Chapter 3

"The Nightworld?" Jen repeated, half wondering if it was some kind of cult or something.

"Yes, the Nightworld is a secret society of vampires, witches, werewolves and shape shifters. They live among the humans without them ever knowing. We have been around since the beginning of time." Alec stopped, looking at Jen to make sure she was still following.

Vampires? Witches? Werewolves? Those were things out of storybooks, they were…real? Jen swallowed a lump in her throat and nodded.

"There are only two laws of the Nightworld, one, don't tell a human about the Nightworld. Two…"

This time he was the one swallowing a lump. "Never fall in love with a human… Follow me?"

Jen once again nodded. "When the rules are broken, all involved are punished by death."

Jen just laughed, a hollow, stiff laugh. This was getting to her, he's sick.

"What do you take me for? A complete idiot?" She said fiercely, standing up. "Alec, I don't know what kind of sick joke you and this Gryffin are trying to pull…" She continued.

Alec stood up, his eyes pleaded. "Its not a joke! Jen, I told you it would sound crazy…you asked ok, but trust me, its all the truth."

Jen sat back down, defeated. She now understood, some things you just had to open your mind to, and yes, it had been her who had asked.

"Ok, fine, I believe you… Go on," She mumbled.

Alec sat back down and looked at her. "To prove it to you, I will show you…don't be afraid," Alec grimaced and sighed.

He pulled his upper lip up and Jen gasped. Two abnormally large fangs jutted out where there was supposed to be human teeth. Her eyes widened in fear, he was telling the truth.

She had the wild impulse to run but she was rooted to the spot. He let his lip fall over the teeth and looked at her sadly.

"Don't be afraid, I won't hurt you…" He quietly assured her.

Jen semi- relaxed and looked away, well, she was as relaxed as a normal person could be that is. She hadn't asked for any of this…well, yes she had asked to be told…Never in a million years would she think that this was the explanation.

"Go on," Jen squeaked.

"This is where the real story begins… This is also going to sound even more crazy, so just be ready." Alec said firmly.

Jen nodded, after what she had heard and seen she was ready for anything. "Maybe its better if I just show you." Alec said.

"What?" Jen asked... confused by what he meant.

Oh, not more fangs. Alec stood up and motioned for her to also. Still perplexed Jen obeyed and stood.

Alec held out his gloved right hand, "Grab my hand. I'm going to show you my memories so you can understand."

Jen nodded and took his hand. For some odd reason, electricity ran up her arm, charging her. She looked up at Alec; his eyes were closed in concentration. Then it happened.

It felt like being whisked up by a tornado, she felt light and weightless. It was like being teleported from one place to the next. She felt like she was skydiving and then her feet smacked the ground. Jen's eyes were rooted shut; she refused to open them, afraid of what she would see.

"You can open your eyes now." A voice said from beside her.

She hesitated and slowly opened them, taking a good look around her. She was standing in a garden…wait! It was the same garden as the one in her dream.

The breath was caught in her throat, "Where are we?" She asked quickly, desperately wanting to know where she had a vision about.

"We are in the courtyard garden of a palace. This palace is all Nightworld owned and related. The man who lives in it is a higher ranked leader in the Nightworld Council. The Nightworld Council is like the Nightworld's government, the one's who carry out and enforce the laws." Alec explained.

Jen's head bobbed up and down as she absorbed the information. They had a government just like normal people did; it was so amazing that these creatures have gone unseen by human eyes. That's a big secret to keep from the world. Jen's thoughts melted like butter when she saw who walked out and sat down on the stone bench. Middle back length, flowing, brown hair and extremely pale skin. It was her.

Jen's jaw dropped, what she had envisioned in her dream wasn't just a dream, it had happened in the past. It was a vision of what had already happened… But what was it significance to her? Why did she dream about it? Then she remembered, the mysterious white light when she grabbed Alec and Griffin's arms. Was that it? Alec noticed her distress, and almost if he could read her mind said. "Yes, that is you… I have a lot, I mean a lot of explaining to do…" Alec paused, clearly choosing his next words carefully.

