Rising From The Fall

Chapter 1

*Charlotte's POV*

My eyes slowly flutter open as I wake up to the early morning sun, and soft chirps of the birds overhead. I climb down from the tree I slept in last night and stretched. Sleeping in a tree is never comfortable, but you learn to get used to it when your constantly on the run. Most of you are probably extremely confused so I'll fill you in. My name is Charlotte and I am part werewolf, part werecat, and lastly part demon.

Yes, I am a hybrid. Not to brag, but a very strong one at that. Being what I am gives me many benefits which I thank the moongodess for. I never knew why she chose me of all people to have these gifts, but oh well.

One of the many gifts that the moongodess has given me is limited mind powers. I also can speak to and understand animals. Another power is that I can control the element fire. When I get mad or upset about something, my hair will catch in fire. My fire, is the teal and blue color of my hair, not red like normal fire. Unlike normal shifters, my clothes stay with me when I shift back and forth and they don't rip to shreds.

Most weres and demons have inner spirits or inner beasts that speak to them and help them through life. They live in your mind, or they can take control if you let them. I however, am different. Instead of having one spirit for each of my beasts, I only have one that is a combination of all of my beasts. Her name is Isabella and I don't know what I would do with her. When we shift, it hurts like hell the first time and as you continue to shift, the pain goes away until you eventually feel no pain and it comes naturally.

So much has happened in my life and I just don't know how I managed to survive it all. So, I guess it all started when me and my twin brother, Sebastian , were both 15. We were both extremely close and nothing no matter what could tear us apart. We were also very close to our parents. They were honestly the nicest people ever.We were playing in yard doing normal twin and family stuff, when all the sudden the most awful looking men came out of the woods. My dad tried to get us in side and call reinforcements. The man who looked to be their leader spoke up and said," it's too late to call for help we already went on our little hunting spree and slaughtered your pack. We cut the pack link so you wouldn't suspect anything. We decided to save the best kills for last, " he said in a sickly horrifying voice.

They kidnapped us and blindfolded us and took us somewhere dark and cold and threw us into some kind of torture room. They tied our hands with chains attached to the walls. Our mother had tears streaming down her face and for the first time in bastain and I's life we saw our father truly afraid. At that very moment my brother and I decided to be strong and fight for our family no matter what. Over the past couple of days they beat, spit, and abused us. I eventually lost track of time and tried to focus on healing myself. They beat us with silver but it didn't affect me and my brother as much as it affected my parents because of our abilities. Whom ever took us saw that and started to beat us both more frequently until we were so numb we couldn't feel anything. They wanted to hear us scream but we never gave them the satisfaction. They wanted to give us more pain so they murdered our parents slowly and painfully right before our very eyes.

For the first time in a long time we both cried. We cried about our pack, we cried about our parents and how we were so defenseless and weak and we couldn't do anything to save them. We cried until nothing was left but a few dry sobs.

That night me and my brother had a plan to escape. Long story short we got out and killed everyone inside. I know that may seem cruel and awful, but considering what we went through, our demons took control of us and killed everyone in that compound. Somehow during all that chaos I lost my brother. I looked everywhere and he was no where to be seen.
With nothing but my thoughts, I went to go visit my best friend Natalie, with Isabelle guiding me. The whole time thinking of how to tell her this and if I can even handle telling her. She'll know exactly what to do. Before I visit her , I decided I needed some time to cope and some time for my emotions to calm down.