The night of homecoming fell upon us in what felt like lightning speed. Though I was expected to go out and "make memories" as Lorne told me, I couldn't shake the horrible feeling that I had. Something was off. Although, maybe this is a good thing. Our progress on further developing any sort of idea about this predicament I got us all in has gone stagnant. Maybe this bad feeling will lead to some answers. I will remain hopeful.
But that was hard when Grace was plucking at my eyebrows with a tweezer.
"Would you hold still?!" She asked me exasperatingly.
"Sorry." I mumbled. "Not my fault you are torturing me."
"Quit whining! I'm almost done. It's not like your eyebrows are that bad! They are actually perfect, except for the few stray hairs which I'm almost done getting rid of."
"And you do this to your eyebrows?"
"Yeah because otherwise I'd have rabid squirrels on my face."
Her eyebrows were nice, I'd have to admit that. I thought that Grace was actually really pretty for a human. I mean sure, Josie and McKayla were what everyone thought beauty should be in this generation. Grace however was different. She lives by her own definition of beauty and does what she wants to with her makeup and hair regardless of what the current trends are. Don't get me wrong, I love Josie and McKayla, but that's a trait I've always admired about Grace. I wish someday I'll have the courage to stand up to social norms like she does. But for now, I'll stay in my little bubble.
"Alrighty, done. So makeup and eyebrows, check..." She drew a check mark in the air, crossing the items off her imaginary list.
"Why are they separate? You filled my brows in didn't you?"
"Yes but the makeup and the plucking were two separate tasks, my dear. Now onto the dress and shoes!" She laughed as I groaned.
Lorne had been kind enough to take us dress shopping this afternoon after school. He was just so ecstatic that I was going to a social event on purpose that he decided to buy my dress. He bought Grace's as well and paid some lady at a kiosk to curl our hair. As much as I wanted to kill him for it because we both had brought money to pay for our own stuff, I thought it was a sweet gesture. He was just too kind.
"Come on Evie! You promised me at the store that you were going to at least try to have fun with this!"
"I know, I know, sorry. I'm trying." I apologized again, grabbing my dress and shoes from her hands. She had gotten her dress on already before helping me out so we would have enough time to do what was needed to be ready.
"I know you aren't a social butterfly, but it's just us, you know? Rob and I picked a corner of the room last year and we let people come to us. Even your grumpy brother had fun. Although he was mainly concerned with what was going on with you."
"What was going on with me?"
"Mental hospital, duh. I'm so glad you came back at the end of last year though!"
"Oh yeah, me too."
I had almost forgotten about my cover story. It wasn't hard to act like I had been in a mental hospital that time. I had plenty of experience. Sometimes I wished we could tell people the truth about us, and about all this supernatural crap. I suppose it was better kept secret though, even if it did make life more difficult. Just imagine how life would be if humans knew about us.
"Okay, quit procrastinating! You have to change now. Otherwise, we will be late!"
"Fashionable late." I joked. She giggled in response.
"Right. I'll meet you downstairs." She started to move out of my room.
"Hey Grace!" I called once she took a few steps away from the doorframe. She turned around. "Thanks...for helping me today."
"You are very welcome." She smiled as she moved to the stairs, her black heels clicking against the floor with every step.
I shut the bedroom door and changed into the dress. It felt strange to wear something like this. The dress itself was pretty enough I suppose. The top part was a gray material covered with black lace that ended about a little ways below my chest with three black buttons in the middle. It had two straps that settled off my shoulders, leaving the top of my chest and shoulders exposed. The bottom part of the dress was black and went down to the middle of my thighs. I thought it was kind of short but nothing else really stuck out to me. I figured this dress would do.
I had to stare at myself in the mirror for a long time before I felt confident enough to even want to leave. The dark brown curls that cascaded down around my body framed my face in a way that made me look older...no not older...maybe more mature? That, coupled with the fact that the dress was form fitting and clung to the small curves that I had made it seem like I could pass for an adult. Although looking at all the makeup on my face, it's possible that I looked like a child who decided to put on her mother's lipstick to play dress up. Grace did an amazing job with my makeup, it was flawless...I just felt flawed I guess. My thoughts were contradictory. In any case, I couldn't stay in my room forever. Taking a few steps back away from the full body mirror, I put on the grey heels and walked out of the room.
