My contacts had helped Kingsley. Her eyes go purple, but with the colored contacts… no one could see that. Caydensnorted “Yes, that does sound very helpful. Why is Melanie McAlister pretending to be Ashley Griffen?” The other me shouted, “Hey! I’m not pretending! I had to pick a new name. Everyone hates me! I picked a name so they would ALL know it was me… and no one gets it!”
I sighed, “They don’t hate you. It’s all a giant big fat Ring lie.” The other me asked, “Xander… you’re not going to put me in the dungeons, are you? I know I’m not supposed to be here… but I really don’t want to die. I also can’t do small, enclosed spaces… I have panic attacks… I don’t want to go back in the hole… please don’t make… please!”
Xander roared, “WHAT?! NO ONE is putting you in the dungeons or killing you. What is happening right now?” The other me sighed, “Is anyone else hot? Like not like… Xander’s body is like so hot… seriously… I think I’m drooling… but I’m like a thousand degrees.” She got out of Xander’s arms and took off her shirt.
My eyes widened as I shouted, “NO, DON’T!” Drunk me turned around and asked, “What?” Xander’s eyes blazed gold before he roared in anger and went to the ground. I cringed. The other me turned and put her hand on his back.
Drunk me asked, “What’s wrong with him?” Haley answered, “He’s getting his fucking wings.” Seconds later Xander’s wings came out and he flew into the air. I sighed, “Hey… other me…. unclasp your necklace that you think are our parents' wedding bands, and hand them to me gently.” She shrugged, “Sure.”
The other me slowly gave them to me then started laughing, “I’m seeing things like a movie reel. Weird.” I snorted, “The way to do this is definitely drunk. I’ll have to pass that along to other me’s.” Cayden hummed.
The other me asked, “Xander… can you fly me around? That’s really cool. I can’t fly. Now you can fly and the other me canelectrocute people. Where are my cool powers?” Her Xander flew to the ground and picked her up.
EJ snapped her a t-shirt. Haley looked deathly pale now, and Elise was sobbing. Xander flew her high up in the air while Drunk me squealed delightedly. Cayden practically growled at me, “Do you have those scars too?” I answered, “Not anymore. Once Paige removed the magic on my back… Xander and Haley healed them.”
Elise sobbed, “What happened? She’s living her dream.” I cringed, “Umm you need a Vampire to release Elise and Eric from their compulsions.” Eric was rubbing his head like it hurt him. Haley popped away and came back with a vampire. He quickly released Elise and Eric from said compulsions. Both were now crying.
Elise hugged me apologizing, “I’m so sorry.” I said, “It’s not your fault.” I heard Alpha Peter call, “Hey Elise, the Warriors pointed us over here when we asked where you were. Whose roar of anger shook my windows? What is going….?” He trailed off when he saw me.
Alpha Peter gasped, “Ladybug! You came home!” Xander came down from flying. The other me said, “Yes, I did… but Xander said he wouldn’t put me in the dungeons. You said he wasn’t mine… that he couldn't be a partial Hunter's mate… but he wants me, and I have a wolf now… So… doesn’t that change everything? I’m Drake McAlister’s biological daughter…. I have to be…”
The drunk me looked at me and sobbed, “Right? Alpha Peter is wrong… I have a wolf… Drake is my dad.” Alpha Peter asked, “Excuse me? What is happening? Of course Drake is your dad. That’s not really up for debate.”
I touched the other me’s shoulder assuring her, “Drake McAlister is our father. Your wolf was suppressed. Black Path lied to you… about… umm… everything. You were never talkingto Alpha Peter or Jason. Mom, Dad, and Tristan aren’t dead either.”
The other me started laughing through her tears. She declared, “The other me is crazy. Or very wrong… though she was right about calling Xander… so… she’s just crazy. We should keep her though.” Alpha Peter stared at me.
Eventually my former Alpha yelled, “What the HELL is going on? Since when do you call your brothers by their given names?” He was released from his compulsion too. Haley sighed, “Come on Sir Arthur. We need to go to Red Run and pop the McAlister’s back after you release them. Then we get to come back for the shit show. That SOMEONE will break down for me.” Everyone looked at me.
