A/N: I'm glad i took two days on this chapter, it turned out good. Thank you all for reading Eternal Moonlight and the others I'm really looking forward to giving you the last installment of my stories. This first chapter I think turned out very well, and i can't wait to hear your thoughts. Well I won't talk too much, enjoy and let me know your thoughts. THANK YOU ALL FOR READING AND COMMENTING!!!!
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1. Nightmare
3.………..
I screamed I think it was the loudest I had ever screamed before in my life. I heard someone repeating my name, but it was far in the distance. I violently rolled back and forth wailing my arms around. I couldn't believe what I had just seen, it couldn't be. The last place I saw Andrew was at the Airport when I left for school and that was about 4 years ago. He kept coming back in little increments. This time it was worse, he hadn't bothered me really at all in college, and now with one semester left he's back. He was in my head and I couldn't get the image out. It was an image that burned into my head.
"Anna-Bella" another voice from afar.
"Open your eyes" it was a soft female voice. I suddenly felt a little bit at ease, that's when my eyes fluttered open and I stared Haven, my roommate in the eyes. She and our good friend Daren were sitting on my bed looking out me.
Daren was not into girls at all, and Seth really liked him. He was kind of like a gay Seth, I laughed at the thought. He was my protector while I was at school. When I had first met him, Seth had come to visit for the first time helping my Dad move things in. Daren was there to help, he was in the room next to us. Daren had perfect black hair, and the bluest eyes you will ever see. The women flocked to him, but they got nothing in return. He and Seth had a talk before Seth left to go back home. He made a deal with Daren, I would be protected and safe at all times, as long as he were around. The reason he chose Daren was, he wasn't your normal skinny guy, he was buff to the max. Haven and I always tease him about his work out habits, he drinks protein and is always at the gym. Seth felt comfort in that and was happy to have Daren in my presence.
"Hey gorgeous, can you tell me why I had to come running over here at 2am?" he questioned. He pushed a strand of hair out of my face, and crossed his arms over his chest. I looked up at both of them. This had been my first real episode since I had gotten to school. Anytime I had a vision, it was either about class work or something coming up for me, never anything bad. I really didn't mind sleeping alone in bed at school, because nothing could harm me. Now, was different he was back in my head and I had no idea how to get him out again.
"I'm sorry you guys. It's been a really long time since I've had one of those vivid dreams" I told them.
"Should I call Seth?" Daren reached for his phone. I grabbed his hand and shook my head.
"No, please don't… it will only make him worry more" I told them.
"So, why didn't you tell us you had these nightmares?" Haven asked.
"I didn't want to be a burden, and it hadn't happened in a long time… so I ignored it" I shrugged my shoulders.
"Honey, I'm supposed to protect you" Daren said waving his arms.
"I know… and I'm sorry" I apologized. Both of them looked at me.
"I'm going to try to go back to sleep" I lied, because I knew I couldn't sleep after that. I also knew that I wouldn't sleep after that.
"I'll wait till you pass out" Daren offered.
"No, you can't do that you have class at 8am are you crazy?" I asked.
"Darling, I'm watching out for you. Now listen shut your eyes and your mouth and everything will be fine" he said to me.
"Yeah Anna, I'll be right over there if you need me please you know I'm forever grateful for what you did for me" she reminded me. Back in October her boyfriend came to the dorms. We all had a great time. That was until her and I came back from class one day, her boyfriend was fooling around with some random girl from our school on her bed. It crushed her to pieces, they had practically been dating since they were in diapers. I was there to wipe her tears, and I even slept next to her for a few nights until she stopped crying.
"I know, look guys I'll be fine" I reassured them.
"Anna-Bella stop being so independent, we are here and that is that" Daren said laying himself down next to me in the bed.
"I'm going to tell Seth your sleeping with Anna" Haven teased.
"Are you kidding me that boy loves me to pieces. Plus why would I do anything with Anna…I'm sorry girl" he got quiet. "But your not my type" he whispered. Both Haven and I laughed.
"Rest my love, I will be right next to you…" he told me.
"That would give me nightmares Anna, I don't know if you should let him" Haven joked.
"Fine you guys don't want me here" he pretended to get up and I grabbed him.
"Stay Daren" I grabbed his muscular arm. He laughed and then sat back down.
"Come here baby girl" I put my head on his chest, like I would do with Seth's. It was at that moment I realized how much I really missed nights like this with Seth. Daren was the greatest friend in the world, and it was good because nothing could ever happen between the two of us, and I felt comfort in that. I wouldn't have to worry about him hitting on me or anything, I could just lay comfortably in his arms. Seth told him to take care of me, but for so long I wish it were Seth here. I wasn't sure if I could really get any sleep, knowing when my eyes closed he'd be in my head once again.
I walked to class with Daren the next morning, he was whistling a show tune as we made our way to class. This was after the 8am class that he missed all because of my episode. I felt tired and unaware of my surroundings. It was either my mind playing stupid tricks on me, or I was loosing it all together. I sensed something, in between the show tunes and the hustle and bustle of the students in the hallway, I knew it was there. It lurked around every corner that I turned. Of course Daren was oblivious he couldn't sense another vampire was around. Only I could, and that scared me as much as he was my protector he couldn't save me from a vampire. I stopped short when we reached the end of the hallway, I knew I was being watched. I cringed not wanting to turn around but knowing at the same time, I had to turn around.
