Altered Fate

What? (Chp. 12)

After Niall made his promise, I smiled and heard the door again. With instinct, I turned my head towards the door to see Harry walking in the room with a wide grin on his face. Hmm, I wonder why the lad's so happy. I tried reading his mind and all I heard was Rose, Rose, Rose, Rose...Rose huh? By the expression on his face, I'm guessing that he either loves this girl or has a crush on her. I continued to look at him questionably as he approached Niall and I. "I have great news," he said in his deep husky voice. "And that may be?" Niall asked. Harry cleared his throat before continuing, "I am pleased to proclaim that you two will be marrying each other." Now I had a confused face and so did Niall. "What?" I asked. "Well...you see...I, um met this girl named Rose. She's the same age as you and we met while I was finishing errands. She happens to work as a seamstress for the royal ball so she is also a vampire. Don't get me wrong Keri, you're a great girl, but can we be just friends? I really do like her."

That's when it clicked. Rose was my seamstress for the ball. I'm happy for Harry, Rose seems like a nice girl, but what happens now? I mean, Niall is basically the only one left since Liam went all Voldemort. "Congrats Harry! Rose was actually my seamstress for the ball." I said nodding and grinning at him. He smiled, "Then I think you two will get along nicely." I nodded. "Well, I actually have a date with her so see you later!" Harry yelled vampire-speeding off. I chuckled and turned to Niall who was smiling like an idiot. "What's with the smiling idiot face?" I asked innocently. He turned to me smirking and did the unexpected, or at least unsuspecting to me. He crashed his lips onto to mine. At first, my eyes were wide with shock, but when I calmed down a bit, I kissed him back. His lips felt perfect as he softly kissed me. This is probably the best first kiss in my opinion. I could feel sparks and butterflies everywhere as cheesy as it sounds. Love is as cheesy as it gets. Wait did I just say love?

I abruptly pulled away from the kiss. Even though I didn't want to, I was blushing madly. "I-I'm sorry, did I do something to hurt you?" Niall asked gently while caressing my cheek. He is literally a bundle of Irish, adorable, funny, and vampire. I shook my head and smiled at him. "You just caught me off guard. That was my first kiss." He smiled widely, "That was my first too, and that's something with how old I am," he said laughing. I shook my head at him giggling. "How old are you though?" I asked curiously. "320 years old," he said dozing off for a bit. "That is a long time," I said surprised. "And I'm glad I waited," he said. There was an awkward silence between each other and we burst out laughing at his statement. "Gosh that was cheesy," I said in between chuckles. He laughed nodding in agreement. "So, what happens now?" He shrugged. "We have to tell the council that it's settled who's going to be my mate and Harry's. And, even after that, we still have to worry about Liam and Janice."

That sent shivers down my spine. Where were they anyway? The vision told me that Liam had started a new deal. I haven't told anyone about it though. Should I tell Niall? He is going to be my mate anyway and I have to be able to trust him sooner or later. I sighed and turned to him, "Do you want to know how I found out you were lying about Liam?" He thought for a moment then nodded. "I had a vision where Liam was making a new deal with someone. I think that the next time he tries to kidnap me, he's going to get Eleanor, too." Niall's eyes widened as he spoke urgently, "We need to go tell Eleanor and Louis, NOW." I nodded and we vampire-sped to the training room. Niall opened the door to see Louis teaching Eleanor about how to hunt animals. "Louis, Keri brought news that Liam is also after Eleanor." Now Louis' eyes were wide and Eleanor looked frightened. Louis looked to Eleanor and gave her a huge hug while whispering, "Don't worry, I'll protect you."

