Chapter 1

12 years later

I watched the grandfather clock tick as I sat on the floor. 7:59 pm. Every time I want to go outside, Mother said that I can go to the city at 8:00 since I can get easily burned by the daylight. I'm just very impatient.

And yet I listen to my fake parents.

Recently, I was told by my parents that they adopted me after they found me in a dumpster after The Purge, and I was surprised and upset from this news but I still care about them. It seemed surprising to me at first, because I thought they were my real parents since they looked exactly like me. But after they told me, I then forgot that I have green eyes instead of blue. I was told that by my friends and the adults in my coven that I'm special since one of the Vampire Elders, Amelia, had green eyes in her vampire form. They also think it's surprising and amazing that I have green eyes when I'm not in my vampire form and when I am. Either way, I'm special.

Though I don't understand why having green eyes makes me so special. It's not like I'm Amelia's daughter though that could be a theory. But besides that, I just want to roam around the city. I just don't want to stay here around my small coven. The city is a big place for me that I wish would be called my home.

The clock finally ticked 8:30 and I got up from the ground in a flash. Ever since I was 10, I've been roaming the city to know what's happened to our world. Though I try my best to stay out of the way of lycan's. My parents think I'm too young to battle them off by myself. That's why they sent their friends, my friends, or themselves with me so I won't be alone in the city. Though sometimes I go off my my own without them knowing and I always turn out fine with no sights of any lycans.

I ran through the hallways in my underground coven, making sure I don't bump into anybody. I'm always so excited to go outside that I don't realize that I run very fast to the exit. One time, I ran very fast around the coven that I took out all the electricity and candles.

I tried to not knock out anybody this time, but yet again I knocked out people in my way. It seems very unusual that I try my best to not knock people out when I run, but it's like my body has a mind of its own. I can't control it.

"Hey, be careful!"

"Watch it!"

"What's with you, Hale?!"

"I'm sorry," was always my explanation to any shout that I heard. At least it was worth it as I reached for the solid black doors.

"Hale?!"

I quickly stopped when I heard my name. I then turned around to see my best friend, Tabitha, standing with her arms crossed and giving me a small grin.

Tabitha is the opposite of myself in our physical appearances. She has short blonde hair that's always up in the air-in which I have long dark brown hair-grey eyes, brown skin, and is two centuries older from my own age, yet still has the looks of a 26-year-old. In our mental minds though, we're not opposite.

"Where are you going, Hale?" She asked me.

That made me copy the exact motive she was doing. I hate that she doesn't act like she doesn't know anything and she's always sarcastic. "You already know the answer to that, Tabitha."

She then let her arms go from her crossing them. "I know, but this time is different. Do you know where your parents are at?"

"They're both with other vampires for a meeting, but they know that you'll be out there with me. Just do me a favor and don't come with me this time, 'cause I want to be alone, k?"

"'K' would be my answer for you if you would be let out, but I guess you didn't hear news from your parents."

"What news, Tabitha?"

"Well, Leonard and Vera told me to tell you and everyone else that we all can't go outside tonight."

I was first surprised by this news, but I knew that Tabitha's trying to make me gullible again. "Yeah, right, Tabitha."

She shook her head. "No, I swear. I'm not tricking you again. Your parents actually told me that you can't go out tonight or maybe in a few weeks."

"What?" I was now convinced by this. "Why did they say I can't?"

She moved her head and let her body sway. "Come on, I'll show you."

As she walked away, I began to follow her. After a while of walking to the deep part of the coven, we reached the den. Like always, it was filled with other vampires, old and newcomers, some around my age.

"Turn on the TV and put on the news from earlier," Tabitha ordered. One of the vampires did what she ordered and turned on the television. I don't understand what's going on.

After a few changes on the TV, it changed to the news channel and showed a woman in a formal outfit.

