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I was in darkness, a cold darkness that was smothering me. And then, my eyes bolted open. I sat up and looked around the room. Bridgette was on the other side of the room, sleeping peacefully, I was in my own bed, breathing quickly, I sighed. This had been happening to me every night for the past week. My birthday was coming up in three days, and the effects of the nightmares were starting to show. I had been getting paler, and skinnier, and I had been extremely jumpy lately.
Even though I was up, I couldn't shake the dark feeling that was in this room, I hated it. I heard a loud rumbling coming from above me. With dread, I tilted my head upwards. In the corner above my bed was a dark fog, with the face of a wolf protruding from it.
I immediately jumped out of my bed, my body shifted in a defensive pose, and I made a fireball appear in my hand, I threw it towards the demon, that was grinning maliciously at me. The fire hit it right on the snout, and he howled in pain, Bridgette woke up, and saw what was going on, she jumped up in shock and ran next to me.
"Bridgette, get the hell out of here!" I yelled at her, "I can hold it off until the other's get here." I could feel it's strength and I knew that not even the two of us together could defeat it.
"But Peyton," She tried, I cut her off.
"If you want to do something useful, go get Reid and everyone." I said, I honestly didn't want Reid to be here, it wasn't anyone's problem except mine, but I knew he would feel guilty if I left him out of it.
She nodded and ran out of the room.
Bridgette stormed into Reid and Tyler's room, using to unlock the door.
"Reid, Tyler, wake up!" She yelled.
Reid grunted, and rolled towards her, Tyler sat up, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes. "What's up Bridge, that couldn't wait until morning?" Reid asked.
"Peyton!" Bridgette panted, tired from her run here. Reid immediately sat up, and got out of bed.
"What's wrong with her?" He asked loudly, grabbing Bridgette by the shoulders.
"She's fighting the demon in our dorm room." Reid ran out the door, not caring that he was only in his boxers. Tyler started after him, but Bridgette stopped him. "Call Caleb and Pogue, it's going to take all of us, and warn Kate and Sarah, I'll go get Missy." He nodded and grabbed his cell phone off of his desk.
I was throwing fireball after fireball, and I could feel myself losing energy. It seemed that the only thing that worked against it was fire. I hope that someone gets her soon, I don't think I'm going to last much longer. The wolf took a swipe at me, and I was thrown against Bridgette's vanity, the mirror breaking behind me. I gasped, as I felt the shards slit my back, and the blood oozed out painfully. I struggled to get back up, "Shit, Bridge is going to kill me." I mumbled, and then focused back on the wolf.
Just then, the door flew open, and there was Reid. It's weird that even in a situation like this, I noticed how magnificently hot he is. He took one look towards me, and I could see the rage in his face, or shooting out of his eyes like bullets. He conjured up an energy ball, and shot it towards the wolf. I hobbled over next to him, and straightened myself out, with a cry of pain.
"Peyton, what are you doing? Your hurt." He said, throwing another energy ball towards it.
"I'm helping you, dumb ass, if I can't take it on my own, I wouldn't want you to try," I yelled at him. It was a wonder, that nobody else was up yet, with all the noise we've been making. He rolled his eyes, and continued throwing energy balls at the demon. I joined him, wincing every so often when I moved a certain way.
It seems that storming into my room has become a habit for people, because about three seconds later, Bridgette, Missy, Tyler, Caleb, and Pogue all came in, and I could see the silhouettes of Kate and Sarah behind the doors.
Within five minutes after that, the demon disappeared. I sighed, as I saw Sarah and Kate run in. Then, everything went black.
I could feel a strong pair of arms beneath me, an I groaned as the pain all caught up to me, and I heard sighs of relief coming from all around me, I opened my eyes, everyone was standing around me.
"Are you okay, Peyton?" Bridgette asked, worry evident on her face.
"Stop worrying Bridgette, we all know you don't want wrinkles." I muttered hoarsely.
"Yup, she's okay." Reid muttered.
