Chapter 12: I don't believe it

MIRANDA'S POV -

A humourless chuckle left my mouth as I simply stated" Yeah. You don't expect me to believe that right off the bat, do you? After all I am not some orphan for God's sake!"

Damon glowered at Kendall for a split second, probably upset at not being the one to unveil the latest secret.

Damon's dry voice cracked the air as he said," Actually we found out that you were adopted, from your medical records."

I always had an inkling about it as none of my facial features resembled my mother's. Neither did our personality. But to break it to me like this was simply too much as tears rushed down my cheeks without warning.

Kendall tried to console me, placing a hand on my shoulder but I cut her off screaming," FUCK OFF! BOTH OF YOU . GET FUCKING LOST."

But Damon's even angrier voice whipped back," Listen, the reason why Samarah was hurt is because of you. They sent Mark here to kill you but since the three of you are always together, Mark thought Samarah was Luce Mia and thought that he could eliminate you with a poisonous vampire bite."

My cheeks flushed and my head felt light. But before I could process what happened next, Damon flew off to the far corner of the room with five angry red marks plastered across his right cheek.

OMGSHHH!!!!

Kendall quickly stomped off towards him whilst angrily bellowing," You don't forget your place when you speak to Luce Mia. She is our Goddess, you thickhead."

Those were the last words I heard before spiralling into darkness.

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(After sometime )

I felt a warmth in me. Then another.

I could feel the presence of two beings.

But among the two, one warmth was subtle as if hesitating while the other was fierce, tugging at me to wake up.

But I didn't want to wake up.

I wanted to forget all the batshit crazy things that had happened recently and remain in this state of nothingness for sometime.

But then the intensity of the warmth increased, almost threating to burn me.

So, I finally opened my eyes and saw two familiar faces peering down at me. I asked," How long was I out for?", as Kendall replied," Probably for about 15 mins. I guess that as your powers grow so does your physical strength as well."

Then I remember Damon being roughly flung by Kendall .

" Are you ok?", I enquired feeling a little guilty. Damon winced a little before replying," Yeah....mostly fine. Good reminder of never to cross a line with you as well as Kendall."

I searched for comforting words but finding none, I decided to ask instead," You told me that Mark had bitten Samarah thinking her to be Luce Mia. So, how come you are so sure that I am Luce Mia and not her?" Kendall gestured Damon to answer.

" Well, being your guardians, both of us...", he paused gesturing towards Kendall," ...are able to feel a pull towards you because of our increasing powers. But since you and Samrah are always together, I got confused between the two pulls........" He suddenly stopped himself biting his lips before resuming," I couldn't decide towards who I felt the pull so I kept a watch on both of you through your window. I am not a creep though! I swear. I just wanted to catch one of you seperately and feel if the pull was there. But it was a very tedious task as this pull comes through as a jolt of electricity at random times. So, I have to wait for when it happens. And yesterday when I heard that Samarah would be attending that party alone,I figured that it would be the best chance I had so I went after her. That's when I found her.....", his voice trailed off as Kendall continued," And when he came back that night, you showed us a glimpse of who you really were ."

I furrowed my brows as I only recalled being shocked and angry before everything went black. Was fainting my superpower? Did I do anything except for fainting then?

My eyes slowly met Kendall's as I questioned," What did I do? I don't remember anything."

"Well, I think that you were pretty angry after seeing Samarah's condition and your anger ticked off your Goddess side. And in the blink of an eye, I saw you standing face - to - face with Damon; questioning him lifting; him up by the collar. Then a sudden bright light burst off from you, which threw me against the floor as you fell unconcious.

My entire being was alarmed and very much not believing them but then I followed Kendall's gaze to Damon's neck which had angry red bruises near his shirt's collar.

Oh hell no!

" I know it's hard to believe but usually vampires can recover from physical afflictions pretty quick but he couldn't recover from your grip.", Kendall's voice shook my core.

"As well as his powers and mine are increasing day by day. So this is very weird and further strengthening the fact that you are Luce Mia."

And she told me all of that with a straight face. Not even once telling me off about hurting them.

Darn it.

A few seconds ago I was scared of them. Of what they could do. Whereas they should be the ones afraid of what I had already done. And God knows what else I could do....

Lowering my head, I whispered in shame," I am sorry to have hurt both of you."

"Don't be.", Kendall and Damon replied in unision. I cut in fumbling," But I should be and yet both of you are taking care of me."

Damon smiled this time, his intense black gaze softening and the corners of his lips tipping upwards into a gentle smile," This is what we are supposed to do. To protect you and look after you."

I will repay them someday, in whatever way I can.

Again my voice left as a quiet whisper as I said," Can you tell me more about my powers or teach me at least to restrain them so that I dont hurt anyone else."

Kendall hugged me as she said," Believe me, you won't. The fact that you thought of restraining your powers to protect others instead of cultivating them, just proves my point."

I relaxed a bit at her words before asking," Is Samarah ok?" Kendall sighed," She hasn't awakened yet but the fever has subsided for now."

Then as if on cue Samarah opened her eyes.

SAMARAH'S POV -

I pushed open my heavy eyelids to the familiar surroundings of my dorm. Then a handsome face came into view, eyes clouded as if filled with worry peering down at me.

I tried to rack my brains on where I had seen the familiar face. Oh yeah!!! I had crashed into him outside my dorm once and then the previous events rushed back to me.

That guy....No that thing had bit me. My hand instinctively reached up to my neck.

A gentle voice filled my ears,"It is healed now and the bleeding had stopped long ago." The voice belonged to Kendall.

I saw Miranda's head poke out from somewhere as my fingers brushed my neck, I felt nothing except a little scab.

Either my neck had healed too fast or I had been out for a long time now.

"What was that thing? I am sure it wasn't human.", I heard my voice anxiously leave my lips. Then all the three people in my room shared a worried glances as if all of them shared a common secret.

Without recieving any answers, I pressed on, pointing to the only unfamiliar face in the room," And how come you keep bumping into me? Were you the one to save me from the rabid creature? "

But instead of him Kendall's honey coated voice reached my ears," That here is Damon. He sure did save you from....that thing. He is also an acquaintance of mine...", she hesitated a little as I looked on doubtedly, waiting for her to continue," He is my ex."

Wow! Even the 'Virgin Mary' had a boyfriend and a hot one at that.

"All questions aside now. First tell me how you feel?" Miranda's voice coaxed me back to reality.

" I suppose I am fine. Only feeling a little lightheaded. Also pretty hungry." At that Damon grabbed his wallet from the coffee table and headed out.

Damn! I made him leave.

After he left, I faced my two friends alone as I demanded," Answers. Now."