Cresent

Chapter 1

I stood in front of my aunts gates and just stared at the creepy dark house i was going to live in till I turn eighteen. Since my aunts were the only relative of my dad,the law decided to make them my legal guardians. The wind blew from across the road and slightly brushed my skin. the rusted metal bars of the gates creaked as I pushed forward and opened. I looked around the neighbourhood and realised my aunts house was the only creepy looking house there. I picked up my luggage and walked towards the front porch. I dropped my bags as i reached the door to ring the bell. I immediately stopped as the door creaked and opened. A woman probably in her late thirties stood in front of me wearing a long black tuft skirt and a grey tank top with a dark scarf around her shoulders. she had thick black hair which was tied up in a tight bun on top of her head and the most striking grey eyes; just like mine.

"Gwenneviere", she said as she opened the trap door and helped me in."Gwen!" I heard a piercing voice scream my name from upstairs,then there was the thumping of feet down the stairs. A young woman wearing ripped jeans and a T-shirt , probably in her early twenties rushed to hug me. "Omigosh you've grown so tall, and your hair what did you do to it?"

"Eeerrm I dyed it." I muttered as I touched my blonde highlights.

"Well let's hope it washes out." She said letting go. "Okay now intros, I'm your young attractive aunt Wendy, and the old boring one over their is Isabel...I prefer to call her Izzy."
"Let me show you around." Aunt Wendy said as she grabbed my hand.
"Okay, for now the basement is out of bounds sweety" she whispered as she led me away from the stairs leading to the basement. We climbed the stairs and I realised the portraits of families on the wall.
"Oh, these are our past relatives, your great great grand parents and their parents before them. This house has been in our families generation for over two centuries now and still counting." She ended with a smile. As we reached the first floor we walked straight down the corridor and turned left. We entered a bedroom that had grey painted walls and dark blue curtains.
"Honey, this was your dad's room." She said as she walked towards the curtain and touched the edges. "Well we had to redecorate it for you but most of his stuff are still here." She ended with a whisper as she touched the edge of a book on the wardrobe.
I placed my bag near the four poster bed and stared at the room. The ceiling was painted black, there was a standing lamp at the left side of the bed and two large full length mirrors on the wall. Aunt Wendy swiftly moved towards the mirror and shifted it to reveal a walk in closet. She moved to the other side of the room to open another door which led to the bathroom.
"I hope like the décor." Izzy was the one who cleaned this place up. I just came back from a meeting out of town so I couldn't help to make it look amazing, but if you want we can change it." She stated as she came out of the bathroom.
"No it's fine..." I murmured, but loud enough for her to hear as I sat by the window to look at my new neighbourhood. It seemed so normal. A young boy just passed by on his bicycle,a couple sauntered hand in hand and a woman walked slowly with her child in the stroller. The only thing that looked weird was an elderly man probably in his late fifties wearing a pair of sweats and a T-shirt jogging for a marathon.
"Yesss!" Aunt Wendy said as she clapped her hands interrupting me from my train of thoughts. "So, I really wasn't on board with this plan but Izzy was like no buts and all" Aunt Wendy said as we came out of my new room and walked downstairs. "She already registered you in the school."
"What!" I shrieked as aunt Wendy winced.
"But aunt Wendy, it's the middle of the semester. Can't I just wait till next semester." I whined as she opened the trap door and front door fo me.
"Can you just call me Wendy, cause adding aunt to my name makes me seem older." She said as she took out keys from her back pocket and pressed the open button. A red convertible parked just in front of the house came into view.
"Woah, was that here earlier in the day cause I didn't see it when I was coming in." I muttered as we walked to the small gate and passed through it.
"Yeah, this beauty has been here since morning." Wendy said as she smiled at the car. I pulled out a rubber band from my wrist and tied my hair into a messy ponytail.
" Well what are you waiting for? " Wendy asked as she opened the driver's door. "Get in." She said as she sat in. I opened the door and sat in the front seat.
"Where are we going to." I asked.
"Shopping." She said as she sped off. I could have sworn I heard the tyres screech.