Hey guys! Despite my lack of time, I was able to pull off this one. I hope you enjoy it!
"Spencer, how did you…?" – Alison stared in shock and awe as the brunette put the gun down.
"I don't know, I just saw him pointing his gun at you and I…" – Spencer was surprised at herself. She didn't even know how to handle a gun, nevermind aim it like that. But when she glanced from the tail of her eye Nate trying to shoot her friends, she didn't think twice. She just got the gun and, somehow, her brain worked it out and she shot him perfectly on the head.
"It's okay, Spence" – She must've spaced out because Alison was now on her side – "Let's get the others"
Then, the trio returned to the apartment and found Aria sitting against the wall breathing hard.
"What are we gonna do with those two?" – Emily asked.
"I don't know. Do you have a car?" – Alison asked Aria.
"No, I came by Caleb" – Aria answered softly and took a deep breath, even though it hurt her ribs – "Ali… son?" – She called the nickname and then completed the name because she wasn't sure if she was allowed to call the blonde like that anymore.
"Yes?" – Ali frowned.
"I'm sorry about what I said… about you being a vampire… I was too blinded by Mike's death that I…" – Aria breathed out and winced in pain.
Ali kneeled beside her and took her hand – "You don't have to say anything" – And the two girls smiled softly to each other – "Now, we need to call someone"
"I'll call Ezra" – Emily and Ali eyed her in inquiry – "Mr. Fitz" – She corrected – "I'll call Mr. Fitz and he'll tell Mona about this and pick us up"
And so she did.
When they arrived at the hospital, Aria and Caleb were immediately rushed to the ER while the other girls were directed to the waiting room. There, they found Ashley fiddling a magazine.
"Mrs. M!" – Emily went to her as soon as she spotted the woman.
"Hello girls" – The woman watched them and there was comprehension in her eyes. She knew they knew.
"How's Hanna?" – Alison asked.
Ashley chuckled – "She'll be fine, just never the same"
"It means that…" – Spencer quickly put two and two together.
"Yes, she's a vampire now" – Ashley blurted out and the girls widened their eyes in surprise – "Don't tell me you didn't know"
"I thought that maybe…" – Emily was in loss of words.
"Wren tried everything he could, but Hanna's blood had already absorbed the vampire virus. That's the curse of adaptability, I guess" – She trailed off.
"What do you mean by that?" – Spencer arched her brow.
"Haven't you guys noticed how fast Hanna recovered from her broken leg? Haven't you guys ever wondered why she wasn't affected at all by the smoke when she got into the Cavanaugh house? It's because Hanna has the gift of adaptability!" – Ashley explained – "This gift runs in my blood" – She traced the veins on her arm – "I'm as a hunter as you and Emily are, and as Hanna used to be before she was turned"
"What do you mean by that? I'm a hunter?" – Emily couldn't believe that.
"You're a hunter from a prestigious family, Emily. Wayne works for the army chasing down supernatural creatures all over the world. You should be proud" – The woman revealed.
"So I'm a hunter too… just like Aria?" – Spencer asked, her insides bubbling in happiness because now the short brunette had no excuse to push her away.
"Yes, just like her too" – Ashley thought that was a rather odd question to ask, but just shrugged it off.
"About Hanna… I will help her if she needs some advice" – Ali chimed in.
"Thank you, Alison. She surely will" –Ashley thanked sincerely.
An hour later, Emily was sitting on the bench outside the hospital. The parents had barged into the E.R and Peter was scolding Ashley for revealing the truth to the girls. Byron argued that the girls already knew and that they deserved the truth.
While they talked, Spencer set off to visit Aria while Alison went to the canteen to buy snacks to them. It didn't take long for the blonde to return and sit beside her.
"How are you feeling?" – Ali handed her a chocolate bar and squeezed her hand.
"All mixed up. It's just too much for a day" – Emily looks away.
"How does it feel to be a hunter?" – The vampire tried to lighten up a bit the mood.
"I don't know" – Emily shrugged – "But I promise you one thing" – She looked at Ali's light blue eyes – "I'm gonna work hard to be strong enough to protect you"
"Em, you don't have to" – Her eyes sparkled with affection and she took it to the heart that Emily deeply cared about her. However, she was also scared that, if the brunette tried to protect, she'd get herself in trouble.
"I can't keep playing the damsel" – Emily muttered.
