The next morning Sarah walked gracefully into the spacious kitchen, and let the sunlight hit her for the first time since she had be turned, letting it warm her skin, even though she knew that on the inside she'd never be warm again. With a sigh, she walked over to the pantry and took out a box of cereal as well as some milk from the fridge. She didn't really know why Jessica or Aubrey would have human food in the house, but probally for the same reason that Sarah had for pouring out a bowl of cereal. She sat down at the island and began to eat and think. Her mind was plagued with worry about what was about to take place in the next few days, Jessica's words still echoing in her head. Once her mother found out that she was there in New Mayhem, it wouldn't take long for her to hunt her down. She knew she could handle her mother no problem, for she had witnessed her own power when she had fought with Aubrey out in the back yard. Aubrey had to acually try with her, and had later on confessed to her that there were not many of their kind that he had to try with when it came to fighting. From reading Jessica's aura she knew that she was one of them. Thinking back to something said last night, she mentally noted that the next time she happened across her sister, that she had to make sure she heard her words of thanks for saving Caryn's life last night.
"Human habits die hard." said Aubrey as he appeared in the kitchen, dressed only in red, plaid pajamma pants.
"No more like human cravings." Sarah replied with a smirk as she took a bite of cereal.
"I don't think I ever had an old human craving, or maybe I did and I just forgot." Aubrey said as he rummaged through the cupboards.
"Yeah, or maybe the human cravings you had just died out. Like I use to love grape juice but now I wouldn't drink it if it was the last drink on earth." Sarah said thoughtfully. Aubrey looked over at her skeptically but shook his head with a laugh as he moved onto rummaging through the fridge.
"Cereal sounds good." he said as he hauled out a bowl and spoon and sat down across from Sarah. They ate in silence for a bit, each deep in thought, neither of them noticed Caryn limp quietly into the kitchen.
"Well this is a funny site, two vampires eating breakfast like humans. Also your up pretty early, it's only nine o'clock." Caryn said with a laugh as she walked over to the island.
"Caryn your up and walking. I'm so glad your okay, you had us worried." Sarah said, putting her spoon down.
"So I've heard. Oh well I'm up and walking, that has to account for something." Caryn replied with a painful smile as she sat on a stool.
"Yes it does, your the first human to survive a full out attack from Dominique Vida. I dare say you'll quite the matter of disscussion for a while on that one." Aubrey said with a grin as he swallowed a mouthful of cereal. Caryn just smiled in reply as she took a banana out of the fruit basket on the couter and peeled it.
A week had passed since Caryn had become the fourth member of the household and thanks to Jessica and Sarah's blood in her had healed completely within a few days, all except for a cut on her cheek which had been exceptionally deep. Jessica and Sarah had started training her in fighting, which she had become quite skillful in thanks once again to the two vampires blood in her, and in Jessica's opinion could most likely take down any attacker that she came across whenever she was out walking by herself. Sarah had told her about giving her some of her blood that night and Caryn had taken it rather well, saying that it helped her make it and heal as fast as she did, and would most definatly give her the advantage the strength and speed when up against trouble. They had also noticed that Caryn had developed extremely hightened senses, which proved very useful to her. They were all ready for the moment that they knew was coming, when Dominique would try to have her bussiness finished.
The four of them sat in Los Noches that night, drinking and having a good time. It wasn't too late into the night, for there still remained about a dozen or so humans who sat somewhat nervously at the tables nearest the door.
"Well it's lively here tonight." Sarah commented sarcastically with a sigh of boredom as she finished off a glass of vodka and orange juice.
"I've seen it worse." Jessica said with a yawn.
"Yeah much worse." Aubrey replied as he held Jessica's hand.
"Reminds me of history class with Mr. Matherson talking about the prohibition back in the twenties." Caryn stated as she stilfled a yawn.
"I remember that, Los Noches had a hard time getting alcohol in here without the humans noticing." Aubrey said memorably.
"Can you imagine if they had of found out about it? Seeing a bunch of outsiders coming in here, seeing a room full of vampires. That would have been something." Jessica said with a devious smile as she pictured the site it would have been.
