Darkest Powers: Edition 2 By 331
This is what happens after the Awakening by Kelley Armstrong (but not the Reckoning), after they had found Mr. Bae (Simon and Derek's dad), defeated the Edison Group and the Cabal, and gone back to their old lives.
I do not own anything and it all belongs to Kelley Armstrong. I am just using her characters and adding a few of my own.
Chloe's POV
I woke up groggily, to the sound of Tori's snores. For some reason, Aerona had not been in my dreams. I looked at the clock on the nightstand, and it said 7:30. Too early to get up after falling asleep at 1:30. I got out of the bed, knowing with Tori snoring in my ear I'd never get back to sleep. I walked down the hallway towards the stairs, and when I reached, I saw that Aunt Lauren and Kit were now on the futon in the playroom, meaning Simon had gone back to sleep with Derek and Nate had gone up to the couch. I made my way up stairs into the family room, and found the couch empty, meaning Nate was...? I was too tired to care, and went and got myself a glass of water. I gulped it down, then stumbled my way back to the couch and lay down, and fell asleep almost instantly.
But not for long.
"WHAT THE HELL?" I opened my eyes to see Nate staring at me. Or rather, at something behind me. I finally registered I was laying on something. Or, that is, someone. I shrieked and jumped off the couch. I had fallen asleep on top of Derek. He had been under a blanket that was the same color as the couch, and I had been laying with my head on his chest. I must have been too exhausted to have noticed him laying there. But why didn't he wake me up?
"WHY WERE YOU LAYING ON TOP OF HIM?"Nate was directing his fire at me, like it was my fault I had become unconscious on top of a guy on a couch at 7:30 in the morning! I saw Simon, Brent, and Beth peeked around the wall from the stairs. Tori just walked in, annoyed.
"Could you guys shut the hell up? Some people actually want to sleep later than 8:45." 8:45? Why had Derek let me sleep on him for an hour and fifteen minutes? I remembered Julie reading my aura last night, and what she had told me. No. I knew Derek didn't like me like that. I wasn't even going to go there. But what other reason is there? He's not the kind to sleep through someone falling on top of him and staying there for a long period of time. I looked at Derek, and it looked like he was still sleeping. But I saw one eye open, make eye contact with me, and then close quickly. He was just faking to get out of a fight with Nate. Smart, but that left me out in the cold.
"Chloe, why were you on top of Derek?" Nate sounded calmer, but I could still hear the strain in his voice. I knew I was beat red, but I explained what happened quickly.
"I-I woke up b-because of Tori's snoring, and came up to g-get a glass of w-water at around 6:30. B-but I was really exhausted from staying up until 1:00, so I just wanted to find somewhere to lay down quick before I collapsed on the floor. In the dark, it looked like the couch was empty, so I walked over and laid down, falling asleep before I was even all the way down. I had no idea Derek was there at all. And it looks like he slept through the whole thing too." I saw the fire go out of Nate's eyes, and I internally relaxed. By then, almost everyone had woken up and was watching, which made me turn a brighter red. I didn't see Julie, though. Or Kari.
"It was really an accident?" I nodded. Nate smiled.
"Well, we better wake him up now, I guess. He's gonna want breakfast." Kit said. Tori walked over.
"Aw, couldn't we draw on his face first?" Me, Kit and Simon frowned.
"No." We said in unison.
"Buzz kill," she said, and flicked Simon off. He rolled his eyes and went to sit at the kitchen table.
"So, whose gonna make breakfast? I'm starved." Aunt Lauren sat in the leather chair.
"We should probably wake Julie up and ask her what we can use, first. After that, maybe I can whip up some pancakes." all the guys magically appeared at the kitchen table at the word pancakes (not really, they don't have those kind of powers). I sighed. Boys. Tori said she was going back to bed, while Beth joined the boys at the kitchen table. Kari still hadn't come up, Nate said he didn't feel up to breakfast and went to go lay down on the futon. I volunteered to go get Julie, and Simon jumped to go with me. We walked straight down the hall towards the master suite. I was about to knock on the door, when Simon saw something.
