DISCONTINUED - Lights That Shine Mysteriously - Fablehaven Fanfiction

Chapter 4

Kendra's eyes opened and she jolted upright. Her bedside clock read 4:01 A.M. She longed to feel the weight of a pencil between her fingers, and her sketchbook balanced on her lap while she drew outside.

She got out of bed slowly, carefully making sure no one would wake up. God forbid that. The last time she'd woken up Seth he'd nearly set a wraith on her for "disturbing his beauty sleep" as he put it. Kendra grabbed her phone and a flashlight and snuck out of the attic, downstairs, creeping out of the house before sprinting toward the treehouse. Her love. Her life. It was amazing there. Drawing and reading meant the world to her.

She quickly scaled the ladder, went inside, grabbed one of the sketchbooks that was mostly blank, and climbed out. It was too dark there.

She ran back to the house, where she'd turned on the porch light. What should she draw? The answer was obvious. It was why she'd grabbed this specific sketchbook. They were drawn in based on their topics. This one, well, it was one that had hardly ever been used.

It was a sketchbook of real people. She'd only drawn four people. Seth, Warren, Bracken and Shiara. She never drew real life people unless they were really special to her, or they appeared in her dreams. Not nightmares, but actual dreams.

And now, there were two people. Two more pages to use. Alexander Goldstorm, and Emmanuelle Goldstorm. They were relative strangers, but Kendra felt as if she'd known them all her life, and could trust them. It was odd.

Kendra started some music, her phone randomly choosing her favorite musical Hamilton, and started to draw. Very light lines, until she was finished with the outline. Then she darkened them. She paid careful attention to the details, erasing and redrawing, and repeating the cycle. She smudged a little of the graphite here and there, turning her right pointer finger black. She focused on it so much that she lost track of time. The sky was beginning to turn light purple, white and orange to the east when she finished.

Now to start on Alexander. He just as mysterious as Emmanuelle. She didn't know which one was more shrouded in secrets. Emma seemed open and bubbly at first, but she had a wicked side to her. Neither of them spoke of their past. If you pried too deep, Emma would shut you out.

Alexander was different. He was hostile at first, then became more loose. But, like Emma, he would shoot you down if you went too far. Something made Kendra think that neither of them had ever let many people in their heart before.

It was 5:17. Like Emma, she started working on Alex's outline for his sketch. Only, he was wearing a sort of hoodie and she was drawing him from the side. 5:35.

Kendra started listening to something new, since her soundtrack of Hamilton had finished. She let her phone randomly choose from her current and old favorite songs. Dear Evan Hansen, the Musical.

"I have to say, even though I don't like musicals, Dear Evan Hansen was fairly good," A light, teasing voice said.

Kendra whipped her head up to see the twins standing on the porch, watching her. "What are you two doing up so early?" She asked curiously.

Alexander gave a lazy grin. "I could ask you the same thing, Kendra. Emma and I naturally wake up at 5:30. Back at our house, we used to train using weapons, spar a little, and build up our muscles. I suppose you got up early to draw."

Kendra sighed. "Guilty as charged. Do you guys want breakfast? I can cook something."

Emma shrugged. "If you don't feel like cooking, don't cook. Don't worry about us."

Kendra waved her hand. "It's no problem, and besides, I pretty much always make breakfast, as I usually get up early. What would you like?"

"Do you have any bacon and eggs? Or toast?" Alex inquired.