The Evergreen Legend

Chapter One

One early morning Azariah and her twin brother Fox had still been asleep when their parents disappeared, their mother and father's best friend Aunt Missy as the children called her, barged in right after noticing Lorelai and Aldon weren't at the meeting that Aldon himself called over a month ago. She ran into their room and didn't find them, so she ran to the children's room seeing them sound asleep, Missy woke the two of them up.

"Hey sweeties, so listen Auntie's going to say a little spell, I want you two to hold my hands and each other's hands ok?" They nodded and did so, a ring of light surrounded them as Missy spoke aloud, "Hear my words, when the time is right the two born with the bond of one, shall revive their memories back if taken." As the ring of light disappeared, Vivian Bloodworth walked in with a calm and ungodly look on her face.

"So, what are we going to do with these pests of children?" Vivian smiled since, well, now that the Evergreens were 'gone' the next clan to step up is none other than the Bloodworths by default. Missy knew they had done something to them, but couldn't prove it at that time, she held the twins close as they clung to her.

"Where's mommy and daddy Missy?" Fox looked up at his aunt with tears in his eyes wanting his mother's embrace, Azariah walked over and hugged her brother tightly.

"Mommy and daddy are sleeping in a tree bubba, we can't bother them right now." She whispered to Fox eyeing up the littlest Bloodworth, Cassius, he was around Aza and Fox's age. He had beautiful jet-black hair and dark purple eyes. Missy's face soon turned pale as she heard Riah say that, she thought to herself 'sleeping in a tree? Did the Bloodworths kill them?? Or did they just put them in an internal sleep?' she was soon snapped out of it by the sound of screaming.

"Let them go!! They can walk on their own!" Two men from the day walker clan held Fox and Riah in their arms, Fox was crying his eyes out as Riah tried to get out of the guy's arm to get to her brother. The man felt a burning sensation on his foot and as he looked down, Cassius had set the man's shoe on fire causing him to drop Azariah, he looked over at the male holding Fox and sat him down. 

 "Cassius Bloodworth! That was very uncalled for, go back to your room now!" Cassius looked at Riah on his way out waving to her, once he left, Vivian and the clan escorted the three of them to the meeting room where Richmond was waiting. When they got there, however, no one but Richmond was there, meaning he sent everyone else away so that none of the others would see what was about to take place.

"Where is everyone? What's going to happen to the children?  Where are Loralai and Aldon?" One of the day walker clan's members opened a bottle holding it up to Missy's nose making her fall to the ground sleeping, then picking Fox by his shirt.

"Aunt Missy!! Fox!!" Azariah stood up quickly and faced the couple in the front as vines began to grow, the winds blew, and it started pouring "Put my brother down!!!!" As she spoke the vines blocked off every exit, this little girl, only eight years old, was already this skilled. Her eyes glowed a beautiful blue-grey as the winds kept blowing harder and the rain turned to hail, one of the men grabbed her from behind and another used the bottle to put her to sleep, she could see her brother putting his hands out trying to get to her before the world went black. 

When Azariah woke up, she and her brother were in separate hospital beds with no recollection of where their from, the only thing she knew was their names, the rest is nothing but a blur. She looked around and saw a white furry ball laying on her stomach, as she places her hand gently on it a head popped up, somehow, she knew the name of this thing.

"You're a griffin? Wingless, aren't you? It's ok I read somewhere that some griffins have to earn their wings at some point. Your fur is beautiful, it's like a snowy day!" The creature jumped up nuzzling her cheek making Aza giggle. She looked over to her brother where a black ball was laying on his head, she gasped as it raised its head noticing its eyes were as red as her hair. She got up and walked over to her brother's bed pulling up a chair and sitting in it, the griffin jumped up and laid in her lap soon both falling back to sleep.

"Hello darlings, are you awake-" A few hours later a lady walked in loudly causing Azariah to let out a burst of wind knocking the lady to the floor, all she did was laugh as she stood back up, "Hello Azariah, how's your brother?" Riah just looked at the woman trying to find out how she knew them and what just happened.

"I'm your Aunt Missy, you and your parents got into a bad car crash. Aza, I'm sorry but, your parents didn't make it." Azariah realized that she didn't react to hearing that because well, she still felt her parent's life force, she didn't know how or why she felt it but she did.

"They're still alive Aunt Missy, I don't know how or where they are but they are alive." Missy stared at her best friend's little girl and realized then that there was hope for their realm. 

A few years pass by and the Evergreen twins, now known as the Bennett twins, had just gotten kicked out of their second high school so they were going to a well-known school in Britain, UK, named none other than Greendale school and today was a big moving day. Riah was going to go to college for plant biology, and Fox? He didn't know yet.

"Fox!! Riah!! Come on we're late, the moving truck is probably halfway to Britain by now!" Fox and Azariah were just about done packing when they looked at each other causing them to let out a laugh.

"So, dearest sister, are you ready to start our new life?" His familiar jumped onto his head as Fox picked up the bags they had packed.

Riah looked at her brother with a pale face, "I'm as nervous as I can be! And I can't seem to find Max!" Just then a medium-sized griffin runs in making a loud noise as Riah patted her on the head.

"Ok! Bags are packed and we're ready!" Aunt Missy said as she threw their bags in the trunk of the car and got into the driver's side starting their journey.