Chapter 9: Staring Contest

“Two weeks… two weeks.” Bella muttered, pacing. “Only two… only two.”

“Bell, have you forged the passports?” Alice asked.

“Yes.” Bella stopped pacing.

“Hand them over, Bells.”

Bella froze.

“Now, Bella.”

Bella handed Alice the eight fake passports.

“Alice…” Bella murmured. “Can we do this?”

“Yes, Bella! Yes!” Alice very nearly shouted. “WE CAN!”

Calm, quiet Lily spoke up. “Alice, we’re eight vampires against a whole clan of vampires. Are you SURE we can do this?”

“Of course we can!” Rose spoke next.

“Yeah why not?” Carli grinned.

Nobody else said anything. Nobody else dared argue with Lily.

“Let them come to us.” Lily said coldly.

“No!” Bubbly Alice was definite.

Lily glared at Alice. Alice didn’t flinch.

“Don’t look her in the eyes. Don’t look her in the eyes.” Rosalie murmured.

Alice nodded faintly.

Lily kept staring, her amber eyes searching Alice’s face, trying to catch her eyes.

“This doesn’t have to be a staring contest.” Kat mused. “We can discuss it.”

“Ok Kat.” Lily looked away from Alice’s face.

“Ha!” Alice gloated. “I, Alice Jefferson, just beat Lily in a staring contest! BEAT THAT!

“Alice, our flight is leaving in an hour. We’d better go.” Rose smiled.

“Yeah.” Carli agreed. “Let’s get going.”

“Has everyone packed anything they’ll need?” I asked.

“Yes” My friends and sister chorused.

“Good.”

Chapter 8: We Have To

Sure, I’d seen Bells and Rose and Carli take charge, but never in my thirty-four years with Alice had I seen HER take charge. It was only a few hours and we were on a plane to Chicago. When we got to Chicago, we would get on another plane to the coast of Africa. After that, we’d find a way to get to Cairo and find an old friend of Alice’s, who was staying in Egypt for awhile. They would help us find out where the Ankhenaten were hiding.

Meanwhile, Kat was on the phone with Matt.

“Yeah… Matt, we’re gonna be gone for awhile… no, don’t follow us, we’ll be fine, I’m with Em and her friends… ok I will. I love you too. Bye Matt.”

Kat hung up the phone and sighed.

“I sure as hell hope I’m ready for this.” She murmured.

“Oh you are, Kat. Don’t worry.” Lily soothed.

Suddenly Alice became very still and tense. When she finally relaxed, she told us what she had seen.

“Neveira Reza Ankhenaten is being crowned leader of the Ankhenaten. Ankhele Alexandria Ankhenaten has been imprisoned. Neva will be crowned leader in two weeks.”

“Two weeks? Only TWO?” I gasped.

“Alice, we can’t even make it to Cairo in two weeks.” Bella’s eyes were wide.

“We can.” Alice confirmed. Then her voice grew very low. “We have to.”

Dedication/Not Copying/Comment/Tell Ur Frends!

First, I’d like to address an issue that came up today.

Whoever’s been telling Fort I’m copying Aber, you better knock it off. I’m NOT copying Aber, there are just certain parts that are like her because both books are vaguely based on Twilight.

Second, I’d like to dedicate this book to Aber, because Fort DID manage to point out a few areas where the books were the same.

THIRD, I’d like you guys to comment! 61 people have visited this site, and only Aber managed to leave a comment!

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Thank you for reading.

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Chapter 7: Meeting

Kat raised her eyebrows.

“All eight of us?” she asked.

“Yes. All eight, Kat.” I gulped. For once, I was nervous.

“Alice, call Rosalie.” I ordered. Alice was dialing the number in seconds.

“Kat, I saw Alexander in the cafeteria today.” I said quietly, my voice barely audible.

Kat gasped.

“Wha-What does tha-that prove?” She stuttered.

Alexander was Neva’s twin brother.

“He’s spying on me.” My voice was still low.

“Ems, be careful.” Kat warned.

“I know.” I muttered.

“Emma, Rose is here.” Alice murmured.

“Hi Rosie!” I smiled. I hadn’t called her Rosie in years.

Behind Rosalie were Bella and Carli.

“Hi Bells! Hi Carli!” They probably thought I was a lobotomy patient.

“Hi… Emma.” Rosalie looked confused.

“Um… Hi Em.” Carli looked really freaked out.

“Hello, Emma.” Bella said calmly. Bella was always calm.

Kat had silently slipped out of the house to go get Paige.

“Rose, call Lily.” Alice ordered seriously.

“O-ok Alice.” Rosalie stuttered.

None of us had ever seen Alice so serious. Bubbly, flaky Alice was taking this more seriously than any of us were.

“Carli, a note to get us excused from class for the next week.”

