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Sorry about the long time no update. Been really busy with babysitting everyday and then the whole getting grounded thing. But everything is good and I'm sorta out of my writers block. Haha. Now all I need is my own laptop.

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Tori Elaine.

As you escape from your life,
This house becomes hollow,
And all we can do is just wait,
Sit here and wait for this train to arrive

Stacie wasn't sure what kept her going after seeing Edward again, his eyes bore into hers making her stomach turn. She kept thinking of her and Quil's secret meetings and the fact that she never left Edward touch her the way Quil did. She closed her eyes tight to the memories trying to hold them back, hold back the tears that were threatening to escape her tired eyes. She was sick of the sleepless nights and the endless days. Her breath fogged up the window, yet she didn't notice, she simply stared out onto the grounds wishing that there was something to take away the pain she was feeling. She didn't want to feel it anymore and no amount of sex with a boy she knew since birth was going to make it go away.

"Edward…come back to me." She said so quietly she didn't even know she spoke.

Ruby stood outside her daughter's room trying to decide if she should go in or not. She knew that her daughter was hurting, she knew that her daughter needed her, yet she could not open the door. She crossed her arms over her chest and leaned her head back on the wall. She stared at the ceiling trying to get things figured out. Leofrick was somewhere with Walter and Isabel was with Arabelle in the kitchen where Ruby had no desire to be. She lifted her hands and smoothed back her hair, she could feel how greasy and dirty it was. She hadn't bothered to wash it for about 3 days now. No wonder her husband didn't want to touch her.

Emma (remember her?) walked around the corner with her bags trying to be sneaky. The halls were lit by the torches on the wall. But with a flicker of her mind they went out and she had enough time to run down the hall, but as soon as she rounded the corner the fires in the torches came back. She was entering the hall of Stacie's room, but she had to stop because there stood Princess Ruby. Emma uttered a curse under her breath and gently set down her bags out of sight and took off the cloak she had been wearing quickly.

"Lady Ruby, do you need help with anything?" Emma said making Ruby jump.
"My god Emma make your presence know before speaking out like that." Ruby snapped.
"I'm sorry my lady." Emma bowed and was careful so that Ruby did not see her roll her eyes.
"I don't need help with anything, I'm going back to my room." Ruby stomped away leaving Emma there.

She quickly went back to her bags and retied her cloak around her neck. She deiced not to take the chance of another run in with another Prince or Princess so she ran to the kitchen, but once again she ran into Royal Family. Isabel and Arabelle where standing at the stove, they turned to look at Emma when she came running in. Emma had shrunk her bags just in time, she was now holding them in her hand.

"What is it Emma? Why are you wearing your cloak? You couldn't possibly be going anywhere at this time of night." Arabelle said turning her back to her.
"I'm going to the gardeners house to get roses for Lady Ruby." Emma knew the lie would work, Ruby was staring to smell. "Very well get me some lilacs while you are there." Arabelle said still not turning back to look at Emma.
"Very well my Lady." Emma said with a secret smile on her lips.

Leofrick was walking in the gardens when he saw someone come flying out the back door and started running towards the south wall. He followed but stayed well enough behind so the person didn't know he was there. After awhile he saw that it was a girl, the dress she was wearing fanned out behind her as she ran. He was confused, but continued to follow. The south wall had guards 20 feet apart. The girl ran up to one that he knew to be the servant girl Emma's brother. He stopped and stood in shock as he watched the girl kiss the boy on the check and begin to climb over the wall. When she was on top the hood of her cloak fell off her face and the moon shone on her face. Emma looked around quickly and jumped down off the wall.

Penny was circling the castle looking at everything, she didn't know where Ruby was and she knew it was okay for now. They had the rest of their lives to catch up on things. Moving down the hall in a slow steady pace she headed for Stacie's room. She knew her niece needed some comforting. She knocked gently on the door, when Stacie didn't say anything Penny walked in anyways. Stacie was still sitting by the window looking out over the grounds.

"Stacie?" Penny went over and gently laid her hand on Stacie's shoulder. Stacie turned slowly and looked up at her Aunt with red swollen eyes. "Oh honey."

Penny sat down next to her niece and held her. Stacie cried into her aunt's shoulder just glad that someone was there to hear her out and hold her. Penny ran her hand through Stacie's hair comforting her. Stacie still cried, but calmed down a little. Penny pulled away and Stacie looked up at her.

"You need to met someone else. You need to know that not only one boy is going to love you through your whole life. You may think Edward is your true love, but maybe in the end he won't be." Penny kissed her niece on the forehead and pulled her back to her.
"It's just so hard Aunt Penny, Edward has always been the boy for me, but now I don't know if I could ever go back to him." "Then don't my dear, don't."

A man pulled his hood more over his face as he made his way up to the hill, he knew that to the humans there was nothing there, but when he got closer he knew the walls would come to view for him soon. They would be able to tell he was a vampire. He pulled on his bag straps on his shoulder, he was a little nervous and scared. But he kept walking, there was something he needed to do at the kingdom even if it got him killed.

Hadrian moved quickly up to the watch tower, a messenger had came and told him that there was a mysterious vampire making it's way up to the Kingdom entrance, they were sure it was male. When he got to the top he looked down and saw that there was man walking towards the entrance. The more Hadrian watched the more things cleared up for him. He knew that walk and he knew that the grates would open for only one person they way they did that night.

Quil climbed in through his window quietly to find Stacie in the middle of his bed facing him. He set down his bag and took off his cap setting them on his writer's desk. The letter and pictures from Aya still sat there, he didn't have the heart to throw them out yet. He still thought he loved her.

