I froze, just looking at him brought back those memories. The memories of when I was vulnerable, innocent, and had no one to protect me.

It was the summer of my sophmore year. Nay, Bruce, Rory, and Drea had to go to an all vampire meeting with the council. Shar had to go because his powers had just awakened where mine were still hidden in the dark. I was alone and for the first time I felt like I could take care of myself. So when I went to school, I had gotten an invitation to the senior, Jason Paleeti's birthday-bash. I was happy beyond words because I always had a crush on him. I loved his long black hair, and his tan skin. I loved his hazel eyes and his built body.

"Hey, Scyra." Jason said, grabbing my hand and kissing it lightly, "What a beautiful name." he laughed.

I blushed, "Hi Jason."

"You're coming to my party, right?" he asked me.

I nodded, "Wouldn't miss it."

Jason grinned, "Good. How about I pick you up before the party and we can have some alone time."

"That would be perfect."

So that night he picked me up two hours before the party and we went to his house and watched a movie. Nothing happened till the actual party. After all the guests came, he completely ignored me. Didn't talk to me, or look twice at me. I was about to leave when I felt someone wrap their arm around my waist,

"Hey baby." he breathed, "Where are you going?"

I tore his hands away and glared at him, "You know since you just ignored me, I was planning on going home."

"No you aren't." he said, his voice cold. I raised an eyebrow,

"Really? Because I do have my car waiting outside."

"Look, I'm sorry Scyra. I didn't know what I was thinking." Jason said, his voice sickly sweet. But I fell for it and smiled,

"You're forgiven."

He tugged at my hand, "Come on, I want to show you something." so he led me all the way to his room. I was so distracted by everything, I didn't notice when he locked the door or shut the blinds of the window. But when he grabbed my hand and threw me onto the bed, I was terrified.

His hand clamped over my mouth as I screamed. His other hand worked it's way under my bra. Tears welled in my eyes, I thought, I'm this special human who is supposed to save the vampire race yet I can't even protect myself from this ordinary human?

I kicked upwards and hit him in the stomach. He rolled on to the bed and I took that as an opening and ran for the door. Just as I was about to unlock the lock, he jumped up, "Oh no you don't!" Jason grabbed me by the hair and pulled me down. He ripped off my shirt, as his hands slithered down and un-buckled my pants.

I gasped, I couldn't think of it anymore. "Hey Scyra.." Jason said with a seductive smile. I felt my heart burn in anger. I pushed past him but he grabbed my hand and pulled it back.

"Let. Go." I said through clenched teeth. Jason let go but I saw him glaring at Bradyn.

"Who's this? Your new boyfriend?"

"Who I am, is none of your concern. Let us go, Scyra." Bradyn said then put an arm around my waist and led us away from him. As soon as we both were around the corner, I felt my body begin to shake. Tears poured out of my eyes as I remembered how helpless I was. Bradyn stood there, not looking at me or saying a word.

The bell rang loudly but I still sat there, sitting in my own pain. My body ached all over again. No, Scyra you need to get over it. Just..breathe. So I took my own advice and inhaled deeply, then exhaled. I repeated the process and soon began to feel better.

I stood up and glanced at Bradyn who was leaning against the wall, one foot propped up behind him. His eyes were shut and his face completely relaxed. I didn't know if I should tell him we were heading to my class or not... I grabbed my backpack and started walking, he would hear me, right? Soon after, I heard footsteps following behind me. Bradyn grabbed my wrist and pulled me to a stop, I was going to turn around and yell at him but when I saw his eyes holding absolute sincerity, I was frozen.

"I'm not asking you to tell me what happened between you and that boy, but I am asking if you are alright?"

I cleared my throat, "I'm fine."

Then with a curt nod, he stood silently beside me. I grabbed my backpack and walked towards my first period class. Psychology.

"You're late, Scyra." my teacher, Mr. Botsie said with a stern look.

"I was caught up in some family business, it won't happen again, Mr. Botsie." I said with a strong tone.

"Who may this be?" he said, asking me about my new bodyguard. I looked around the classroom and saw the girls staring lustfully at Bradyn.

