Chapter 2

Eddie walks into the living room and Joy approaches him immediately.

"What did you do?" she questioned. "Patricia ran out of here like there was a fire"

"I didn't do anything" Eddie said. "Something weird happened"

"Well, now she's upset" Joy said. Amber looked at the door before running out and following Patricia.

"What do you want?" Patricia asked.

"What happened upstairs?" Amber asked.

"Nothing" Patricia said.

"Don't lie to me" Amber said. "I heard something. I heard a bunch of wind. What did you do?"

Patricia stayed silent.

"I know what you are" Amber said. "You're a witch"

Patricia looked up at her in shock.

"How did you know that?" Patricia asked. "Are you a witch?"

"No, I'm an element" Amber said. "Can I see it?"

Patricia nodded. Amber came closer and moved Patricia's hair from her neck as well as her jacket. There was a pattern that started at the top of her neck and swirled down to the top of her arm.

"The more I use my powers and learn, the more it grows" she said covering it up. "Please don't tell anyone"

"Of course not" Amber said. "When did you find out?"

"Over holiday it appeared. My mom told me" Patricia said.

"Is Piper a witch?" Amber asked

"Yeah, but her mark didn't come until the end of the holiday, where as mine came at the beginning" Patricia said. "When did you find out?"

"Last summer" she said.

"So you've known for a while?" Amber said.

"Yeah, but I rejected the powers. I didn't want them at first. It took me awhile to come to terms with who I am" Amber said. "But I spent so much time in nature in the past two weeks. I connected. It really put things in perspective and according to Alfie, I've become more insightful"

"You know, we are some of the most powerful beings on earth right now" Patricia said.

"It's hard to adjust to. I mean, we have all of these powers" Amber said.

"What can you do?" Patricia asked. Amber smiled at this.

"I've been waiting to show someone this for a while" Amber said. She lifted her hands and her eyes turned a pale blue. The wind around her picked up and sent her into the air. Then she set herself down and her eyes turned a red color. A ring of fire came up around the two. Her eyes turned green and Amber went onto her knees and put her palms over the earth. it lifted up above her creating a small plant. Her eyes turned dark blue and she found water in the earth, lifting it up to show Patricia. Everything settled down and her eyes turned brown again.

"Wow" Patricia said.

"That's the basic stuff" Amber said.

"That was so cool" Patricia said.

"Thanks" Amber said. "Let's see what you can do?"

"Ok" Patricia said. She closed her eyes and focused. At first nothing happened, but when she opened her eyes her pupils were dilated. The sky turned a dark gray and the wind picked up. Lighting sounded off nearby. Amber could see that she was losing her.

"Patricia" Amber said snapping her out of it. Patricia's eyes went back to normal.

"It's hard to take control of it, in fact, it takes control of me" Patricia said. "I never remember what happens"

"What you did was incredible, but also dangerous" Amber said. "You have to learn control"

"It's hard" Patricia slumped.

"I know, but I'll help you" Amber said. She grabbed her hand and smiled.

"Whoa" Patricia said feeling a wave of energy. Amber felt it too.

"Wow" Amber said. "Did you feel that"

"What was it?" Patricia asked

"I don't know, but it was strong" Amber said. "Lets go back, I'm sure everyone is worried sick"

"Fine" Patricia said. They walked back and when they walked through the door everyone stopped what they were doing.

"Are you ok?" Joy asked.

"Yeah, Amber helped me out" Patricia said

"There was a crazy storm out there" Mick said. Amber looked at Patricia.

"We were fine" Amber said.

"Where's Eddie?" Patricia asked

"He's in our room" Mick said.

"Ok, thanks" Patricia said to Mick before running down the hall. She knocked on the door and Fabian answered.

"Hey Patricia, are you alright?" Fabian asked

"Yeah, Eddie's in there right?" Patricia asked

"Yeah, I'll give you guys some privacy" Fabian said.

"Thanks" Patricia said to him. Eddie looked up at his girlfriend.

"What happened, are you ok?" he asked immediately.

