Centophobia

"If she was a vampire I would say it was a glamour, but aren't Fae suppose to be immune to that?" Chris asked aloud as I shook away from everyone to stand by my tree. I had to put up a hand to balance myself. Could this really be happening?

"We are stronger than the glamours used on Vampire's, yes. However, theoretically a Fae could create one strong enough for another Fae. It's never been done, and would have to take a desperate soul. Vampire glamours consist of a little magic and some binding spells. To make one strong enough to mask their own kind would involve blood magic, which hasn't been heard of since Lilith." Devin said in a soft tone.

"Are y'all fucking with me? Are you sure this isn't just a mistake?" I whispered, more to myself and my tree. I felt soft arms wrap around me and squeeze me gently.

"It's real, Little one." Kylie whispered pulling me into a hug. I was too numb to really retaliate the effort.

"But the why don't I have wings? Why did my eyes never change colors before? Why does my body need to take medicine everyday just to function normally, to human standards? W-"

"What medecines?" Jinxx shot out. Everyone's head seemed to snap towards me.

"Just some pain medications." I whispered, trying to keep my mind blank.

"We know your leaving something out. It's plastered all over your face." Andy said, coming over to squat down in front of me.

"Tall motherfucker." I grumbled. "And DON'T YOU FLICK MY NOSE!" I shouted when Chris twitched towards me. He just smiled at me.

"Please, Qae, it might have something to do with why you grew up human." Jinxx said staning behind Andy.

"Impossible, I--" The school bell interrupted me, signaling for fifth period. I smiled and hooked my thumb between my backpack and collar bone. "Welp, hate to go, but that's the bell." I smiled, thanking God for the interruption. I went to slip past, but was pulled back to a halt, as the others disbursed to go to class.

"Now that we have convinced you that you're not human, you get to switch to classes more fitting. Come on, to the guidance office." Jinxx said smirking as he pulled me backwards by my backpack. I grumbled, but decided not to argue.

"What exactly is everyone's power?" I asked. Where did that come from? I'm not social.

"I can read minds and access memories. Devin can mess with moods. Kylie can mimic her surroundings. Andy and Jake are freakishly strong even for vampires, Andy more than Jake because of age, though. Ella and Juliet, Jake and Andy's mates, have a tough time keeping them from fighting. Chris has this old gift of being able to mess with a persons blood. Ryan can read minds like me; his mate, Allie, can make you see and feel hallucinations. Ricky and his mate Jessica have the power of fire and ice. Ashley, well we joke that seduction is his power, but honestly it's more like Allie's. He can control what you do by making you believe and disbelieve certain things." By the end of his little speech I was permanently terrified of this bunch and being ushered up to the guidance front desk.

"How may I help you?"

"Qae is not human and needs to be switched to a Natural Fae's learning schedule." Jinxx said with firm authority. The poor clerk literally started shaking. I smacked him in the back of the head, earning a quirked eyebrow from the victim.

"Don't talk to her like that." I tried to growl. Glaring at him when he held in a laugh as it came out sounding like a whimper. "Would you mind changing my schedule, please?" I asked facing the clerk. She just nodded. After I handed her my student ID she went into the back. I felt Jinxx's large hand clamp onto my shoulder.

"You don't need to be afraid anymore. I would never hurt you." Was that hurt in his voice? What the fuck?

"Here you go miss, I'll write you both a pass to class. Looks like you will be heading to Physical Education in the Gym Miss Stork." I heard Jinxx try to stifle a laugh as my cheeks burned. I muttered a thanks and headed straight out the door and to the gym., ignoring Jinxx shouting out a bye. By the time I had got to the gym the class was already running laps. I let the coach look over my schedule, and he said to just take a seat for today. I smiled knowing that I would get out of my first day of p.e., but immediately lost it when who else but the Bitch Trinity rounded the corner on their final lap. Shit. They didn't dare make any comments to me during class, since the Coach was reffering a game of volleyball. When they all went down to change I watched the seconds tick until the bell, praying that I would beat them out. Two minutes. One minute. 30 seconds.

