Hey guys! Hope you had a Merry Christmas! I posted an oneshot yesterday, but I didn't forget about this one. Hope you enjoy it!
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Two weeks later…
After the whole sleepover incident, Alison got closer to the girls, especially to Spencer (who forgot their family grudge) and to Hanna, with whom she went shopping every other day. She had a more neutral relationship with Aria, though she fancied the other girl's company. On the other hand, she was not in good terms with Em. When they are with their friends, Emily treats her normally; still, she avoids being alone in the same room with the vampire.
The bell rang. School was over for today and each girl had their plans.
"I think I'll just go home. There's nothing for me to do" – Alison said.
"I'd join you, Ali, but I have Russian History, like, right now" – Spencer picked her books on her locker and walked away.
"I wonder why she wants to know about the Russians. It's not like she's going to live in Siberia anyway" – Hanna joked.
"You know Spencer. Knowledge is power" – Aria justified.
"Anyways, I'd so love to go shopping with you, Ali, but today is Mona Day and she'll kill me if I ditch her" – The other blonde exclaimed – "Oh, there she is! See you guys tomorrow" – Hanna left them for her other friend.
"What about you, Em?" – Ali had been trying to get closer to Emily, but the swimmer kept pushing and pushing her away. As agreed, they'd never mentioned that kiss again, but they'd barely spoken to each other since it'd happened.
"I've got swim practice, so…" – Emily walks off before she can even finish her sentence.
"Well, I'm going home too, so I guess it makes both of us" – Aria smiled and they linked arms as they left the school porch. They had ice cream on their way home and really enjoyed each other companies.
They were going to Aria's house when they passed by a deserted alley. There was a car parked in there. Both girls immediately recognized it.
"Isn't that your dad's car?" – Alison made the rhetorical question.
Both girls approached the vehicle. Byron was inside it, lips locked with a dashingly beautiful blonde. Aria drops her ice cream as Ali holds her hands tight to keep her calm.
Byron had the misfortune to look through the car's window and spotted them. He froze as Aria glared at him and ran to her house, Alison following shortly behind.
As soon as she arrived at the front porch, Aria dropped her purse right there, looked for the keys and got into her mom's car. Ella didn't mind she got out for a ride sometimes, so she put the pedal down and sped out of the street.
Alison had been following shortly behind.
"Oh shit" – Why did everything in this town beg for her to use her powers?
She focused her energy and ran after the vehicle. Super speed was cool, but she couldn't maintain it for long. Luckily for her, Aria seemed to be slowing down. They'd stopped at Hollis.
"Holy shit!" – Alison swore again. She had no idea of what Aria planned to do in here.
Aria stepped out of the car and joined that huge mass of students. The place was so crowded that Ali lost sight of the brunette. She had just an idea of where her friend might've gone, but didn't know how to get there. She settled for asking other students.
The vampire stopped two guys and asked where she could find Mr. Montgomery's room. They stripped her down with her eyes before answering and whistled as she walked away. She just rolled her eyes and followed their instructions.
She then found Byron's room. The door was closed, but she could hear a lot of noises coming from there. Just what the hell is she doing?, Ali wondered. She stepped into the room to find Aria holding an antique telephone and smashing it to the ground. That would be surprising for itself, but Aria was surrounded by floating things – books, suitcases, pens, papers…
She's a telepath, Alison was surprised by how she could let this pass her and Noel by. She'd checked Aria's aura a few times and she never showed any inclination for supernatural powers. But there Aria was – standing in the room crying and literally flying things out of control.
"Aria, can you hear me?" – The blonde closed the door behind her and called.
"HE LEFT US ALL BEHIND, HE NEVER CARED FOR US!" – The petite brunette cried. She honestly didn't care anymore. She could feel objects around her and she didn't even know if she was throwing them or they just decided to fly by. Aria was broken in the worst way possible.
"Please, just listen to me!" – Alison dodged a book and took a step towards her friend – "I know you're hurt, but this needs to stop!"
"YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW I'M FEELING" – Aria had no idea who was talking to her – "I DON'T NEED YOUR PITY!"
"Aria, my mother used to cheat on my father whenever he left the house" – Alison grabbed the girl's wrist – "I know that you're angry, but destroying things won't fix it!" – She tried to use her powers on the brunette. Luckily, the smaller girl would be as receptive to her as she was to Noel.
