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Post by jlcgurl on Sept 15, 2010 17:00:35 GMT -5
"Ugh you have no idea?!?! Oh my god how hard is it to realize who I am. At least it's good to know that you can't see right through me, which I always hoped...I just don't like the idea of you thinking the other side of me is a weak, pathetic, human..." I said as my blood pumped violently inside of me. I transformed swiflty and quickly to my human form. As instantly I had changed into human form, I changed back. "I'm a werewolf, ME, Crystal Wright. I never expected it. I actually thought for eleven years that I was human, and now I long to be it. I wish I was normal. I want to be able to live in the human world. I don't want the problems of my...past...." I said and swiftly turned so he wouldn't see the tears falling. I needed to stop acting like this. Why was I breaking now?
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Post by Luna on Sept 15, 2010 17:03:27 GMT -5
He laughed as he phased back, raising an eyebrow at her. "Crystal, I knew it was you. And why are you crying?"
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Post by jlcgurl on Sept 15, 2010 18:11:32 GMT -5
I transformed to my human form as well. The tears kept falling as I tried to control myself. "You wouldn't understand... no one ever will....My life's too hard to imagine... no one would believe the life I've lived because of how happy I seem all the time, not knowing that most of the time it's just an act. Like how everyone suspects me as human. They think I'm just a happy rich girl. I face no problems in life and couldn't be happier. I'm the luckiest girl on the planet. I so wish all of that was true... if you only understood..." I said as my body shook from the pain rushing through. Tears kept falling as I thought of the pain of my life. If only he knew....I controlled myself and wiped away the tears that had fallen. "I'm sorry...I don't know what's come over me. I don't usually act like this...I'll see you tomorrow..." I said softly and then was out of sight. I had gotten home and felt instantly that I wasn't alone. The feeling was making me shake. I saw that the kitchen light was on. I knew someone was here. It was unmistakable. Who, on the other hand, I was unsure about. I suddenly knew the person was behind me. I turned quickly and was face to face with a woman. My eyes went wide as I tried to figure out who it was. I stepped back quickly and suddenly had an idea. "Mom?" I asked cautiously. "Hello sweetheart." she said and her tone wasn't welcoming or pleasant at all. "Wh-what are you doing here?" I asked slowly stepping back again. She stepped forward and said, "I came here to visit you, but it seems you have been manipulating your independence. You're staying out late with guys aren't you? I bet you've already had sex or are soon going to. I mean look at yourself. You wear tight tops and short skirts. Plus, you look like a tooth pick. I bet you have all the boys after you, but they don't want you cause they love you. No they want pleasure. They know you'd be the one to give it to them. I can read you easily Crystal darling." She had clenched her teeth, and my eyes were wide. I was furious. "You think you can just walk in here and tell me what to do. I'm SIXTEEN you've never once taken care of me like a normal parent, so why do you choose now when I'm two years away from not needing your money. Why are you just now having an interest in my life? Your assumptions are wrong though. Just get out of MY house. You left me here to fend for myself. You don't know the life I've had, and you could have at least told me I was a werewolf." I growled at her. I was beginning to hope she wasn't really my mother, but the color of her eyes and hair, the familiarity in her face, all couldn't be faked. Her eyes glowed with rage, and she slapped me hard across the face. She struck me hard with a rod and I fell to the ground. She kept beating me, and every time she struck me I let out an ear-piercing scream. Tears kept falling. "You need to respect me. I've given you a life, home, and money. You should be grateful." she said as she continued beating me.
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Post by Luna on Sept 15, 2010 19:54:29 GMT -5
{Lucian} I was wandering aimlessly through town when I heard the scream; ear-piercing and shrill, speaking very clearly of pain and fear. I froze immediately, feeling the adrenaline begin to pump as the screams continued. People screamed all the time in Amenia, of course - it was just that charming a town - but this time it sounded familiar. Ignoring a nagging logical voice that told me to just leave it alone, I started towards it. It was loud enough and his werewolf hearing developed enough that I tracked it easily - to a huge house only one person I knew could live in. Crystal, I thought, and suddenly the logical voice wasn't nagging away at me at all. I slipped in as effortlessly and soundlessly as I could always manage to through an open window, and my upper lip curled as I watched the scene in front of him unfold. My heart pounding with the effort not to snap the woman's neck right then and there, my voice was nevertheless icy cold and collected as I said, "Is there a problem?" My eyes flicked between the two of them. "Or are you just that incompetent as a parent?"
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Post by jlcgurl on Sept 15, 2010 20:03:56 GMT -5
"Yes the problem is you're...What? About twenty? Nineteen? Anyways...and my daughter here is only sixteen. She shouldn't be hanging out with guys like you. Especially not werewolves like you. She doesn't respect herself or me so of course as a parent I have to straighten her out. The other problem is that you're here. Why exactly is that anyways?" my mother asked sharply. I wanted to say something to Lucian. I wanted to tell him to get out of here, but it hurt too much to even try.
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Post by Luna on Sept 15, 2010 20:10:44 GMT -5
"I am here because she is my friend." He put careful emphasis on the words. His voice was still cold and calculating, precise, but it wasn't hard to detect the underlying fury. He moved forward slowly, cautiously, in the predatory stalk of the wolf, until he stood between Crystal and her mother. "I'm here because I heard her scream, and assumed something was wrong. Which, evidently, it is. Wrong in very many ways." His voice was suddenly light, conversational even; he would have seemed to have become completely casual, if not for the cold light in his blue eyes. "Oh, and also, if you touch her again, I'll kill you," he said mildly.
