The family

Jordyn Phoenix Winter (JP), 18, senior at Oxford high. Alt, nerd and the queen of sarcasm. Not so popular. Given a gift that she didn’t ask for, but got it anyway, at birth. All she knows is that she will never be a normal human. Talula Genevieve Creed (Gen), JP’s mate, senior at oxford, 18. Very popular, very much feared. Next alpha in line for the Creed Moon pack and next in line for leader of one of the most feared mafias in the county, The Family. These two girls are the definition of a power couple

JP’s pov

I woke up startled after my phone alarm rang and checked the time on my wall clock. six.

AARGH! Mondays. I absolutely hate Mondays.

Half asleep, I started looking eagerly for my phone to turn that god be damned alarm off. I finally found it under my pillow and got up and went to the bathroom.

Whilst sitting on my toilet I decided to scroll through my notifications until one caught my attention. Today was one of the most popular girls in the school’s birthday. I didn’t know her full name, but everyone called her Gen. Not gonna lie, sis was kinda hot. She had beautiful tanned, light, clear skin, perfect plump lips, a septum and and eyebrow slit. Her ey. She had beautiful curly mid length hair and an undercut. I’ve never seen her in fitted clothes so I can’t say much about her figure. I usually see her wearing a big shirt with a leather jacket.

After about 10 mins of scrolling I went up to the sink to wash my face and brush my teeth. I carefully observed every inch of my face while looking in the mirror. I had full lips, a small nose, big brown eyes that turned hazel in the sunlight, but sadly they had bag from the lack of sleep, clear brown skin and an eyebrow slit. I was okay looking. Not very eye catching, but not ugly either. When I was done I got into the shower and let the hot water relax my muscles.

I got out of the shower and went to to my closet and got dressed. I’m your basic alternative kid, except I’m not as extra. I got dressed in black mom jeans, a long sleeve stripe shirt and twenty one pilots tee that as bigger than my actual shirt size. I tucked those in and put on a black belt. I attached a couple chains to my pants and belt and put a few around my neck i put on socks and black Doc Martens. I laced my shoes and cuffed my jeans, a basic bisexual tendency that I had.

I grabbed a neon green Billie Eilish beanie and pulled it over my short curly hair. My hair was split dyed black and white, black left and white at the right. I put on some lip balm and a bit of black liptic and covered that with lipgloss. I may not be very feminine but I wouldn’t be caught dead with dry lips. I don’t wear makeup so my routine was pretty quick and easy.

I decided that today i was gonna wear a bit of colour since I’m usually in mostly black and changed out my Doc Martens for a pair of Nikes that i customised. One was lime with a pink check mark and sole and the other as pink with with a lime check mark and sole. I looked pretty cute a decided to wear the gloves that i got that matched the shoes. I grabbed my glasses and put them on. Yes, I need glasses to see. They were TIJN round, clear frames. I thought I looked like a character from a book when I wore them with outfits like today’s.

I grabbed my bag, that was also customized by me, and headed downstairs. My mom looked me up and down and sighed. She hated the way I dressed, something about wearing more feminine colours. I could care less. I flashed one of my brightest fakest smiles to her knowing that she would get mad. I sat down at the table for breakfast and my siblings soon joined me. I had an older sister, Kiana; a younger sister, Lia; and a baby brother, Reggie. Kia was in college, I was in highschool and my siblings were in middle school.

I was the second born, the original middle child, the forgotten one, and i loved it.

My dad came into the kitchen and said morning to everyone. We sat at the table for breakfast and my mom decided to comment on my outfit. “Jordyn, would it kill you to dress more like your sisters. Wear more feminine colours. You’re a lady, behave like one.” She did this everyday. And I really wasn’t willing to deal sexisit bullshit today.

“Mom, you do this every morning, and every morning it’s the same thing. So do us all a favour and get over it. Not all girls a feminine and not all boys are masculine. Gender doesn’t exist and colours have no gender. And I’ll have you know that from whatever time to 1918, Pink was originally a colour for males. AND today i did wear something that wasn’t black” i said showing my gloves and shoes. I could hear my mom yell my name when I got really fed up, grabbed my plate took it to the sink.

Grabbing my bag and I ran to the backyard.

You might be wondering, JP, why are you in the backyard, why not the front door. Well.. I am not human.. well i am.. but i’m not.

Long story short.. My dad comes from a long, long, long list of mythical beings. We’re called the Proteus, after the Greek god that shapeshifts.

The magical gene grew weaker as the generations increased with Human mates. So in the Winter family, you either have the gene or you don’t. It usually starts showing age 12. My sisters don’t seem have it cause they didn’t show any signs of having it, but late bloomers exist. So we’re waiting to see if Reg has it.

I on the other hand was an early bloomer. I was 10 on my first shift. I turned into a Phoenix on my 10th birthday at exactly 11:30 pm. That’s how i got my second name and half the reason for my nickname but that is a story for another day.

back to the point. I was standing in the backyard and let myself take magic form. i looked the same except for my eyes and skin. instead of my normal chocolate brown skin, it had a slightly black/gray undertone. My right eye was black and my left is kinda hard to explain. it was white and changed colour according to emotion, and seemed like smoke was coming from it when ever i was mad, which right no i was.

Another cool thing about being a Proteus, weapons. i had GIANT hammer like that chick from kyousougiga. It's amazing. and i can summon it whenever. When I'm in human form, it comes a wand like the one from star vs. the forces of evil.

"Bye JP," Reg called out from the porch. I looked at him and smiled. "Bye my little ball of destruction." I waved and teleported to school. It was super early so no one would be there.

My uncle, my dad's brother, worked at the school so he would get there and unlock my homeroom class for me so I could teleport into there and no one would get sus. I walked out of homeroom after shifting back and and headed to my locker to leave my books.

There was still a lot of time before homeroom actually started, about an hour or so, so I decided to head to the fields to listen to music and maybe sketch something out until people started showing up.

after about half an hour, people started pulling up and I went to my locker. "Hey Seb," I said to my best friend Sebastian who was waiting for me at my locker. "Heyyyyy you..Ready for homeroom?" he asked. I nodded and we walked to homeroom. He obviously had something to tell me.

When I entered, the room smelt of oreos and candy. Mate's here. I smiled contently to myself and walked to the back of the classroom. My usual seat with Seb.

Being a Proteus has advantages and disadvantages. One of the disadvantages was that we wouldn't know who our mate was until we touched them or made eye contact. But we could smell them meaning we could still find them if we wanted to. I really don't want to find them at the time, cause I ain't ready to explain what I am to them.

"You seem like you have tea, spill" I said looking at Seb. We got in 10mis before homeroom started so we could do whatever. "What. ME. NOOOOOOOO" I looked at him with a face that screamed 'cap'. "Fine. I heard that Gen, the popular one, was part of a mafia." I looked at him and almost burst out laughing. "You think" giggle "Gen is part of" giggle " a mafia." "JP, I'm serious. That would explain a lot about her and her family." I sighed and let out another small giggle "Whatever Seb."

After Homeroom

I was walking to my locker after homeroom to leave my books. I had PE next. When I got there, Miley, the second most popular girl and head cheerleader was leaning by my locker. Oh Proteus not today. I can't stand that girl. She's like a mini version of my mom except White and wears waaay too much makeup. I did a full 180 and practically ran to the girls changing room.

I got in and shut the door so quickly that I didn't realise that someone else was in there until I smelt them. Mate. I looked up and saw Gen who was pulling her PE shirt slowly down without taking her eyes of me.

welp. this is gonna be fun