Title: Forbidden Love Is Over-Rated
Rating: T for femslash and foul words
Pairing/Story: Aphrodite and Stevie Rae from House Of Night
Author's comments: Now my comments are important here, because this story was written way back from last, last year. I gotta admit, it's a little scratchy at first. But it becomes better, I swear. Anyways, I had always been in love with the pairing AphroditexStevie Rae. And whenever I browse through fanfiction, I do see a few stories about them- But not on how they came to be.
Now like I said before, this story was written last, last year. So I threw in a character or two, or three, or even more. And most of the characters might be lil' OOC. But this is my version of how Aphrodite and Stevie Rae came to be. Oh and a little side note, Kalona and his raven mockers don't exist here. Instead there's Adonis and his Stripe-Aphros.
Read on, I beg of you. You might even find this interesting.
Sooo sorry I haven't updated this story in awhile! I've just been so caught up with other stuff. But I promise I'll try to update as much as possible now! Thanks for y'all co-operation.
Summary: Takes Place After Stevie Rae and Aphrodite imprinted~
Disclaimer: I do not own anyone but Shan, Shane and Adonis and his Stripe-Aphros.
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Aphrodite lunged at the Stripe-Aphro, quick and steady, and aimed at his head- the fatal spot. But the Stripe-Aphro must've planned everything out, cause he was smarter – and not to mention quicker. He bent to the left, misleading the attacking Aphrodite so that her sharp yet strongly grew nails grazed the top of the rope that bound the Stripe-Aphro's hands/paws.
The rope that bound his hands snapped open, and he tumbled against the ground, getting back up a second later and baring his victorious fangs. "HAH. Fools!"
Aphrodite hit the hard floor with a loud thud but it didn't seem to have affected her much. She rolled and got back up, staring at the ground for a millisecond in amazement at the Stripe-Aphro's speed. But it didn't faze her for long. She turned her gaze back up at the Stripe-Aphro, looking scarily hungry for vengeance.
But suddenly, the Stripe-Aphro turned and matched Aphrodite's gaze and something inside of her completely snapped. Something that held her together for this long disappeared.
Her eyes darkened, and her pupils turned red. Her face was covered in stripes. Her fangs were visibly sharp, and her fingers curled unnaturally as if she was struggling.
"What's happening?" Zoey whispered, sounding afraid and confused. She had to take a step back to keep from gasping loudly.
Stevie Rae gulped and looked away, closing her eyes to keep from staring at the love of her life in that form. "She's lost it."
"L-Lost what?" Erik whispered behind them.
Stevie Rae's strength had disappeared. Soon, tears were spilling down her eyes as she realized she was the only one who knew what Aphrodite had lost. She soon wept silently as she realized Aphrodite was gone. It wasn't Aphrodite anymore... It was something dark and evil and cruel... Something that was made from darkness.
"Her humanity."
The Stripe-Aphro smirked and turned back to us. "Just a heads up, soon the whole world will know the name of Adonis and the Stripe-Aphro's! Soon, the whole world will bow down to us. And I'll be Adonis' right hand man as he casts a dark cloud to the city! My name will be known.
"Remember the name Judas, fools. For you'll be hearing that name everywhere!" His laugh was menacing. He glared at all of us, turned to Aphrodite and gave her a look, then dashed out the door. No one stopped him because-
Well one, he was too quick. And two, Aphrodite would bite anyone who tried to stop him. And three, they were all too damn stunned.
Zoey turned to look at the rest in the room. She shouted, while uncontrollably crying, "Gather everyone here now! We need to stop this! Hurry!"
Nearly everyone in the room left. They were all dazed and to be fair, confused. They just wanted to get out of the room. Soon there were only Zoey, Stark and Stevie Rae.
"Stevie Rae," Zoey paused and turned to look at her BFF. "What do you know about this?"
Stevie Rae hesitated and looked away, trying to block out the memory of everything that has happened. But it's a fresh wound, how can it heal so fast? "I-I ... I don't know what you're talking abo-"
"Don't give that bullshit with me, Stevie Rae! You may be my best friend but as far as I know, you know the most in this room!" Zoey seemed to have lost it. She looked really pissed and scarily regretful.
Stark had to whisper soft words and wrap an arm around her to keep her from screaming in frustration. "Shit... Stevie Rae, I'm sorry I snapped." She whispered. "I just- .. This is just too much for me to handle."
Stevie Rae regretfully choked on her words. She went up to her BFF and gave her a big hug. She missed Zoey, she really did. "Oh goddess, Zoey. Everything's going wrong... Everything's messed up."
And with one solemn tear that slipped out from her eye, she whispered.
"And it's all my fault."
...
