A/N Even though this story doesn't get like any reviews, I still like the story and where it is going so HA!

Chapter 3

A meeting of fate

A week had passed since Vlad had brought Sara to the castle in the mountains. During that week the realization of where she was hit her full on. With the discovery of real live vampires her entire belief system was put into question. How could there be such things? How could God allow soulless things like them to live? It made her angry and hurt her to think about it.

As the week passed she had done nothing but sit in her room and look out at the view from the balcony. Tall mountains met her eyes when she glanced out of the windows and then below the building the waves of the sea crashed against the smooth beach.

Sara didn't dare go out into the public places of the castle. She didn't want to think of what would happen if she ran into one of the vampires. The idea scared her to her bones. She would barley eat anything that they gave her and was very reluctant to even stand in the same room as one of Them. Coming into contact with a walking corpse was not one of her favourite plans.

During that week Sara had also gotten restless though. Her mind was constantly working out a way that she could escape. Whether she tried at night or in the middle of the day, it didn't matter. There was the same risk in either choice. People were constantly awake vampire or not and walking around in the castle. Eventually she figured she might as well run for it. She just had to get over her fear. After all what was worse, being dead, or being locked up in a castle with killers for the rest of your life?

Sara slowly found her way through the large building trying to find the exit. She now wished that she had gone and walked around the grounds before so that she might have known where she was going. Every once in a while she would get the strong feeling that she needed to take this or that turn. Most of the time she felt like she was going in circles though she believed that she was somehow going in the right direction even though she had no idea where she was going. When she happened to pass someone, human or vampire, she couldn't quit tell the difference, she was always afraid that they were going to stop her or kill her. No one ever made a move and they just simply let her pass. Sara guessed Vlad had meant what he had said.

Eventually she managed to find a small door that opened out onto a sloping lawn down towards the sea. She had no idea how she had managed to find the exit but that didn't make her any less grateful. Thank you sense of direction she said to herself as she started down towards the ocean.

Taking a deep breath of fresh air in, Sara couldn't have been more happy. Her joy was short lived though. Where would she go? She didn't know what country she was in or which way was what. The only thing she knew for certain was that she needed to get as far away from these people as was possible and running right out into a clear lawn was a sure way to be seen.

Not two hundred yards to her right was a forest. As fast as her feet could carry her she made for the shelter of the trees.

Sara came to the understanding very quickly that she didn't like the forest. It was rather dark now that the sun had finally let. The whole place had a very threatening look to it. In the back of her mind she felt as if she was constantly being watched.

She had been walking through the woods for how long, she didn't know now and a shiver now ran down her spin as the cold started to seep through her thin t-shirt. It made her weary to think nothing had happened yet. She was sure that there would be some kind of security system. One didn't own a castle with out some king of protection.

The sound of leaves being rustled drew her attention outside of her thoughts. Moving slowly she looked behind her. A dark shadow moved behind a tree and she jumped.

What was that? she thought panicky to herself. Calm down she told herself, just calm down. Sara turned back around and started walking.

She had taken only two steps when something jumped in front of her path. At first she couldn't make out the dark hunched form but then a beam of light shot through the trees and played across the animals face. A wolf.

He was large with black fur and green eyes that seemed to dig into Sara's. For the longest time he just sat and looked at her and she had no choice but to look back. She believed that if she were to blink, let alone look somewhere else, the wolf would charge. The whole time her body stayed tensed fearing the immanent attack.

Sara soon began to tire though as she had little to nothing to eat for the past week. She couldn't take it anymore and gave the quickest look to her right trying to find an escape rout. As quick as she looked the wolf gave a loud cry that seemed to ring through the night forever. She could even hear it echo of the nearby mountains. Not before long she could hear the sounds of other animals coming through the woods towards them.

In fright and in panic Sara turned on her heals and ran as fast as she would back the way she came. She didn't know how long she had run when she began to feel her energy fade. Her feet became heavy and her breathing less paced. All the while she could hear the sounds of the pack of wolves as they tracked her with ease.

Sara shot a quick look behind her to see at least four, maybe five wolves very close behind her. They were only a mere twenty-five yards away now at least. She could almost imagine what it would be like to die this way.

I can't die this way she said crying to herself forcing herself to stay focused. I wont die this way! She knew the pack was just waiting for her to tire out or give up. She wouldn't give in to them though. Not yet.

Suddenly, as if out of nowhere she ran out onto a small beach and right into a man that had been standing there. Sara felt she could have almost thrown him over with the speed and desperation that had been driving her but as she hit him straight on the man just stood there like a stone holding her so she wouldn't fall backwards.

Her heart was racing and her breath seemed stuck inside her as she looked up into the dark green eyes that seemed to go on for eternity. Before she had realized she wasn't breathing she fainted into him and was surrounded by darkness.

A faint voice called to her. Sara could feel herself slowly waking up.

"Sara" the voice said. Sara couldn't help but think the voice was kind and soft. "Sara. Wake up."

She opened her eyes to find herself laying on the sand of the beach. It was still night and the moon threw light across the calm water of the ocean. The stars shined above her and the warm spring wind made her just want to fall asleep. She even tried closing her eyes but the voice wouldn't let her.

"Come on" he said in a slight British accent. "This is no time to fall asleep."

Slowly she sat up to face the man that was now kneeling down next to her. He looked to be twenty to twenty-two and had dark brown, black curly hair, the green eyes she had seen before, and smooth white skin. Too white to be human. Her heart skipped a beat and she tried to move away from him.

"You're one of them" she said coldly to him.

"I'm not going to hurt you" he said in a calm tone. "If I had wanted to, I could have already done so." She just looked at him. There was no way that she was going to trust him.

Sara about jumped when he moved his hand and grabbed a leaf out of her hair. He gave a small laugh and a smile. She had never been so close to one of Them before. She could make out the little lines on the side of his mouth as he smiled and the different shades of green that ran through his eyes. She couldn't stop staring at them.

"I wouldn't do that" he said pulling her attention back. "It's how a lot of people are caught." Sara quickly looked away from him.

"So how did you get out here?" he asked after she refused to say anything.

"What do you think?" she snapped back at him. She tried to stand up but her head soon was spinning and she was forced to sit back down next to the vampire. Great, she was now being forced to have small talk with a killer.

"Is there anyway that I can convince you to trust me?" he asked.

"Why should I trust you? You're one of Them."

She really doesn't like vampires, the man thought. That made him smile inwardly. They shared something in common. "I'm not that bad" he told her. "Once you get to know me."

She looked at him and laughed. "And why should I get to know you?"

"Because you need a friend" he said. She gave him a look as if to say "ya right". "My guess is, you'll be here for awhile. You don't want to spend the whole time alone do you?"

Sara looked at him and thought about it. She didn't know how long she would be there and surly didn't want to spend it alone. Why couldn't she trust him? His voice and his eyes told her to trust him. As soon as she had thought the words she wanted to kick herself. He was a Gad damn vampire! There was no way that she could trust him! "Why do you even care?" she shot at him.

The man just laughed. "Something tells me you aren't like other people." He said standing up and held out his hand. "My name is Draco."

Sara looked at the hand that had been given to her and slowly took it. What the hell am I doing? she thought to herself. It seemed no matter how hard she tried she seemed to feel comfortable by this vampire. "You have to prove to me I can trust you. Until then, nothing." He just gave her a smile and they walked off towards the castle.