The Horizon - Preface

Title: The Horizon Rating:M Genres:Romance/Drama Pairings:ExB JxA CxE ExR

Summary: I didn't know how to find the truth, lies and despair had been my life for my whole fourteen years of existence. Anger and hurt clouded love and kindness, pain had been my only source of comfort. But now, something that should've only existed in a fiction Dracula novel had come into my life like an angel and swooped me to a happy place where i could look across the Horizon and find my destiny once and for all.

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters mentioned from the Twilight Saga. They belong to author Stephenie Meyer. I do not own Dracula either, he was just mentioned in the summary as an example.

Preface

It was dark outside; I kneeled on the cushioned bench that was placed by the arched living room window. I held my face centimetres from the cold glass as I peered across to the scary looking forest that was lit slightly by the beautiful glow of the white moon. I wanted to go outside, I wanted to run into the forest and feel free letting the rain fall upon my face but that was just another thought that couldn't and wouldn't actually become a reality. I sighed and blinked a few times as I looked for something outside, maybe there was something other than nothing, perhaps someone would run from the forest and sweep me away to a happy place…

"Sunny?"

I quickly turned my attention to the soft voice coming from the living room door, I gulped as my precious hopes and dreams faded from my imagination. Reality came back and wrapped its icy arms around me, a slight smile spread across my face as my little sister entered the room. She stood staring at the ripped and worn grey carpet;

her arms were spread out like a bird's wings as she felt around for furniture. Ruby was blind; it was a condition that gradually took her sight, it was up until last year that her vision was in fine condition and then one day she woke up in darkness. I was terrified for her, I'd had several nightmares of her tripping or stumbling and seriously hurting herself and some nightmares ended worse, I didn't even want to think about it.

"I thought you were asleep, Ruby, did you have a nightmare?" I asked as I stood from the bench and walked towards her

She shook her head and took a step forward only to trip over a few empty beer bottles that lay by the fireplace. I gasped and caught her before she fell into the flames, my heart began to race and anger began to rise in my stomach. Mum had been having a tough time lately; her boyfriend stole a whole lot of money from our house before disappearing, she turned to alcohol and couldn't care for us properly. Ruby's medical bills were expensive and it got to the point where mum didn't take her to get important eye checks, she just stayed in bed all day and went out at night. I was taking care of Ruby while she partied with men; it was eleven o'clock and mum left three hours ago.

"I'm scared, Sunny, there was a wolf outside and it howled close to my window!" Ruby explained as I took her hand and led her to the bench by the window

I peered out of the window once again to see if I could spot anything, I hadn't heard anything and wolves' howling was pretty loud, maybe she had just had a bad dream.

"There's nothing out there, are you sure you weren't just dreaming?" I frowned as I searched the forests for any animals. Nothing.

"I wasn't dreaming, Sunny; there was a wolf outside my window!" Ruby huffed

She seemed pretty confident, I frowned in confusion.

"Well if it was a wolf it's gone now, Ruby…"

She sighed and folded her arms,

"I'm not going to bed until mum comes back!" she said

I shook my head and stood from the bench.

"Mum's not coming back until tomorrow, Ruby; you have to go to bed!"

She stood from the bench and placed her arms on her hips, her eyes were looking at my feet as she spoke,

"You're not mum, you don't make me do stuff!"

I frowned and took her little hands into mine,

"Since mum's not here, I'm in charge and I say you need to get to bed!"

Ruby pulled her hands out of mine and pushed me a few steps back,

"Shut up!" she yelled angrily "What if a wolf eats me?"

I smiled at her little comment,

"A wolf won't eat you, Ruby; I'll make sure of it…"

She frowned and groaned,

"I'll only go to bed if you stay in my bedroom; you can see it before it eats us!"

I grinned and wrapped my arms around her, she hugged me back,

"Fine, I'll sleep in your bed tonight if that makes you feel safer."

She smiled and I took her hand in mine and led her towards her bedroom, if that's what you could call it. It was more like a tiny cupboard with a small window, a bed and a small basket that held all of her clothes. There wasn't even carpet laid down or wallpaper on the walls, I closed the door and helped her into the small bed. It was cold tonight, there was no heating so we had to deal with the freezing home until mum decided to do something about it. I climbed in beside her and pulled the covers over us both,

"Try to get some sleep…" I whispered before kissing her light blonde hair.

She nodded and snuggled closer to me before falling asleep. I sighed slightly before turning to look out of the small window that Ruby had said that she had seen something, there was nothing but a branch blowing in the wind moving. I smiled and closed my eyes for a second before reopening them; I sighed and looked at the window once again. My smile disappeared as did the colour from my cheeks,

I felt sick and my heart began to thump loudly. Bright golden eyes stared in the window directly at me; they blinked twice before disappearing altogether. I screamed at the top of my lungs making Ruby jump out of her skin in fright,

"What's going on?" she demanded loudly gripping hold of my arm tightly

I shook my head in disbelief,

"There was something outside that window!" I gasped as I huddled closer to Ruby pulling the covers over us.

Ruby nodded and shrugged her shoulders,

"I told you there was a wolf and you didn't belief me, did you, no!"

I shook my head and gulped and my breaths came out sharp and shaky,

"That wasn't a wolf, Ruby!" I whispered.

She frowned in confusion,

"Well, what was it then?" she asked

I pulled the covers down slightly to look out of the window again, it had disappeared and it hadn't come back.

"It was a person, but he looked like something you would read in books, like a vampire," I whispered quietly

Ruby was silent for a moment taking in all of the information I had just told her,

"You think a vampire's after us, Sunny?" Ruby asked

I frowned and shook my head, it was all too much. I didn't even know what the thing was I was just guessing; now my little sister was going to bug me about it for centuries,

"No, I don't think that at all…" I argued.

Ruby rested her head on my shoulder,

"I hope it's friendly, I don't want to be eaten or anything like that!" she exclaimed

I chuckled at her comment but soon became silent as the thought processed in my mind, I wasn't supposed to believe in things like this, I was fourteen! But what I had just witnessed was real and now my nerves were on edge. What if this thing, whatever it was came back and tried to kill us. Things seemed to be getting worse everyday, I would just have to deal with it and hopefully everything would get better.

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