At one point of everybody's life, there is that feeling that makes you wanna kill someone. Then beside that feeling, there's another feeling that makes you wanna live with that person until you die. They're called hatred and love. For some ironically weird reason, those two feelings have been mistaken for each other for centuries that barely anyone can tell them apart anymore.
For Aphrodite, she has lost one of those feelings... Or has she?
"You must be the new recruit."
Adonis' voice has changed since she last heard him speak. The last time, he was screeching and screaming like a stubborn little girl. Now, he sounded mature and... scarily intimidating.
Adonis emerged from the darkness, letting the light from the torches cast a glow against his large, broad and slightly furry body.
Aphrodite glared up at Adonis. It felt as if some part of her has been lost in the depths of the night, but even so she could control herself. She could speak by her own words. She could move by her own will. And she could think with her own thoughts. "Adonis." That was all she could muster.
The lord smirked and eyed Aphrodite hungrily. "Aphrodite."
"How I wish to kill you."
She didn't feel any hesitant at saying that, though the guards next to Adonis cringed. The lord merely laughed and waved it off.
"You haven't changed a bit, bitch." He mumbled, grabbing the goblet of blood by his right. "How amusing." He took a sip and nodded pleasingly.
Aphrodite got up from bending down on one knee and growled. She bared her fangs, extended her claws and prepared to tackle, even though the guards held spears and swords she wasn't afraid of killing this beast for turning her into a... freak.
"So, I heard that this happened because of 'someone'." Adonis murmured, completely ignoring Aphrodite's stance.
The girl flinched. Stevie Rae...
"W-wha-"
"Forbidden love, hm? Ohh that's the worst part of being a half-breed!" He laughed and sat back down on his slightly too-large thrown. "But love doesn't exist anyways so—"
"You're wrong!"
That completely threw everyone in the room off. She looked caring for once. Her eyes blazed feelings. Her humanity was back. But no one noticed it. That is... except for Adonis. He stared at her curiously.
"Love exists! It does! At first to me, love was a mere speck of dust floating in a distance universe. I thought I'd never find it. But I did. I did, over and over and over again. Even though turning into this freak sucks. It's the best thing that has ever happened to me!" She seemed to have gone into her own world while imagining the girl she would do anything for.
"Because If this hadn't happened, my feelings wouldn't have emerged, I wouldn't have ever gotten the courage to finally tell her how I feel. I wouldn't have ever kissed her... And I would've have never been able to regain my-" She paused. "-humanity."
Everyone in the room eyed her annoyingly. They looked pissed, for some reason. They looked really pissed.
Adonis' smile widened, if it was any possible. "How interesting." He got up and jumped down, landing silently in front of Aphrodite. "A Stripe-Aphro with humanity. How very, very interesting."
Aphrodite glared at him as he circled her as if a vulture. "You can be very good use to me... Aphrodite." He dragged her name out like a hiss. And it made Goosebumps pop out on her skin.
"Shut up."
Adonis smirked and turned to his guards. "Let her free."
The guard hesitated. "But sir-"
"You obey me!" His voice was full of venom and force that the guard shivered. "I said, let her free..."
The guard closed his eyes and nodded.
Adonis turned back to a surprised Aphrodite and smiled. "Wait till you see what I have got in store for you, human."
...
"-And then she said 'Nyx isn't on my side anymore'. Then the effect was gone and we were back in reality."
Zoey stared at Stevie Rae in amazement, not knowing whether to laugh at her wildly-out of this world story or to stare at her like a lamo at how cool and crazy the story sounded.
Stevie Rae had just finished telling Zoey and Stark the story of how Aphrodite first turned, from how she confessed, from how they kissed, to how she told Stevie Rae that Nyx wasn't on her side anymore.
At first Zoey took it as a joke, shaking her head throughout the first half of the story. But as the story progressed, her face turned paler and she looked about ready to puke.
"And... that's it." Stevie Rae finished, frowning and squeezing Zoey's hands.
Zoey seemed to have paused permanently, her face was only fixed in one expression and her body wasn't even moving. Stark hesitated. "Is she breathing?"
Zoey closed her eyes, shook her head and breathed out a loud breath. "Ohmygoddess, Nyx help us."
The okie looked away guiltily and heard murmurs down by the halls. "Zoey, I hear the rest." She got up and gave her BFF another bear hug. "You explain to them what has happened- without the kissing and all that."
She turned away to the door. "I... I need some fresh a-air." She choked on that last word, remembering what had happened the last time she got out to have some 'fresh air'.
Zoey nodded and wiped away her tears, standing up and appearing to look strong. Stevie Rae left the room while everyone was piling in confusingly. She brushed past Dallas, but didn't acknowledge him as he gave her a concern look. She just ignored everyone as if they weren't there and headed to the basement.
The only thing in her mind was...
Aphrodite.
