'Why this room? Not this one! Please! Don't let me relive this!' begged Ash to the woman.
'I must.' with that Ash lost consciousness.
It was all dark. There! A flash of light! Red light! A wolf. Blood. Angels. Mom. Dead. Dad. Dead. All. Lost. Sister. Gone. Because of you. Useless. Bully. Thrown off the roof. Saved. Almost dead. Uncle killed brother. Life gone. What next? New town. New life. Orphanage. New family. Life? Another try. New friends. Not a Monster. Love? No. Bully. Hate. Sadness. Hopelessness. Dark. Falling. Falling forever. Forever falling. Losing hope. Lost friend. Thrown off another roof. Not saved. Small fall. Broken everything. New body? No. Must survive. Live. Breath. Pain. Black. A door. Mom. Dad. Family. Real family. A house. Sister lay dying. Losing her. Losing twin. Losing everything. Alone.
'Stop. Slower. Slower. In years.' panicked Flora
Rhys, James, Rain, and Claw stare open-mouthed at the screen.
'She went through a lot!'
'Losing my family would break me!'
'Poor girl.'
'I feel bad for attacking her.'
Slower? I can do slower. But it'll hurt.
A blond-haired girl lay in a white bed. Slowly her life was being drained away. A younger-looking Ash. Sad-looking parents.
"I love you, Sammy. I always will. I don't care that you're two. I feel like I've known you for all of my life." cried Ash, a young black-haired boy who hugged her around the waist and wouldn't let go
"Come on, Ben, Ash, Lizzy, Carlo, Sam, and Ella. We need to leave. She's going into a coma. It's not a pretty thing." called the mother. All of the children came out of the room. Flash!
Bang! A door slammed open. A strange crazy-looking man. Yelling for his wife. Ella asked who. He demanded Sammy back. Lizzy coming from upstairs. Man throwing a knife. Lizzy, dead on the stairs. Ella pulled Ben, and Sam out the door, screaming for Ash to follow. Ash grabbed the knife from her sister's body. Yelling at the man. Saying that Sammy was her little sister. Dead. Only two. Can't be his wife. Go away. Man advancing on her parents. Yelling that they took his beautiful Sammy away. All their fault. Pinning the father to the wall with a knife. Ash watch in horror as he did the same to her mother. Yelling. Ash flinging the knife. Flashing right in front of his nose. The Man stops. Ash scared. Mad. Angry, how dare he attack her family. She already lost two family members. No more loss. Knife in hand. Man advancing. Mad. Flash! The knife comes spinning back to Ash. Back in hand. Man scared. Ash attacks. Lunging, clawing, fighting. Knocking back man. Cuts arm. Man runs. Smell fear. True fear. Pulling parents free. Parents run. Yelling to stay away. Crying. Running. Alone. All alone. Nobody cares. Ella. Dead. Ben. Wolf. Mad. Anger. How dare it hurt him. Fighting. Mad. Anger. Ben. Almost dead. Losing blood fast. Wolf dead. Running with Ben. Milkweed. Ben eat. Feeding Ben Milkweed. Asleep. Awake. Village. Lost. Wolves everywhere. Werewolves. Nice woman. Flash!
New town. Friends? Family? School? Happiness? Fun? New life! Good! Orphanage. Brown. Dull. She was bullied. Everyday. Did the bullies' homework too. Always went to bed late. Stopped talking. Never crying. Doing only her jobs. Adopted. Carlo here. Hugs. Laughter. Flash!
Carlo dead. Uncle with a knife. Grabs Ash. Throws her off the roof. Ash half dead. Wolf lady's here. Darkness. Hate. Sadness. New life. New town? New family? Sam! Twin! Hugging. New home. Loved. School? I'll try school. Friends. Class. Friends! Flash!
'No, no, no! Like what actually happened! Not sections!' yelped Flora
Okay, I can do that. Flash!
'No one knows who I am! I can try school! I'll make friends. After all, I have Sam! I love Sam! He's the best twin anyone could ask for! What is a class? Oh! I think it's where you learn things! My first class is in room 35.'
"Ash? Are you okay? You look confused." asked Sam.
"I am. I've never been to school before," replied Ash.
"Oh right! I forgot! When you're in school you kinda forget about the past. Sorry. I forgot that you went missing for a year. How are Ella and Ben?"
"I saw Carlo too."
"Really? How is he doing?"
"I don't know."
"What do you mean?" asked Sam, looking worried.
