𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴

this  wasn't  where  she  belonged.  she  didn't  want  to  be  here  by  any  means  but  the  first  week  of  being  here;  she  had  desperately  searched  for  a  way  home.  something  that  had  failed  spectacularly.  it  would  seem  there  was  truly  no  way  to  get  back.  “where  can  people  find  a  job  around  here?”  talia  questioned  with  a  heavy  sigh.  “i  figured  that  if  i'm  stuck  here…  i  need  to  work  to  live.”  she  crossed  her  arms  over  her  chest  and  shook  her  head.  “i  wouldn't  even  know  where  to  start  or  what  sort  of  job  i  would  even  suit.”  the  woman  wished  more  than  anything  that  she  could  be  back  at  basgiath. 

❝ finding a job isn't easy ❞ marcus admitted. he had been struggling a lot with it. lost jobs now and then, because he didn't turn up or came in too late ❝ i uh.. think go around ask if they hire somewhere? search as many job as you can ❞ he suggested, shrugged. should he be honest about how difficult it could be? nah, he wasn't sure if it's a good idea ❝ isn't there anything you are interested in? something you think, oh i want to work with that. like a dream, you know, i'd start there. or start to study if you don't know what to do, you can get scholarships at college. i study art ❞

claire nodded her head slowly, "you do." she crossed her arms over her chest, head tilting to the side. "why would it freak me out? the fact that your father is sleeping in my guest room or the fact that he's your father at all?" she asked, not sure what she was supposed to be freaked out about. her brows drew down in confusion, "craigh na dun? i'm not sure why, it feels familiar but i can't figure out why." she shook her head, as if she could shake the confusion out. "i can't either, but i can figure it out."

bree's eyebrows raised and she nodded ❝ fair point. perhaps neither ❞ she said with a smile. claire was right about it ❝ i meant more this while thing about the way i talk, about the time travel. usually it freak people out or they think i am crazy ❞ they probably would think so in the past. those who were born and raised in the past ❝ you traveled through those stones by accident, it was then you met my da. it isn't my story to tell, but you fell in love. a few years later, you had a daughter, not me, another who didn't survive and after you had me. you adopted a boy as well from france. i am sorry if this is too much information to take in. you have three grandchildren too, jeremiah, amanda and david ❞

eleven  hadn't  seen  any  of  her  friends  in  years  and  now  all  of  a  sudden…  she  was  coming  face-to-face  with  those  from  her  past.  it  was  a  lot  for  the  young  woman  to  take  in.  she  had  wanted  to  protect  them.  that  was  all  she  ever  wanted.  a  part  of  her  thought  about  moving  aside  but  she  couldn't  do  it.  she  couldn't.  “hello,  steve.”  el  greeted  nervously  as  she  offered  a  sad  smile.  how  much  would  he  remember,  if  anything?  would  he  knew  who  she  was?  would  the  last  time  he'd  seen  her  been  the  end  of  her  life?  “do…”  she  trailed  off,  unsure  of  what  to  say  to  him.  “do  you  remember  me?”  she  figured  that  was  the  safest  one,  wasn't  it?

more familiar faces. eleven seemed to remember him. that's good. he didn't have to explain everything again. making himself more confused than the other person he talked to ❝ hello el ❞ arms crossed over his chest, frowned ❝ yes, i remember you ❞ he nodded, smiled. wondering if he should tell her dc could mess with people's head. or maybe she already knew? if she had met any of the others ❝ this city can mess with your head. you met mike? i might have made myself seem to be dumb in front of him ❞ which he felt, he was not as smart as they were.

Robby wasn't sure how he felt about a kid telling him how to use his motorcycle, but he would allow it for now. At least it seemed like he knew what he was doing. "It worked fine yesterday when I came home from work, about twelve hours ago." He explained.

