Banshee.

Chapter 1

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Danielle Jennings was born Fae twenty-three years ago. Like her mother, she was a banshee but a different kind of banshee due to her father's genes. Her father was a Cerberus, the gate keeper of the afterworld. The ones that made sure that the spirits of the dead get to the other side safely.

She knew she was Fae, she knew her parents were Faes. And like her parents, she was a Light Fae. Because that's how it worked among the Fae. There were two sides, the Light and the Dark and you have to pick one. Well, actually, she wasn't Light, yet. She hasn't taken the test, not being of age to do so before. And today, she's not interested in taking the test anymore. Since the Fae had abandoned her at a young age.

Danielle is a 5'4 tall woman, slender with voluptuous hips and a breast of a modest size. She has red hair and dark green eyes. This young woman has developed an uncanny friendship with a sarcastic dark haired woman, named Kenzi. They both were so different in so many ways and yet they were the best of friends. Danielle was a college student while Kenzie was a pick-pocket. The two lived together, ate together, did a lot of things together. They were best friends. Like I said they were different. Where Kenzi wore dark clothes, Danielle wore clothes of lighter colors. Especially one tweed jacket that she affectionate dearly. The petite redhead never thought she was particularly sexy. For Kenzi, Danielle was sexy, is sexy, even with her tweed jacket that Kenzi thought to be ridiculous.

The two friends did their own things during the day and they tried to see each other as much as they could when night came. Danielle went to college during the day and Kenzi did whatever she was usually doing during that time. That evening, Danielle declined an invitation from Kenzi to go to the Rooftop bar and Lounge. She had to finish writing an essay that was due the day after. She didn't really worry about Kenzi; she knew the girl could handle herself. She just made the young girl promise to not take a drink she hasn't bought herself. And she spent the entire night writing her paper, only able to catch two hours of sleep. But she was used to it.

"Kenzi, it's the third time, I've been calling you." Danielle said exasperating on the phone and a little bit worried. "I just want to be sure that you're okay. Just call me back, okay?"

"Hey, Dani." A dark hair young man stopped next to her. "So, you've finished in time?"

"I always finish in time, Josh." Danielle retorted to the guy. "Did you?"

"Well, uh…I met this girl the other night and I kind forgot about this." He smiled sheepishly.

"Let me guess, she got boobs and high heels?"

"And the sexiest ass on the planet. After yours, I mean." Josh said.

"Stop." Danielle snorted suddenly embarrassed that someone was talking about her behind.

There was a ding in her pocket. She got her phone out as Josh spoke to her still. She felt relieved when she saw that it was a text from Kenzi.

Fancy some milkshakes? Meet me at Amelia's.

"Everything's okay?" Josh asked her.

"Yeah, it's my friend Kenzi. She wants us to meet up for a drink." She explained and slid her phone back in her jeans. "I should probably go."

"Okay. See you later, sexy thing." Josh smiled to her.

"See you, brainless moron." She shot back.

She stepped in Amelia's, the strap of her bag across her shoulders. She immediately saw Kenzi, wearing a yellow bandana on her head. Her friend was sitting across her brunette woman. The woman was incredibly beautiful to Danielle. There were no other words. The woman was dressed all in black, her hair was long. As for Kenzi, she was still wearing her clothes from last night.

"Hey, Kenzi!" Danielle greeted as she pulled a chair and placed it next to Kenzi.

"Dani-girl!" Kenzi beamed at the redhead. "This is Bo. Bo, this is Dani."

"Nice to meet you." Danielle smiled at Bo.

"I need to show you something." Kenzi pulled out her phone.

What Danielle saw on the phone, scared her in many ways. First, because this video reveals Bo's true nature and second, it means that she will have to deal with the Fae again and she didn't really want that.

"I think we should get out of here." Danielle said getting up and grabbing Kenzi's arm.

"What? No." Kenzi protested. "That's like the coolest thing ever."

"It's not cool." Danielle hissed sitting back down. "It's dangerous and it can get us killed."

"I saved her life." Bo reminded her.

"I know and I thank you for that. It's just that what you are can get us both killed." Danielle replied.

"What am I?" Bo asked her.

Danielle squinted her eyes at her. "You want to make me believe that you don't know what you are?"

"I wouldn't ask if I knew."

"Fascinating and disturbing." Danielle mused out loud.

"So, what is she?" Kenzi asked her best friend.

"A Fae." Danielle replied.

"A what?"

"A Fae. Creatures that feed on human." Danielle explained shortly.

"How do you know this?" Bo asked her.

"Dani, over there, is a college girl." Kenzi said cheerfully. "She must have read it in a book."

"Is that so?"

"You can say that." Danielle shrugged. She could have said the truth right here, right there but she couldn't bring herself to do it. She has ignored her own nature for too long.

"Can I get you anything else?" The waitress asked them.

"No, we're good." Bo replied. The waitress gave her the note. "I'm a little short right now." Bo said leaning in taking the note. She then moved her hand to the waitress'. "If there's any way I can come back some other and make it up to you." As she said those words, Danielle saw something like gold energy flowing from Bo's hand to the waitress'.

