I walked to my room feeling sick and a little nauseous. Jade was in the bathroom and I had to not think about hurting her, because I know I wouldn't win the fight. I felt like a complete loser.
"Get ready for the ball tonight!" Jade sang to me as she sat at her white dresser brushing her hair rocking her head to a beat in her head. I was definitely sick of being me. Â "I love living in this time line. It's so free. I don't have to worry about what I say or wear or anything! It's great. I really wish you could live in it with me" I shot my head up to look at Jade. She gave me a smirk and kept brushing her hair.
"You're planning on killing me?" I asked already knowing.
"We both can't live here Hazel. Sorry if you don't understand" Jade said. I grinded my teeth and went to pull out the red dress. My stomach churning and dread deep in my heart.
"Your turning fifteen soon! That's exciting!" Jade said.
"How do you know that?" I asked pulling the strings in my corset.
"Because September 8th is my birthday too" Jade said. "But I'll be sixteenth forever."
"Contracts, every girls dream" I said leaving the room.
"Hazel!" Jade called. I looked back in the room from the hallway.
"What?"
"You know. Your parents...that wasn't an accident" Jade said.
"What do you mean?" I wouldn't be surprised if Jade was involved with my parents death but I just couldn't see how that would happen. Was she just threatening me more?
"My parents knew the minute you were born you would be my doppelganger." Jade said. She was now on to her make-up and talking in a slow voice. Â "I mean the only way I'm able to have a doppelganger is if I had a child when I was..well 16" Jade said. "When I told my mother she freaked..because back then having a baby at that age was..bad and I would be thrown out of my own family, so my mother took me on a 10 month trip." Jade said.
"Why are you telling me this?"
"I don't only want your family mad at you, but you mad at my family. Walk into their room and look at the calendars on the walls. Your family didn't just die on their own. My parents planned them all to die so that when the time comes.....you would have no one to take you in."
"You're lying" I shouted feeling small tears leave the corner of my eyes. It all made sense but I couldn't believe it.
"Go into the room you were told not to enter. Trust me no one is in there" Jade said no emotions on her face. I ran into the room feeling my whole body start to shake. I opened the door that was farthest from mine. The room was so...dark. Dark red drapes and the four poster bed black and red. There was a big screen on the wall near the door. The screen flickered from different people. It showed someone and their personal info on the side. Next to the screen were five calendars. I ran over to them and looked on the newest one. It looked like a cheap calendar from dollar tree with a hallmark label.
It was still stuck on the month when my parents died. I guess they didn't use this to check the date. I looked down the see everything...There it was, from jades death to, kill parents to, getting me. It was all pined on this little calendar. I looked at the others.
Grandmother, Uncle Jester, Steve, Jonathan Marcel, and my aunt Dakota, all pined on these calendars. I started to just stare at everything. I was angry, but almost annoyed at everyone. I heard a flash enter the room and I jumped a little but then started to glare as I saw Jade standing on the other side of me with a smirk on her face.
"See...Everybody wants you alone. Not just me." Jade did a small laugh. "I want you alone and anyone who tells you or makes you not alone, I will personally handle them when you're not looking. Liz was the first to go and god it feels good to be rid of her. Next up...Fallon" Jade then vanished from the room. I couldn't handle all the emotions inside of me.
"ugh!" I pounded my fist against the wall making a small dent and my knuckles start to hurt. I felt so useless. I hurried out of the room before they could see me here. I was starting to hyprovenalate as I walked down stairs trying to wipe away the tears that came down fast. The doorbell rang and I thrust myself at the door and started to open it.
"Fallon. You have to..You have to go. I..I can't see you ever again. You just need to leave me alone. And...I'm so sorry" I broke into sobs and I couldn't handle it. I could feel his cold body on my hand and then his hands on my shoulders.
"Hazel, Hazel, shh" Its ok" Fallon said wrapping his arms around me.
"No its no ok" I said pushing him away. This is for you. I'm doing this for you! Just leave me alone so no one else gets hurt! She wants me...She wants me only" I started to cry again. This was for him it was all I could think to do. I pushed my messy hair behind my ears and tried hard to breathe and stay conscious.
"Sorry--"
"Hazel, what did Jade tell you?" Fallon asked.
"I can't..just go" I said starting to push him out the door. He didn't move an inch when I tried to push but after a second he sighed and started to leave.
"I'm so sorry" I mouthed as he disappeared into the forest. I closed the door and slammed my back against it feeling myself start to break. I loved Fallon so much.
"Hazel? Honey what's wrong?" I heard Katerina walk in from the closet under the stairs. I looked up at her feeling the rage start to come back. I took a deep breath.
"Nothing" i said. "I. .I'm just feeling a little sick. I think I'll go lie down." I pushed my way up the stairs and fell into to bed curling up under the covers. I cried and then passed out with exhaustion. After 20 minutes i heard my door open and two sets of heels walk across the wooden floor. I pulled my head up from under the covers. Why were Fallon's step sisters standing on the side of my bed?