❝ sorry ❞ he mumbled, eyes rolled a little. noticed the other seemed to be annoyed, if he was, who knows. he was trying to be polite. an eyebrow raised ❝ alright. was fine yesterday ❞ logan walked around the motorcycle one more time ❝ usually might be the battery's dead. are you in a hurry? i can help you change it. i'm working at a mechanic shop near by. it isn't far from here ❞ he glanced up at him.

el  was  torn  between  wanting  to  be  a  normal  woman  and  desperately  trying  to  reawaken  her  powers.  she  was  no  good  to  anyone  without  them,  right?  what  if  everything  that  happened  at  hawkins  happened  here?  she  couldn't  help  without  her  powers.  with  vecna  destroyed,  couldn't  she  live  a  nice,  normal  life?  at  the  cost  of  losing  her  friends?  “oh.  th-thank  you.”  that  was  kind  of  the  other.  something  she  was  still  surprised  to  see  in  people.  “i  was…  thinking.”  not  technically  a  lie.  “of  who  i  am  now.  of  who  i  used  to  be.  of  who  i  might  be…”  she  blinked  a  few  times  before  focusing  on  the  other.  “nothing  important..”

beth nodded. that could she understand. thinking of who she is. she wasn't sure anymore who she was. not after people told they know her, said names that sounded familiar to her ❝ you are welcome. i can relate to it. isn't easy trying to figure out who you used to be. hope you can do that. okay, i understand ❞ eleven didn't have to tell her anything, beth respected it. she didn't want to force anyone to talk if they didn't want to. it was her privacy. who was she to question it? she barely talked about herself. maybe because she couldn't.

" Well , yes , darling . The one and only . I'm glad you remember . I certainly haven't forgotten , as it was thanks to you that I lost everything and everyone . " Aurora paused , eyes searching the face of the woman . Could this be ? Something like this would even be better for her plan , she thought , but she had to think . " Of course it's familiar . You and I , we have quite the long past . " Was it bad that she felt glad that was happening ? " You do not remember Niklaus ?"

❝ i don't. i just remember your face from my dreams, and that you are the reason why i am a vampire ❞ camille blinked a few times ❝ thanks to me ?? i don't remember i have done anything to you ❞ now that started to make her angry. why did the woman blame her? she didn't know her, only remember her face from the dreams she have had lately ❝ no, i don't know someone named niklaus either. i only remember what i am and that i died ❞

"With all the weird shit that is happening in the city, they could have built a beach. I'm just saying. Instead of causing monsters to appear or like, a weird maze." max pointed out with a soft smile. "thank you! you too, boo. I think we deserve to have some lovin."

❝ gosh yes !! it'd be fantastic if we could have. are there any lakes? can you swim there, you think? ❞ she had not done it, nor seen anyone do it either. maybe they were not allowed to ❝ yeaah, the monsters do i not get. why they want to scare us with them and after a while they mysteriously disappear. gone like nothing happened. weird maze? i have a memory of it, unsure if i was here or not, might have heard of it, cannot tell for certain ❞ she didn't remember anymore how long she had been here. doesn't matter anymore ❝ without a doubt. i'm avalyn, if i have not introduced myself. you can call me ava ❞

❝ they absolutely do. they become a part of your family. i do not understand though, is it the smell they are worried about? if you move you clean out the whole house ❞ colin didn’t know. it was the first time he had a pet ❝ i don’t have a name for him yet. i just call him kit for now. i am not very good with names. my parents weren’t either, named me and my siblings after the alphabet ❞ perhaps shall he name his cat after the alphabet? something on A ❝ it sounds as a very good volunteer job. they do? that is good you can do it. exactly, you still can be around them ❞

" Maybe because I'm not older ? It's just been a couple of weeks . Semester just started back home when I got here . " Garrett was starting to understand that maybe , he was the one in the wrong here . Maybe he had forgotten a lot of important things , but he wasn't going to go there . He was living in the present and with what he remembered , and not thinking of the past . " I don't blame you . Your brothers are pretty cool . But you shouldn't put yourself down , either . You're cool too . " Garrett would have never put someone else down . Not ever . " Maybe because all that people know how to do is judge , isn't it ? "