"Oh! She's coming!" I heard Lorne exclaim as I made my way down the stairs.
"Try not to scare her with the camera..." Ed warned.
"I won't scare her! She's surprisingly photogenic anyway."
I stopped at the bottom of the stairs for a moment. I know this wasn't such a big deal, but I knew all my brothers were waiting to see me as well as Alec. I had to admit that I was a little worried to hear what they had to say about my current appearance. I took a deep breath and forced myself to move into the living room where everyone was waiting for me. Grace sat on the couch next to Jonah and Connor, who were staring at me wide eyed. She gave me a thumbs up.
"Oh my goodness!" Lorne took my face and nearly squished it in his hands. "You looks so grown up."
"Yeah, she looks like a cute baby prostitute." Caleb laughed.
"Really?" I asked him. I guess the disappointment was obvious in my voice because he shook his head frantically.
"No, I was just kidding around. You look good sis." Hunter smacked him on the back of the head lightly. "What was that for? I called her cute anyways!" He just rolled his eyes at him before giving me a quick wink.
"I need a picture!" Lorne exclaimed before dragging me back to the stairs. He placed my hand on the banister and told me to smile. He took at least five pictures with the flash before summoning Ed and the others over.
"Where's Alec?" I asked when I noticed he wasn't there.
"Huh?" I heard his voice say as his bedroom door hit the wall.
"Have you been up there this whole time?"
"No, he went to go get his dorky suspenders on." Jonah said moving next to me. He wore a black shirt and dress pants with a light gray tie. His tie matched the light grey color that was in the fabric of Grace's black and grey dress.
"Don't worry Alec! I still think you are very fashionable." Grace shouted up the stairs at him.
"Thanks." He chuckled, descending to meet us. "You look very nice."
"Well thank you kind sir." She pretended to tip a hat at him like some sort of southern gentleman would. Then he turned to me.
We both froze for a moment, taking the other in. Alec had slicked back his hair and put it back into a small ponytail that only extended about an inch or two past the band that held it in place. A few stray hairs made their way to frame his face with a few strands sitting in between his eyes. He wore a white button-up shirt with black slacks and a black bow tie. He also wore black suspenders which, yes, were just a little bit dorky. But in all honestly, between the bow tie and the suspenders, dorky looked good on him.
"Well, don't you look handsome?" I said, breaking the silence. He stayed quiet.
"Alec buddy..." Jonah smacked his back a few times. "I get that she's shorter than you, but her eyes are a little higher than that." That's when I noticed where his eyes really were. The dress didn't even show that much skin though. The sweetheart neckline was a little bit low possibly...but still!
"Sorry, uh, Evie...you look really pretty." He stumbled over his words just a little bit.
"Alright friends! Look here and smile!" Lorne exclaimed as another flash went off. I wasn't certain that we had enough time to smile before the flash went off. "Now Ed, I need you to get one with Evie!"
"Do we have to take this many pictures?" Ed asked Lorne, silently pleading for this to be over. He was not a picture person.
"Yes! I got one with you and the boys before so now I need one with you and Evie." He sighed but reluctantly trudged next to me.
"Ed act like you like me or something." I told him. He smiled sarcastically at me as the flash went off.
"Delete that..." He gasped.
"Uh, no! It was cute! Can you get closer to her, she doesn't bite."
"Are you sure Mr. M?" Grace asked. "I think she looks like a biter." I shot her a glare, which she just laughed at.
"That's what I've been saying!" Connor chuckled as he high fived Grace. It was almost funny how that joke went over her head. I'm more of a biter than any humans would realize...
Ed moved to wrap his arm around my shoulders. I didn't know what to do, so I copied his motion.
"It's funny, you're acting like this is killing you."
"Oh it is..." We both laughed as another camera flash went off. "Okay, I'm done!" He moved quickly back to Lorne's side and took the camera out of his hands. "Your turn."
Lorne stood next to me in a similar fashion to Ed. You could tell Ed was trying to get back at Lorne for making him take so many pictures. He literally took so many pictures at any angle possible.
"Ed honey..."