"Em, don't you know you save me every day?" – Alison ran her fingers through the swimmer's hair and cupped her face.
"How?" – She asked incredulously.
"With your tenderness, with your heart… with your kisses" – The blonde leaned in for a slow kiss. Emily forgot for a moment that they were in a public space and placed her hand on Ali's waist, pulling her close.
Ali tried to deepen the kiss and that's when Emily froze. Immediately, images of Nate touching her in all the inappropriate places. Her sudden disgust made her push Alison away and slide further to the corner of the bench.
"I'm sorry. I forgot we were in public" – Alison misunderstood Em's rejection.
"It's not that" – Emily remained far away from her girlfriend.
"Emily, are you okay?" – Ali put her hand on her shoulder – "I think you should have a checkup" – The vampire was worried that Nate had hurt her girl while she was away and she dreaded that thought.
"Ali, I'm alright, okay? Just because I'm human doesn't mean that I'm fragile!" – Emily snapped. The reason she didn't want to have a checkup is that she was afraid that the doctors might find out that she'd been raped. After the thrill of her rescue was gone, the weight of what happened earlier started to fall down on her shoulders. She felt so disgusted with herself that she wanted to throw up.
"Em, I never meant that…" – Alison's fingers pressed on her shoulder to call her attention and she turned to face the blonde. Big mistake. Her eyes locked with Ali's and she felt all of her walls crumble down.
She gives up as her head rests on the crook of Alison's neck and the vampire's arms wrap around her shoulder – "I just wanna go home" – And she placed a tender kiss on Ali's pulse point and let her arm drape over the blonde's stomach.
"Em…" – She breathed out.
Not that Emily would admit it but, after everything that happened, Alison felt like home to her.
One month later…
"I give up! I just can't do it!" – Hanna let the water she was controlling splash back into the river.
"Hanna, come on! You can't just give up!" – Emily cheered. Since the girls found out about their identities, they were training hard to fully develop their powers. This was even harder for Hanna because she had to learn a different kind of life.
"Han, I know it's hard, I really do" – Ali sighed – "But you gotta keep trying" – Since the other blonde woke up hungry and confused on a hospital bed, Ali's been helping her overcome her adaptation problems.
"It's easy for you to say it. You were born like this" – Hanna scoffs.
"But I know how hard it is to assemble the basics of elemental control" – Alison replied – "We usually have affinity with one element or two at most"
"But how can you do this? I mean, wasn't it natural to you?" – Hanna questioned.
"No, it wasn't. I have more affinity with the wind element, but, to control it, I had to learn the basics of water element" – The more experienced vampire explained.
"Why'd do it?"
"Because water is the easiest one to understand. Water is fluid and visible, whereas the air is invisible, the earth is hard and the fire requires emotional balance" – Alison lectured.
"Oh…" – Hanna was surprised at how deep this content was.
"Let me show you" – Ali drew a long piece of water out of the river and snaked it all around her body, much to Emily's admiration.
"Okay, Em, stop drooling or I'll control the water coming out of your mouth" – Hanna joked and the brunette blushed. Since the Nate event, she and Ali had come out to their friends and their families. Her mom had no complaints, as Alison had saved her life twice already. On the other hand, she felt that Jessica, Ali's mom, didn't really approve of their relationship.
"I-I'm not staring!" – Emily stuttered and looked down.
"Hanna, focus!" – Alison scolded and then her mouth quirked a smile – "Em, save it for later, will ya?"
"Oh my God, I can't even be around you now!" – Hanna was going to playfully throw water at Alison but, as her hand touched the river, an hydro jet hit Ali right on the face – "Oh my God! How did I do it?!"
Alison wiped her face – "You wanted to throw water at me from the very beginning, didn't you?"
"I did, but not like this…" – She answered and then a gust hit her right on the face, messing up with her perfectly combed hair.
"Elemental control works with your thoughts" – Alison explained and smirked – "And payback is a bitch"
At the Hastings backyard, Melissa and Spencer were training hard too. The elder sister was teaching the younger how to use the Hastings nunchaku… or at least she was trying.
"Ouch!" – Spencer whined as the weapon hit her knee while she tried to whirl it around – "Using this is scientifically impossible!"
"No, it's not" – Melissa chuckled, remembering the time she had to learn how to use the nunchaku. She had thought it was impossible too, but she eventually got the nag of it – "Spencer, do you know why the Hastings use a nunchaku?"