"In today's news, we've had suspects that there was an attack tonight in the parking lot in Antigen. And once again, the victims of this attack were shredded into pieces. The police found a few bodies and they all were torn. One of them was theorized of being exploded whole and one of the doctors of Antigen, Dr. Jacob Lane, was found with his throat ripped out."

The TV then showed the parking lot with pieces of skin shown everywhere. Blood was shown on the walls everywhere, bodies with toured apart pieces of their flesh were shown, and I saw a dead body with its throat all bloody on a crushed car. That must be the one known as Dr. Lane.

"The reason of this attack is unknown," the woman continued, "but with this happening, people are now convinced that some lycans may have survived The Purge several years ago and that they caused this attack. But most people think that this is another attack caused by surviving vampires. To please the people for either of their theories, the government plans to send the Infected Persons Unit to do a stakeout to take out any vampires and/or lycans tonight. And along with Antigen, all agencies will be shut down until the IPU are done with exterminating. "

The television then turned off and Tabitha then faced me. "Now do you understand why you can't go outside? The outdoor world will be covered with lycans everywhere. Your parents wouldn't take the risk of anybody from the coven going outside and being shredded into pieces, especially you. They think you're not strong enough to survive out there yet and they don't want to be able to loose you."

I quirked my lips and faced Tabitha with my bright eyes as everyone just went back talking about the attack or other stuff. "Yeah, I guess I understand why we're stuck here."

She nodded solemnly. "Good, but don't worry about it, k? As soon as the cleansing is over, you'll be able to go outside and roam."

"Alright," I said with my eyes drowned down. "I'll just be in my room for now. See you later."

"See you," was the final thing I heard from her before I left the den. I can't believe that I can't go outside tonight. I know it may sound silly, but I just want to go outside and prove myself that I'm a strong girl. I don't want my parents still thinking that I'm too young to take out a lycan or anything that's dangerous to us. I want them to make me prove myself and make them proud. I want to be special for my mental motives, not my eyes.

As I reached my room, I then decided to go to bed for now. I feel tired all of a sudden. Sleeping beats staying up and doing nothing, When I opened the door and went inside, I looked around my room to see just black walls with little candles stabbed inside them and furniture that was added before I was born. I guess one night without going outside isn't going to kill me. I'll be comfortable here instead.

Suddenly, when I closed my door, I felt something go up in my head. I gasped when I saw something happening that's not in my room.

It was like I was in another body. The person that I must be in was running. He or she was beating bushes and branches out of his or her way.

"Selene!" was all I heard from the person, and that made me know that it was a man. This was the only thing he screamed out loud as he ran in a frantic. Only he stopped when he saw three people come out of nowhere in front of him: a man, a girl around my age, and a woman.

The man was quite handsome. His hair is in a perfect shade of brown and his body was buff. And I could tell he's a vampire by his blue eyes. The young girl was much different from him though. She may have brown hair as the other man, but her eyes were in the color of blue that's not a vampire color. It was a very unusual color and I don't think that girl is a vampire, along with the fact that I don't even know what she is. But even though they're unusual, I suddenly see myself in them.

The woman, anyway, is what caught most of my attention. Her hair was short in the color of dark brown, her face was very pale, and her eyes were bright blue, making me know that she's a vampire. She's so beautiful and I also see myself in her eyes.

The three people stood there as they looked at the man. The woman stepped forward with shock on her face and looked at me. Her voice sounded calm as she said one name through her mouth.

"Michael?"

Suddenly, I could see my own room again. I didn't realize that I was breathing heavily from what happened and I accidentally fell backwards to my dresser. All the stuff on there fell down on the floor and it fell along with me. What just happened? Was that like a vision or a dream? That was very strange.

It must be from all the happenings from today and I guess I need to rest. As I rubbed my eyes and yawned, I got up from the ground without picking up my stuff and walked lazily to my bed and lied flat on there. Before I dozed off, I then thought about what happened. It may sound crazy, with it being a dream or vision maybe, but it feels like I know that woman and young girl.