"Hey" Ariel breathed.
"Hi?" Were they going to kill me too?
"Don't worry. We are not here to hurt you. We want to say sorry and...That we know what you're feeling" Aria said.
"What are you talking about?"
"We lost our parents too. And at first you don't know what you're feeling, sad, anger, abandoned, depressed. Right now you're probably angry, upset, and mad at your family for leaving you all alone to find a new life. You're mad because you wish you could go back to that night and stop the car." Aria said. I blinked and bit my lip.
"I'm past angry with everyone, I'm so upset I could kill....now please leave me alone to be dramatic and depressed and....And tired" I said. They both looked at me with understanding.
"Just know we are both here for you, you're not alone on this" Ariel smiled then they both left. I sighed..
"Really wish you didn't say that" I said. Then I laid my head on my pillow and fell asleep within seconds. I woke up with the sound of a scream and my bedroom door being thrown open and slammed into the wall. I shot up in bed to see Fallon, Ian, and Lucas in my doorway.
"What's going on?" I asked. Fallon was the first to come to me and pull me into a hug.
"I'm so sorry" Fallon said. "I..I" He didn't finish but deep down in my gut I felt something so wrong.
"Fallon, what is going on?" I asked barely moving my lips.
"Don't look downstairs." Lucas said. Ian and Fallon shot a look at Lucas. I pushed the covers off and ran down stairs and ran outside where all the commotion was coming from. There was Liz, Aria, and Ariel, tied to trees. All of them with stakes in their hearts. My hand went up to my mouth and I felt my whole body start to shake. Everyone was glaring at me. Did they think I did this? I can't carry my own body weight, let alone three girls!
"You did this! You hurt my girls" It was Fallons mother who was coming out at me.
"What? I didn't do this" I said. I felt tears come down but, I was so angry and frustrated.
"No! It was you!" She shouted she used her speed to get closer fast. Her fangs then popped out and she hissed at me and my whole body became cold and I couldn't move. With incredible speed I felt my body bending back and Fallons mother was breathing over my neck. I heard so many gasps and then I felt her body weight off of me and Ian's arms caught me before I hit the ground. I say Katerina and Arthur moving through the crowd and then I saw an angry Jade peel herself from the crowd.
"Did she try to kill My Hazel?" Jade asked. She looked around then she changed her expression and looked at the tree...she gasped and then started to cry. I pulled myself from Ian's grip and ran after Jade I pounded my body against Jade feeling sore already as I started to throw punches.
"YOU!! YOU DID THIS YOU HORRIBLE SELF CENTERED, CONTROLLING BITCH!" I screamed trying to rip her dress apart. I felt myself get pulled apart from Cold hands as I kept kicking thin air. I was screaming and being mad.
"You fool! Why did you have to be such a...a whore!" I screamed.
"Hazel!" Everyone shouted. Then I felt myself almost flying with speed. My eyes were closed, but when i opened then again as soon as the running stopped there was Fallon holding on to me.
"Where did you take me?" I asked.
"Away before you got killed." Fallon said. I looked up at Fallon his arms wrapped around me and I felt so safe it was odd. We were far away from the drama and I was starting to calm down. Fallon brushed his hand against my cheek and I smiled at him feeling my heart racing. He smiled back.
"This is a place no one will be able to track your scent. or mine"
"Why is that?" I asked.
"Because this whole forest place is filled with that special erb that is in cleaning supplies; it blocks your scent and....mine as well as weaken us" Fallon said as he started to sway back and forth. I remember talking to Lucas about the chemicals but he didn't know what the cause of the burning was. I found it interesting that it was an erb this whole time and a whole forest of it was on the edge of town. "it...it's starting to fill my lungs. Put be underground. There is....a door...door behind rock" Fallon said right before he passed out. I gasped as his body went limp next to me. I started to try and get Fallon behind this big rock we were next to, but he was heavier and I was weaker than I thought. There was a small basement looking place under the wooden plate hidden by the grass. I
I struggled to get Fallon underground without completely dropping him down this whole, but my love for him made me strong enough and gave me enough motivation to continue pulling and pushing him till I finally found a way to maneuver his body without injuring him. Although now that I thought about it. He wasn't one to get injured easily.
Once I got down I noticed that there was a small bed with only sheets on it and there were pots and clay pans on a wooden table that looked like it would break any minute.
I laid Fallon down on the bed and started to panic because Fallon seemed mostly unconscious. Plus I was tired from dragging him down here. He looked sick, paler than usual.
"Fallon! Tell me how you can get help" I said. His eyes lightly opened and he was breathing out his nose.
"Blood" He whispered. My eyes widened. blood? ok. ok. I can do that. I looked around the room in a panic. No ice chest, or body in clear veiw.
