Chapter 14

A last look

Angel groaned as she turned over in her sleep, her eyes open slightly; sighing she sat up "Eclipse wake up" she whispered.

Ever since they left the palace they had been sleeping in the forest every night, only her horse Eclipse kept her warm, every time Angel laid against Eclipse's body she's think of everything that has happened not too long ago, and break down crying. Crying herself to sleep seemed the only way, for now.

Angel looked through the trees to see the time, "Almost dawn" she says as the horse got onto her four hooves and walk over to her owner, Angel stroked the animal's nose "We're barely out of Russia, only a few more miles….you up for it?" the horse nodded it's head.

"That's my girl" Angel cooed before mounding Eclipse and rode off and out of the forest, hoping to leave the Russian territory

After a week and an half, they finally reached Italy; and Angel nearly began to cry again, "Turin, my precious home" she whispered after pulling her hood up to cover her face.

Even if she has been gone for almost five months, it felt like years to her, she looked around and saw a few faces of people who she once knew in her human life. Now they think she is dead, and that broke her heart; she wanted to run up to them and tell them that she wasn't dead –not completely- but she couldn't, and that really broke her heart.

She looks up to see the old lady whom lived in the house next to hers and her uncle's, she hasn't changed much to Angelina's point of view, she looked wonderful for being fifty. She noticed the tears running down her face, "I can't believe she died…why Annabelle….why?" she cried still walking, Angel froze in place.

"A-Annabelle…no, no not her too!" Angel yelled and ran towards where her best friend lived, with Eclipse following. Angel didn't care if the boots she was bearing hurt her feet, she just had to hurry to the one place where she felt safe when her uncle was gone. Angel stopped a few feet from the house she also called home; she could hear crying inside the house "Monsters!" she heard Annabelle's mother screamed causing Angel to flinch, "Why did they do this to my daughter?"

Angel took a deep breath, "Only this family will know….I will do anything to get revenge on Annabelle…" Angel said before walking to the door and knocking.

Once the door opened Angel hugged the woman "Miss Adalia!" she cried, the woman standing before her hugged her head, "Angelina? Oh mio dio, è davvero Angelina?"

"Si!" Angel nodded, "Si…" she whispered as Adalia kneeled down and held Angel's face in her hands

"Oh mio dio, è davvero" the woman said and hugged the small girl.

"Dove si trova?" the woman pointed to the bed, showing the very still Annabelle. Angel stood and walked over to the body and kneeled down beside the bed, "Annabelle….Annabelle! Don't scare me please! I beg of you!" Angel cried holding onto the cold hand of the girl Annabelle.

Angel looked at the girl and nearly screamed, two puncture wounds were very light on the girl's neck, only other vampires could see, and humans were blind when it came to this. Angel brushed the black bangs out of Annabelle's eyes and lifted one lid slightly open and saw the girl's eyes beginning to turn red. She stood and turned to Adalia "Mamma, you need to get out"

"Cosa?"

"Annabelle is a vampire…"

"Cosa?" the woman shrieked, backing up a bit

"Stay calm, if you scream and freak out she'll wake up."

"How is this possible? How could you know?" the woman said finally speaking English,

"I know this is hard to believe…but mamma, I am one too…When the house burnt down it was to cover it up" Adalia stared at her as she continued "I saw the puncture wounds on her neck, whoever did this wanted to turn her into one for a reason….we won't know until she wakes up. She won't have any memory of what happened right away…."

"But why my daughter?" the older asked

"Again we won't know until she wakes up…." Angel looked at the girl, she's a lot skinnier than before, almost sick skinny… she thought and rubbed her face.

"How long do we have to wait?"

"A few hours at the most"

"Angel…Angel dear are you okay? You look pale…well paler than you should be" the woman shakily stroked her cheek, Angel looked up at her and smiled slightly,

"I'm alright mamma, it's just…a lot has happened…"

"I can tell…"

"You're…you're not afraid?"

"Dear…It's a lot to take in…but…no matter what I say…nothing will change the past to make anything better…"

"Mamma…" the two froze and looked at the now sitting up figure, Annabelle; the girl stared at them then started crying

"Annabelle baby!" Adalia rushed to her daughter and hugged her, "Oh mio dio ... grazie a dio stai bene"

"A-Angelina?"

