Sorry it took sooo long to post. I had horrible writers block. Well heres the next chapter, and no flames please. If you haven't notice this is my FIRST story.

Old Nightmares Return

The next morning, the girls that had bothered Alice yesterday, kept their distance from her. They were frightened by her and there went her chance at making new friends here. Though it was her third day here in Japan, she still missed the comfort of her old friends back in Mexico. Her father was the only family she had as far as she could remember. She walked into he class and sat down in her seat, looking out the window. Without her sketch book, she had nothing better to do.

At the end of the day, she went around the shops looking for a new sketch book as well as looking for what she could take home to make for dinner tonight. She had bought all the ingredients she needed and didn't have enough for a new sketch book. She would have to wait until next time. When she had returned home, she wasn't surprised that her father wasn't home yet. She set the food on the counter and began preparing dinner. She was making her favorite dish, ground beef tacos with refried beans and mexican rice. It was simple to make and it didn't take long for her to finish. Of course she ate alone by the time she had finished cooking.

When she had finished eating she place her father's plate in the microwave and cleaned up the rest. She had gotten into the shower to relax and to get ready for bed. Even in this home she was used to eating alone, being home alone. The only time she saw her father, was in the mornings as she got ready for school. She knew that he was working hard to give her a better life, but she would rather have a simple life that had him home all the time to spend time with her, of course she would never admit this to him. She left the bathroom when she was finished and went to bed.

A pain lingered inside her heart wanting to be noticed. Sapphire eyes watched over her like a guardian angel, a danger hiding itself in the dark. The darkness came closer to her trying to grab hold of what was left. The pain that lingered inside grew. Noting exist here but her and the eyes watching her. The pain grew more unbearable as she tried to scream, but no sound came. She was silent and weak, she couldn't get up and run for that the shadows tied her down in this dark place. She want her mother, her father, her family to come and save her, but no one came. She was lost in this forever darkness and could do nothing about it but cry. The pain meant truth, but what truth. Could it be the answers she was looking for? Or something else that she was not ready to handle and understand. Still she wanted to know. It was a matter of time that the pain became the only other living thing that existed here with her. The eyes that watched her turned white as the color they had vanished. A dark smile grew on the hidden shadow watching her suffer from the pain it caused her.

"soon child." it spoke out to her. "soon you'll be mine."

The dark voice echoed threw the dark place frightening her beyond the pain the she felt as the shadow began pulling her down. Finally a scream broke threw.

Alice woke up in a sweat still screaming from the nightmare she had. But with her scream, no one came to comfort her. She cried as she wrapped her arms around her legs, rocking back and forth as she tried to comfort herself with no warm and safe arms that would wrap around her and reassure her safety. "dad", she cried. "where are you?" she didn't notice that he was watching her from the shadows and that a dim light came from the gem in her bracelet.

Watching her, her father kept from crying as he knew that the nightmares are returning. Which only meant that the seal was breaking and that what he was protecting her from was here looking for her. Her real father. Pain was what he gave her, which was his way of showing love. A twisted mind that wanted to use her power for his own benefits. Her real father was searching for Alice, which meant that her mother was dead. The man that was now protecting her, loved her as if she was her own. It pained in that he couldn't comfort her and explain why what was she was going threw.

Soon Alice's seal would break, leaving her to nightmares and painful memories to tell her what she is. A full bred Shadow Wolf demon. One that hasn't been seen since the human and demon world separated. It was time to tell Alice everything before it was too late. He only hoped that she would listen and understand.

sorry that this chapter is short. I'm looking foward for some ideas from my readers. Please no flames