Alright, this chapter has a lot of Latin phrases... You have been warned!
Vera's P.O.V- after Jacob leaves
I walked into the house and saw all the girls huddled together in the living room. Annie and Kim looked like they were crying and Emily looked distant. I sighed and sat down on a multicolor patched chair across from Annie.
"I know" I said and Emily shook her head
"What if they don't come back; if I lose Sam_" She couldn't even finished the sentence, she just brushed away a stray tear and looked out the window
"I know" I said again and Kim looked up at my and between hiccups managed to get out
"Jared is my everything… He has to come back" Annie nodded along and hugged Kim. I closed my eyes and leaned back into the chair. I wanted to cry like Kim and Annie, or distance myself like Emily; but I needed to be strong.
We sat there, not even attempting to make small talk; we were just too tense. Then it hit me. It was an unsettling feeling. I stood up
"Something coming" I murmured and the girls eyes snapped towards me. I looked at Emily
"What" she asked and I shook my head
"I don't know, but I can feel it": I sneered and Annie gasped
"A vampire" I shook my head; I would know if it was a vampire
"Emily; get Claire, and all of you go to the basement" I ordered and she nodded and moved into action. She rushed up the carpeted stairs and I heard the protests of the small three year old. I turned to Kim and Annie.
"Go" I yelled; they jumped and ran to the emergency hatch that Sam showed us. I saw Emily come down the stairs carrying a sleepy looking Claire. She gave me a worried look and walked off. When I knew they were safely downstairs I ran out the house to see what had been making my senses go wild.
There, right outside the house stood the one and only Genevieve. Her orange eyes seemed to glow; she was wearing ripped blue jeans and a ripped black band t-shirt. I gasped and tensed up with stress and sorrow. I couldn't believe she was here; I didn't know why she was here.
"Hello cousin" She sounded happy; ecstatic, that she was staring at me right now. I just felt sick
"Gin" I whispered. She smiled at me and I shivered.
"Well; well… Still good I see" I nodded. We were circling each other, like we were in an old western gun fight to the death.
"What the hell are you doing here" I tried to sound mad; aggressive, but it came out in a whisper. She just laughed. It was a loud blood curling laugh, one that made me want to slink into my converse and fade away
"Believe it or not… I was sent here" I cocked my head to the side and came to a stop
"By who?" Who would send her here?
"Well funny story… After Halloween Daddy tried to kill me, hell he almost did, but someone intervened… saved me." My eyes widened. Ezra was going to kill Ginny!? Then someone save her? The only people she was close enough to were the Tevin's… and they hate her
"Your dad came at the last minute… I never seen my daddy so pale" No… Nonononono, this can't be happening, he's dead. Ezra killed him!
"I can see that your shocked; hell I would be to if my long lost dad wanted to get to know me again too" I shook my head, and slowly walked away from her.
"Go away" I whispered and she laughed again, and shook her head. Her expression amused
"Sorry, he wants you; well… no you but Sia" Fuck. I felt my chest tighten; He knew about Sia
'About time someone recognized my talents' Sia snarled and I held my head in pain and whished this nightmare would end.
"So come along nicely and I won't have to use force" I grit my teeth and prepared my defensive stance
"So that's how it's going to be-Impetu Virium " She screamed and I didn't have enough time to block the spell. I was thrown back and through the window in the front of Sam's house. The window made a loud crash and my body made sickening thump as it hit the ground. I felt the warm blood seep down my hairline and onto my hand and the floor.
I picked up my bleeding body just as Ginny kicked through the door with flaming hands
"Come on V, let's just go; I don't want to hurt you; much" She flicked her hand and a flame came hurtling towards me. I held up my hands in defense; barely blocking the blow. My thoughts were rampant, and I was panicking. What was I supposed to do; LIGHT!
