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Daybreakers of Tomorrow

Chapter 11: "Good-bye my friends."

Midnight 12:00am

"There it is." Aria/still in Maia's body/ announced. The team of four girls, Aria, Cally, Lulu, and Kari, stood before a middle-class home. It was average, painted with a peach color, red roof shingles, a wood fence, white window shutters, and a red door to top it all off. An average house, in an average neighborhood. But in this average house was no average family.

Cally held a big grin. But Kari had a look of sudden realization. "Hey Aria, have you checked to see if Maia's O.K.?" she asked. Whoops! Aria thought.

(Hey Maia! You ok!)

(I WANT OUT!!!!!)

(Can you hang in there a little longer?)

(Whatever it takes to get my body back… I want me body back Aria!)

"Well?" asked Lulu, annoyed and tired.

"She's alright. Angry, but alright."

"Ok then! Let's do this!" With no more patience, Cally ran for the front door. Kari and Aria ran after her. Lulu, she just walked. Cally jumped with victory for the first to the door and to ring to doorbell. No answer. Kari knocked on the door. Still no answer. Dadday must not be home, Aria figured (remember her accent).

Lulu grunted and pushed everyone aside. "You're all blind!"

Nobody noticed that there was clearly a note taped to the door until Lulu pulled it off. She opened it to read aloud.

(Aw, that better be not from who I think it is……) Aria heard Maia think. The note read:

Aria's father went to the hospital near here, about 14 blocks away. It's called the Playson Hospital.

~Halo Drache

P.S.) I have my ways of knowing. And doing.

(UH! GOD F*CKING DAMN IT! Seven years, and Halo's still one step ahead of me!) Maia screamed in her mind.

Aria winced. "Why would my father be at the hospital?" she questioned. Lulu smiled, "Well, let's go find out."

* * *

Seth smiled with pure elation. He knew that Maia was his true love from the start. He admired her fighting skill and beauty, but he loved her for her, on the inside. She was all he could every want and more! He just wished he'd get the guts to tell her he loved her, and that he was a werewolf. And he wished he could get a kiss out of her, on the lips.

He feared many things that held it back. First off, Seren was right. If Seth's father did find out about Maia, then he would make her end up like Seth's passed on mother, Spinel. He'd destroy her.

Seth got a lump in his throat at the thought. He'd do anything in his power to prevent any harm from coming to his precious Maia Quinn. Seth would jump off a cliff if it would make her smile. When she was away, he could never stop thinking about her for more than an hour. He'd take a silver bullet if it would guarantee her happiness and safety for the rest of her life. He LOVEDher. So bad it hurt at times knowing she might not feel exactly the same.

It's like they were meant to be, for his sake at least. What was that thing Circle Daybreakers and some Night Worlders believed in? Soulmates? Was it even possible? Real? Seth had been brought up to not believe in the Soulmate Principle.

Well anyways, Seth and Maia were at the cliff. Seth leaned again a tree and watched Maia twirl with grace. She was in her gypsy get-up of a blue cloak and black. However, her hair was actually down, instead of put into a bun by that blue ribbon. Without that ribbon, it showed that Maia's hair reached her hips.

Seth thought she looked prettier with her hair down. But whether it was up or down or messed up he didn't care!

Seth smiled lovingly, longingly at Maia. She stopped twirling to give Seth a strange look. "What's with you?" she asked. Seth's smile turned into a smirk.

"I'm trying to think of a way to tell you something…………" I'm going to do it! Seth thought to himself. Maia blinked in confusion, and she was somewhat worried. "What is it? Is something wrong?"

Seth tilled his head down, "No. I love you." Well, he said it.

Maia only smiled at him and he smiled back. Turquoise energy leaked over her feet, lifting her slightly off the ground. She slowly levitated over to Seth. Usually Seth was about a few inches taller than her, but being lifted of the ground made them the same height.

Seth stiffened. His heart was pounding in his chest. Maia leaned forward. Maybe he should stop her? Well he couldn't move even if he wanted to! Their lips were less than an inch away. Until--

"SETH! WAKE UP, JACK-ASS!" shouted a big boom voice from the sky, but it sounded like Seth's sister Ivy.

~:~:~:~Midnight 12:00am~:~:~:~

Seth immediately sat up shocked. He saw his sisters Ivy and Olivia, and his brothers Ziff and Topaz standing over him. He looked around his surroundings and saw he was in his room, on his bed.

