What I Never Knew

Chapter Two

I slowly wake up and opened my eyes to see a ton of people looking down at me from where I am laying...wait a minute, laying?  Then I remember.  The airport, the family friend who was picking us up, and something about the Moonstone family.  I open my eyes wider.  The Moonstone family! Could they be my real biological family? My own flesh and blood?  That's when one of the many people decide to stick their face right in front of mine, popping my little bubble of private space, scaring me.

"AAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!"  I yell while sitting up really fast, hitting my head against the other person. The person leans back, and I think falls in the floor due to the loud thud that came from my left.  All the other people backed up and laughed at, what I know know to be, a boy who seems around my age.  Miss Ali and some other people I don't know end up rushing into the room like there is a fire.

"What's wrong Scarlet?" Miss Ali asks me.

"You know how Cam and I met?" I asked her, rubbing my head.

"Yeah..." She said then laughed when she saw the boy on the floor.  Everyone just looked between me and Miss Ali, trying to figure out what we were talking about.  She shakes her head.  "Cam is Scarlet's best friend and he has been since they...well since Cameron decided to stand over Scarlet when he came to be in foster care, scaring her which resulted in the same thing that happened here."  Everyone laughs, but the boy who was on the floor and two of the adults that had the same hair color.

"Are you guys okay?"  I asked them and everyone quieted down a bit. The woman gives me a small smile and I noticed tears in her eyes.

"No, but I will be."  She said in a gentle voice.  The man that was beside her, guessing her husband cleared his throat, looking at two people behind me for clarification.  Hmmm...

"We...um...our other son, Cameron was taken from us during a uuummm uprising when he was five.  He was Damion's twin brother."  He said nodding towards the boy on the floor.  You can tell he was trying to not mention somethings.  Well they don't know that I know what they are.  They are werewolves and I know this because of my wolf, who I have not shifted into yet; but I can still talk to her in my mind.  She just doesn't talk very much, mostly just sits in the background watching over me unless she is needed.  Though her presence is always felt. Only Cameron and Miss Ali know since they are werewolves too.

"You mean attacked by rogues and taken."  I said quietly.  That's what happened to Cameron...wait...I look at the boy who is on the floor, standing up and looking at him.  "Look at me."  I commanded.  The boy looked at me and I gasped.

"How do you know about rogues?"  Someone asks me, but I pay them no attention.  Tears build in my eyes.

"What is wrong with her?" I hear someone else ask me.  I shakily pull out my phone and call Cameron.  It rings a few times before he answers.

"Scar?"  He asks sleepily.

"Ca-Cameron? I-I-I think I found your family."  I say shakily.  I hear people around me gasp and the mother cry out.  All I hear from the phone is heavy breathing.

"Y-You ...Are you sure?"  He asks hesitantly.  I can hear the hopefulness and sadness in his voice.  I feel tears streaming down my face.

"Yeah I'm sure...unless you have a clone with blue hair that was most definitely dyed." I try to joke, but end up sniffling.  I hear him try to laugh, but I can hear the sob on the other end.

"Can I..." he clears his throat before continuing, "Can I talk to them?"  He asks and I smile.

"Is the moon round?"  I joke.  He laughs.  I'm fixing to hand the phone to his mom when I hear him speak.

"Scarlet?  Thank you..."  He says quietly.  I smile softly.

"You're welcome Cam..."  I say back softly.  I hand my phone to who I believe is his mother and she takes it shakily.  I smile through the tears at the reunion when I feel Miss Ali hug me.

"Wow...you found his family before you even got to meet yours."  She says proudly.  I just smile.  "Speaking of your family...turn around Scarlet."  She says softly.  I slowly turn around and come face with my family...my own flesh and blood.