"Is there any down here?" I asked started to bend down to his level to hear him better, but all he did was nod. I waited for more of an explanation, but instead he slowly moved his hand on my neck. I then grasped his meaning.
"Fallon, you could kill me" I said in a panic now. He shook his head, but his confidence was shaky.
"Please. It would take me weeks to get better if not" He said in between breaths. I took a breath in myself then I propped Fallon's body up and I sat next to him. I moved my hair to one side of my neck.
"Do you have to strength to bite?" I asked Fallon. He nodded then started to lean in. I closed my eyes as my heart beat started to race under his breath . Soon I felt the last bit of energy Fallon had used to bite down on my neck. I felt his fangs burst from his gums as he bit down on my pulse. I gasped and then I gripped the back of Fallon's shirt for strength. Soon I was dizzy and my heart rate was slowing down. My breathing got harder and then soon I felt his weight being lifted off of me. Fallon's fangs soon shot back up and his normal teeth were back. A little of my blood was on his chin and lips, but soon his expression changed back to his normal soft features.
"Thank you" Fallon said wiping his face with his sleeve. "I'm also sorry. I shouldn't have asked to drink from you, but I was crazed at the moment with no energy."
"Fallon" I whispered. I felt tired and like any minute I would collapse. "It's okay"
"What's wrong?"
"You drank a lot. I'm so dizzy and..I don't feel so good." I said.
"Oh, Here" Fallon then bit into his wrist I saw the blood start to drip from his wrist.
"Here hurry before the wound closes" Fallon said pulling his arm towards me to drink.
"Ew no" I didn't have the energy to push his arm away, so it stayed in my face as I started to sway back and forth feeling myself start to lose contentiousness.
"Drink Hazel!" He snarled. So I took his wrist and I lightly placed my lips on it. I started to drink this odd taste, it wasn't bad, but it...wasn't good. Already I was starting to feel better. My head was not jumping and my vision was fine.
"How?"
"Blood Heels the mortal, it's like a hunting technic for when we don't finish the hunt. We heal and Erase" Fallon smiled.
"Thats what Ian tells me, guess I didn't know it healed like that"
"Not all vampires can heal with their blood, many can though" He explained as I strted to lean into him exhausted from the events of the day. I wanted to cry because I had lost a friend. Liz was gone and I couldn't accept it. I wanted to grieve, but a part of me was numb and too exhausted. My whole body just wanted to sleep.
"Can we just stay here the night. I don't want to go back just yet" I said. Fallon nodded. He got up and i got up then he lay down and motioned me to join him on the bed that was like a twin sized bed with an uncomfortable mattress and sheet. I lay down next to Fallon and rested my head on his chest.
"Thanks" I said.
"For what?"
"For being there when I had no one else" I said. Â "Can we ever get Liz back?" I asked.
"No" Fallon said softly. Then I felt the tears running down my face.
"I'll miss her" I said.
"I know" He held me for a long time until Suddenly Fallon stiffened and I looked up at him confused.
"I have a surprise for you" Fallon said. He kissed my forehead then got up and zoomed across the room. I sat up and looked. Fallon started to walk to me with the metal box from the cleaning closet. "Something to maybe get you back in a good move"
"I thought, why need a key? I'm a vampire. So I broke the first lock, I need your help with the second one though. The dairy" Fallon said sitting next to me. I crossed my legs like a pretzel and pulled out the box of stuff. Then I grabbed the dairy.
"My blood that in you will give you a boost of strength for 24 hours, it's special blood. So you can break the lock yourself" Fallon said.
"When did you do all this?"
"Well, when you were asleep and the ball was going on I snuck into the closet, and I took the box and hid it in here. Then I went back and as soon as i was back i saw everything and went to get you and make sure you were ok"
"That's...So sweet" I said. I reached up and kissed him on the cheek. He smiled. We went back to the big dairy and i grabbed hold of the small metal lock and i pulled on it. Nothing happened I looked up.
"Concentrate" He said. I nodded and then I looked at the lock I grabbed it with my hand and i pulled as hard as I could while closing my eyes. Then i heard a pop and I looked down to see i broke the lock and got the dairy to open. We read it all night.
"So she didn't only learn everything from you, but your father as well." I said.
"I guess my father also wanted Jade to be what my mother was to him" Fallon said. He looks horrible. I read the last entry.
Dear, Dairy  September, 8
I know this might sound risky, but I know what I'm doing. When Fallon and the army change the whole family then Fallon's dad will make Steven kill me, when that happens everybody will know me as dead. The king told me that when a vampire dies the only way to bring it back is the have the killer's blood. Since I have been a vampire for a day I'll just die tonight when Steven kills me. Three days dead don't sound very appealing but when Steven dies and his blood is mine, I'll be back and I'll just kill all my family to get their lives and feel special. Then I'll be a princess and live with Fallon. I'll be the daughter that the queen never had.
Love, Jade
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Authors Note:
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