Strangers

Chapter Twenty-Two

Amelia's POV:

It was a chilly, brisk Sunday morning. I had no serial killing alarm waking me up, so I took all the time in the world to sleep until I felt I should do otherwise. After the week I just had, I thought I should take a day to breath and process everything, and figure out how I felt about it all. The feeling in my gut told me that this was far from the end of the roller coaster I was on.

When the sun decided to blind me, I decided it was time to grab some coffee, then start my day. I sat up in my bed and stretched a bit. As soon as my feet hit the cool hard wood floor, I knew here was no turning back. I glanced at my cursed alarm, and saw that it was only 9:30 AM. Coffee... The thought slipped into my subconsious, and I began my decent down the stairs and into the kitchen. I saw there a pot already made with a piece of paper placed neatly in front of it with James' crisp handwriting:

Morning Amy,
Danny, Tee, and I went to the zoo. Didn't want to wake you. Jess said she is going to be gone for the next couple of days. I made you some coffee. Call me if you need anything. -James

I shrugged, I guess I can have the house to myself today! I went on to making myself a cup of caffeine. I walked over to the couch in the living room, dragging my grey dinosaur-feet slippers. While sinking into the plush leather seat, I reached for the tv remote and successfully turned it on to Netflix. I decided to watch the horror film "The Awakening".

I was preparing for a jumpscare, but instead the front door let out a loud knock, causing me to sceam. "Amelia? Are you ok??" Wait.. I know that voice.. It can't be? I slowly crept to the door, and slowly opened it, and hid behind it. Then I was met by a familiar face.

"....Ethan??" He was taller than I remembered. I hadn't seen him in what? 3 years? "Hey, little sis!" He said excitedly, pulling me into a deathly tight hug. I hugged him back eagerly. His almost black hair was slicked back, and his blue eyes were as bright as ever. "Wow, you have grown so much! Were is James and Daniel??" Ethan slipped into the house and looked around for his other two siblings. "They are at the zoo. Jessica is out of town for a few days... What are you doing here?" I asked curiously.

Ethan seemed to frown a bit, but quickly recovered. " I had a couples weeks to take off from school and work, I thought I would see my family." Then something flashed through his eyes that was unrecognizable. "You just turned 17, right?" I nodded, not knowing if he knew about the prophecy or not. "Have you experienced any... changes?" Okay, that had to be a sign he knew, right??

"Well, many changes... I was kind of taking the day to think through them.. So what do you know?" I said, not wanting to dance around the subject for too long. He walked over the the dining table, and sat down. "Enough.." He simply replied. "So.. The prophecy was true?" And just like that, the flood gate of emotion opened.

"You KNEW?! And you left, without telling anyone out of the blue?? Then you don't call, text, email.. Hell, you didn't even write, but you know what?! I wrote, I called, I messaged you, I emailed you a million times! So, tell me, Ethan.. Why are you really here?!"

After my outburst of rage, he sighed in defeat. "Amelia.. I came here because I knew you would have questions that I had answers to. I had disconnected myself from the world.. But I'm not going to do that anymore.. I'm here to teach you about your birth right." He walked over to stand in before me of me. "I'm going to teach you how to hunt.."