"God. Yes." The waitress answered.

Bo got up took her coat from the back of her chair and left the restaurant with Kenzi and Danielle on her heels. The two of them were stunned. The waitress seemed to have been under some sort of compulsion and agreed to Bo not paying the note.

"You literally glamour this woman to let you go without paying?" Danielle questioned as they walked down the streets. "Just from one touch." It shouldn't have surprised her, really. Being a Fae herself, she knew that some of them could do that eventually but it was still impressive.

"It wears off eventually and takes a lot out of me, but yeah. Just from one touch." Bo retorted.

"Yet, you're broke, live in a crack shack, and run from town to town. What are you doing wrong, girl?" Danielle snorted at Kenzi's words. "That is no life for a sex superhero."

"A sex superhero?" Danielle chuckled.

"I think I liked you better when you were scared of me." Bo joked with the girl.

"You'll get used to it." Danielle said.

A man walked past them staring at Bo. Danielle looked at him as he walked past. He wore a small smile, Danielle looked at him for a long time before he disappeared from her sightline. He was good looking, that's what she thought.

"No, what you need is some kind of manager." Kenzi continued talking to Bo. "I nominate us."

"Shocking, and no, thanks." Bo retorted.

"We would make a great team." Kenzi nodded at her friend's words.

Bo grabbed Kenzi's arm and pulled her into an ally and Danielle followed her. "Okay, look, this isn't a joke, okay. Hanging out with a homicidal freak might not be the brightest move."

"And you are not a freak. You're a Fae." Danielle put in."And she's right. Hanging out with her is not the brightest move."

"Has it occurred to you that I'm capable of making that decision?" Kenzi retorted looking at the two women.

"Homicidal freak. God, you're so emo." Kenzi snorted.

"Excuse me?"

"Learn to enjoy your shit already! You can freaking control people by touch; And not in a creepy hand-job way. That is awesome."

"Fine." Bo finally conceded. "Let's say I take you with me. What's in it for you?"

"Out here? Survival." Kenzi retorted. "My mama always said, 'Find the toughest kid in the playground and make friends with them.' You are definitely the toughest kid on this playground and it would kick ass to be your friend."

"I don't know." Bo said as she unlocked her car.

"Come on. Every super hero needs a partner. Let me be your Robin and Dani could be your Oracle."

"I'll think about it."

Bo caught movement in the corner of her eyes. Both Kenzi and Danielle turned their heads to the right. Danielle recognized the guy from earlier. This time, he was accompanied by dark skinned man wearing a fedora. Well, she thinks it's a fedora.

"Take them." The hot guy ordered.

"Here we go."

The other guy smiled in amusement before Danielle heard a sharp sound. It was like a whistle; it was so high that Danielle couldn't stand the sound. She put her hands on her ears but to no avail. She dropped down on her knees, her eyes closed. The two men grabbed Bo and dragged her to a van. Danielle and Kenzi managed to get up but there was nothing they could do. Kenzi got out her phone and took a picture of the vehicle before he got time to go away. The two girls both shared a look, panicked and worried as to what they will do to Bo.

Danielle looked around the shack like Kenzi called it while the latter was speaking and cursing in Russian to her cousin on the phone. She was thinking hard about those two men. They had to be Fae too. Otherwise, they wouldn't have taken Bo away. She has spent so many years away from them. She has been able to stay hidden, away from Fae business and today, all her efforts just went to waste in a matter of minutes.

"Because I'm your cousin and I'm in trouble, you, dick." Kenzi snapped on the phone. "Yeah, I know your freaking connections, okay? You want these wallets? Trace that plate for me or I'm telling your mom, you're being mean."

The two girls were waiting anxiously for several long minutes while stripping the wallets of anything valuable, credit cards, IDs, and money. Their silence was broken by the ringtone of Kenzi's phone. Kenzi sprang up and answered the call immediately.

She first answered in Russian. "Did you get it? —Wait! Hold on, hold on." Danielle threw her a pen. Kenzi rolled up her jacket sleeve, grabbed the pen. "Okay. Providence Glass Inc. on front. Thank you. Owe you one. Bye." Kenzi hung up, stuck all the wallet in the couch.

The girls slid down the small hills, both crashing into the fence that surrounded the factory. There were several cars that stopped in front of the factory as people stepped out of them.

"Party at the glass factory. That's not weird." Kenzi said next to her.

"Come on!" Danielle grabbed Kenzi's arm as they climbed the small slope again.

Danielle knew what they were doing in there. They were testing Bo, like some kind of rite of passage. A rite of passage that she has missed. What she didn't know was why was she doing this? Why was she risking her life for someone she barely knows? Maybe because this someone has saved her only family's life. Maybe because Kenzi was so eager to save her or maybe because Bo was different from the other Faes. She didn't really know why.

They hid behind the cars that was parked in front the glass factory. Their immediate goal was not to get caught. When it seemed that no one was around, they both snuck up to the side of the factory.

"Kenzi!" Danielle called the girl whispering. She tried to pry the door open but it was locked. "Damn it!" She cussed.

