Chapter 11- Memories
"Wow, wait! So let me get this straight, you have creatures trying to kill you, because they think, you're someone named Wyatt, but you don't know who that guy is? And all those times you just disappeared, was because those demon things were attacking you?" Kelsi repeated, after Ryan finally stopped trying to explain everything to her. To say the brunette was suffering from information overload was a bit of an understatement, whist she had always believed in magic, what she was being told was just completely out of this world.
"Yeah, that's the basics of it!" The witch replied with a small smirk on his face as he took in the expression Kelsi held.
"So what about you're trip to the hospital a few weeks ago?"
"Demonic injuries, caused by the demon that…. That attacked us before you passed out!" Ryan continued, looking away briefly as he mumbled the last part, telling the girl about magic was one thing, informing her that some creatures tried to kill her was another thing entirely.
"That thing I saw, that you said was a Halloween costume was a DEMON?" she yelled in astonishment, suddenly shivering as she remembered the image of the creature. Ryan nodded slowly, tilting his head slightly so he could really look at how she was taking the news. "So what about when Gabriella nearly got hit by a chandelier?"
"Yeah, demons again unfortunately!"
By now, the pianist was seriously suffering from complete and utter disbelief as she nodded along, finding that easier than trying to force herself to say something. Whilst she knew that having powers wouldn't be all sugar and light, she never expected to hear about demonic parasites, who had attempted to not only kill her but Gabriella as well.
"So does anybody else know?" Kelsi eventually asked, as she leant against one of the green oak trees for support.
"No, just you and gabs!" Ryan answered, trying to shake off the uneasy feeling that they were being watched.
"You know what, why don't we go and get something to eat and talk about something other than the blood and gore of your other life?" Kelsi eventually suggested as the reality of what she was being told started to settle in.
Ryan's cheeky smile instantly vanished and his face changed to a very pale colour as his head shot down to look at his watch in a panic.
"SHIT!" he screamed out and spun around, shocking Kelsi, who instantaneously started scanning the area, looking for anything which could have provoked his reaction. She didn't however see anything which looked out of the ordinary, and as Ryan took off towards the main buildings, yelling something about being late, she didn't have the time to ask, just what was going on.
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Not even bothering to stop to apologise when he ran into someone, Ryan sprinted all the way to the restaurant and only slowed down when he dived thought the double doors and spotted his parents and Sharpay in the corner of the room.
"Sorry… I'm late…" Ryan panted as he took a seat next to his sister, who rolled her eyes, and glanced back down at her meal, before her mind registered her brother's appearance.
"Ryan!" She screamed, catching the attention of not only the people around the table, but the other occupants of the room as well. "What on earth are you wearing?"
Ryan briefly glanced down at his clothes before shrugging, not seeing what the problem was.
"Are those pants even designer??" She continued, looking absolutely horrified as she studied her brother, wrinkling her noise in disgust.
"No, actually, I brought them at the market the other day, they were only ten pounds!" Ryan replied with a smug grin, trying his hardest not to laugh at his sister's horror stuck expression.
"TEN POUNDS!" she screamed, causing the people who weren't already watching the twins, to turn their attention towards them.
"Sharpay, can you use your inside voice please!" Vance said instantly, shaking his head as he noticed his club members' prying eyes watching his daughter and the embarrassed look on his guest's faces. "And Ryan, you know how you're sister feels about clothes, it's not like we can't afford a nice pair of designer jeans, if that's what you would prefer." He continued, determined that his children were not going to show him up in public and ruin his perfect image.
Ryan and Sharpay both smiled apologetically before giving each other a quick hug like they used to do when they were kids to prove to their parents (and their visitors) that they were just mucking around when ever they got into a 'fight'.
Vance smiled in satisfaction and nodded to both of them, as they pulled apart.
"Now, Ryan didn't we say seven o'clock young man?" He eventually said, after the entire club members' eyes drifted back to their own tables, a harsh note in his tone as he folded his arms and glared at his son.
"I know, I just got a little way laid!"
"Yeah with the pianist! Does she kiss as bad as she dresses?" Sharpay said in a low tone, one that only Ryan could hear who immediately sent her a 'death' glare as he snatched one of the carrot sticks from the side of her plate.
"Don't worry about it!" A voice Ryan was almost certain he had heard before suddenly spoke out.
Looking up, Ryan met the eyes of his parents' newest clients, who were holding hands, both of them sharing the same grin as they watched the scene in front of them.
"My son Chris is the same, never on time for anything!" the woman continued, before cutting a small chunk out of her stake and dipping it in barbeque ketchup.
As Ryan smiled gratefully at her, he began taking in the woman's appearance, a nagging feeling in his gut, telling him he had seen her before. She had long, waist length brown hair, tied back in casual pony tail, sparkling brown eyes which seemed warm and welcoming, with a hint of sadness hidden in them. She looked to be in her late forties and just by staring at her hands; he could tell she was a chief.
"I'm Piper Halliwell by the way; it's nice to meet you!" The woman said as she stood up and extended her arm.
Pausing for a moment, Ryan too got to his feet and shook the woman's hand, his eyes never leaving her face, he just couldn't shake the feeling that they had met before. "And that's my husband Leo!"