"Smile for the camera!" He got the camera right in Lorne's face and snapped the picture. At least he was kind enough to turn the flash off.
"Oh my gosh, I get it! I promise no more pictures tonight. I'll go take the kids to the school and be back in a little bit."
Once we got to the school, we went inside and found Rob, Josie, and McKayla. They had already picked a corner for us to call our own for tonight. They picked the part of the gym where a few tables were set up to give us places to sit and put down our belongings.
"Well look who decided to show up!" Robert yelled over the music.
"Sorry! The girls were taking forever!" Jonah told him.
"Being this hot takes time!" Grace yelled back.
"Hey girlie! You look amazing." Josie told me with a huge smile.
"For real! Who knew there was a human under all those baggy sweaters!" McKayla teased.
"You guys look good too!" I shouted back. My version of shouting was quieter than theirs though.
"Did you guys see Kaleb on your way in?"
"No...oh wait! Alec found him!" Josie exclaimed.
I looked over to see Alec and Kaleb by the entrance to the gym. They seemed to be in a serious conversation about something, until the two of them nearly doubled over with laughter. Once they calmed down, they walked towards us.
"Hey there!" Kaleb placed his jacket down on the table next to McKayla's navy colored shawl. We all responded with some variation of hello. Then he came over to me and grabbed my hands.
"What are you doing?"
"We're dancing!" He told me as he pulled me into a clear space around the center of the gym floor.
"Seriously?"
"Uh, hello, we are DANCERS, this is what we DO."
He spun me around a few times and laughed. Just for fun, I grabbed his hand and spun him around just a little bit too hard so he turned a few times around before he jumped out to land it.
"Like that?" I asked.
The rest of our group joined us soon after that, and then there were 8 of us in our little circle, dancing around like idiots. Well, it took Jonah and Alec a little while to warm up to the idea of dancing but I soon got them jumping around a little bit.
There was a moment a little while later where I was astonished by how much fun I was having. Between the colored flashing lights and the dancing (that wasn't really what I would call dancing at all, but for a school dance, it would count at least) I felt timeless. The night felt as though it would never end, and I lived for it.
Growing up I used to hate social events; birthday parties, play dates, dorky middle school dances, all of it. But today it felt okay. I still got to be antisocial, but the seven other people around me were also acting antisocial as well, so we fit.
I felt that way until it was time for the first slow dance. That was when I decided to duck away from the crowd and go "take a break" even though I didn't actually need one. For a while I was the only one sitting back at the table with everyone's stuff. Josie and McKayla both found upperclassmen to dance with, a senior girl asked Rob to dance, and I couldn't locate Grace and Jonah until I saw them circling Kaleb with a couple of freshmen. Kaleb spun around happily in the center.
"Sitting this one out?" A smooth voice asked. Alec stood behind me and smiled. I shrugged.
"It would appear so..."
"And here I thought you would never run out of energy. You've been bouncing of the walls." He moved to stand in front of me, obscuring my view of the others. I looked up at him; his height made me tilt my head quite a ways until I could see his face.
"I'm just not one for slow dancing."
"Really?" He looked back at the crowd of couples swaying to the slow, steady beats. "It looks easy enough."
"I wouldn't know. I've never done it."
"Well there is a first time for everything!" He exclaimed before dramatically extending his hand out to me.
"Is that your way of asking me to dance?" I raised an eyebrow tauntingly. I knew what he wanted of course, I just liked to keep him on his toes.
"Maybe."
I let him pull me up and move us closer to the crowd. He placed one hand on my waist and took one of my hands in his. I placed my other hand on his shoulder. After a couple awkward sways, we ended up getting on the same foot and rocked slowly; our eyes never moved from each other's.
"See, it's easy..."
"I guess so..."
He smiled down at me...regardless of how cold his skin felt to me, I felt warm. The warmth in his smile and the kindness in his eyes— It felt as thought I was melting. I moved closer to him and he rested his chin on the top of my head. I felt the vibration of his chuckle.
"You're cute..."
"Am I?"
"Yes."
"What if I told you that you were cute?"
"I wouldn't believe you."
"And maybe I don't believe you..." I looked up at him. He just laughed.