"Si, Annabelle…" the girl ran up to her and hugged her tightly, crying until her tears were dry.

As the night drug on, Adalia welcomed Angelina into their home and offered her to stay for as long as possible, and Angel agreed, she felt the hole in her heart; once again fill up with love.

As the two others slept, Angelina sat on the roof of the house; watching the stars, "Jonathan…" she whispered, "Can you see me?"

"Are you mad at me? Sad? Or happy?" she said, watching a shooting star run across the dark sky

"I don't know if I should join you or not…." A slight breeze circled her, causing her to smile ever so slightly, "But I think you want me to continue living…well…you know what I mean" she chuckled.

She watched three shooting stars, one by one falling and fading into the blackness of space.

Yawning, she finally feels sleep trying to take over, she climbs down and slips in through the window without waking anyone; she sleeps in the guest room, awaiting the next day to come.

Angel woke up to feeling a body next to her own, she groans slightly and feels the body shift slightly, "Annabelle?"

"Si?"

"Get out of the bed…."

"Caso?"

"'cause said"

"No"

"Annabelle~" Adalia called, "Breakfast is ready~!" the body disappeared from Angel's side and she breathes out in relief

"Grazie~" Angel whispered before turning over and tries to get some more sleep.

Angel woke up later that night, she smiled to herself "Best sleep I've had in a long time..." she mumbled to herself, she looked around the dark room to find everyone else asleep, even Annabelle.

She climbs out of bed and looks out the window, "Angelina?" she turns to see a small figure walking towards her

"What are you doing up Belle?"

"I heard you wake up"

"That's right...your one as well"

"One what?"

"Umm, never mind. You'll know later"

"Okay" Annabelle nodded her head, "Where did you go?" Angel stood there and stared at the ground, hesitating

"I can't say. I'm sorry Belle..."

"It's okay..."

"Why don't you go back to sleep"

"Okay…you won't disappear again…right?" the small girl grabbed onto the elders hand and held on tightly, Angel smiled weakly then nodded,

"Si, I won't leave. And if I do, you'll know first"

"Okay…Buona Notte Angel"

"Buona notte, Annabelle" Annabelle walks back to her room, and within moments; she falls asleep.

The next day Angel felt a weird presence, but chose to ignore it, she and Annabelle talked again while Adalia was out shopping.

"So what is it like being a vampire?"

"It's alright…for us it'll be difficult for others to kill us" Angel laid her head against the wall as she thinks of Liz, and the rest. Did they make a getaway and succeed? She swallowed hard, praying that they did.

"Oh Angie, some guy in a hood came by two months ago and said 'If Angelina comes back here, give this to her' and he didn't tell me what was inside of it"

"Really?"

"Si, one second!" the small girl ran into her bedroom and was back soon "See" she held out a box toward the elder

"Grazie…" Angel muttered taking the box; she opens it to find two vials inside, along with a letter.

Angel looks at the vials that read 'A blood' and 'D blood' she sat there for a while wondering what the 'A' and 'D' stood for, she was soon pulled from her thoughts when Annabelle hugged her tightly "Angie…You're leaving soon…aren't you?"

"Si, I am sorry…Everyone thinks I am dead….So I only makes sense to leave, before people learn of what I am"

"What about me?"

"You will also have to leave…"

"B-but I don't want to leave mamma alone"

"She will have to deal with it"

"You're only saying that because you are alone"

"Si, I am alone. My family isn't a part of this word anymore"

"I'm sorry"

"It's alright; I still believe that they left me because I am the cursed child…."

"…." The two girls sat in silence until the mom came home

"Alright darlings, time to eat"

"Pasta and Pizza mamma?" Annabelle asked hurrying to the kitchen, Angel stayed in his spot and looked at the vials again before drinking both of them, in her mind she somehow knew she needed to drink them both, closing the box she stuffs the letter into her pocket before joining the two in the kitchen

"Annabelle, I need to talk to your mom for a moment…alone please"

"Okay, I'll go feed eclipse!" the girl ran off to do whatever, leaving the two alone

"What is it hun?"

