Rebel Swan Snippet #2

Henna Barker (Camilla Belle) and Josaphine
Aleeyhi (Alexa Vega)

   I got back to the Crystal Lake house as the sun started to rise. The sound of some weird indie experimental techno band coming from upstairs let me know that Henna was home. My baby sister had gotten into something worse than drugs or drink – the arts. She stopped going to the Academy when she was 14 to go after her dream of being a music producer. A wonderful pianist, she hated performing in front of people, but she loved music so that was what she was going to do. Stage fright was odd in our family and considering her parents were Sarah Barker and the super creepy Sampsa Auvo, Henna was a rare creature indeed.

   There was a second body in the house. Josaphine, daughter of Catahecassa Aleeyhi and Jody Flood, was the first vampire unicorn hybrid ever. She was high-spirited and not conscientious at all of the world around her. Little Josie Aleeyhi was a bad influence on my baby sister, but she was also her best friend and the only person outside of the family that Henna talked to. I couldn’t fault her for wanting to spend as little time as possible with the family. If crazy-ass Josie was the one she chose to hang out with then it was tolerable, I guess.