Chapter 4: Spies

I walked back into the house to the smell of something delicious. I knew this smell well! It was cake!

I walked into the kitchen to see my aunt grabbing the cake out of the oven with a pair of oven mitts.

"Oh- uh? What was her name again?" I thought.

"Its Teresa hun" She said out of nowhere, continuing to place the cake on the counter to cool.

I jumped, and she smiled.

"W-what?!" I blurted out.

"You're not the only one with abilities hun. Your whole family is special." She replied.

I froze as I realized nothing I did or said would be a secret anymore.

"Er.." I stuttered as she looked at me puzzled, " Do you know that redheaded boy with the glasses?"

She took both the oven mitts off and put them back around the oven handle.

"Yeah. Stay away from him. Not only is he a land siren, but hangs out with a band of creatures."

"Creatures?" I asked.

"Vampires, werewolves, other sirens, elementals, shapeshifters, even a partial dragon. Anything and everything that could kill you." She replied, sighing, "Why?"

"He ...uh- tried to drown me." I whispered.

She gave an aggravated look and went back to decorating the cake.

"What kind is it auntie?" I asked, trying to change the subject.

"Red velvet and cream cheese frosting!" She replied, " Also, you can just call me Teresa"

I nodded.

After she had coated the entire thing in a layer of icing, she cut out a peice for me, and placed it on a small dessert plate.

"Thanks, Teresa" I said. She smiled and I walked away, eating chunks of cake at a time.

MY BLANKET! I spat out a large peice of cake on the floor, accidentally. I had forgot my blanket on the dirty ground outside after fighting with Dan.

I walked outside and picked it up off the ground with my one hand I had available, but struggled.

I slowly pulled the blanket along the ground in one hand, and had my plate of cake in the other.

I remember I somehow accidentally put my right foot on the blanket, causing myself to trip and lunge forward onto the ground.

I helped myself up to find my cake had fallen onto my blanket and made a mess. Better hope there is another blanket...

Then, a ruckus from the weeds.

"Hey no! Bad boy! Down! NO!" Someone from the bushes yelled. It sounded some what like Dan's voice.

"Dan?" I asked. Nobody awnsered.

Suddenly a brown wolf came raging out of the woods towards me. I screamed for my life and put my hands in front of me to protect myself.

"Aiden no!" The voice screamed again.

To my surprise, the wolf had ran past me. It went for the cake that was on my blanket and gobbled it down, licking the blanket clean, while wagging its tail vigorously.

Dan came stumbling out of the woods yelling for the dog. I looked down at it.

It's face was covering in frosting as it wagged its tail, trying to lick it off.

"Aiden get back here"

Dan ran up and caught up to the dog, who looked back at him, with a look, almost like it was smiling.

"Aiden! You can't go running around doing this" Dan screeched.

The wolf growled and stood up on two legs as it transformed into a human.

"AWWW!" I let out, unable to hold myself.

A werewolf. If this was who Dan hung out with, I want to too.

He had triangular, brown-ish red ears and a tail, even in his human form. I ran to wrap my arms around it.

Great. Where do I begin? My parents died mysteriously and now I live with my aunt where nothing I think about is secret and now people are hunting after me for my...powers?

Powers? Gaurdian? Where they talking about my hair pin? What was so special about that old thing.

I unclipped the pin from my hair and examined it. I had never really payed much attention to it.

It was a beautiful, pastel green tint with a white flower on top of it. It was a daisy. Mom's favorite flower. What I was named after. I wore it every day only because I loved it so much.

Now, I would have to. I fiddled around with it in my hands.

Knife. Bow. Dagger. Sword. Spear. What else could it turn into?

I studied hard onto the pin. A mask. A random medical mask. I wanted a mask. I got what looked like a mask covered gracefully layered from front-to-back in black feathers.

I flipped it over and continued examining it. This isnt what I wanted. Then I noticed the writing on the feathers in the back. "Black Swan Gaurdian" it said.

It all clicked. I remembered everytime Dan said guardian... all these people after me... how I was valuable. Like these thoughts had been shoved into my head, and I just now realized what they mean.