"Would be worthy of being put in history books." Sarah said with a laugh as she too pictured it. Their attention was suddenly diverted to the front door where there stood a intimidating Dominique Vida. The humans knew instantly that there was going to be major trouble and rapidly ran out of there as fast as their legs could carry them. Dominique made her way slowly up towards were the four of them were sitting, and somehow had not noticed Sarah, who had her back to her, but had turned back around to avoid being noticed right away.
"I don't know how it is that your still alive and walking around with nothing more than a cut on your face traitor, but it won't be long before I finish what I started." Dominique said menicingly. The main door opened once again and in walked Sarah's sister who obviously had been with her mother.
"Let's just say that I have some good friends who wouldn't let me die." Caryn replied coldly as she finished off her drink.
"Well it's only obvious that being the traitor you are that you would come and live with the vampires, one of them being the biggest traitor to human kind." Dominique said as she neared the table.
"Glad to know that you have such strong feelings about me Dominique." Jessica said sarcastically as she eyed Dominique up.
"I should have killed you when I had the chance, both of you." Dominique said, and without a warning she leapt at Caryn and knocked her out of her chair. Caryn landed on the floor, Dominique ontop of her, but quickly kicked her off and sent her flying into the wall.
"I never did anything to you Dominique, Sarah left on her own free will, and I can assure you that there was no way I could have stopped her from leaving." Caryn said with a smirk as she sprung to her feet. Dominique scrambled to her feet, shocked that Caryn had managed to so easily throw her like that. With a cry of rage she drew her knife and charged at Caryn but was knocked over by Jessica who had lept in to protect Caryn.
"This is not your fight." she said telepathically to her as she and Caryn ran out of the way.
"Aubrey take Caryn home and stay there with her. We'll join you after this is finished." Jessica said as she brought Caryn over to Aubrey who nodded in reply and dissapeared with Caryn. Dominique and once again got back on her feet and was now slowly and carefully approaching Jessica.
"I underestimated your strength, although from what I heard you are as strong as Siete himself." Dominique said manically keeping her eyes on Jessica.
"She is so beware. But your fight is not with her, but with me." Sarah said as she turned and faced her mother.
"Sarah!" Her mother exclaimed as she turned and looked at Sarah with hate and resentment.
"You harmed Caryn mother,and she almost died, you had no right to lay a hand on her." Sarah said fiercely with a growl.
"Do not call me mother beast! I was informed of your true state by someone just last week after I heard of your death. You coward, you should have fell on your blade and died honorably like any witch would. Did you? No, you chose to chicken out and live if you call it living as a vampire." Dominique spat vengefully as she gripped her knife.
"I did not chicken out, I realized that by choosing this life that I could be with the one that I could never be with as a human. You talk of honor mother, yet you have none when you attack an innocent Smoke line witch who did nothing but what any witch would have done." Sarah replied coldly as she looked her mother in the eyes.
"Shut your mouth and do not call me mother. My only daughter is right here in back of me, I have no coward for a child, nor a demon such as yourself. If your father could see you now he would be disgraced that you did not die honorably like he did." Dominique said cruely. Sarah growled savagly as she lunged at Dominique, greatly angered that she had dragged her father into this. She knocked her mother down to the ground and jumped back onto all fours, her fangs bared.
Dominique got to her feet and attacked Sarah, swinging her knife blindly in her direction, but not hitting her once. Sarah caught her mother's wrist just before it plunged the knife into her stomach and crushed it effortlessly. Dominique screamed in pain as she dropped the knife, cradling her useless wrist. Just then Sarah's sister came crashing into Sarah, knocking her down onto the ground.
"Get off of me!" Sarah growled as she shoved her away just enough to get to her feet.
"No, you will not hurt my mother." her sister said defensively.
"Stay out of this, this is not your fight." Sarah said as she grabbed a hold of her sister and threw her into the bar counter, breaking her leg.