"Because we are complicated" – The teenage responded with a smirk.
"Kind of" – Melissa replied – "It's because the nunchaku is one of the hardest weapons to tame and only the ones with the most skill could do it. We are the Hastings, our special power is intelligence, so it's only natural we learn how to use the hardest weapon around"
"I don't see how to use it to defend myself" – Spencer argued.
"Give me that" – Melissa took the nunchaku from her sister and went closer to a thick tree – "Pay attention" – She said as she whipped the weapon against the tree harshly. Much to Spencer's surprise, the tree's trunk cracked – "Do you see that?"
"That's… amazing!" – Spencer didn't think two little staffs linked by a chain had so much attack power.
"Keep watching" – Melissa started to whirl the nunchaku around her and went to Spencer as if she were attacking her. Spencer was so distracted by the weapon that she didn't realize Melissa's low kick until it was too late.
"Ouch! That hurts!" – She complained.
"This is to show you how nunchakus can be used as a distraction as well" – Melissa lectured as she tossed the weapon back to her sister.
"Okay, I'll keep trying" – Spencer let a resigned sigh and went back to whirling the nunchaku. She was doing great until she lost control and the little staff hit her right on the forehead.
"Ouch!" – Spencer rubbed her forehead as Melissa chuckled. Then, the two of them heard a soft laugh. It was Aria.
"Time for a break" – Melissa announced as she went back to the barn – "I'll let the two of you talk" – And she closed the door.
"Don't laugh, seriously. It hurt" – Spencer continued to rub her forehead.
"I know. I've had some accidents when I was learning to use my staff too" – Aria smiled softly and they remained quiet for a moment. As much as their friendship had returned to the way it was before, there was still an awkwardness to it none of them was willing to let go. Maybe it had something to do with the night they couldn't quite forget.
Aria came closer to her and took some crushed arnica out of her pocket. As a professional hunter, she always carried healing items around. She put some of it on her fingers, tiptoed so she could reach Spencer's forehead and rubbed it against the growing bump.
"Aria, what are you doing?" – Spencer was slightly startled.
"I'm rubbing arnica against your bump. It's a natural medicine" – Aria explained, drew her hand away and placed her heels back on the ground.
"Thanks, I guess" – Spencer rubbed the back of her head shyly and only then did she notice that Aria was standing way too close to her.
"You're welcome" – The professional hunter seemed to notice their short distance too as she looked away – "Anyway, I have to go. I just came to check on you"
"See you at school?"
"See you at school"
"Goodbye, Aria" – The girls smiled slightly as Spencer watched Aria walking away.
Caleb, Mona and Noel were having their weekly meeting at the vampire's cabin when they heard a few knocks on the door. Noel hesitantly opened the door as their mystery visitor turned out to be Toby.
"Toby, what are you doing here?! I thought I told you to stay away!" – Caleb exclaimed.
"Something happened in Ravenswood" – The other boy stated.
"It better be something important" – Mona rolled her eyes, as she thought Toby was just wasting his chance to be free away.
"The werewolves in Ravenswood are disappearing. I'm the only one left" – Toby said finally.
Caleb, Mona and Noel exchanged apprehensive looks. Who the hell was making those wolves disappear?
So... Toby is back, Hanna is a vampire and Spencer is having trouble with nunchakus, lol
Reviews:
Caitlin141414: I think Emily would pretty much enjoy being a vampire. I don't know about Hanna, though, lol.
mcmeli: Aria apologized to Ali! Of course, after she basically saved her ass and defeated Nate single handedly xP. Nah, Spencer is okay with that ;). Let's see what Eric has for us ;).
InLoveWithEmison: Told you Nate would go insane :/. Yeah, Alison saved the day :). Good thing Nate is dead now, lol.
H: Yeah xD. Well, theoretically, her first will be Ali. And Alison would've ripped Nate's head off had she known he'd raped Em. Emily didn't take the needle, so let's wait :). Yay, Spencer saved Emison! Eric wants something like that, lol
leon7272: Hope you liked your first taste of vampire Hanna. You want two things, but only one of them will happen in the next chapter. Take your shot :)
Guest: Yes! Go, Spencer! Yeah, it was even intense to write.
spezria26: Thank you for your two reviews. I'm glad you enjoyed the story and the plot! :). As for vampire sex, stay for a little longer and you just might get it xP.