"Chloe, read the sign first." Sign? I looked up at the door. There was a piece of paper taped to it. Oh that sign. I pulled it off and read it.
Do Not Disturb Unless Emergency
Please do not wake me up unless I am really needed, I'd rather sleep and ignore the world until at least 10:30. You can eat anything in the right side of the fridge or the Eggo waffles in the freezer. In the rest of the kitchen, just use common sense and eat only breakfast food. If anyone feels helpful, I would appreciate it if you let the dogs out to relieve themselves, and then fed them and gave them water. Checkers eats on the rug next to the fridge and Layla eats on the rug next to the front door. Checkers is to be served first, because we want Layla to know Checkers is higher in rank in the house than she is, because we had Checkers first and she's older. The dog food is the garage in an old style metal garbage can, they only get a cup of it each, its the dry kind, but we pour water over it to make it easier for Checkers, and decided to do it with Layla so she gets used to it. Make sure they don't go into the living room, the dining room (it sits directly between the kitchen and the living room), or downstairs. If you need to throw away stuff, the garbage can is in the cupboard on the left side of the fridge on the bottom.. And if any of you are werewolves, the dogs won't be wary of you. They're used to werewolves by now. Checkers will probably bark when she sees all the new people, but if you're nice she'll get over it quick. You can also use the TV. Please don't get food on the remote. I will be out at 11:00 to claim it so I can watch the original Yu-Gi-Oh series on channel eleven (double eleven. Weird.) so don't get mad if I take the remote out of your hand. Don't break anything, and clean up any mess you make. Put all dishes in the dishwasher when you're finished eating, it will be greatly appreciated.
-.~Julie~.-
P.S. Please don't use any of the kitchen ware as weapons like two year olds, and don't use the phone until I get up. If it rings, let the answering machine get it. If they leave a message and you hear my parents, have Kit pick up the phone. Anyone else, leave it to the answering machine. My parents and my brother are coming around three. If anyone needs clothes, wait until I get up to go looking. And don't go in the basement. There's nothing in there you need, unless you want laundry, a big freezer, and elliptical (work out machine), or dusty Christmas decorations. Yes, we're Catholic. Well, my parents are, anyway. I'm open to anything that will get me out of going to mass every week. The only good thing there is the Dunkin' Doughnuts down the street. So if you have any suggestions, write them here or tell me later. Don't get the dogs too excited.
It took a long time to read it. It filled both sides of the paper, but her scrawl was neat enough to be able to read even when it was that small. I wondered how long it took to make that, and when she had written it up. It hadn't been there last night. Maybe she had written it before bed. Simon and I took the note back to the others. Derek was up by then, and was already eating out of a box of cereal. I gave him a look, meaning 'you have some explaining to do'. He gave a slight nod, slight enough to make it impossible for anyone to notice without looking for it. Brent and Beth were confused about the whole werewolf statement in the note, but we said we'd explain when everyone was up and Julie's parents got here. Brent looked like he was going to protest, but Kit shut him up with a glare. Aunt Lauren began making the pancakes, and Kit started making some eggs. I put some bread in the toaster for toast, and then went to see what was on the TV.
MTV had nothing, spike had nothing, discovery had nothing, ABC family had nothing, the N had nothing, animal planet had nothing, food network had nothing, comedy central had nothing, everything had nothing. So I settled for the news. My face came up on screen, with the words MISSING GIRL FOUND typed above it, and I changed the channel to cartoon network, hoping something not mindless was on. Luckily for me, Chowder was on. I love that little purple bunny raccoon kitty. And Schnitzel. He's the best. I left it on that, to most of the guys dismay (except Simon, he loves Chowder). I got up when my toast popped, and had some pancakes and eggs with it. I also drank some orange juice. Over all, a good breakfast. We watched some more episodes of Chowder, while people talked and goofed off. Eventually, Julie walked in, and she grabbed the remote away from Simon (did I say he loved Chowder? I'm sorry, he's OBSESSED with it. He screeched when she grabbed it and started a slap war, which ended with her eyes glowing bright purple and him freaking out long enough for her to grab the remote) and flipped to channel eleven.
