Sorry if you think this is so complicated and confusing, but my stories are normally like this. Here we go, Chapter 3. (I don't own the fact that vampires have blood preferences. If that makes any sense).

(Chap 3: Dreams part 2)

I awoke in a small cave. At first I thought I was alone, but then I heard a voice, "Tikal! You're awake! Thank god!" It was Tamal.

"Tamal? How did you know it was me?"

"I'm a vampire, remember. I can see in the dark better than you." He replied. Ok Stupid question. "What happened? You would have died if you jumped in the water. You're not normally that bad." He looked at the scars on Tikal's wrist. "Well not too much. But still you haven't been like that in months, so what happened?"

"Well, a man is staying at our house, and I had a feeling he had something to do with Christine, and I asked her what Erik looked like." Tamal gave me a strange look. "You know, Erik… 'The Phantom Of The Opera' "

"Oh, yea. Some times I forget who's who." He said brushing his hair out of his blood-red eyes.

"Some times I think you would mistake the Phantom for Raoul." I smirked.

I was about to continue when I was interrupted by a loud growl. "Was that your stomach Tamal?" slightly embarrassed he nodded, "I haven't been feeding at all to be honest." I looked at him with concern.

"You shouldn't do that. You could die! You know how important it is for vampires to feed." Great, now look at me. I'm giving one of my best friends a lecture on something that I don't actually understand. I was going MAD in my mind.

"I know I shouldn't go hungry, but… I… well I can't explain what it is, but I think I've found my blood preference. And well…" He trailed of and tried to change the subject.

"No, what?" I continued

"It… It's nothing, really." You should know better than to try and shake me off.

"Tell me what's going on?" Now he was pushing his luck and I was just about ready to give him a serious butt kicking if he didn't say something.

"Ok, ok. I don't exactly know what it is, but whatever it is, it's an emotion you have. And lets just say it's a little difficult to ignore." He explained shyly.

" Why didn't you just say?"

"I didn't know what you would think. I was afraid you would hate me, or be afraid of me. And I was scared… Scared that I would heart you… I could've bit you." was his reply.

"You know that I would never think that Tamal. And you know that I will always be you're friend even if you did bite me… In fact, why don't you?" I said as I walked over to sit beside him on a smooth, large rock.

"I couldn't. And you wouldn't like that."

"I don't mind."

"I wont."

"You could die if you don't." I tried to persuade him to bite me. I didn't want to wake up one day to find that my best friend had died from starvation.

" Then what's to worry about? You're in less danger with me gone."

"I'm in no more trouble with or without you. You're the only reason I didn't kill myself years ago. With out you I have no reason to live. The only reason I live is to help and protect you. Please, do it. Everything will be ok."

"Well I guess it will wake you up. Ok, but I have to tell you something. Meet me under the old willow tree."

(Tamal's P.O.V)

As I bit into her neck, I had a sudden flash-back.

(Flash-back)

The birds were singing and the sun was shining. Most people think we can't come out in the day is worse than others saying we don't exist. Thank god there are the few who do believe in vampires. I was writing in my dream diary when these boys came up to me. "Hey Vamp' boy." The leader called out to me. "If you believe all that rubbish then you're going to have to pay me to be in the sun. How much you got?"

"Nothing. Just leave me alone." I pleaded.

"That's not good enough." He snarled. This was barbaric, it was five 6 year olds against one 5 year old.

"Hey! What you doing?" A girl's voice came from behind the bullies. She had long silver hair and a patch over one eye.

"This vampire freak owes me all his money for letting him stay in the sun. But it doesn't concern you're pretty little head Tikal."

"And since when, Loyd, did you own the sun light?"

"Since now. But since I like you I'll let you off, if and only if you go out with me to the Valentine Dance tonight at school." He said smugly.

"I'd never go out with an a whole like you." She said, still keeping her soft tone (If any of you have seen Karin, she speaks like Anjou in the flash-backs).

"That's it." He turned to me. "Your going to get it good." He punched me in the face, causing my mask to fall of. She's bound to hate me now. I bet she either wants to kill me now or she wants to run away in fear, She probably wishes she hadn't tried to help me.

"It's like the phantom of the opera. Or how Tikal's crazy mother describes it."

"My mum is not crazy. It was real. And it's not that bad. Leave him alone or I'll use my… abilities from my… you know what."

"You honestly think I'm afraid or your empty threats. You bluffing. You'd NEVER use that ageist some one as good looking as me." He smirked.

"Wanna' bet?" she said as she sent a ball of black energy into his stomach, which didn't harm him but it knocked him down and winded him.

"Next time it will be stronger and I will have your head mounted on my family's living room wall, unless you leave now." They all looked her in the eye, daring her to do it. She made a power ball so big you could see it from behind her back. The boys all looked terrified and ran away, but not before she sent a shock wave which tripped them up in the mud.

"Thanks for that. How do you do that?" She flipped her patch up to show the straingest eye I had ever seen. It was blood-red like mine, but the pupils were slits, like cats eyes, and they burned like wiled-fire in the haryt of the sun.

"It's all thanks to my 'Devil's eye' that I inherited from my dad. You're a vampire aren't you?"

"What makes you say that?" I asked as she handed me my mask

"Well youre pail, you have red eyes and I can see your fangs a little."

"It's that obvious?"

"Well to some more than outhers. Hey your that new boy arent you?"

"Yea. Umm… Tikal, do you have some one to go to the Valentine Dance with tonight?"

"No, why?"

"Well I was thinking, since you're the onely one I know, you might go with me?"

"Ok, meat you tonight." and she left.

(6 houers lator)

I was starting to worry, she haden't shown up. "What's wrong vamp' boy? Oh yea, your friend dumped you to come out with someone who is less of a freek, some one hot like me." Loyd started taking the advantege to bullie me agein.

Suddenly I knew were she was and heded fore the river in the park. I found her sitting by the river, wareing a butiful black dress with a black aingel wings. But she was coverd in blood, a knife was in her hand and she looked ready to end it. She was about to cut herself again when I called out. "Tikal! Don't!"

I ran to her and helled her in my arms. "Tamal. I'm so sorry, so much has hapend in my family that I don't think I can cope."

"You shouldn't do this to yourself. I'll aleways need you."

"Then if I servive, I will dedicate myself to helping you. I promise." The next thing I knew I had lost controle of myself and I bit her.

(End flash-back and Tamal's P.O.V)