"You don't think you're cute?"
"Well I mean...not really..."
"You're lying."
"Huh?"
"I mean look at you; you're beautiful."
His words caught me off guard. Alec sounded so sure of himself. He stated it like it was a
fact. I wanted to ask him how he was so sure. I wanted to ask him why he continued to tell me things like that. I wanted to ask him if he was toying with me. The upbeat rhythm of the next song interrupted us before I could utter a word. I was surprised when he continued to sway us around as if the song was stuck on an infinite loop. I guess that's what I get for dancing with a guy at the tail end of a song.
"Don't look at me like that." I suddenly felt a sense of discomfort under his intense gaze. It was like he was studying me.
"Like what?" Our faces were only inches apart now.
"Like I'm some animal in a cage at the zoo."
"I was thinking more of a porcelain statue in a museum..."
"For real?"
"Why do you always doubt me?"
"Because people don't think those things about me."
"Sure they do, they just are too afraid to tell you."
"Yeah right."
"I'm serious. You know, you're kind of infuriating."
"Huh?"
"You are this puzzle that no one can solve. It like these humans are trying to solve one of those weird cube things..."
"Rubik's cube."
"Right. They can't figure it out and neither can I. The only difference between them and myself is that you intrigue me too much to stop trying." I scoffed.
"I intrigue you? So do water balloons and Spongebob."
"It's not quite like that." Alec spun me around before pulling me back into his arms.
"Then what is it?"
"Every day since you found me, I've felt a certain amount of attraction to you, kind of like magnets."
"Oh Alec..." Was all I could say. I was still at a loss for words. Why was he being so open with me?
"Tell me you've felt it too...tell me I'm not out of my mind. It's maddening..."
"Hey you two...the song ended a while ago." Kaleb interrupted. He and Jonah stood in front of us. Kaleb seemed to be teasing us. Jonah looked kind of pissed. I wonder if he heard any of that.
"We're heading out a little early to avoid the mob of cars that will be around when this thing ends." Jonah told us. He looked as though he were about to stare down Alec to death. That was enough of a sign that both he and I moved away from each other simultaneously.
"No don't go in there!" Josie screamed.
"Shush!" Robert yelled back at her. "She can't hear you!" I could see Josie stick her tongue out at him in the darkness of the room.
We were all currently sitting in Robert's basement watching some random horror movie. I wasn't really paying attention to it...I can't stand them; they terrify me. I returned to hiding my face in Josie's shoulder to avoid watching the scene before me.
"She's wearing a white shirt...you know what that means." Grace mumbled.
"What does it mean?" Alec asked curiously. He sat on the other side of me, watching the movie intensely I'm sure. He was laughing like a psychopath at it actually.
"It means somehow she's going to get drenched."
"Why?" The room erupted into various laughs and giggles.
"Well Alec, she's probably not wearing a bra..." Rob explained.
"So?" I could tell it was Jonah who slapped his forehead.
"It means she's going to get drenched so you can see her tits through her shirt."
"Oh..." Alec said awkwardly. I giggled into Josie's shoulder. She repeated my laughter before screaming at the tv. I looked up and saw some demon jumping at the screen. We were both gripping each other and screaming.
"That what you get for laughing at me." I punched Alec in the arm a little too hard.
"Awe, hey Evie, want me to come over there and comfort you ladies, all you have to do is ask." Kaleb told me with a wink. I rolled my eyes.
Just then, I felt a grip on my shoulder and a growl in my ear. I screamed and fell off the couch and onto the floor, smacking my head on the side of the coffee table before hitting the ground. I stayed there for a second and cried.
"Come on guys, leave her alone." Robert said. I saw the light come on as the sinister sounds from the movie stopped. "Are you okay Evie?" I stopped crying but I was still in a ball on the floor shaking like crazy.
"Sorry Evie! I didn't think I would get you that bad!" McKayla apologized.
"It's fine." I said as I sat up. They all gasped at me. "What?"
"I think your tear ducts just burst!" Josie shouted.
"Oh shit!" I said, my hand flew up to my eyes which currently had my stupid bloody tears streaming from them.
"What the hell?" Kaleb questioned. He was confused as to why I was bleeding. Me too buddy...me too...