"What happened, I feel like I was hit over the head by an elephant holding a sledgehammer." I moaned.
"You fainted-" Missy started, but I cut her off.
"I don't faint."
"Okay, fine," She sighed, "You were knocked out by the amount of power you used."
I grinned, "Guess that means I kicked it's spooky ass then."
They all laughed, although you could tell they were still really tense. I tried to sit up, but I gasped.
"What is it?" Reid asked frantically.
"How many, broken bones do I have?" I asked, mostly to Bridgette, she was the one with the healing powers.
"You broke two of your ribs, dislocated your shoulder, and re-broke your hand, you know from when you hit Aaron." How could I forget? "You also haver numerous lacerations on you're back. Some of them are pretty deep." she recited as though she were a doctor.
"Cool, that's more than last time." I laughed.
"I will never get you, Peyton O'Donnel." Missy muttered. Bridgette, nodded in agreement.
"So hold still, so I can heal you." I nodded in reply, and grimaced. I hated being healed, it hurt like hell, but it was better than going to a doctor. I winced as I felt an uncomfortable heat searing through my body as if a million needles, that just happened to be on fire, were poking me. Finally it died down, and I sat up, and gave Bridgette a hug.
"Thanks, babe." I said.
One by one, everyone started filing out of the room, and I looked surprised when Bridgette was leaving too.
"Where are you going, Bridge?" I asked.
"I'm going to stay with Missy tonight." She said, not elaborating anymore, but I understood, and I smiled in thanks.
I turned towards Reid, who still looked uncharacteristically concerned. I grinned and kissed him lightly. "I'm fine." I said.
He sighed, and said "Don't do that again."
I grinned, "Okay, I wont accidentally get attacked by a demon again." We were on my bed, and he was cradling me in his lap. "Seriously though, I'll try not to use that much power again." He laughed, and decided to change the subject to something less morbid.
"What do you want to do for you're birthday?" Oh right, I totally forgot about it,
"Not much, really, I want to spend time with my friends, maybe go to Nicky's, and forget that I ascend at 10:27 pm." He nodded in understanding.
"So..." I started, slyly, "What did you get me for my birthday?"
He grinned "You'll just have to wait and see."
"No fair." I pouted. I noticed that he doesn't smirk around me anymore, he smiles.
"So, tell me something no one else knows about you." He requested randomly.
"Um... I secretly idolize Veronica Lake." I said. He laughed, and I knew he was going to ask why.
"Why?" See, I told you.
"Because, she's gorgeous, and sexy." I said, "I'll let you in on another secret, I've never even tried to be sexy. I just don't think I can pull it off, I'm to tomboyish."
He rolled his eyes at me, and said "That's bullshit. Just because you've never tried to be sexy, doesn't mean you aren't, you're sexier than any girl I've ever been with." I blushed at his comment, and I shook my head in disagreement.
"Here, I'll prove it to you. Remember, when I first met you, and you beat me in pool? Which was a fluke by the way, I'm still waiting for a rematch. Well, you playing pool, is just about the sexiest thing I've ever seen, I've had a couple of fantasies about it, actually."
This amused me, "Really? I would ask, but I'm not sure I want to know."
He chuckled, and I laughed to. "Man, I'm beat, time to sleep." I mumbled through a yawn.
He smiled, and said "Goodnight, Baby Girl."
"G'night blondie." I fell asleep almost immediately, and for the first time in days, I slept without any dreams at all.
When I woke up, I could feel a giant lump, beneath me, oh wait, that lump is my boyfriend. I turned my head to look at the alarm clock, and, oh shit, we're going to be late.
"Reid, Reid wake up." I murmured shaking him awake.
"Hmm... what's up?"
"We're late." So we immediately got up, and rushed to change. You can imagine the look on our classmates' faces when we rushed into History with only seconds to spare, looking as unkempt as us.
All I can say is, I wish I had a camera, because the evil looks the girls were giving me made their faces look so hideous, if I had a picture, it would be the most awesome form of blackmail.