Chapter 1
Britt
The halls were empty. A lone figure stood against the wall of this place. She was dressed in all black, her hair pulled into a small pony at the base of her neck. She was in trouble. The teacher walked out of the room she once was in. "Britt what's wrong? You seemed completely fine at the beginning of class then you punch someone?" Yah that's me. Brittani Yamoto. Britt for short. I'm half American half Japanese. I'm a normal 17 year old, or so I thought. I went to the Preppy School of hell…I was the only Goth in the whole place. My old friends would always be there in trouble with me. But there not. I had to move away from them all. Stupid father and his illness. It's his fault. But since my mother was gone I had to follow. I was used to it sort of...moving two times already screwed me up with school. Damn I spaced again. I thought
"Britt listen if there's something wrong just tell me OK?" The teacher said. The teacher, Mrs. Haggles, she was nice...but to preppy for me. "Yes ma'am." I said montoely. She let me into the hell of class called home Economics. It was boring...all you do is cook. I always draw in that class. It was the last ten minutes of class. The bell was about to ring when I was thrown a note. I opened it an it reads "Go to hell Goth! No one wants you hear!" I wasn't mad. I always get them. The bell rings and I got up to go home. Since it was the last hour of the day. As I get to my locker there was another note. But this paper was blood red. I look around to see no one. I open it and a small rose fell from the paper. On the paper was a poem written.
The flowers bloom, with every step you take.
I watch as you walk gracefully threw the night,
Dressed in all black, not caring.
I wait for my night angel, I wait for you.
Signed, S.
I closed the note, memorized by the intensity of it. I opened my locker and I grab my backpack and shove everything in it. After I was finished I closed my backpack and locker then headed home looking at the single rose.
I walked into my home after finding another hate letter on my door. Not bothering to open it and threw it out. My father was in the hospital for treatment. So that means I'm home alone again. Oh joy. I thought. Sometimes my dad is home but not tonight. So like any other night I'm alone...horror movie an a midnight walk in the park, that's next to the ''haunted'' graveyard. I don't think it's haunted. I think its just spirits held by a curse. No big difference there. I grabbed a diet coke from the fridge and walked to the living room an sat down on the couch. I look around as I opened my coke to all my mom's things. After she passed away dad just couldn't't put her things away in boxes.
So he left them out for us to look at. I set my coke on the coffee table and leaned my head back. I think back to a memory. I was 13 years of age, the last time I saw my mom.
It was after school I found out. My dad drove up, I saw the car and ran towards it. "Get in Hon…we need to go to the hospital. Mom's hurt." I remember getting in and he told me how she got hurt. She was in a car crash and was really hurt. We went to the hospital. After that I don't remember much. I do remember one thing though. I remember her saying to me, "I love you so much my little Bri. Hear," She handed me her wedding ring. "I remember you saying how much you loved it. And I want you to have it want you to have it. So that way, you will always remember me." I watched as she closed her eyes and her hand fall from mine. Before I could say anything the doctors and nurses came in. One of the nurses walked me out. She took me to my dad and he leads me outside. "Now Bri, I want you to go home and call some friends over and order some pizza. I won't be home until morning helping the doctors." I nodded an got into the cab my dad must have called for me. I don't remember the cab ride, walking into my house, or calling my friends. Guess I was in shock.
I opened my eyes not wanting to remember anymore of it. I had covered my eyes and felt water on them. For the first time in two years I was crying. Yah two years I closed the dam to which my tears came from. But hear they were. I wiped them away angrily. I hate crying. Made me feel weak. I got my emotions under control soon after. I got up forgetting my coke and walked to the bathroom to wash my face. I grabbed a washcloth from the hall closet and went to the bathroom and washed my tears that were still coming away from my eyes. After I was done I went to my room to lie down. I wasn't in to mood to eat or watch my favorite horror movie. It was only 4:30 in the afternoon. I'll just take a quick nap. It was Friday so it won't matter. It was also the day before Christmas brake. I didn't like that holiday. Why you say? Well two reasons. One being with no family. And two I can't walk in the park at night. I like walking in the park. It helps me relax sometimes. As I walked into my room I remembered the note. Luckily I had saved it. I reached into my pocket an grabbed it an fell onto my bed. As I lay there I stared at the paper. Why is it red? And who sent it to me? I thought. All these where running in my head. Suddenly I noticed that there was another note attached to it. I opened the second note and read it.