"Well that's what happens when someone screams so loud they nearly blow the roof off the house!" Jonah covered. "Come on sis, lets go get you cleaned up. You guys can start the movie back up."
"I think she's bleeding from her head too." Alec murmured quietly. He stood up and tilted my head to the side to look at where it hit the coffee table.
"Should we go to the ER?" McKayla questioned fearfully.
"No!" Jonah, Alec, and I shouted at the same time.
"It's not that bad." Alec stated.
"It's not like she's bleeding everywhere." Jonah added.
"It barely even hurts, if it's bad tomorrow, I'll just get it checked out then."
"I'll go help her get it cleaned up." Alec put his hand on my back and started to usher me to the bathroom. "Is there a first aid kit in there?"
"No but there is one in the bathroom on the next floor." Robert told him. "It's on the top shelf of the brown cabinet. I can come show you if you'd like."
"It's alright Rob, we can find it. You guys finish the movie." I smiled, trying to reassure him. He nodded as Alec and I moved upstairs. Once we got to the bathroom, he shut the door.
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I just got spooked."
"I'm surprised you're scared of that stuff. It's just fiction you know."
"I know, I can't help it." He grabbed my hips and lifted me up onto the counter next to the sink. "What are you doing?"
"Patching you up." He started cleaning out the wound on my head. I was surprised hydrogen peroxide reacted normally when it came in contact with the cut on my head.
"I could have done it myself you know."
"I know."
He smiled and tapped my nose with his index finger. I crinkled my nose in response. His fingers then swiftly moved to open the wrapper of the bandage.
"What can I say, I like taking care of..." He cut himself off as a look for pure fear crossed his features.
"What?"
"Vampires are supposed to have reflections right?"
"Yes."
"Well mine has seemed to disappear."
"What?"
I stood up off the counter to go stand in front of the mirror. My reflection was gone as well. We both stared at each other confused and nearly terrified. I felt a sense of impending doom...it was as though all the evil in the world was trying to bring me to my knees. I could sense that Alec probably felt the same feeling of despair I did. When we looked back at the circular mirror on the wall, we both screamed.
A man stared back at us, his long blonde locks framing his impossible face. But it wasn't just a man...it was the man I was seeing in my visions and the one I saw the night of the vigil. I could feel it deep in my soul. His eyes looked like the one I had...instead of one red iris surrounded by black ink, he had two.
I could hear several screams that seemed muted compared to the strange sounds I was hearing. It was this howling sound that continued to grow louder and more high pitched. The longer that man stared at me, the more sinister he looked. Veins surround his eyes and sharp teeth smiled in my direction. It felt as though I couldn't move; every bone in my body felt as though it was being forced down by this man. I could feel someone shaking me but I couldn't look away from the demonic man.
"Everleigh!"
"It's time to embrace who you are..." The man spoke. I tried to speak but no sound came out. "Don't be afraid of your power..."
And with that, he vanished. The howling came to a sudden stop along with the screams. I felt as though I could move again but the pure evil I felt radiating from the man in the mirror still lingered.
"Everleigh...hey, look at me...look at me!" Alec practically yelled. My eyes met his as the tears started to flow again.
"Did you see that?!"
"Yeah. Was that the..."
"Yes. It was him."
Just then, Jonah ripped open the door, almost taking it off its hinges. Kaleb was behind him.
"What the hell just happened?!"
"The man was in the mirror..."
"What man?!" Kaleb asked me.
"I keep seeing this man in my visions and he just showed up in the mirror."
"I saw him too...he's definitely not one of us!"
"The others just went outside to walk in the woods..."
"Why?!"
"Because they wanted to go summon supernatural creatures or some shit. We were going to follow them until we heard you guys scream." Jonah told us.
"Did you guys feel that strange sense of..."
"Pure evil, despair, doom? Yeah."
"Evie felt it more than I did. He pretty much just popped up and disappeared for me. It was different for you, wasn't it?" Alec asked me. I nodded.
"He told me that it's time to embrace who I am. He also said that I shouldn't be afraid of my power...but that isn't important right now. We have to get everyone else back here now! If he's still out there who know what he will do to them! They're just humans!"
