Chapter Four: Meetings

"Who's there?" I asked, walking to the edge of the woods. A boy, around my age, stepped out from behind a tree, rubbing his head.

"Stupid tree." He muttered, then looked at me. "Who are you?" He demanded.

"My name is Sienna. And you are?" I asked.

"My name is Zehn" He replied, shrugging.

"Nice to meet you." I said, looking away and blushing.

"So what's up?" He asked.

"Just running away." I said, looking back at him.

"Why?" He asked, looking at me.

"I pissed off someone who is a vampire hunter." I said looking over my shoulder, and seeing Riku running towards me. "Shit!" I screamed and ran into the woods. I then noticed Zehn was following me. I looked back at him.

"You don't mind do you?" He asked.

"No." I replied.

"Good. This way I can protect you." He said. I looked back towards the tree and I sidestepped a tree. I tripped over a root and fell. He kneeled down next to me. "Are you okay?" He asked.

"I think."I tried standing up and he caught me as I fell back over.

"Your ankle is sprained very badly." He said, putting his hand on my ankle and I bit my tongue to keep from crying out. "I'm sorry." I whispered.

"It's okay." I sighed then said "We're screwed. Riku is going to find us.

"No he won't." Zehn said, staring at me intently. I gasped as his green eyes turned purple.

'Wha...?" I trailed off.

"Don't move. Don't talk. Don't even breathe." He whispered. He pulled me into his arms and I inhaled his scent. He smelled of Axe and something else.

"What are you?" I whispered and he put a finger to my lips.

"Shh." He said softly. I saw Riku look behind the tree we were by. And he looked right where we were. Then he walked away. After he was gone, Zehn pushed me away from him.

"What the hell just happened?" I demanded.

"I made us invisible." Zehn said, looking at me and I noticed his eyes were green again.

"How?" I asked, looking at him with light gray eyes. My bangs were in my eyes and he leaned in and brushed them away.

"It's a power I have." He shrugged like it was no big deal.

"What are you?" I asked, staring at him.

"I don't want to scare you." He whispered.

"I just found out my ex-lover wants to kill my best friend because my friend is a vampire and that my ex-lover is a vampire hunter. So nothing really scares me anymore." I growled.

"Well I'm sorry." He said harshly and I flinched back slightly.

"You're a vampire, aren't you?" I asked him. I then realized that the other smell on him was blood. Even though it was hidden by the smell of Axe, I could still smell it.

"Yeah, I am. But I am unlike any vampire you've seen or met." He said softly.

"What do you mean?" I asked, staring at him.

"I was sent, by the King of vampires, to protect you." He replied.

"Thank you but I do not need protection." I growled as I stood up and almost fell over.

"It seems like you do." He said gently as he stood up and grabbed me before I had fallen all the way.

"Well I don't. So go away." I hissed.

"No." He said.

"Why?" I asked, pulling away from him and putting my hands on my hips. He stared at me fore a long time when all of a sudden his eyes turned purple and I flinched back slightly.

"Don't move, Sienna." He said, baring his fangs.

'He's going to attack me and he doesn't want me to move?' I thought, my eyes wide with fear.
A scream erupted from my throat as he lunged at me. Something crashed into me from behind, but as soon as I fell, the pressure was off my back. I rolled over and sat up to see Zehn wrestling something huge, furry and black.

'A wolf!' I realized. My head turned to the side as I heard a growling from the bushes.

"Shit." I muttered as another wolf came out, it's amber eyes glowing fiercely.

Again, I screamed when the wolf lunged at me.