Oh look I finally updated. I reread the reviews and honestly i had a craving to update. Loads of you have been begging for months.
Duely note that this hasn't been edited at all. I barely remember the story (as im sure you'll have to reread chapters 1, 2 and 3)
The only edit on this is this is chapter four and five together. I said some of the chapters were way too short. Please enjoy. I'll try and update every week, maybe even every few days.
Chapter four
Rephaim
Rephaim had his own room, like the rest of his brothers, it wasn't much, but at least he could meet Stevie Rae here if needed. Stevie Rae.
"Rephaim, I'm falling in love with you.." Her words echoed in his head. "I'm in love with you too..." he wanted to say, but his brothers came. Then the moment had passed Rephaim felt.
"She Calls You.." Rephaim saw a green glow. Would he follow it to his High Priestess? That's when he felt it, Stevie Rae's love. It finally came to him. He needed to tell her that he loved her too.
He followed the green glow, then it came to the fledging's house. He stopped. She'd probably be in her room. He flew up and looked through the window. There she was, SURROUNDED BY HER FRIENDS?
"She was going to tell them?" Rephaim said, aloud. Then the Raven Mocker turned around, not knowing that he might be changing fate forever.
Stevie Rae
After an hour, everyone, but Zoey obviously, left because the sun was going to rise. Why didn't he come? Stevie Rae kept asking herself. It's cause i told him my feelings, but surely he's not scared of well me and him..? Thinking about it made Stevie Rae's head hurt, she went downstairs and had some Count Chocula cereal, which tasted nice before she tasted his blood. Now it just tasted alright. And stevie Rae was never good with just alright. She walked over to her friends who were standing around the small oak table. The twins snorted when they saw her.
"No boyfriend then twin?" Erin asked Shaunee.
"No, and I'm not afraid to admit that twin," Shaunee smiled
"Me either!" Erin said.
"Stop it," Z's voice was loud and clear. Stevie Rae smiled at her BFF, but it couldn't hide the sadness of Rephaim not being there for her. "She asked Earth to go find him, and earth responded therefore Stevie Rae does have a consort." Stevie Rae finished her count chocula, when the door knocked and then the five remaining Raven Mockers walked inside; Rephaim, Balik, Kenzo, Dren and Deree.
"We mussst essscort sssome of you.." Rephaim looked at Stevie Rae, she knew from the tone of his voice that he was just adding the hissing so his brothers wouldn't suspect anything. Dren walked up to the new girl, Stevie Rae wasn't sure if her name was Amy or Amelia, she had long, blonde hair. Next, Kenzo walked up to Kramisha, Kramisha just stared at him. He whispered something about death to her, but Stevie Rae didn't hear properly, and she didn't want to think when it came to death. She'd already died once, came back, and then got nearly close to death twice. Rephaim saved me both times... she thought to herself. Deree walked up to a disabled kid, who needed a wheelchair and knocked some girl out of the way of the wheelchair. Then Balik walked up to Zoey and whispered: Neferet believes you are still weak after your accident. He was clearly talking about her soul shattering. Finally, Rephaim walked up to Stevie rae and was the only one who said nothing to his escortee. "We are taking these fledgings and err.. Vampyres." He looked at Stevie Rae again, for what seemed a very long time, even though it was only for about three seconds. "To their classes and back here at the end of the day, as Neferet, your High Priestess, believes you need this help." Clearly, he'd learnt all the words from some script. They started to walk out, Stevie Rae had Religion first and was in no rush to get there, she stopped both Rephaim and herself walking when they were far away enough from the others. Neither of them said anything till that point.
"Why didn't you come last night?" Stevie Rae asked him, sharply. He refused to look her in the eye.
"I saw you and your friends. You were going to tell them about us," He stopped, "Have you told them about us?"
Stevie Rae stared at him for a few seconds. "No, I thought it'd be best if you showed up and then we explained, together. But you never showed up."