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Post by jlcgurl on Sept 15, 2010 20:15:53 GMT -5
"Excuse me? She's MY daughter. I have legal rights to her. You can get your little werewolf self out of here. I'll beat my child if I choose. There's nothing you can do to stop me." my mother said, and struck me again. I tried to resist screaming so it came out as a small squeal. I was afraid of what Lucian would do. If I wasn't so helpless I could get myself out of this mess on my own. "Lucian...Just go...Please..." I cried softly. I deserved this pain. I knew I was just a huge screw up and caused pain for many people. This is just my punishment for it all....
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Post by Luna on Sept 15, 2010 21:27:30 GMT -5
"Go? No chance in Hell," he said through his teeth. There was no pretense of calm left in anything in his posture; his eyes were blazing with cold, dark fury. He stepped forward, his lips curling back from his teeth. and stared her straight in the eyes. "I don't really know what's going on here, or what kind of mother would be sick enough to hurt her child this badly. What I do know is that she is the first person I've found in more than two years that I think I actually might care about. So if you think I'm just gonna walk out and let this continue, you're dead wrong." He smiled. It didn't reach his eyes. "Now, if you really think there's nothing I can do about this, you're a lot stupider than I initially thought. So you have exactly one more chance to get out of here and never come back. If I were you, I would take it."
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Post by jlcgurl on Sept 15, 2010 21:34:50 GMT -5
"Legally this is MY house. I'm not leaving. You, son, need to listen to my daughter and just leave. You're not welcome here. I don't think you understand exactly my reasons for all of this. Just save yourself the trouble and get out of here. I'm certainly not leaving. I'm stronger than you think. I won't give up easily." she said. I just wanted all of this to stop. All I could do was lay helplessly on the floor.
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Post by Luna on Sept 16, 2010 17:45:28 GMT -5
"Then you've brought this upon yourself." Lucian's voice was a purely lupine snarl. He grabbed the woman's arm in a crushing grip that would have shattered the bone of a normal person and pinned her against the wall, his lips still drawn back from his teeth. When he spoke again, his voice was soft and silky - as dangerous as it ever got. "Look, I have no clue what the hell your problem is. But then, I guess I don't really have to know to kill you, right?" He sounded almost cordial now. "I don't know that much about this girl, but I do know her life pretty much sucks, and I'm guessing you might have a hand in all of that. So. Any last words before you die? An apology might be fitting."
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Post by jlcgurl on Sept 16, 2010 17:58:12 GMT -5
My mother just stared at him. Like she'd really apologize. I just layed there, on the ground, crying my eyes out. If I had enough strength I would get up and stop all of this, but all I could do was look away. I didn't want to see any of this.
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Post by Luna on Sept 16, 2010 18:02:55 GMT -5
"Have it your way." Lucian snapped her neck to the side, cleanly and effortlessly, and let her fall to the ground at his feet. For a moment he gazed downwards, lips curling up into a disdainful snarl, but his expression changed as he turned to look at the sobbing and terrified girl on the ground. "Crystal, I'm sorry..." Not sorry that he'd killed her, of course, but sorry she'd had to see it.
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Post by jlcgurl on Sept 16, 2010 20:38:05 GMT -5
"It's...fine..." I said very softly. I knew he knew I was lying. I couldn't bare to state the truth though. I knew he would be mad if I said, "Why didn't you just let her beat me? I deserve the pain. I've done nothing but hurt everyone. It's just my punishment, and now I'm sure I'll be punished for this as well...." He never really showed that he cared for me, but inside I always knew he did. This just made me feel even more right. I was very confused though. "Wh-why did you do that? Wh-why d-did you s-save me from her?" I asked still sobbing. I tried to get myself up, but my whole backside hurt. I was unable to fully lift myself up. "I'm not saying I'm not happy that you did....You have no idea how much she's hurt me...How much pain she's caused...Not only her, but my dad as well. Wherever he is..." I said trying to forget the memories flashing through my mind that caused the tears to fall even faster and eat me up inside.
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Post by Luna on Sept 17, 2010 6:12:41 GMT -5
"And if he decides to show up too, he'll meet the same fate," Lucian said very softly. He bent down and picked her up, holding in his arms for only a couple of heartbeats before he set her lightly on her feet again, keeping one hand on her arm to steady her. "You gonna be okay alone?"
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Post by jlcgurl on Sept 17, 2010 16:12:16 GMT -5
"Well first I need to tell you something....I just want you to understand what's all going on, and tell you why I'm really not upset with the fact that you killed my mother. See when I was little that used to happen a lot. Though it wasn't only my mom that would beat me. Most of the time both of my parents would just keep hitting me. Eventually I started to get used to the pain. No one ever noticed that something was wrong in my life. I wanted it to stay that way. Though inside the pain kept growing, and I wished I had someone to tell. Sure I had friends but they didn't care for me they only hung out with me because I was rich and popular. I had no one to help me out. My parents always said how much of a spoiled and unworthy child I was. Inside I knew I wasn't but after a while I began to believe it. Eventually, when I was ten, they left. I've lived here all by myself for six years...I've had no one to lean on or to look up to." I said as tears fell. I walked over to a table and picked up the knife I had kept there for safety reasons. I was turned away from him so he couldn't see what I was doing. "I should've done this many years ago...It's better to do it now though...before you truly develop any feelings for me, if any at all...." I said as I turned around poinintg the knife to my chest. "I have to do this...It's the only way...If not I'm sure all of my loved one's lives will destroy with mine. I will have to suffer. If you truly care you'd let me do this..." I said pressing the sharp end on my skin making a little blood flow.
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