Destiny: The Untold Story of Evelyn Salvatore

Chapter VII

After that whole Friday night meltdown with my parents, they want me to stay out of school until I turn, and we have no idea when that'll be. I sit on the living room couch with mom sitting right next to me (she sits so close to me, literally our legs touch.) and dad sitting in his armchair, all day long. How fun! But Mom and Dad switch off picking up my work from school, and bringing it back home. One of them might go take a nap, but only if the other is with me.

The only time I'm ever alone is in the bathroom, getting dressed, and showering. Actually I take that back, Mom is so worried about me, that she comes into the bathroom with me when I need to use the toilet, and turns around until I'm done. I know right, it's weird. Mom isn't letting any of my friends come over, because she doesn't want Moira to sneak in the door as they walk in. But I call all my friends, including Lukas, after school.
Mom and dad are still switching off nights watching me sleep. So they only get sleep every other night. It hasn't really hit me yet, that Moira can easily kill me. She is one of the most powerful witches ever known to live in Mystic Falls. She could easily get into the house, but if Mom and Dad never take their eyes off of me, she knows that they'll rip her throat out right then and there. It's hump day. The middle of the week. Well, all days are the same to me. I'm sitting on the couch watching "One Tree Hill," when the house phone rings. I pause it and Mom gets up the answer it.

"Hello?" she says. I can't hear the other end of the phone, but I could tell it was a man's voice. Mom opens her mouth, and looks like she's about to cry. "Did anyone get hurt?" she asks, sounding worried. She sighs with relief and said, "Well, do you know who did it?" I look at her. "Okay. Thanks, bye," she says, and she hangs up the phone.

"What happened?" I ask with concern.

"A very, powerful witch got into the high school, and lit it on fire," Mom says, with sadness in her voice.

"Oh my God! Is everyone okay?" I ask frantically.

"Yeah, yeah, everyone's fine, no one got hurt," she says "And I have a feeling I know who it was," She says, looking at Dad. "Honey, I think it was Moira. She probably doesn't know that you aren't in school anymore," Mom says, nervously.

"Oh my God!" I say, freaking out, "That little shit! What if she hurt one of my friends?" I say in a panic.

"I know that that could've happened but the only thing that matters is that she didn't. She probably thought that she would hurt you, if she did this," Dad said.

"Why is that witch so obsessed with killing me?" I exclaim with rage. I run upstairs, and I slam the door into my room. I hear my parents calling out for me, and coming up the stairs. I lock my bedroom door, and flop face down onto my bed and cried until almost all the water supply in my body is gone. Mom and Dad are banging on the door, for hours, asking me to let them in.
Mom and Dad eventually remember that there's a key that they can use to unlock my door. Dad unlocks the door and Mom comes in and rubs my back.

"Sweetie, I know this is hard for you," Mom says with sincere, "And I know that you're hurting right now... but you need to talk to us. If you're scared or nervous, then we need to know."

"We just want to help, Munchkin," Dad says. I wipe the tears off my face, walk downstairs with my parents, and watch a good six hours of One Tree Hill, and text and call all of my friends, and Lukas, to make sure they are all okay. They all are, but that doesn't change the fact that Moira set out to hurt me, and almost hurt them.

After a lot of time thinking as I sit on the living room couch, I never really realized the extent of what's going to happen to me. Yeah, I'm going to have to turn in to a Cuatrabrid, but I can die turning into one. Mom told me that it feels like all of your bones are literally snapping in half, and your blood is boiling. She also mentioned that blood vessels in your eyes burst, so your eyes turn red, and that it feels like you did a million killer abs and butt workouts in a row, so your muscles ache like hell. And to top if off, because I'm transitioning into five different species at once, my heart might not be able to take it, and it could stop beating, which means death.

But, Moira can easily kill me before I even turn so that she can just get it over with. So, those are the two ways that I'm probably going to die from. There's been a question circling around in my head ever since I found out about the whole destiny thing.

I don't understand. That woman is literally a sociopath. But, I've actually been wondering about that Imogen girl, the one who had a similar destiny to me. My mom said that she's trapped in a prison world, and I'm not surprised. With all the power that Moira has, she could banish every single person in this world, into his or her own personal prison world hell.
Both Mom and Dad think that I'm going to survive that transition, but no one knows what's going to happen. No one knows what's in store for me. No one knows how I feel, except me. Honestly, I don't wish Moira were dead. I do wish she were less morbid, but I don't wish she were dead. You know why? Because she's the only person who can turn me. If she dies and I feel ready to embrace my destiny, who knows what'll happen.

After Moira incident number two, Mom and Dad aren't letting me leave the house, period. Not even with one of them with me! I literally have never been this bored. Sitting on the living room couch, all day long! Ugh! Even though I'm watching T.V. and stuff, I'd rather be at school, furthering my education, and being with my friends.

I bet most teenagers would feel blessed to be able to sit on their living room couch watching T.V. all day long, but they don't even have a clue what it's really like.