"I will be leaving after dinner, I know it is sudden, but I don't want others to figure out what I am"

I know that. And I know Annabelle will have to leave soon..."
"Si..."
"So after dinner you're leaving?"
"Yes, I will be leaving Eclipse with you guys..."
"Alright then..."
Silence surrounded the two, making it seem even more unpleasant.
Soon five o' clock rolled into setting and the three ate, not thinking of what was going to happen soon; Angel looked at the two happily eating, she smiles slightly seeing them enjoy themselves; getting up from her seat she disposes of her dishes and walks outside.

She pets Eclipse, feeling better "I'm going to leave, you stay here and be a good girl, okay?"

Eclipse lips her face, then nibbles on her hair

"Angelina!" Annabelle yelled before

"Si?"

''Before you go I have a present for you!" the elder smiled as the latter took her wrist and placed a silver bracelet around and hooked it together.

"It's pretty, i will never take it off. I promise"

"Good, because I have the same one!" she held up her wrist to show proof and the elder smiled,

"Thank you" Annabelle stepped back and pats Eclipse's head,

"You'll come back, right?"

"I'm unsure, but I can try" Annabelle held back tears as she looked up at Angelina

"Okay..."

"Farewell, my friend; Annabelle" Angelina said taking a deep breath before turning away and walking,

"See you later...Angie..." Annabelle whispered before the black shadow of her friend disappeared from sight

In the distance two teenage boys were watching Angelina walk from Annabelle, "That's her right?"

"Yea, no doubt about it, it is Angel"

"She seems so...different..."

"People don't stay the same Rix..."

"I know, just pointing it out..." Rix said, leaning against a tree

"Well, how are you going to get her to come with us?"

"Tell her who we are and tell her to follow us? what part of 'bring her back' isn't simple to you Seth?"

"Don't even start bro..." Rix rolls his eyes and starts walking,

"Hey" no reply, "Yo Rix wait up!" Seth follows his friend, seeing that they were following Angel.

Angel sighed as she pulled up her hood once again to hide her face, so far so good with no one realizing who she was; and she was determined to keep it that way, soon she felt an familiar presence but couldn't quite place her finger on it, she stops and turns around, not seeing any familiar faces.

Sighing she looks at the ground, soon adverting her eyes to look forward and move her feet; or so she thought. She felt a hand grab her wrist and turn her; she soon faced a boy who was to be around her age, he boy had light brown hair that cropped his face just right, his eyes were a pretty shade of green and of course he was taller than Angel.

"Angel?" the said girl just stared at him, unable to say anything; she began to wonder if he mistook her as an friend of his, she slips her wrist out of the boys hand and starts walking, he stands there dumbfound,

"what just happened?"

"Nice going" a smack in the head for Seth, "She thinks differently of us..."

"Wait, didn't Kate say she was in an accident?"

"Can't say I remember clearly; she said it years back"

"Come on, I've got an idea" Seth said with a smile

"Please do not say it involves m-"

"Too late!" the latter said grabbing Rix's arm and drags him along.

As night fall comes Angel looks around for somewhere to rest, only to realize, there is no such place. "Davvero?" she sighs looking at the small shops, she turns and starts walking only to crash into another body causing her to fa;; to her side and her hood falls

"I'm sorry" a boy with black raven hair says, helping her up,

"Grazie..."

"Umm...your welcome"

"Sorry, I speak Italian mostly; guess you speak English..."

"Oh no, it's fine" Angel looks at the boys face and sees that his eyes were brown, Just like mine she thought,

"Would you like to grab something to eat?"

"Grazie, ma no grazie; I should be goi-"

Clang

Angel's body soon fell to the ground, Rix looks up to see what his friend hit her with, "A sign dude? Really a sign?"

"Hey! I didn't want to get food! This was easy to find and rip out from the ground!" the latter just face palmed.

Alrighty, that is the end of this story; but now comes in the sequel!

I tried to add humor, did it work?

lol

Please look forward to the next story! Thank you to the many readers, and I hope to have you all read my next story!

~Angelina

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