"Oh god this is bad!" Kaleb's hands flew to his head.
"Let's go!" Jonah shouted and with that we all ran at full speed out of the house.
We went out into the dark night. I'm thankful we were vampires because otherwise we wouldn't have been able to see in the dark to maneuver around the trees. It didn't take us long to reach the others. They seemed to stand petrified in a line in front of a rather large clearing. Their continuous screams concerned me. There was nothing there to be screaming at...unless it was...
"Hey!" Jonah screamed at them, running in front of them and waving his hands around. No response.
"What do we do?!" Kaleb asked in a panic. "If they are seeing the same man you guys did..."
Just then, they all erupted into a huge laughing fit.
"Seriously guys?! This isn't funny!" I exclaimed.
"Funny?" They all said simultaneously. "I am not trying to be a source of feeble amusement."
"What the..." Alec trailed off as they spoke again.
"Consider this an introduction of sorts...Jonah and Everleigh...take this to heart. If I can get inside the ignorant minds of your so called friends; I am capable of so much more. I will come to you both in person soon. And as for your new acquaintances that remain unaffected at the moment..."
The four trailed off and turned to face me. I stumbled back until I fell on the ground. The weight in their words sunk into me as I screamed.
"Evie! Evie what the fuck is wrong with you?!" Grace all of a sudden shouted.
We weren't outside anymore.
Josie, Rob, Grace, and McKayla were no longer repeating that strange man's words.
And Alec, Jonah, and Kaleb looked just as confused as the others.
"What's going on?" I asked. My voice was barely audible.
"You must have hit your head pretty damn hard." Jonah told me.
"No I..."
"Should we call 9-1-1?!" McKayla exclaimed. "She seems really out of it!"
"I'll call Ed to come pick us up. Kaleb, you said you needed a ride, right?" Kaleb nodded in Jonah's direction.
"But the man..."
"What man?" Rob asked.
"Evie is just confused guys, okay? When you scare her as badly as you guys did just now, she loses it. That's just from the mental issues she's had."
I knew Jonah was covering for whatever the hell it was we just saw but I wish he wouldn't reduce me to some crazy person who belongs in an institution. At this point I might actually qualify to be there...who knows.
"Well note to self; do not under any circumstances scare Evie." Rob shrugged. "I can call my mom over and she'll be more than happy to drive to the hospital so we don't have to wait."
It was just then that I realized that we were in Rob's basement still. I was laying in the spot I was when I hit my head on the table. Did anything even happen...
I felt my eyes start to close. My eyelids felt so heavy that I couldn't help but allow myself to close them.
"Hello Everleigh...can you hear us?"
Ed? No the voice was way too deep to be him.
I opened my eyes and instantly regretted it. A pair of red eyes stared at me. They belonged to a rather muscular man that I didn't know.
I couldn't help the scream that broke through the awkward silence.
"Oh come on! There is no way that I am as scary as that creepy man you keep talking about...you don't happen to know his name do you?"
"Who are you?!"
"Felix."
"What an introduction..." I mumbled to myself sarcastically before I could stop myself. He chuckled.
"I am part of the Volturi guard."
"Am I supposed to know what that is?"
He cocked an eyebrow at me. I repeated his motion. If this weird ass kidnaped me, I was screwed. Although I would admit, I have heard the word "Volturi" spoken before I think. He again gave me another chuckle.
"Well aren't you a tough little one. And powerful too by the sounds of it. Lorne speaks very highly of your gifts."
"How do you know Lorne?" I tried to push myself up but slipped back down on the silk bedsheets of a rather large bed. The red and gold themed room seemed too lavish to be in a room close to home. "Where am I?"
"Not far from the place where your coven resides. Lorne happens to be a dear uh...friend...of mine."
"Right."
"Are you always such a skeptic?"
"It's not like some psychopath just screwed around with my friends and messed with my brain and now I'm sitting here having a random conversation with a stranger. My apologies." Another chuckle. "Am I really that funny to you?"
"I suppose it is my turn to apologize to you. In my defense, most young' ins like you are absolutely terrified of me."
"Should I be? If you were going to kill me, you would have done it while I was unconscious, right?" I tried to sound confident, but I was failing miserably. "Where's Lorne? Or any of the rest of my family. I want to go home!"
