"NO! THAT'S NOT- NYAH!"

Addie screamed and sat up, never minding how she practically had just flailed her way out of Seb's arms.

He woke up instantly, startled himself by her scream. At once his arms wrapped back around her and he pulled her against him, trying to get her to calm down, being she had broken into tears.

"Hey, hey, what's the scream for, hm? I didn't know your nightmares could be this bad…it's alright, I'm here…relax," he murmured, lips against the hollow behind her ear.

She couldn't stay still; he could feel her trembling against him, and she flipped over, one hand against his chest, the other reaching up into his hair as she leaned up and kissed him as hard as she could, just to remind herself it was really him this time, and that the ghost of William in her dream had been nothing more than that – a ghost.

"N-No…it's n-not okay…that wasn't a n-nightmare it was a-a fucking mental e-experiment!" she protested, managing to stop crying long enough to catch her breath and talk.

"It's okay now, you're awake, whatever it was, it wasn't real. Look at me – it wasn't real." He reassured, and at once she lifted her head, happy beyond belief to be looking into still-striking-as-ever blue eyes instead of molten chocolate brown.

"I-I know…I just...I…" she couldn't even think of how to explain it, she didn't want to explain, it would have been fine if it had just been Amelia, or even just William, but the fact that Ivy had somehow got thrown in? She couldn't shake the feeling that something bad was about to happen in the near future.

She sighed, sitting up, surprised when Sebastien didn't try to pull her down to bed.

"I'm gonna go get some water. And I kinda just wanna walk, make sure everything's okay, I can feel a panic attack coming on and if I walk around and just breathe it might go away." She explained, running a hand through her hair, laughing softly.

Of all the times to get a panic attack, she has one tonight.

"Alright…just come back, okay? Don't go wandering outside or anything."

She giggled, "When did I even say that? I know I used to when I was little, sneaking out at two in the morning for a jog around the block was fun, no one was up but me and the dark is so peaceful, but I'm not stupid enough to do that now. I mean, by myself anyways."

She got up and stretched, wincing at the sound of her back cracking all the way up. Pulling on whatever clothes were nearest her, she tried to remember the counting pattern she'd learned for breathing when her panic attacks got really bad.

Walking out into the hall, Pierre's house was dead quiet for the most part, asides from snoring. Ever light was part much off, except for the small overhead sink light in the kitchen, left on in case someone got up for water like she currently was.

Once she got into the kitchen and got a glass of water and drank it down, she felt a little better, although something still was bugging her. Oh. In the soft light that the single bulb was throwing out, she could tell exactly how much damage had been done before they finally crashed – and for what it was worth she was sure Seb was marked up worse than she was.

"I've really got to learn to get myself under control…you'd think being half and half would have fixed how fucking needy I can get…" she mused, glancing around.

For some reason, her gaze was drawn to the front door, as if something wanted her to go and open it. She didn't know why, she just had a feeling that whatever it was wasn't going to be a good thing – thinking of her nightmare only made this feeling worse, what if, by some horrid twist of fate, Ivy was on the other side of the door, and then maybe with David for good measure?

She laughed it off, but still walked towards the door, not realizing she was holding her breath.

"One. Two-"

Opening the door on three, she almost had a heart attack. It wasn't Ivy on the other side of the door – it was the other girl, Evangeline, or Evie as they'd nicknamed her. She still had the curls that Adeline had had, and her eyes were just like William's. She hadn't changed at all, she still appeared as an eight year old, in torn stonewash jeans and an old TAI tour shirt.

Not expecting the girl to grin and walk forward to wrap her arms around her in a hug, Addie's face completely betrayed the hopefully-calm expression she hoped to maintain as the little girl spoke.

"Hello mommy! I missed you! Aren't you glad to see me?"

As soon as the little girl let go of her, Addie turned around and started counting in her head, she could feel the anxiety setting in, this time for real, and the breathing wasn't helping any.

"I know dad's gone, but…I'm so happy I found you!" she continued, walking into the house, watching with wide eyes as Addie scramble further away, anything to convince herself that this was another nightmare.

"You're not real…you're not real…you're not real. Slenderman took you!"

Evie cocked her head, smiling, reaching up to pat Addie's shoulder as if to prove her otherwise, "So he did, but he let me come home! Isn't this great!"

Addie only looked the girl dead in the eyes, realizing this wasn't a nightmare, this was real life. She couldn't do anything but scream as the girl began to giggle, taking her head and trying to lead her into the house, or atleast back to an empty room where they could sleep.

When Addie didn't move and continued screaming, the girl only sighed.

"You're gonna wake people up."

And before Evie could shrug at how oddly her 'mother' was acting, the hybrid had fainted clear to the floor.

That night as Bob prepared to go to sleep, he offered up a silent prayer to Orion and hoped the demon would come to him in a dream again. As he fell asleep, he could feel another presence in his dream. When he looked around, he saw the demon, meditating under a waterfall. He approached cautiously.

"Welcome, wizard. Have you considered my proposition?" Orion asked, standing up

"Yes, I have. I am willing to become your host temporarily if it means getting rid of your sister," Bob said, bowing to the demon.

"Excellent."

"I do have a question, though. In order for you to possess me, will I need to die?"

Orion shook his head. "No, that will not be necessary. If you are in a deep enough sleep, I should be able to enter your body. The only reason dead bodies are easier to possess is because the subconscious of the person does not fight back, but if you are in a deep enough sleep, that should not be a problem, either. Unfortunately, it appears that we will have to expedite the process. My sister is growing more bold in her actions and we can no longer afford to wait a fortnight. This process will need to happen tomorrow at the latest."

"What do you mean, she's growing more bold?" Bob said, not sure he wanted to hear the answer

"Let's just say that you're going to be awakened soon by a scream from the hybrid, because it seems that my sister has left something on your doorstep that should have never existed in the first place," Orion said as he and Bob again began to walk down a path.

"Furthermore," Orion continued, "she has also begun to defile the Airbender in the most carnal way possible."

"Meaning what?" Bob asked, struggling to see the meaning.

"It means that she is corrupting him. That is why his soul is dying, because it is being polluted by my sister's influence. We need to destroy her if you wish to save your friend."

Before Bob could say anything else, he was drawn out of his dream by a scream, followed by the sound of something hitting the ground.

He bolted upright and looked at Mikey, who was looking at him with the same look of confusion and grogginess. Looking at the bedside clock, it was almost 4 in the morning. The two of them jumped out of bed and raced into the living room, where they found Seb cradling a now unconscious Addie. The worst part though, was standing next to the two of them was the little girl that Brendon had sired all those years ago. Bob felt his heart drop to his feet. How were they going to fix this?