"D-girl." Kenzo called her hissing.

Danielle followed her as they both stepped into the factory. The room they were in was full of pallets and debris.

They made their way through debris and climbing the bigger one to reach the old air shaft. Kenzi tried to pull it open but it wouldn't bulge. She turned to Danielle. "She's probably in there having tea."

"Kenzi!" Danielle said her name with a warning tone.

Kenzi sighed and tried again and this time she was able to pull it open. "Please don't be rats! Please don't be rats! Please don't be rats!"

"When you're done, tell me, so we could get a move on." Danielle said.

Their journey through the vent lasted a few minutes before Kenzi pushed open another panel. There were no one in sight, so they both took a quick jog. They stopped before turning around the corner.

"Hello?" Kenzi called out. No answer. The two girls glanced at each other and Danielle shrugged. They both rounded the corner and tiptoed through the small corridor. They reached a small flight of stairs. Danielle took the lead this time. When they reached the top, they caught a glimpse of Bo being held by some sort of creature.

"What the hell is he doing?" Kenzi asked her softly.

"It's an Underfae. He's feeding on her." Danielle replied. "Kenzi, cover your ears."

"What?" Kenzi frowned at her.

"Just do it! And please stay close." She took a step forward. "BO!" She screamed at the top of her lungs. Or rather wailed.

The people that stood above them on the balcony covered their ears immediately and the creature that was holding Bo, released her as it flew across the room. Her eyes have turned a purple shade while she screamed. It lasted a few more seconds before a dead silence fell on the assembly.

"A Banshee." A woman dressed in red smirked. Danielle recognized her to be the Morrigan. Leader of the Dark Fae. Danielle slightly turned her eyes to see Bo and Kenzi standing right next to her. "Name your clan." She ordered.

"Barghest and Aibell." She answered.

"Barghest?" The Morrigan repeated. "That's impossible. They are Cerberus and you're clearly a Banshee."

"I'm telling you the truth. Whether you want to believe it or not it's your problem."

"They both passed the test." A dark skinned man said from the rails over their head, interrupting their conversation. It was the Ash, the leader of the Light Fae.

"I didn't take your stupid test. You were testing her." Danielle reminded him coldly.

"Whether you like it or not you passed this test." The Ash replied. "It has been witnessed. Children, you may name your side."

"Neither." Bo replied. "I choose humans." Bo suddenly fell on one knee and Kenzi and Danielle immediately crouched down to help her.

"What about you, Banshee? You haven't named your side yet." The Morrigan brought Danielle's attention back to her.

"I have been hiding from the Faes for ten years. What makes you think I'm going to choose a side?" Danielle retorted. "I lived among the humans and I'll stay with them."

Sitting at the back of the van that was taking them back to the alley, they all sat quietly. She didn't talk or mention the moment where she revealed she is a Banshee. Well, Kenzi was the first to break the silence.

"Why didn't you tell me?" Kenzi asked her. "I thought I was your friend."

"And you are." Danielle replied. "You are my best friend. It's just that…I didn't want to be a Fae. I don't want to be a Fae."

"Why?" Kenzi asked again.

"It's a long story. Well, actually not that long." Danielle retorted. "I don't feel like talking about it."

"Why not? I mean you scream and people just…'whoosh' on the other side of the room." Kenzi said excitedly.

"If I don't want to talk about it, it's because of my family and because of the Faes not because of my powers." Danielle assured her. "And just so you know, Banshee shrieked to announced death, not for fun."

"Oh, that's creepy." Kenzi commented.

"Yeah." Danielle snorted. "How are you feeling?" She asked Bo as the van came to a halt.

"I feel like we've been paroled." Bo replied as they got out of the van.

"You sort of have been." Dyson retorted.

"Any conditions on our release?" Bo questioned him.

"No more evidence for humans to find. No messing in Fae business. And no more living town. The Elders want you where they can watch you."

"Well, they don't own me. And I'm not very good at being obedient." Bo replied.

"Learn. When you need help…" Dyson said pulling out a card.

"If she needs help." Danielle replied taking the card from his hands. "She got me." Danielle glared at him.

"When you need help, you can find me at the 39th division." He insisted before walking away from them. "Bo. You did well. You too, Danielle."

"I knew I smelt po-po." Kenzi commented. "I'm not crazy, right? That all just happened."

"Yep. And now we know. Anyone could be Fae." Bo retorted.

"My bets on weiner dude." Kenzi looked at the hot dog vendor.

Danielle snorted. "Okay and now what do we do?"

"We go home. And we figure the rest tomorrow." Bo said as they started to walk down the streets.

"We, uh?" Kenzi and Danielle smirked.

"I got to figure out some way to make a living while I'm here and thought we'd be a good team. So, yeah, we."

"Cool. Just so we're clear about this partnership, you be you 'n' all, but we're only into guy's sorry."

They shared a small laugh. "I'll try to contain my disappointment."

"Do any of you like pancakes?" Danielle asked the girls. "Because I know a small place where they make pancakes, anyone would die for."

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