"Relax. They are downstairs. Kaleb suggested that just Lorne, Edward, and your twin come to sort out this situation. Good call on that kid's part."
"You know Kaleb too?"
"You really are clueless kid. Damn, I feel kind of bad for giving you a hard time, but Lorne really hasn't told you or your brother anything."
"Can I see them?"
"I would wait until they are done...you don't need to hear everything Demetri is saying to them."
"Bull." I muttered before humming a few notes. He instantly fell under my influence. I haven't actually used my ability on someone in a while, so I prayed that it wasn't rusty.
"Why am I here?"
"The Volturi is currently investigating a series of so called accidents that have been occurring on the continent. The most recent being a car accident involving three children in this town."
"That didn't answer my question..." Looks like I am a bit rusty. "Why am I here?"
"We did not realize that Lorne has set up his coven in this area, and having not met you or your brother yet, once Kaleb met you two in school, Aro deemed it necessary to make sure the pair of your were in control. As for your other new coven member, Kaleb was able to tell that he wasn't a threat himself, so no further investigation was needed."
"Who's Aro?"
"One of the leaders of the Volturi, the other two being Caius and Marcus."
"Why are you investigating the accident?"
"We are working in conjunction with Edward to determine what supernatural force caused the accidents."
"So the accident and others like it weren't necessarily accidents?"
"Well isn't that an impressive talent." Another man's voice said. I looked to the doorway of the bedroom to find a short man with spiky blonde hair. "Poor Felix, succumbed to a child's games."
"Are you next then?" I knew I should have bit my tongue but I was angry. Have Ed and Lorne been keeping this from us? Obviously these guys know more of our situation then I do. The man was in front of me in an instant, a hand wrapped around my throat.
"Oh child, I dare you to even try it. I assume Felix thought you were harmless but with the stories your family has told me, I won't make the same mistake."
"Demetri!" Kaleb's voice rang out. "Let her go." The blonde hissed at me before releasing his grip and rushing at top speed away to the other side of the room. "Felix, would you mind escorting the Morgynsteins out?" The muscular man didn't move. "Felix!"
"With all due respect, dear Everleigh has him under her influence." I snapped my fingers, releasing Felix who blinked rapidly before standing up.
"Huh?"
"Sorry." I apologized quickly. "I shouldn't have done that."
"That's impressive kid. Say, how large of a group can you project to?"
"Felix she really needs to get going I believe. If you escort the rest of the Morgynsteins out, I will tend to Everleigh and bring her down shortly." Felix winked at me.
"See you around kid."
"Demetri you can go with him." He complied and followed Felix out.
"I'm sorry about them, they are just doing their job."
"What the hell is going on?"
"It is a really long story but to make it short basically we think you somehow got possessed by a demon who man you see all sorts of shit. It's possible its the one who keeps appearing in your visions."
"None of this makes sense!"
"I know, but it will be okay. Lorne and Ed will explain it to you, I'm sure. I am truly sorry about the circumstances in which you were to find out about my...family I guess you could say."
"Volturi?"
"We are basically the rulers of the vampire world. My father is one of the leaders."
"So what does that make you?"
"It's complicated. I would like to give you a more thorough explanation. Do you think you could meet me tomorrow? Bring Jonah and Alec as well maybe?"
"How do I know your uh...family...isn't going to your know..." I mumbled and pretended to choke myself like Demetri had done.
"I can promise that no harm will come to you. We'll meet on your terms. I never meant for you to have to find out like this."
"It's okay." I tried to reassure him. "It's not like you are the one going crazy."
"You aren't. We just have to help you get your thoughts straightened out."
I found the strength to push myself up out of the bed and stood up. Kaleb practically carried me down the dark hallway and to the front door. Once we were outside I saw Lorne, Ed, and a very concerned looking Jonah. He rushed over to me and hugged me. I don't think we've hugged in a while. Strange.
"Scare me like that again and you're dead."
"Scare you?" I couldn't find any other words so I just dropped it. I gave a small wave to Kaleb before walking past Ed and Lorne to get in the car.
They didn't try to talk to me until we were safely in the house after the awkward car ride home.