A/N: Hey everyone, this was my first fanfic that I wrote about 4 years ago! I'm re-writing at the moment so any suggestions/pointers on the plotline,characters etc will be greatly appreciated! Here is the first chapter. Please, please review!

There was something about her. The others couldn't put their fingers on it. Just something…the way she moved, or the way she spoke.

She wasn't very tall, but not what you'd call small either, just average really. Her dark hair flowed down a few inches past her shoulders. It was an odd colour, a sort of midnight black. It had a weird shimmer to it. Her eyes, well they were something else. They were a strange ice blue, almost silver colour and they had flecks of a deep purple. They were eyes you could fall into. Not many people looked at her eyes though; she tried to keep herself to herself.

The only thing normal about her was probably her clothes, but even then they could be a little strange. At this moment in time however, they weren't. She wore a black low cut top, and dark hipsters that accentuated her figure. She smiled to herself, deep in thought, as she walked past a group of her friends and appeared not to notice them.

Draven waited with the rest of the group. Kate, Mollie and Josh were deep in conversation about an up-coming party, Draven just watched and waited, he'd been doing that a lot lately , after all he thought, sometimes waiting is the only thing you can do. He watched as she walked past, she didn't notice him, but he smiled at her anyway. It was the type of smile he rarely used; it was a mixture of sadness and wisdom. It was an almost angelic smile.

"Earth to Draven?" Katie was waving her hands in front of his face. He realized he had been lost in his thoughts.

"Oh sorry Kate, what is it?" he replied nonchalantly.

"Oh it's nothing, what were you thinking about anyway? You seemed miles away." She laughed sweetly. "Oh yeah I forgot that's not really unusual for you lately, but you still haven't told us why! You're in love aren't you?"

"Oh drop it Kate, and don't be silly." She always made him kind of moody.

Draven was tall, dark and well, handsome to say the least. He had slightly long, black hair, that often covered his eyes, he had a habit of pushing it out of the way with his hand when he was stressed or annoyed. His eyes were dark, maybe a really dark brown, at other times they had almost a silvery tint to them, no one dared look long enough to find out. He was lithe and well muscled and he had that bad boy manner about him that made all the girls want him. He didn't want any of them though, just Her. He wasn't prepared to tell them that yet; they didn't have a clue about him really. His past, his feelings and his thoughts, he kept them to himself, but he couldn't help dropping his guard when she was around, she didn't know who he was though, they were friends of course, quite good friends, but she hadn't the slightest idea about who he really was. She'd find out soon though, it was only a matter of time. But how much time did they have? How much time does anyone really have? Well he knew some answers,but that was something that was a mystery to him and to most people, after all, some things are best left unknown.

Draven mused over this for a while, and decided to go and talk to her. He walked along the crowded hall, still lost in thought, and then he saw her, but then he saw him too. Ethyn. He despised Ethyn with every particle of his being. Draven knew he loved her, and that she loved him in return, but he also knew that it wasn't right, it wasn't meant to be. She was his. For eternity.

"Arianne!" called Ethyn as he saw her. She always seemed to look different every time he saw her; she was like an angel to him. Ethyn was tall and athletic, with blond hair and blue eyes; he almost looked like an angel himself. He was kind and nearly opposite to Draven in every way. He loved Arianne, he would die for her.

"Oh hey Ethyn!" she flew to his arms and hugged him. "It's good to see you! I've missed you!"

"Yeah you too babe. Have you seen Draven about today? There was something I wanted to ask him"

"Nope, not yet anyway, I'll probably run into him later though, want me to ask him for you?"

"No, it's ok. It's not that important." Ethyn sighed.

The fact was, it was important; he'd had some weird guys following him home the night before. They were wearing the same symbol, that Ethyn had noticed Draven wearing. A black iris. That couldn't be a coincidence. .

"Hmm. Is everything alright Ethyn? Draven hasn't got you into any trouble has he?" She had a concerned look on her face. Draven was one of her best friends, but she knew that the people who he hung around with outside school were a bit strange. He didn't always tell her the whole truth about what he did with his spare time.

"No, no. It's fine. Really it is" He could tell she didn't believe him, they knew each other too well, but then again, sometimes she still managed to surprised him, Arianne was that kind of person, totally unpredictable, but not in a totally reckless way. It just made her even more fun to be around. It made him love her even more.

"Well ok, if you say so. Anyway, I've gotta run, I'm late meeting Mollie!" They hugged again and Arianne sped off down the hall, leaving Ethyn to his thoughts.

It was dark, dark enough so you could only see the faint silhouettes of the objects. The building looked like an old warehouse, it smelled musty and damp. Suddenly things began to get brighter, and a table was illuminated in the centre of the room. Thick smoke was rising, as four well built men sat smoking cigars and playing poker. The first man, the dealer, was bulky; he was wearing a suit of black as were the rest of the group.He wore a heavy gold ring with some kind of black emblem. He was grumbling inaudibly to the others in the group, and the atmosphere was tense. They seemed to be waiting for something. There was someone else in the building, standing in the shadows, he was saying something, about someone, but it didn't make sense, it was blurred and too quiet. The man in the shadows began to turn, the whole room started to spin. The other men in the room turned, picking up on something, sensing the stranger in the room. There was a loud bang. It all faded to white, to black, then to nothing.

Arianne awoke with a start