A/N: this story was inspired by/ based on an idea by ClozzaWolfbloodSmith. Hope you enjoy! xxx

Maddy's POV

I look up to see the orange sky of the sunset through the gaps in the trees. Now that it was summer, and the nights were getting longer, me and Rhydian spent most of our spare time in the woods, especially since we had the week off school because part of the roof and fallen down. I walked in circles aimlessly for a minute or two before i heard Rhydian calling my name.

You'll have to come and find me! I tease, knowing he can hear me. It had taken me a while to get used to us communicating this way, but it turned out to be a lot of fun in school, and at home if my parents were lecturing me. I hear him chuckle as he starts to head towards the clearing I was standing in. I climb the tree next to me and wait for him to track my scent. As I see him emerge from the trees, I get ready to jump. He has his back turned to me. Perfect! I jump down and land on his back, taking him to the ground with me. I roll off him, laughing, spreading out on the ground beneath me.

"I love this time of day, only second best to full moon days!" I say as a sit up slightly so I can see his face. He just laughs at me. "What?" I cry, almost offended

"You," bursting into more laughter

"What about me?" I challenge.

"You just carry on talking without a care in the world, doing everything, even if it's only you. It just makes me laugh how sometimes you just might carry on talking even if I'd disappear and you don't notice," he smiles pecking me on the lips. I give him a rueful smile, which just gives him more reasons to laugh

"I get the feeling you like laughing at me!" I cry playfully, turning away from him in a fake paddy, knowing this will make him laugh more. I'm right, it does.

"Well, if you didn't make so easy for me..." this makes me start laughing.

It's just getting dark when we decide it's best if we go back to my house, we're both hungry anyways. Rhydian leads the way as I trail behind him. He starts to talk about the football team, at which point I stop listening to him and start to look at the trees above me. I try to be the supportive girlfriend, but football is just so boring!

I feel a cloth wrap around my mouth, preventing me from crying out, but that doesn't stop me. I pray that Rhydian will turn around to look at me, but he doesn't. There must be some kind of chemical laced in the fabric of the cloth, as I begin to feel disorientated. I remember that I know don't need my mouth to talk to him. Rhydian help... is all I managed before the world around collapses into darkness.