"Thanks, oh and sorry about your leg." Sarah whispered before she turned and went for another go at a once again ready Dominique. Sarah lept at her mother who was back on her feet and had another knife drawn with her other hand, ready and waiting for Sarah. She knocked Sarah back with her arm with a cry of pain as her crushed wrist collided with Sarah's stomach. Sarah easily regained her ground and punched Dominique in the face, breaking her nose, causing her mother to yell in agony. Dominique stumbled slightly but still managed to swing a kick in Sarah's direction. Sarah caught her leg and snapped it, thrusting her knife into her mothers stomach and hitting her with a graceful swinging back kick. She knelt down by her mother, fire in her eyes as she looked upon the woman she once looked up to.
"Now Dominique, before I kill you, you will feel what it feels like to have your magic cut off from you." Sarah said bitterly, summoning up her dormant magic that her sister had thought she had cut off. She focused her magic and felt it surging through her body, placing a hand on Dominique's chest she sent some of it into her, searching out her magic source. Dominique struggled weakly to move away from Sarah's hand, but Sarah only increased the pressure. She had found it, Dominique's magic life strand, it was right there waiting for her to snap. With a cry of fury she snapped Dominique's magic strand and released her magic from her. Dominique gasped with shock at the feeling of being a normal human, the effects from her knife wound taking a higher toll on her now that her magic wasn't there to help protect her. Sarah looked down at the being who use to be the most feared hunter of her time, but now was nothing more than a whimpering, limp, human. She raised the knife above her head and prepared herself to make the final blow, the blow that would get rid of the pain in many vampires lives.
"No, Sarah, please don't." Adianna said, she had somehow managed to crawl over to where Sarah was and was now lightly touching her leg.
"She deserves it. She tried to kill Caryn, she is my mortal enemy." Sarah growled looking down at Adianna.
"Sarah, please don't kill her, for me. She's the only living family I have left now, please don't take her from me. You've made her human, that's a fate worse than death for her." Adianna said tearfully, her eyes pleading her for mercy on her mother.
"Sarah your sister is right. Let her go." Jessica thought to her, her minds presence was somewhat soothing to her. Sarah closed her eyes for several seconds and thought it out, slowly she opened her eyes and lowered the knife, sending it flying across the room and into the wooden wall. With a fake sigh she stood up and walked over towards Jessica. Jessica put her hand on her shoulder and gave her a comforting smile.
"Take her home Adianna, and when she wakes up, tell her that, I'm sorry." Sarah said emotionally, her back to her sister.
"Take care Sarah." Adianna said looking up, only to see that Sarah and Jessica had already dissapeared.
Sarah and Jessica reappeared in Central park, several seconds later, and before Jessica could say a word, Sarah screamed in rage and angst, her frustration and pain echoing off into the still night. She knelt on the ground and just stared off into space, not even blinking. Jessica knelt down next to her and enveloped her in a hug which Sarah returned.
"It's hard I know. You hate your mother while she's there for you, but when she's not, you wish that she was." Jessica said tearfully, resting her chin on Sarah's head.
"My mother will forget of my existance and my sister will pretend that she has too. I have no family now." Sarah cried, burying her face in Jessica's shoulder.
"Your wrong Sarah, Aubrey, Caryn and I, we're your family. We're all without our original famies, but now we are together, a family." Jessica said, pulling away and looking at Sarah, wiping her eyes.
"What a family too, three vampires and a witch." Sarah said with a small smile.
"What can you expect, we all live in New Mayhem." Jessica laughed. Sarah opened her mouth to reply, but a faint smell caught her attention. She listened off into the distance, listening for the source of the smell.
"What do you smell?" Jessica asked, sniffing the air.
"Something to eat." Sarah said with a hungry smile as she and Jessica got to their feet. She started off in the direction of the smell, Jessica close behind her. The two of them came upon two young teenagers who were making out, they were apparenty new at it, for their kissing was sloppy and they had their hands all over each other. Sarah and Jessica sat across the path from them in the bushes, unnoticed by the hormone-raged teens. With a nod to Jessica, the two of them stood up and walked over to them, and both grabbed one of them. Before either could let out a scream, they used their minds to put them asleep. With a hungry smile, Jessica and Sarah bared their fangs and bit down onto the teens soft skin on their necks. Several minutes later, Sarah dropped the body of the now dead male and licked the blood off of her teeth with a satisfied growl. She looked over to Jessica who had just dropped the body of the female to the ground. The two of them then used their minds and went home, leaving the bodies for someone to find.