A.N. - This is my first story, EVER. I want to ask you to give it a try and mayby give me some advice... I would love the feedback, please tell me if you want me to continue. That would help a lot :) ~ xKimberly

Chapter 1 - A normal morning

It was dark and cold. Sky's clothes were soaked by the rain. She was running, but had no idea which way to go. She heard a low growl that stopped her right in her tracks. The creature that made the sound stood not behind her as she thought. It stood in front of her, with red, glowing eyes and teeth sharp as knives. She was terrified, but was determined not to show it.

She turned around and tried to run the other way, but she fell to the ground. The creature had one of its claws around Sky's ankle. She tried to scream but her throat was raw and no sound came out.

Sky's eyes snapped open. Her hair plastered to her damp forehead. This is the second time she got that dream, about the creature in the dark. The only thing she could see, every time, were his red, burning eyes. With shaking hands she pulled the cover back and stepped out of bed. She opened her bathroom door and walked in.

It was dark in the room, the only light source was the moonlight that shone through the window, but it was enough for Sky to see where she was going. She walked to the sink en poured a glass of water. She drowned it in one go en looked in the mirror. Her long, curly, honey-colored hair was a mess and she could see the sleep in her pale blue eyes. She was tired but she knew she couldn't go back to sleep. She walked back to her bed and sat down. She looked at the clock and saw it was 4 a.m. One hour till she had to go to work.

She decided to change in her running clothes en run for a bit, to clear her mind. She opened her closet en took out her dark brown sweatpants and a loose fitting tank top and put them on. She walked out of her bedroom and took her keys and cellphone from the table. She opened the door and ran straight into the owner of the store below her apartment.

'Good morning, Skylar' the man said, smiling at Sky.

'Hey, Luke' Sky said, closing the door.

She turned around and looked at Luke. He was a nice man, with kind blue eyes. His brown hair was a mess, but it made him look nicer. He always had a kind smile plastered on his face. He was as a father for Sky. Her own parents died when she was 11 years old, and Luke was a good friend of her family. He decided to let her stay with him, until she could live on her own.

She smiled back and gave a little wave. 'Bye' She said, an ran down the stairs. She walked outside and decided to run through the park. She walked across the street and started running.

After a 30 minutes she ran back to her apartment. Outside the apartment she saw a tall boy with brown hair and glasses. She knew the boy. His name was Simon and he helped Luke in the bookstore. He was struggling with the door, again. Since the first time he helped here, Simon had trouble with the door. She walked to him and put her key in the keyhole. She turned the key and without any trouble the door opened. She looked up at Simon and smiled sweetly. He rolled his eyes and walked inside.

'Well, you're welcome!' she told him sarcastically.

He just looked at her and the corners of his mouth pulled up a bit. She shook her head and headed upstairs.

Once in her apartment she took a quick shower and put on her work clothes, a black t-shirt and pants. She tucked her wallet, phone and keys in her bag and walked downstairs again. She walked through the bookstore and waved at Simon who was busy with a computer in the back of the store. He looked up, smiled at her and turned back to the screen. She didn't mind, she didn't talk that much with people. They would ask all sort of questions about her parents and she didn't like talking about it.

She took her earbuds out of her bag and put them in her ears. She picked a random song and walked to a little coffee shop called Java Jones. She worked there for almost a year now and it was nice working there.

When she arrived at 5 a.m. she put her apron on and cleaned the tables with a wet cloth. It was still dark outside and there weren't much people on the street so Sky could take it easy. She was the first to arrive from the waiters, like almost every day, so she was the one who started cleaning every morning. When she was cleaning the tables at the window she saw a dark figure standing outside the shop. She walked to the door and opened it. Normally people would come around 6 a.m. and this man was early. She walked back to the counter and started the coffee maker.

She looked to the door again, but didn't see the man. She frowned but didn't think it was important so she took a cup and poured herself a cup of coffee.

'Sky, could you give me hand?' yelled her boss from his office. She sighed and put her cup down. She walked to the back of the coffee shop where the office was. When she opened the door she saw her boss, Michael in his chair with his phone in one hand and a stack of papers in the other. On the desk was a toppled over cup of coffee. Sky smiled at Michael and cleaned the desk. He smiled and gestured a thank you. She nodded and left the office, closing the door behind her.

When she came back in the front, her coworker Maia stood behind the counter, sipping Sky's coffee. She rolled her eyes at Maia, who was grinning and got to work.

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'Can you clean those tables? I will do the counter' asked Maia, sitting down. It was a busy day and Maia and Sky were exhausted.

'Yeah…' Sky said, walking to the tables at the window. The streetlamps were on, it was dark again. Sky looked at the clock and saw het was 6 p.m. One of the waiters couldn't come, so Sky took the opportunity to work a bit more. She looked in the direction of Maia and saw she was asleep, smiling to herself she walked to Maia and shook her awake.

'Go home, I will finish this' Sky said and helped Maia stand up.

'Are you sure?' Maia said, yawning.

'Yes, I'm sure. Now go!' Sky confirmed her, smiling. She was tired, but she could stay awake for 10 more minutes. She walked back to the tables as Maia walked to the back of the shop. She cleaned the tables the best she could and cleaned the mess on the ground.

The counter was half way done, so Sky cleaned the rest. She looked up, through the window and saw a man standing on the other side of the street. His face covered by the hood of his jacket. A shiver ran up her spine as she turned her back to the window. She took her apron of and folded it. She put it back in the closet en picked her bag up. She walked outside.

It was cold and darker than before. There were dark clouds in the sky, if she was quick she could be home before it would start raining. She started walking in the direction of her apartment. The man on the other side of the street looked up and followed her. Sky walked faster, maybe she could lose him, but the man walked smoothly behind her.

She turned the corner of the street and looked behind her. The man rounded the corner too. She was afraid, but wasn't going to stand there, so she turned back around. She bumped into something, or rather someone. She looked up through her lashes. It was a man, around the age of 30. Sky was relieved to find someone, before the other man could get here. She smiled at the man, he looked nice. The man smiled back, but what she didn't expect was to see 2 fangs poking out of his mouth.

Review ~ xK