"Wah? O-oh! I remember. I took a nap after looking for……" Seth was talking to himself, but trailed off when he realized his evil siblings Topaz and Olivia were watching.

"For this Maia girl?" Ziff finished for him. Thanks Ziff, Seth thought vexed. "You talk in your sleep little brother." Ziff added. (Ziff has black eyes and hair. Age 17.) Olivia's orange eyes had and evil glint. Arms crossed and had a wide smirk.

If it was all a dream then… awww! Damn it! I was enjoying that! Seth thought sulking in displeasure and disappointment.

"Is this girl somebody Father should know about, Seth, eh?" Topaz asked smirking.

Seth glared at all of them. "NO! She's nothing Father needs to know about!"

"Come on guys! Stop already. Seth it's time for our midnight hunt. Let's go." Ivy said to all of them and shook her head. The group headed out.

If I want that dream to ACTUALLY happen, I have to step things up a bit, Seth concluded as he changed into, what Seth was afraid Maia thought, a worthless, hairy werewolf monster.

* * *

12:34am

Lulu, Cally, Kari, and Aria/still in Maia's body/ were now in front of a 50 floor building. The Playson Hospital had an animal hospital across the street. There was small forest in the back of the hospital building. Pictures of angels playing harps were branded into the concrete under the girls' feet.

Cally went to through a penny in the wishing fountain, which Aria didn't get. Lulu was getting annoyed with Aria and her sister, Kari, who were in a daze. They had been staring at how tall the building was for almost ten minutes. "Well, are we going to stand out here all morning or are we gonna go inside?!" Lulu asked in a grunt to snap the others back to reality. Kari called Cally back and the girls strolled into the hospital.

The lobby was like any other. There were at least 20 rows of uncomfortable chairs. 75% of those chairs were filled by many different people.

Cally leaned on the wall while waiting for the nurse behind the counter to finish talking with a doctor.

The inner fox in Cally had been awakened. Her senses had suddenly been enhanced. She could hear many different conversations that told why those people were here. A mid-age woman was with her mother because she was visiting her cousin, who had recently been in a car accident. Cally felt happy that the patients in that situation came out OK. A woman was there with her sister. They were waiting for her test results on whether she was pregnant or not.

The nurse turned to the group of girls. "Well what can I do for you young ladies?" she asked.

Kari was a little short, wasn't very tall. She practically jumped on counter to be face-to-face with the nurse. "Has there been a visitor by the last name Fathom?" she asked trying to sound professional, but ended sounding like a salesman trying to convince someone why they would want a pet elephant. The nurse looked so tired, she would do anything to get them to go away. The lady scrolled done a piece of paper in her hand.

"A man named Ren Fathom checked in to visit his daughter Aria Fathom." Lulu and Kari looked at each other for a moment.

"Why is Aria Fathom here?" Lulu questioned in a demanding, brute tone. Aria stared with hope in her eyes. Am I alive? she asked herself.

The nurse sighed. "The girl was intoxicated, ran in the street, and got hit by some redneck's truck. The poor girl got lucky that she didn't shatter her spine. The doctor was surprised that she got away with only a few cuts and bruises, and a broken leg. Right now, she's in a coma. She's in room 7E on the 5th floor. Now go away."

They took the elevator to the 5th floor. Aria was the first to walk in the room. She froze at the site instantly.

Her father, Ren, was sitting by the bedside of a sleeping girl. He was clinging to her hand and crying. He looked like he desperately needed a shower and a good shave. He had bloodshot eyes; a sign that he had been crying for a while and wasn't sleeping. He cried for this girl? Aria thought so mystified.

The girl's hair was short and blonde. Even with the solid purple eye, a cast on her leg, a bruise on her cheek, and cuts on her arms, she still looked like she was just on a nap. Aria had thought this girl was Sleeping Beauty.

It took Aria a few moments to realize that the sleeping girl was her. She gasped. "HOLY SH*T THAT'S ME!!!!!!" she shouted. It got her father's attention. I thought he hated me… He cried for me? she thought. To Aria, it was like Cally, Kari, and Lulu had faded away, and was no longer there. Her father eyed her with a strange look.

"Who are you? And why do you and that other girl look like you've been in fight?" he asked. Aria remembered she wasn't in her original body still. Then Cally realized that she and Aria were still looking rough. As much as Aria wanted to say, "Daddy it's me, Aria!" she didn't. Instead, she said, "I'm sorry."

"Excuse me?" Ren replied. Aria was oblivious that the girls behind her were smiling.