"I'm sure my parents have notified you about him. This is Bradyn Night, he's here to keep an eye on me."

"So this is Bradyn. Well it's a pleasure, so please go ahead to the back of the room and sit quietly." Bradyn did as he was told with a look full of hatred on his face. I sat in my seat with a doubtful glance towards Bradyn. He ran a hand through his pitch black hair and sighed.

"The word psychology literally means, "study of the soul". In order to understand psychology, you will need to understand the steps towards that. Humanism is one of them. Scyra, please explain to us what humanistic psychology is."

I glanced at my notes, "By using phenomenology, intersubjectivity and first-person categories, the humanistic approach sought to glimpse the whole person—not just the fragmented parts of the personality or cognitive functioning."

"Very good." is all Mr. Botise said then continued on with his lesson. As much as I wanted to pay attention, I kept zoning out. Just thinking about...everything. I thought about Jason, I thought about my family, I thought about my responsibilties, I thought of Bradyn, last but not least I thought about the fact that I was supposed to save the vampire race.

Not just the King and Queen, no I had to save each and every vampire out there. Next month, the vampire Prince, Roland is coming back from his out of country 'secret' mission, and when he comes back I have to train with him.

So I would begin to be homeschooled(thank God). My P.E would be my physical training against my threats, my physcology would become advancing my powers to the fullest, my history would become the history of vampires, my language would become all the languages, especially the forgotten vampiric language only nobility and trusted people know, and I think I've forgotten the biggest out of all them, seduction. Weird, right? Well that's right, I had to learn how to work my looks to my advantage so I could get into and out of trouble by my looks. Great, right? All that...for four years. Then it's time to go out on missions, to kill off the imbisiles who try to kill me or the vampires.

Oh, I'm psyced. Was the sarcasm noted?

I felt an elbow poke into my ribs then a tight hiss saying, "Scyra!"

I glared daggers at my neighbor, "What?" I snapped.

Suddenly, whatever she was saying got droned out as a vision played in front of my eyes.

Bradyn's POV

I didn't notice that anything was wrong, till I heard Scyra's name being repeated over and over, each time became more frightened. I strode over to Scyra and noticed that red fog go over both her eyes. Her jaw was slacked and her body stiff. Of course, I was the only one who noticed the slight shake through her or the fog in her eyes.

"Excuse us." I said sharply and picked Scyra up, realizing that she weighed nothing as I carried her out. Her body became limp and her breathing became rapid. Worry sparked inside me but I willed myself to become numb, I will not feel anything for a human. You're a monster, you cannot love. I shook that memory out of my head and continued walking her. I layed her down on a bench and immediatly dialed Rory's number. He answered on the first ring,

"What's wrong?"

"Scyra began to have a vision at school so I have taken her out of her class and layed her on a bench. Her body is shaking and she is hyperventilating. Should I bring her to the house?"

"Please, Bradyn. Thank you."

I grunted and hung up the phone. Picking the girl up, I carried her to the car and drove her back to the mansion. The family rushed out and took her from me, leaving me feeling slightly detached. Once inside, I heard a loud shriek echo through the home. I couldn't help but rush to the door and watch as Scyra thrashed wildly with Bruce and Rory holding her down. There was an older woman in there, looked to be the age of maybe twenty-eight but from the aura surrounding her, I could tell she was much older. Now that I look at her, I realized that she was Fragrance Glasse, the witch healer.

Her face was calm, completely flawless, like porcelin. She had long blonde hair that was almost white with deep brown eyes, "Harlio do karla saa." the woman said, in the forgotten vampiric language, she had said 'so this is the daughter of the future.'

Fragrance made a motion around Scyra's face with her fingers curling fluidly into her hand and almost immeditaly, her screaming ceased. Scyra's face calmed and her breathing went back to normal, all in a matter of 3.5 seconds. Amazing.

Sorry I didn't update for so long! :( I'll make it up to you, I promise! School started, stupid H English! And then volleyball so I don't have to time to write! But I'll try to post as soon as I can!

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-Hira