"What are you doing here Stacie?" He sat down in his chair and pulled off his boots.
"Do you know anything that has happened since you left Quil?"
"Yes."
"Really now? Care to enlighten me?" She snapped at him, she didn't get how he could stay gone so long when his family needed him.
"The Queen's body was stolen, my mother died and Aya brought her back from the dead with a power no one knew she had before her dead Aunt told everyone."

Stacie's jaw dropped in shock, Quil smiled softly before hitting Stacie hard enough in the back of the head to knock her out.

The gates swung open and he rushed inside, the gates shut with a thud behind him. The vampire's on the streets watched him walk by with curious stares, the gates had never opened like that for a vampire before. The man walked with a graceful step, like he was on a mission. He went straight on the path towards the castle.

Isabel laughed at something Arabelle said when Ruby walked in looking freshly cleaned, she smelled of roses. It confused her because she didn't see Emma come back. Ruby came over and began to help them without saying anything. Shortly Penny joined them with a grim look on her face. They stopped and stared, Ruby reached over and took her sister's hand. It scared Isabel how much they looked alike.

"What is it sister? What has you so troubled?" Ruby rubbed soft circles in Penny's hand.
"He has come, but he is too late. This will not go over well at all."

Quil ripped his sheet up quickly and tied Stacie's hands behind her, then her feet tightly together. He ripped one last piece and put it between her lips and tied it tightly behind her head. He picked her up and ducked out his window again, he had paid the guards not to watch his window or anywhere near it so that it would not be reported he was sneaking in and out. He ran a couple of miles into the forest before dropping Stacie's body in the middle, he checked to see if she was breathing and left again.

Arabelle and the others froze, they knew who Penny was talking about and they wished it wasn't him. It was the wrong time, he was a day late, a whole day late. Arabelle opened her mouth to say something when she heard shouts coming from the dinning area.

"KING! KING!" Gerard and the boys quickly started searching for Luc without a seconds thought.

Edward ran towards the kitchen, when his mother saw him she knew something was wrong right away. Edward's left eye was black and swollen shut, he looked angry and scared all at the same time. When he saw the king was not in there he quickly turned around and ran down the hall to look for him.

Embry ran into the King's study to find him sitting there staring out the window with some papers in his hand. Gerard came in behind him and nodded, Embry quickly left and went in search for his brother. He needed to vent about Aya and he knew his brother would listen even if Embry did steal Aya away from him.

"Luc?" Gerard stood in front of the king's desk his hands pressed flat on the surface. Luc turned and stared at Gerard with confusion.
"What are you doing here? Why aren't you watching Aya and the boys?"
"The boys are here, I brought them with me." Gerard still hadn't got to the point and Luc could tell.
"And Aya?"
"Ran off with Lord Marcus."

Quil had just climbed in his window when his brother walked through the door. Embry looked at his brother with confusion, his legs were covered with mud and there were twigs in his long hair. He looked around the room and saw the tore up sheets, this only made him more confused.

"What is going on Quil?" Embry picked up a piece of the sheet and ran it through his fingers.
"My plan." Was all Quil said before loud shouts were heard through the castle.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN RAN OFF WITH LORD MARCUS?" Luc slammed his fist on the desk and glared at Gerard. "SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE WATCHED THE WHOLE TIME TO MAKE SURE THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN!"
"There was a fight between her and Embry, she was acting strange all day. I found her in a janitor's closet alone at one point, then she skipped two of her classes. I found out Edward took her home and I followed Embry home later that night. When Jade and I pulled up we could hear the boys fighting. Embry had punched Edward, when I looked at Aya who was standing upstairs looking down at us, she fled. I followed her, but Lord Marcus was waiting for her. Jade is back there following them right now."
"DAMN IT! THIS CAN NOT BE HAPPENING!"

He got up to the castle and opened the front door, no one was there all the guards were gone from around the castle. He didn't stop to think he went straight to the Queen's chamber running for the first time since he got to the Kingdom.

Ruby ran to her brother's office and saw him pacing, the others came up behind her and stopped to watch the King pace. He was angry and Gerard was explaining something. When he was done he looked up and saw the others listening in. Leofrick grabbed Ruby from behind so she didn't fall, everything was falling apart around them.

Embry started to walk towards the door so he could go see what the yelling was about, but he stopped with a gasp when a sharp pain shot through him. He looked down at his stomach where the pain was coming and saw that the end of a vampire's sword was sticking out. He grasped it in his fingers and fell to his knees.

He opened the doors to the Queen's chamber, but stopped she was not in her bed where he thought she would be. He walked in the bathroom and saw she was not in there either. Though in a dream Sam had came to him and told him about the Queen and her sleeping beauty stage, to find her not here was a surprise to him. He began to think that her prince had come to awaken her, but he knew that this could not be true. For his lips were the ones met to bring her back from her sleep. Denny turned and began to search for the others.

Quil shoved the sword a little deeper as Embry fell to his knees, A smile spread across his face as his eyes burned red, the sweet golden color was gone. He knelt down in front of his brother and watched as the life slowly drained from him.

"Alls fair in love and war brother." He kissed his brother's forehead and started for the window, but stopped to grab a bag from under his bed before leaving again.

"Aya…" Embry whispered as everything faded black and he fell to his side on the floor.

I've got my bags packed and I've said my goodbyes.
constantly giving into these moments,
that just bring me down,
just bring me close enough to stay around, to stay around.

Surprised at all?
I am. Swear I didn't even know I was going to do that.

SONG: Alvin Marker's Greensong By: The Scene Aesthetic.

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