Hunted

Chapter Eight

 Chapter Eight

 'Took you long enough Lucern' Cacey,  The girl from this morning said, smiling wickedly at me.

  'Leave it out Cacey, she had to be told what was happening' he said glaring at her.

'Well Elizabeth, let's see what you are' 

 'How do you expect to do that?' I asked looking at her doubtfully.

'Duh, with a witch' she said rolling her eyes.

'I am kind of new to this Cacey, so no need to roll your eyes' I snapped, God why was that girl such a little bitch.

  'She's a pixi she is naturally wicked, she can't really help it' Lucern whispered in my ear.

 'Sorry' Cacey apologised, smiling mischievously.  A tall boy stepped forward, he had long straight red hair, almost yellow eyes, I felt the presence of magic rush through me before he even touched me, my skin tingled all over uncomfortably. 

 'Oh my God' I whispered and began to rub my skin.

   'You can feel my power?' He asked me 

  'It hurts' I whispered, unable to speak properly.

  He lifted my chin with his finger to look into my eyes.

 'You are very different Elizabeth' he murmured 'But what Parker isn't'

 'What do you mean Darius?' Cacey asked impatiently.

 'She is a hybrid' He said, turning away from me to answer her.

'What's a Hybrid?' I asked.

  'A very powerful supernatural being, you are a compilation of different species, it allows you to have only the strengths and none of the weaknesses' he looked at me in wonder 'very powerful' he repeated. 

  'Well, what hybrid?'Lucern asked.

'Give me a minute' Darius said, putting a hand up in front of my face and closing his eyes. He threw a massive ball of magic into me causing the air to rush out of me and my skin to feel as if it is burning, I let out a strangled scream, everyone looked shocked, the clearing became silent as people tried to work out why I was reacting in a such a manner.

  I could feel my legs begin to weaken, I started to collapse to the ground.

 'ELIZABETH!' Lucern shouted and was holding me up in mere seconds. His arms encircling my waist, my head leaning against his strong shoulders. 'Hurry up Darius, your'e hurting her'

  'No I am not, she doesn't realise it yet, but her body is storing the magic I am exerting, it is one of her...abilities' He said gasping, I looked closely at his face, he looked to be under a lot of pressure, his face was contorted in near agony, and sweat was forming on his brow.

  He finally released me, and we both took sharp intakes of breath as if we had been drowning, which what the magic had felt like, it had gotten into my pours, down my throat filling me up, then it was gone. I have never felt so relieved.

  'What did you pick up?' Lucern asked

  'It was hard, but I managed to pick out, vampire, Witch, shape shifter and this might sound almost impossible, but she has some demi God in her blood' 

  'NO FUCKING WAY' Casey screamed. Stalking towards me.

 'Don't worry Casey, it is a minute part but still extremely powerful, not as powerful as it would be if she were full demi God, but she can still exert control upon species of her own kind, which is not you Casey so stop getting the hump' Darius snapped.

  'We can't let the elders know' Lucern said immediately 'If they find out, they'll exploit her powers'

  'You're right, if they exploit her powers and use them for their own self preservation, it could reverse her powers and make them evil' Casey said. 

  'Exploit them for what, I don't even know how to use them' I stated 

'The war I was telling you about earlier' Lucern said'Your mind may not know how to use your powers, but your body does, your body has let you hear like a vampire and shifter, let you taste like a vampire and run like one as well, even when your mind couldn't believe it, you even sensed Darius' magic'

    Don't worry Elizabeth, It's natural

I only now just noticed my cousin Cameron, I haven't seen him in two years, he was standing with a couple of teenage boys, overall in the clearing there were seven of us, me, Lucern, Casey, Darius, Cameron and the two boys.

   'CAMERON' I yelled excitedly. I ran and jumped into his arms for an embrace, we were best friends growing up, but when he turned 16 he moved here. 

   'Eliza' he said warmly hugging me back. 

 'Are these your friends?' I asked shyly, looking at the two guys standing next to him, they were average looking nothing special, dull eyes and dull hair, but compared to my cousin everyone looked dull. He was tall, silver eyes and pale blonde hair, that was cut quite short at the sides, as was the style for teens these days.

   'Erm...No...Don't worry about them for now, I'll explain when we get home' he said smiling awkwardly. 

 That was a bit odd wasn't it Elizabeth, since when was Cameron so mysterious?

We haven't spoken in two years, so shut up OK?

  WOAH, alright, premenstrual much?

 I was getting seriously tired with arguing with myself, it's just exhausting. In one day my whole world has been turned upside down, everything I thought I knew has been questioned and I feel like I've been overloaded with information, I needed answers.  

  'Lucern, take me home please' I asked, pleading to him with my eyes.

  'Sure, come on' he said, beginning to run at lightening speed ahead of me, I began to run too, noticing how the trees became a blur as I ran, I started to slow down as I saw the car and got in beside Lucern.

   We started to drive, the silence was deafening, it began to surround the car in a thick cloud, making it almost impossible to breathe.

   'Are you okay?' Lucern asked, I sighed in relief as the silence was broken.

   'Not really, everything I thought I knew is a lie, my mum told me we moved here to be closer to family, but I am starting to think that she was telling me a lie'  my voice started to rise 'SO EVERYONE I LOVE HAS LIED TO ME, SO NO I'M NOT OKAY'

  'Elizabeth, calm down' Lucern soothed.

  'DON'T TELL ME TO CALM DOWN' I screeched, shocking both him and myself.

 He pulled over,and unplugged both our seatbelts and pulled me into his strong arms, he started to rub my back to try and calm me. 

  'I don't think I'm ready for this' I murmured 'How can someone as ordinary as me, seriously be so special'

  'You're a Parker, you are from one the most powerful families in the history of our kind and I think you are special'

 I started to uncontrollably laugh, he sounded so cheesy, don't get me wrong, it was so sweet, but seriously so cheesy.

   'You are full of the cheesy remarks' I said through the bouts of laughter.

  'You are impossible'  He said, smiling with amusement, his eyebrow slightly raised, his green eyes staring at me intensely. Our faces were inches apart, I could feel his hot breathe caressing my face. He leaned in closer, causing me to instinctively close my eyes.