"Yes, yes, I'm fine" Patricia answered. "I wanted to apol..."

"What?" Eddie asked

"I wanted to apologize" Patricia said.

"Then do it" Eddie said.

"I hate apologizing" Patricia whined. "But, I'm sorry for acting weird and the freak out I had"

"It's fine" Eddie said.

"But I really need my space right now. Well, not space, but I need to figure some things out, and you have to let me. So if I say that I need to be alone, please just let me be alone" Patricia said.

"Ok" Eddie said. "Do you want to be alone now?"

"Not particularly" Patricia said. She snaked her arms around his neck and leaned in.

"Sorry, sorry" Fabian interrupted. "I need my book"

"Wow" Patricia said ask Fabian left.

"Mood ruiner" Eddie said. As the day went on, everyone did their own thing. Alfie, Nina, and Joy finally showered. Amber got ready for the party later. Eddie and Patricia hung out, as did Mara and Jerome. Nina and Fabian watched a movie together. Soon it was dinner time. Everyone ate and chatted, and Jerome started another food fight. Victor made them clean up and Amber complained about the food on her new shirt. Once everyone was cleaned., they changed into clothes that didn't have food stains and Amber was ready to party.

"Let's invite other people over" Amber said grabbing Nina. They were about to walk out when they heard a terrible scream. They rushed to where the sound was coming from and saw Joy in her room on the floor crying. Everyone went over to her.

"Again?" Jerome asked.

"What's happening?" Mick asked

"Get her on the bed" Nina said. She looked at Alfie who looked back at her and they nodded to each other. They got the stuff from out of Nina and Amber's room and carried it to Joy's room.

"Look, we'll handle this, you guys get ready for the party. We'll just have to start it later" Alfie said. Everyone nodded and left the room.

"Wa-was it this ba-bad when you-" Joy started

"Yes" Nina and Alfie answered.

"You're hearing is going to go first" Alfie said.

"It's horrible" Nina said. Joy looked at her.

"You're muffled" Joy said

"Then it's starting" Nina said.

"What's happening to us?" Joy asked.

"That's a good question" Alfie said. Nina went on her laptop and typed something in.

"I looked up what it means when you start losing your hearing and eyesight, and your in pain" Nina said.

"What does it say?" Alfie asked

"You're getting old" Nina said. The three laughed.

"I hope we aren't going through what Amber went through" Alfie said.

"Oh my God, she looked horrible with that scarf and hat and all of that stuff" Joy said. They laughed some more.

"She looked like and old lady actress from one of the past decades" Nina laughed. Alfie and Nina treated Joy as she went through the symptoms and joked around as they did it. That made Joy feel better. They were acting as if they had been friends for years. She was now momentarily blind. They helped her by putting in the eye drops.

"It's interesting that it's you two who have gone through this" Joy said

"Why?" Nina said.

"Because my dad told me I should hang out with you two more" Joy said as the color came back to her eyes. "Hey I can see!"

"Wait, why us?" Nina asked

"I don't know" Joy said. "He said we should get closer because eventually we'll need each other, whatever that means"

"That's weird" Alfie said.

"Yeah" Nina said. "It's not like we ever talk"

"Except for the mystery" Joy said.

"We really don't know much about each other" Alfie

"Yeah, we barely talk" Joy said.

"Well, if your dad's asking maybe it's for the best" Nina said. "You guys wanna go into town tomorrow?"

"Sure" Alfie shrugged.

"Sounds good to me" Joy said. "Now, why can't I move?"

"Oh, it's time for your nap" Alfie said

"Trust me, it's the best nap you could ever take" Nina said with a yawn. "In fact, maybe I'll take a nap too"

"Same" Alfie said. They left and all took a nap before waking up at around nine. They invited other people over and the party finally started. Everyone had a great time and it went smoothly for once. After cleaning up, Mara and Jerome headed to his room to see Alfie.

"Oh hey Alfie, Mara and I are going to have a movie marathon" Jerome said.