The cold breeze lifted her hair and made her curls dance with the wind. She was wearing the jacket that Aphrodite had given her, and she didn't feel that much cold cause she was thinking of the warmth Aphrodite had given her. Everything was suddenly about the girl. And all she could do was try to stop the beating of her insane heart.
"You're gonna catch a cold."
Stevie Rae recognized that voice. It gave her Goosebumps and made her heart pound even harder, but she was too afraid to turn around. What if it wasn't her? What if it was Dallas? Or Zoey? Oh god.
"Bumpkin."
Stevie Rae whirled around and nearly broke down in tears as Aphrodite pulled her in for an embrace. At first Stevie Rae didn't believe it, but she just held on. After awhile though, she got used to the girl's lemon and earth smell (And was that a little bit of blood smell?) and she thanked the living gods that Aphrodite was alright.
"Ohmygoddess, Aphrodite. You're alright." She breathed out against the girl's neck.
Aphrodite smiled and tightened the embrace. "Of course I am. You know I'd kick anyone's ass if they dare to touch me. Besides, I'm Aphrodite La'fonte. No one can even look at me without being scarred forever." Hah. You gotta love Aphrodite.
In spite of herself and what she was just doing, Stevie Rae smiled and laughed. "I missed you so much." Was all she could say.
Finally, Aphrodite managed to convince Stevie Rae to go down to the tunnels to cool off. It had been a fairly rough day. And they both knew they both needed the rest.
But then again, it was just the beginning to the new fight...
"Aphrodite?"
The whole room of vampyres slash fledglings turned to watch the two girls enter. Stevie Rae was lagging behind, looking tired yet wholesome while Aphrodite marched in with her eyes glowing with determination. She looked freakishly un-Aphrodite-like.
"Wha-" Zoey was at lost for words. She took a step back to keep from falling and covered her mouth with her hand. "How did you-"
"Listen up, losers." Her voice was loud and soon everyone was convinced it was Aphrodite. Considering... you know, she said 'losers'. "The Stripe-Aphros have a plan to take everyone down. Adonis is determined to finish us vampyres off first." She paused and gave everyone a hard long look. "You all better be strong. Because soon Stripe-Aphros will invade this tunnel. They know where we are now, and they're coming with a large group."
Zoey looked away and gave Stark a knowing look. He nodded and took her hand in his. Aphrodite kept going.
"These Stripe-Aphros', they're not the usual half-breeds, these guys are from the council. Meaning with one snap, they'll rip your head off of your body!" The way she said it. Just the way the venom stuck to the words, it made everyone shiver.
Dallas' eyes narrowed and he raised a hand. "How do you know this stuff?" He paused. "What the hell are you?"
Aphrodite took a deep breath and closed her eyes. Once she opened them, instantly her gaze turned to Stevie Rae. Though she still had a frown, though she still looked scarily intimidating, her eyes were smiling at her. "I'm... I'm a Stripe-Aphro in transition."
There were some surprised gasps here and there, but she barely paid any attention to it. All the while, she was staring at Stevie Rae. "Soon, I'm gonna be as destructive and merciless as Adonis. Soon, I will lose my humanity completely. And when that time comes," She turned her gaze to the rest of them. "Kill me."
Zoey stared up at Aphrodite. She got up from her seat by the corner, went up to Aphrodite and gave her a hug. Everyone thought it was a huge surprise. Aphrodite looked uncomfortable at first, but after awhile she hugged back. "Thanks, Zoey."
"Shit Aphrodite. Why are you always wrapped up in this bullpoopie?"
Even through the situation, the bitch smiled. "I have no freaking idea."
After awhile, the gang started piling out murmuring random and different stuff. They were all shook up by the message Aphrodite had sent. And it made them wonder if they should trust her or not. But Zoey did, so they did too. Finally, there were only Zoey, Stevie Rae, Stark and Aphrodite left in the room.
"Oh god, Aphrodite." Zoey muttered, looking away. "This is a nightmare."
"Hah. Zoey, the nightmare started when Neferet decided to turn ape-shit on us and summon Adonis." Aphrodite exclaimed, shaking her head. "This is not a nightmare anymore. It's reality."
"And with reality, there are alot of shitty moments." Stevie Rae mumbled from behind Aphrodite.
Stark sat beside Zoey and intertwined their fingers. "So what now?"
"Since the message has been delivered, I suppose we all should get ready for this attack you said." Zoey said. Aphrodite nodded and looked away. Was she hiding something?
"Aphrodite?"
The girl turned to match her gaze. Though she looked alright, her gaze was weary. "What?"
"Is there... something you're not telling us?"
Aphrodite looked away and took a step back. She tried to ignore everyone's gaze, especially Stevie Rae's. But it was hard when they were all piercing holes into her face!