"I-I'm sorry!" – Aria seemed to calm down and fell into anybody's arms. She cried until no more tears came out of her and sleep eased her mind.
Alison also relaxed. At least the girl had snapped out of it. Absentmindedly, she looked out the window only to find Eric Kahn's watchful eyes.
"Shit!"
After dropping Aria and her car to her house and giving Ella some lame excuse, Alison rushed to Noel's home. She didn't want him to know that Aria actually had powers of her own and she wanted his help. Oh, the two of them could be terrifying.
"What brings you to my humble residence, Ali?" – For her luck, it was a pompous Noel who opened the door.
"I need your help" – She was honest.
"That must be a miracle! You admitting that you actually need me" – He teased.
"Noel, this is no time for joking" – She cut him off – "Aria might be in danger"
At the mention of his girlfriend's name, his eyes lost their playful look – "What about her?"
"A vampire has been messing with her father. She even got to the point where she seduced him" – Ali told.
"And…" – He had a hard time deducing where his friend was getting at.
"I'm afraid that she's gonna attack the whole family. Aria and I saw them kissing. So Byron is probably going to finish things off to avoid any more danger to his family. That might trigger her"
"Do you have a name?" – Noel's mind started to think of plans. No one messed with Aria, no one! He could be using her, but deep down, he cared for his girlfriend. Noel never forced her to do anything she didn't like and only used his secret power on her once, to stop her from going inside Toby's burning house.
"No. I think she might be a student at Hollis. She's blonde" – Alison described.
"Not much. I think we're gonna need help with this one" – He got his phone and called a number. A few moments later, Mona arrived at his house.
"What is she doing here?!" – The blonde asked incredulously.
"Hello for you too, Ali D" – Mona greeted sarcastically.
"Alison, Mona is a hunter from the Vanderwaal clan. She knows about you and me" – Noel spilled.
Shit, she swore for the fourth time on that day. Hunters were humans blessed with supernatural powers who hunted down vampires and other mystical creatures. As the vampires, hunters also organized themselves into clans and their abilities were hereditary.
"So… How long do you two know about each other?" - Alison wanted details.
"Since I was kid. Long before we met" – He answered.
"And how does she know about me?" –If Mona knew, there was a possibility that other people in this town knew too.
"Don't worry sweetie! Your secret is safe with me" – The brunette smiled – "But the Vanderwaal clan is still active, so we get information when a vampire comes in or goes out of town".
Oh, that's why! Alison recalled that, nowadays, vampires had to report whenever they checked in or out a place to the nearest hunter community. It was a way to guarantee they wouldn't cause trouble among their human fellows.
"Why did you have to associate with her, Noel?" – Alison guessed that his friend was in trouble.
"Y'know, one of the reasons why the Kahns survived throughout history is that we always know whom to make alliances with" – He gave her one of his charming smiles.
"Why did you call me, Noel?" – Mona's expression turned to serious.
"We need you to look up for a vampire, Mona" – He answered – "She might be a danger to a family here"
"Which family?"
"Do we have to tell her?" – Alison didn't trust the other girl.
"I'm afraid so" – Noel wasn't into giving many details ether, but he had no choice – "The Montgomeries"
"Oh" – She seemed to ponder for a while – "Do you have a name"
"No" – Ali nodded – "Woman, blonde hair, studies at Hollis, may be around her mid-20s, must've moved here five years ago at most"
"I'm checking" – Mona pulled out her laptop and used the information she'd been given. It didn't take long for her to find a matching profile – "Meredith Sorensen. She's not born, she's turned"
"Which means the both of us can easily take her down if we need" – Noel glanced at Ali, who nodded – "Thanks, Mona" – He grabbed his key and left with his blonde friend.
"I expect you to return the favor" – The brunette said loud enough for only him to hear.
It didn't take too much for them to get at Meredith's apartment. As normal people usually do, she left her door locked.
"How are we getting in?" – Alison asked.
"By this" – Noel literally kicked his way inside.
Meredith must've been watching TV. She jumped to her feet and growled, showing off her teeth.
"Please, if you wanna do scary, I can show you" – Ali rolled her eyes at how the other vampire tried to scare them.
"Who are you?" – She growled.
