“What the hell are you talking about? I still don’t know or recall who you are and you’re saying I’m your future wife? I’m only 18 and if you were that close to me, how come I don’t remember you?!”Valentine smiled and took a step forward towards me. He looked straight into my eyes as I got hypnotised.“Because of this, My Love. You were taken away from me.”And suddenly, the destination around us changed. We were in a secluded forest now. The one I could recall perfectly.It was our forest. Where my clan lived.“Why did you bring me here?” I ask Valentine. It was like a projection, only we were the projectors. We could see people walking or doing their work around us, but they didn’t have a single clue we were watching them.And before anything else, I see myself. Playing, chasing a small butterfly.“This is where it all started, Hailey. This is where you first saw me.”We follow the small me, deep into the forest. I was so clumsy, that I fell on the ground various times but still go
“I...” I fall to the ground. What the hell did I just witness? It’s all...surreal. I.. I stared at Valentine, whose emotions were now neutral, but I could clearly see the sadness behind them.“What..happened next?” I ask.Valentine weakly smiled and sat right next to me as we watched the sunset together.“There was a war right after that fight. Your parents still never had a clue about me. Nor the Vampire queen tell anyone. But after that, your father and the Vampire queen, Althea, declared war. Of course, with your father being a simple, innocent man. He never wanted to fight.”“But Althea gave them no choice. She killed lots and lots of werewolves from your pack, Hailey. Many were killed. Men, women, even children. In the end, the witches had to meddle in.”“The balance of our world was at stake. Sure, the wolves had the strength, but with the speed of vampires, it was almost impossible to catch them and..”“So the witches suggested a treaty. A treaty which benefited both the famili
“Eve, please! Only you can help me with this! I have nowhere else to go!”“No, Hailey! You don’t understand! Meddling in the past not only alters what you did back then, but it’ll also affect your future! And I don’t even know what spell we used to go back in time!”“But we don’t have to change anything, Eve. I just need to check something and then we’ll be back!”“You don’t understand, Hailey. Time travel is..it’s risky and highly detectable. Especially in a university like this. We could get caught!”“I..” well, she was right. This was my problem and even if we do get into trouble, she has nothing to do with it. I can’t pull the blame on her even if it’s for the slightest bit.“You’re right, Eve. I’m sorry I asked you something like this..something this crazy. Forget about it. Thanks for trying.”I was about to walk out of our dorm room, but before I could, Eve stops me.“Why do you want to look into your past this badly? I mean. I know there’s a time when none of us remember taking
It was midnight. Eve and I were on our way to the old warehouse. The university used it to keep old materials like magazines, old books, some wooden furniture, etc.Nothing here was of use, and since it was out of the university’s area, it was the best place to try to travel back in time.I still couldn’t believe we were about to do this. I knew all the risks, but I knew if I didn’t do this. My life would be an empty vase. I needed to know who was telling the truth and who was not.I needed to.“You ready?” Eve asked in a tempting voice. She was hella scared. And it was valid for her to be this scared. I can’t thank her enough for doing something like this for me. I owe her my life.“We meet up with Dario, who was with another person who I’d seen on the playground that evening, playing in the field.”“Okay, let’s get this over with,” Dario speaks as he asks me to get into this circle made of white powder.“What is that?” I ask.“Oh, it’s like a protective shield. This way, no one can
“I said..Do you know the consequences?”“H-how did you know my name?” The woman standing right in front of me was a teacher here. I know because I saw her in the auditorium when we were having our welcoming party.She was of average height. She had black/brown hair and her eye colour was hazel brown, or maybe it was. I couldn’t tell, as it was dark around. She had a simple outfit on, like a pant-suit and her hands were...glowing.She had Eve, Max and Dario under her control, so I could clearly realise that she was a witch.“I know a lot of things you don’t, Ms Lockwood. And it seems like I should tell you some of those. One is not to use magic or any of your supernatural abilities without our consent.”“You and your friends broke our first rule we take very seriously. Let’s chit-chat in the principal's office now.”“No, wait!” She turned to walk towards the university, but I stopped her.“Please, don’t. I can come with you to the principal’s office, but please, not them. They didn’t d
“W-what are you doing here?”, really, Hailey? This is a damn library. He’s got access to it as much as I do. What kind of question is that?“Well, this is a library. I have access to it as much as you do,” Jace replied, leaving me embarrassed like hell.“I..uh...I’m sorry. I’ll go.” Before I walked away, I stared at the book for a few seconds before finally diverting my eyes and walking away.“Wait,” Jace calls out. I turn back to look at him, and I’m sure that I saw a hint of a smile.“Yeah?”“Were you...looking for this book?” He says while showing me the front page of the book he was holding.“Actually, yes. I was. But it’s okay. You can go through it and let me know.”“Or maybe we can read through it together? Because I don’t really know how much longer would it take for me to read it.”“I..” I was surely taken aback by his words. Because wait, let me just get this straight. First, he curses me, by saying he doesn’t want to talk to ‘Creatures like me’. Then he blames me for spying
--Next Morning--“Ugh...my head. It hurts,” Eve murmurs to herself, but of course, I could hear her. Even with her all mumbling to herself, her voice still had the stamina that could blast off speakers.“Are you feeling okay?” I ask her.“I..Uh..I don’t know. I feel like I had a really weird dream last night. Was there a party yesterday?”“No, why?”“I..don’t know. It feels as if I’m hungover. Like I’ve been up all night or something.”I look around to avoid eye contact, but I knew it wasn’t gonna help her confusion. So I got up and walked over to her, touching her forehead and checking if she caught a fever or not.“Your temperature seems fine. Do you still want to do over to the medical?”“No, it’s fine. I’m okay. Anyway. June and I were talking the other day about the upcoming university tournament. You in?”“Ugh, I’m not sure about that, Eve. I’ve never been into sports that much.”Suddenly, the alarm on Eve’s phone rings.“Well, it’s time for my class. See you after?” She says, a
“So, what exactly did you want to read about this?” I asked Jace, because the second we sat on a bench together and opened the first page, it felt like I never even existed.Jace took a long pause and finally turned to me.“Did you ever hear about the war?”“The war between werewolves and vampires?”“Yes, and do you know what caused it?”Okay, two things could happen right now. Either he knows the true reason behind all that unwanted senseless death or there is a whole other reason I don’t know of.“I...heard some parts of it. Why?”“Okay, there’s this person who was a tri-brid.”“A tri-brid? You mean..?”“A werewolf, vampire, and a witch.”“Wait, do they ever existed?”“They did. So, there was an entire clan of tri-brids in the late 19’s. But since they were so powerful and they could literally manipulate, torture or use the other clans, every creature was at their lowest. Because they misused their powers terribly.”“They would often go and raid homes, torture men and women, even ch