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Four years ago. Rachel P.O.V.

Anna was crying in my arms. Be quiet, I prayed, please sis, be quiet! But it was too late. They'd found us. A light from a torched glowered down at us and Anna stopped crying. Anna clapped her chubby little baby hands and giggled. I snarled. Why didn't Anna get that we were evil?
" Stay away." I threatend the man with the torch. " Or I'll rip your heart out and feed it to some pigs."
" Really? You ain't gonna eat it?" The man leered. He had dark hair and tan skin. Not to mention his silver cross around his neck...
" Why would I eat the heart of scum? Actually, no, you're worse than scum. You're algae."
" If that's some fancy-pants demon word, it don't affect me." The man snapped proudly, gleaming his white-turning-yellow teeth.
" It ain't a fancy-pants demon word and I'm not even a demon!" I protested. " Get your damn facts straight before you go killing innocents."
" You're no innocent." The man spat. The man leaped for me and I dropped Anna so I could run him away from her. He did exactly as I'd hoped and I rounded on him and kicked the backs of his knees. The man fell to the ground.
" That's true; I am no innocent. But if you really wanna kill me and be just as innocent I, then carry on. But riddle me this; who will look after my sister when I'm gone?" I spoke cautiously to the anger-fueled man. He calculated this for a moment, then said,
" I'll kill her too."
" A defenseless child? Wow, aren't you a saint!" The man lunged again and plunged a knife he'd pulled from his boot into the top of my arm. I screamed out in pain and kicked and punched and flailed until he backed away. I clutched my arm and felt thick, warm liquid run through my fingers. I'd cut him too, across his cheek with (presumably) one of my nails. He smelt yummy. I licked my lips and tasted the saltiness from my sweat on my tounge. I risked a glance at Anna, who was also staring at the man hungrily before crying out.
I knew what I was going to do, only, I didn't like that idea very much. Not for long though. Killing him was easy, a quick twist of the neck, a click and BAM! Dead human. Not so much the same with vampires (I have to be stealthier with those guys) who only get paralyzed for a short period of time.
But the dead human was much sweeter and nicer than a vampire. Anna seemed to agree with me on that.
Being a halfie was hard work. Especially when Anna and I got caught by Social Service's, who then kept us in a childrens home until they tracked down my uncle and sent us to live with him instead. But those three years in the home were okay, I guess. As okay as it get get with two halfies living with possible meals would get.

The present.

Claire, Myrnin, Amelie, Oliver and Morley were busy deciphering Anna's message from earlier. Anna sitting on Oliver's lap was making things more difficult by switching from language to language, while Myrnin struggled to translate. Pennywell and I stood with our backs against the wall closest to the door. Pennywell was giving me a thoughtful sideways glance.
" What?" I asked, frowning.
" Just wondering what you meant by not being human." He shrugged with a smirk tugging at his lips. " You're right with you not being a vampire but you smell and look like a human."
" I could say exactly the same about vampires. Only that you're paler than other humans." I pointed out.
" And stronger, and faster." He added.
I shrugged. " Yeah, besides that and the blood drinking, you look like a human."
Pennywell shrugged lazily. " I still struggle with what you meant, unless you're trying to scare Claire. You won't succeed in that."
I knew that already but didn't bother in saying so. Pennywell and I watched as Oliver, Morley, Myrnin and Amelie began to lose it with Anna.
" Anna, please will you speak just one language." My uncle begged. Morley sighed, watching boredly with his head in his hand. Amelie looked displeased with the progress that Claire and Myrnin were making. And my little sister? She was happy to annoy everyone.
" Anna," I called. Anna's head snapped around to look at me " Quid nosti melius, loquere ad eos. Desinat esse difficilem.*" I told her sternly. She nodded and began again in her favourite language; Welsh.
" Dyw i ddim yn gwybod llawer on fydd y Tywyllwch yma ar y trydydd ar ddeg. Dydd Gwener, reit?" Anna wrinkled her button nose in disgust and a frown creased her forehead; just to look sweet, even if she could kill everyone in this room within minutes (with my help, of course).
" She says that the Darkness will be here on the thirteenth. This Friday." Myrnin translated, relieved that Anna had finally decided to stick with one language. Morley was looking at me curiously.
" What did you say to her?" He asked. Everyone else looked at me too.
" I told her to, tell you what she knows and to stop being difficult." I snapped. " She listens to me, believe it or not, seen as I was the one who raised her. And she can speak English. She just doesn't like it. Right, Anna?"
" **Ja!" Anna exclaimed, throwing her arms up in the air, almost hitting Oliver in the face.
" ***Du bist sehr schwer, Anna." I sighed shaking my head.
" I'm hungry." Anna stated jumping off of Oliver's lap and striding into the kitchen.
A few moments of silence settled as Anna clattered about in the kitchen. I heared the fridge open and Anna gasp in awe. She'd seen the blood my uncle kept. Shit. I blurred and appeared behind Anna who looked like a vampire in the refridgerator light and pulled her away from the blood. She bared her tiny fangs and made a small hiss before I slapped my hand over her mouth.
" **** Tace!" I scolded. " Scio quam sis sentiens." Anna's eyes saddened. Then she nodded.
" Okay..." She murmmered quietly.
" Good." I said standing straighter. " *****Noi cacciamo presto, mia sorella."

Glossary:
* "Tell them what you know. Stop being difficult." (Latin)
** " Yes!" (German)
*** " You're very difficult, Anna." (German)
**** " Quiet!....I know how you're feeling." (Latin)
***** " We hunt soon, my sister." (Italian)

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Four years ago. Rachel P.O.V.

