Author's Note- i kinda left the other chapter at a hanging point because I was annoyed. So here we go starting with Mia's P.O.V.
Mia's P.O.V.
I hid quietly in the bushes. My fur was dripping, soaked with the rain that tumbled out of the sky. My keen sense of hearing picked up every sound that whispered or screamed around me. In other words I could hear James with Araya. I could hear her dog's scared whines change to vicious growls. I heard him move in the house, them kiss, and her father's Jeep roar while it tried to make its down the long driveway. He was blaring his favorite songs from his humongus country collection. My fur was rising on the back of my neck, I could feel the wanting from James. Privilege of being a guardian. We had different powers than the rest of the 'magical' world. Humans considered us magical, but they were way off. We were the first in this world. They destroyed us and took control, forcing us to flee into hiding.
Ivano's yelling made me jump, my black tail poofing up like a kitty cat's. I growled low and stalked up to the front door. Ivano was getting on to them, saving Araya from the green eyed bloodsucker. I paced infront of the door, whining slightly. Surely Ivano would hear me and let me in. He knew my coloring, plus I was maybe the only fox seen here. He also knew the issue at stake in the world and the need for his daughter to be safe. He knew that she was one of the few hopes. That vampire could ruin everything. If that council got their hands on her, there would be hell to pay.
I scratched at the door as soon as Ivano walked into the kitchen. He mumbled something then glared out the window. When I wagged my tail he grinned evily. Quietly he opened the door and shooed me in."Mia, where have you been?" He whispered so low that it was hard for even me to hear. I shrugged and glided over the floor to the door way. The green-eyed devil was in the room with her, but no longer touching. That made me happier. He probably knew I was here now but that didnt matter. Ivano walked past me and continued his rant on James and Araya.
Araya moved away from her father when he tried to take her to his room and smiled at James sheepishly. I shook my head in disgust and followed after her quietly. Slipping between shadows I watch James and Ivano sit across from each other. The tension even followed me after I slipped up the stairs.
I hid under the small table next to Araya's door. Soon I could hear Ivano snoring and James starting to move. It still scared me, I could here Ivano's and Araya's breathing but not James'. The green-eyed devil slipped up the stairs and knocked on Araya's door. I held a growl in the back of my throat. He made me unconfortable now that i knew what he was. I couldnt stand the vampires. They used alot of trickry. Or so my father said.
Stupidly Araya opened the door. I calmed down once I noticed how she felt about him. She didn't want him here and desperatly wanted to close the door. Of course he felt that too and leaned against the door frame. Then he started sweet talking her. Araya was weak now.
I growled when he touched her hair and she touched his cheek, giving away my position. Hurriedly i shut up and backed against the wall. James chuckled and his feet moved towards the table.
"Come out come out."
James P.O.V
I kneeled down beside a small table in the hall. I knew there was one more heart beat here than there should. The growling just affirmed my suspicions. A small black fox stared at me. It was the same one that was in the woods. The intellectual gaze or now glare, the black fur, and the same smell. It wasn't just the scent of a fox but mixed with that of a human. It growled and showed me its fangs. I laughed and grabbed for it. Like the small animal could hurt me. I would hurt it first.
The fox bit down on my hand and suprisingly it did hurt! The damned bugger bit right through my skin.
"The little bugger!" I hissed. Araya kneeled down next to me and held her hand out to it. The fox heisiteted in its growling and moved towards her.
"See you just have to be nice. Not harsh." She smiled up at me. The fox squirned slightly in her grasp then stayed still. The scent of the fox was familar. I just smelled it today too.
"Possibly. Or the animals just like you?" I laughed. Araya shook her head and let go of the fox.
"Only my father gets that attention from the animals." She mumbled. The fox stared up at her then turned to glare at me. I held back an annoyed hiss and looked up at Araya. She petted the animal's head and stared at it confused. "I wonder how it got here." She mumbled to herself.
"Must have a thing for you?" I hinted. She looked up at me even more confused.
"Actually I had seen this fox earlier, Stitch was barking at it." She mumbled. I tried to look shocked but then smiled.
"Maybe it saw the closest warm area and dashed for it?" I hinted. This was way off. The more I was near the fox the more I remembered the scent. I smelled it everyday, in Mr. Andrews class. There's no way a fox could be in there, unless this isn't a normal fox. "May I see it?"