"So where am I supposed to sleep?" Alfie asked. Jerome shrugged. Already feeling another fight coming on, Mara spoke up.

"You can sleep with Amber" Mara suggested. Alfie sighed and went upstairs.

"What movie did you choose?" Jerome asked. She smiled and held up the Harry Potter eight movie box set.

"I got it for Christmas" Mara said.

"You want me to watch all of those with you" Jerome asked.

"Yeah, we can pull an all-nighter" Mara said. "You promised you would finally watch Harry Potter with me"

"Fine" Jerome said. When he agreed to a movie marathon, he expected maybe three movies that are at most an hour and a half, then Mara would fall asleep and he could get something to eat. He didn't expect wight two hour long movies. By the end of the third movie, Jerome was growing impatient with Mara's relentlessness. By the fourth movie, Jerome's mouth got dry. At around nine am the fifth movie ended and Mara put in the sixth one.

"Wait, Mara aren't you tired?" Jerome said panting. She yawned.

"Yeah, but there's no point in going to bed now. Everyone will be up in an hour" she said pressing play. She was right and by around ten thirty everyone was up, and Jerome was starving. His awareness of blood was strengthened. He could hear it going through their veins. he didn't know if he could handle it. At the end of the sixth move, Mara put all of the DVD's away.

"Going to bed?" Jerome said with excitement. It would be harder to get some food, but he knew he could get one.

"Nah, going to breakfast. We'll watch these two tonight" Mara said. She left and Jerome got ready to leave when Alfie came in.

"Hey" Alfie said grabbing his sweatshirt. "You coming to eat?"

"I'm trying" Jerome said through his teeth.

"Ok then c'mon" Alfie said leading him to the dining table with everyone. He couldn't focus, his canine teeth were coming out on their own. He felt dizzy. He heard heartbeats everywhere. All of the talking was muffled. The food tasted like dirt. His vision blurred.

"Hey" Alfie said to him. "I was thinking we could pull a back to school prank"

"Shut up" he hissed. It threw Alfie off.

"What's your problem?" Alfie asked.

"I don't have one" Jerome said. Joy noticed the tension between the two.

"Are you guys ok?" she asked

"Fine, Joy" Jerome said. "Just peachy"

"Don't get mad at Joy, she was just seeing if you guys were alright" Nina defended.

"Maybe she should mind her own business" Jerome said

"What's gotten into you?" Mara asked

"He's always been this way" Mick rolled his eyes.

"Shut it Campbell!" Jerome yelled

"Make me Clarke" Mick said. Jerome got out and pushed him out of his seat and stormed off.

"What the hell is wrong with him?" Alfie yelled.

"Someone should go talk to him" Mara said.

"He's your boyfriend" Patricia said.

"I think he needs a guy to talk to" Mara said.

"I can't go, I'll kill him" Alfie grunted.

"Same here" Mick said brushing himself off.

"Eddie?" Mara asked.

"I would, but I'm eating" Eddie said stuffing his face, almost oblivious to the situation at hand.

"I'll go" Fabian said walking to his room. When he walked in, Jerome was at the window.

"Where are you going?" Fabian asked. Jerome turned and groaned.

"Don't you people ever mind your own damn business?" Jerome asked. "Can people stop coming into my room, this isn't your room get out!"

"We're worried about you" Fabian said

"I'm starving" Jerome said in an almost pleading voice. "I need you to leave and I need to eat"

"Well I'm not surprised, you stormed off after eating almost nothing" Fabian said. At this point Jerome was at his breaking point. His eyes began to turn crimson and he turned away from Fabian.

"That's not the type of Hunger I'm feeling" Jerome growled. he turned towards him and Fabian's eyes widened in fear.

"Your eyes- you're a v-vam" Fabian started. But it had to be some kind of trick, those things don't exist. They're not real.

But it felt real when Jerome leaped to the other side of the room and tackled Fabian's poor defenseless body. It felt real when Jerome viciously bit Fabian's neck and sucked his blood. Then, he didn't feel anything. He felt numb.