Maria looked at me gravely as I stood there too shocked to move “as you can see, we are not nuts, and you will be one of us, at midnight, on your birthday” Laurence said
My only thought before I slid to the ground was, ‘my birthday is tomorrow’ tears welled in my eyes “why am I a danger to myself?” I asked, barely above a whisper
Maria made a move, but Laurence stopped her “when you change, you will go into a rampage, and you will want to kill, we have to lock you away until you gain control of your human side again” he said
The tears streamed down my cheeks “so I’m just going to be a blood thirsty monster all my life?” I asked, still whispering
They all three shook their heads “no, it’s only for the first transformation, you will have complete control of your animal form after the transformation” he explained
I nodded slightly “how will I gain control?” I asked
Laurence looked at Maria gravely “you’ll know, don’t worry” he said to me
I nodded “when are we leaving then?” I asked him
“In very soon, in fact, we need to leave now, we only have until tomorrow night, and it’s going to be a long flight” he said
I nodded, not moving from my spot on the floor
William got up, and walked over to me “hey, sorry if I scared you, but it’s my job to convince others like us that we do exist, it’s a shock for everyone” he said
He held his hand out to me, and I looked at it hesitantly “it’s alright, I don’t bite, besides, you’re my sister, I have to protect you, not hurt you!” he scoffed
I nodded, hesitantly grabbing his hand
He smiled and helped me up
I wiped my eyes “I guess everything is already packed?” I asked them
Maria nodded, speaking for the first time since we met “yes, everything is packed and ready to go” she replied, looking as if she were in pain
I nodded and turned to mom
She had tears in her eyes “let’s go get things ready to leave” Maria said, obviously giving us alone time
When they left, I grabbed mom into a fierce hug “I love you mom, thank you for taking care of me all these years” I said, trying not to say goodbye
“I love you too, but we both know that this is the last time we’ll see each other” she said
I nodded
“yeah, I know, goodbye mom” I said to her
She just held me in her arms for probably five minutes, someone cleared their throat “uh, we need to go, mom and dad are waiting, and it’s a twelve hour flight” William said to me
I took in a deep breath and let go of mom, “bye mom, see you in a lifetime” I said, smiling
We would always say that to each other when we were going somewhere for a long time without each other.