Night angels,
How I long to meet you.
How I long to speak with you.
Please, if you wish to, would you meet me
In the graveyard next to the family grave house
Of the Medric family. That is if you wish to. I look
Forwards to meeting you, if you do come.
Signed, S.
I read it over again just to make sure that I was reading it correctly. This guy wants to meet me huh? I thought. Maybe I will pay him a visit an ask him why he was sending me the notes. I set the notes on my bedside table an turned on some ocean music. Ever since mom passed away I could never fall asleep like I had used to. So with some money I saved up I got this CD to make me sleep. I turned it to track six and let the sounds take me into sleep. Suddenly my phone rang. I groaned because of its evilness. I sat up and answered the phone that was next to my bed. My dad got it for me so if there was any trouble when I'm alone I could call him. "Hello?" I said. "Hi honey it's me. It seams that there was a problem with the machine hear so I'm staying over night OK?" my dad said. "OK dad." "Is there something wrong? Are you sick?" I could tell my dad was worried. "No I'm just tired that's all." "Well I'll get off so you can rest OK Hon?" "Alright. I love you dad." "Love you too. See you tomorrow." "OK bye." "Bye." I hung up the phone an laid back down. I fall back to sleep so I could meet my mystery man later that evening.
I woke up to the sound of my alarm clock going off. I looked at the time and it read twenty after nine. I had almost slept for six hours. I got up an stretched then walked over to my dresser to grab a change of clothes then headed to the bathroom to take a quick shower. Maybe I should eat after I'm out of the shower. Then maybe leave to the graveyard to meet this S. person. I thought, but is it some old guy out to hurt me, or is it someone who really likes me? And for him to go threw all this trouble just for him to meet me. As I think about who it was I jumped into the shower an turned on the built in radio on. I listened to bring me to life by Evanescence. God I loved that band and how they could always get my feelings just right. Even after I went through all these years I never felt better until I first listened to them. After that I was hooked on there songs. Bring me to life was my favorite one though. It's saying the same thing I want it to be. I want to be woken up from this nightmare or dream. I want to be saved from the darkness the world torments me with. I want to be set free.
After the song ended I got out after making sure I had no more shampoo in my hair. I grabbed the towel from the rack that was next to the shower. I took my time drying myself and my hair. Getting done with that I grabbed my plain jeans and my "HIM" shirt. I grabbed my hair tie and put it up in a simple ponytail. After that I put on some black eyeliner and that was it. I didn't like makeup that much. I left the bathroom and to my room for my coat and gloves. I looked at the clock and it read 9:40 PM. Hmm. I'll leave at 10 o'clock. I thought. That will give me some time to get something to eat. I gathered my coat and gloves and walked downstairs. I set my things near the front door and headed towards the kitchen to eat something. As I walked in and went to the fridge I felt like someone was watching me. I looked around and saw nothing out of the ordinary. I opened the fridge and grabbed some left over turkey and made a sandwich. I grabbed another pop to drink with my lovely dinner for one. I was used to it as well. Always eating alone it seems. Dad was hardly there after he found out he had cancer. And ever sense we started to move around the state I didn't really have any friends. Only when I was 13 years and younger that I had friends. But that changed after we left.