"Look, Suicide Watch is now in our gym class. Let's be nice and give her our present now." Brittany voice harped out. The coach had already gone inside his office so there wasn't going to be anything mild in this meeting. I took a deep breath and faced the firing squad.

"Oh, look, Hicks trying to stand up for herself now. Isn't that brave?" Serenity snickered.

"More like a death wish." Ashley snorted.

"Just leave me the fuck alone, assholes. I haven't done shit to you." I said, trying to stare down Brittany.

"You're breathing aren't you? Anyway, we aren't here to fix your manners, this time. We have something for you. Here." Ashley sneered tossing a small box at me before the bell rang and the trio sauntered away. Knowing I shouldn't, I opened the box. Sigh. Closing it, I just stuffed it into my backpack. This wasn't there first time giving me gifts like this, probably won't be the last. I looked over my schedule and saw that I had something called N/F HomEc. in the Science wing. I shuffled over to my class and took a seat in the middle row first seat, right in front of the teacher's desk. Usually students avoid teachers, so hopefully it'll be the same in this case. I did my spill to the teacher and got a book from the class set. The class slowly filled up with students as I skimmed through the few chapters that the class had already covered. Apparently this was a class to teach the Natural Fae and Fertile Vampires about basically everything to do with their lifestyle. I was intently reading about the diet portion. I was suppose to feed off energy? How have I lasted so long on--

"Excuse me, my name's Alan. Are you new?" A male Natural asked me. The most identifiable thing about him was his orange hair.

"Umm, kinda." I said quietly, hoping to just be left alone. There hadn't been anything on what was bad or good behavior, and I only knew rumors and how to get my ass into trouble today.

"Aww! You're shy! That's so adorable!" He cooed taking the seat beside me. I had to hold in a groan.

"Careful, Ashby, Motionless has already tried staking a claim on our Little One already." Kylie's voice laughed as she took the seat behind me. I returned the wave minimally.

I took as detailed notes as I could throughout the class. The last thing the teacher covered was about Fae's directly, the Fertiles having been allowed to leave early if they wished. It was about the strength of their emotions. All I could think about was my depression, my mania, my anger issues. We were suppose to be highly sensitive compared to humans because we value life more. I'm only a few points away from clinically insane because of my fucking emotions. Something was cracking inside of me. I didn't dare stay for the rest of the lecture. I snatched my bag and book and ran out of the class room.

I ran out of the school and all the way to my house, straight to the kitchen where my meds were. I threw my book on the floor and bag on the table. As the bag smacked the table everything just broke. Everything was drowning me. I was shaking so bad I could barely hang onto the table for support. My spine was on fire and my head felt as if Andy was slowly smashing it between his two bare hands. I screamed as loud and high as I could. I took my medicine and threw it across the room, the plastic bottles ricocheting off the walls

I nearly ripped my bag open searching for them. They wanted me to, so why the fuck not. I had just pulled the box out when I felt a disc in my spine slip out of place, making me collapse on the floor in pain. I nearly threw up when the box landed harshly on my upper chest close to my throat. I shoved the damn thing off of me and across the room as I started nearly seizing.

"Qae? It's the Wolf Gang! Qae?" Someone laughed.

"We know you're here."

"Holy shit! CC, Ballz, in here!" Some Johnny Depp look-a-like came into view. I arched my back against a new pain as something tried to move me.

"Little One, tell us what's wrong. We don't want to hurt you."

"B-b-b-a-b-ack" I stammered as well as I could, trying to shut out the world and the pain. When I tried to close my eyes though a snapping would ring through the air. Two more heads came into view. One with a head band and the other with two piercing on each side of his upper lip. I was rolled onto my stomach, pinned as I tried to roll back into a less painful position. There was a strong, brutal pain and a loud pop.

"We need to take her to Chris."

"I'll let everyone know what happened. CC, can you drive? Brandon will have to keep a hold of her in the back seat."

"Yea, let's go."

"Hey, I'm going to lift you. It's going to hurt, but the main pain should be gone. It is, right?" Johnny Depp Jr. asked. I couldn't respond verbally or physically. Everything was throbbing even my lungs screamed every time I breathed. I looked him straight in the eyes, in what I hope was a confirmation, before I lost consciousness.

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