Haven ( Book one )

Five

                            Two weeks later

"Where are the flowers?" I asked, while walking up to the tables. Myles was on food and beverages. He turned around to face me and then he said "Haven, you need to calm down. As soon as Carson comes back from picking up Sapphire from the airport, he will also bring the flowers. He will be back within the next hour. Until then, you need to work without them. The dance isn't even until tomorrow night. Why are you so freaked out about it now?" I took a deep breath and then I responded with "because, Harrison and I are presenting it to your dad tonight. If he likes it, Harrison can come off community service. I told him that I would take over the fort, until he comes back from getting supplies. I can't let him down." Myles nodded and then he asked "don't you think it's a good idea that Harrison stays on community service?" I looked at him and then I said "no, he's worked really hard to get himself off it. Don't tell me you're still upset about what he said to Jessica, it's been over two weeks. She was out of pocket, she had it coming to her." Myles looked at me annoyed and then he responded with "are you serious? You would've thought after what he did to her, that he would've humbled himself. He clearly hasn't. Jessica is basically my sister. Adopted or not, I love her with my whole heart. I'm not going to stand there and let Harrison treat her like that, considering he knows everything he did to her." I nodded and then I asked "what did he even do?" Myles picked up his phone and started texting someone, he then looked up and he said "if he still hasn't told you, there's a reason. But it's no ones place to say, apart from his and Jessica's. So if they are not telling you, take the hint, they don't want you to know."
I nodded and then I replied with "got it." And I walked away.

I'm so fed up of people not keeping me in the loop. Everyone has told me that I'm part of the group, yet no one tells me anything. What Harrison did to Jessica could not have been that bad. Even if they don't tell me what it is, I will find out. Even if it's the last thing I do.

I had just walked into principal Colstone's office. I wanted to ask him for the key to the storage room, but he wasn't in there. I was getting ready to walk out, when I saw a picture of a baby. She was in a purple dress and she was laying in her cot. I immediately recognised the picture, because it was the exact same picture that my mum had on her nightstand.
It definitely had me wandering why my principal had a baby picture of me on his desk. I picked up the picture and it had a caption that said 'Luna Ashford Colstone, June 29th, 2004.' My exact name, apart from the fact that in this picture, my first name is Luna instead of Haven, and Ashford is my middle name instead of my last. Something weird was going on.
Now wasn't the time to find out though, I just had to focus on doing this presentation with Harrison, and getting ready for tonight's full moon. Harrison and I decided that we were going to change every full moon, until it's no longer painful. It was definitely going to be difficult, but it was a hundred percent worth it.

I was in a small cafe, just off campus. I was on my lunch break. I only had twenty minutes before I had to go back to finish setting up. I saw Myles walk in. I looked at him and then he came and sat next to me. I smiled and then I asked "wasn't the death stare a clear sign that I don't want you to sit next to me?" He looked at me and then he responded with "just listen to me. I'm only going to take five minutes. It's been a hot minute since I've met another werewolf. It took me a while to put it together, but I've got it. Harrison never bonds with anyone that fast, unless they have a common secret that they share. No wonder he took an interest in you." I looked at him completely shocked and then I asked "what did you just say? Do you know how crazy you sound? I'm human. Werewolves aren't even real. Where did you get that scenario from?" He looked at me and smiled and then he said "I bet your mother helped you rehearse those exact lines. It's smart. Obviously you have to keep your secret. I know what's it's like, considering the fact that I'm a wizard, a male version of a witch." I looked at him shocked and then I said "I don't understand how you figured that out. I'm usually quite slick with it." He looked at me and then he replied with "it was actually quite simple. As a wizard, one of my powers is that I can sense other supernatural species. The minute you came close to me, I automatically got a strong vibe from you. I couldn't just ask you, because I didn't know whether it was true or not. But then I saw how close you were with Harry, and I realised it was because you were both werewolves. But I have to ask, what colour are your eyes?" I looked at him and then, I made my eyes turn white. He looked back at me shocked, and then he pulled his chair back and he said "there's no way. No one would ever do that. Your eyes are white." I nodded and then I responded with "I know." He nodded and then he replied with "I don't think you do. A werewolf with white eyes is not fully a werewolf. If your eyes are white, it means that you're a hybrid. Half werewolf, half witch. It has never happened before. Hybrids are the most dangerous specie. Werewolves and witches never mix, especially not to have children. If your mum is a werewolf, that means your dad is a wizard." I looked at him and then I said "that's impossible, my mum wouldn't keep that from me. If I was a witch, she would've told me. She would help me start practicing my magic, she definitely wouldn't stop me from embracing a side of me. And she would never lie to me about my dad, when she knows I've never even met him." He took a deep breath and then he responded with
"I know that you don't want to hear this, but it's true. Unless your mum also didn't know. That's only other explanation I can think of.
I suggest that after the dance, you should go home and talk to her about it. Provide her with the evidence that you have, and tell her that you know the truth." I looked at him and then I replied with "this is such a shit situation, because now it has me wondering whether my whole life has been a lie. I don't even want to be here anymore. This literally has me questioning everything." I didn't want to start crying, but I couldn't help it, if what Myles has said is true, then my mum has been lying to me for sixteen years. Myles looked at me and then he hugged me and he said "don't cry. Okay muffin? Look, whatever your mum tells you, I want you to swallow your pride and take it whatever way you need to. I can't imagine my dad ever not telling me such a big piece of information. It's hard, but you will get through it." I nodded and then I responded with
"I'm sorry. I should've not been such a bitch when you walked in, but we do need to get back to preparing for the dance." He nodded and then he replied with "it's fine, but yeah, we should get back." And then we both went back onto the school campus to continue preparing for the dance.