Sure enough, Yu-Gi-Oh turned on at exactly 11:00, and she would not talk to us while it was on, only during commercials. And then she didn't really concentrate, just anticipated when Yu-Gi-Oh would come back and hush us. So we just watched it with her. Apparently, Yugi is more than just one person, he has another spirit inside him, and he helps Yugi win. Julie said her favorite character was Yami, and I said didn't she mean Yugi, but she shrieked at me, saying 'was I listening at all?' and that Yami is the name of the 5,000 year old Egyptian Pharaoh spirit inside the millennium puzzle, even though most call him Pharaoh, and later, Atem when they find out his real name in the last season. But she prefers Yami. Apparently, he's hotter, cuter, and more buff than Yugi, way more courageous, and has a better voice. And then she went back to watching YAMI defeat possessed Marik with Slyfer the Sky Dragon and Obelisk the Tormenter against Marik's Winged Dragon of Ra on top of Kaiba's duel tower on Kaiba Corp island for the Battle City (Tournament) Finals championship duel (A/N: Yes, I know I'm a Yu-Gi-Oh geek. But I don't play the card game, that's just too weird. I just love the story, and Yami, his voice is so awesome! You rock Dan Greene!(Yami and Yugi's English voice actor)). When the hour of Yu-Gi-Oh was over, we finally got down to business.
Julie's POV
I woke up to the sound of a shrill voiced kid freaking out at someone laying on someone. At 7:45. Damn visitors. Managed to annoy me before I was even awake. Its my house, they shouldn't deprive me of sleep when I'm not even charging them for all the food and stuff their using. I had fallen asleep around 4, and did not need to wake up about 4 hours and 45 minutes later. I looked at the ceiling and tried to fall back asleep, and I would have succeeded, if I didn't hear two people stomping down the hall toward me. If they opened the door, I would scream. And my powers would not be happy. Sometimes, with my powers, I just don't know. Its kind of like they have their own personality at times, whereas at others its just me. Fortunately, I heard a guy point out the note, to Chloe apparently, and I let myself fall back into a dreamless sleep.
When I woke up later, it was at the right time. 10:55. Perfect. Gives me time to find some decent pants. I grabbed my flannel pajama bottoms (I wear guys shorts to bed and I don't think anyone needs to see them) and threw them on, and walked down the hall towards the family room. Asian kid had the remote, and was watching Chowder. I pried it from his hands after a small slap fight, and switched the TV to channel eleven. Yu-Gi-Oh came on, and I watched both episodes all the way through, making sure to come back exactly when it came back on, and gave Chloe a lecture on Yami. If she had been watching, she would have known about Yami, but clearly she wasn't paying attention. I went back to watching, trying to keep my powers in check. I believe this was another reason I couldn't deal with people so often. They set off my powers. I missed the whole last five minutes trying to see normally again, and not let my powers take control. Damn visitors. After Yami had crushed evil Marik and saved Yugi, good Marik, and Mai, tall tux decided it was time for answers.
"Okay, we waited a whole night and had breakfast and waited for her to get up and watch her stupid show. So now, TELL ME WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?" (I don't think he's much of a roll with the punches kind of person). Apparently, Tuxy had a short temper, a short attention span, and an extremely small amount of patience to match. Add on a big, fat, inappropriate mouth, and u got (a bitch!) Tuxy. Even if I did agree with what he was saying. Kit sighed, and the Lauren woman was frowning with a tight lip. Everyone was there, except short tux and freaked out blonde curls.
