Fine

We're awake (10)

Aprils pov

I open my eyes to a grey ceiling and as I sit up two strangers siting on a couch across from me one man and one woman the woman smiled at me.

"Hi April sweet heart it's nice to have you home I'm your mom"

I blinked not quite knowing how to react if she's my mom then I'm guessing the guy is my dad so I waved my little two fingered wave then I looked around for my note book then I remembered I lost it when that demon attacked us as soon as we stepped outside the house it hit Molly then knocked out my m- aunt then Collin stepped in front of me and tried to tackle it but it threw him on the ground and he hit his head then the next thing I know I see the demons arm raid and swing then I felt pain in the side of my head then the next thing I know I'm here with now way to communicate because I ave nothing to write with... great.

"Can you speak?" the man was looking at me with worried eyes I shook my head no then he sighed with what looks like relief. I guess he knew about what has to happen in order for me to get my voice back which I don't plan on doing I've lived my whole life without my voice I can live the rest of it without my voice. I plan to wait till after I've got the ring if he's the one to put it on great if not oh well I'm not one to just fall for someone.

"Ok good, I'm Samuel your dad and this is your mom Clarissa we know we haven't been in your life for the past 16 years but it's only because we've been trying to protect you." I nodded my head yes and got up to look for penciled and paper or just something to write with and write on.

"Whatcha looking for April?" Clarissa asked kindly following me so I made a writing motion with my hand. "Oh pen and paper here I got it honey" she went into the kitchen and I noticed there were a bunch of rags bowls and medicines on the counter she opened a dear and pulled out a leather bound book and a pen.

"Here you go we've been saving this for you, it's completely blank on the inside just so you can write and do anything else you want in there. It's entirely yours." She smiled at me and she handed it to me the spine had black and red feathers the front had a picture of a beautiful angle the back had a handsome vampire in a trench coat the front and back were in black leather and it had a lock on it but the lock didn't have a hole for a key to go in I held up the lock and looked at my biological mother and then she said

"oh yes you probably want to know how to open it." she walked behind me and took my hand

"what you have to do is pet your journals spine" and she moved my hand up end down the spine of the book and then it started to purr then the lock came undone and I caught it out of instinct it then opened to the first page and letters appeared

'hi my name is'

After the "is" there was a blank line then Clarissa handed me a red and black pen

"This book is actually alive it lives it can talk to you when you need someone to talk to you can tell your deepest secrets to her she's yours and you are hers, so what will her name be?" I looked at the book and the lock the lock was silver and sparkling, constantly sparkling. I put the pen to the paper and wrote the name 'Red' the ink was silver and sparkling just like the lock the next thing I know I here a gentle female voice in my head say "Red? hmm okay I actually kinda like it and your name is?" then the page flipped over

'protecter and owner of Red is

April'

Again I wrote another name in that sparkling silver ink.

"hmm pretty name nice to meet you April and just to let you know you can talk to me the same way I'm talking to you at the moment"

"Okay" then I smiled even if I can't talk out loud at least I can talk like this I turned the page and wrote 'thank you' and showed it to Clarissa and Samuel.

"your welcome and red is your journals name?" I nodded my head yes then underneath the thank you I wrote 'where is Molly, Heather, and Collin?' then after they read that Samuel said

"ah yes they're in here you were the last one to wake up we were a little worried it's been a week since you showed up here with a demon carrying you" I walked into the room to be grabbed by arms.

"Oh April are you okay?" Heather asked me looking like she always did when she got worried at one point when I was learning how to ride my bike I fell off into a bush and I only had a few scrapes then she tried to rush me to the hospital but the doctor said there was no serious damage just a few scrapes here and there. I shook me head yes to her so she knows that I'm fine and then chilling is hugging me and picks me up and spins me around and even when he put me down he was still holding on for dear life.

"I'm so sorry April I tried to protect you but I wasn't ..... I wasn't strong enough" he said holding me tighter I hugged him back but then it was getting hard to breath so I let go and started to move around to get out of his grasp then he got the hint and let go of me and he said

"I understand if your mad at me" I looked at him and then I punched his arm and wrote down

'why would I be mad at something you cannot control? I was just having a hard time breathing with how tightly you were hugging me is all.' Then I put my hand on his cheek and tubed his face with my thumb and he slightly smiled and then I put my hand down.

"You might not be angry but I am with myself I'm supposed to protect you" he sighed and looked into my eyes which were full of so much emotion. Samuel stepped in and put his elbows on Our shoulders and had a grin on his face and he said

"Well then I guess it's time to start training, especially you April" then he winked and he walked out of the room the rest of us following him.