It was roughly about 7pm. Harrison and I were getting ready to show principal Colstone all our preparations for the dance tomorrow night.
I decided to back to my dorm and change first, though. When I walked into my dorm, I saw another bed, surrounded by suitcases. That's when I heard footsteps. One of my powers is  super-hearing. I can hear things up to a mile away. I turned around and that's when a tall blonde with green eyes, and the most beautiful features, walked in. She looked at me from head to toe, and down and then she asked
"are you Haven? I'm Sapphire. I was supposed to be your roommate from day one, but I couldn't catch a flight back up here." I looked at her and then I responded with "yeah, it's Haven. You're actually stunning, I don't mind you being my roommate at all. You must be Harrison's cousin, he's told me so much about you." She smiled and then she said "likewise, you know. When you first came to the school, Harrison was telling me about your clash with Jess. Wasn't surprised, Jess is my best friend, but she also hates anyone who has a chance of threatening her place at this school. Especially with you, being the principal's biological daughter." I looked at her and then I asked "what did you just say?" She looked at me and then she said "bless your heart. They still haven't told you. I only know this because I'm a hybrid. My witch side basically makes me psychic. Basically, principal Colstone got two women pregnant at the same time, out of the two, he chose the one he liked more to start a family with, leaving the other one on their own. It wasn't until right before the end of sophomore year, that I realised that he was spinning a different story about what happened to his daughter. He originally went with the story that his daughter died at two. But then I heard him telling people that she was a stillborn. Either way, none of them were true. I've always wanted to be a detective, so when I got to Australia, I took it upon myself to find out the truth about what happened to his biological daughter. After a lot of digging, I managed to get a name, an age, and even an address. I got a face as well, and then I saw you. I immediately realised that it was the same face. I also managed to find your birth certificate. Haven Luna Ashford Colstone. That is your full biological name." Everything Sapphire just said, made perfect sense. I didn't want it to, but it did. It would explain why principal Colstone had a picture of me on his desk. It would explain how my mum and him are such good friends. It would explain how my mum got me into this school, based off of one phone call. I looked at Sapphire and then I said "it's impossible. My mum would never lie to me. Especially not about this." She looked me and then she responded with "there's only one way to find out, you have to go home. Also, I literally just told you that I was a hybrid, you could've also told me." I nodded and then I replied with "I didn't even know I was a hybrid, until earlier today. I thought I was the only of my kind." Sapphire nodded and then she said "likewise. I've never met another hybrid. No one knows I'm a hybrid though, everyone just thinks that I'm a werewolf. I never let my eyes turn white in front of people who are not family. Us hybrids have to stick together though. The witches don't like us, and the werewolves don't like us. We're not accepted in any faction. So we have to make our own. When we have kids, they automatically take our side, so they end up being hybrids too. Eventually, we will take over the witches, and have payback for what they did to us."
I nodded and then I responded with "I agree. I didn't want this lifestyle. I was happy the way I was." Sapphire took my hand and then she said "that's my girl. I'll see you later though, I gotta hit the showers." And then she went into the bathroom.

I still haven't processed everything. I don't even want to do this presentation anymore, being in the same room as principal Colstone, is going to have me on edge. I don't know the truth yet, I don't plan on telling Harrison either. Some things are better kept a secret. This type of thing is crazy, because if it's true, Myles is my biological brother and Jessica is my adopted sister. If my mum has lied to me for all these years, then really happy I'm at boarding school. Because I wouldn't want to ever be in the same room as her again. This has basically meant that my entire life has been a lie. Everything that I've ever believed in, has been false. I've been fed a story and I ran with it. I'm praying that it's not true, because if it is, I don't think I'm going to be able to handle the aftermath of it.