As I finished my sandwich I felt I was being watched again. This time I looked to the window over the sing and saw red eyes staring right at me. I started to feel uneasy so I got up and walked quickly to the phone and just as I picked it up I turned around and saw that the red eyes were gone. I placed the phone back on the receiver. Just as I let go the phone rings. Startling me half to death. I picked to up to answer. "Hello?" I heard no answer. "Hello?" I said more demanding. And still no answer from the other line. I go to place the phone back on the cradle when I heard something on the other line. "Hello?" I repeated. "Help." I heard. "Help? Do you need help?" I replied. "Yes…please." The person said softly. "Tell me where you are and I will come and help you." I said. "G-graveyard." Was all I heard as the line went dead. I hung up the phone and ran to the door yanking on my coat and gloves on. I opened the door and saw it was snowing. I grabbed some extra gloves and a scarf. Before I shut the door I remembered the person was hurt so I ran back in and grabbed the first aid kit from on top of the fridge. And ran to the front door.
I quickly left the house and ran to the graveyard that was just a few blocks away. As I ran I had fallen 3 times due to black ice that was on the side walk. I didn't care I had to hurry to help this person. As I came around the corner I saw the park only a few feet away. And beyond that was the graveyard. I ran faster, before I even knew it I was standing in front of the graveyard gate. I was panting heavily due to running and about the person in the graveyard. I slowly walked into the graveyard. Sure I've been in a graveyard several times but never at night and never hear to find a person who needed help. As I walked past several graves I noticed that some of them where dated way back to the 1800's, but only some I could read. I could tell that many of them where family graves. I past a grave that had an angel looking down where there hands together as if praying. I walked past it slowly because I felt like it would come to life and come after me.
I turned around and saw that it didn't and I let a breath out, I kept walking till I got to a wooded area and there was a path. For some reason I felt like something was calling me to go down the path, I decided to follow the little "voice" and go down the path. I kept walking and I noticed that the woods where getting thicker as I walked, soon I was in the middle of the graveyard I supposed and got to another grave, but this was like a family tomb because I could see a name above the black doors. I squinted to read the name "Medric, 1820". Sounds like a Europe name. I thought. I walked closer to it and saw that the door was slightly open. "Now why is that door open?" I said to myself. Like the old saying "curiosity killed the cat" I was the cat, and I was curious. I cautiously walked up to it an walked up the stairs making sure I didn't fall and break my ankle on the broken stairs. I sat my first aid kit down and walked closer to the door and opened it. Dust fell down to show how old it was. I looked inside and saw it completely dark.
I remembered my flashlight I had somehow managed to grabbed and turned it on to see a lot of cobwebs. I heard a small moan coming from inside. I got a little spooked from it knowing that dead people don't moan. But curiosity got me and walked into the tomb. Quickly thinking I grabbed my kit from outside and walked back in. There where some stairs when I walked in. I slowly made my way down the stairs so not to slip and hurt myself. I heard another moan but louder this time. I looked down and saw something red on the stairs, I stopped and bent down to see what it was. I touched the red substance to see that it was blood, and fresh. I got up and started walking again but faster. I soon came to the bottom of the stairs and saw I was in a room. I scanned my flashlight around and saw a lot of caskets. I turned to the right and saw a old fashioned torch.
I grabbed my lighter and lit the torch. It brightened up some of the room and saw more than one torch. I lit 3 more and it was bright enough in the room that I didn't need my flashlight. I looked around and saw more caskets. At least 50 plus where in the walls, I don't know how many there really where there. I heard a sound like something stepping in water, I looked on the ground and saw more blood but a lot more then before. I saw that every few feet there was some more blood. I followed the blood and found myself going to the center of the room where a casket was just sitting in the middle. There was a small moat like river around it and a bridge to get to the casket. I walked over the bridge and continued to follow the blood. The blood went around the casket and so did I and found a boy sitting on the floor with a piece of wood sticking out of his chest. He looked up at me with misty silver eyes. I've never seen that color of eyes before.
"H-help me?" He said. I sat down next to him and I nodded. He smiled weakly at me and laid his head back against the casket. I opened my kit and looked for some bandages. "How did you get hurt?" I asked. "I-I was attacked by some person, and all I remember was him saying die demon and then I felt him stab me. I came hear because I was on my way home but the guy caught me. Heh, I'm unlucky like that." He said slowly. I saw him breath slightly and he was in a great amount of pain. "Do you need to go to the hospital? I'm sure I can get someone hear for you. That is if you want." "No don't call for anyone, if you do there will be great danger hear." He took a sharp breath as pain wrote its self on his face. Great danger? What does he mean by that? I thought. "I do need you to do one thing for me though," he said. "Yes?" I said. "Take this thing out for me, as you can see, I'm to weak to do it myself." I paled at the thought of what he said. I knew that if I took it out it would kill him. "You don't have to worry, I wont die." He said.
