A/N OK, this is the second chapter to my other story. I'm not quite sure where I want it to go yet so just bare with me. (By the way, I got first place in my very first horse show on my horse named Sonny or "Live Wire" W00T.)

Chapter two

Zeta mumbled something under her breath as a good-sized fire shot out of the earth. It was a perfect campfire.

"Wow…Zeta…You've gotten good." Zach mumbled.

"I've had a lot of time to practice, Zach." She grinned, "Don't I even get a welcome back hug?" Zach smiled and hugged her tightly.

"We've all really missed you in the village. You should come visit…" Zeta looked down and shook her head slightly.

"No Zach." She replied softly.

Zach hugged her again and sat down by the fire. He gazed at it wonderingly before asking, "How did you make that? There's no smoke and no wood but there's heat coming from it and it doesn't spread." Zeta smiled and moved closer to the fire. She made a sign with her hand and wrote 'Zach' in the air. A moment after, sparks shot out of the fire and wrote 'Zach' in the air then they hovered there.

Zach stared bug-eyed and mumbled, "Wow." Zeta smiled and sat across the fire from her friend.

"So…what have you been up to?" Zach asked, after it seemed like Zeta wasn't going to say anything.

"Not much. The usual I guess. Fighting some stuff sending it packing…watching over." Zeta looked down then back up. "What have you been up to?"

"Well…losing a girlfriend…realizing I had feelings for someone else and…that's 'bout it. I…" Zach stopped when he saw her look away into the woods, "Zeta…?" When she looked back, her eyes were glowing the black-blue-violet color.

"Is something wrong?" He asked in confusion. Her black wolf appeared beside her and growled in the direction she was looking.

Zeta stood up carefully and raised her sword. She stood in a fighting stance and mumbled something in another language. She pulled a small bell from her waistband and rang it softly. The sound came out loud and clear. The bell would call any dark spirits towards her. She carefully put the bell back in its holder before her wolf lunged into the woods. She waited for her wolf to come back; hopefully if she was lucky, it would be nothing.

Her eyes glowed darker as she looked at Zach, he was slightly afraid. She smiled at him wickedly, her large black eyes burning a hole through him. He backed away then she turned. She was face to face with a large black shadow.

Her sword glowed black as she plunged it into the shadow.

"Cover your ears!" She screamed at Zach. Right as he did, the monster let out an ear splitting roar. Her dark hair blew back from her face and she smiled at the monster. Her smile was colder than ice and the monster tried to get away. She grabbed at the monster magically and held him there.

"Vado tergum quatinustu veni unde." The monster flew backwards and disappeared into the death realm.

"Gratulor!"

Zach stared at her in disbelief. "What was that?" He asked.

Zeta shrugged, "I told you what I did."

Zeta whistled for her black mare and jumped on. She pulled up her hood and held out her hand for Zach. "It's not safe here anymore."

They rode for some time before they stopped again and made camp.

"I'm cursed, Zach." Zeta said suddenly. Zach looked up at her.

"What do you mean?" He questioned. His eyes were full of worry already. Zeta looked down. When she looked up, her eyes were full of tears. Zach moved towards her but she moved away.

"Watch." She plucked a beautiful red rose from the earth. It was full of life, but as she ran her fingertips around it, it instantly became wilted and brown. She looked ashamed of herself.

"Death's been out to get me since I left. That's why I have to move so fast." She whispered.

"How come you can ride that horse?" Zach asked.

Zeta blinked, "Because she's dead." She replied simply.

"Wait, you mean I rode a dead horse?" Zeta gave him the -.- stare.

Zach walked over to her and grabbed her hand when she tried to walk away.

"Zach…Don't." Zeta whispered.

"You can't hurt me…" He whispered back. His lips slowly met hers for a moment. He pulled away from her, but she wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him again. She kissed him a moment longer than last time then let go and sat down by the fire. She let her hair fall down in front of her face so he couldn't see how flushed she was.

Zach mumbled something under his breath, but she didn't hear him. Zeta wondered why in the world he didn't die when she touched him. Normally, everything did. She looked at him with an assessing gaze.

He smiled slightly at her and she looked down immediately. She had never felt this shy over anyone.

"You should get some sleep. We have a long journey for tomorrow." She said quietly.

"Aren't you going to sleep?" He asked with one brow raised.

"I don't sleep. I am a wanderer. I wait and I watch. Don't worry, I'll be here." Feeling suddenly brave, she kissed his cheek and sat down under a dark tree, away from the fire. Zach sat still, the tingle on his cheek kept him silent. His mind was racing.

Zach's P.O.V.

Do I love her? I can't lover her! I know she doesn't love me…but that tingle when she touches me…oh that tingle. I wonder if she feels the same way…she sure is beautiful.

Zeta's P.O.V.

What has gotten into me? I don't even have emotions! How can one boy just mess up my destiny? Maybe he is my destiny? No, he's only human…We could never be together, but how could anyone know?

Normal P.O.V.

Her big black wolf pouncing on her playfully interrupted her thoughts. She laughed and hugged him close. He had died a long time ago, but she had brought him back. He came to her alone and he did not have a name. It was against the rule to name the living dead. They wouldn't respond if they did have a name, any ways.

Zeta's feelings for Zach had not changed by the time he had woken up.

"Hey, Zach." She said casually, "How'd you sleep?"

He smiled at her slightly, "It felt good knowing someone was watching out for me." Zetawin had decided that she was not going to say anything and hope that he would forget. She didn't quite understand how deeply he cared for her.

While Zach was eating breakfast, Zeta's eyes stared glowing. She looked to the east and whistled.

"Put out the fire. We must leave. Now." Zach blinked but immediately put out the fire.

Zeta's mare came trotting through the woods and bent down so Zeta could get on easier. Zeta pulled Zach on quickly and gave the mare a squeeze with her lower legs. The mare quickly rushed forward and crashed through the brush.

Once on the trail, the black mare galloped as fast as she could. She ran faster than lightning. Zach threw his arms around Zeta's waist and she cling to her mare's thick mane. They were running from something.

Suddenly, the sky became lit with lightning. Thunder boomed so loud that even the dead stumbled. The lightning made it impossible to truly hear anything.

"Zach! You have to hide! This thing is after me!" Zeta shrieked, but Zach shook his head and clung to her.

When Zeta dared to look back, she saw…

Mwahahahaha…ok I'm done now. I have all my chappies written out I just gotta type 'em up. Ok well pleeeaaase review!