A/N: Since my computer has stopped messing up, for now, I have decided to type up and post this chapter which is a bit longer than the previous. :p Enjoy! :D

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Chapter 9

She pulled back the bushes and screamed. There, she found blood splattered over everything.

Her medical training kicked in and she started looking for the source of all this blood, even though the fast beating of her heart and the sadness in her soul told her whose blood it was. She found his body half hidden ten yards away from where she stood.

Julia tried to make as little disturbance as possible as she picked her way toward Barnabas's body, hoping that he was miraculously still alive even though the amount of blood told her it was impossible. Still, that hope burned.

When she saw his body, Julia clamped her hand over her mouth either to hold in a scream, sob, or both she didn't know as she knelt next to the badly mangled body.

The snapping of a twig brought Julia on alert. Whatever had killed Barnabas was still out here. She slowly rose and started walking backward in the direction she had come...

"STOP IT!" Julia screamed as she bolted upright.

She stared at the opposite wall, then, remembering what she had seen, raised a hand to muffle the sobs. She remembered everything "Why?" she sobbed.

What was the purpose for this dream? Why was she the one to have it?

Julia lifted her head as she felt a hand rest on her shoulder, and asked, "I thought you were too angry to appear to us again."

"I'm not now. I knew you needed me," Sarah responded.

Julia looked away. "Do you know why I keep having this dream?"

The ghost of the little girl nodded, slightly. "It's a warning. Perhaps a glimpse of what will happen, if you don't change the course of coming events."

"Why did it have to be me?" Julia asked, returning her gaze to the child.

"Because you are the only one who truly knows what's going on. Besides," Sarah added, with a smile. "You love Barnabas and he needs you." Sarah stood and then started to disappear. "I have to go, now."

"Sarah, wait! One more question." Julia pleaded.

The little girl tilted her head. "Yes?"

"What is the danger?" Julia asked.

Sarah's brown eyes became amused. "Not what, but whom and I think you know the answer."

"But Angelique can't do what I saw to Barnabas. She's not able to kill him, much less mutilate him." Julia protested.

"Who knows what one might do if they become desperate enough," Sarah said, as she disappeared.

Julia stared at the spot where Sarah had been standing, her mouth open to issue a reflexive protest, but she closed it again before she could say anything. She was still thinking about what Sarah had told her when the sun started to set.

End of Chapter 9

A/N: I hope you enjoyed. :D