I sighed, “One day. Just one…. I want everyone to not look at me when something needs to be explained.” Cayden snorted, “Sadly, that day is not today. So now that I know you’re in the Resistance, I would very much like for you to get me in touch with your leader for a meeting.”
The other me cackled, “Granted.” I groaned, “Ugh….Seriously? Will you stop saying things… about that.” Drunk me laughed, “What would you like to talk to me about, Cayden?” I slapped my hand onto my own face. Elise gasped.
EJ shouted, “I’m sorry, what?!” Micah gasped, “You’re saying it’s you. YOU LEAD THE RESISTANCE?!” Drunk me tilted her head to the side and smiled and put her hand on her chin. I rolled my eyes.
I told her, “When you’re sober… you’re going to regret that.” Drunk me shrugged, “Well… they were the ones being annoying and calling it the blue circle group… IT IS A RING! The design could NOT have made it more obvious.” I hummed, “I actually agree there. That was deeply and extremely annoying on their parts.” They all shot me a look. What? It was.
Drunk me stated, “I’m also the best sniper. Seriously… you guys need to get a clue. People know who you are. Like a lot of people. It’s like a full time job keeping you all safe. IT IS SO COMPLICATED! Then everyone in Red Run… jeez Louise!”
“Find your traitor already. I have other things I could be doing… so many things… gosh I’m busy… I’m not bored though… so there’s that… I don’t like being bored… you guys remember that though… so I’m surprised you don’t have me being bored more often.”
I said, “Robert is their traitor, so there’s that.” EJ snarled. Haley popped back in with my family… or the other me’s family. The other me started sobbing and ran to her dad… our dad? This was weird. The rest of them stared at me.
I was going to go with calling them by their names… no that was weird. So, dad said, “Ladybug, you’re home. Why didn’t you call? We would’ve picked you up at the airport.” Drunk me sobbed, “I miss you.” Dad hugged her, “Well, we’ve missed you too. Good lord. How much alcohol have you had tonight?” Drunk me hiccupped.
EJ announced, “I have questions.” Tristan laughed, “Who cares?! Ladybug came home! Why did she come here first?” Elise snorted, “Really, T? It’s her eighteenth birthday.” Tristan looked at Xander and winced. He sighed, “Aww man. Did she get her heart broken on her eighteenth birthday?” Elise answered, “No, they are mates.” Everyone was now in shock.
Jason shouted, “HOLY SHIT! ALEXANDER HAS WINGS?!” Xander was growling. The other me said, “I should get drunk more often. I’m seeing another me… who can shoot electricity… hey! You’re also the w…”
I cut her off, “That’s an inside the house comment.” Drunk me shrugged, “Sure. I met my Xander… and now my parents are here. I see dead people… isn’t that a movie?” Tristan asked,“Dead people?” I grumbled, “I’m being tested today… for some reason… and I really don’t deserve it.”
Tristan asked, “Who is dead?” I sighed, “Drunk me, no one is dead. Mom, dad, and Tristan are really standing in front of you, very much alive. You were put into an illusion. The things you saw that night weren’t real.” Everyone stared at me.
I grumbled, “I’ve got to get out of here. My versions of you already look at me like this too often. I’m maxed out on that look. I’m out of patience for this whole dang day. I’ve already saved people…then I threw up in front of too many people… it’s all too much for today.”
Cayden snorted, “Your versions of us look at you like that and they don’t even know you’re the leader of the damn Resistance?” I glared at him as several people shouted, “WHAT?!” I said, “No, they don’t. To be fair… only a few people know that.” Eric commented, “We need to go inside.”
EJ popped me inside. Xander popped in with the other me and the Red Run group. Haley brought the rest. EJ asked, “What did our Melanie mean when she said you shoot electricity?” The other me answered, “She’s a white wolf. Her fur is VERY pretty… it shimmers. Shouldn't I be a brown wolf? I guess you are in my head though… so obviously I imagine creative things.”
