Legends

Episode: 1, The Unexpected Arrival

REISSUE

Episode 1

The Unexpected Arrival

The sky was light. The last vestiges of light from the dying sun still streaked across the sky.

The only vehicle in sight was a dark motorbike which zoomed past the signboard that said:

Welcome To Beacon Hills

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It was a typical Sunday night at the Argent house. Seventeen-year-old, pretty, brunette, Allison Argent was to be found in the kitchen refilling a glass of water while her mother, bonny Victoria Argent, blue eyed father Chris Argent and his sister and Allison's aunt who could pass off as her sister, sat in the living room enjoying the latest episode of Utopia and arguing amicably if General Pathan was the good guy or bad.

The Argents had recently moved to town after Chris Argent was offered an especially lucrative deal with the local police. He had carried forward the family business of arms supply, and quite successfully at that. Allison Argent was settling in nicely in the local high school and had made quite some acquaintances.

A screech of tires followed by the ringing of the doorbell a few seconds later prompted Allison to cross the hallway to answer the door. Swinging the door open, her thoughts, still quite focused on the TV show, turned to confusion at the strikingly unfamiliar figure in front of her.

Her brown skin shone with sweat and her long dark braid was coming undone. Wisps of hair flapped around her face, her small almond shaped eyes scrutinised Allison with the same intensity as she did her.  Her tall and strong stature along with the silver rings in her ears and the suddenness of her arrival aroused a suspiciously mobster-like air around her. 

A motorbike helmet was tucked underneath her right arm and a huge heavy looking rucksack casually hung over her shoulders. The stranger's body blocked the vehicle from Allison's view. Her rough, worn out boots, old jeans and t-shirt spoke of her poor fashion sense.

"Chris Argent?" The girl asked abruptly.

Allison realised she ought to have greeted the stranger a good ten seconds ago, but she was stunned into silence.

"Yeah..." Said Allison, turning on her heels tentatively, "just a moment"

Allison walked into the brightly lit living room, echoing the television sounds.

"Who is it?" Her mother asked.

"Did dad borrow money from the mafia or something?" Allison asked "There's this woman at the door and she looks like she's here for some serious extortion"

Chris laughed as he stood up from the armchair, patting Allison on the shoulder once as he passed her.

A moment's pause, while everyone present in the room turned to the TV, was followed by a loud cry from the front door.

"Hey Kate, it's Seraphina!"

The last word made Kate leap off the sofa, and hurry to the front door, disregarding the fact that she stubbed her toe in the edge of the wall.

Allison turned to look at her mother, ready to give her a confuse look, only to see her mother's jaw harden, nostrils flare and eyes become icily cold.

The stranger was escorted into the living room by the brother sister duo. Now that the bright yellow hued light illuminated her face and a soft smile played on her lips, the girl, Seraphina, didn't look as unsettling as before, but still a little daunting.