A/N: sorry it took me so long to get this chapter up. Finales ended a week ago, but I had major writers block and couldn't think of anything till now. In the book Midnight Predator, she didn't write what Eric looked like so I came up with a look for him. The story seems kind of confusing, so I'll just explain a few things. Alex is a witch, and she can astral project herself into the form of a wolf. Also she knows about vampires because she had a friend whose mom was a vampire hunter. Well now that that's cleared up, enjoy :)

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I walked down one hallway, then into another. The only sound I made was the sound of my nails clicking on the hard, marble ground. The metallic scent of blood assaulted my nose and grew stranger with each step. I stopped and scratched at my nose trying to get the smell out. I gave up and continued walking. I suddenly got the scent of something good. Food. I started jogging, and then broke into a lope. I was so close but was stopped by shouting behind me. I turned around " hey, hey. What the hell are you doing?" the guy was yelling at me. I started to back up slowing but he kept coming closer and closer. I began to growl at him, then turned around and took off at a lope. He chased after me. I ran, but he just kept following me. I finally got to the end of a hall with nowhere to go. I was trapped. I backed into a corner and continued my growling. He took out a gun and pointed it at my head. He pulled the trigger...

I woke up gasping for air. I could still smell the faint scent of blood. I wondered why the dream had shaken me up so badly. I was still trying to figure it out when a knock on the door brought me back to reality. " C-come in" I said still slightly dazed. I sat up just as the door opened to revel the same boy I had seen earlier. Well, he wasn't really a boy. More of a guy around 17 or 18. He had dark blonde hair and really cute blue eyes. "Hi. Marcus told me to bring this to you" he held his hand up. He was holding my c.d. player. He walked over to the bed and gave it back to me. "Thanks. Um, who's Marcus?" I asked. "He's your master. The guy who beat the hell out of ya" he said the statement like it was nothing. But around here getting beat up was nothing.

"Oh, and who are you" I looked up at him. "Eric" I looked down at my c.d. player and said mostly to myself. " I thought you were" "Excuse me?" he sounded confused. " Oh, uh. Nothing" I didn't feel like explaining anything at the moment. " Now you know who I am, so who are you?" I looked back up at him. " Alexandria. Alex for short". "Well Alex while you were sleeping you missed all the excitement. There was this wolf but then when it got cornered it just disappeared" my jaw dropped slightly as he said this. I thought it was just a dream. I guess I had astral projected myself. Well at least no one knows it's me. "Oh, yeah that's kinda weird. Um, what time is it?" I set the c.d. player down on the dresser next to the bed. " Just about eight thirty" he said as I swung my legs over the side of the bed.

" How long have I been asleep?" I asked Eric as I stood up. " A day or so. I'll go wait outside. You can get changed then I'll show you around" he pointed to a closet, "there's clothes in there" he walked out and shut the door. I walked over to the closet and opened the door. I was surprised to see some of my own clothes in there. Then I remembered that I had brought my clothes in a suitcase. I grabbed a dark blue shirt and a pair of black jeans. I went into the bathroom to change. After I changed I took a quick glance into the mirror. I had a slight black eye and my lip still had a small cut but beside that mostly all the damage Marcus had done was gone. I walked out of the bathroom and opened the door to my room.

Eric was waiting out in the hallway when I got out. " Ready for the grand tour?" he said as I closed the door. I sighed" sure". "It's not that bad.... usually" Eric said, noticing that I wasn't too thrilled about being shown around. We didn't talk until he finished showing me around. We stopped outside of a set of double doors. I figured it to be the kitchen from the noises that came from behind the doors." nice place" I said, my voice heavy with sarcasm. Eric rolled his eyes then asked "are you hungry?" "A little". He opened one of the doors and held it open for me while I walked into the kitchen. There were four people cooking different things. One of them walked through a door opposite the one we just came through. She was carrying a tray that had glasses filled with red stuff.

" What's though that door?" I asked Eric, hearing more voices talking and laughing from the room behind the door. "Dinning room". "Oh" I said with curiosity. "I'd advise you not to go in there". "Thank you Mr. obvious" I rolled my eyes. " Ok, go in there, get killed, I don't care". Giving him a mock sad face I said sarcastically "you don't care about me. I think I'm gunna cry" the door opened behind us and I turned around. Markus grinned as he saw me." look who's awake" I took a step back but he just walked closer till he was right in front of me. I looked at Eric, who had his eyes downcast but a definite look of disgust on his face.

I looked back at Markus; he didn't seem to notice Eric. I shuddered as his hand touched my cheek. I closed my eyes then a moment later I heard the door to the dinning room open and Markus removed his hand. I opened my eyes and saw that Markus had crossed the kitchen to the door where a girl stood. She was the same person who had gone through that door earlier. " Jasmine, dear, there you are. I've been looking for you" he put a hand to her cheek just like he had done to me. He then gave her a kiss. She didn't move or even shudder. "Well, I must leave. Goodbye" he gave her another quick kiss then walked into the dinning room.

After Markus was gone jasmine walked over to Eric and me. "D-do you guys want anything?" Eric turned to me " what do you want to eat?" " No clue. You?" "How 'bout some peanut butter and jelly sandwiches?" he suggested. "Alright" Eric turned back to jasmine "two peanut butter and jelly sandwiches" jasmine gave a small nod then went to make the sandwiches. Eric and me waited till she had made the sandwiches then he showed me were the, as he put it, non- vampiric people eat.

The room was small and had three tables in it. We sat at the furthest table from the door. There were two other people, but they didn't say anything when we walked in. Eric broke the silence by asking, "How old are you?" I looked up at him "sixteen, you?" " Eighteen" I took another bite of my sandwich "so, how long have you been here?" "Since I was eleven. I've gotten used to it here. And even if I did get to leave, I have no family left."(I think that's all correct, looked though my book but couldn't find were it said how Eric had gotten to midnight) "I'm sorry"."It's alright" we finished eating then Eric left. He said he had to find jaguar and ask him something.

I brought my dish into the kitchen. I walked over to the sink were jasmine was. "What do you want me to do with this?" I asked here when she looked up. "I-I'll take it" she took the dish and put it in the sink with the rest of the dishes. "You're new here" jasmine said, as I was about to leave. "Yeah, I'm Alex" she smiled, but only slightly " I should get back to washing the dishes before anyone comes" "ok, bye" she gave me a small nod then went back to work. I walked out of the kitchen and into the hallway. There was a loud noise then yelling. I ran down the hall to see what had happened.

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