“Ok Alice!” Carli wrote a note in her funky handwriting:

∂єαя нσмєяσσм тєα¢нєя,

¢αяℓι, яσѕαℓιє, вєℓℓα, єммα, αℓι¢є, ℓιℓу, αη∂ ραιgє ωιℓℓ ησт вє ιη ѕ¢нσσℓ ƒσя α ωєєк. ωє αяє тяυℓу ѕσяяу, вυт αη ємєяgєη¢у нαѕ ¢σмє υρ αвяσα∂. ωє’ℓℓ вє вα¢к ηєχт мση∂αу. ωє нσρє.

ѕιη¢єяℓу,

¢αяℓι вяιєηѕ

“You spelled “sincerely” wrong, Carls.” Rose pointed out.

“Do I look like I care?” Carli’s look was venomous. That happens when Carli gets worried.

“Stop fighting. Emma and Rose, go pack provisions. Carli, send the note to the school. Bells, forge a few passports please.” Alice was still in her take-charge mood. This was gonna be one hell of a ride.

 

 

 

 

 

Title Change

I was on chat today, and I realized that Love Again is NEVER gonna fit the title, i strayed from my original plan xp So I’m changing the title to… um… idk. I’ll think of one later tonight. TY to everyone whos reading and enjoying my book!

Chapter 6: Alice’s Power

To my disappointment, my flashback ended. I shuddered. Ankhele had always been cold and cruel, but warm to me when I was good. Neva was her horrid daughter, who was my friend until I became better than her. Good riddance, Neva.

“I’m gonna invite Alice over.”

Kat grinned. “Fabulous! I love Alice, she’s so great.”

I dialed Alice’s number.

“Alice, I need YOU and your magic visions here NOW.” Alice had visions, she could see what was going on at the current moment in a different place.

“Be right there, Ems.” Alice must’ve known it was urgent.

In five minutes, she was sitting on the big blue beanbag chair in my room. The chair absolutely inhaled her, she was so small.

“What’s wrong?” Alice looked anxious.

“Alice… how are the Ankhenaten doing lately?” My eyes were wide.

Kat quietly came in, and we both watched as Alice, her eyes closed, became incredibly still and rigid, almost lifeless.

Finally Alice opened her sparkling black eyes.

“Ankhele Alexandria Ankhenaten is ruling. Her heir is Neveira Reza Ankhenaten.”

“Neva.” Kat breathed.

“I’m sorry, that’s all I can see.” Alice confessed.

Kat pouted.

“That’s OK, Alice. It’s not your fault.” I comforted.

“One more thing, Emma, Neveira Reza seemed to have a desire for the throne.”

Kat gasped.

I tried to remain calm. This was bad, very bad. If Neva became the leader of the Ankhenatens, she would order to have me killed! Even if I teamed up with every vamp I knew, we wouldn’t be able to fight the entire clan.

“We must save Ankhele.” I said calmly.

 

Chapter 5: Flashback

“Kat!” I yelped, hugging her.

“Em!” She hugged me back.

Kat had dark brown hair, with lighter brown highlights and tiny hints of red. Nearly as tiny as Alice, Kat was a star soccer player and my favorite sister.

A look of worry crossed my face. “Kat, why are you here?”

“Just visiting my favorite little sister!”

I sensed there was something more.

“Kat, I’m your only little sister.”

“That’s why you’re my favorite! How’s that girl you found, oh what was her name again?”

“Paige?”

“Yeah, Paige. How’s she doing?”

“She’s fine. She lives next door.”

“Fabulous!”

“Come on in, Kat.”

“Ok, Ems.”

Kat bounced in and sat on my light tan couch.

“What’s new?” I asked.

“The usual.” She made a face. “Very dull.”

“How’s Matt?” Matt was Kat’s boyfriend.

“Fine.”

“Are you still living in Boston?”

“No, we moved to Phoenix.”

“Mmmm, some sun.”

“Yeah, I was tired of rain.”

“Yeah.”

“How’s Seattle?”

“Rainy.”

Conversation went by like this for awhile.

Eventually, Kat said “Have you seen Neva lately?”

I blushed. “I left them years ago, Kat.”

Neva? How did she remember Neva? Why did she ask about Neva?

“So, that’s a no?” She laughed.

I didn’t answer.

“Em?”

I still wasn’t paying attention.

“EMMA?”

I had been launched into one of my too-frequent flashbacks.

 

I had been staying in Egypt, with the Ankhenaten clan of vampires.

“Emma, come here.” A cold voice commanded. Ankhele’s cold voice.

“Emma, you’ve been such a good little girl. Such a good little child.”

“Yes, Miss Ankhele.” I spoke.

“Yes, dearest.”

“The best, Miss?”

“The best, darling.”

“THE BEST? MOTHER, WHY IS SHE THE BEST? I’VE ALWAYS BEEN THE BEST!” Neva’s tan face was streaked with angry tears.

“No, Neva. Now Emma is the best.” Ankhele spoke again.

 No words could describe the absolutely poisonous look Neva shot me next.

“Miss Ankhele, has Egypt fallen to the Ankhenaten yet?” I asked, ignoring Neva.

“Almost, dear.”

“HOW DARE YOU IGNORE ME!” Neva again.

“Neva, be silent!” Ankhele ordered.

“Yes, Mother.”