*AN* The character "Katie Knight"- does not exist in any of my stories (at least for the time being.) Any mention of "Katie" is an OC based off me.
Just a heads up, I will be changing the titles of some of my stories soon. As I mentioned in a past AN I was trying to make a series and then use only one word to describe the story as a whole and that word would also be used as a revelation or opening/closing line. I got a little bored with this one and it was getting hard to come up with clever names.
This is going to be longer than I thought, only because the plot is starting to come together and I want to try my luck at throwing in some clues/twists/turns/cliff hangers. Bear with me as I take a slow stroll through this story. *
*NEW* The annual summer festival is starting again and this week will be full of work and I am on call. Updates, and new stories may begin to slow down until after the festival is all done and cleaned up which will go into early next week.*
She wasn't expecting to hit the pavement and had knocked her self out for a few seconds; when she came too she saw her friends standing over her in worry.
"Ok, something is definitely up with you!" Logan said
"What happened?" Camille asked concerned
"I-I don't know. I tried to transform and I fully expected to land on all fours but instead I met the tar…"
"You cant transform?" Lucy repeated
"Did you wait too long?" Logan asked
"No I don't think it has anything to do with that…I really cant be sure, I've never had a problem transforming even when I was exhausted." Katie said
"Well then how come all of a sudden you're acting like a regular human like us?" James asked
"Human…?" Katie repeated as she faded off. She got up and thought for a moment; she was looking past her friends before she ran off back inside the studio. The others stood stunned at her behavior and weren't sure what to do but eventually the girls followed her inside, although they didn't know where she went. Katie was in her dressing room, standing in front of her mirror. She looked at herself in the eyes and could see that her eyes were a normal shade of blue as usual in her human form but she couldn't change them to her golden wolves eyes. Her senses were less acute and everything sounded muffled and looked blurry although her eyes were still perfect 20/20 she just lacked the sharpness of a falcon's eyesight.
She moved the collar of her shirt to find her demon summoning pendant was gone. It never left her neck and became a part of her in a way she thought that maybe it had finally slid off or broke somewhere but it didn't make a lot of sense since she could transform without it before. She pulled the collar of her shirt downwards, just below her left shoulder to see plain skin; the seal that bound her to an immortal life was gone. Instead it was replaced with a mortal beating heart.
She stood in shock at the new finding and had mixed feelings. She finally got the mortal life that she had hoped for but she lost her demon powers that she had learned to love and live with. For the time that everyone thought she was mortal, it was great but when they found out about her powers, life began a new and was even better. Now how would her friends react to find out that she is just a normal being now, like them? Would they accept the new her or would she be outcast again? Furthermore, why did her powers disappear?
She was interrupted by a knock on her door, after checking who it was, she let the girls in.
"Katie, are you ok? What's going on?" Lucy asked concerned
"My powers are gone."
"…G-Gone?"
"Yeah, the seal and the pendant are both gone, look." she said pulling down the collar of her shirt.
"So does this mean you are full human now?"
"It does. It's going to take some getting used to. It's been years since I had physical limitations such as running, I'm going to tire out very easily until I get used to it all."
"Well we helped you adjust before, and we can help out now." Camille assured. A knock on the door followed by Logan's voice broke them apart briefly as Lucy opened the door and pulled them inside. They explained everything quickly and although stunned they could see the evidence staring them in the face. James couldn't help but give her a hug.
"As much as I loved you with your powers, its nice to know that you can now live amongst us as a real human. Just like you deserve." he said.
"I think everyone else should know as soon as possible, this is cause for celebration." Logan said. "I'm going to miss your powers too but its about time we get to hang out with the real you."
After their fellow cast members finished a take, Logan, James, Lucy and Camille wasted no time in announcing the news, responses ranged from shocked to happy. Her powers would be missed by all and Katie herself would need to learn to adjust to life without them but this was something that she always wanted: to be accepted for who she is no matter what and to live a normal life. And she did, she retained her fame and lived life to the fullest along side her friends and within a few months, adjusted well to her new mortal life and soon the past was all but forgotten.
The thought on most of their minds was how and why her powers vanished, the rule was that she would retain the demons abilities until she passed on but instead she turned mortal after a year. Many theories were created but without any information, none of them stuck. As time passed life became more normal for everyone and Katie didn't have a care in the world, despite her fears of being ostracized, she remained a huge part of cast family and was able to live out her life in peace as a normal teenage girl.
Katie was in the living room of the Knight residence catching up on some reading when Kendall walked through.
"What are you reading?" he asked as he grabbed his coat
"Oh, nothing fancy, just a cute little story on a curse." she replied giving him a quick look
"Oh?" Kendall replied a little curious, he came over to look at the cover "Cursed."
"It's about a family that lived with a curse for thousands of years and one by one they are freed by a lone girl who at first no one liked." she explained
"You find some weird stories." he joked
"I like it!" she protested.
"Ok, ok. Want to go out with me? I got to run to the store." he offered
"Sure." she replied putting down the book.
"Out of curiosity, did that book have any reasons as to why your curse was lifted?" he wondered
"I doubt it. All in all, I wasn't really cursed. Sure I didn't have a choice in the matter and the job was forced upon me but my powers never made me suffer in any way other than being shunned. But then again that was normal for me anyway." she said
"Well I meant did the book have any reasons at all? Whether they were true to you or even possible?"
"The cure wasn't really set in stone or in black and white, the only thing it said was 'When the one who was never loved, is loved, the ancient promise nears it's end.'"
"Huh…I get it but it is kinda cheesy."
"Well what do you expect from a fictional book? Until I came along there was no such thing as curses and supernatural beings according to science. That book was written long ago before all this, its just a fun little story."
"I can only imagine the books that have come out since your demon side was revealed."
"I know right?" she replied with a smile. They laughed and joked all day with each other and enjoyed each other's company. No one ever figured out how or why Katie's powers vanished, seemingly into thin air, even Katie was at a total lost but they eventually stopped questioning it and enjoyed what they had.
*AN* Bear in mind this story is different than things I have written before for this website. This story could be considered an experiment on my own behalf. I'm publishing it here just for a safe place so to speak. whether readers like it or dont, doesnt matter to me, at least not on this story. I'm trying different things on this one so it really is for my own benefit. Feel free to leave feedback thoughts opinions, foreshadowing, let downs, changes etc. I'm not going to go back and change what I wrote but I can always use suggestions in future stories but no promises, sorry. This is also a reason as to why the grammar, spelling and overall outline and setup are the way they are, I'm treating this as a rough draft story, published for safe keeping/feedback. No need to leave comments on the bad spelling, punctuation, capitalization and what not, I'm aware of it but like I said, this is just a rough draft story since I am trying something new.*