"Jen, you are not who or what you think you are… In actuality you are from the eighteenth century, so are Gryffin and I."

Jen kept her eyes on her past self, her eyes glazed over, trying to contemplate this whole thing. So she was from a time in the past? Vampires are real? What's next? She didn't doubt it though, she believed every word, and since vampires were real then this must have some truth to it since Alec hadn't lied to her so far. She nodded for him to continue.

"Your real father, a descendent of Hunter Redfern, who is one of the big wigs in the Nightworld." Jen winced as he said father, with a pang it reminded her of her missing parents…well evidently her foster parents.

Still, she loved them like biological family since that was, as she had known them as all these years.

"Amos Barren, your father, is not exactly a very kind man." Alec cleared his throat and glanced at Jen as if to make sure she wasn't taking his explanation offensive.

She nodded for him to continue, of course she wouldn't take any of it offensive she had just learned he was her father for gosh sakes.

"What is unusual here is that he had a human daughter, you of course. You weren't his actual child, just adopted from the orphanage in town, because he knew that you weren't just a normal little girl. For him, you were more like a pet rather than a child…" Alec swallowed, clearly choosing the words carefully.

"As I said, you weren't a vampire. He wanted to keep you that way because he knew about what you could do…"

Jen's thoughts replayed to her vision-dream, that blast of white light, could that be what he was talking about? It had to be, she had that vision, and somewhere down inside her she knew that was what it was.

She wondered if she should tell Alec about the vision, she probably should sometime soon. Alec studied her, one eyebrow raised, Jen looked away. She opened her mouth but no words came out, closing it quickly, she recomposed herself.

"I-I have something to tell you," Jen said, her voice slightly wavering.

"Now, whether it is important at all, is the question."

Alec nodded, patiently waiting to hear what she had to say. She didn't really want him to get his hopes up, for all she knew her vision was just malarkey and a total coincidence… it seemed pretty unlikely it was an out of the blue thing though. Jen was pretty sure it was connected…

"It could be a complete coincidence, I could just be crazy but… Ok, I had this vision today, Cara and I were going to rent a movie and she wanted to see the new movie The Vampires Assistant. Out of the blue my vision went black and I was tossed into a vision. It went like this," Jen explained, taking a huge gulp of air and letting it all tumble out.

Alec grimaced and nodded through the whole thing, giving Jen the impression that it wasn't exactly good news to the world.

"It finished up when I stepped in front of you and Gryffin, when he was trying to stab you, then there was a huge white light. That's all I remember," Jen finished, looking up from the floor to Alec's tired face.

He looked about a thousand years old, like he had lived a hundred lifetimes. Ironic, since he was a vampire, the whole immortal thing. Alec looked away and cursed under his breath. He got up off the bench and started pacing in front of her, every once in a while stopping to run his hand through his hair worriedly. Jen was befuddled, what was wrong? Why was this vision so…so…worrisome? Or at least that was the impression she had gathered so far.

"Alec, what's wrong?" She asked him.

He ignored her and continued to murmur conversations to himself, under his breath so fast that Jen couldn't hear what exactly he was saying. "

Alec," She renounced again, this time louder.

He paced some more and didn't even look in her direction. He seemed perfectly content starring at the ground.

"Alec!" She shouted.

This was worrying her too much and she needed answers, quick. This time he snapped his head up and looked at her, much to his own confusion. He quickly regained control of himself and let out a harsh breath, opening his mouth but no words coming out.

He shut it tight and clenched his jaw, panic returning to his eyes.

"Jen, have you…have you had anymore visions since this morning?" He spat out.

This time it was Jen's turn to be confused, why did it matter? What was wrong? What was going on?

"Uh, n-no why?" She stuttered.

Alec let out his breath once again; he could hold it for a long time. He just shook his head and sat back down on the bench once again, Jen doing the same.

"I didn't think this would happen so fast…it's to soon." He said, putting his face into his hands.

"What is happening to soon Alec?" She asked, still utterly confused.

"It will be just a matter of days, weeks if your lucky…it never came on this fast before." He whimpered, looking up at her with sad eyes.