"I don't think we should explain unless everyone is here. So we wait until Nate and Kari are up." Brent's eyes flashed.
"We can tell them later. Just give me answers!" Chloe stood up.
"I'll go get them." Ooh, helpful too. Trying to prevent a fight. Well, I like fights.
"It'd probably better if you let them sleep. Healthier, you know? And judging by how you guys looked and what time it was when you showed up on my doorstep, I don't think you had a nice quiet night either." Kit nodded.
"They'll wake up soon. We can just wait." Brent popped a gasket.
"To hell with healthy! I'll go drag them up here by their ankles!" He started for the doorway, when we heard a girl scream. Everyone bolted for the stairs, and made our way to the guest room. Kari and Nate were both lying on the bed, and something was happening to them. It was like they were having a seizure or something, and every time they jerked in a different direction, you could hear bones cracking. Beth was the one who had screamed. Now she was shaking up against the wall, deathly pale. The Lauren lady ran over to them, and tried to hold them down, and so did Derek, Chloe, Kit and Simon. Me, Brent, and Tori stood watching, and Beth was still too scared to do anything other than shake.
"They're transforming," Those words made everyone freeze. We all looked at Derek.
"You mean, Changing?" Simon asked. My heart skipped a beat.
"No, I mean the bites are tacking affect." Derek replied. "They're transforming." It skipped another beat.
"Into what?" I asked, even though I already knew the answer.
"Werewolves." Chloe looked like her blood had frozen, she was staring at the wall like she was reliving a bad experience.
"They were bitten. By Liam and Ramon. Last night, right before we escaped. How come I didn't remember that?" Chloe looked like she was about to beat herself up. Derek looked at her.
"You shouldn't have needed to remember it, but I should have, how could I be so stupid?" he punched the wall, and that made us all jump.
"It doesn't matter now, we have to help them. Derek, Brent, Simon, help me hold them down, and Lauren, is there anything you can do to stop the pain?" Kit had gone into action mode, and the others followed suit. I stood next to Beth, uncomfortable about what to do.
"Dad, do you know anything about werewolves transformations from being bitten?" Derek asked. Kit thought for a moment.
"All I know is that once the saliva gets into there bloodstream, there's no stopping the transformation. It will probably be scary and painful, but there's nothing we can do about that. We just have to help them through and hope they survive."
"Hope they survive? Survive what? What the hell are you guys talking about?" Brent was shouting again. Kit stopped him abruptly.
"We don't have time now. If you want your friends to live you're going to need to help us." Brent frowned, but helped hold Kari down. Simon helped him, and Kit and Derek held down Nate. They were thrashing and cracking all over the place, and each crack made everyone wince. Kit tried to get their attention.
"Nate, Kari? It's me, Kit. It's going to be okay, just focus on my voice." Another giant crack later, and Kit nodded at Derek, and he swung both of them over his shoulders and rushed out. We followed him into the back yard, where he laid them onto the ground about ten feet apart. The guys secured them again.
"Okay, in order for them to keep from losing themselves in all the pain, we need the person they care about the most to keep them focused. If someone important to them is there to help, it gives them something constant for them to hold onto. Who do they care about the most?" Tori stepped up to this.
"Nate obviously cares about Chloe the most, and so does Kari, but since the two are ten feet apart, I'd say Kari can settle for Beth. But I'm not so sure about Beth." We turned to her, and she looked like she was about to pass out.
"Maybe if we put them next to each other, Chloe can talk to them both." Kit frowned, but nodded.
"Fine, but don't put them too close. If the fully transform, it might not be good to have two entirely new to the world werewolves who can't control themselves to be right next to each other. Just put them close enough that Chloe can easily reach both." Derek grabbed Kari and pulled her closer so they were only about 5 feet apart, and Chloe sat in the middle. Derek hovered behind her, which cause Brent and Simon to come and put their hands on each of her shoulders in reassurance. Well, actually, it was more of a possessive thing, but Chloe just happily ignored it. She sat for a moment, then looked up at Kit, her face a little red.