"Ella's dead so is Ben. And Carlo."
"WHAT?! How?" Sam whispered the last part.
"Ella, I don't know. I left the cabin and I came across her body. She was dead. Ben bled to death. I gave him some Milkweed and healed his wounds but he was dead in the morning. Carlo…" Ash started to cry.
"What's wrong with Carlo?!" Sam grabbed Ash, keeping her up.
"Uncle. He killed him. Just like how that man killed our Lizzy. Uncle also killed my adopted family." sobbed Ash.
"He what?!"
"Uncle killed them."
"Oh, Ash. Wait. Did it all happen while you were there? Only to people you loved and to people who loved you?" asked Sam.
"Yes."
"Gah! Get away from me!" Sam shoved Ash away, turned, and ran to his class.
"Sam?" whimpered Ash.
"My gosh! Why'd he do that? That was so mean of him!" a black-haired girl with a violet streak came rushing over.
"I don't know." replied the astonished Ash.
"How do you know him? Wow! You have matching bracelets! That's so cool!"
"One, he's my twin. Second, he made them so that if we ever were separated we'd be able to find each other."
"You are twins with The Sam Link."
"Yeah? I didn't know that his last name was Link now."
"What do you mean?"
"Our family was killed. We were separated. And adopted to different families. Now I live with him."
"Oh, I'm so sorry! Why was your family killed?"
"A crazy man came and said that my dead two-year-old sister was his wife. Lizzy said that she wasn't his wife, so he threw a knife at her. Ella grabbed my brothers and pulled them outside. I stayed. The man had a lot of knives. He managed to pin my parents to the wall with them. I...I'm a murderer. I killed him." sobbed Ash.
"Don't be. Well, you only saw your sister die. That means your family didn't die."
"No. My parents screamed at me to go away. That I was a monster. I found Ella dead a few feet into the woods. Ben was almost dead. I killed the wolf that was killing him. I tried to heal him, but I failed. My uncle killed Carlo and my new family. Then I found Sam."
"Why did they call you a monster?" asked the girl.
"Because I was five. I killed a grown man. I didn't let him escape. He had begged for mercy. But I killed him. I could move the knife. I threw it, saving my parents, and he advanced on me. Then the knife flew into my hand. No one was there. Just my parents, fifty feet from the knife. My uncle threw me off the roof. The person who found me was super confused that I - ack!" someone had grabbed Ash by her shirt.
"Hey! Leave my friend alone!" yelled the girl.
"What did you tell her?" hissed Sam.
"Nothing! Leave me alone! Sam stop!" flinging her bracelet at his face Ash shouted, "I hate you! You never cared! I saved mom and dad! They thought I was a freak! A monster! Uncle threw me off the roof! I've had enough! I hate you! I hate you, I'm never calling you brother again. Never." hissed Ash, her yelling had attracted a crowd. They all gasped when she said that her uncle had thrown her off a roof, that she hated the famous artist Sam Link. Then gaped when she said 'I hate you! I hate you, I'm never calling you Brother again. Never.' The girl closest to Ash grabbed her and pulled her back.
"Ash. Stop. It's not worth it. Don't do it. Leave him alone. He'll regret it. Regret leaving his sister to deal with a murderer." she growled, her eyes flashing white, Rhys recognized her as Hope, his missing friend, an alpha. She was living with humans?!
"Murderer?!" yelled a few people in the crowd while some just gaped and gasped.
"Yes, murderer. She was five. He ditched her. His own twin." said the girl.
"Violet! Stop it!" hissed a girl.
"No, I'm standing for what's right! I'm not letting you control me anymore, Tiffany. She had her own sisters and brothers murdered in front of her. One by her own uncle! One she doesn't know, one by a wolf, and one by a crazy man who came into her home and declared that he wanted her sister back. Her dead little sister. Who was two... He claimed that her dead sister was his wife! She saved her family, distracting him enough for her mom and dad to get free from the knives pinning them to the walls. They then called her a freak and almost killed her. She was bullied. Non-stop."
"She's right," said Hope.
"Who are you to say?" demanded Sam, glaring
"I'm her friend. Maybe more of a sister. More of a family member than you ever were! She is now like my twin. There is nothing that we don't tell each other. I know her secrets, and she knows mine."
'Hope told her!? Ash knows that Hope is a werewolf?!' Rhys panicked
"What?" Sam frowned.
"I trust her better than I trust you! I will never call you brother again!" Ash ran away crying. Flash!
