate as she ran up behind me. "We're going shopping for new school clothes,"

"No. I can't my sister is missing. I have to find her," my heart started beating faster at the thought of my sister being out there on her own.

"Oh I'm sure she'll turn up I'm sure," I was taken aback by my friend's total lack of concern for my sister's wellbeing.

"Oh you better hope she turns up!" Derek shouted angrily catching me off guard.

"Oh I'm sure she will-"

"Shut up will you?! Why don't you just shut the hell up for once in your life?! It's your fault she ran off in the first place!"

"Oh come on we were just having a little fun with her,"

"Wait a minute," I said. "What the hell is going on?"

"Why don't you ask her?" Derek growled and bared his teeth like an animal about to pounce. "She and her friends are always the ones picking on her. Teasing her. Making fun of her for no reason at all. Today I saw them beat her up. I saw it. I should've done something to stop it and I regret not helping her but it's their fault she ran away,"

"What?"

"Oh please stop exaggerating,"

"Stop lying!" Derek seethed.

I thought back to the day where my sister told me that my friends had been bullying her but I didn't believe her. My friends wee nice people that didn't hurt anyone. Could I have been wrong not to believe her? Could I really have betrayed my own sister like that? I loved her like sister. Even if she was just my genetic clone. A product of science. I loved her as a sister and the thought of anyone hurting her angered me. But for me not to believe her when she told me who was hurting her?

"Okay, okay fine. But maybe it's time you two saw her for what she really is. A freak. A loser. A no good piece of-"

And that's when I lost it. I threw myself at her and started hitting her as hard as I could. My body shook and spasmed so hard because I was that angry. All I could see was red.

I felt someone yank me off of her. "Calm down Evelyn she's not worth it," Derek said. But I was still seeing red. I was still wanted to fight. I broke away from him and started attacking Kate again. Her friends joined the fight but I still had the upper hand. Until Derek decided to grab me and pull me away from the fight again.

"Evelyn it's not worth it. They're not important. What's important is finding Eva,"

I was shaking though. Violently. I couldn't stop it no matter how hard I tried. My body shook so violently that even Derek decided to let me go. I ran off until I was out of anyone's sight when I suddenly exploded. Then I was running on all fours. I stopped once and let loose what I thought was a yell of anger but instead came out sounding like a wolf howling.

I looked down and nearly had a heart attack when I saw that my hands had been replaced by white furry paws. I turned and looked back and nearly died of a heart attack when I saw that I had a large white furry tail. Actually as far as I could see my whole body was covered white fur!

I started panicking because I had no idea what happened to me. What happened?! Am I just going crazy or what?!

"Whoa you're a werewolf? That's so cool,"

I spun around when I heard Derek's voice. "You and your sister are werewolves that's pretty cool. Plus that explains the wet dog smell you two have had lately,"

What the hell was he talking about and how did he catch up to me so fast?! How did he know it was me?!

"I didn't know werewolves existed but if us vampires exist then I guess werewolves can exist as well,"

Vampires? Werewolves? Where the hell was this all coming from?! More importantly where the hell was Ava?!

"Do you think you can change back though? We really need to find your sister,"

Change back?! I didn't even know how the heck I changed in the first place! I started freaking out again. I had no idea what happened to me and I had no idea how to change back.

"Or maybe you don't know how I guess?" he said. "It doesn't matter. I can track her by scent,"

I followed him as far as I could. I didn't know how I managed to keep my composure. Vampires? Werewolves? Was the world just insane?

He told me to stay out of sight when we arrived at a train station. I could still hear everything though. I could hear everything, smell everything, and see everything. It was as if all of my senses had suddenly just been perfected.

"She bought a ticket to Seattle," I heard someone tell Derek when he asked about my sister.

"Thank you sir,"

"Seattle," he said worriedly when he got back to me. "She's in Seattle,"

He didn't move. Neither one of us did for a long time. Until I decided that I couldn't just sit there any longer. So I ran as fast as I could. Derek caught up to me in mere seconds.

"If we are going to Seattle to find her that's the wrong direction. I reckon if we both run we could get there in a few hours. You seem to be able to run as fast as I can,"

Run to Seattle? I just discovered I'm a freaking werewolf and he's a vampire and he expects me to run to Seattle? Why was he so interested in helping me find my sister anyway?

"My mother's not going to like what I'm doing but it's time I had a little teenage rebellion for once in my life,"

I followed him since he apparently knew the way to Seattle. Unlike him though I did eventually get tired though. I wandered off into the woods by myself.

As I laid down I tried to take in everything that happened. I was a lone werewolf. I didn't know why or how. But I was a lone werewolf. Werewolves existed and so did vampires apparently. It was a lot to take in and despite being worried about Eva I still freaked out about what happened to me when I really thought about it.

I closed my eyes that night. Attempting to dispel all thought and worry and just let sleep take over. If I were lucky maybe I'd turn back in my sleep. I took one final breath as sleep finally overtook me.

I began to wake up when I felt something cold and wet nudging me gently. I felt a tongue gently lick the side of my face. I smelled the animal before I slowly opened my eyes. There was another wolf there. This wolf was even bigger than I was. Unlike me he had reddish brown-fur. Also unlike me I could tell that he was a male wolf. He nudged me gently and licked me one more time. I became aware of one thing. Another werewolf has found me.

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