Zoey Runs Out of Time
The girl's common room was filled with people. Damien was going down the stairs in front of me and went to sit next to Jack the moment we got to the room. Steve Rae was with a few red fledglings sitting in the corner whispering to each other looking at the center of the room where Lenobia was standing in the middle of yet another twin fight.
At first, the battle seemed to be a normal one, but when I got to the middle of the room beside Lenobia I understood what was really going on. Even Aphrodite was affected by the scene because she said, for the first time, what I was feeling exactly, "Ah, hell!"
Shawnee and Erin where standing face to face staring at each other, it was not just any kind of staring, it was the kind that said "you are sooo dead!"
"Steve Rae said they changed during breakfast," Lenobia said trying to cut the tension, "she said it happened five minutes ago, at the same moment!" I looked at their tattoos to find that they looked exactly like the ones I saw in our visions. I looked at Aphrodite who was shaking her head worryingly, and that confirmed the fact that we are running out of time.
"Oh yes we have," Shawnee said angrily, "we just went through the most important moment any vamp has ever gone through, at the same time!"
"And not just that," Erin continued in an even angrier tone (I was not sure how that was even possible), "we do not only share this moment, it appears we share a tattoo!"
This made me go crazy, a month ago, I heard the twins saying how cool it would be to have the same exact tattoo, now they have similar tattoos and they hate it! I just don't understand.
"Isn't it a little early for them to change?" I asked, "They are only fourth formers."
"That's not what worries me," said Lenobia, "I myself changed during my fourth former year." She went silent for a while before she continued, "What worries me is that they went through the change at the exact same moment, I have never heard of such a situation, even in different areas in the world!"
"I have heard of such scenario," Brad said moving towards us away from his group, "I read about it while researching for red fledglings in vamp history and found a story about two sis-"
"Don't ever mention the cursed Bloody Sisters," Lenobia said angrily, "for fear they might return." She took a few moments to calm herself down the said. "I'll go to the temple for their joining ritual; they'll go through it together, I can't have them fight over who should go first. Make sure they are okay with that before you send them to me, and after that, wait for me in my office because we have instructors to interview." She left the room before I can ask any questions.
The twins started a new fight saying that they will not agree to share their joining ritual too. Steve Rae and the rest of the gang tried to stop the fight but failed as I stood there thinking how on earth am I going to stop all this? Then I heard Aphrodite's voice say, "don't worry Zoey, we will find a way, we always do." For some reason that made me calm down.
I looked up to try and help the others, which is when I caught Stark looking at me as if there was something wrong. But when I started talking he shook his head and looked away.
"okay," I said with a strength I never knew I had, and what I said seemed to me like something Aphrodite would say "I know you two don't want to go through the joining ritual together, but it is still better than going through it after the other, so shut up and go!"
After I said that, Aphrodite looked at me surprised saying, "where did that come from?" just then Stark looked at me suspiciously, to that I screamed "WHAT?" That made him step back shaking his head slowly saying "nothing… it's… it's nothing!" and he left the room.
I looked back at the room to see the twins leaving still angry, Steve Rae was following saying "I'll just go with them to make sure they behave on the way." I mouthed the words "thank you," to her which made her smile at me and wink.
Brad was about to exit the room when I stopped him, "um… Brad," I said, "before you go to class I want to ask you something."
"Ask away!" he said with a huge smile on his face. His smile made me want to forget everything and just stand there looking at it all day, it was beautiful, and it always radiates positive energy.
"You said something about sisters just now-"I said.
"Oh," he cut me off, "you mean the bloody sisters. I don't know much about them, but all I know is that they are the cause of the worst vamp was in history."
"Why is that?" I asked, "Did humans kill too many vampires during that war because of them?"
Brad looked as clueless as I was. But then, Damien was there to help us, I did not realize he was still in the room, but thankfully he was.
"That's definitely not it Zoey!" he said, "The bloody sisters are cause of the only war in history that happened between vampires. That is why Lenobia went crazy at their mention; many vampires fear their return by mentioning them. And you should not talk about them anymore, because they might return."
But sadly, something inside me is saying they already have.