"Hey girl why'd you stop?" Daren turned around. His whistling had come to a halt when he noticed the expression plastered on my face.
"I.. I forgot something at the dorm, I'll be to class shortly. Can you tell Professor Mac for me?" I questioned. Daren nodded, and then turned his attention back to himself and his tunes. I stood there for an extra second, and headed back towards the bad feeling I had. As all the students scattered to their 10am classes, I was left alone in the hallway. A few stragglers walked by but took no notice to the figure standing in the shadows. He was there dark and sinister as usual. Something felt off, it didn't feel like it was Andrew watching me. I felt as if it were someone just as evil, but I couldn't tell who it was.
I walked forward quicker with each step, I was getting closer to the figure. Still unable to make it out, the creature was dressed in all black. I stopped short only a few inches away. My head started to spin, and my heart raced incredibly fast. I Every few seconds I kept blacking out, I felt like I was swaying, and that's when I knew he was in my head.
The hallway looked the same, but different. It was narrower and there was no sign of any human for miles. I stood there face to face with the guy in black. He had taken over my mind. I placed my hand over my ears as I heard a screeching sound. It was a high pitched volume and it surged through my entire body. I fell quickly to my knees and kept my hands in their place.
"Your dreams are not far from the truth" an unfamiliar voice said. I couldn't look up because everything was black, and I couldn't take my hands off my ears because the sound hurt too much.
"You are stronger than you know Anna, and soon I'll be able to do exactly what I have planned. For you, your Family, and every human, the Volturi won't be able to stop me, and neither will you" ……
"I don't know what happened Haven, Anna Maria from vocal class came into the room and said that one of the students was passed out cold on the floor. Then her friend came in saying it was Anna. I jetted out of my seat so fast, they say she was flailing her arms. I'm guessing like she was last night. She kept shouting "You won't get away with this" and then someone said she mumbled the name "Seth" several times" I heard Daren's voice faintly, but I could make out what he was saying.
"Weren't you walking with her to class?" she questioned.
"Yeah, she forgot something. She went back to grab it. That's when it happened" he explained.
"Did you call Seth?" she asked.
"Yeah, I called him right away. Asked him if she had ever had these episodes before. He told me that she had, he also said he'd be on the first plane out to New York. He wasn't planning on coming till next weekend, but he was worried" I heard him say. I wanted to speak, but my throat stung and my head still spun.
"Do you think she'll be okay?" Haven questioned. I felt her soft warm hands pushing my hair back.
"Seth said she'll be fine, she just get's really bad nightmares." I wanted to tell them exactly what was going on. Oh, by the way I'm half vampire, half human, and half werewolf… and well I have a special ability I can see the future, I can tune myself into others brains and show them things. Their response would be, oh really Anna should I call the people with the white coats to come get you, you'll get a padded room. I wished I could tell my closest friends what I was, I hated keeping secrets and I hated lying to them. Back at home I really hated lying to Daniella and Ryan. It all seemed so wrong, but in order to protect my Family I had to.
I felt myself move, my legs twitched first. Then I felt the strength to move my upper body. When I could finally feel my face again my eyes opened. When they opened I found Haven on the computer composing a song, and Daren was singing really low. I looked around at them and cleared my throat. Haven was the first to my bed.
"Hey! Here take this" she handed me a glass of water. I grabbed it and was once thankful for water. I practically drained the glass as quick as I did with an animal. They were staring at me like I was crazy, I had wondered what had happened. I heard them talking but it was mumbled at the same time. I set the glass down and their eyes were still upon me.
"What happened back there?" Haven questioned. I ran my hands through my suddenly knotted hair.
"I went back to grab something from the dorm, after that everything went blank, it was almost like I was dreaming" I said to them only semi telling the truth. I really couldn't tell them it was a vision. I really didn't want to loose any friends, they would think I was absolutely crazy.
"Did I heard you guys say Seth is coming?" I asked. Daren nodded and sat down on the other side of me. He placed his hand on my leg.
"Hun, I had to he told me if anything happened to call him, so I did" Daren told me.
"I appreciate it, but now he looses and extra few days of work all because of me" I tried to fight this. Maybe they could call him back and tell him to come back when he had originally planned.
"He was very willing to come here, he loves you sweetie. You don't play around with a love like that. So just take it since you have it" Daren was about to go off about him not finding his life partner and I really wasn't in the right state of mind to deal with it.
"Yeah but…"
"Nope keep that pretty mouth shut and rest" he placed his finger on my lips. I was tempted to bite him, if I were normal I could have done it playfully. We don't need any extra vampire's running around New York.
"Why don't you try to get some sleep" he patted me on the head. I really wanted to object, but my eyes felt tired. I didn't sleep well the night before and my body was drained from my vision.