Jen frowned. "What, are you talking about? You never finished explaining anything to me!"

It was getting annoying that she didn't know what he was talking about half the time. Explanations please?

"Oh! Well, you must know the rest of the story before I put to much on you…" He said, still clearly sad.

"Remember how I said Amos kept you a human because of what you could do? Do you know what that is now?"

Jen nodded briskly, "The white light?"

Alec smiled, for the first time that night. "Yes! That, that bright light, it is a symbol of a great power. A power that only you can control, a power that is unstoppable," He said.

Jen was excited now, could she, plain old Jen, be holder of this great power? She could hardly believe it, for once in her life her luck could be changing for the better.

"It is called the Wild Power. There is an organization in the Nightworld that wishes for humans and the Night people to live in peace. They are called Circle Daybreak; I am a member because some say that an apocalypse is waning. There are two different groups in the fight, the Daybreakers and the Nightworld Council. The Daybreakers have been going around and trying to find those like you, Wild Powers, you are very special Jen. If the other side finds you first, well, it could be very bad. The Nightworld Council, run by Hunter Redfern and your dad, Amos, as one of his accomplices, want humans to stay our enemies if you know what I mean." Alec paused to catch his breath, considering he was talking pretty fast, ready to get this explained.

"Now, as I said, there are only three rules to the Nightworld. Lots of people lately have been breaking those rules…" He hesitated, and then quickly regained his composure.

"Anyway, lots of the big wigs in the council, all under Hunter of course, have been finding human soul mates. This soul mate principal was very common years ago and then died off, to the paralyzing fear of the Council; it is coming back, stronger this time. Some even say it could bring the end of the world… That is why we need you Jen, to join the Daybreakers. If we have the advantage here, the Wild Powers, we might be able to prevent the end of the world."

Jen just nodded, absorbing all the information like a dry towel. She was special; Jen wasn't just a nobody anymore. She was someone, someone special. That word sent shivers down her spine. She waited eagerly for him to go on, squirming on the bench like an impatient toddler waiting to open Christmas presents.

"Am I going to fast for you?" Alec asked patiently.

Jen shook her head furiously, hungry to hear more about the Wild Powers, her.

"Anyway, we have gotten all the Wild Powers so far known of, with you, a total of four… you can do great things Jen… your power, its special." Alec said slowly, he gazed at her as he said this.

"If it is given strength, it will be unstoppable. That white light, you know what it is?" He asked simply.

Jen shook her head leaning forward in anticipation, what were the extents of her powers? How were they activated? Alec opened his mouth, words forming on his lips when Jen felt the jolt.

She closed her eyes and gritted her teeth as air blew by her. She hit the ground with a hard thud, yelping as she jammed her hip into the ground.

Her eyes snapped open to reveal the park. It was pitch black out, some of the parks many lights flickered on and off. Jen pushed herself up, her hip throbbing as she looked around, blinking. She noticed a confused Alec about three feet from her, lying on his back.

"What-" She started, cut off by an all to familiar English accent.

"Sorry sweetheart didn't intend for such a hard landing."

Out of the darkness and into the light beside her appeared Gryffin, smiling beautifully. He looked more devious than ever with his blonde hair tousled just a bit and his hands in his tan trench coat pockets.

He was grinning down at her, standing just a few feet away. Jen was getting sick of the whole surprise appearance and disappearance, were all vampires like this? Oh, and speaking of Gryffin, why did Alec hate him so much again? He never got to explain that before they were, uh, pulled out of his memories.

"So," Gryffin said smoothly. "What were you doing in Alecsander's memories, hmmm?"

Alec, who was now to his feet, gave Gryffin a look of pure hatred. He must really not like this guy…

"Nothing," Alec fired back lightly.

At least he had the situation somewhat under control. Gryffin laughed a harsh laugh, one that seemed to ring through the whole park.

"Don't tell me, let me guess." Gryffin squealed like an excited little child. "Oh! I know! You were just telling Jen about… let me see… about herself and the Wild Powers?"

Alec's frown twitched the slightest and something passed through his eyes, something like regret.

