Littlest Wolf

20

So waking up with an attitude in this house is hard. Because everyone around wants to make it worse for you. Which today "everyone" is my dad. I can always count on him to piss me off. "Hope! You're going to be late!" Dad screams from down stairs. I shake my head and open my eyes. Landon slept in here last night but is no where to be found. I get dressed in jeans, a dark shirt with bright flowers on it, a maroon jacket, and converse. I put my hair up in a messy bun and I don't bother putting any makeup on. When I get down stairs I feel the tension. "So we know what you did at school yesterday." Dad says and I shrug. "Okay." I say and my mom shakes her head. "What?" I ask rudely and she glares at me. "You got in a fight with that Eli dude and with Landon making his head bleed? Did you really thinking I wasn't going to notice my head bleeding? Or the pain? I'm not dumb Hope." My mom says and I roll my eyes. "Can we not right now?" I say as my dad steps forward. "No we are going to do this RIGHT now!" Dad says with his teeth clamped together. I glare at him with yellow eyes. He returns the stare. "NO!" I yell back sternly. He steps forward again and gives me the "dad look" and I glare at him harder. If looks could kill he would be dead. I start breathing faster and deeper. My blood starts to boil and I'm clenching my fists. I turn away from him and now my back is facing him. One wrong word from him and I'll blow. "DO NOT TELL ME NO!" He says and I laugh. "WRONG!" I say turning around and putting my hands out in front of me. Dad goes flying across the room hitting the window. The window shatters and pieces fall to the ground along with my father. He gets up like it didn't affect him. He marches right over to me and looks down at me. "NO MORE MAGIG HOPE! NO MORE!" He screams at me and I look at him like he's crazy. "YOU CAN NOT TAKE MY MAGIC AWAY FROM ME!" I scream even louder "DO NOT YELL AT ME!" He spits in my face and I glare at him. "YOU YELLED FIRST!" I yell louder which I don't even remember who yelled first by now. "I AM YOUR FATHER!" He yells and I stand my ground. "YEAH AND I'M YOUR DAUGHTER!" I scream not knowing where this is going. "FREYA! DAVINA! ROSA!" Dad yells and they all come in. "Phasmatos Tribum, Exum Sue, Redem Su Pas Quo!" They all chant and I gasp. "NO!" I say and fall to the ground as they take my magic away. "WHAT DID YOU JUST DO?!" I scream like I'm in pain. I start crying and screaming. "HOPE! HOPE!" Someone tries to get my attention over my fit. "HOPE ANDREA MIKAELSON!" I hear and I shiver from how scary the voice sounded. My mom. I look up and her wolf eyes are glaring at me. "You will be done with your fit. And you will go to school!" She says through clenched teeth. I'm scared so I stand up. They only use my full name when I have gone to far. Her eyes are still glowing when she hands me my backpack and keys. Cami nods at Mom. Landon, Rosa, and Isa all follow me out the door. When I look at mom one last time I know that I better not mess up today. Damn. She's scary.

Once I get in the car I make Landon drive. I stare out the window and try to hold in my emotions. "Hope..." Rosa whispers and I shake my head putting my hand up. "No." I say as my voice cracks. I can almost hear her nod and look down at her hands. She should feel bad. Isa is just as quiet along with everyone else. I start clenching my fists as I'm annoyed with the silence. I'm shaking when Landon turns up the radio and puts his hand on my thigh. I immediately stop shaking along with my fists unclenching. I look over at him and he gives me a small smile. He mouths 'I love you' to me and I almost stop breathing. 'I love you more' I mouth letting a tear fall out. I quickly wipe it away and look out at the window again. When we get to the school I see Lizzie. She is clenching her fists and shaking like I was a second ago. I know she has a mental illness. Everyone does. I walk over to here and tap on her shoulder. She tenses even more and I hold out my hands for her. "Hey. It's just me. You're okay." I tell her as she holds my hands. Which was probably the wrong thing to do. Without her knowing she siphons power from me. "No...No...No...NO!" She starts saying backing away from me and I shake my head. "Hey! Hey! You're okay! Stay calm." I say rubbing her arm. She glares at me and I know it's not her fault. "Not here." I say looking at all the humans that came here to check out the school. She nods and I take her out to the woods where she took me last week. "Like you told me you just need to let it all out." I say and I try to put up a privacy spell. "Why can't you?" She asks distracted and I laugh a little. "My family put a disempowerment spell on me." I say picking at the skin around my fingers. She quickly puts one up. Then she turns to face the trees. I can feel her power. Her stress. Her worry. Or is that all mine? I ask myself as Lizzie balls her fists up. She bounces a little on her feet and then screams at the top of her lungs. I nod smiling. Rocks, dirt, leaves, and tree limps all fly around as she lets all the power she siphoned from me out. When she's done she's in a puddle of tears. I nod and hug her. I'm hugging Lizzie Saltzman. Never thought I would do this before. We pull back and smile. "Thank you Hope. I'm sorry about your magic." She says and I shrug. "It's okay. I think it's better this way for awhile. So I can learn how to be a normal person without having to throw someone across the room with my bare hands." I say and Lizzie laughs. "I wish I could do that too." She says and I nod. "Soon enough I'll get my magic back so I can be a full tribrid again! Yay!" I say sarcastically. Lizzie smiles and we walk back to the school.

