Part 17:
Raven silently stroked stray hairs from Damon's forehead. Damon
was staring up at the ceiling sorting out emotions that he had
stashed away for centuries. For a while they just lay that way.
"I'm glad you told me," Raven said breaking the silence. Damon
gave a twisted sort of grin.
"You still don't know the half of it," he told her, still staring
at the ceiling.
"Another night then. Why don't you try and get some sleep?" she
suggested.
"Sure," he said turning. He picked himself off the bed slightly
and leaned over Raven and gave her a kiss. She smiled slightly
as she watched him settle down on the bed. It wasn't long before
his eyes drifted shut and his breathing evened out.
Raven decided to go and check up on Bonnie. She slid off the bed
soundlessly and started for the door. She paused a second and
pulled the covers up around Damon's sleeping form.
After closing the door behind her she headed to Bonnie's room.
Bonnie sat upright in her bed as Raven came in. Her face was
pale and Raven knew immediately that something had gone wrong.
"What's up with Darien?" she asked kneeling next to Bonnie's bed.
"They changed him into a vampire. This one guy named Campbell
had him kidnapped and he changed him. Oh, you don't know how
awful it was Raven. I felt every thing as it happened. I'm so
worried," Bonnie said clutching at Raven.
Let's go talk to Thierry and you can tell him everything. We'll
find Darien quicker then the flick of a lambs tail," Raven
assured the distraught girl. Bonnie laughed at the silly saying
and followed Raven to Thierry's office.
Thierry wasn't in his office, which wasn't that big of a
surprise, seeing as it was well after midnight.
Raven knew where Thierry's rooms were so they checked there too.
Nobody answered when they knocked and Raven couldn't sense anyone
in the room.
Feeling slightly defeated they trudged their way top the kitchen
to grab something to drink. The girls heard giggling coming from
the kitchen before they could see who was in it.
Raven and Bonnie peeked around the corner, not wanting to disturb
whoever was having such fun. They were surprised to find Hannah
laughing as she nudged whoever was on the floor with her foot.
They were even more shocked as they realized that it was Lord
Thierry laying flat on his back and pulling Hannah down.
"This is how you treat your soulmate? By kicking him as he's
down?" Thierry teased. Then he noticed the two girls standing in
the doorway. "Can I help you?"
"Yes, we're looking for Lord Thierry. Do perchance happen to
know where he is? We have some information on the Wild Power he
may be interested in," Raven said trying not to laugh at the most
dignifies member of Circle Daybreak
"What it is Raven?" he demanded picking himself up.
Bonnie gestured for them all to sit at the long counter. She
went on to explain everything that she had experienced in
Darien's mind. Thierry's face became graver and graver as he
listened. By the time Bonnie had finished you wouldn't believe
that he and the guy that had been lying on the floor only an hour
before were the same person.
"Based on the information you've given us it may be a while
before we are able to do anything or find him. But it is very
helpful. Why don't you three go to sleep while I make some
calls. We can discuss this with everybody later in the morning,"
Thierry said.
"Sure thing Lord Thierry," Raven said standing.
"I'll be up in a few minutes," he told Hannah when she didn't
move. Hannah sighed and nodded. She gave Thierry a quick kiss
good night and followed Raven and Bonnie up the stairs.
Raven said good night to her to friends before going into her
room. Damon seemed to be having a nightmare of sorts. The
blankets had been thrown off the bed from his tossing and turning
and Damon's face twisted in horror suddenly and Raven had the odd
feeling he was about to scream.
She went to his side and shook him slightly. Damon started and
woke up. For a second he didn't remember where he was and he
couldn't focus on who Raven was.
"Damon, honey, what happened?" Damon shook his head in answer.
He got up from the bed and went to the bathroom to splash water
on his face.
/It was just a dream,/ he told her before she could press him
further. /Nothing to worry about./
/What was it about then?/ she asked lounging against the door
frame as he toweled off his face. Damon turned to give her a
look and didn't answer.
He didn't want to explain about the dreams that had been plaguing
him for weeks now. He normally forgot about them come morning and
they only bothered him in the middle of the night.
Some stupid little thing, but he felt embarrassed when it came to
telling Raven about it. Raven didn't really want to let it go
but she did anyway knowing very well that Damon wouldn't tell her
that night.
"Bonnie woke up a little bit ago," she told him.
"Really? How's she doing?" Damon asked, glad for the change in
topic.
"She's fine. I forgot to ask, did you talk with Thierry?"
"Yeah, he said it's fine for me to join. He's sure you'll be
able to keep me in line." Raven had to grin at that.
"That's probably true. I can whip your ass when ever you get
into trouble." Damon cracked a grin. Then Raven yawned and the
two decided they might as well go to sleep.
Damon wasn't able to get to sleep for awhile. He wasn't able to
get his mind off of his nightmares. Many nights he had lain
awake staring at the ceiling above him, wondering why his
nightmares had started.
They were always about the same thing, but always just slightly
different. Damon somehow managed to wake himself up just before
something really big was about to happen. He wasn't sure what,
but it seemed like you could feel it in the air. The relistic
dreams scared the crap out Damon.
They were about Raven.
@~&~
Bonnie lay awake staring at the ceiling, breathing raggedly. She
glanced at the glowing red numbers to the left of her on the
nightstand. It was 5:30 in the morning. She had been asleep for
three hours.
She groaned, it was way too early to be up. The odd thing was,
she had awaken from a nightmare. Something had been about to
happen, something big, and she had woken up right before it
happened.
They other strange thing was that she knew she had been seeing
through someone else's eyes and the dream had been about Raven.
