The Meeting

Lenora

I don't know what has gotten into Lydia lately. She seems so hurt, but by what? Is she afraid of me or my evil stepbrother? She is my closest friend and I can't bear seeing her sad, nor angry of course. I still remember when I was seven back then, my dad brought a girl with him during a heavy storm. Queen Beatrice my stepmom and Bryan my stepbrother along with me were confused about the sudden appearance of my dad; we all thought that he was having an important meeting with the other vampire kings. Instead, he brought with him a small girl with blue eyes, thin and has very long black hair. The girl was frightened at the sight of us and wouldn't stop crying and hugging my dad. He says that he was on his way to his meeting when suddenly out of nowhere, he saw a car getting run over by another car. He got out of his car followed by two of his guards and went to investigate. By the time they reached there, the mysterious car vanished leaving behind the now crushed car. The guards opened the crushed car and saw a man probably in his mid-thirty with a little girl laying unconscious on the car seat with a broken arm. Dad was shocked at the sight of a human this far from civilization along with a child. The guards tried to get him to sit upright because apparently, his head hit the car wheel and blood was flowing everywhere from the open wound in his head. When the guards had the man sit upright in his car seat, my dad gasped as the shock and realization came in his face that sitting there half dead and badly injured was his long-lost high school best friend and what he supposed his daughter.

His friend Jack Peterson forced himself to stand up but dad said he should rest and that the ambulance is on the way. Jack struggled to utter words from his mouth and with that he said

"Oh, Ed is that you? I want you to promise me something!" jack said.

"Yes, what for?" dad asked.

"I want you to take care of my daughter and raise her like your own," Jack said.

"You promise?" he asked

"I promise!" dad said and with that, jack passed away in his car seat. Dad carried Lydia in his arms and headed back home. Not long ago, police reached the crime scene and news reporters had it all on tv that a mysterious car is found with a none identified corps and police are still investigating what just happened. After undergoing some treatment, Lydia starts to speak but she was unable to recall what happened with her dad at the time of the accident and the doctor said that she'll probably heal with time. And here we are eleven years later arguing about my stupid birthday.

GREAT!! I say to myself as I make my way to the family meeting room in my short dress with a messy bond and those big eyeglasses I'm wearing. I knock on the door and my stepmom shouts "come in" from the other side of the door. I enter into the room closing the door behind and there sits my dad across the large table that could probably fit at least twenty people. The room looks humid due to the lack of care and maintenance. My stepmom is sitting on the left side of the table while Bryan is on the right side. I guess the bottom seat left is for me!!

Bryan

"Hi everyone! Hi mother, hi dad, hi Bryan." Lenora says as she takes a seat.

"Good morning darling!" mom says to her. "Bryan," mom says, turning to face me. "Be polite and greet your sister back!" she adds as if it is an obligation to greet that slut.

"Hey bitch, mom says I should return your greetings," I say grinning.

"Oh, watch that bitch kick your ass." That is the only thing I hear before being lifted from my chair and being thrown and "tap" as my back hits the bookshelf right a few feet away from where I am sitting. I don't know when dad and mom are going to tell her the truth, but he created a monster and I need to kill it!

"Oh, my son!!!" mom says, rushing over and trying to get me on my feet.

"What have you done?" mom says through tears, gazing at Lenora who stays still like a robot processing what she has done.

"Lenora!" dad says, finally speaking. "I told you to stop using your demonic power," he begins. "I gave you pills and we usually lock you up during the full moon but why are you always making use of them? Aren't you sad that you're not healing from your diseases?" he asks.

"But dad," Lenora says. "I'm so sorry! I… I don't know how to control it." She says taking a few steps back as mom and I make our way to the nearest chair possible.

"Is this how you'll behave? Killing whoever pisses you up on the day of your birthday?" dad says frustrated. "But dad," Lenora interrupts. "don't interrupt me LENORA!" he groans and everyone in the room stops talking. The atmosphere is so intense that I can cut it with my hands! I can still feel the pain in my back from the hit earlier. this girl is the definition of a monster and I'm going to make sure dad will not allow her to rule the kingdom.

"As punishment," he continues. "You are going to get locked up in your room until your birthday." He says staring at my demonic stepsis.

"As for you," he says looking straight at me. "you're going to get water to fill the basket in the river and bring it back without spilling anything." "But Dad," I say in disbelief. "How is that even possible?" I ask, scratching the back of my head in total confusion.

"that'll teach you both how to act like a royal, speak like a royal, fight like a royal, and rule like a royal. But that's not the purpose of you two being called in here today, I have a piece of information for you two." Dad says as he walks to mom's side. I can feel Lenora's heartbeat rising as if she is hiding something.

"Lenora darling," dad says. "I'm afraid you're not going out anymore after your 18th birthday."