/Tori/
She was running. She had been running for a while now. Out of breath and getting tired quickly she knew she was out of time. But her body kept telling her she had to go, had to run. So she kept going. Even if her legs were screaming for her to stop even if her lungs were on fire, Tori kept running.
She had to get away. Away from her. She was pure evil. She could feel it in her presence. Tori didn't like evil things. But they were always unfortunately attracted to her innocence. And that made walking the streets alone ten times harder for her.
And she was tired of it. She hid this from her friends but eventually she knew she would have to tell them due to the simple fact that her supernatural attractivity would put them all in danger. So she turned a corner and stopped. Let Tatia find her. It was time she stopped fighting for herself and start fighting for her friends. Which meant giving herself up to the vampire that's been trailing her for months now.
Tori heard footsteps behind her and didn't have to turn around to know it was her. "I give up." she spoke softly, but she was sure that the vampire had heard her.
The original flashed over to her and placed a hand on her shoulder. "Are you sure?" she asked.
Tori nodded. "I'm tired of running."
Tatia nodded herself, "Fair enough." she leaned in to bite Tori, but Tori held up her hands.
"Wait, wait. If i do this, will you promise to leave my friends out of this?" she pleaded.
The original sighed, "Sure. Yeah." then tilted Tori's head. "Now stay still."
The next day was tiring. Tori hadn't gotten any sleep, and she was on edge. She hadn't remembered the night she was turned in months. So how come her brain was reliving it now?
"Aright, we only have today and tomorrow to prep ourselves. Make both days count. Jade?" Tori directed towards the lycan.
"What?!" she snapped.
"Don't answer me like that! You are a slave! I am your superior and you will address me as such!" Tori barked right back at her.
Jade lunged angrily for Tori but was restrained by Beck and Jozzy before she could get to her. Tori smiled and got in Jade's face. "That would have earned you a whipping, wench." She tapped the side of Jade's face and moved her hand away before Jade could bite it.
"That goes for all of you! In the Dark Dimension, you must treat Beck and I like royalty! Vampires are the top dogs! And any disrespectful remarks will be followed by swift punishment. Isn't that right, Beck?" Tori directed at him.
Beck lowered his eyes and nodded. Jade gave him an incredulous look.
"Now then. Shall we begin training?" the female vampire asked her group. Everyone nodded. "Good." She handed fighting staffs to the twins and gave Cat her spell book. "Everyone spread out. I'll be over to check your progress in a few minutes."
After Tori made sure everyone was out f earshot she turned to Beck. "I saw her."
Beck's face twisted in confusion. "Saw who?"
"Tatia. She's close." Tori whispered.
"How do you know that?" He whispered back.
"I remembered when i got turned." She confessed.
Beck stared at her. "You're getting your memory back aren't you?"
Tori nodded.
"You know you're leading them straight to her right?" Beck whispered harshly.
Tori pushed him and returned just as brash, "You don't think I know that?! You don't think I feel guilty?! She was going to kill my family, Beck. It was either this or watch my family die!"
Beck grabbed Tori by her shirt and pulled her to him. "Don't you think your friends matter too?! When you first came to Hollywood Arts we took you in! We were a family! And then you went missing and now you come back like this!"
Tori was in shock. "Beck-"
"No! Don't you start! I don't care if you have a sire bond hold on me! You need to hear this! We aren't just pawns you can hand off to someone just so you can skate by! What about Cat?! She's innocent! I know you and Jade aren't close but that isn't a reason to let her get led to her death!"
Tori finally released herself from Beck. "You think I don't like Jade?" She laughed dryly. "Wow. You are really are clueless." She pushes past him and walks away.
"Tori!"
She kept going.
"Tori!"
She kept walking and walking until she made her way to Cat who was in a secluded part of the field they had came to practice at. The redhead was sitting in the middle of a medow of flowers, meditating. The plants seemed to be glowing with a pure purple hue.
"Um, Cat?" Tori asked.
Cat turned and smiled at her, "Tori!" Tori noticed that Cat was still floating mid-air, as if Tori didn't interrupt her. She was definitely getting better. "What's up, nunchuck?"
Tori laughed a little and sat down next to her and sighed. "A lot. Look, I'm sorry if I almost killed you guys. I just... I guess I have some demons to slay you know?"
Cat nodded. "Sure. It's okay. I might actually be able to help you with that." She smiled excitedly.
Tori looked at her confusedly. "How?"
"By meditating with me! You have too much anger in your system. If you learn how to calm down and channel it, I promise you'll feel a lot better!"
Tori thought about it. It would help with her anger and urges. And it would get her mind off of everything. "Alright Cat, you're on!"
Cat squealed and hugged the vampire. The witch released her and looked meaningfully into her eyes, before it turned into a lost stare. "Cat?" Tori asked. No answer. "Cat..." She dragged out, waving her hand in the other girls face. Still, nothing.
Then, "The secrets you withhold, will come to light and are bound to be told. Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer, for those are the ones that will save your life later." Cat recited in a monotone voice.
Tori just stared at her. How did she know Tori had secrets? And what did that mean? "Uh, Cat?" Tori asked again.
"What's up?" the redhead asked cheerily.
"I think you zoned out there for a moment." Tori told her, watching her suspiciously.
"I did? Oops!" She laughed.
Tori nodded. "Yeah. I'm uh, gonna go check on Jade and Jozzy. You keep... doing what you were doing." She patted Cat's back as she got up to make her way over to the twins, Cat's words still ringing in her head. Something was off and she couldn't seem to put her finger on it. Whatever it was, it didn't seem to be important for now, so she just shook the bad feeling that was brewing off and continued her trek to find Jade and Jozzy.
