Chapter Four
Danni stayed still with her ears pulled back slightly: nothing, but quite. The house was empty.
Where is everyone, Danni thought?
She stood, dressed quickly, and walked into the kitchen. Bowls and plates piled in the sink with food on them. The table was bare except for a few crumbs that Danni picked up not wanting rats. She walked outside and saw Nudge walking the short distance from the front door to the woods.
"Hey!" Danni called.
Nudge turned back and smiled. She walked over. "Hey, up already?"
Danni frowned. "What time is it?"
"About that…" Nudge's words were muffled as a black sack was thrown over her face.
A scream erupted from Danni's throat as she sat up in bed. The lights turned on. She lifted her arm to cover her eyes.
"Danni," Max's voice said nearby.
Danni sighed and stood. "Pinch me," she said calmly.
"What," Nudge said.
"Pinch. Me."
A hand slithered out of the bright light and pinched her arm.
"Ouch," Danni said and rubbed the spot where a bruise was bound to spring up. "Thanks," she replied to Angel, her sight coming into focus.
"Your welcome, Danni."
Danni stood and grabbed clothes. She headed to the shower deciding to start her day at four in the morning.
Half an hour later Danni sat on the couch reading by the candlelight. Her cat-enhanced eyes had some positives. Max, Nudge, and Angel had gone back to sleep.
The door behind her, the one leading to the room where the guys slept, open. She ignored it by delving deeper into the book. Someone sat next to her.
"What?" she asked closing her book. She turned to find Fang staring at her.
"You screamed." He made it a fact, not a question.
She nodded.
"Why," he asked.
She shook her head. "I don't know. Bad dream. It happens."
He looked skeptical of her answer, but decided not to say anything. He nodded and head back to his room. "Oh, Danni?"
"What?"
He looked back at her with shielded eyes. "Nothing," he ducked into the room closing the door behind him.
Danni shook her head. "You are so oblivious to your feelings," she whispered.
Hours later, scream pushed to the back of her mind, Danni and the flock were walking in the streets to a small club type place.
Thursday night was teen night, which meant it was a school dance type atmosphere without the teachers, and parent chaperones.
Inside they all agreed to only last two hours. Then they would leave and hope Erasers hadn't spotted them, even there in the UK.
"Happy Belated Birthday!" Iggy said into Danni's ear.
"Thanks," she said. She kissed his mouth. "I'll be right back," she said over the noise before heading to the bathroom.
She splashed herself with water. All day she had done nothing but try to not think about the files she had read the day before. A twin, of all things! And her parents weren't her parents. Life was strange enough, and this had only added to the strange factor.
Smiling at her reflection she walked back out to the crowd and nearly dropped her jaw to the floor at the sight she saw.
Iggy was dancing with another girl.
Okay so, this all seems like typical high school drama, but the girl looked exactly like Danni.
Danica maybe?
AN: I am so sorry this took so long to write. I am going to try and update sooner. But please forgive me. I know its no excuse, but I've been busy and my computer is on the blink, its old. So I apologize again and hope you like the chapter. I already have the next chapter in mind. With any luck I'll have it some time in January and if I'm really good before then.