Page 41 of Hunters and Prey

"Uh-h." Alec passed me and quickly shut the tap off. He rushed back and slipped his arm around my waist, pulling me back just as a stream of fire shot from the drain and hit the ceiling.

I couldn't even scream, my shock reaching the next level of 'what the fuck just happened'.

"Uh, guys? Alice's powers are doing crazy stuff," Alec called out. I moved out of his loose hold, turning to face him.

"Powers? What powers?! That wasn't me," I argued.

"It actually was, Alice." Alec gave me a conflicted expression. "You're a witch."

I stood there, watching the others walk out of my room.

"Yup. Everyone's crazy. No, no, no. INSANE is the better word. Please don't tell me you're going to be like my mom who thinks magic is real and reads up on that same prophecy story bullshit," I accused, waving my hands in the air.

"That's real," Roxas announced, his voice carrying over to us. Alec turned to look at him. "Shouldn't we do this with her sitting down, maybe?"

"Ya, and maybe with a magic bracelet on or something so she doesn't destroy her house in a panic?" West suggested.

"Wasn't Daisy getting one?" Rome asked.

"She doesn't know about Daisy!" Aaron snarled.

"Why the fuck didn't you tell her then?" Roxas questioned.

"Daisy? My DOG Daisy. What did you guys do to her?" I questioned, putting my hands on my hips. Alec turned to look at me. "Um...it's complicated?"

I let out a groan, my head pounding even more. "You know what? Never mind. I'm going to end this dream hallucination or whatever you wanna call it by finding my mom to wake me up from this nightmare." I turned around and moved to the stairs.

"Hold on, Alice," Aaron called out.

"I FOUND IT!"

I turned back around at the loud declaration, the rest of the guys following the flow of the voice to the storage room that was next to mine. The brown door opened and a gorgeous blonde with bright blue eyes came out.

She has a curvy figure and was 5'4; her long hair was in tight curls. She wore a white crop top and yellow jeans. Two things were clearly off: one, she had ears popping out from the top of her head, and two, she had a fluffy tail that reminded me of Daisy's.

Oh god...Daisy turned into a girl?! My dog is a human?!!!

The woman looked at my stunned expression before glancing at the others. "Uh...you didn't tell me she was awake. Do I go back in the closet and wait till she falls back asleep or is there a retry spell?"

No one answered, or maybe they did and I'd completely lost my sense of hearing, for the world went spinning like a merry-go-round as stars began to blotch my blurring vision.

I didn't care if I went back to sleep at this point. This surely wasn't real.

Everyone is insane.

"Shit! Alice!" Aaron shouted as I fell back, my mind falling into the peaceful world of darkness.

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