Turning his attention to the man next to Piper, Ryan smiled and leant over to shake his hand as well, as the man got to his feet. He was about six foot tall, had dirty blonde hair and the same intensely blue eyes as Ryan, something which the boy noticed instantly.
As soon as Leo's eyes made contact with Ryan's, his whole expression and body language shifted and he found that he just couldn't move.
Ryan, feeling rather uncomfortable under his trance like glare, gave a half hearted smile before taking his seat, wondering what the man's problem was.
"Wyatt?" Leo mumbled as he too made to sit back down. That caught Ryan's attention as his uncomfortable expression changed to one of pure confusion and eventually suspicion, only demons called him that.
As the dinner continued and Ryan tucked into his sister's side meal, Leo's eyes never once left the blond's, something which went unnoticed by everyone at the table apart from the witch, who kept shifting in his seat, trying to avoid making eye contact with the stranger.
The one thing he had in circling around his mind, kept coming back to him, every time he glanced in Leo's direction.
'They have to be demons!' he thought, as he tried to concentrate on the story Sharpay was telling everyone about Troy. 'It's the only way to explain their behaviour! And why they look so familiar!'
Twirling the chips in some salad cream with his fingers, Ryan briefly closed his eyes as he tried to access the power he hadn't voluntarily used in years, telepathy. He had always considered it to be one of his roughest and most unpredictable of powers. Sure it was one of the less dangerous ones, but he couldn't control it, and when he had tried to use it on Sharpay, well it didn't exactly have its desired affect.
In fact the sixteen year old was still suffering from the backfire which happened eight years ago.
Flashback
"Come on Shar tell me!" A hyperactive seven year old cried as he grabbed hold of his twin sister's arm as she attempted to walk away.
"NO!" She replied simply, pulling her arm from his grasp before continuing on her journey to her parent's bedroom.
"Please Shar! I want to know!"
"Tough Luck!" She snapped, her tone harsh as she glared daggers at the boy in front of her though darkened eyes. She was sick of him ruining her plans, every chance he got, he stopped her from getting what she wanted, but not this time, this time she would get her mother's priceless diamond necklace.
Stopping in front of a mirror, Sharpay smiled as she checked herself out. Her hair, which was dead straight, was pulled into a side pony tale, with not even a strand out of place. Her sparkling pink dress was prefect along with both her make up and nails. All she needed was the necklace to make her party outfit complete.
Sharpay's smile instantly disappeared as her brother appeared beside her.
"It's daddy's party Ryan; can't you ever wear anything nice?" She spat as she took off down the hallway and up a flight of stairs. "Seriously, you don't ever live up to the Evan's family name!"
Glancing at his own reflection, Ryan couldn't understand what she was talking about. He had a nice pair of black jeans on and a casual red t-shirt with a black spider web drawn onto his shoulder, and of course a baseball cap.
"What's wrong with the way I dress?" he asked the mirror in confusion, almost expecting an answer. Shrugging his shoulders he ran off after his sister, determined to find out just what she was hiding.
"Put it back!" He instantly yelled as he saw the girl in question exiting their parent's bedroom, a necklace in her hand.
"NO!" she replied, shoving past him as she headed off in the direction of the party music.
"That's mum's not yours!" Ryan continued as he once again chased after the girl everybody called his evil counterpart.
"So! What's your point?! Mother's in Florida, she won't even know!"
"But what if you brake it or loose it?!"
"I won't loose it!" She growled, jumping back as Ryan lunged forwards, trying to grab his mother's favourite, most expensive piece of jewellery. "And mother won't mind! I'm her daughter! She loves me!"
Ryan, who was smarter than people gave him credit for, didn't miss the hidden meaning behind her cruel words.
"What's that supposed to mean?" he asked, his eyes cast on the floor; this was the third time that day she had said something along those lines.
"Figure it out!" She replied a fake smile on her face as she headed towards the stairs. "Because, I'm not wasting my breath!"
Muttering something rather rude under her breath, as she attached Hannah's necklace around her neck, she marched off towards the final flight of stairs. Ryan was just about to lunge towards the girl and grab the chain, when he was hit by a sudden brain wave.
"Want to bet on that!" he mumbled whilst closing his eyes, trying to access his newest power to read other people's minds. Finding the feeling he was looking for, Ryan concentrated on Sharpay and began fighting his way though the barriers to her mind.
"There you guys are!" A voice called out, causing Ryan to loose his concentration. "Come on your dad's waiting for you!"
As soon as Ryan opened his eyes, he knew something was wrong as two different voices of thoughts, plagued his mind. Pushing the voices out of his head, he jumped in shock as two red lights shot in between Sharpay and their Aunt Monica, almost like a lazier.
Both of them instantly froze, for a second before shaking their heads and continuing down the stairs.
End of flashback
Shaking the memory out of his mind, Ryan instantly discarded the idea of reading Leo's mind. He couldn't handle the guilt of possibly ruining someone else's life; after all it wasn't certain that he was a demon.
Trying to concentrate on the current conversation which was now taking place between his father and Piper Haliwell, Ryan briefly glanced towards Sharpay who was laughing at their father's joke, the same feeling of pure guilt and regret churning at the pits of his stomach.
One week after that day he had found Sharpay lying in a pool of her own blood in the bathroom. Two days after that, his depressed aunt suddenly got her life back on track….