There were two girls and a boy standing over Ash. The girl called Tiffany punched Ash straight in the eye. Then she hit her again. Soon Ash's eye was all bloodied up. The boy looked a little sick. The other girl was laughing.
"Hah! Little weak human. Just be glad that you're related to Sam Link. Otherwise, you'd be dead." the other girl mocked her, her tail tying a not in Ash's hair
"Um. Sara? She told Sam that she hates him! Like, can you believe her? I would do anything to be Sam's twin." Tiffany sighed dreamily her cat ears waving in the air.
"Tiffany?" asked the boy
"What Carter!" she snapped
"Didn't you hear the part where he ditched her? With a murderer?!"
"How'd she survive?" whispered Carter.
"Come on, Carter! We don't want to be seen with this loser!" called Sara, slapping Ash with her tail, then walked away, leaving him with Ash.
"How'd you survive the murderer?" asked Carter.
"Why do you care? I didn't see you doing anything to stop them!" Ash turned around and stormed off.
"My word! Ash! What happened to you?!" Violet came streaking out of the classroom, to see Ash collapse, the teacher followed her wondering what had made her best student run outside.
"Violet? Come back into the classroom. You know bet- What happened to her?!" Ms. Mill gaped at the girl who was passed out on the floor. Her eyes were covered in fresh blood, and she had many bruises and cuts on her body, her uniform was torn as well. Ms. Mill could tell that she was a victim of bullying, "Violet. Take her to the nurse's office now. Have Cam help you."
"What happened to her? Who is she?" asked Cam, when she was told to help Violet carry an unconscious girl to the nurse's room.
"This is Ash."
"Ash? This is a girl."
"So? You have a boyish nickname and are a girl. She's related to… I'll bet he did it! He already shoved her and hurt her!" Violet exclaimed.
"Who?"
"Sam Link!"
"Wow. Aren't we getting a little extreme?" asked Cam.
"Not at all! He beat her up already."
"Really."
"Yeah! He did! I got it all on video! I had forgotten that I had been recording Hope's singing! Listen! First, let me skip the singing. Here."
"You're right! That's super mean of him! But he didn't do it. I was with him the whole time!"
"Then who was it?"
"I don't know. Maybe Tiffany?" Cam asked tentatively.
"Maybe. I'll see if I can get the principal to show me the cameras." mussed Violet.
"Could I come for that part? I love cameras," exclaimed Cam.
Flash! Bullied every day. Flash!
"Loser! Why don't you just die?" It was Tiffany again.
"Because I have friends that still need me. I can't give up!"
"Just die!" Tiffany punched Ash for a while. Then her friend grabbed her and pulled her up,
"And stay away from Everest! He's mine! Stop talking to him. If he talks to you, ignore him. Understood? If you don't I'll come and get you. And I assure you. It'll be a lot worse. Bye-bye loser!" With that, she pulled a pocket knife out and slashed Ash for a little bit.
"See ya!'' She and Tiffany both flipped their hair and stalked out of there. A few minutes later Ash lost consciousness. When she woke up later, there were multiple guys standing over her.
"Who are you?" Ash tried to say but she ended up saying, "Hu a u."
"What did she say?" asked one of them.
"Dunno."
'Why can't I talk right? What is the horrible smell?' Ash wrinkled her nose
"Why did you gag her?"
"To not yell, duh. "
"Ethuthe meh?" Ash asked.
"What?"
"She said excuse me." answered one that just arrived, "Why'd you bring her here?"
"What were we supposed to do? She saw us do it!"
"No, she-" he got elbowed in the ribs, "Oof! Yeah, she saw us."
"Really? Let me ask Hex."
'Hex? Is that some kind of name?' wondered Ash
"Hex? I thought that his name was D-"
"No names, Vex!"
"Oh. We're going by our nicknames." stated another.
'Why are there so many of them? There's like five in the room, and at least one outside!'
"Yeah, Cyclone. Stop saying stupid things." called the one called Vex
"Yeah!" The one that had translated her mumbles called.
"Stay out of this, Flint!" yelled Cyclone.
Poof! Another one?! "Hey, Griff? I got the...Why is there a girl in the living room?"
"I'm glad you didn't call me my full name. We're going by our nicknames. The idiots brought her here. So, I don't know. Static started to say something other than what the others said. Blink, could you get Hex?" asked Griff.
"Sure. I'll get everyone else too."
"Now. What is your name?" Griff asked her
"Rm. Wy?"