Gryffin smiled evilly, this time fangs showing. This made the hairs on the back of Jen's neck stand straight up. She could handle Alec being a vampire, he wasn't all that scary, but Gryffin? He fit the part all to well…it was almost scary, in fact, it was scary.

Gryffin looked like he wouldn't hesitate to kill someone, anyone, even her. Noticing her looking at him in terror, glanced at her, smiling again. He bent down to where she was on the ground and Jen shrunk back against the bench to her left. Gryffin stood back up and laughed again, this was all to amusing for him. It was like playing cat and mouse, Jen being the mouse.

"So, you told her? Or is she just naturally scared of me? Humans, human's humans… Oh, Alecsander! You didn't tell her all the bad things about me did you? I'm not really that bad a guy…" He said silkily.

Alec just looked disgusted and stepped closer to Jen, which made her feel the slightest bit better. She stopped gawking at the two and stood up in one fluid motion, brushing herself off. If she needed to defend herself, she couldn't do it from the ground.

"Anyway, not to get off subject… So, what did he tell you about yourself? Do you finally remember beautiful England? Oh, the good times you and I had. Walking the beautiful streets, exploring the woods." Gryffin said, as if reminiscing memories Jen never had.

"What, are you talking about?" Jen fired back.

Wishing she and Alec hadn't been interrupted so he could finish explaining. Gryffin looked from her to Alec, "Oh, oh Alecsander! You didn't tell her about us?" Alec's face turned into white-hot rage. Jen had never seen him so angry, his eyes danced like flames and his body was rigid.

First of all why did Alec care if Gryffin talked about Jen and him? Wait, what us? Was this a memory of her past that she hadn't had a vision about yet? Jen shivered at the thought.

"Don't you dare make her go through that again! She made her choice." Alec spat, venom in his voice that she had never heard in anyone's voice before.

Gryffin's fang smile returned, his eyes laughing. He was clearly enjoying Alec's rage.

"First of all, it wasn't a choice, Alecsander."

Alec's body tensed, ready to leap into battle, a low hiss escaped his clenched teeth. Now Jen was more afraid of him than Gryffin. Jen didn't know what exactly they were fighting over, she didn't care right now, and she just didn't want a fight to break out.

Jen did something that she never had imagined in a million years she would do, she stepped between them both and put her hands out at her sides, glancing back and forth between them.

It was like déjà, but this time she had been there before, over four hundred years ago. Something like shock crossed Alec's eyes as he gaped at her, he obviously knew.

"Look, I don't know what this is about. But I do know this; you guys don't need to be fighting. If I remember right this is sort of the situation that happened a long time ago." She exclaimed, putting her hands at her sides now and looking between the two.

Alec seemed to regain his composure and Gryffin had a sly smile on his face. They all just stood there for a while in silence, no one moving or saying anything. Gryffin finally broke the silence, much to Jen's displeasure. Gryffin backed up to the light pole a few feet away and stood there, arms crossed, looking at them both.

"So, she is having the visions is she? You know what that means don't you little Alecsander?" Gryffin said simply, a sly smile still grouping his lips.

Jen sighed and shook her head, then turned to Alec to wait for a response. Alec sighed and clenched his jaw, keeping his harsh gaze on Gryffin.

"Yes Gryffin, I know what that means." He hissed through clenched teeth.

Jen blinked, what does that mean? Why is she not being given answers here? "Well, if she keeps progressing, like we know is going to happen-" Gryffin started, then being interrupted by Jen.

"I need some answers! You guys are confusing me! If its me your talking about I want to know what is going on."

Gryffin laughed, "Alecsander hasn't told you? Oh, this isn't good, I might just need to tell you myself." Gryffin smirked.

Jen looked at Alec's stern face and then back at Gryffin. She saw that he was gone, just plain vanished. There was no sign as to he had ever been here. The park light flickered and Jen did a three sixty look around; there was no one but Alec and her.

"What the…?" She said out-loud.

Alec said nothing and looked at her sadly. "I think its time for you to go home."

A/N: This fic was written a while ago but I thought why not to posting it haha. Review :D