"Stop looking at me like that!" She snapped suddenly.
Zoey hesitated. "Hey, calm down."
The blonde turned away once again and sat down on a chair by the corner. Her head was killing her. Like a migraine. Ugh... migraines.
"Aphrodite..."
She looked up and matched Stevie Rae's gaze. Her eyes responded with passion and love, care and concern. It made Aphrodite feel extremely safe. She sighed and finally, managed to let up. "Adonis said he has big plans for me. For some reason, I don't think he means keeping me in prison."
She looked up to match everyone's gaze. "He's going to use me as a killing weapon. Though I am a feminine girl, beautiful, smart, petite-"
"-and vain." Stark added plainly.
Aphrodite rolled her eyes but kept going. "-he says that I am different. And that soon, I'm gonna turn into a killing machine."
Zoey frowned. "But... How did you get your humanity back?"
And with that question, Aphrodite looked up to stare at Stevie Rae- who seemed to have gotten the message. For a second there it was almost as if they were in the room alone, sharing an intimidate staring contest. But everything ended too soon.
A burn casted itself on Aphrodite's shoulder, as if a flame brushing against her delicately light skin. She cringed and soon her fingers twitched. She couldn't stop what was happening, almost as if impulse her fangs showed and her eyes rolled back.
Stevie Rae gasped. "What th- Aphrodite?"
"Shit." Stark got up and withdrew his bow from his back, fumbling around his bag for an arrow. But Zoey stopped him.
"No! She's still Aphrodite. Stevie Rae, " She turned to her BFF. "Call the others in now."
By 'the others', It was obvious that Zoey meant Damien, Erin and Shaunee. So she did as she was told. With a second of hesitant, she raced out the door in a rush and disappeared into the tunnels.
Zoey turned to Stark. "I need you to trust me."
When he didn't reply, she acted without his permission. She made a big step towards Aphrodite and held her back by the shoulder. The blonde was shaking uncontrollably, almost as if struggling against chains that bounded her. A name escaped her lips, a name both Stark and Zoey knew was the person she loved.
"S-Stevie Rae."
Stark tried to dash to Zoey, but for some reason his body just wouldn't move. "Z-Zoey?"
"This is for your own good, Stark. I can't let you protect me with every move I do!"
"Zoey, what did you do?" He hesitated but still couldn't move.
Zoey turned back to face him. "I made spirit hold you back."
Just as he was about to reply, Stevie Rae and the others rushed in, looking frantic and panic. Damien gasped and covered his mouth, staring at Aphrodite slowly turning into the beast she really is. The twins held each other's hands tightly, not letting go for anything. Stevie Rae, who stared intensely at Aphrodite, had turned her sadness into anger.
"Aphrodite is angry!" She shouted, taking a step back as if afraid.
Zoey's hand that lay on Aphrodite's shoulder got slapped away. And finally, the beast emerged. Aphrodite looked up at everyone with her red eyes, looking as intimidating as ever. Her stripes were back, and the fangs were definitely visible. She looked like one of those vampires from The Vampire Diaries. How freaky.
Stevie Rae closed her eyes, and tried her best to communicate with Aphrodite somehow. Their imprint, it was strong, so she could at least tap into her mind for awhile... Maybe.
'C'mon, c'mon. Aphrodite! Snap out of it!' Her thoughts were screaming but she dares not to speak in case her voice cracked.
Because Zoey got too distracted with Aphrodite, Stark was free of his bound. So he got ready his bow and pulled the arrow back. "I don't care whether she's half-breed or not. If she tries to kill us, she's dead."
Erin hesitated and turned to Zoey. The rest all looked at her too. And she had a face of panic and fear. "Aphrodite..."
With one swift movement, Aphrodite had swiped Zoey in the arm. It wasn't a big, huge, bleeding wound but it still made Zoey stumble backwards and fall onto her butt. Stark hesitated, got angry, and shot her.
Stevie Rae screamed, "No!"
The arrow sank into her abdomen and Aphrodite screamed in pain. She hurriedly crawled backwards, as if she dare not go any further. Her back hit the wall and she clenched her teeth to hide the scream. Her right hand was on the wound while her left stayed firmly on the ground. She looked terrible.
Zoey got up and gasped. She turned to Stark, rage filling her. "What the hell, Stark?"
"She tried to kill you!"
Zoey hesitated and turned back to Aphrodite, who whimpered by the corner. Looks like miss bad-ass Stripe-Aphro isn't so strong. But then again, she was fast...
But the beast within Aphrodite was stronger, much much stronger. The blonde raised her right hand and with one quick pull, had the arrow out of her abdomen. She flung it onto the ground beside her and got up slowly, ignoring the pain. Soon everyone was terrified as she looked back at them with a deep, sensational hunger to kill.
Oh shit.
