Twisted Memories

Chapter 2.

We fell with a thud from the sky, falling like angels from heaven. My head ached from the impact of the fall and Fae's arm was bruised.

"Ouch" Fae said, inspecting her yellow bruised arm.

"Wont be doing that again anytime soon." I joked. Silence fell up on us as we realized that my joke was the truth. We were not going to be doing that anytime soon as we had no way to, as we were not home anymore and we were never going to be.........

We stood up , and wiped the dust off of our clothes. We appeared to have landed in a dark alleyway in between 2 old red brick buildings.

"Wow the height of these buildings are pathetic" Fae shouted creating a loud echo, i guess the teleportation effected her hearing temporarily.

"Shhhhh"

"What did you say?" she roared at me.

I ran up in front of her and covered her mouth, placing my finger to her soft red lips signaling her to shut up.

"Sorry Dawn" she said in a quieter tone. I lead her through the alley way to a road full with rows of beautiful cream houses finished with stone pavements. We headed along the houses trying to find somewhere suitable to spend the night. I sensed something, or rather someone lurking in the shadows behind us. I stopped and turned around, a mysterious figure emerged out from the shadows

"Well hello ladies, what are you doing out so late?" He questioned, a strong pungent smell of alcohol seeped off him.

"What do you mean late? Its perfectly early" I said, Fae nodding along in agreement.

"Well to 'early' for a pair of young girls like you to be out"

