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I wrote up the end part of the book to make more sense and then continued...

Starks point of view

She lay crumpled on the ground not far from heaths body. She was facedown, and I knew the terrible truth before I reached her. Still, I dropped to my knees and rolled her gently over. Her eyes were open and staring, but vacant. Except for the sapphire outline of a normal fledgling's mark, all of her tattoos were gone.

Darius reached me first. He dropped beside Zoey, feeling for a pulse.

"She lives," Darius said. Then he processed what he saw and gasped, "Goddess! Her tattoos." He touched Zoey's face gently. "i don't understand." shaking his head in confusion, his gaze lit on heath. "Is the boy-"

"He's dead," I said, amazed by how my voice sounded so normal when everything inside me was screaming.

Aphrodite and Damien ran up.

"Oh, Goddess!" Aphrodite said, crouching beside Zoey's head. "Her tattoos!"

"Zoey!" Damien cried.

I heard jack and the Twins join us. They were crying. But all i could do was pull Zoey's more tightly into my arms and hold her close. I have to protect her. I HAVE to.

It was Aphrodite whose voice finally penetrated my grief and got through to me.

"STARK! We have to get Zoey back to the palace. Someone there can help her. She's still alive."

I met her gaze. "Her body breathes for right now, but that's it."

"What are you talking about? SHE'S STILL ALIVE," Aphrodite repeated stubbornly.

"Zoey saw Kalona kill heath and she called spirit to try and stop him, but she was too late to save him." Just like i was too late to save her, my mind shrieked. But in the calm voice of a stranger, i continued explaining. "When she threw spirit at Kalona, Zoey knew she was too late, and her soul shattered. I know because I'm bound to her soul and i felt it shatter. Zoey's not here anymore. This is just her empty shell."

Then I, James Stark, Zoey Redbird's Warrior, bowed my head and began to cry.

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I felt everyone around me hugging me, crying and asking each other what to do and how to fix everything.

I felt like i wasn't even in my body any more, i was just another person who could only listen, maybe it was my survival instincts kicking in trying to protect me from the pain i knew i would feel if i accepted what had happened –what i had caused. I don't know how long i had sat there not moving with my eyes squinted closed to stop my already red sore eyes from crying any more, the images kept replying the incident over and over in my head, they wouldn't leave me alone and it got to the point where i was considering the thought that maybe from now on every time i closed my eyes i would be stuck in my own personal hell, which i deserved.

I came out of my trance in a way that was so unexpected i didn't know what had happened, i had been listening to everyone talking but only as background noise until i heard one certain voice that made me jump up, grab my bow and arrow and aim to kill...

"What has happened to my beautiful A-ya?" His voice sent an electric current right through my body shocking me to awaken. I had my bow and arrow aimed and ready but positioned myself so that i was still between Kalona and Zoey.

I don't know what happened, whether it was him being here or the entire experience but i just felt myself slipping, i hadn't felt this way since i was a blood thirsty monster under Neferet's control, but i wasn't anymore –this was all me.

What is the point in keeping up the good inside me now? I only ever did it for Zoey and i failed! I failed being human, i failed being a normal fledgling killing my best friend will, i failed being a red fledgling by releasing Kalona in the first bloody place and now i let Zoey die as well!! I just snapped.

"ZOEY! HER NAME IS ZOEY REDBIRD AND SHE WAS NEVER EVER IN A BILLION FUCKING YEARS GOING TO BE YOURS! YOU EVIL DEAD BIRD THING! YOU KILLED HER! YOU SHOULD HAVE LEFT WHILE YOU HAD THE CHANCE YOU SON OF A BITCH! I WILL KILL YOU FOR THIS, YOU MAYBE IMORTAL BUT I WILL USE MY ENTIRE VAMPIRE LONG LIFE TO FIND A WAY TO BRING YOU DOWN FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE HERE!" I screamed at him with all the energy i had. Then i moved the quickest i had in my entire life, i reached behind me, grabbed an arrow, lifted my bow and shot and shot, and shot. It did nothing but amuse him which really started to get me annoyed.

"Calm down young son of man with a temper, you cannot be that stupid" he said as he caught the last of my bows with his hands. "From here i can see that she is breathing so therefore not 'dead' as you put it, she is merely asleep."

"HER SOUL HAS SHATTERED I FELT IT, BECAUSE UNLIKE YOU WE SHARED A BOND –OF LOVE AND OATH." I had the satisfaction of watching his smug grin being wiped of his face and being replaced by shock and anger.

"What! Let me see her!" he ordered stepping forward quickly coming closer, 8 feet, 6 feet, 4 feet...

"Don't you dare take one step closer to her" i said placing my feet apart and putting my fist's up. From the corner of my eye i saw everyone around me start to move, they all came closer and tuck positions themselves. I was at the front and in the middle and was being flanked by, Darius Aphrodite and Erin on my right each one further behind and to the right of each other, Damien Jack and Shaunee had my left each further behind and to the left than the person in front which made me the spear point. No matter what i will not let Kalona past me, even with my last breath i will not give in. I silently promised my self...

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