Raven silently stroked stray hairs from Damon's forehead. Damon
was staring up at the ceiling sorting out emotions that he had
stashed away for centuries. For a while they just lay that way.
"I'm glad you told me," Raven said breaking the silence. Damon
gave a twisted sort of grin.
"You still don't know the half of it," he told her, still staring
at the ceiling.
"Another night then. Why don't you try and get some sleep?" she
suggested.
"Sure," he said turning. He picked himself off the bed slightly
and leaned over Raven and gave her a kiss. She smiled slightly
as she watched him settle down on the bed. It wasn't long before
his eyes drifted shut and his breathing evened out.
Raven decided to go and check up on Bonnie. She slid off the bed
soundlessly and started for the door. She paused a second and
pulled the covers up around Damon's sleeping form.
After closing the door behind her she headed to Bonnie's room.
Bonnie sat upright in her bed as Raven came in. Her face was
pale and Raven knew immediately that something had gone wrong.
"What's up with Darien?" she asked kneeling next to Bonnie's bed.
"They changed him into a vampire. This one guy named Campbell
had him kidnapped and he changed him. Oh, you don't know how
awful it was Raven. I felt every thing as it happened. I'm so
worried," Bonnie said clutching at Raven.
Let's go talk to Thierry and you can tell him everything. We'll
find Darien quicker then the flick of a lambs tail," Raven
assured the distraught girl. Bonnie laughed at the silly saying
and followed Raven to Thierry's office.
Thierry wasn't in his office, which wasn't that big of a
surprise, seeing as it was well after midnight.
Raven knew where Thierry's rooms were so they checked there too.
Nobody answered when they knocked and Raven couldn't sense anyone
in the room.
Feeling slightly defeated they trudged their way top the kitchen
to grab something to drink. The girls heard giggling coming from
the kitchen before they could see who was in it.
Raven and Bonnie peeked around the corner, not wanting to disturb
whoever was having such fun. They were surprised to find Hannah
laughing as she nudged whoever was on the floor with her foot.
They were even more shocked as they realized that it was Lord
Thierry laying flat on his back and pulling Hannah down.
"This is how you treat your soulmate? By kicking him as he's
down?" Thierry teased. Then he noticed the two girls standing in
the doorway. "Can I help you?"
"Yes, we're looking for Lord Thierry. Do perchance happen to
know where he is? We have some information on the Wild Power he
may be interested in," Raven said trying not to laugh at the most
dignifies member of Circle Daybreak
"What it is Raven?" he demanded picking himself up.
Bonnie gestured for them all to sit at the long counter. She
went on to explain everything that she had experienced in
Darien's mind. Thierry's face became graver and graver as he
listened. By the time Bonnie had finished you wouldn't believe
that he and the guy that had been lying on the floor only an hour
before were the same person.
"Based on the information you've given us it may be a while
before we are able to do anything or find him. But it is very
helpful. Why don't you three go to sleep while I make some
calls. We can discuss this with everybody later in the morning,"
Thierry said.
"Sure thing Lord Thierry," Raven said standing.
"I'll be up in a few minutes," he told Hannah when she didn't
move. Hannah sighed and nodded. She gave Thierry a quick kiss
good night and followed Raven and Bonnie up the stairs.
Raven said good night to her to friends before going into her
room. Damon seemed to be having a nightmare of sorts. The
blankets had been thrown off the bed from his tossing and turning
and Damon's face twisted in horror suddenly and Raven had the odd
feeling he was about to scream.
She went to his side and shook him slightly. Damon started and
woke up. For a second he didn't remember where he was and he
couldn't focus on who Raven was.
"Damon, honey, what happened?" Damon shook his head in answer.
He got up from the bed and went to the bathroom to splash water
on his face.
/It was just a dream,/ he told her before she could press him
further. /Nothing to worry about./
/What was it about then?/ she asked lounging against the door
frame as he toweled off his face. Damon turned to give her a
look and didn't answer.
He didn't want to explain about the dreams that had been plaguing
him for weeks now. He normally forgot about them come morning and
they only bothered him in the middle of the night.
Some stupid little thing, but he felt embarrassed when it came to
telling Raven about it. Raven didn't really want to let it go
but she did anyway knowing very well that Damon wouldn't tell her
that night.
"Bonnie woke up a little bit ago," she told him.
"Really? How's she doing?" Damon asked, glad for the change in
topic.
"She's fine. I forgot to ask, did you talk with Thierry?"
"Yeah, he said it's fine for me to join. He's sure you'll be
able to keep me in line." Raven had to grin at that.
"That's probably true. I can whip your ass when ever you get
into trouble." Damon cracked a grin. Then Raven yawned and the
two decided they might as well go to sleep.
Damon wasn't able to get to sleep for awhile. He wasn't able to
get his mind off of his nightmares. Many nights he had lain
awake staring at the ceiling above him, wondering why his
nightmares had started.
They were always about the same thing, but always just slightly
different. Damon somehow managed to wake himself up just before
something really big was about to happen. He wasn't sure what,
but it seemed like you could feel it in the air. The relistic
dreams scared the crap out Damon.
They were about Raven.
@~&~
Bonnie lay awake staring at the ceiling, breathing raggedly. She
glanced at the glowing red numbers to the left of her on the
nightstand. It was 5:30 in the morning. She had been asleep for
three hours.
She groaned, it was way too early to be up. The odd thing was,
she had awaken from a nightmare. Something had been about to
happen, something big, and she had woken up right before it
happened.
They other strange thing was that she knew she had been seeing
through someone else's eyes and the dream had been about Raven.