Hey! So, this is only my second story. The first one was in the My Babysitter's a Vampire section, but I don't know if I'm going to finish it. Anyway, I really like the House of Night series. I read all ten books and can not wait until the next one. This story is kind of weird because it's set after hidden, (not after the epilogue) but Neferet is the high priestess. I don't know if Kalona's good or evil, and I don't know if he's even going to be in this story. Sorry for the long note.

Disclaimer: I don't own the House of Night series.

Stevie Rae

"Please Rephaim, let me come with you." I begged, giving Rephaim puppy dog eyes. "Stevie Rae, I wish you could come with me, but you can't." He told me. "If I can't come with you then can you stay here with me, please?" I asked. I love Rephaim, and always will, but he has to keep leaving every sunrise. If this is going to happen forever we need to find a way that he can be a raven, but still be with me.

I was looking at Rephaim, so I saw the darkness that crept up behind him. I gasped and put my hand over my mouth. Darkness? Here? In the depot, in the earth, in my home, in our home? Was the depot not safe anymore?

"Stevie Rae, what's wrong?" Rephaim asked. "There's-there's darkness behind you." I said. Rephaim turned around to see the tendrils that were 'bout to take a bite out of him. "You're not goin' anywhere. If there's darkness on the loose it could get you while you're out there." I said. "But-" Whatever he was about to say was cut off, because he collapsed on the bed. He was starting to transform into a raven.

I turned to look at the darkness still lingering in the air. I thought I saw a glimpse of something white but I tried to ignore it and focus on Rephaim. He was now fully a raven. "Rephaim?" I tried. But I just received a "Caw!" "Rephaim?" I asked again. And this time I received something so much more. Rephaim flew straight for me. He scratched my face and pecked my eye. Then he flew out of the blanked door.

I knew I had blood on my face but I didn't care. I was crying my heart out. Why would Rephaim do this to me. Because I was being selfish. I couldn't just let him go. Why was it so hard for me to let him go? He was my bird, he said he'd always fly back to me. "I did it because every time he leaves apart of me goes with him. I feel like I'm kinda lost. like a loose apart of myself." I said out loud.

I should really clean up, or get some bandages, or something. Or you can stay here. I do not mind blood. In fact, I find it delicious. I heard a voice say in my head. Wait, what? A voice? "What the heck?" I asked. Red one, you have lost a part of yourself. You said it yourself. Unlock your anger. I will help you get your revenge. The white bull.

"No," I said. "I don't want revenge. I-I love Rephaim. Just because he hurt me." I started crying right then all over again. "D-doesn't mean I sh-should hurt him." But wouldn't it be wonderful? To see his blood in vengeance for yours? "No it wouldn't. I-I don't want to hurt Rephaim!" It was a little shaky, but I found the confidence to yell. Like he did not want to hurt you? "He's a raven! He couldn't help it! It's not his fault!" I yelled.

That anger. That passion. That is what you needed to unlock. But do not direct it towards me. Direct it towards Rephaim. He hurt you. Why you think it was an accident, I do not know. Direct it towards the circle. They are not on your side. You could never trust them.

"No!" I screamed. Then I felt like I couldn't breath. I took a deep breath but it felt like my lungs wouldn't work. I saw the darkness swirl around me. I collapsed onto the bed. I grabbed onto the side of the bed like it was my life, and I held it so tight it could have broke.

I was sweating. It felt like I was being cooked in a fire. I was being cut with a thousand swords. I was on a merry-go-round that went faster than a rollercoaster. But the worst part about it was that it felt good. Really, really, really, good. Better than my mama's cookies. Better than Repahim's blood. Better than anything I've ever experienced.

"Keep...going." I gasped out to the darkness. I wanted it to feed. I wanted to experience this pleasure. I wanted this never end. But it was all over too soon. I had to get more of this. It was like a drug. I wanted, no, needed more of this. And the only way to get this was to be on the side of darkness. I didn't want to, but I had to get more of this. I don't know how I lived without this. I have to turn evil, and that's all there is to it. I'm Sorry Rephaim, Z, and circle, but I can't be good anymore.

Aphrodite

"Caw!" "Ow!" Ok, so there was something crappy on my face. What the heck was it? Well, I guess I had to open my eyes and actually look if I wanted to now. I slightly opened my eyes and... A raven?!