"You guys didn't get a doctor to check me out did you?" I suddenly felt panic. They looked at each other.
"I jumped on that right away, I called Seth and he said to just take you to your room, that you would be fine in a few hours. I had to literally sneak you out of there. Teachers were coming and I had to act like you had just fallen asleep from lack of sleep" he continued.
"Daren, did I ever tell you, you really are the best person Seth could have picked to watch out for me. I'm very accident prone I guess you could say. Danger follows me at ever corner. It's inevitable that something will happen" I said smiling at them.
"So we've noticed" he laughed.
"Get some rest" Haven said. I nodded and felt my eyes heavy. I wanted to fight them, I didn't need another vision but my mind slipped back.
3.… I lifted the covers, this time nothing lay beneath them, just a body pillow. I took a deep breath, that's when I noticed the letter. I picked up the white piece of paper with my name on it, and opened it. "My Dear Anna-Bella, your Family has gone away for a while, but it's only because I can't get around them to get you, I needed a new plan. You have powers beyond your control that I need to use on the frontlines…" a strange presence entered the room as I tried to read this letter and understand it's meaning. I was about to read the last line, which looked important when I strong arm wrapped around me and pulled me back. I screamed loud, I was terrified who was this, it wasn't Andrew… who was taking me away.
My scream echoed in my head and I could have sworn that I wasn't screaming out loud. I could barely hear anything, I heard mumbled voices which sounded like my name. I couldn't make it out, in my head I was screaming so loud. I was still being taken and had no idea by who or where I was taken. Then everything went dark, I wasn't silent I still screamed with terror. I felt myself grab my ears again, holding it from the screeching noise that occurred. I felt myself sitting him, I shook my head several times after I stopped screaming.
"Anna, I'm here…it's Seth… Anna come back to reality it's safe here. Please open your eyes" I felt a sudden touch and I wailed my arms. I heard a clunk and then my body realized where I was. When I opened my eyes I noticed Haven and Daren on the floor with Seth.
"I'll go get ice" Haven screamed out. My eyes widened when I realized what I had just done. When Haven got up I noticed Seth's nose was bleeding. Could I break a werewolves nose? I wondered. I looked back down at him.
"Seth.. Oh my god, I'm so sorry, I didn't know I…." I tried to get off the bed, when Daren pushed me back.
"Daren I'm fine" I pleaded wanting to comfort Seth. He looked at Seth for permission and he nodded. I jumped off the bed and sat on the floor in Haven's spot. I wrapped my arms around him.
"I'm so, so sorry… you know better than that to stay near me with these dreams" I said to him. He laughed.
"Yeah, I know" he cringed as he laughed.
"Oh sweetie it hurts doesn't it? Did I break it?" I questioned. He shook his head and pulled me in. His lips grazed my ear.
"I'm a werewolf remember, you can't hurt me, I'll be fine in a few hours" he reminded me. His whisper was so low, I knew no one else heard. Haven suddenly came bursting through the door with a ice pack wrapped up. She kneeled down beside me and handed Seth the ice.
"Thanks" he smiled at Haven. She smiled back and watched as he put the ice pack on his bloody nose. I was so lucky that werewolf blood didn't effect me. It was tempting but it smelled bad. I wrinkled my nose, and I noticed Seth laugh. He knew exactly what I was thinking.
A few hours later Haven and Daren stepped out to their classes. I decided to skip out on the day, just in case anything else were to happen. I was also glad that I had Seth here to enjoy the day off with me. I hadn't seen him in a month, the last time I saw him was the day after New Years and it was now the first week of February. His whole goal was to come up during Valentines day and spend it with me, but now I got him for an extra week. We just sat there in silence for a few, his arms were wrapped tightly around me.
"How's your nose?" I questioned cringing at the thought.
"It's fine, I told you a few hours and I'm as good as new, you know Jake was lucky he broke Bella's hand when she punched him. Look at you half human, half vampire… I guess I really should be careful" he joked. I smacked him.
"I told you, you have an arm that could kill" he smiled.
"Well, you better watch it because I'm about to kill a werewolf who's pissing me off" I joked. He wrapped his arms around me tighter.
"I missed you" his lips touched my ear again. I felt his warm breath linger where he spoke. I turned my head up towards him.
"I missed you more than anything" I told him.
"Just think a few more months and you'll be back in La Push with me and everyone" he said with a smile. My smile which was big, then faded. There was something I didn't mention, something that I was going to tell Seth when he came. Now he was here early and I just couldn't bare to break his heart. One of my teachers, he hates when we call him a professor, because technically he's not. That's besides the point, he thinks I have real potential he wants to put me in an Orchestra here in New York. They just started a few years ago, they mainly play around the city. He also offered me a job to teach younger kids, so when they get older they can be in the Orchestra as well. If they showed promise, they would be accepted into a new children's program they just started this year. It was offered to me when I got back from Christmas break. I had until the end of the semester to decide, the whole thing was new, and they were working on it. I was the only student they asked, I felt like it was something I needed to do, but I really didn't know how to break it to him.
"Yeah, I can't wait" was all I could say at this point……