Chapter Two
Years later the twins have grown into smart, powerful women. Their magic had started to manifest around the age of five. They had Davina tutor them in spells and learning control whenever she came to visit the twins at the country home. Their magic was very powerful, matching then surpassing Davina in power. She still helped both of them as much as she could. Davina knew they were going to need Freya to help teach them soon. Hope and Faith practiced spells in their grandmother's grimoires and even created a few of their own.
After the twins' thirteenth birthday, Marcel, Davina, and some of the more loyal vampires moved from New Orléans to Shoreline, a town outside of Seattle Washington. It was a very hard decision to make but it was needed. New Orléans never recovered from the Kaiju attack, then a category 5 hurricane caused even more destruction. The group had bought(compelled) three homes next to each other. The middle home was taken by Marcel, Davina, and the twins. The Mikaelson siblings were still in their coffins, hidden in the basement.
When the twins were fifteen, they became hybrids. Hope and Faith went to public school, but being much smarter than everyone else made them a target for bullying. Both of them were seniors in high school, they could have graduated already but the school admin board wouldn't let them. They kept to themselves, never started any problems, and tried their best not to bring attention to them. Always eating lunch outside under a tree away from the other students. The other students at this school either bullied them or ignored them. Then one day the bullies took it too far.
They were leaving the school grounds and heading to the parking lot where their ride was waiting for them when their bullies boxed them in. There were five of them, only two were girls. One of the girls stood in front of Hope, "You two are nothing but a couple of freaks." The bullies laugh at what the girl says. The twins were used to the sneering and rude comments, they're not phased by them anymore. Seeing that they got no reaction out of the twins, the other girl has hated the twins since the first day of school because they're smarter than even a few of the teachers, grabbed Hope's long hair, and pulled. The suddenness of her hair being pulled caused Hope to drop her stuff and grab the girl's wrist.
At this point, the guys in the group started attacking the twins. Faith was thrown to the ground, getting punched in the face by one guy while another held her down. The guy punching Faith had stopped to take a breath, he balled up his fist to hit her again but the punch never connected. Faith was able to get one of her hands out of the other guy's grip and caught the fist aiming for her face. She squeezed his fist with all her strength, she let go after she felt the bones in his fingers break.
The guy clutched his broken hand to his chest and stood up, "Fucking freak broke my hand." The other guy still had one of her hands in his grip, he stood up and pulled Faith to her feet. Faith spun around and shoved her palm upwards into the guy's nose. The move broke the guy's cheekbones and shoved his nose cartilage into his brain, killing him. As the guy's body dropped to the ground lifeless, Faith felt something in her body shift. She knew she killed the guy and broke her werewolf curse.
Hope was being held by a guy, the girls were slapping and kicking her. The stinging in her face from the slaps feels more like burns now. Her legs and arms are going to be covered with bruises. Hope was just slapped hard enough to cause whiplash. The pain in her neck sent painful jolts of electricity down her spine. All throughout the altercation Hope was suppressing her magic. That jolt of pain had her magic reacting before she could get control over it. The three bullies were blasted to the pavement of the parking lot. One of the girls' heads collided with a parking curb, the blow to her head killed her. Hope was in quite a bit of pain, she didn't feel her werewolf curse break. But she could see the girl was dead, her eyes were wide open, and lifeless.
The vampire sent to pick up the twins was paying attention to his phone, so he didn't see the twins getting into a fight until the very end. He got out of his car, and approached the twins, "What happened?" The twins were checking how injured they were, the three other bullies were by their dead friends, and a small crowd was starting to gather. The vampire figured it was a fight since the twins never told anyone about the bullying. He called Marcel, "Sir, the twins got into a fight." "Are they alright?" Marcel asked as he was getting into his car. "Pretty banged up, but two other students weren't so lucky," The vampire tried to relay the message without saying the kids were dead out loud. "Shit. I'm on my way." Marcel hung up his phone. While waiting for Marcel, the vampire moved the twins away from the crowd and compelled the students to forget what happened.
By the time Marcel got there, the situation was almost under control. He had the vampire take the bodies and dump them, then he took the twins home. Marcel and Davina sat the twins down and talked about what happened. Luckily, it was close to the end of senior year so the twins tested out early. The following year the twins spent their time studying engineering, physics, metalworking, and of course magic. Marcel shook his head at the studious twins, wondering if they ever thought about life outside of academics.
That thought bubble popped when Marcel discovered what the twins were up to. They would sneak out of their rooms and disappear to who knows where. They were eventually caught sneaking out by Davina, she followed them to where they had been going and was amazed by what they had built. She dragged Marcel with her the next day without the twins noticing. He was angry they had snuck out and could have been hurt, but he wasn't angry about what they were doing. From that point on, Marcel or one of his trusted vampires drove the twins and picked them up. Spring the following year changed all of their lives.