"Um, w-what should I say?"
"Just tell them you're here and that everything's going to be okay." Kit smiled at her, and she just looked back down worriedly. Real helpful, Kit. I broke out of my uneasiness, and moved Chloe out of the way. They all started protesting, but I held up my hand to shush them.
"I know what to do. Just shut up and let me concentrate." I knew that what I was doing was extremely risky, and their way was probably more likely to be successful. But I was determined. I wasn't going to mess up. Not like last time.
"I'm not going to let it happen again." I whispered, and Derek stared at me. Then I gave myself over to my powers. I placed one hand on each of them, and felt my power flow. A jolt, a painful, gun shot of energy which caused me to scream, and then, I could feel everything. Every breath, every movement, every crack, even the flow of the mutating blood coursing through the two. I could even feel the tremors in the air. There was a slight ringing in my ears, but I had gotten used to that every time I used these powers. I delved deeper into their blood using my energy waves, feeling the mutations and the individual cells. I felt the werewolf cells fighting to take over, while the original, regular human cells fought for control of their home. I knew the only ways to relieve them from their painful transformations, was to either find a way to combine the cells, or kill off the werewolf cells. I knew that killing off the cells would automatically kill them, because they had already started their transformation, so my only choice was to combine them.
I searched for the problem between the two cells. It seemed that the wolf cell wanted to enter by force, and was battering itself against the human cell, whereas the human cell was just trying to defend itself. So I sent each cell a message. To the wolf, I told it to not be so forceful, and to the human cell, I said when the wolf cell becomes less aggressive, let it in. If they cooperated, it wouldn't be as painful. I knew eventually the two would've figured that out on their own, except that could take many painful hours of cracking and aggression, and the human cells hadn't even had time yet to form a truly aggressive attack on the wolf cell, and if I had sat back and let that happen, the pain for the two kids transforming would have escalated enormously, even to the point of suicide. Or the transformation would have just killed them itself. Because then the cells would be mutating and fighting at the same time, and the body wouldn't be able to take it, unless the people knew what was going on and how to remain calm and focus their way through the transformation. So then I focused on the hard part. Once the cells started cooperating, I'd have to be in constant connection to make sure things ran smoothly, otherwise even the littlest problem could cause instant death, and if one of them died while I was this deeply connected, I would too, and so would anything else connected to me. Which means all three of us would die instantly. Not good.
I pushed the thoughts away and used my powers to gently push the two cells together. In order to do this, I needed to directly force my energy into their bloodstreams, which wasn't going to be pleasant. So I pulled out for a second.
"Hold them down, and don't do anything until I'm finished! Regardless of what happens!" I didn't stay out long enough to see their reactions. I took a deep breath and dived back in. I built up power for a second, then began the extremely painstaking task of pushing the cells together. The second I touched the cells, I felt the excruciating pain.
I screamed. It felt like my body was being sliced apart. I felt my limbs throbbing and needles burning through my skin. I felt both of the kids next to me screaming in unison, but I knew in order to stop it, I had to get through this pain. The white hot burning and pulsing pain flashed over my skin, but I focused my self. I felt my powers trying to take me over in my vulnerable state, and I fought for control. When I had regained most of my control, I shot my energy at the cells, forcing them to slowly push together. The pain was almost unbearable, and I couldn't stop screaming, but I kept flowing the energy into the cells. I felt it surge down my arms into their bodies, and I struggled to keep it on target. Then I felt their bodies relax, the cells finally combined, and now, with one last jolt of energy, the transformation would stop, and they would be fine until their first regular change as a werewolf.
Of course, the pain in me still didn't stop, and if I didn't withdraw myself soon, the cells would start to travel up my link into my bloodstream, and I would become a werewolf. I prepared myself to give them the one last jolt that would secure their transformation.
