Flames in water

Part 14 "The start"

You woke up at five in the morning for God knows what reason. Crystal slept in your room, but you didn't want to wake her or anyone up yet. You've never let a stranger just sleep in your room like that, but something about her just made you trust her. You slowly got up and headed towards the bathroom, you took a shower and got ready for the road ahead. You went downstairs, everything was so quiet, very unusual for this house. You decided to make sandwiches for everyone and soon heard footsteps behind you, it was Crystal.

"Morning. Do you know what time is it?" she asks, yawning. She didn't look that tired actually for someone that just got out of bed.

"It's about half six, I think" you answer her with a shrug, not knowing yourself really.

"Mhm, when are we going again?" she goes over to you to check what you're making, you move so she could see.

"We're going somewhere before seven. I hope we don't have to sleep outside, but you never know" you sigh. This will be a very new experience, very intriguing as well.

"Yeah me too. Anyway I'm gonna get ready" she says and you nod, wondering how did you two just immediately get on like that. As you turned around to look at her go upstairs you laughed in yourself, remembering Michael's words from the night before. You made sandwiches for everyone and now it was six o'clock, you decided to wake Sarah and Mali up.

"Okay Crys, you ready?" you whisper, she nods.

"Okay... jump!" you and Crystal jumped and jumped on Sarah and Mali's bed, shaking it basically.

"Go away you idiots!" Sarah shouts, smacking your leg. Crystal and you couldn't stop laughing as you continued jumping.

"Why do we have to leave so early?" Mali groans.

"Get up guys! Or would you rather sleep out in the open, where there are rogues?" you say, they shake their heads no.

"Thought so, now get up and ready, we have to check up on the boys after" you order, even if you were the youngest, noone felt like it. There was just some sort of unspoken leadership it looks like.

"Yes ma'am" you hear Sarah chuckle, all of you laugh and they get on with their morning routines, finally may you add.

***

"Okay, so we have everything we need, right?" Sarah checks once more. She was very organised when it came to travelling, probably because of her constant doing of it.

"Yeah, we should at least" Crystal says and Mali nods in confirmation.

"Actually I have to give you all something..." you pause for a second, getting your backpack off your shoulders and opening it, the girls were curious, very curious.

"So here all of you should have one that represents you" you open a little box, it has about ten knives, every single one is different. You had yours, it had blue at the end, it was light and sharp on both sides, you had a little strip of leather around your ankle that held it there. You give the girls spare pieces of the leather and they put them on. One thing you learned very young is always have something with you, always stay safe.

"I know we're werewolves-" it hurt so much to lie to them, you never thought it would as much as it did. Especially to Mali and Sarah, but it wasn't better lying to Crystal either.