The burning didn't stop. It went on for hours, then days, then what felt like months. Riley stayed with me through most of it, telling me what was happening and apologizing for the lives he took from me. Not only mine but Brookes too.

I have to admit I didn't listen to most of what he was saying over the days. I was too busy trying not to scream. My sensei had always taught us to face the pain, to not let it take you down. If he knew this kind of pain – the pain of loss, and the burning- I'm sure he would take those words back.

I hoped to become used to the pain, just like you get used to cold pool water, but it never happened. It just seemed to become worse as it spread through my body. I wished more than once that someone would come by and just kill me, but no one ever did.

There were others. I was not the only one burning. From what I could tell from the screams around me there were at least thirteen others. I was the only one that didn't scream.

"It's almost over Gwen." Riley told me. I had forgotten that he was still here with me.

"You can scream you know. Sometimes it helps… I hate seeing you endure things so quietly. It makes me think you're in more pain then you really are." He was starting to sound like my brother.

Why did he stay with me? Why keep me and kill Brooke? What was I to him?

The questions kept flowing through my head at a numbing pace. I suddenly felt like I was being dragged, it was for a short moment but I soon found myself wrapped in Riley's arms. It was a strangely familiar place; here in his arms. He reminded me of my older brother Rye even more now. They both had the same facial feathers, same blond hair only my Riley's weren't this perfect. My Riley would never had killed Brooke or condemn me to this hell.

"I'm so sorry." He sobbed. "It will be over soon Annie." He whispered into my ear.

ANNIE! No it couldn't be. Riley? It can't be. Was it? He was the only one who called me by my middle name. Why would he be down here? He was going to meet us at grandmas. How did he become this monster? How could he kill Brooke like she was nothing? HOW COULD HE DO THIS TO ME!

"Rye?" I whimpered. I felt his head nod on top of my head, were it was resting. "Why?" I managed to say. My throat had become numb from nonuse, but there was a slight burn that was starting to build up.

"I had to Gwen. I have to follow my orders." he sighed heavily. "Brooke was an accident… she just… I couldn't stop myself." he whispered; ashamed.

"You can't let anyone know we're related. Victoria wouldn't like that; she would have you killed if she knew our bond to each other. She likes to have control." He told me.

I just sat there in his lap, the screams echoing on the background, listening to what he was saying.

He killed Brooke by accident. He killed my best friend byaccident! Riley knew how much Brooke meant to me, and he killed her.

"Um, I found this for you." He said, pulling me from my angry thoughts.

I opened my eyes a bit to see what he was talking about. He held Brooke's pendent from the chain. It was crusted with blood, which smelled oddly appealing. There was something different about it.

"The heart turned red for some reason…" He pointed out. "But I wanted you to keep it."

Yes keep the reminder of my dead friend. The friend that he killed. I felt like I was being dragged again and I was once again on the hard concrete floor.

"I'm sorry but I have to go. Remember what I told you, remember all you can… or you'll lose it." The last part was so quiet I thought I imagined it.

Then he was gone and I was left alone to burn. I became dead to the world and I once again lost contact with it.

(AN: I was thinking of ending it here but that would make the chapter too short, so enjoy.)

The screams continued but the burning did not. Sometime after I regained consciousness, the fire in my veins began to retreat from my toes, then my fingertips. It continued to leave my system, at an unbearably slow pace, till it was just in my heart.

My last burning organ began to beat faster. It sounded like a propeller. There was a sudden burst of fire and despite all my years of hiding the pain, I screamed.

The scream lasted a moment but when I stopped so did my heart.

Oh shit!I thought. I'm dead

If I was dead why was there still burning. Maybe I really was in hell. Although, if my facts are right, the fires of hell are supposed to burn more than just your throat. So I lay there, afraid to open my eyes, just in case I really was in hell.

I was awhile till I noticed that the screams around me had stopped as well.

"I think she's dead." someone said above me. I felt something roll me over onto my back.

Ok people do not ask that question if they were in hell, because of course you would be dead.

"Better not bother her; he picked her himself."

Wait who picked me?

"Oh! Here comes' Riley." the first person said. My eyes snapped open at the sound of his name. The people who were standing over me gasped and backed away.

"You two over there, if you did anything to hurt her I swear to God I'll-" Riley's treat stopped mid-sentence when he saw me. "What did you two do to her?" Riley asked he sounded angry and his expression was terrifying.

I watched as the two teenage boys that had been talking over me backed up slowly.

"Hey, we didn't do anything man. We stood here and protected her just like you asked." They defended. Riley dismissed them and they both took off.

Riley crouched down next to me and took my face into both his hands. He pulled down on my right eye lid.

"Did they do this to you?" Riley asked.

"Do what?" I asked; I gaped at the sound of my voice. It sounded my bells. "What's wrong with me?"

"Is there anything different in your right eye, Gwen? Can you see the same as you do with your left?"

What strange questions to ask, but now that I thought about it, there was something different with my right eye. It felt like there was a film covering it, but it was as sharp as the other one. The right one was seeing different things then the other one.

There were colors radiating off people, and in the back off my head I knew what they meant. I saw the people I could trust and the one's I couldn't, the killers and the innocent, the lies and the truth. The two different sights blended together into one.

"No they're exactly the same." I lied.

Riley smiled.

"What?" I asked.

"I never thought I would get the chance to see your blue eyes again." He said in a dream like voice.

"Why wouldn't they be blue?" I asked.

He sighed and pulled the small mirror I had had in my pocket, out of his and held it up to my face. I would have screamed if my head wasn't over my mouth so fast. My eyes! The left one was the same blood red Riley's had been and the other was the same ice blue they've always been.

"I never would have thought that you would be a gifted one." He muttered.

"A gifted what?" I clearly wasn't human any more but nothing else made sense for me to be.

Riley took a deep lungful of air.

"Gwen." he sighed "We're vampires."

And stop! How will Gwen take the news? Will she freak or be cool with it? When do the Cullen's come in?No body knows till I get at least 5 reviews! This is my first story I need comments!