Anna was crying in my arms. Be quiet, I prayed, please sis, be quiet! But it was too late. They'd found us. A light from a torched glowered down at us and Anna stopped crying. Anna clapped her chubby little baby hands and giggled. I snarled. Why didn't Anna get that we were evil?
" Stay away." I threatend the man with the torch. " Or I'll rip your heart out and feed it to some pigs."
" Really? You ain't gonna eat it?" The man leered. He had dark hair and tan skin. Not to mention his silver cross around his neck...
" Why would I eat the heart of scum? Actually, no, you're worse than scum. You're algae."
" If that's some fancy-pants demon word, it don't affect me." The man snapped proudly, gleaming his white-turning-yellow teeth.
" It ain't a fancy-pants demon word and I'm not even a demon!" I protested. " Get your damn facts straight before you go killing innocents."
" You're no innocent." The man spat. The man leaped for me and I dropped Anna so I could run him away from her. He did exactly as I'd hoped and I rounded on him and kicked the backs of his knees. The man fell to the ground.
" That's true; I am no innocent. But if you really wanna kill me and be just as innocent I, then carry on. But riddle me this; who will look after my sister when I'm gone?" I spoke cautiously to the anger-fueled man. He calculated this for a moment, then said,
" I'll kill her too."
" A defenseless child? Wow, aren't you a saint!" The man lunged again and plunged a knife he'd pulled from his boot into the top of my arm. I screamed out in pain and kicked and punched and flailed until he backed away. I clutched my arm and felt thick, warm liquid run through my fingers. I'd cut him too, across his cheek with (presumably) one of my nails. He smelt yummy. I licked my lips and tasted the saltiness from my sweat on my tounge. I risked a glance at Anna, who was also staring at the man hungrily before crying out.
I knew what I was going to do, only, I didn't like that idea very much. Not for long though. Killing him was easy, a quick twist of the neck, a click and BAM! Dead human. Not so much the same with vampires (I have to be stealthier with those guys) who only get paralyzed for a short period of time.
But the dead human was much sweeter and nicer than a vampire. Anna seemed to agree with me on that.
Being a halfie was hard work. Especially when Anna and I got caught by Social Service's, who then kept us in a childrens home until they tracked down my uncle and sent us to live with him instead. But those three years in the home were okay, I guess. As okay as it get get with two halfies living with possible meals would get.

The present.

Claire, Myrnin, Amelie, Oliver and Morley were busy deciphering Anna's message from earlier. Anna sitting on Oliver's lap was making things more difficult by switching from language to language, while Myrnin struggled to translate. Pennywell and I stood with our backs against the wall closest to the door. Pennywell was giving me a thoughtful sideways glance.
" What?" I asked, frowning.
" Just wondering what you meant by not being human." He shrugged with a smirk tugging at his lips. " You're right with you not being a vampire but you smell and look like a human."
" I could say exactly the same about vampires. Only that you're paler than other humans." I pointed out.
" And stronger, and faster." He added.
I shrugged. " Yeah, besides that and the blood drinking, you look like a human."
Pennywell shrugged lazily. " I still struggle with what you meant, unless you're trying to scare Claire. You won't succeed in that."
I knew that already but didn't bother in saying so. Pennywell and I watched as Oliver, Morley, Myrnin and Amelie began to lose it with Anna.
" Anna, please will you speak just one language." My uncle begged. Morley sighed, watching boredly with his head in his hand. Amelie looked displeased with the progress that Claire and Myrnin were making. And my little sister? She was happy to annoy everyone.
" Anna," I called. Anna's head snapped around to look at me " Quid nosti melius, loquere ad eos. Desinat esse difficilem.*" I told her sternly. She nodded and began again in her favourite language; Welsh.
" Dyw i ddim yn gwybod llawer on fydd y Tywyllwch yma ar y trydydd ar ddeg. Dydd Gwener, reit?" Anna wrinkled her button nose in disgust and a frown creased her forehead; just to look sweet, even if she could kill everyone in this room within minutes (with my help, of course).
" She says that the Darkness will be here on the thirteenth. This Friday." Myrnin translated, relieved that Anna had finally decided to stick with one language. Morley was looking at me curiously.
" What did you say to her?" He asked. Everyone else looked at me too.
" I told her to, tell you what she knows and to stop being difficult." I snapped. " She listens to me, believe it or not, seen as I was the one who raised her. And she can speak English. She just doesn't like it. Right, Anna?"
" **Ja!" Anna exclaimed, throwing her arms up in the air, almost hitting Oliver in the face.
" ***Du bist sehr schwer, Anna." I sighed shaking my head.
" I'm hungry." Anna stated jumping off of Oliver's lap and striding into the kitchen.
A few moments of silence settled as Anna clattered about in the kitchen. I heared the fridge open and Anna gasp in awe. She'd seen the blood my uncle kept. Shit. I blurred and appeared behind Anna who looked like a vampire in the refridgerator light and pulled her away from the blood. She bared her tiny fangs and made a small hiss before I slapped my hand over her mouth.
" **** Tace!" I scolded. " Scio quam sis sentiens." Anna's eyes saddened. Then she nodded.
" Okay..." She murmmered quietly.
" Good." I said standing straighter. " *****Noi cacciamo presto, mia sorella."

Glossary:
* "Tell them what you know. Stop being difficult." (Latin)
** " Yes!" (German)
*** " You're very difficult, Anna." (German)
**** " Quiet!....I know how you're feeling." (Latin)
***** " We hunt soon, my sister." (Italian)