Part 1

The wind was playing with his hair as he dreamt about the girl he loved. The summer air kissed his cheeks and the grass tickled his arms and legs. The trees lightly waved their leaves and sound of nature echoed in the nearby forest.

The sunlight tapped lightly on his eyelids. His slowly opened his eyes. The sun was beaming bright at him. He tossed to his side and leaned his cheek on his hand.

"Oh…you're awake." Said the girl that was tending to the wild flowers.

The girl's name was Moka Kuran. The last of the True-bloods. Her pale skin shimmered in the sunlight. Her emerald eyes almost lost in thought. Her lips, pale than usual, smiled sadly. She knew something was going to happen. Her pitch-black hair played in the wind.

She got up and joined James, who was now sitting up. He pulled her in his arms and held her close to him.

"You gotta stop looking so sadly. We're back together, aren't we? I let you have the chance to love Mick and you came back to me when you were ready." He said, stroking her pale cheek.

"That's not what I'm worried about, James. Something dangerous is coming and it's going after me. I can't shake off this feeling but I think we need to get out of here." She said, nuzzling her head in his chest.

"You're just being paranoid because of what Ariel said. Lin Chung threatened him already. Next time he tells you something about the Sea Goddess, Lin will make sure he gets his message through Ariel's skull." James said, looking at Lin Chung, who's meditating in shade.

"Uh… must I remind you that Ariel took the form of a sea nymph? You can't see him, let alone touch him and only I can hear him." Moka said, kissing James on the cheek.

"Oh yeah. Damn. I was looking forward to seeing him get pounded to the ground."

Moka looked beyond the hills and she saw Audrey Amell, staring at the sky.

Audrey is one of Moka's closet friends.

Moka looked at Audrey for a little bit and then shifted her attention to Lin Chung who put his hand on her shoulder.

"Princess, I will protect you until the day I die. I will protect you from the danger of the public, the sea and the dangers what life will throw at you. If this Sea Goddess goes after you, I will destroy her." Lin promised

Moka got up and hugged Lin.

"I knew you'd say that. That's why I made you my bodyguard. You always stand by your words and you will do anything to protect me." She said, breathing in deeply.

Lin hugged her back.

{These are not the arms of a stranger anymore. These are the arms of some who wants to protect me.}

James cleared his throat and they broke away.

"Are you done now?" James asked Moka

"Yes, I am. Sorry, babe." She said, blushing

The sun started to set and all three of them started to head home.

"Where's Audrey going?" James asked looking at the hill to see Audrey gone.

"I don't know. She's probably going to be with Shawn for a while." Moka replied, holding James' hand

James shivered at her touch. Moka's skin was icy cold. She may look like the living but she is still the dead.

Lin put his bamboo staff in his hands and held it across his chest.

The sky was cloudy and the summer air was replaced with an icy breeze. It was so cold even Moka couldn't withstand it.

There was thunder going on over them and it was raining and little bits and pieces of ice were falling to the ground like little acorns falling out of the tree.

Moka covered her face with her mask that James and Joey made her. Her mask looked a lot like Joey's Kabuki mask but with a little touch of James' jester mask. The black flame in her left eye had a streak of black paint going to the corner of her mouth. And she also has a zipper for the mouth. She enchanted the mask to protect her face from the lights from the stage, the sun and other harsh weather.

"This weather is sending eerie messages to all of us. Princess, can you understand them?" Lin Chung asked Moka, who eyes was now black.

"Yeah. And they're not good messages. I fear for myself." She said, her eyes widening in fear.

*Perfect. Whatever Ariel told her and what she felt a few minutes ago is starting to concern me. What am I going to do? *

The sky turned from deep violet to pitch black. The moon was covered by the darkness.

"Aw…what now?" complained Moka, seeing a figure standing in the middle of the pathway.

"Moka, I've come to help. You are in great danger." Said the figure, stepping out in the little light provided. She reveled herself as Audrey Amell.

"Audrey…. Wha-? How'd you know?" Moka asked

Audrey walked over to Moka and put her hand on Moka's shoulder.

"Your pesky Air elemental reveled himself to me and told me to come to you right away. He sensed that you were in danger long before you started to feel that mysterious feeling a few minutes ago." She said, her brown eyes holding an intense look in them.

"But… Ariel said he was joking."

"Well, he was just screwing around with you because he probably didn't want you to worry about it."

"That's true."

~My child, listen to Audrey and get out of here. ~ Ariel's voice trailed in the wind

"Ariel, where are you?" I asked out loud

~I'm right next to you my child. ~

"Oh…good." She sighed out.

There was a loud roar in the sky.

James put Moka behind him and he took out his pocketknife. Audrey did the same but took out a gun and a knife. Lin Chung got on his left knee and propped his right leg forward. His bamboo staff pointed forward.

The sea started to bubble rapidly and higher and higher. There was a bright light in the water.

~ Oh no! That's the…~

The sea emerged from the ditch and started going around in circles.

"Okaaaaaaaaaaaaaay. This is odd weather." Said James

The ground started shaking, knocking them down.

"Okay, first there's thunder, there's rain, there's hail, there's the sea going around in circles for no reason and now the ground is shaking. What the fuck is going on?" screamed Audrey at the sky

The sea floated near us and Audrey leaped at the water ball. It repelled her.

"Oh what the fuck?" She said, rubbing her sore arm.

The sea died away along with the thunder. There was nothing before them. The rain continued pouring and the hail continued to pound.

An evil, wicked laughter filled the sky.

They heard a piercing scream. Moka was no longer behind James. She was in the water, in the Sea Goddess's clutches.