The man chuckled as he started to stumble towards us, a look of desire in his eyes. I backed away slowly tripping over a crack in the pavement. He lunged forward at Fae who shrieked falling to the floor and cutting her leg. I jumped up and tried to pull the man off her, but his weight was to much for me to bear. A light flickered on in the house that we were in front of and a man and girl emerged from the oak door, the man was carrying some sort of metal device and the girl was carrying a baseball bat.
"Get away from those girls or I will shoot" the guy from the house said.
The man got up and took a smaller looking metal device out of his back pocket. The girl had noticed him removing this object and sprinted behind him, whacking him around the head with a baseball bat, and knocked him unconscious.
She grabbed a phone out of her pocket and dialed for the police who arrived soon after.
We were ushered inside of our saviors house.
"Oh my goodness!!" This woman said.
"Are you two alright? Are you hurt? Do you need me to phone someone?"
"So many questions" I said to Fae telepathically, it was one of the perks of being connected but we were told to not use it to often.
"We have no one to call......" Fae whispered.
"What?"
"We have no where to say and no family in this region"
"Well then, i guess you will just have to stay with us then, can't have you two out in the cold all by yourselves!!"
"We couldn't do that to you!" Fae said
"Just until you get back on your feet, you won't be any bother to us!"
We took up on their request as we had no where else to go.
"Are you okay?" This girl asked. She had long blond hair that looked like threaded gold and her eyes were a chestnut hazel.
"I'm fine" I answered.
"Do you have any bandages?" Fae asked, a huge gash from her knee to her ankle, blood spurting out.
"Oh.My.Gosh" she said looking quite faint. Her dad (who was the man who came out with the device which was known as a gun) came in with a first aid kit and started cleaning and bandaging Fae's leg. Zoe came and sat next to me, her long blond hair flowing down past her shoulders. "Hi, I'm Zoe" She said smiling.
"Hey Zoe, my name is Dawn and my friend here is Fae" I told her pointing at Fae who was getting her leg bandaged up.
"What brought you here?" she asked, her eyes filled with wonder.
My deep blue eyes began to tear up as I thought about the events that had occurred and how far away from home I was or rather where we were. I began to think about how we had been in the human realm for only a few moments yet Fae had already ended up injured. How were we expected to live an eternity here? Or was that the point? That we were not meant to.
"I would not rather talk about it" I replied.
"I'm sorry Dawn, I didn't mean to upset you"
I sniffled and wiped away the tears from my eyes.
"It's okay, I'm sorry I got all emotional.It's been a long day"
Her mother then walked in with something smelling delightful, unlike anything I had ever smelt before. On a tray lay these peculiar shaped disks and a cup of hot liquid.
"What are these?" Fae said as she picked up one and sniffed it.
Zoe giggled, "It's a cookie Fae, have you never had one before?"
Fae cocked her head to the side, "A cookie? I have only heard of them"
"Try it" Zoe urged as she smiled.
We both bit into the melted cookies and looked at each other, We both sighed at how good they were. I had never tasted anything like it before! It was incredible, much better then anything I have ever tasted in the vampire realm.
"Mmmm...." I said "These are very different to what I usually eat."
"Really? What do you usually eat" Zoe asked curiously.
I looked at Fae, she looked at me and telepathically said to be cautious of what I said in case I rose suspicion.
"Um,I usually eat-um.Plants?"
"Ah,well.I'm sure I can prepare a nice salad for your evening meal if you want?" Her mother asked.
"Yes that would be lovely" Fae replied.
"Yes it would!" I agreed.
We followed Zoe down to her bedroom until dinner was ready. The walls of her room were a deep purple and her floor was covered with a white rug.
"I love your room" Fae said shyly.
"Thank you Fae!" Fae nodded at me, i stood up to and closed the door. I headed over to Fae and sat down next to her on a bean bag.
"Zoe if we are going to live together, I have to tell you a secret about us both." I said.
"Of course you can tell me." she replied.
"Please don't freak out."
"I won't."
"Okay." I said taking a deep breath. "Fae and I aren't from here."
"That doesn't matter!"
"No, not from this place!"
"You mean Britain? That doesn't matter."
"I don't even know what Britain is!" I exclaimed.
"Ohhh, so your foreign?"
"Well, yes."
"That's fine by me! Are you from America?"
"Zoe." Fae said.
"Yes?" she replied.
"We are not from this realm. We are from the realm of Deephaven, a different... realm, if you wish."
"Are you high right now?"
"What's high?"
She looked back and forth like a tennis ball between me and Fae.
"...What?"
"Deephaven is a realm for the supernatural. Well,only two sorts of supernatural beings. Vampires and Witches." Fae expanded.
"Haha, very funny. I almost believed you for a second" Zoe said sarcastically.
I rolled my eyes at Fae. I decided if she didn't believe Fae I would make her believe by showing her. I turned my eyes bright red and opened my mouth wide and two fangs emerged from where my canines were.
Zoe jumped back, terror filled her eyes, "No, no no no no!" Zoe yelled, backing away from us.
Fae jumped over next to Zoe, "Shhh...Zoe. No need to fear-"
"No need to fear?! She's a vampire!" Zoe screeched.
"Took her long enough" I said, leaning back into the soft beanbag.
"Zoe, Zoe! Calm down. I am Fae Baldovino Callidora, meaning a brave, faithful friend who beholds much confidence. I am her minion, I am mentally linked to her, meaning we can hear each others thoughts and we cannot be separated. Also as her minion I am her witch." Fae explained making graceful hand gestures creating a powerful source of multi-coloured light.
Zoe was in absolute awe.
"Please we are begging you to help us conceal our secret and help us thrive in this weird realm."
"Nuh-uh, she is not feeding off me!" Zoe protested.
"No," I said stepping up, "The whole reason why I am here is because I resist the temptation of feeding from humans. I don't want to hurt your kind."
"But, what are you going to feed from?"
I looked at the ground, "I am unsure." I whispered, thoughts flooding my head about what I may have to do to survive.
Fae's head sprung up, "Dawn, you can feed off me, I don't mind."
"No! That is NOT happening Fae, I would rather feed from a human" I exclaimed whilst Zoe slowly backed away.
"Well, if we had known that we wouldn't be here would we!" Fae said angrily, her face going bright red and her fists clenching. I could hear the blood pulsing through her veins as her heart beat got faster.
Zoe ran over to Fae.
"Shh... Fae. Its going to be okay. I'll help the two of you. We will be okay." Zoe said in a soothing voice. I heard Fae's heartbeat slow down.
"Thank you so much." Fae said, beginning to tear up. Zoe raised her hand to her delicate face, "We will all get through this somehow."
Zoe said calmly, her body relaxing.
"Dinner's ready!" her mum shouted from down the corridor.