"I'm sorry I hated you. I was so upset that Mommy died; and so angry that we moved…… I couldn't think straight anymore. I felt like I could escape when I was drunk. I was stupid. So, so stupid! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! Please forgive me!!!" she shouted crying. Her father didn't look confused with her anymore.

He must have forgave her, because that when Aria felt light. She felt so cool, it was like she was floating in cool water on a hot day. The world blurred away. She down looked at her hands, but she didn't see white skin or the sleeves of Maia's jacket; just hands, her own, original hands. There wasn't black hair touching her back and shoulders anymore. In its place, her blonde hair hung above her shoulders. I'm me! she thought.

Aria was standing in the mid of a purplish, bluish abyss. The ground below her like glass, but under was purplish, bluish gas, swirling like a hurricane. Nothing but an endless road of nothing. Where am I? The floor under Aria faded into black. She screamed. She was falling… falling……

"Daddy! Cally! Lulu! Mommy!!!" she yelled, hoping that someone would catch her. That didn't work out so well.

Wake up, Aria…… please? she heard her father call.

Hey Aria, wake up! I need you to be awake so I can rub it in you face about beating you! That was Cally.

Come on! Wake up. I need to kick your ass for stealing my body and trying to destroy me life and using my body for a fight, and losing! That was Maia.

Come back or I'll… I'll… I don't know. But wake up! Kari.

WAKE UP YOU SORRY, PATHETIC PIECE OF BRITISH TRASH!!! What? Was that, Lulu? I'll kill her! she thought raged and offended. She closed her eyes and screamed. And that's when a world came back.

She opened her eyes and saw a bright light. She felt herself landing on a metal framed hospital bed. Her eyes were dilated, so after squinting for a few seconds, then she could see where she was. She was at the hospital. A room filled with white everything. She heard her own heartbeat in beeps from the machine at her bedside.

Her father sat on the opposite side of the machine, clenched her hand so hard her fingers went numb. "I forgive you." he said.

Kari squealed, grinned, and jumped up and down, clapping. "Ya! You're alive!" she yelled.

Maia was awake, and had control of her body again. She slumped in a chair near the door. She looked drowsy, but still smiled. Aria still needed to apologize to Maia about stealing her body and trying to kill her.

"I'm sorry about--"

"Don't ever try it again." Maia said flat. she was obviously pissed off.

"Promise."

"You're forgiven."

"Thank you." Aria said. She turned away from Maia to Cally. "Thank you, too, Cally." Aria said. Cally grinned and gave two thumbs up and nodded. Maia turned to Cally too.

"Who are you now?" Maia asked. Cally giggled.

"I'm the one who kicked Aria's ass!" she exclaimed with pride. And that made Maia laugh, and made Aria start sulking. "Don't rub it in…" Aria said.

"I said I was going to, didn't I?" Cally said back between laughs. Last, Aria turned to Lulu with a neutral face. Lulu had her arms crossed and leaned against the wall. After a moment of silence between them, Lulu stared laughing hard. "It was all to wake you up. I didn't mean any of that." she said.

"Aria?" Ren started. Aria turned to her father as he continued talking. "I was going to tell you after that mission I was on, but you got ran over and you've been comatose since. Circle Daybreak stationed me back in London"

Aria got a glint of hope in her eyes. "Does that mean…?" she asked. He nodded.

"Yup. We're moving back to England."

"When?!" she asked eagerly.

"Tomorrow night. The doctor said you could check out when you wanted as soon as you woke up."

And that's when the nurse came in. "I hate to break up this reunion, but visiting hours are over, and only relatives can stay overnight."

"That's alright. We'll go now." Kari said as she and Lulu walked out.

"Come say good-bye at the airport tomorrow night!" Aria yelled after them when Cally and Maia left. "OK!" Kari yelled back.

* * *

01:45 a.m.

Maia's shoulders slumped and she sighed. She was extremely tired. She passed by the second living room on the way to her bedroom. Unfortunately her mother was there. And when Rashel saw Maia's physical appearance……

"Maia, what happened to you?!!!" Rashel asked. Maia tilted her head to the side. A gesture of confusion.

"What the…? What are you…?" she trailed off on her questions. She rubbed her head, and when she felt how messed up her hair was, realization dawned on her. "Oh yeah! The fight!" she blurted out. That was the wrong thing to say.

"Maia what have your father and I told you about fighting outside of practice?!" Rashel scolded and put her hands on her hips. Maia sighed and slumped again.