I was scared that he said that. "Did you just read my mind?!" I yelled and it echoed on the walls. "Yes I did now please take this wood out, its hurting me, please?" I nodded my head quickly and got up. I grabbed some towels from the kit. "I need you to sit up so I can stop the blood from falling from your back. And tell me how am I to pull this wood out of your chest?" I asked quickly. He sat up slowly and put the towel behind him carefully knowing that the wood was sticking out the other side. He laid back down with pain on his face. "I need you to sit on my lap and pull it out towards you fast. If you don't I might bleed out and die." I nodded again and sat on his lap carefully. I grasped the wood and got ready to pull. "Are you sure about this? Won't it hurt you more then just going to the hospital and have it taken out there?" I said. "Yes I'm sure, no it wont hurt just hurry please."
I nodded again and pulled fast. His eyes widened with pain and yelled. I threw the wood the side and grabbed the other towel next to me and pressed it against his chest to stop bleeding. He fell forwards onto me and was panting from the pain. I felt some blood seep threw the towel and get on my shirt. Thank god it was a black shirt or else I would not be happy. His breathing was ragged as he tried to let the pain stop. He lifted his head to my ear and whispered, "Thank you, Brittani." He said. I stopped breathing for a moment when he said my name. "H-how do you know my name?!" I said shocked. He lifted his head up to look into my eyes and saw silver and a tint of dark blue. "I'm your Mr. S., my night angel." I was shocked as hell. He of all persons was the guy sending me the notes! I pushed him away from me and got off his lap and scooted away.
He sat up right and looked at me with pain, "Brit, why do you move away from an injured person?" He said. "Y-you're the one who sent me the notes!" I screamed again. I saw that he let the towel drop and saw that there was no hole. I gasped so loudly that it echoed on the walls along with my screams I did earlier. "But-how-when!" was all I could say. He chuckled and I saw what looked like fangs. "Is that all you can say my dear angel?" he taunted. He got on his hands and started crawling towards me. I kept crawling back away from him so he wouldn't hurt me. "Leave me alone!" I screamed again. He looked at me with surprise then smiled wickedly again and continued to crawl towards me but at a faster pace. I kept backing away from him and before I knew it I felt the floor give way. I looked behind me and saw that I crawled right to the edge of the platform and started to fall towards the water.
He saw this and got up and ran to me. But he got there to late because I was in the water. The water was brown looking and I couldn't see a thing. The thing is I cant swim for my life. I kept trying to get my head above the water but I couldn't. Soon I was underwater and holding my breath. It was getting more and more harder to breath, soon I let all the air I was holding out and started to drown. I started to float down to the bottom of the moat and felt someone's arms wrap around me and started taking me to the surface. I couldn't think who it was.
When we reached the surface I felt the person drag me somewhere. I opened my eyes a bit to see the same guy swimming towards the edge who had the wood in him. My mind couldn't register anything. My eyes closed before he got me onto the platform. He lifted me up and laid my down and I heard water splash as he got out I guess. I felt myself being sat up and leaned against something hard. Thinking it was the coffin I opened my eyes and boy was I wrong. The coffin was in front of me. I felt someone's arms wrap again around me and laid there head in the crook of my neck. "I'm sorry my angel. I didn't mean to scare you, forgive me." The person said. My eyes widened and I remembered who it was.