"Your worst nightmare, if you dare to mess with the Montgomeries again" – Noel stepped further into the apartment and created fire with his bare hands.
"Don't mess with me!" – Meredith tried to jump at him, but Ali sent her away by throwing a gust. Then, she flew to her enemy and held her by the neck.
"I swear to God that if you touch any of them again, we'll both make sure you'll regret you were even born" – Alison felt her own teeth merging up. She rarely gets this mad.
Meredith smiled – "I know how to fight my fights. It's not worth it going up against two born vampires at the same time"
Ali released her grip and left the other vampire on the ground – "Let's go, Noel!"
He turned away too, but even the dimmest possibility of Meredith's fangs piercing through Aria's neck made his whole body quiver in rage. He turned his body back to Meredith and threw a fireball where her feet were standing. Soon enough, the flames started to surround her and he heard her moan in pain.
"It's just a warning. You won't be so lucky next time" – And they both left.
When Alison was returning home, she'd been too emerged on her own thoughts that she didn't even notice a body collapsing against hers. She was hard to fall, but the other body seemed to be made of steel. She felt to the ground and prepared to fight back in case Meredith had the crazy idea to attack her.
"I told you to stay away!" – She jumped back to her feet ready to strike when she saw Emily's innocent face and all the blazing rage disappeared.
"Ali…" – The brunette couldn't understand the situation. Why would Alison snap back that hard on her? It was only an accident!
"I'm sorry, Em. I didn't see you" – Ali's face softened.
"That's okay. I should've stayed away" – Emily didn't buy the apology and tried to dribble Alison.
The vampire held her wrist –"Wait"
"What?" – Emily just half turned.
"What are you doing out this late?"
"I like to run at night. Less chances to meet people in my way" – She stared at the vampire.
"Listen, Em, I'm sorry I snapped like that" – Ali didn't let go of her – "It's just that… I've had an argument and I'm still a little pissed off"
"Tell me about it" – Her tone was beyond ironical.
"There's this girl who thinks she's hot stuff" – Ali was trying to make her story plausible without the supernatural details – "She threatened one of my friends and I couldn't just let that go. I told her I'd ruin her if she tried to do something against my friend"
"Who's this girl? Why would she listen to you?" – Emily was already finding the flaws on her story.
"You don't know her, and she'd better listen to what I say"
"Y'know what? I don't believe in you, Ali" – Em pressed and tried to pass by the blonde.
"Emily, please! That's all I can say for now" – She blocked the brunette's way - "You're mad about that kiss, right?"
The swimmer's face paled – "I thought you said we wouldn't mention it ever again"
"But I guess we need to talk right now" – Alison pressed – "Listen, I'm not mad at you for kissing me. It just happened, okay? Let's get over it" – She tried to forget the tingle that kiss had left on her lips, but failed miserably.
Can't it happen again?, Emily's mind hammered. She said nothing, though. As Alison said, it was just a kiss and it'd never go beyond that. It's not like she had romantic feelings for girls, right? Wait, she's never had romantic feelings for boys, but it means nothing…
"Give me a chance to show we can work this together" – Alison sensed the storm coming from Emily's head and tried to calm her down.
"How?" – That's all the brunette murmured.
"What about a movie at my place?"
Aria was awaken by the sound of breaking glass. She made sure the wind hadn't burst her windows open and tried to fall asleep again. She couldn't. Something in her guts told her that something was very, very wrong.
Then she heard screams down the hall. It was probably Mike having a nightmare. Her brother had some psychological problems and sometimes they caused him to have bad dreams. Her duty as the older sister, however, compelled her to go to his room to see if he needed anything.
"Mike" – She called even though his door was opened.
As Aria stepped in, her body froze in horror. There lay Mike with eyes wide opened his throat torn open by a blonde creature.
Aria screamed.
Reviews:
mcmeli: Yay! They finally kissed!² Good that you're intrigued by the vampires. We'll know more about the DiLaurentises and the Kahns through Jessica and Eric. But, as you know by now, the Kahns are good at making friends :P
InLoveWithEmison: Alison can be such a cutie when she wants! *-*
leon7272: It's not Emison if it's not slowburn :P
Guest: I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Che: I didn't forget to update, hehe. Hope you enjoyed this one too!