And with that, the lights went out. I grabbed Niall's hand He picked me up and started running towards the door when a figure blocked his way. Liam was standing there and he opened the door so that we had a perfect view of the wolves behind him. Niall dropped me and I stood behind him. I looked behind me and Eleanor was behind Louis as he stepped closer to Liam. Soon, it was almost like a full out war. Niall and Louis were fighting Liam while the wolves chased after Eleanor and I. As the wolves neared, I grabbed Eleanor's hand and fought my way out of the room. I could hear the sound of paws pounding the floor behind me and I was so damn scared. With running out of ideas, I vampire-sped with Eleanor to the garden by the river I was at earlier, after my shift. I heard Eleanor scream and I turned around to see a wolf dragging her away by her foot. I ran to the wolf and as I was trying to get Eleanor away from the beast, another pounced on me. Once I felt a sharp pain in my arm, I blacked out.

Slowly, my eyes fluttered open and I found myself on a uncomfortable bed in an unfamiliar room. I looked around. No Eleanor. No Louis. No Niall whatsoever. I fixed my clothing and frowned. This is definitely not what I was wearing earlier. I was in a white t-shirt and a red/black plaid skirt with combat boots. Who changed me into these?!? I inspected the room one more time and walked towards the door. When I held the doorknob, a shock of electricity went through my arm and I winced. "What the hell?!?" I mumbled. Looking at my arm carefully, I could see a little red bump. Why did they have to put in a tracking device that electrocutes you? Groaning, I went back to the bed and sat down. How am I supposed to get out of here? Soon, the door opened and a boy who looked around my age with black hair and brown eyes came in. Who the heck is he? Is he going to rape me? Abuse me? Kill me? I gave him a cold look as he neared me awkwardly. To my surprise though, he was wearing normal clothing.

A gray beanie, black t-shirt, jeans, and Converse? Where did he get those shoes? In fact, where did he get all of those clothes? "Um...h-hello," he stuttered. He had an accent. I think sounded more of Australian. I didn't answer him, but I simply waved a 'hello.' "Look, I know you didn't want to be kidnapped, but it was for a good reason. Trust me, I'm not a bad guy. Sure, Liam is one evil mess, but we only worked with him so we could get you." "And you're saying?" I muttered. "I'm a werewolf and the other werewolves and I only kidnapped you on your mother's orders." "My mother's what?!?!" I said rather furiously. "Don't you know that your the Luna's daughter? I tho-" "I know my mother is the Luna and a werewolf, but why did she kidnap me?" I interrupted him. "She doesn't want you to be with a vampire, nonetheless marry one."

Being with Niall is like one of the best things that has happened to me. Niall is an amazing guy, but sometimes I wish he wasn't a vampire. Then my mom wouldn't have to start all this kidnapping rubbish. I bet the boys are worried as ever and not only about me, but Eleanor, too. "How come she didn't warn me?" "To make it seem believable. To make it seem like you didn't know anything when we kidnapped you," he said. It seems reasonable, but that doesn't change my feelings about all this. I sighed and asked yet again another question, "How about Eleanor?" He gulped and looked at me with sympathy. "The d-deal was that if Liam could help us get you, we could take E-Eleanor to him for his own business, " he stuttered. And with that, I broke down sobbing onto the floor. Why Eleanor? Why her? I felt a hand rub my back and flinched. I backed away from the boy into the other corner and continued sobbing.

As he walked closer, my sadness turned into anger. I could feel my eyes turn purple and I bellowed at the lad, "Get away from me!" He winced and fell to the floor in pain. So much pain he was screaming and crying. My eyes softened and turned back to its normal brown color. He started to calm down too and when I rushed over to him, he winced thinking that I was going to hurt him as he stood up. Did I do that? Can I really cause so much pain and trouble? I held in tears of guilt and disappointment in myself so that I could hug him. At first, he seemed reluctant, but he soon hugged back, realizing that I meant no harm to him. I hugged him and whispered in his ear, "I'm sorry. I'm so, so sorry." "It's alright. I'm fine now," he said softly. "What's your name? I think I need a friend," I said a tear running down my face. I couldn't stop thinking about what Liam could be doing to Eleanor. "Calum," he said as we separated from the hug. Then three other boys came into the room.