"JULIE!" I froze. Venn. I felt the tremors in the air as he sprinted forward, and jumped, transforming into a wolf in midair. I also sensed Derek, as he moved in front of the little grouping of ours. Venn growled at him, and Derek just glared.
"What do you want?" Derek half growled. Venn just dodged around him and headed straight for me.
'JULIE! DON'T DO IT! YOU'RE PUTTING TOO MUCH STRESS ON YOUR BODY, YOU WON'T MAKE IT!' Venn was communicating telepathically with me. It was part of his powers as a half demon, before he was bitten by a werewolf. Though he had been bitten, he still kept his half demon powers, which was rare. I felt the energy tremble around me, and I knew he was right. But if I didn't do this, the two kids wouldn't make it either. Besides, I knew how to come back. They didn't.
'I can come back, Venn. They can't. I'll finish up here, and see you in a couple hours. If I'm not back by then, then I'm sorry.'
'NO, LAST TIME YOU ALMOST DIDN'T COME BACK! I CAN'T LET THAT HAPPEN AGAIN!'
'LAST TIME I HAD TO BRING YOU BACK TOO!' I felt his momentary pang of hurt.
'I'm sorry, but I promised myself I'd never let last time happen again, and following your advice would cause that. I was stupid last time, and we both almost died. But this time I can do it right. I'm sorry. You're my brother, and much more than that, and I never meant to hurt you, but this is what I have to do. I'm sorry, and I love you. I'M SORRY!' I let out a strangled cry, and looked upward, crying, wishing I didn't have to put him through this. But I did. I pushed one last jolt of energy into the cells, and the three of us screamed in unison again at the pain. I felt my body start to go numb. I sensed Venn change back (his half demon powers are able to conjure up some clothes for him), and I felt him pull me away from the two recovering werewolves. I opened my eyes, to see him staring down at me with his brilliant blue eyes.
"Why?" he said, tears streaming down his face. I smiled weakly at him, as I felt my soul leaving my body. As I felt mys spirit drift, I heard him howl in pain, and I wished I could comfort him, but he knew I was coming back. I was going to come back. I let myself float toward the spirit world, and felt my consciousness slip away.
Chloe's POV (back when Kit was telling her what to say to Kari and Nate)
"Just tell them you're here and that everything's going to be okay." That wasn't helpful at all. I looked down and tried to come up with something to say, when Julie pushed me out of her way. What? Everyone started to protest, but she held up her hand.
"I know what to do. Just shut up and let me concentrate." Why didn't she say that earlier? I stood back up and annoyingly Brent and Simon both grabbed my hands. But I let it slide. I was too worked up to really care about that at the moment. Though I thought I saw Derek bristle, but it disappeared quickly, so I wasn't sure if I had imagined it or not. Kit reached toward Julie.
"I don't think you should—" but she wasn't listening. She placed one of her hands on each of them, and closed her eyes. She mumbled something, and Derek gave her a look, but I don't think she saw it. I wonder what she said. She started glowing purple, and Beth fainted onto Brent, who jumped, and pulled her towards the back of the group, away from Julie and the two almost werewolves. And he was pulling me along with him. I shook my head and pulled back, but he kept pulling. Derek growled at him, and he jumped and let go. Simon held tightly onto my other hand, and was making circles with his thumb on the side of my palm. It was surprisingly comforting, and I smiled meekly at him. He smiled back, and continued with the circles. Then I reverted my attention back to Julie.
She was still glowing purple, but now so were Kari and Nate. They were still having seizures, and for a sec they stopped, and then all three of them screamed. It hurt, and everyone covered their ears. Derek made as if to pull her away (super sensitive ears, ouch), but Kit motioned for him to stop.
"She knows what she's doing. Just let her work." We all went back to staring. Brent (still holding a collapsed Beth) was shaking his head like he couldn't believe what he was seeing.
"What are you people?" He stared at us like freaks. It made me mad.
"We're people, just like you! We're just...different." he was still shaking his head.