Eli ignores me the entire day which almost irritates me more than him talking to me. When I think too soon Eli walks up to me. "You're odd today. Like odd. For some reason I can't tell when you're around me." He says and I shrug. "One that's odd. Two my family took away my magic for awhile." I say and he nods. "Ohhh that's why. Since your magic is gone my magic doesn't detect you." He says and I look at him in confusion. "So we are from the same witch family?" I ask and he shakes his head. "Think I'm the only witch-werewolf hybrid. You're the only tribrid. And somehow we come from the same pack of wolves. That's how we are bonded. We aren't family Hope. If we were no one would have planned our marriage." He says laughing and I nod. "Why did they take your magic?" He asks as we write down notes for history about WWII. "Because I can't control myself." I say trying to be short with him. Clearly he doesn't get the damn hint. "Oh well why not?" He asks and my pen break in half making ink go all over my paper and hands. I take a deep breath and look at him. I smile at him and try not to shove this broken pen through his heart. He nods and scoots away from me. I grab another pen and paper and start writing again.

When I see Landon I smile genuinely. He smiles even bigger back. He kisses my cheek and I blush a little. Me? Blushing? Who am I? I shake it off and see Eli glaring at Landon. Once he sees me looking at him he walks away with his eyes glowing yellow. I shake my head and bring my eyebrows together in confusion. What's his issue with Landon? He did nothing! I feel myself getting protective over Landon. "Babe? You okay?" He asks as I come back to life I smile. "Yes I'm great. Let's get lunch." I say grabbing his hand, leading him to the lunch room. Once we find a seat I start eating. I stare off into space and go into my little world. "What the fuck Eli!" Landon yells and I turn towards him. I gasp and stand up when I see Eli holding Landon's collar of his shirt. Lifting Landon off the floor, Eli is growling. The wolves back up Eli and I back up Landon. Rosa runs up beside me. Isa is beside Eli. "Hey!! Hey!! Get off of him!" Isa yells and I shoot her a glare. "Eli!" I say looking at him. He turn towards me. He drops my boyfriend as Landon backs away. Eli comes closer to me. I stand my ground as I can almost see the reflection of my yellow eyes on Eli's shirt. "Touch. Him. Again. I. Will. Kill. You." I say pointing my finger in his chest. He shivers at my touch as Raf comes up pushing Eli back. Raf nods at me as he controls the wolves and their excitement. "You got told." I hear a bunch of them say. Isa is crossing her arms rolling her eyes at all of them. I turn around and glare at Rosa. She gives me a sad look as I walk away. "What's your deal Hope?!" She shouts, I stop in my tracks, as I turn around slowly. "What?" I ask with venom in my voice. She stands her ground and I almost laugh. "What's your deal?" She asks in the same tone. "My deal? My deal?!" I ask as Landon and Isa show up watching as everything falls apart. "My family took my magic away!" I almost yell. Cami shows up out of her office and watches. "You deserved it! You're a selfish! Self-centered! Rude! Bi-polar! Bitch! Just like your father!" She yells and I've lost it. I jump at her and Landon tries to get me off of her. My wolf fangs have came through and I'm fighting fire with fire. I punch and kick as hard as I can and I feel someone that's not Landon pick me up. I turn around and bite their neck. Everyone around me gasps. I look up to see who it is. Cami! I look around in horror. I see MG healing Rosa's wounds with his blood. Cami looks at me with a hurt expression. I walk out of the school with my bag and keys. "Hope!" Landon yells as my family members follow him. We all get into the car and I drive silently smelling Cami's blood dripping. "God damnit Cami! Drink my blood!" I yell and she nods. "We have to tell your parents." She says after she gets enough of my blood. I nod silently and begin to sob. I can barely see the road. "Pull over I'll drive." Cami says and I nod. Landon gets into the back as Cami takes the drivers seat and I take the passengers. "Hope. I have known you since you were a little baby. Like little baby. I took care of you for awhile too. I kept you safe while your family was off fighting enemies. You had walls of people protecting you from the bad guys. You still do. But we can't protect you from yourself. We all love you very much. Even I do. I have always loved you like a daughter." She says holding my hand. I begin to cry harder when she says the last thing. "You are a good person. Your dad is also a good person. Just you guys do bad things because of your past. Stop living in the past. Let it go Little H. Let it go." She says caressing my hand with her thumb. I nod smiling. I feel Rosa's embarrassment and shamefulness. "I love you too, Cami." My voice cracks as I fall into a puddle of tears. I let it all out. The right way as Lizzie says. I cry until we get home. When we do I start to feel anxiety. It's something better than anger and sadness. My parents walk outside looking at me like I've been hurt. Once again I start crying and Cami pulls me into a hug. "She's going through some PTSD from your death. She doesn't know any better of how to deal with it considering her family." Cami says nodding to the house. We walk in and I sit on the couch. I feel empty almost alone without magic. That's been my way of coping for years. But it's been so long since I've had an "episode" as Lizzie once again calls it. I loo to Cami for help and she looks at Dad. Dad nods and smiles at her. He probably hates me. Just like my mom. I cry at the thought and want to go back to school. But they both stand up and hug me. I cry on both of their shoulders. They tell me everything is going to be okay. That this will all get better. They apologize and kiss me. I stand there...broken. Not knowing what to do or say. I'm truly broken.