"To not to. I would be a spotted target for Lancers and Night Worlders." she said dully.

"Exactly. Now go to your room, clean yourself up, and go to bed. It's late." Maia twitched, but obeyed. She wasn't mad at her mother's lecture. She was mad at Aria for making it obvious that her body was put through a fight, thus got her in trouble.

As Maia left the room, Keller entered. "Hey." Rashel greeted. Keller waved her hand to greet her back.

"How was your first night back home?" Rashel asked and smiled. Keller sighed.

"Exhausting. Galen and I got lost trying to find our room. Then Halo disappeared for awhile then he turned up out of nowhere. Also, Heaven went crazy and tore up her bedroom curtains out of temptation. Finally, Halo and Heaven almost shredded each other's faces off in a play fight. But that's what goes on with twins. Especially shapeshifter twins, that like being in there half forms."

"That does sound frustrating. It kinda makes me glad Maia can't shapeshift yet." Rashel said. Without thinking, Keller said, "Maybe the twin thing is in our genes." Rashel tilted her head to the side like Maia did and stared in puzzlement.

"I just think that, because you and I are twins. I have twins and you--" Keller cut herself off when she realized she almost let something slip.

"I, what?" Rashel questioned and raised an eyebrow in suspicion. Keller needed to change the subject quick before Rashel started to ask questioned. There was one thing that always distracted Rashel, because winning this debate was very important.

"I'm the older sister between us!" Keller exclaimed. Rashel immediately forgot everything. Success.

"Please! I'm the older!" Rashel yelled back.

"You're my little sister, The Kitten!"

* * *

(Daybreak Mansion) 02:00 a.m.

Maia shut and locked her door. When she actually got a good look of her room, her eyes were locked on her bed. Scarlet flowers and a red envelope sat gently on her dark blue sheets. She smiled and giggled, knowing who left the flowers there. She skipped happily over to the bed and picked up the flowers first.

A bouquet of red roses. (I think we all know what a red rose means.)

A red blush stained Maia's checks. How sweet, she thought. She was so flattered she gave the bouquet a hug. She sat on her bed, placed the roses next to her, and picked up the red envelope. It was addressed, "To a Special Someone." She took out the card inside and was hit with a splash of a pleasant fragrance. Did he put cologne on this or something? The card read:

Sweet dreams, Beautiful. Call me!

-Seth Coal

Oh trust me, Seth, I will. I will call you.

She reread the card again and realized something. He call me beautiful… she thought flattered. Seth was good at sweet-talk.

Maia filled a decorative vase with water, and placed it on the nightstand next her bed. The vase was glass. It was white, but had blue waves on the bottom. Now for the final touch, Maia placed the bouquet roses in the vase.

After a quick shower, brushing her teeth, and changing into her black "Little House on the Prairie" style nightgown, she was finally ready to go to sleep.

* * *

The next night- 07:00 p.m.

The airport was really loud. Business men chatting on the phone, women having tearful good-byes. Aria Fathom and her father stood in front of the escalator that would lead them to their flight. Except, Aria was in crutches for two weeks because of her broken leg.

"I'll call when we get off the flight, kay?" Aria said. Lulu, Kari, Maia, and Cally had come to say farewell to Aria. Maia wouldn't have come if the sun hadn't already set. Lulu and Cally nodded.

"Even though you tried to kill me, I'm going to miss you." Maia said. Aria's eyes had tears growing, but she didn't cry.

"Now boarding 7:00 p.m. flight to London." announced some lady through the intercom.

"Well, that's our flight, Aria." Ren Fathom told his daughter. Aria nodded and turned to her friends.

"Well I'll see you guys around." Aria said. Kari busted out crying and gave Aria one last hug. "Bye." she said after Kari pulled away. She was about to go, but turned Maia.

"Oh yeah! I want to be a bride's maid at yours and Seth's wedding, Maia." Aria said and, with the help of her father, was going up the moving stairs. Cally laughed at Maia's face, priceless. Maia's jaw dropped and she was blushing madly.

When Aria was at the top of the stairs, she turned back and said, "Good-bye my friends. I'll always treasure the lessons you taught me." At last, she then boarded the plane.

After giving one last wave good-bye, the group of four left the airport.

"Are you gonna call Seth, Maia?" Kari asked smirking. Instead of blushing in embarrassment, Maia looked at Kari smirking aswell.

"Yes I am."

A.N.) There! The adventure of Aria has ended. But the story is far from over. PLEASE REVIEW!