"I know you are, but her, and now them, and that woman, and those guys with her, I just can't take this all at once." He shifted Beth so he was carrying her, and he walked toward the house. It looked like he was shaking. But I couldn't think about that now. Julie had stopped glowing for a for a sec and turned to look at us. Her eyes had returned to normal color, but their were cracks of purple pulsing around her pupils, trying to retake control.
"Hold them down, and don't do anything until I'm finished! Regardless of what happens!" Kit and Derek tried to say something, but she turned back and started glowing again. And the three erupted in another scream. It pierced through the silence, and we all out our hands on our ears again. Then, the glow coming off them turned red, and big waves of energy surged off them. All three started spazzing out in pain, and Kit motioned us forward to pin them down and we did.
Except for Julie, because when anyone tried to touch her, her energy burned us. So we held Nate and Kari down. They were gasping and shrieking in pain, but Julie was terrifyingly silent, and suddenly a jolt of energy shot out of her arms, and dripping and pulsing, and it streamed down her arms like slime onto Kari and Nate. It enveloped them, and we all backed away so as not to touch. It glowed a translucent reddish blue, with a purple fading in and out. Julie started screaming again, and she didn't stop, like she was in an endless pain. But Kari and Nate seemed to relax, like they weren't in pain anymore, like they were okay. They just looked like they were sleeping, while encased in glowing translucent goo. But Julie seemed to continue to spazz, and she looked like she was going to explode. Derek moved as if to pull her off, but then stopped and looked in the direction of the side yard, growling. We heard a guy screaming.
"JULIE!" A blonde guy came sprinting out of the bushes. He was tall and muscular, and his piercing, strangely luminescent gold eyes were filled with fear and concern. He lunged forward mid stride, and and transformed into a large black wolf, with a gold streak down his left side. Derek moved in front of us and glared at the wolf, while he growled up at Derek.
"What do you want?" the wolf looked at Derek one second longer, then bolted around him straight for Julie. His eyes turned purple, and he stopped in front of her. He made movements with his shoulders and growled and barked, and Julie shook her head. It seemed they were communicating. I was astonished. I hadn't known anyone could do that. Julie continued shaking her head, and made a forced nod with a jerk forward, almost as if she was yelling. The wolf shrunk back like he'd been slapped, but quickly recovered and came back barking. Julie bowed her head for a moment, then looked sharply upward and let out a strangled cry. Another jolt of energy shot down her arms and into Nate and Kari, and all three screamed again. Then Nate and Kari stopped and just laid there breathing, while Julie slumped backward. The wolf transformed again, and somehow clothes appeared on him. He surged forward, and pulled Julie away from the rest of us. He ran across the yard and held Julie bridal style in front of him. He looked down at her and said a single word.
"Why?" his voice cracked, and the word was filled with hurt and concern. They were both tearing silently. She smiled up at him, and I gasped as I felt her spirit leave her body. He stood there for a moment, then looked up to the sky and let out a howl. It was filled with agony, and broke my heart to hear. He then turned toward us, his eyes burning.
"Who are you and why have you done this to my sister?" He looked like he was going to kill us. Sister?
Hey guys! Sorry I'm really late. Last week of school, and exams, and then I kinda forgot to save my document and lost half of this chapter, but I remember what I wanted to happen, so this is no different than what would've happened if I had saved it. Except it's late. It took me a long time to write, cause I just got a face book (I was just too lazy to get on earlier), and I've been chatting with my friends and my new boyfriend (I'm ecstatic!) a lot, so sorry for making you wait. And for those who are waiting for an update on the reckoning by me, I'm having some writers block. I know what I want to happen, just having some trouble getting there. So please be patient, and enjoy this chapter while you wait. And please review, its the highlight of my day (besides being with my bo) to read an awesome and detailed review that sent in by one of you awesome readers. Or just a nice comment (though the first idea is preferable) is appreciated. So please, read, review, and enjoy!