Happy Endings DON'T exsist!

Chapter One

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"NO! LET MY MOM GO!" I screamed as the masked figure holding my mom brought out a silver knife from his pocket. No! He wouln't would he? He couldn't. He just couldn't. I let out another scream as i began struggling against the hold of the muscular man. Who would have thought that what started off as the best night ever turned into a disaster quicker than my mothers cookies on the table. which was quick.

"Mom!!" i screamed desperately grabbing her attention. She looked at me and i saw the fear in her eyes but it wasn't for her... it was for me. The man looked at me giving me an evil grin showing his wonky, broken, yellow teeth and began the torture. He killed her. In the most inhuman way possible making sure she died in pure pain and i had had to watch every moment.The rest of that night was a blur but all i remember was waking up in a hospital.

That night.. were everything went wrong. It was like it was on replay in my mind and never going to stop. i was ...never,never ever going to get that out just like that annoying tune.

"Ari?".There was that voice again,  I sighed aloud watching the stars through the window. The way in which they lit up the sky like fairy lights in a dark room, the way the formed patterns like a dot to dot puzzle, the way they shone. I remembered my mother and I laying on the roof. I remembered her showing me all the constellations. "Every star has a story to tell" she used to always tell me. I smiled to myself. I missed her. She used to always cheer me up, make the storms go away and be replaced by bright sunny days. "No matter how sad or unwanted you feel just remember your someones reason to smile" she just to say wiping my tears away.

"Ari?" someone asked again, I chose to block them out. My mother used to always call me Ari, she used to call me her little Aria. Why'd she have to die? I need her. I know ... I'm being selfish. I can't even say the way she died. Ti's such a horrible, awful way to die. Whoever was responsible was sick. sick to the brain.

"ARIANNA!" the voice called again and i was being shaken. "Yes?" I spoke my voice coming out shaky. "Ari I'm worried about you" the voice whom I recognised to be Ben spoke. "Ben i'm fine, Just gathering thoughts is all" I said shuffling in the window seat. "But aria?" I flinched at the name. My mothers nickname for me. No one has ever called me that since she died it brought back too much memories.

"Your always zoning out, never paying attention." He said concern flickering in his eyes. "Ben, i am truly fine. You shouldn't fret over me" I replied staring out the window. The view from the tower was most beautiful.I could see the whole kingdom. The forest. The way in which the trees swayed as if dancing, the way birds flew in and out. I could see the hills, the town.. the end of night, the beginning of day..  my mother used to take me to the hills, for picnics with my father, who was her mate,my two brothers, Jake and Daniel and my sister, Zoe.

"Arianna! Listen to me! your daydreaming again!" Ben's voice brought me out of my thoughts "I will worry. You look terrible and hardly every leave this room! You have bags under your eyes and are as thin as a rake! You rarely eat and" I cut him off "Enough!" I exclaimed "What I do, and how I look is up to me."i replied flatly staring him in the eye. "No.You'll end up killing yourself. Your the next Queen of werewolves Ari! When your mother died ... that was hard enough but everyone loves you... if you die...." I cut him off again "I SAID ENOUGH!" I shouted knowing there was truth in his words. If I died... it wasn't that big a deal..was it? Yes i was the next queen but Zoe could take over? Or my brothers could become king.  

"Arianna?" Ben said softly sitting next to me. "I can't watch you die... and its your birthday today". I bit my lip tears swelling in my eyes "I do not celebrate such a day! I will never for the rest of my life celebrate the day when my mother died" I cried out. He sighed. "I know.. you won't ... but i just... i just though that you need to be happy Ari and that's never gonna happen if you stay stuck in the past" he said grabbing my hand "  want you to be happy" he whispered that line. Loud enough for me to hear. He wants me to be happy. My dad wants me to be happy. Zoe wants me to be happy. But i don't. How can I when visions of my mother being killed invade my vision everyday? "Come on" He said helping me up. "Wh..where are we going?" i asked straightening my dress "To see your dad, Zoe and your brothers duh." he said. No way!

"Um...Ben.. i don't err... well i don't want to" I said quietly. He looked at me weirdly, then concerned. " Why don't you want to see your family?" he asked looking me in the eye. "Because... they might not like me anymore... I haven't spoke to them..for ages why now?" i said. he raised his eyebrow "of course they still like you and you have to speak to them sooner or later. so lets go now". i weakly nodded and looked down at what i was wearing. what once was a tight fitting floor dress which hugged my figure was now a loose dress which hung off me. i bit my lip but shrugged it off. "Okay. Lets" i said taking his hand in mine.