"Ow! Will you stop that!" I said as the bird pecked my eye. I received an annoying "Caw!" "You stupid crappy freaking bird!" I yelled, which caused Darius to wake up. He would've woke up sooner, if I was scared. But I was just annoyed and...disgusted.

"What's-" Darius was cut off by the bird on my face. He didn't ask any questions after that, he just picked up the raven and sent him flying out the door with a couple of those annoying Caws.

"How did that happen?" He asked. "I don't know. I just woke up with the freaking thing cawing and pecking my eye out. A rather rude awakening."

"Shouldn't Rephaim be outside?" Duh! In my half-asleep-rude-bird-on-my-face-awakening state, I didn't realize that could've been Rephaim. "We have to go to Stevie Rae's room to tell her that Rephaim is still in the depot."

I walked with Darius to the bumpkin's room. "Bumpkin! Wake up!" I yelled, knocking on the wall. "Huh? What?" Stevie Rae asked, sitting up in bed. For a second she glared at me. It could be for yelling at her to wake up, but I had a feeling it was something more than that. But the glaring was gone as soon as it came, and she just had a sleepy-confused look on her face.

"Priestess, I am sorry to wake you but we've just seen Rephaim. He's still in the depot." "He pecked my eye out, and might do it to someone else." I said. Then I realized Stevie Rae looked like she'd been pecked in the eye too. Plus scratches. "What?" Stevie Rae asked when I kept staring at her. "Did-" I was cut off by someone screaming. "That sounded like Z."

Zoey

I screamed. A raven just flew into our room in the middle of the night (day). "Get it out!" I yelled. "I'm trying Z!" Stark was currently trying to hit the raven with a pillow. Then I thought of something. "Wait!" I said. "What?" "What if it's Rephaim? Stevie Rae would kill us if we kill him."

Just then Aphrodite, Darius, and Stevie Rae ran into the room. "We heard you screaming, priestess." Dauris said. "There was a raven." I said. "Rephaim." Stevie Rae said.

Then I realized Stevie Rae had scratches and her eye didn't look good. Aphrodite's eye didn't look too great either, but Stevie Rae looked worse. "Did he hurt you?" I asked. Stevie Rae just looked down, but she looked like she was about to cry. I took it as a yes and decided I'd talk to her after we dealt with this.

"Got him!" Stark yelled from across the room. He had Rephaim in his hands. "Now we just need to set bird boy free." Aphrodite said. "Give him to me. I will carry him outside and let him go." Dauris said. "See you in the morning Z, bow boy, and bumpkin." Aphrodite said, walking out with Dauris.

"Do you want me to walk you to your room?" I offered to Stevie Rae. "No thanks, I think I'll be fine." She said. "I know, but there's something I have to ask you." I said.

We were now walking down the hallway to her room. "He hurt you, didn't he?" I said. "I'm fine." "You sure you don't want to talk about it?" "I said I'm fine." Then we stopped by her doorway. "Ok, well if you want to talk about it in the morning I-" Suddenly Stevie Rae bursts into tears. I hugged her. "I was so selfish, I just wanted to keep him with me." She said. We didn't say anything for a while. She just cried while I hugged her.

When she pulled back her eyes were puffy and her cheeks had tears running down them. "Stevie Rae it'll be ok. Rephaim didn't mean to hurt you, I can promise you that. He loves you." "Thanks Z." "No problem." She went into her room and I went back to mine.

I was just going to back to sleep with Stark, we were already in bed, but Stark said "Z, there's something I have to tell you." "What is it?" I sounded worried. I mean, with all of the bad stuff that's been happening, there couldn't be something else bad right? I begged for it not to be bad. Please don't be bad, Please don't be bad, please don't be bad. But even with my silent begging, it was still bad.

"I seen darkness around Stevie Rae." "What? But, there couldn't have been. Stevie Rae choose good. That's why she changed into the first red vampyre. She choose light over darkness. She-" Stark cut off my babble by kissing me. I smiled. "She really does have darkness around her, doesn't she?" I asked. "Yeah. Sorry, Z." He said. I sighed. "It's ok. We're going to have to tell her. But in the morning." I said, hoping that somehow it'd be gone by then. "Ok, goodnight Zoey." "Goodnight Stark." And I fell asleep with my guardian's arms around me.

That's it! Sorry for sounding really OOC.