Chapter 6:
When I woke up, I was in a completely different place. I was lying down on a patterned couch in a large living room area. I could see a hallway from where I was, and some stairs. Quickly, I looked down at my body.
OhMyGod! There wasn't a scratch on me! How the hell did that happen? Maybe I only dreamed Victoria came… Either way, that doesn't explain where I am. Seriously, I'm unconscious for how-ever-long and somehow wind up in a totally different place! That is not normal.
Oh great, now I'm freaking out. Kind of like a panic attack, but really, who could blame me?
My breathing turned into sharp inhales of air and I hastily stood up. Darting glances left and right, I sneakily made my way over to the hall. I could see a front door – Hallelujah!
I was just at the door when I heard a loud crash. On instinct, I froze, my hand millimetres only away from the doorknob. I slowly turned my head but saw nothing. Frowning, I wandered deeper into the house. I could hear someone yelling. No, two someone's. I'm guessing that they're in an argument.
Silently, I crept up to the door where the voices were coming from and listened in on them.
"…do you not get it?" a loud, angry male voice said. "She was a vampire, Paige! Not a demon, not a warlock; a vampire!"
"And your point is?" this time it was a female voice who responded. Paige, I'm guessing.
"My point is that you could've died!"
"It's no different than what I do every day! She's my charge, Chris. I couldn't just let her die. Which is what she would've done if I hadn't had killed that red-head!"
Victoria. She meant Victoria. So it did happen. Good to know that I'm not going crazy and dreaming about a sadistic vampire torturing me.
"Yeah, well, you could've at least come back and gotten your sisters to help."
"She would have been dead by the time I got back! Besides; the vampire's dead now, I'm alive, and that girl is safe."
"Speaking of her," another female voice spoke, "do you think we should check on her?"
"Don't worry, Phoebe; Chris healed her," Paige replied.
"Yes, I know," said 'Phoebe'. "I'm just saying, don't you think she should be waking up soon?"
"Look, do whatever, I need to go – they're calling me," I heard Chris say and then there was this weird bell-like noise. It sounds kind of familiar…
"Right, let's go see how my charge is doing," Paige suggested. I then heard the sound of footsteps coming this way.
Oh shoot! What do I do? Hide! No, not hide! I'll most likely get lost or something. Run! Yes, finally a good idea!
Mentally thanking myself, I ran – without making any sound – back down the hall. Yet again, I had just gotten to the front door when a voice called me back.
"Hey, wait! Don't leave!"
I looked round quickly and saw a beautiful young woman with ginger hair and ruby-red lips walking quickly towards me. Behind her, I could see two brunettes standing off to the side. One of them, the older one, was frantically waving her hands, looking confused, while the other was just looking at me with a comforting smile.
I kept switching my gaze from one to another to the last, and then back again. In the end, I settled my vision on the ginger-head. She seemed to be excited, yet worried at the same time.
"Um," she sheepishly smiled at me, "I'm Paige." She waved to me. Ah, nice to put a face to the name.
"Bella," I said with a tight-lipped smile.
"Oh, these are my sisters. That's Piper," Paige pointed to the older woman.
"And I'm Phoebe!" the younger, more ecstatic brunette exclaimed.
"Hi." My voice was monotone.
"Okay," began Paige, giving up the cheerful act, "I'm just gonna come out and say it." She glanced over to her sisters, who I could see then both nodded slightly. "We –" she gestured to the three of them "– are witches."
…Well that was unexpected.