I Have A Mate!!

the doorbell rung gathering my attention.

"Daddy, there's someone at the door" i said softly peering over the table at him. but all he did was pull his index finger to his lips for a second and then continued watching TV. 'why is he shushing me?' I thought as i brushed the thought aside and kept playing. not even a few seconds later the doorbell rang again followed by loud bangs on the door. i was so startled i dropped my barbies and ran towards dad.

mom's loud sigh was heard from the kitchen. she walked into the living room wiping her hands on her apron

"deal with them or i will" she said sternly

he nodded and stood up off the couch. 'them? does she know who's banging on the door?' my thoughts took me by surprise and i quickly stopped thinking them. i peaked over the arm rest of the couch and saw dad hesitantly open the door

"yes?" he said. there were a few guys. one looked tan with ruffled brown hair, bright green eyes and a scar dragging from below his nose down to his chin going across his lips. the other two were simple joes. the first guy reeeally intimidated me though.

"where's the girl?" The first guy said. His deep voice sending chills down my spine

"who?" dad asked. who was he talking about? I'm too young to be the 'girl' he's talking about and my mom is too old to BE a girl. She's a woman.

"very funny, Landon. i think you know darnwell who I'm talking about. hand her over or I'll take her by force" the man boomed loudly. dad nodded calmly and asked the man to give him one second. he closed the door just a little but enough to hide his face behind it. He looked at me and lipped some words to me that read 'go hide in your closet and stay quiet' i was confused but soon my mom tiptoed towards me and quietly pulled my tiny wrist upstairs to my room. Once we entered my room she closed the door and quickly forced me into the closet

"Mommy, what's happening? I'm scared" i said, my eyes tearing up.

"Don't worry, Stel. We'll be fine. But i need you to do something for me, alright?" She asked crouching down in front of me.

I nodded.

"I'm going to go help your daddy with the guests. i need you to be veeeery quiet. don't move and no matter what happens. Don't come looking for us, okay?" What she said made no sense. I nodded and she smiled and kissed my forehead before closing the closet and quickly returning downstairs

i stayed quiet listening to they're voices echoing downstairs. "Maybelle...happy to see you again" the man said followed by deep roaring chuckles. "Wish i could say the feeling's mutual, but it isn't" my mom replied coldly.

"where's Stella?" he said. The way he said my name gave me goosebumps. so the man was looking for me? But...why? what did i have that they wanted? i mean, yeah i have some gifts, but that isn't something to bost about. everyone here makes fun of me for it and calls me a 'witch' because i have magical abilities that they don't. my parents refused to tell me anything about them and tried to make me hide my abilities instead of using them. 'could i try it now? To save them from the bad men? i mean, I'm a little rusty from no practice but i should be able to manage...right?' I thought shaking from the mere thought of my parents being hurt.

i mustered up the courage and climbed out of my closet. i tiptoed to the top of the stairs and could hear that the talking stopped but heard loud bangs and things shattering. i frowned and peaked over the railing of the stairs. i saw my parents sitting quietly on the sofa, whilst men used baseball bats to smashed vases and breakables around the downstairs. while they did that the scary man sat on the coffee table facing my parents.

"i wanted to be nice about this...like i really did. but i can see you're gonna be difficult. If you don't give me the girl then...I'll make the girl an orphan" he said smiling.

my mom spit on his face and had this disgusted look on her face. "Rot in hell, dog" she said

he wiped the saliva off his face and chuckled. he then raised his hand and slapped my mom across the face. my dad hugged her but knew he couldn't do anything to stop him or her pain. "Do you think I'm joking?!" He yelled. "the girl. Now" he said through his teeth. "my little girl is better off being in an orphanage then with you and your mutts" my mom yelled at him with tears forming in her eyes.

he slammed his hands on the table making us all flinch. "fine then. Be that way...... Kill em" he said and the men started...growling? They're eyes turned golden and they slowly approached them. I couldn't just stand by and watch this. I clenched the rim of my dress and i walked to the center of the stairs. "Stop!!" I yelled, my little voice echoing. everyone froze and looked at me. The horror on my parents face when they saw me, made me think 'maybe i made the wrong decision coming down here' the man smiled and raised his hand telling the guys to not kill them. "Smart little one. Are you Stella Ridge?" He asked crouching down.

But i was smarter than that. i stayed quiet. His smile faded and he scoffed before standing up once again.

"i-if you don't leave I'll...hurt you" i said shaking from fright. He laughed. "Hurt me?" i nodded hesitantly.

"How so? with your...magic?" He said startling me. "Is this some kind of joke?" He laughed. how did he know about my magic? was he a bully ready to make fun of me too? After his laughter stopped he lifted a brow and glanced at my legs. "bring the girl to me" he said gesturing to me. "N-no..." i stuttered. I chickened up and didn't do ONE spell. Instead i stood there waiting for my doom to end. a man grabbed me by my upper arm and dragged me to the scary man. He was so much taller than my dad. I was 10 so he definitely towered over me by alot. i was about 4'11 and he was maybe close to 6'2. he crouched down to my level and pushed on my shoulders roughly, pinning me to the floor. "Stop!!" My mom yelled. "Hush her up" the man said annoyed. Another man held his hand up to my mother's mouth, muffling her screams. "Don't touch her!!" My dad yelled also earning a hand over his mouth muffling HIS screams.

i didn't know what he was doing but something about it really scared me. he lifted my dress revealing my thighs and pointed to my right thigh. I sat up a little and looked down. it was a weird bruising that made a weird crown shape

"Know what this is?" He asked me calmly.

"N-no sir" i said still scared of him.

"It's the symbol for 'The Red Moon Coven' ...your ansceters. They were a very powerful group of witches from Salem, Massachusetts" he said helping me stand up

"my anscesters were witches? I'm...a witch?" I asked and he nodded. "Yes. Where do you think you got your abilities from? although they were very stupid and made deals often with other creatures. For one of these deals they said 'if you can stop hunting us then we will make a treatie with you. every 10 years you can pick a newborn from any coven that you want to keep' those were my ancestors that made that treatie with your anscesters. so now you're mine. I picked you from birth" he said smiling cruely at me. he can't just claim me like I'm some trophy. i went to back up but his sudden growls froze me in my place

"w-what are you?" I asked trembling

"a werewolf, my dear girl" he said with gold flashing in his eyes

"I'm not going with you. My place is with my parents" i said forcing my glued feet to move backwards.

He didn't seem to like my response and sighed deeply before snapping his fingers in the air. right after he did that i watched two of the men turn into big wolves and they attacked my parents. i screamed watching them maul my parents to bone.

I couldn't help the tears falling from my eyes. "NOOOOOOO!!" i looked at him "YOU MONSTER!!" i yelled still crying. "since your parents are dead, you have no choice" right as he said this the door flew open and a woman walked in wearing a cloak. she looked familiar. she took her hood off revealing her face. It was my Aunt Anetta

i was so happy to see her. when she saw my dead parents her eyes turned a bright purple and she opened her hands holding them in mid air. balls of smoke came out of her palms and she started chanting softly. soon the smoke surrounded all the men and the wolves and made them all pass out. She walked towards me as if the smoke didn't affect her and she picked me up

"i think it's time we go somewhere safe" she said looking down at the bodies. the smoke didn't affect me either like it would've. As she walked away holding me, i watched my mauled up parents laying there hopeless beside they're murderers. they're gonna pay one day for killing my parents. Watch and see...