My body stiffened as he was holding me. I felt him hug me tighter and tilt my head to the side. I felt his breath on my neck as he continued to hold me, I started to struggle to get away from him. The more I struggled the more tighter he held onto me. Let go of me! I thought. I heard him chuckled, "I'm not going to let you go angel, even if you scream at me to let you go. I wont let you until you calm down and listen to me. Understood?", I lessened my struggling when I listened to him. I let his words sink into my head and understood. "Y-yes," I said softly. My voice was like that because of the water. He lessened his grip on me. "Good, now calm down a bit more for me. You are still too tense." He told me.
I calmed down a bit more and felt my body relax against him. He finally let loose the tight grip on me but still had his arms around me. I felt my body shiver from the coldness around me. My clothes were drenched and I felt really cold. I wrapped my arms around myself to get warm. He must of seen me and got up. He walked to one side of the room and found my coat that I must of took off without knowing I guessed. He walked back over to me and placed my coat around me then walked over to my kit and cleaned up everything.
I watched him as he took the towels and walked to the edge and dip them into the water to wash them. He brought them out and ringed them out. He looked over to me and I blushed a bit. I turned my head away so he wouldn't see. But to late he saw because he started walking over to me. I covered my face so he wouldn't see that my blush spread more. I didn't see him kneel next to me and start to bright his hand up to uncover my face. When I felt my wrist being held and pulled away from my face I closed my eyes to not see his face. "Britt your face is red. Are you sick?" he asked. His voice sounded concerned a bit. "N-no I'm not," I said quickly, "I don't get sick!" I opened my eyes then I started to cough. He rolled his eyes at me and put his hand against my forehead, he knew I was lying I guess. "You have a fever. We need to get you home." He said.
He quickly walked back over to my kit and put everything in it and closed it. He picked it up and quickly came back to me. He made a makeshift sling with the towels and tied them together and slung it over his shoulders. He then kneeled down and put one arm under my knees and his other arm on my back and picked me up bridal style. He started to walk over the bridge and up the stairs. "Y-you know you don't have to do that um," I forgot he was only called by S., "My name is Seth, Seth Medric." He replied. I really hate it when he reads my mind. "I heard that Britt." Damn, I thought. "Seth, you don't have to carry me. Really I'm fine." He looked at me and smiled. "But I want to my angel. Besides if I carry you we can get to your home faster. And also your sick and cold while I'm warm and not sick. So I can keep you warm from the outside night air." He smirked at me. I could not believe him! Just cause I was sick I was being treated like a little kid!
"No I'm not treating you like a kid you are a women and you are sick that is why I'm carrying you so if you get dizzy on our way to your home you don't fall on the ground only in my arms. And you really need to stop talking in your head I can hear every thought." I looked at him at him with a shocked look then an angry look I crossed my arms and stuck my tongue out at him. He laughed at my childish act. I can admit I can be childish at times, this was one of my moments. I felt it get a bit colder and looked up to see the door. It was also getting brighter since I forgot to shut the door when I came in. "AH-CHOO!" I sneezed. He stopped laughing and looked at me with concern. "Britt, are you ok?," He said and put his head against my forehead. I blushed when he did that.
"Your fever rose a bit. Keeping you outside isn't a good thing. –Sigh- I guess I will have to use them." He said as he walked threw the door of the place. It was a lot darker then I remembered when we got outside. "Use them? What do you me Seth?" I asked. Before he answered me, he jumped and started flying. I looked behind him and saw wings coming from is back. He was flying so fast the wind was too much so I had to bury my face into his chest. A few minutes flew by and I was getting more dizzy from my cold. I felt him stop suddenly, I looked up to see him looking at me, then he looked ahead and so did I. We where in front of my house. I knew that it would take at least 15 minutes to get from my house to the park and back. And that was by running. It must have been at least five minutes that he flew.
I looked back to him with a surprised face. "How?" I asked. He smiled at me and shifted me in his arms. "I will tell you later now is not the time, we have to go in to get you better and warmed up." He started walking up the porch to my door. "Do you know if you have a spare key to get in?" I nodded, "Yes there's one under the mat." "OK." He set me down so he could get the key. I was standing and I started getting dizzier and everything was getting odd looking. I was getting more and more tired.
