Forever

Home Sweet Home

"So what do you think?" Morgan asked me about her outfit. She was wearing a pink tank top and a vest with a pair of jean shorts.

"Good." I said I didn't look at her eyes.

"Clara? Whats on your mind?"

"Names." I said.

"Thinking of what your going to name your first born child with Elijah?" she joked.

"Oh my god! You did not just go there!" I laughed.

"I did!"

"Well are you dressing for someone. Like... My brother?" I asked.

"F- psh no..." She joked.

"Ha! Knew it!" I said. She gave me a white half shirt that had a criss-cross pattern with the fabric. Why does she always give me half shirts? She also have me black shorts. I changed into them and did my signature make up with the smokey eye. She curled my brunette hair and gave me a head band. When we got to school Elijah was waiting for me at my locker. "Hey hottie." I said smiling at him.

"Hey babe." he said kissing me. I got a lot of glares from the human girls. I didn't give a fuck.

"Hey, Elijah I didn't know you had a girlfriend." a girl said coming over.

"Well I do." he said.

"Well if you ever get bored you know what to do." She said winking at him and then glaring at me. She walked away and I rolled my eyes.

"You know what to do." I mocked and left for my first class.

"Clara!" Morgan whispered.

"What?"

"Augustus asked me out!" she said.

"Good." I said. He is mad at me. It's just great. I doodled on my notebook and found myself almost writing my name. My real name. I scribbled it out and put my pencil away. When Art class came I started on new picture. It was one of the best days of my entire life. I was seven and I was playing with my two friends... Gabrielle and Peter. Peter why didn't you tell me! God dammit why didn't I think of that when he was telling me his story? I still owe him mine. Well back to what I was saying. We were the mischief trio. We were inseparable at that age. Well that one day we were playing hide and seek in the forest and Peter and I hid in a tree and we stayed there for hours. Well it was fun because we got to know so much about each other. And he kissed me starting that whole other friendship thing and I will never forget it. Keep in mind we were seven so I was really immature about it. I didn't tell anyone except for Gabrielle. So I drew Gabrielle, Peter and I in the woods playing in our wolf form.

"What are you drawing?" Elijah asked me.

"A memory." I said.

"While you were at your other place..." he said.

"Yeah..." I said. "Why do you not like it?"

"You aren't a cub anymore." he said.

"So? I can still draw my memories." I said.

"You have to leave them behind, Clara." he said.

"But you wouldn't like me if I left those ones behind."

"I like you now for who-"

"For who I am? This..." I said waving my hand over my paper. "Is who I am."

"It's who you were." he said. I rolled my eyes. I crumbled my piece of paper up and ripped it to pieces. I walked out of the room and all the way home. Augustus would surely be angry. I didn't give a fuck. I closed my door and locker it and screamed in a pillow.

"Clara?" Augustus asked.

"Go away you already hate me." I said.

"I don't hate you, Clara. I couldn't ever." he said. I willed my door to unlock and it opened. "What happened?"

"I started drawing one of my memories in art and I got in an argument about who I am with Elijah because it was a memory from when I was-"

"Clara?" Peter asked.

"Seven." I finished.

"Hey." he said walking in my room.

"Do you two know each other from somewhere?" Augustus asked.

"Yeah. A place I haven't been to for years." I smiled.

"Okay... where?"

"Home." I said.

"But- oh... that home..." Augustus said.

"Yeah he is my cousin, and my old best friend." I said.

"Yeah I was apart of the Dark Nature Clan." Peter said.

"Ah..." Augustus said.

"I was thinking we could take a road trip to somewhere we haven't been for years..." Peter said.

"Sure." Augustus said. "I'll go-"

"No you have to stay with Angelo and Jackson. Is Colin coming?" I asked.

"No. He doesn't want to visit... that" he said.

"Okay. See you later, Augustus." I said and going with Peter. I grabbed my back pack before leaving.

Elijah's POV

After school I drove straight to Clara's house. "Hey Elijah what brings you here?" Augustus asked.

"Is Clara here?"

"No she went with Peter to their home."

"So where they are from?" I asked

"Yeah. Why?"

"You left them alone?!"

"Yeah..."

"Without an Alpha? So if the Warrior clan is there what are you going to do then?"

"Oh shit." he said.

"Yeah common sense." I said going to my motorcycle.

Clara's POV

"I'm scared..." I admitted at the gate of our territory.

"Of?" Peter asked.

"Seeing my past."

"You'll be fine" he said.

"Okay." I said and willed the gate to open. We walked in and found our old village. I walked to the Alpha's mansion. The house I grew up in. There was a secret door that only the Dark Nature clan could open to get in. There were two thrones next to each other on the "porch". I walked passed them and went to where the secret door would be. It was made of sticks and vines. Well because we are Dark Nature. I opened it and closed it behind me. It wasn't dirty. I was confused. Clean spell maybe? I walked upstairs to where my room would be. I went inside my room and say my stuff. I started to tear up as memories replayed. I had a book of spells under my pillow and I grabbed it. I put it in my bag. I had secret hiding places to keep things. I went to a lose floor board and found my jewelry box and dolls and diary. I put everything important to me in my bag. I went to my next hiding spot. A painting on the wall. It held two most precious things I need. I need them. My dark nature tiara and medallion. The medallion holds your most precious secrets. In this case. It's my name. When I opened up my hiding spot my tiara was there. But not my medallion. I started panicking. I started searching my entire room.

"Looking for this, Clara?" The Alpha of the Warrior clan said. The guy who touched me. He was new.

"Oh my god." I whispered.

"I'll give it to you. In exchange." he said.

"For what?" I asked.

"A kiss."

"Why do you want a kiss?"

"Because I want you."

"Fine. You have to give me my medallion first." I said. He tossed it to me. Idiot. I crashed through my window with everything and started running.

"Peter!" I shouted. I don't know where he is. I crashed into someone. I fell on top of them. "Elijah?" I asked.