Family Tree

5

"So…Estella, what is this all about?" Hazel sat next to her oldest sister.

"Well, have you two met the new coach yet?" Estella asked leaning back against her bedroom wall.

"No. I don't have Gym till Wednesday, thank the goddess, and Hazel doesn't have Gym till Thursday." Melantha noted.

"Guess who it is."

"Is it…Tiger Woods?" Hazel perked up.

"You and your bloody Golfers."

"No Hazel it isn't," Estella lowered her voice, "its Andrew Harman."

Melantha let out a small gasp covering her mouth with her hands, and Hazel looked liked she had turned to stone, her eyes frozen in hatred.

"And he said he looked forward to seeing me at the next meeting." Estella announced, looking out of the window into the twilight.

"It will be in a few hours." Melantha looked at her sister, she didn't know what to say. It had always been Estella who had taken care of her and Hazel, and now with her needing help instead of giving help it was too confusing. "What are we going to do?"

"We are going." Hazel declared. "We will not let him ruin our meets. And we will stick together. What was it mom use to say? United together, by night, by earth, by blood, Forever."

"You're right Hazel."

"Hay we might see that cute lad who was in my art class." Melantha proclaimed.

"Oh do tell" Estella inquired rising to her feet.

"Well he came into my art class, carried by the wind, his blonde hair shining like the evening sun, oh he was nice. However, I think he is a Vampire."  Melantha gave a pout.

"But no harm in trying." She let out a giggle.

"No there isn't, I mean we are both vampire and witch." Hazel noted.

"Yeah. Well enough of talking about our genetics, I need to decide what I am going to wear! Now if you don't mind, get out so I can get ready."

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It looked like any ordinary run down street, with houses vandalised and rubbish dispersed all around, and every inch covered in graphite. Except for one small door at the side of an abandoned house with a big single black dahlia painted on.

The three girls walked up to the door and knocked. One was small with russet hair wearing an emerald green dress, she seemed to have a sporty look about her as she was bouncing up and down. Then there was the medium blonde who's hair shone, even in the dark, and was reflected more by the pale blue dress that seemed to move like clouds through the sky. And in the middle of these two was a tall girl with long inky hair looking deadly in a blood red dress with a darker red running through.

The door opened ever so slowly and the three girls entered.

Inside was very different to what one would imagine from the outside. The room they had entered was big and well decorated and cosy in a way.

"Right now whatever happens we stick together, but if we do get separated we can always keep in touch…" Hazel never got a chance to finish her sentence; Bee and Robin quickly swept her away, as they wanted to know all about the night with the football team.

[Is he here?]

[Not that I can see. Why?]

[Oh no reason, just that I need some fresh air you know how I get. Will you be ok on your own?]

[Yeah sure, I will be fine]

"Thanks sis! Don't worry you will be fine." Melantha squeezed her sister's hand and stepped out side.

Estella decided to go for a wonder around the house. She ascended the stairs and ended up in one of the main bedrooms. There was a double bed, facing her, unlit candles were all around the bed and the curtains swayed with the wind coming in through the open window.

She lay down on the bed relieved that she had not seen Andrew yet, and was contemplating weather or not he would show up when all of a sudden the candles around her all lit simultaneously.

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Melantha was leaning against the wall of the house, listening to the breeze as it blew all around her. She was looking at a small, gnarled apple tree that was struggling to grow, and thinking to herself, how lovely that would be to paint, when someone stepped from behind the tree.

Melantha let out a small gasp, when she realised whom it was.

 "I know you. You're in my art class."

The lad strode up to her, his blonde hair glowing in the moonlight, his eyes a penetrating dark purple, and he smiled at Melantha, with a gorgeous, playful grin.

"I'm Eros…"

[Melantha! Hazel! Help!]

"Estella!"

"Such a beautiful name."

"What?! No, I am Melantha. Estella is my sister and I think she is in trouble."

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Up in the bedroom Estella was sitting on a bed surrounded by candles, looking around for any signs of what was happening. She got up and tried to run out of the circle of candles, but was pushed back by an invisible force.

"It's an entrapment spell." Came a voice from behind her that sent a shiver down her spine.

"But why Andrew? What do you want with me?"

"You intrigue me Estella. You are one of the most beautiful Harman's I have seen for a long time. You look just like her you know" Andrew answered walking through the circle to sit next to her.

"Just like Maya." He put his hand lightly up and brushed her cheek. And with that small touch, something happened. Intensity, a connecting more powerful than anything else in the world.

"Hum well will you look at that." Andrew grinned, "It would seem that I have found my soul mate."

* No please no. anything but that *

[Melantha! Hazel! Help!]