"Sure." Araya tried to hand me the fox but it whined and clawed at me. Araya stared at it confused then tried to give it to me again. The fox hissed at me and struggled against her grip. "Um it doesn't like you all that much." She said quietly and held the fox in her lap. I shrugged and smiled.
"Then that's too bad huh." I told her. The fox stared at me with big brown eyes. They still held the tint of intelligence that was unnatural. "Look at its eyes. Doesn't it seem, I don't know, different?" Araya looked at me with a raised eyebrow but then glanced down at the fox. She mumbled something so low I couldn't even hear it. "What'd you say?"
"Nothing. You know that the Halloween dance is coming up right?"
Araya's P.O.V
He was asking some weird questions, kinda scaring me. Of course he had given away what he was on the road earlier. He also knew this wasn't a normal fox. Not one bit. Just like I wasn't normal, like my father, and most of the residents of Ravenswood, Virginia. This town wasn't a big city, and also wasn't normal. Ripley was the normal town.
When James told me to look at the fox's eyes, I almost laughed. Of course it was different; it had a stare down with my dog. Of course I looked, and the fox seemed normal, except it's intelligent brown eyes, and that you don't see black foxes that often. The big brown eyes were the same as Principal Matthews and Mia. "Guardians." I whispered.
"What'd you say?" James questioned. I glanced up and smiled.
"Nothing. You know that the Halloween dance is coming up right?" I tried to change the subject. He stared at me for a second then nodded. "Ok well make sure you come in you natural form. We in Ravenswood don't dress up stupidly. We go as who we are." I smiled already imagining the dance. Like I said before, this town wasn't normal. It was formed for the two councils. The Divined and the Demonic councils.
"Sorry but what?" He sat down on the ground completely and just stared. I smiled again and set the fox on the ground.
"Mia, shall we tell him. Shall we explain to the vampire what this town is about?" The fox growled then its shape started to change.
"Of course Ray. Why miss a chance to see his astonished face." Mia's lilting voice answered. She leaned forward and smiled at James. "Gosh I never thought a vampire would miss the fact that his school was filled with different races." She smiled and leaned against the wall. Yes Mia was a lucky Guardian, she could change and keep her clothes. Some lose their clothes in the process.
"Ok James. This town is filled with different races. This is where the two councils are living peacefully together. The witches, elementals, ogres, guardians, dragons, everyone can be at peace. Of course there are humans here too. That's why we cannot wander in our true forms. You must think I'm just another human girl right?"
"Wrong!" Chimed in Mia. "She just hasn't come of age yet. You know, I prefer being a shape shifter than what you are. Only allowed to marry into your kind? That's gotta suck." She flicked her silky, curled, black hair. Smiling I leaned against the wall with her.
"Only my mom was gonna make me marry that idiot. Dad says I can marry who I want." I reminded her. James stopped gaping at us like a fish long enough to clear his throat.
"Where is your mother?" He asked, starting to get back to the cool guy attitude. I glared at the ground for a second, trying to not explode on him.
Memories of fire and red eyed beast flashed through my mind. My mother, the beautiful fire elemental, was fighting away his kind to protect me. The red orange flames licked the ground all around the wooded area, burning everything it touched, even her. The horrid shrieks of pain and my own screams ambushed my mind. Vampires attacked, starting the War of the Councils. Wolves surrounded me and fought off the vampires. Their gray fur, burned brightly from flames licking them. My mother stood in the middle, her auburn hair shining as bright as the flames, golden eyes watching the battle. The largest wolf, the black one, grabbed my arm and tried to drag me away. Nick, my guardian, was trying to protect me from the danger. "Nick, stop! I have to help Mother! I have to save her!." The wolf only growled in response and continued dragging me away. Tears leaked out of my eyes and anger was rising higher than thought possible. The river in the background roared as if it was angry with me. I yanked my arm out of the wolf's teeth, slicing the skin. Unconsciously I had held my arm high up and started to move in a sort of dance like motion. Just like my mother when she was fighting with fire. The river rose behind me in a threatening way. The wolves cowered and moved out of the way, the vampires just stared. My mother smiled at me in a proud way before she started the dancing moves with me. Fire and Water attacked the vampires from all sides, driving them away. Of course Mother was too close to the vampires and was run through with a feathered arrow. I passed out just as I saw her fall. When I woke the woods were swamped with fire and I was in Nick's house. My mother was dead.
I swallowed and looked up. "She was killed in the first battle of the war." I told him. "Vampires killed her."
