『.* +• ᴄʜᴀᴘ.ᴛᴇɴ• *.+』 THE REST OF THE DAY PASSED more smoothly than Scarlett expected. When school was out, she met up with Shawn and the three geeks, Maddie, Dorian, and Zachary. Now that they sat together in the cafeteria twice, they had begun to call each other as friends. As the students walked out into the schoolyards in their groups, the Queenz walked past them as they headed towards their convertible. They blasted some loud music and the last thing they hollered before they drove off was; "Party House!" "Man, I wish I was invited." Maddie audibly sighed. "Me too," Zack stated. The dread-locked-haired teen however shrugged, "What's so grand about the Party House? All they do is just drink overage alcohol, take prescription medicine, and have orgies. That place is a cesspool of lecherous activity and STDs." "But they have the best parties in all of Pastonville," Maddie said. "And I've always...wanted to make out with a guy." "Huh, I wouldn't have known about that because Ka

『.*+ • ᴄʜᴀᴘ.ᴛᴡᴇʟᴠᴇ• *+.』 "HOW LOVELY FOR SHAWN TO FIND A TUTOR FOR PHYSICS," said Mr. Ashton. Scarlett and her uncle were at the doorstep of Shawn's house. The person who answered first was Shawn's dad, 'Bryce'. He was a taller buffer version of his son. Same dark hair, same brown eyes. With a manly beard and wearing a grey shirt that didn't fit his biceps. He was taller than Joshua, considering he looked a like shrimp compared to the man before him. He even had a smell of musk around him. Bryce had a utility belt around his waist, wearing dark blue denim and dark boots, that seemed like it was someone working for law enforcement. "No problem. I don't mind if she helped him out," said Josh. "Yeah, Shawn did need the help. He's been struggling on that topic for so long. I don't know the things kids learn these days." "Heh, I hear you," Josh chuckled before turning to his red-headed niece. "Remember, 8pm." "Yes, Uncle Josh." "Good." He nodded back at Bryce before letting her go

『.*+ •ᴄʜᴀᴘ.ꜰᴏᴜʀᴛᴇᴇɴ + •*.』 "OKAY, THIS IS WEIRD, WHAT'S...GOING ON?" Scarlett muttered. "It's like Kayley's been erased from everywhere...and everyone." This was more than weird. Yesterday, Kayley was there, the most popular girl in school. High ranked and bowed down before. Next thing, no one knows her. Which was the epitome of weirdness in Scarlett's point of view. She was getting a little creeped out by the whole situation. But Kairos looked around with a cool and collected energy, while her carroty orange eyes began to glisten. 'Something definitely happened. This can't be normal. Unless...could it be the work of... ...Mythic magic?' Everyone had no recall of Kayley. So this was the work of magic, that was what Kairos thought. 'If only mortals get affected by 'this' kind of magic, then...' Kairos then looked over to Scarlett, who was unaffected by all the amnesia. But Scarlett was a mortal like everyone else in the school, she should've gotten affected. Right? 'Unless...'

『.*+ •ᴄʜᴀᴘ.ꜱɪxᴛᴇᴇɴ + •*.』 "YOU SAW...YOUR MOTHER?" Josh sat by Scarlett's bed. She just had a quick meltdown after just having that vision, so he laid her down in her bedroom. The fairy lights up top her bed still lit. She was still shook and weak from thinking about it. Anything that involved her mother was always the most sensitive topic. She has never once met her mother in her whole life. But this time, she believed she felt her, that she was in Aurora's point of view. Joshua was stricken by the new information like a bash to the head. 'So she saw her mother's memories. This could mean only one thing...' "Umm, Scarlett? Can you describe what you saw...in that vision?" He asked softly. Scarlett tightened her hug on one of her pillows, her eyes still watery as the memory kept going on a loop. "I...I was Her. I was Mom." She rasped out before taking a deep breath. "I---she was running in a winter forest. But...she was heavily pregnant, with me. You were there too." "Y-you were

『.*+ •ᴄʜᴀᴘ. ᴇɪɢʜᴛᴇᴇɴ + •*.』 ~LATER THAT NIGHT; It was the meteor shower night with Scarlett, Shawn, Kairos, and the geeks. "Wow, the stars are brighter this time around." Sitting on a dry log - closer to the grey sandy shores of the lake was Maddie, wearing a large woolen sweater than matched her frizzy maroon red hair. "It's like I can touch the heavens..." she consciously whispered as she looked up at the clear skies, holding out to the night sky with her petite fingers as if they were in her reach. "They're alright, I guess." Scarlett boredly shrugged beside her, watching the same view of the cosmic sky. While still contemplating the thought, she didn't know whether she should say something. She was still thinking about her Vampirism, afraid she might have a sudden thirst. And her friends could be in imminent danger. Her uncle said it was fine and that her thirst wasn't predicted to be any time later. He said Gadiel and the others will be nearby in case something happens - lik