"What did she say? I couldn't understand that," said Flint
"She said, 'Um. Why?"
"How would you know that? Huh, Echo?"
"Because! Why don't you remove the stupid gag?"
"She'll scream!" exclaimed Vex horrified at the thought
"We're really far from any town, village, or humanity!" protested Griff, "Besides, We'll have her knocked out before she can."
"Alright, Gri-I mean Alpha."
'Alpha? I thought he was called Griff' Ash's thoughts were interrupted as she felt the gag being removed.
"Try to run or scream and you'll be knocked out before you can say anything. Got it?" Griff said sternly with his hand clamped tightly on her mouth. Ash nodded.
"What is your name?" asked Vex when Griff removed his hand but stayed close enough to attack her if she tried to escape, not minding that she had her legs and arms tied up.
"Why do you want to know?" Ask asked.
"Because you're going to be here for a while," responded Cyclone.
"Says who?" asked Ash.
"Cyclone! I'll decide what to do with her," called Griff.
"Why do you get to decide?" whined Cyclone.
"Because I'm the alpha! Also, I'm the boss here." reminded Alpha/Griff.
"Yeah yeah. Griffin." Cyclone whispered the last part, but Ash heard.
"What did you say?!" demanded Griffin.
"Nothing!" whimpered Cyclone shrinking away from Griff when he advanced forward. He had a murderous gaze in his eyes.
"Stop! I'll tell you my name! I don't want anyone to die in front of me, thank you! I've seen too many!" exclaimed Ash trying to cover her eyes and failing.
"What?" they all asked
"Exactly what I said."
"I got that part but what do you mean?" asked Flint.
"She said that she didn't want anyone to be killed in front of her." A boy with glasses was in between Griff and Cyclone, "Let it go, Alpha. You should at least ask why." the boy with glasses turned to her, "Sorry for that. My name is Hex. What's your name?"
Ash felt hypnotized, "My name is Ashella, but I go by Ash."
"How old are you? Why are you here?" asked Hex.
"I'm fifteen years old. I don't know why I'm here. The last thing that I remember before I woke up here was that I was at the high school and Tiffany and her friend had just finished beating me up."
"Is that why you have all of that dried blood on you? And the bruises?" asked Griff.
"Yes."
"What did you mean that you'd seen too many people die?" Hex questioned her.
"I watched my two-year-old sister go into a coma, after she died a man came and demanded Sammy. Sammy is dead. He got mad at Lizzy when she said that, so he killed her. Ella, Ben, Carlo, and Sam escaped. He pinned my parents to the wall. So, I killed him. My parents said I was a monster and to leave. I ran out the door and found Ella dead in the snow. Ben had a wolf over him. He bled to death. Then my own uncle came and killed my adopted family, and Carlo. My twin brother is Sam. I just learned that he is now Sam Link. He hates me. Tiffany and her friend really don't like me." Ash managed to break free, shaking her head, "What happened?" All of the men stared at her with eyes full of pity, "Why are you looking at me like that?" Ash shrunk away from them.
"I'm sorry." Hex hugged her, "I know what it's like to lose a family member. I lost my whole family to someone who was jealous of my family's money."
"How do you know that?"
"You told us," stated Cyclone hands on his hips.
"No, I didn't! Leave me alone!" Ash hissed.
'Why does she have sharp teeth?' wondered Rhys.
Strangely they obeyed. All of them but Griff left the room. Maybe because he's the 'boss.' He turned to Ash. Ash flinched when he knelt by her.
"Why do you have sharp teeth? Also, why did you flinch?" asked Griff
"Why do you care? It's my business only! Find out by yourself! Look it up! On the internet!" Ash yelled, Griff glared at her
"Don't make me angry," warned Griff
"I don't care!" Ash turned her head away from him, Griff swung his fist and felt it connect to Ash's head. She'd be knocked out and that was it.
"Hex! Blink! Get over here" roared Griff
"Yes, Alpha?" Hex and Blink asked in sync
"Blink, I need you to get that collar. Hex, I need you to stay here." They both nodded and Blink disappeared,
"What is it, Alpha?" asked Hex
"I need you to see why she's scared of us and why she has sharp teeth."
"Okay, but what did you do to her? And why the collar? I thought we were going to have Flint erase her memory."
Blink appeared and handed Griff a black choker. "Here. Anything else?"
"Keep everyone else out and away from here. When I call you, come as fast as you can," informed Alpha
"Yes sir!" Blink was gone
Griff leaned over Ash, and everything went black