"Accipere Lucem"I yelled the words, and suddenly the light in the room faded and the sun outside seemed to leave us. We were in complete darkness; and fun fact. I couldn't see, or sense me… this was my domain. I crept around the room and grabbed a knife; I was about to stab her with it when she spoke again
"Awww, you cheater… using the dark to your advantage- Eadem Cella Ardeat" I knew she would say that. The walls if the house went up in flames and the shadows flickered as she looked at my bleeding form, and the knife in my hand
"This house will burn; come on" she called and I cried out as a rouge flame burned my arm. It was hard to breathe; hard to see. I was suffocating, but I had a plan. I looked through all the shadows in the room. Everyone calling to me; everyone I could control. By making an environment I would die in she made me temporarily stronger.
"Umbram Tuam Audire," I coughed out, and then I saw it; another entity. Its skin was a blackish grey, and it had no real form; only the stolen form of Genevieve. It had glowing red orbs and would do anything I asked.
"Grab her" I yelled as the flames grew around me. I saw the shadow nod and grab Gin around her neck. Ginny's smug smile was gone and she started to squirm under her own shadows grasp. She shot me a dark glare
"Adolebit"She yelled just as her shadow covered her mouth. I saw the flame hit the shadow; but it felt no pain… I did. I winced as a burn covered my hand and tried not to cry out. I glared at Genevieve
"Tolle Eam Umbrata" I had no emotion in my voice as the shadow nodded once more and sank back taking Gin into its realm; a realm Genevieve would be trapped in until I deemed her worthy to be set free. She was struggling and she managed to get her mouth free once more
"Damn you; please… don't; he'll kill me!" She was screaming and I felt the guilt rise again, but I squashed it with my anger.
"The only thing you have to worry about in there is your own shadow" I shook my head as her screams where drowned away by the crackling of the burning walls.
"Shit" I cried; the house was on fire!
"Hoc Descendit Ignis" I yelled and the flames seemed to lose oxygen and become nothing. I stared the ruble that was once Emily's beautiful house. The broken window, stained with my blood; the burned walls and shadows that seemed to dance off them.
"Figere Erroribus Meis" I yelled and slowly everything started to repair itself. I looked down to the basement where I was sure the girls were cowering in fear.
"It's alright" I yelled and I heard the hatch slowly creak open and I sighed as Emily, Kim, and Annie; who was now carrying Claire came through.
"Oh. My. God." Whispered Emily and I sighed
"I'm sorry about your house; it should be fixed in about fifteen minutes" I sat down in the charred chair and sighed.
"You're bleeding" Said Kim and I looked at my arms and stomach. She was right, and there was still glass in the cuts. I sighed and started to remove a particularly big piece of glass from my arm. I felt the hot sting of tears run down my face as I did.
"Sana Me" I murmured as each clean cut seemed to close up and fade away. I looked at the burn in my hand and walked to the now repaired kitchen and turned on the tap. I place the red hand under the water and screamed in pain. Annie and Kim rushed into the kitchen.
"What do you need us to do" Asked Kim, looking worried and I sighed
"I need to be someplace dark" Yes that's what I needed; darkness. My body was sore and I was tired beyond belief. I hadn't used that much magic is a short amount of time… well ever. I was helped up the steps and placed in the guest room.
"Where's Emily" I whispered when they settled me in the bed and Annie smiled
"She put Claire back to bed, and went to see if there was any burn medicine" I nodded and tugged at the shadows near the window of the room. They quickly covered the window and all light that was in the room was filtered out.
"Thank you, when you see Emily, tell her that I'm alright, and that you need to be careful. I don't think any vampires will come here magic apparently makes them sick." I had learned that from the Vampire history book. I could see both nod and stumble from the pitch black room.
As I was fading from conciseness I heard a heart wrenching howl of pain, and several howls follow.
Latin Translations-
Impetu Virium- Burst of force
Accipere Lucem- Take the light away
Eadem Cella Ardeat- Burn this house
umbram tuam audire,- Your Shadow listens
Adolebit- Burn
Tolle Eam Umbrata- Shadow take her
Hoc Descendit Ignis- Fire dies down
Figere Erroribus Meis- Fix my mistakes
Sana Me- Heal me
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