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Later that morning, Sarah packed her backpack quickly. She filled it with two guns. a knife, bullets, a water canteen, and some food. After she calmed down from her nightmares, Van Helsing told her that they were going to Rome where they could be safe. She swung her backpack over her back and ran out the front door. There her mother was waiting for her.

"All set Sarah?" Anna asked

"Yep," answerd Sarah

"Good. I tacked up your horse for you."

"Thanks."

Sarah walked up to her horse Moonlight. Moonlight was a , shall we say, a hyper horse. But she was also calm and knows what to do when her owner orders her to do something. But the reason why she is called Moonlight is beause her mane was dark, and her brown eyes always twinkled in the moonlight.

"How ya doin Moonlight?" Sarah asked as she climbed on her horse.

Moonlight bobbed her head up and down answering. Sarah smiled as she looked up, but it faded into a frown.

"What are you two doing here?" she asked as she stepped down.

Out of the bushes, came out Maria and Michael.

(A/N: They're Ba-ack!")

"He made me!" cried Maria as she pointed at her older brother.

"Did not!" cried Michael.

"Did too!"

"Did not!"

"Did too!"

"Did not!"

"Did too times infinety and beyond!"

"Dang!"

Sarah slapped her forehead for her bickering friends.

"Sometimes you two just make me insane," she complained.

"Thank you" the siblings said togethor.

"We saw Van Helsing carry you in. It looked like you were dead!" said Michael.

"I was crying," complained Maria

"Well, you don't see me lying in a coffin, now do you?" asked Sarah

"What happened?"

"I hit my head on the wall, trying to protect my mom."

"Yeah, and?" Michael asked eagerly.

"I passed out, and the rest that happened was a living nightmare complete with a huge headache. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go to Rome,"

"And do what?"

Sarah rolled her eyes as she got back on her horse.

"Buy a few pounds of cheese," she murmmered sarcastically.

"Really? Can we come too?" asked Michael

"I was being sarcastic! And no, you can't come with me! Now beat it! Before Verona and the crazy res-head come out, hunt, and eat little children like you!"

"Just for the record, I AM NOT LITTLE!"

"Beat it!"

Michael, frightned by Sarah's rage, ran back into the bushes. Maria just rolled her eyes.

"Brothers" she complained

With the wind blowing in her head, and the sound of hooves beating on the ground, Sarah rode swiftly through the woods with her mother. She was driving the carriage, while Van Helsing was driving another. It was part of their plan if something should come up. Suddenly, Sarah thought she had heard something, but chose to ignore it. Then she heard it again. She hoped she wasn't going to regret the decision she was about to make.

"Mom! Keep going! I'll catch up!" she cried.

Anna stopped the carriage immdiately, and gave a sharp look at her daughter.

"What are you talking about?" she asked sternly.

"Something's not right. I have to find Van Helsing," Sarah said.

"Sarah, he'll meet us soon. Don't worry."

"I'm sorry mom, but I have to find out what's going on,"

Without a word, Sarah turned her horse around and gallopped away, her mother calling her name. But she didn't turn back. She kept going through the forest until suddenly, Moonlight stopped neighing and rearing uncontrollably.

"What's wrong Monnlight?" Sarah kept asking.

Still Moonlight kept going wild, until Sarah fell off, and went away. She landed on, you guessed it, her butt.

"I said it before, and I'll say it again: OUCH! MY BUTT!" she nearly yelled.

"Aww. Is the little princess hurt?" said a voice.

Sarah went bug eyed at the sound. She slowly got up, and turned around.

"Oh please, don't let it be her. Don't let it be her. Don't let it be..." she kept sayng.

Sarah stopped and was standing face to face with Aleera.

"Aw crud," she griped.

"Any last words, before you scream for your mommy and your friend?"

"Yeah. Uh...SEE YA!"

And with that, Sarah started running as hard as she could. Suddenly she was picked up by Verona, and she was dangling high in the air. She searched wildly through her bag with her free hand looking for her knife. She almost had it when it slipped out of her hand, and she was thrown into the air. She let out a short scream, and as she fell, she caught her knife, and noticed she was about to crash into a ravine. Suddenly she landed on a black horse that was still running.

"Sarah!" said a voice.

Sarah looked behind her and saw Van Helsing on one of the horses.

"You okay?" he shouted.

"I'll let you know later!" she shouted back.

Van Helsing grinned as they continued riding. Soon they met up with Anna with her carriage. Sarah could see the relief on her face. Van Helsing threw her on the carriage in front, and then he got on.

"I told you the decoy plan would work," he said.

"Don't get too cocky," said Sarah.

"Look out!" cried Anna.

Obeying her sharp reflexes, Sarah back-flipped out of the way. The WEREWOLF! She landed on top of the carriage, as Van Helsing and Anna clung to the sides. The kerosene on th lights had spilt and it caught on fire!

"Uh-Oh. I'm in trouble," she said to herself. "Carl! A little help here!"

Carl popped his head out and saw Anna and Van Helsing and Sarah outside.

"What are you doing out her?" he asked.

"Carl!" Anna and Sarah cried.

"Sorry."

"Hurry up! I don't like fire!" Sarah screamed.

The fire around Sarah was like a fence around her. She groaned and closed her eyes. She took a step back, and jumped off the carriage rolling on the snow covered ground.

Sarah staggered through the woods holding her head in pain.

"I am never ever, ever, ever, ever, going on another carriage ride EVER AGAIN!" she said to herself

Sarah leaned back against a trunk of a tree and sighed. It's been 10 minutes since she jumped off the carriage, before being burnt to death. She had wondered where the others were, and missed them. Suddenly, she heard a cackle from far away. She raced across the land, until she came to a complete stop. She saw her mother being carried away with Aleera!

"NO!" She cried with tears in her eyes. "NO! VAN HELSING!"

"Sarah!" cried Van Helsing as he came running up.

Sarah hugged him very tightly sobbing into his chest.

"She's gone. She's gone. She's gone," she kept saying to herself.

Van Helsing picked her up, shushing her trying to calm her down.

"We'll get her back. If it's the last thing I do," he promised her.

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