People screaming, someone or something hissing and a baby crying.

I woke gasping again. I've been having this dream since two weeks ago. Tomorrow's my 8th birthday and my parents are throwing me a party. It's now morning and so I get ready for school. Hopefully I don't fall asleep. I have a math test today and I need to ace it to pass for the quarter. I've been having trouble with school the last two weeks due to lack of sleep and I've fallen asleep during the teacher's lectures. So my grades have been dropping and that's why I need to pass my math test. I walk down to the kitchen to eat some cereal and I see my mom up already drinking her coffee. "Morning, Mama."

She looks up and smiles. "Morning, Sarah. Couldn't sleep again?"

I shook my head and sat down with my breakfast. "No. I had that dream again. It seems to get worse and I don't know what to do."

"Just try focusing on your math test you have today and maybe it'll go away. Think of other things instead of the dream."

In the apartment across the street, Selene and Michael were watching from the window. Selene turned to her lover. "The dream's getting worse. She just got up and she shouldn't be up yet. She's eating breakfast."

"We'll pick her up at the school later this afternoon. Tomorrow is her 8th birthday and you know what that means." He replied.

"The lycans will be after her tonight. Humans too. The ones working with the lycans that is."

"Exactly. So it's safer we pick her up from school."

That afternoon, the couple went to the school and walked in the office. "Hello. May I help you?" The desk clerk asked.

"We're here to pick up Sarah Sophia Jenson" Selene said.

"Oh. Are you relatives?"

"Yes. We're her aunt and uncle from her dad's side. Once removed of course. I'm her dad's sister."

The clerk nodded and went to get Sarah. She brought her to the couple and they signed her out. Once outside, Sarah looked at them. "I've never seen you guys before. Who are you?"

Selene picked her up. "You're safe. Don't worry. Your 8th birthday is tomorrow, right?"

Sarah nodded. "How'd you know that?"

They got to the car and she put her in and got in on the other side in the back. Michael drove. "We've been keeping an eye on you."

"Like stalking?"

"No. Just to keep a safe watch on you. We've known you since you were born. Your parents aren't safe tonight and especially you. So you're safer with us. We can protect you."

"Protect me from what?" I asked curiously.

"Lycans and humans working with them. They want to harvest you and use you for something very terrible."

"What are lycans?"

"Warewolves. And they're VERY dangerous. You'll be with us for the rest of your life now."

"What about Mama and Papa?"

"I'm afraid, Sweetheart, they won't survive the attack tonight. We'd save them, but then you'd be by yourself and in more danger. We can't let them have you."

"Oh." I said sadly and looked down.

Michael parked and they went in the apartment. Selene sat Sarah's bag down and sat with her on the couch. "Hey, it's alright. We won't let them hurt you, Sarah."

I looked up with tears in my eyes. "But..."

"There's something you should know. You were adopted." Selene said.

"Adopted?"

"Yes. We had to give up our daughter the day she was born in order to keep her safe, but now we need her with us."

"You mean, you two are my parents?" I asked a bit shocked.

Selene sighed. "I'm afraid so, Sweetheart. I'm so sorry."

"I always wondered why I felt like there was a hole in my heart. Like I didn't belong in my family." I said.

"And how do you feel now?"

I sat there and stared at her and finally spoke a minute later. "I feel complete. Why did you give me up?" I asked letting my new tears fall. "Did you not love me?"

Selene pulled her close and rubbed her back. "Oh, Baby. Of course we did. It was very hard for us to give you up, but we had to in order to protect you. You have no idea how much I wanted to come and take you back. How much I felt like giving you up was the wrong decision. I just wanted to raise my baby and keep her. But I couldn't. I'm so sorry." She whispered the last sentence and cried herself.

I continued to cry and hug her back. "I love you, Mommy." I said through my tears.

Selene smiled through her own tears and whispered back. "Oh, Baby. I love you too. I always have. There's not a minute that went by that I didn't think of you. You are my everything. You and your daddy."

I finally stopped crying at her words and looked to the man. He smiled and I got up going over to hug him. "I love you, Daddy."

Michael cried some happy tears and hugged her back. "I love you too, My Princess." He said and kissed her forehead.

There was knocking and we all looked to the door. "POLICE!" We heard from the other side. I hid behind Daddy while Mommy opened the door.

"Can we help you, Officer?" Selene asked.

The policeman showed her a picture of Sarah. "Have you seen this girl? Her parents reported her missing. Said they went to pick her up from school and they were told she was picked up an hour before that by relatives of theirs. Obviously whoever has her are not relatives or they would have contacted the parents."

"Daddy, I'm scared." I said and he picked me up.

The policeman looked to who talked and walked past Selene. "Put her down! You're under arrest for the kidnapping of Sarah Sophia Jenson." He said to Michael.

Michael (Daddy) pulled me close and I looked at him scared for my life. "I'm sorry. You're mistaken. This is our daughter." He said to the policeman.

He put me down and I ran to Mommy who picked me up. The policeman arrested Daddy and I screamed. "Let my DADDY go!"

He walked over to us. "What did you just say?"

"I said, let my Daddy go." I repeated looking him in the eye.

"Your parents are missing you."

"They aren't my parents. This is my Mommy and Daddy." I said hugging the couple.

"They told you to say that."

"We didn't tell her to say anything!" Selene yelled.

The policeman ripped me from Mommy's arms and left to take me to the house I originally lived in. They arrested Daddy and put him in the police car. I cried and screamed. "DADDY! MOMMY!"

"NO!" I heard my Mommy scream and saw her coming after me. She didn't make it and waited for the police to leave. I was in the house 'my parents' lived in. They started hugging me and cried. I just got out of their grip and ran to my room waiting to be with my real parents again.