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"But Mom!" Adelina shouted in protest, but her mother just shook her head.

"No 'buts', Addy. You know we have to go to the meeting. Why don't you use the time to actually try talking to Chantelle for once?" Their mother was always trying to force them to be closer, but it was futile. The two would never get along. Chantelle was the perfect demon child. She had the dark look, the black shadows and the midnight colored wings. Adelina was an abomination with her prismatic hair that could split white light into rainbow colors. Her mother waved and her father kissed Chantelle on the head. To them, Adelina was just an annoying white shadow in the corner they never seemed to notice unless they needed to yell at something. In their eyes, all she did was ask for money. The twins' parents left and Adelina went up to her room which was furnished in luxuriant whites. She put on some cute clothes and walked out the door, sparing her twin a quick glance.

"Going to a vampire party," she explained, not caring how forbidden it was. They threw the best parties and as long as she kept the fact that she was an element twin, she was safe. The second she was out the door, though, a man had his arm wrapped around her neck. He lightly poked a few pressure points and Adelina's vision went dark.

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Adelina blinked her eyes to find herself staring up at a wooden ceiling. The boards were mishapen from what she assumed was water damage, but she didn't know anything about that. Rubbing her head, she sat up to stare around at the area. There were seven other beds in the room, each old and creaky and holding a teen of their own. A man was sitting at a desk and upon seeing that Adelina was awake, he looked from whatever it was that he was writing.

"Good morning, Adelina," he said in a creaking voice, putting the pen down. His finger tips rested against each other as he took her in. She found herself in the clothes she had been wearing for the party, and she was very confused.

"What is going on?" she asked, her voice rising a few pitches. "Who are you and why did you kidnap me?"

"Oh. my light child. All will be revealed once the others wake up, but it shouldn't be too long now." He looked over the said others who seemed to be stirring as if they would be waking up soon.