Chapter 4

"Oh great. So Chi doesn't believe it the Night World. So, I was the idiot to ask her. And isn't tomorrow Saturday, meaning no homework? I have the strangest feeling-" Skye broke off as he and Ash heard a scream from a few blocks away… towards Chi's house.

He and Ash looked at each other for a moment, then ran to see what was the matter.

The werewolf pounced… on her, pinning her down, its liquid animal eyes looking at her hungrily.

"It's too strong! It's…it's… gonna eat me! Oh God, hellpp!" Chi thought, scared for the first time since she was nine.

She did what was supposedly done in times of emergencies. She screamed.

"Ahhh! Get… off me… you beast!" She half-screamed, half-shouted.

It only made matters worse. The werewolf gripped its hand (if you could even call it a hand) around her neck and started tightening it.

"It's going to squeeze the life out of me! God, please God…" Chi thought, as things started to swirl around her.

"Don't faint or it'll eat you for sure!" Her conscience screamed in her head, but it was no use.

Chi could already see spots of darkness, and it was getting harder to breathe.

"On God, look. It's a werewolf… and its… its got Chi! Chi! Wake up!" Skye shouted as they neared the spot where Chi screamed.

"It's no use! It's got a grip on her, and didn't you hear her talking to you telepathically? She's already as dizzy as she is! And she's trying as hard as she can to keep awake! We've got to get there before it's too late!" Ash shouted back.

As they neared the werewolf, it was obvious that Chi was barely struggling with the werewolf. She was barely breathing, and her eyes were closed.

"Chi!" Skye shouted, and the werewolf dropped her, its attention focused on the two of them.

"Silver… silver knives… in kitchen…" Chi gasped.

While Ash kept the werewolf distracted, Skye ran into the house, into the kitchen, to find the silverware.

"Hey, ugly! Over here!" Ash shouted, gathering strength into an attempt to distract and get the werewolf away from Chi.

As predicted, the werewolf left Chi and went after him.

At the moment, Skye came out of the house and tossed two silver knives at Ash. Ash caught the knives and drove them into the werewolf's heart.

The werewolf howled in pain and then went still. It was dead.

Skye ran over to Chi and examined her, to see if she was wounded or hurt. There were scratch marks on her throat, and the bleeding had stopped. The wound wasn't very deep.

Ash came over, after burying the werewolf somewhere deep into the woods, and said, "Shouldn't you bring her inside? It's getting cold. Well, not for us, but for a human."

"Well… I guess werewolves… really do exist," Chi gave a weak smile, then fell unconscious.

Skye carried Chi inside and laid her on the couch, covering her with his cloak.

Ginger meowed loudly, indicating that it was hungry. Ash threw down the cat food.

Later, when everything was settled, both Skye and Ash took a seat on the armchairs, and fell asleep.

When Chi woke up, she saw that she was covered by Skye's cloak and that Skye and Ash were asleep on the armchairs.

She smiled to herself and got up to make breakfast (pancakes) and fed Ginger.

Skye awoke to the smell of pancakes coming from the kitchen. He glanced around and saw that Chi and Ash were missing.

He went to the kitchen and saw-

"Hey, Skye! Come and eat! Actually, I'd prefer blood, but these pancakes are all right," Ash greeted, a plate of pancakes in front of him.

Chi set down another plate of pancakes. "Here, sleepyhead. Looks like you finally woke up!" She seemed more cheerful than yesterday, but the scratch marks were still there.

"Your throat…" He said cautiously.

"It's fine, thanks to you two. Okay, okay. I admit that werewolves really do exist. Happy?" Chi gave a slight gesture of surrender.

"No, it's not that. Vampires really do exist. Um, well, Ash and I are really vampires. From the Night World.

The saying is: wood for vampires, silver for werewolves and shapeshifters, and iron for witches.

We vampires can heal just about any attack, except attacks from wood. And since we're soulmates, I'd… like to make you a vampire… if you'd let me…" Skye said cautiously.