Soon I felt myself start to fall to the side. I connected with something hard and cold, I must of fallen onto the porch cause the next thing I knew I heard someone run to my side and pick me up. "God Brit your really sick this time! Better hurry and get you in the bath to warm you." I couldn't understand anything because I was half asleep, I did feel him pick me up and carry me somewhere how ever. Before I could do anything I fell asleep in his arms. Not knowing that he was going to place me in the bath after he took my clothes off.
I felt myself being surrounded by warm water. My hair was wet and I couldn't feel anything. I felt someone wipe my eyes with some cloth to get the water out of them. I made my eyes open to see my head bent down and saw water over my body and it came up to my chest. I looked up to see Seth looking down at me with a wash rag in his hands. My eyes widen as a thought hit me, I was naked and there was a boy in the same room as my naked self. I quickly covered myself. "SETH GET OUT!!" I screamed. He looked frightened and got out of the bathroom real fast. I threw a bottle at him but the door shut before it could hit him. "You know if you scream like that you will get even sicker!" I heard him yell from behind the door. "I DON'T CARE PERVERT!!" I yelled back to him.
I sat up in the tub and I grabbed the towel next to the tub and wrapped it around me, as soon as I did that I started coughing. My chest had hurt every time I coughed. I stayed in the water filled tub to stay warm. "Brit please let me come in I got some medication for you and I know your in the bath I hear the water splashing around." I heard him say trying to stay calm. I didn't want him in hear because he saw me naked. "No you pervert!" I said rudely. I heard him sigh and the door click open. He started walking in and I sank lower into the water. I got to my nose in the water when he was right next to the tub. He looked down to me and rolled his eyes. "You know Brit it isn't good to be that low in the water after you almost drowning there in my tomb." He said after he sat.
"WELL IT'S NOT MY FAULT I ALMOST DROWNED!! IT'S YOURS BECAUSE YOU WERE CRAWLING TOWARDS ME AND I WAS SCARED YOU JERK!!" I yelled after I lifted my head up from under the water. My face was burning hot because of the blush I know I was showing. I glared at him that was practically saying "I dare you to make a comeback." And I was too. "Brit you need to stop yelling at me I did nothing wrong." He said. He must have gotten my message. I glared at him one more time then I turned my head to the side away from his face. I didn't feel looking at him after he made me almost drown. I was so mad at him for it that I bet my fever spiked big time. I heard him sigh again and heard some cloth russling. I still wasn't looking at him when I felt some arms pick me up and out of the water.
I turned my head around to see him shirtless and getting soaked. He had real nice abs and he was well toned too. It looked liked he works out almost everyday. Wow. I thought. He's really built. He must of heard me again cause the next thing I knew he was laughing again. "Brit again I can hear you." I blushed again. Damn my thoughts!! I thought. He laughed again and stood up and walked out of the bathroom. He walked out to my bedroom and kicked my door open. He turned to the side so he could get me and him in the doorway. He headed to my bed and set me down lightly. "What clothing do you need before I head downstairs to finish making your soup?" He asked me. "Um, some underwear and some pjs." I said.
He walked away and walked to my dresser. He opened the top drawer and grabbed my underwear. I blushed at the thought of him in my drawer. He opened the second one and found my pajamas. He grabbed my over sized shirt and grabbed a pare of pajama pants. He also got my socks from the same drawer that my underwear was in. he walked back over to me and set my clothes next to me and saw that my face was red. "Bri are you ok?" he put his hand on my forehead and I felt his hands super cold. "Your fever came up a bit I think. You get dressed and I will get your soup and some medicine for your cold ok?" he got up and walked to the door. "O-OK." He turned around to shut my door. "Get dressed soon cause I will be coming up real soon once your soup is done." All I did was nod my head. He shut my door and I grabbed my clothes to put them on. Once I was done I just sat on my bed and waited, feeling tired I layed down and closed my eyes for a quick nap.
A/N: OK this is all I have for now. Please review my story I really hope this is a good chapter cause this is what I want to make into a real book. so now i mush take my leave cause well...I'm in school and cannot be on hear!! XD so...
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