Moon light

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Chapter 9

"Thank you for telling me" said Derek in an expressionless voice before turning around and jumping off the balcony quietly. I wanted to call out his name and tell him to stop but this conversation just reminded us both on which side of the fence we were on. While I showered I contemplated on what to do, I couldn't just sit back and watch as innocent people were about to be murdered. By the time my head hit the pillow I knew exactly what I was going to do, I was going to help Derek.

"Good thing todays Friday, that way you can help us tonight kill Derek's pack" said my dad cheerfully. I cringed inwardly 'how could someone be so happy to kill people who could be innocent' "were leaving half past nine, be equipped and ready by then" he said "yeah sure thing dad, I have to go, see you around" I said before grabbing my back pack and getting into my car.

I was heading for school but made a sharp U-turn and went in the forests direction. I was deciding on whether to go look for Derek at the meadow or at his house when I saw smoke coming from the woods. I followed the smoke and drove faster when I saw it was coming in the direction of the hale manor. I sped up the drive way and what I saw made my blood run cold, before me was the huge beautiful house of the hale family on fire. I climbed out the car and ran towards the house "Derek!" I screamed in a panic, I could hear screams of agony coming from inside the house. I didn't know what I was doing until I burst through the front door and coughed from the black smoke surrounding the air making it impossible to breath but hearing a little boy scream for help made me forget about the smoke, fire and the lack of oxygen and a different kind of instinct kicked in one I've never felt before and I ran in the direction of the little boys voice crying for help. I tried opening the door but the bolt burnt my hands from the extreme heat "stand back!" I screamed before I kicked the door down and ran inside, there was a little boy with black hair and blue eyes with dirty tear stains running down his cheek with a scared expression. I ran over to the boy and picked him up and cradled him protecting him from the fire that nearly engulfed the whole room. I ran outside and put him in my car far away from the house that was burning down "where is Derek?" I asked the little boy "dewick is there" said the little boy pointing to the top floor "okay sweet heart, stay here" I said turning to run back to the house "no! plweese don't leave me!" cried the little boy "I will be back, I promise" I said before running back into the house making my way up the stairs in a blur.

"Derek!" I screamed again but instead of him replying a female replied "please help me! I'm stuck!" shouted a panicked girl from one of the rooms. I kicked down the door instead of opening it because my hands were badly burnt on the inside. I ran into the room and saw a girl with brown hair under a huge beam. "Hang on!" I shouted as I ran back outside the room and grabbed a long piece of wood, flinching as my hands stung even more. I stuck the end of the piece of wood under the beam and used it as a lever to hold up the beam long enough for the girl to get out from under it "do you know where Derek is?" I asked frantically "he isn't here" she said "who else is here?" I asked "my cousin and my little brother as well as my mother and my uncle" she said frantically running out the room "I've got one little boy, he's safe" I said running after her "where is your little brothers room?" I asked "down there she said pointing to the other room next to the one where I found the other little boy "I'll get him you get your uncle and your mother" I said running down the stairs. I looked around trying to find something that could put out the fire blocking my way to the door I saw a pot plant and grabbed it and dumbed it on the fire, it was enough for me to get to the door I yanked it open and cried out as my hand was even more burnt. I stumbled into the room and coughed as the fire was dominant in this room. I spotted a figure lying on the floor and ran to it and picked it up before running out the door of the room and out the house coughing. I tried to supress a coughing fit as I felt for the little boys pulse. My heart skipped a beat in relief as I felt a pulse but it was so faint I immediately started CPR. "Mommy?" asked the little boy in confusion after coughing up some blood "no sweetie, my names Ella, I'm a friend of Derek, you're okay now" I said lifting him up and walking to the car. I put the little boy in the passenger seat next to the other boy before heading back to the house I walked into the house and wanted to turn back; there was fire and black smoke everywhere, I took a few steps forward but gasped as I vomited blood onto the wooden floors, my throat was burning so much I nearly screamed-but instead of screaming I started coughing and the more I coughed the more blood came up, tears from the smoke and pain blurred my sight. But someone wrapped an arm around my waist and helped me get outside.

"Derek's on his way, and so is the fire brigade" said the brown headed girl as we stumbled towards my car "why wasn't the fire brigade here earlier?" was all I managed to croak before I gave into a darkness that looked like black smoke.

"Beep beep beep beep" from a heart monitor machine was what woke me up from a dreamless slumber I looked around the hospital room disorientated before all the memories of the house on fire came flooding back to me. I could hear the beeping of the heart monitor increase as I remembered what happened, I prayed it was a dream but my hands wrapped in bandages with a piercing pain radiating off the inside of my hands was evidence of what happened. A few seconds later doctor Kaulitz and two nurses followed by my father came flooding through the door "Ella please lie back and try to be calm" said doctor Kaulitz as she injected something into arm. I tried saying something but my mouth wouldn't move five seconds later a sudden drowsiness overcame me making my eyes close and fall asleep again, I wanted to ask my father how could he do this. "She's in stable condition, but she will have to stay another week or so" "I didn't know she would try and save them!" "…Derek stopped by earlier…" all I heard was bits and pieces of conversation's as I slipped in and out of conscious, but it was enough for me to understand.

I grabbed my clothes and quickly put those on and opened the door making sure no one was there before walking down the hall; luckily it was night so it was quite empty. As soon as I was outside I started running, I didn't know where but all I knew was that I had to get away. Tears started streaming down my face which made me run faster but I slowed down as sobs wracked my body. Everybody who I thought I knew turned out to be the opposite; my family were monsters who would burn innocent people alive with no remorse.

"Ella" said Derek coming out from the trees walking over to me next to the deserted road "Ella the hunters that were watching you just told your father that you left the hospital, do you want to go back with them or do you want to come with me?" he asked. My mind overflowed with thoughts and emotions but I knew I could never go back to my family knowing what I knew so I did the only thing that felt right and said "yes…"

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