Nina's POV
So they changed everyone before us… brilliant. "When were you planning on telling us?" We both yelled at the once. Melody simply replied "Tomorrow." Is there some special reason for tomorrow? I asked in my head. No, it was just a convenient time for everyone. I heard her reply using mind speak. "Wait, so Amber's a shifter to?" I shrieked.
"Yeah, I was actually the first. I pretended not to know the pain when we went to the restaurant the other day." she told me. "How could you lie to me?" I asked, not disguising the hurt in my voice. "Well, it wasn't easy, knowing that we tell each other everything, but I did it for you, so you could decide in your own time." she replied.
Now I just wanted to know who was changed, and when. And I also wanted to see everyone in "golden vampire" form. "So, who's a shifter and who's not?" I asked. "Well, after Amber was Mara and Jerome, then Patricia and Eddie. That's it." Melody said.
It was apparent she wanted to go home to her husband, so I said "If you guys want to go home, that's alright." Evelyn was going to stay and help with plans, much to my relief. Amber still thought Justin Bieber would be better than the church music director, but, since I was the bride, I won that battle.
After we were all done with planning for the day, the girls just wanted to talk, so Fabian left, but not before he gave me a very sweet kiss. "So, how does this whole thing work?" I asked. "Well, basically, you're going to look eighteen forever, unless you shift into an older form. One thing we have noticed, though, is that we cant shift into an age younger than when we were changed." she told me. I didn't care about being younger though.
"Where do you want to go for your honeymoon?" she asked me. That was a little off the subject, but I told her anyway. " I'd like to go to Fiji. Or any tropical island." I said. I had wanted to go to Fiji since I was a little girl. "Ok, I'll have Melody arrange it." she replied. "Wait, you'll have Melody arrange it? What does that mean?" I asked. Then I remembered. Melody had some form of mind control. "I don't care where he takes me." I quickly said, knowing that, since we weren't even in college yet, money was a bit of an issue. "Don't worry about the money. Jamie and Evan got back yesterday, and she saw the winning lottery tickets, which we purchased. Here," she said, handing me a mega millions ticket.
"Now I see why you guys are so…" I couldn't think of a word that wouldn't sound weird, but she blurted out the first one that had come to my head. "Wealthy." she said, chuckling. "Yeah, I guess," I replied, laughing with her and Amber.
Amber had shifted into golden vampire form, and she looked even more beautiful than she had when she was human. "Plus," she said, "I don't even have to put on makeup anymore." That was a plus for anybody, really.
"So, do you have any special abilities, Amber?" I asked her. "Well, you know how when I was human, I could tell more easily than most, if two people liked each other?" she said. "Yeah," I replied. "Well, apparently, my special ability is that I can see auras." That confused me a little. "What does that mean?" I asked her again. "I can SEE when people are happy, or sad, or anything in between or out between." she said, making no sense on the last part. "Oh, cool." I told her. Then Evelyn spoke. "Nina, you and Fabian have a gift also, and it's highly valued by anyone in the supernatural world." she said. And how do you know this? I asked using mind speak. "Jamie." she replied, out loud. Cool. I have a gift. Now, what is it? I thought, not really asking, but seeing if she would reply. "You, Nina, are a gift thief. And Fabian is a blinder, which means, he can blind you or make you think you're somewhere else, without actually blinding you or moving you. Its like a mind trick." she finished. Gift thief. Sounds interesting. What can I do? I asked again, a little unclear on what my gift meant, and why it was special. "A gift thief, can take anyone's gift away, making them incapable of using it, and use it themselves. Now do you see why it's so valued?" she said. yeah, I think so… I thought.
"What else is there in the world, other than shifters?" I asked out loud, honestly scared of knowing. What she said next didn't surprise me as much as it made me nervous. "There are mermaids, vampires, witches, fairies, griffins, and even unicorns. Not to mention the thousands of others." yep, that's what I was expecting. "Have you met a fairy? I've always loved fairies." Amber asked her. Evelyn replied that she had, and that she was actually good friends with one. "Can I please meet her? Even though I'm eighteen, I still love fairies." Amber stated. "I think I can arrange it, but you CAN NOT be in any form other than animal or fairy, they're terrified of everything else." she said.
Amber squealed with delight, and then it dawned on her… "I can be a fairy?" she asked, excitement clear in her voice. "Yep." Evelyn told her. What happened next was typical and expected of her, meaning, she almost tore my apartment to pieces she jumped around so much.
"Are you gonna shift any time soon?" I asked her, getting tired of watching her run around at the speed of light. She stopped and finally transformed into a fairy.
She shrunk down to about the size of a new pencil, with pink rose petals as a top and skirt. The last thing to happen was that wings sprouted out of her back. They were the shape of a butterfly's, and transparent with a hint of pink. She started floating around, graceful as a falling feather. The only catch, was that her voice was so small, it was hard to hear even with the ears of a vampire.
"I'm a fairy! I'm a fairy!" was all she said for about the next 5 minutes, anyway. But, when she did stop talking, it was because she shifted back into Golden vampire. "So, how do like being a fairy?" I asked her. "It's the most amazing thing, Nina. You have got to try it." she replied. "I will when we go meet… what's her name?" I asked Evelyn, who had never actually said her name. "It's Melrutsaia." (Mel-ROOT-say-a) she said. "Whoa, do all fairies have such hard to say names?" Amber asked. "Yes, and her name is actually extremely simple compared to some. It's like the human name Anne." Evelyn replied. "Yikes." Amber said, a little overwhelmed for the moment.
"Well, I think I'll go home now." Evelyn said after a few more minutes of just plain chit-chat. "Ok, thanks for helping with wedding plans, and everything else." I said, as she walked out the door. "Almost everything." she "corrected" me.