"I planned to, until I saw you with them."
"Rephaim you didn't say anything yesterday when I told you that.." Stevie Rae stopped and lowered her voice. "I loved you."
Rephaim stared at her and sighed. "We must get you to your first class. I'll see you in an hour." Then he pulled her along while Stevie rae fought back the tears that were fighting to leave...
Rephaim
Rephaim left Stevie rae in the small building that only had, as a rough guess, two classrooms in it. All he could feel was her sadness, and loss in a way. He wanted to tell her that he loved her, because he did. But they were fighting and it didn't seem right. Also, Stevie Rae might use that as an excuse for him to 'meet' her friends. Rephaim sighed as he continued walking. Then he jumped into the air and flew towards his father's room. Not that he would tell his father, but it would distract him for the time being.
"If this doesn't convince her, I don't know what will." Rephaim stopped on the balcony outside, there was a curtain covering the archway meaning Rephaim wouldn't - couldn't - be seen. He could hear Neferet talking. "A Raven Mocker taking her around, which means that she won't be able to plot against me. Herself or her friends. The Poet Laurete, well Kenzo will be able to accidently destroy any poems she writes. The Red One, Rephaim will prevent her from using her powers to trap you again."
"You trapped me." Rephaim heard his father speak, his voice was low and had some anger in it. "And what about the other two fledgings, what can they do?"
"One is disabled and one is new here. That's to distract the other fledgings who Zoey and her friends will use against me!" Sudden Anger rose at the end of Neferet's voice and Rephaim heard a loud bang, like a fist against a table.
"And what if they use my sons for information?"
"Well, we just won't talk about any of this in front of them."
Rephaim flew up to the roof then, he had to tell Stevie Rae. He needed to tell Stevie Rae. But he wouldn't have a chance. He would only be able to tell her inbetween taking her too the different buildings.
Stevie Rae
Stevie Rae had been watching the clock all lesson. For once, she'd hoped the lesson wouldn't end. She had Geometry next anyway, Z's favourite lesson!, Stevie Rae thought. It made her a bit happier. It was only two minutes before she'd haveto see him again. A month ago, she'd have been happy about that. But now she wished, not that she'd killed him in the first place, but not seen him at all. Which surpised Stevie Rae.
"Alright class, you're dismissed." Stevie Rae looked at the clock again. Crap. She packed away her things as slowly as she could, then quietly left and was face-to-face with Rephaim.
"Would you be okay with missing the next lesson? We need to talk." Stevie Rae met his eyes. Her brain told her not to go, but her heart told her to be with him. And as always, Stevie Rae followed her heart.
"Geometry. And yeah, I'll just say I was working on my element."
He dragged her outside of the building.
"Where's the closest place we can hide from here?" He asked her.
"The depot. It's about a twenty minute walk." Stevie Rae honestly answered.
They walked out of the House of Night hand-in-hand. If either of them looked back, they'd have noticed a large group of Fledgings had spotted them leaving the House of Night together.
As soon as they were fairly out-of-sight, Rephaim turned to Stevie Rae.
"I heard Neferet talking to my father, she'd using my brothers and I to stop you and your friends from planning a rebellion." Stevie Rae gasped. "She wants Kenzo to destroy someone's poems."
"KRAMISHA!" Stevie Rae gasped again. "But how can he do that?"
"He will quickly tear it up, eat it, spit on it so the ink will run. Things like that."
"That's awful!" Then both of them realised that Stevie rae was holding Rephaim's arms, as he was stroking her hair, while she was leaning into his hand. They stepped back, almost immediately. "I-I'm sorry about me wanting to tell my friends. I guess I-"
"No, it's not your fault. I should have been more mature about the situation.."
"That's awful nice of ya, Rephaim, but still like I said I guess I wasn't thinking right at the time." But Rephaim barely heard her last words, because that's when he leaned in to kiss her.
