Twisted Memories

Chapter 3

"Please take a seat darlings." Zoe's mum said leading us into a dining room. In the dining room was a huge polished oak table lined with a red silk table cloth, on the cloth lay two huge vanilla bean scented candles and metal implements. I took a seat across from Fae and next to Zoe.
"I hope this salad is alright for you! If you need anything don't be shy to ask." Her mother said placing a plate filled with limp leaves and vegetables in front of me. I picked up a handful of vegetables and smelt them. Fae looked at Zoe curiously as she picked up the implements and used them to scoop up her salad. I looked quizzically at her as she continued to use the implements.
"Tuck in girls! There are seconds if you like and also chicken if you want some which I will place on the table." She said sitting down in the chair next to Fae.
"Where's Dad?" Zoe asked.
"He ate earlier, plus he thinks salad is a girls meal!" Her mum said with a chuckle.
"Thank you for the meal Zoe's mum!" Fae said.
"Please call me Tanya." Tanya said with a smirk.
"Okay Tanya." I said trying to get to grips with the cutlery which Fae seemed to adapted to easily.
"This is delicious!" Fae exclaimed taking a huge bite of chicken.
"I have never had anything like this before!"
"What? How have you never had chicken before?" Tanya wondered.
"We are not from here..." Fae started.
"We are from some place call America." I butted in.
Tanya laughed and continued to eat her meal.
"Wait a second" Tanya said. "How did you get to Britain from America? Why are you here?"
"We walked obviously." I said sarcastically.
Tanya looked puzzled and very confused. "Are you girls in Britain all by yourself?" she asked.
"Yes..." Fae said her voice trailing off, a tear silently falling down her face.
"Well then I guess we can find you a place to stay although you two look quite young to be living by yourself. How about, this is if you want, you stay with us?"
Fae burst into tears, but not tears of sadness but joy from the gracious offer that Tanya gave us.
"We would love to" Fae whimpered, wiping the tears from her delicate cheeks.
I didn't know what to say, as I did not know if I particularly wanted to stay here with some humans which I had only just met, but it looked like I had no other choice.
I continued to eat the salad but no matter how much I read it did not fill me up, I was still hungry, craving more, but not salad or chicken, but something more sustainable for my kind- Blood.
I stood up at the table, feeling dizzy I stumbled towards the door, heading down the corridor to Zoe's room. Fae walked in behind me and closed the door.
"What's wrong Dawn? Do you feel ill?" Fae asked feeling my forehead to see if my temperature had increased.
"I'm hungry!" I groaned, collapsing onto Zoe's soft bed.
"Seriously?!? Already? But we only just arrived!" Fae exclaimed.
"It will be okay, I can go longer without blood."
"Are you sure?
"Not really to be honest but I can't harm anyone, especially you."
Fae smiled at me, but that smile soon faded as worry began to fill her mind again.
"What's wrong Dawn?" Zoe asked, walking into the room and closing the door behind her.
"Nothing Zoe. I will be fine just not feeling to good." I explained, deciding not to tell her what was really wrong because she might act irrationally. I stared out her window at the moon which illuminated the sky, wishing I was at home.
"Where are we staying?" Fae asked.
"Follow me." Zoe said leading us up a staircase and into this room which contained two small beds, a chest of drawers, and a desk.
"Will this be okay for you both? Do you mind sharing a room cause if you do I can see if one of you can stay in the other spare room-"
"Its perfect." Fae exclaimed whilst jumping onto her new bed. I walked over to my bed and took my bag of my shoulders and started to unpack everything into the drawers which were supplied.
"What's in the bag?" Zoe said, coming over to search my bag.
"Memories..." I began, my voice trailing off.
"Okay. Well I guess I will leave you two here cause I better head to bed." Zoe said skipping out of the room.
"Goodnight" she called from her room as the door shut behind her.

Finally I felt relaxed. Not having to worry about what I was going to say to Zoe or if I would attack her out of hunger. Fae lay next to me on the silk covers.
"I don't know what to think of this world." She said.
"Neither do I, but being attacked on arrival was not the welcoming I was expecting!" i replied.
Fae giggled and rolled over falling onto the floor unintentionally. She burst into a fit of giggles as did I while she climbed into her bed.
"You remember in school they said that the moon is not always up..."
"Yes." Fae said, sitting up straight in bed.
"And that the sun comes out at a time they call day, and this ball of light is fatal to a vampires skin."
Fae's jaw dropped as she realized what I meant. It was going to be day soon and If I came into contact with this so called 'sun' I would burn to a crisp.
"We need a solution and fast! Maybe I can use my magic and create you a special cloak or something" Fae began to fret. She stood up and started to wander around the room, a million thoughts going through her head, a million ideas that were both good and horrendous.
"Did you bring my spell book?" She asked me.
I rummaged through the bag, spilling the remaining contents to the floor.
I searched the pile and found only a notebook.
"What's this?" I asked, flicking through the pages not able to understand any of it.
"At least thats in it!" Fae exclaimed snatching it out of my hands and beginning to search through it.
"Its my Notebook that contains only the important spells I copied out for my magic level 5 exam. There has to be something in here that will aid us against the power of the sun."
I sat back against the bed, observing her as she searched the notebook for a suitable spell.
"Do you still have that ring I gave you when we first met? The special one that every witch gives their vampire when there 10?" Fae asked.
"Of course I do! I would never loose it!" I exclaimed showing her the ring which was on a iron chain around my neck. Fae let out a sigh of relieve and began to read a spell from her notebook.
"I need you to give me the ring." She said with her hand stretched out in front of me, signaling me to take the ring of and hand it to her. I pulled it of my neck getting it knotted in my long red hair.
When it eventually came out, Fae took it and began enchanting it with a spell which made the ring glow purple where the writing appeared on it from the magic enchantment.
"What does that spell do?" I insisted on knowing.
"It protects you from light that may cause your skin to burn, but only when worn." Fae claimed, concentrating on the spell.
"Be careful and don't try to do anything that could potentially harm you in anyway."
"Don't worry I won't." Fae answered, a smile appearing on her face.
I went over to the window and pulled the curtains back and stared into the unknown. The moon did not appear as magnificent to me as the one back home did, but the sky was amazing, like a black piece of velvet had been lied over the sky and sprinkled with shinning diamonds. That was the only thing that made an impression on my since our arrival, not to long ago.
"Done. I'm exhausted now I think I am going to go to sleep." Fae yawned, passing me the ring that sparkled blue like sapphires. I placed it around my neck and went over to my bed.
"What are you going to do? Watch me sleep!" Fae joked.
"Most likely, since you know, I don't sleep." I replied in a creepy voice.
The rest of that night was a blur as Fae fell asleep and I just sat up all night just thinking about everything that had happened and what was going to happen.