❝ i don’t mean it like you are old, graham. you still look the same ❞ she wasn’t going to say he looked handsome. can't say that about her brothers best friends. it’d be too awkward ❝ for me too. this is weird. i thought — ❞ summer paused, shook her head ❝ no. it's the city ❞ she mumbled. not her going insane. that’s good to know ❝ they are. thank you, that’s kind of you ❞ she smiled. summer thought garrett had always been polite, they all were ❝ yes, that is true they do. but can’t blame them, i have judge people a lot too. people have judge me too much because my family is rich, but doesn’t make us to bad people. we are not our parents money. right? and we are not them ❞ summer shrugged ❝ anyway, how are you doing? do you like washington dc? ❞

edward isn't sure that he would want alec to ' let loose ' , as he has a good idea of what that might entail. there is a part of him that understands the importance of a coven such as the volturi within the vampire world. there would be dangerous levels of disorder without a strong , authoritative figure to keep the erratic ones in check. some of their rules do make sense , after all. however , the volturi's selfishness , their tendency to overreach , & their general lack for compassion has made it hard for edward to ignore the possibilities for alternatives. " he enjoys power , control , " he replies with a shrug. it makes sense to him why aro would reach out to those with extraordinary abilities , even if he doesn't agree with it. he knows that aro would feel next to useless if he didn't have an array of even more powerful vampires around to dictate – mind reading can only get one so far on its own , especially when physical contact is necessary to utilize it. " are they even here , the volturi ? "

of course aro wants power and control. alec knew that, and did not like it. he never said anything about it to anyone. after years of being a part of the volturi, it started to get a tad boring. the same things all over again. fighting, going out on missions, rules. he didn't want any of that anymore. wanted to try being like those vampires they once had forced to control themselves. this was not their home. vampires could be more free. what would the leaders do, build a new castle? right! so far had he not met any of them, he could be free for now ❝ i know he does. having control feels good. but the rules, they could be too much, you know? ❞ so what if humans found out about them. the village there he and jane were born, they found out that they were special. the cullens let in bella into their life, she was human when edward met her. they went to school with humans. perhaps should they have stayed away from the humans like the volturi did. they didn't, they lived among them ❝ how shall i know if they are? i cannot read minds or feel if anyone is here. i don't really care anymore if they are. i will live by my own rules, even if it means it'll get me into trouble. what can they do here? they can't control every vampire in washington dc or tell them to follow a coven's rules ❞

"I don't think you have either." Freya shook her head. "She didn't come to visit Hope at school with me often, mostly staying home with Nik." Which made sense, she didn't resent her wife for that or anything. "I'm sure you have heard many things about our family." She laughed

❝ then it explains why i have not met her ❞ had he met anyone from hope's family before? right yes! he had met one of her uncles ❝ that makes sense she did. is nik human, witch or werewolf? ❞ landon wondered if he was part of the supernatural too. in a way he was, since his parents were ❝ yea. good and bad stories. hope has told me a few of them, but not all. all of it can't be bad, right? as some may say ❞ his eyebrows raised.

"Oh, there's lots of stories about you." Kathryn replied with a smile and a nod. "Can you turn into a bat or control people's minds?" They asked. They knew lots of legends about vampires, but Alec was clearly proving that none of that was really true. She had no idea vampires had special powers like turning off people's senses. "I appreciate the promise." Kathryn spoke cautiously, still smiling. She maintained her friendly curiosity, but didn't want to get herself stuck in any dangerous situations. Alec had not given them any reason to distrust him, but she was still aware that she was his prey. "Interesting. Do you all have different abilities or are all vampires the same as you?"

❝ turn into bats? no. don't know what kind of vampires who can do that. some vampires can control people's mind and read them. i can't ❞ alec explained. didn't wish to read someone's mind, or maybe sometimes it would be interesting to hear what others were thinking. those theories became more strange. even though you should not trust a volturi, he could keep his words ❝ everyone has different powers. i don't think everyone got it. not sure because i don't know much about anyone else than my coven. or there are other covens i know of who have very impressive powers. some can control the elements, see into the future, and a lot more. i think, but i will not say for certain, we got these buried deep inside of us when we are humans and they develop when we become vampires ❞

"Weren't we all dead before coming here? I just figured this was some sort of purgatory or like, a different world than our own." Heather replied with a slight shrug. "Are you sure? Like, do you just not remember dying?"

❝ umh nein. i was not dead. i don't think it is, even if i cannot explain why we are here ❞ he had not died right? no ❝ i didn't. should i not have remember if i did? do you remember you died? ❞ the conversation made him confused.

a giggle escaped her lips. she didn't know either. oh well ! coffee was good. may not be bad to drink a little more ❝ neither do i. thank you, i guess. i really miss it, the adventures. i think it must have been the most exciting i have done in my life. don't get me wrong, it was the best day to marry the love of my life, but these adventures !! they were something very special i hold close to my heart ❞