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Listening To: "Revolution Song" Fefe Dobson and "Closer to You" The Wallflowers
Cassie's Point of View
Cassie hated mountains. She didn't mind looking at them through the windows of the vans on moving days at the Cirque. She actually quite enjoyed the way the sun looked whenever it sunk behind them, leaving the sky faded with brilliant pinks and yellows. But now, she hated them. The way to the mountain was one of the most challenging activities that she had ever had to do, and Cassie was a hardcore athlete. You put her in the field and she would dominate without even breaking a sweat. Each time they would come to an obstacle, Amius would let out a tired sigh knowing he would have to help both Cassie and Evra make their way. That mean scaling the enormous rock walls, twice. Swimming through the roughest rapids, twice. But finally they had made it to the entrance, with a disgusted look the guard had let in the first two non-vampires that had ever stepped foot in the mountain. It had been a couple of years since she had seen Ronnie, and she was excited. Even though Ronnie didn't change, literally. She wouldn't be hard to miss in the mobs of snarling, grunting vampires seeing that they were all guys.
"What're you looking for?" Evra murmered in her ear, wrapping his arms around her waist, closing his eyes and breathing onto her neck which made Cassie shiver. She smiled to herself, standing on the tips of her toes to try and get an overhead look.
"Ronnie, I wonder if she knows we're here." Cassie pondered.
"Nothing really gets past her," Evra chuckled "I want to see Darren though, also."
She wasn't hard to miss. Cassie smiled when she saw Ronnie coming, her white blonde hair poking through the tops of dark mops. She finally entered the hall, and Cassie was proud at the fact she still kept her sense of style, even while living in a rock. Her sapphire eyes were deep and dark as she tapped the toe of one of her boots, running her hand through some of her long bleached curls. She was still the same, other than her muscles being leaner and the new scars she must have acquired from the trip up here. Cassie felt a jolt of excitement when Ronnie's orbs instantly lightened to the color of a clear blue sky, rather than the dark ocean of before.
"CASSIE!" She emphasized, running over and swooping Cassie away from Evra and lifting her up with ease squeezing her tightly.
"Ron you... are... choking me." Cassie choked.
Ronnie's Point of View
"Oops." I apologized, setting her down. Living in a community of vampires, I forgot about my strength. I took a step back, looking Cassie over. I pursed my lips in confusion, she looked generally the same but she had grown. Her shape had gotten fuller, out of the teenage adolescence. Honestly, the only thing that was the same was her hair, and lily-pad green eyes.
"What's wrong?" she observed, seeing my confusion.
"You've grown a lot, you definitely don't look eighteen!" I joked, nudging her.
"Haha, that's a good one! I see you haven't lost your sense of humor." she assumed, placing a hand on my shoulder. I pressed my lips into a straight line, and shifted my weight awkwardly, I hated being the one that didn't know what was going on. Especially when I had one of those blonde moments.
"I don't get it." I admitted, shrugging my shoulders.
"It's been almost eight years! I'm 24 now." she revealed. Well, I guess I didn't know when I turned twenty.
"Wow," I sneered "I sure feel stupid!" Cassie just shook her head, strands of hair falling over thick, dark lashes. Even though she was older, she still giggled just like my best friend had, and still had her girlish charm. I leaned to the side, looking past Cassie at Evra who gave me a strong smile. I blinked a couple times, seeing the snake-boy was no longer a boy and evolved into man. He raised a hand waving and wiggling his fingers.
"Evra!" I roared, giving him a high-five and running through the motions of a handshake we had made years ago, apparently.
"Hey Ron." He grinned, Cassie returning to his side. "Where's Darren?" he remembered, looking around.
"Oh, he's asleep. He had a rough day yesterday, and well... it's a long story. This whole thing is a long story. I'm totally psyched that you're here, trust me. But uhm... why are you here?" I reasoned, hoping that nothing had happened to the Cirque.
"Another, long story." Cassie recalled.
"Well, good thing we have time to catch up! I'm so glad you're here!" I squealed, hugging Cassie once again, she returned my motion, latching onto me.
"Watch out Vampire Mountain, here comes trouble!" she justified, pumping a fist into the air.
"You need to come meet Kayden, let's go!" I raged, grabbing onto her and pulling her away from Evra, who just shrugged and snickered before turning on his heel and walking next to Amius. We chattered through the passages, talking as fast as we could trying to get each other caught up in the quickest amount of time allotted. I knocked on Kayden's door, as I walked in. Sure it wasn't much of a warning, but by now she was used to me just letting myself in.
"Kade," I started, standing right next to her. She jumped, but upon seeing me leaned back onto the wall, resting her hand on her chest. "You scared the shit out of me. I'm going to kick your ass!"
"Please," I joked pulling Cassie next to me "Kayden, this is Cassie, Cass this is Kayden."
"Oh, so you're the famous Cassie." Kayden eased, placing one hand on her hip and the other extending out to Cassie who took it, shaking it firmly. "Seems like we're adding another one to the party."
"Yeah, for the time being." Cassie grinned, her eyes moving from Kayden, back to Ronnie.
"You alright?" I breathed, seeing her mood drop. Even though we had been apart for so long, I still knew her like the back of my hand, just like I did Kayden, and Darren. People always were never hard for me to figure out, that's why back in school I distanced myself from a lot of people. That saved me the trouble of being backstabbed, and lied to by the plastic, cake faces.
"Nothing, really... It's just I kind of feel out of place. Being the only different girl among a bunch of Vampires. I hate being the person that has to be treated differently, or be taken easy on." she grunted.
"Yeah, I know what you mean. When we were back at the Cirque, sometimes I even forgot that me and Darren were Vampires. But don't worry about it-"
"-I'll teach you a thing or two. Trust me, when you leave here you're going to be the most kick-ass human ever. You may not be able to do all the things we can do, but if you're up to it, you can do some." Kayden interjected, bumping Cassie with her hip who instantly brightened up, a spark of determination in her eyes. I never thought Kayden would be this friendly with someone she just met, she sure wasn't when we first became friends, but hey, I had nothing to complain about. Having my two best friends instantly get along wasn't a problem.
"I need to change, where does a girl get some clothes around here?" Cassie drawled, "There's got to be some cute stuff seeing what you two are dressed in."
"There's not a lot to choose from, but knowing you, I know you'll figure something out to wear. And Kayden over here is pretty crafty with a sword, almost as good as Truska and her scissors." I emitted, pulling on my own clothes for emphasis, "Just gotta mix and match, and then we'll accessorize and get some good stuff put together."
"Mhhmmm, even living in a rock, you still have to look good." Kayden agreed. I put my hands on my hips, seeing what Cassie made her way up to the Mountain in. Because she wasn't a vampire she was allowed a jacket and sh-
"Wait, are those my shoes?"