-Sorry I know these are short...but they will get longer! I promise especially if you review lol. I have to decide on a few details still, I'll take suggestions! Enjoy!-

There is a knock at my door and I jump.

"Yes?"

"Gemma! Hurry or you'll be late for our English session!"

"Oh yes! I'm coming"

I hear Arabella walk away from my door and down the stairs. I breathe a sigh and slowly stand and look at the note in my hand. There is no time to think, if I am late I shall be locked out and miss the lesson, which is by no means a good notion. I get dressed quickly, not letting go of the note. I hope that it is real, that it will not soon disappear as Kartik does in my dreams before I wake. I slip the note into my corset; it sits at the side under my arm. I fear that if I let it go I will never see it again.

I pin up my hair and look at myself in the mirror. I look horrid; my red curls need brushing desperately, my face is still red from crying as are my eyes, but it will have to do. Suddenly, there is a flash of movement behind me and I spin around but there is nothing. I brush it off forgetting it quickly and run to my first class barely making it.

I sit at my desk as the instructor lectures on the proper use of punctuation marks, I think. I don't hear a word he is saying, I just sit and think of the note and of Kartik. Tonight is June 1st, and Felicity, Ann and I shall meet in the Realms as we always do the first of each month. I might discuss the matter with them, but I fear they shall think me mad. Perhaps I am mad.

"Miss Doyle! Please stop day dreaming and pay attention!"

I snap back.

"Yes sir, sorry."

He continues on but I still don't hear, I have too much to think about. I wander off into deep thought once again. Then there is another flash of movement behind my instructor. I gasp but quickly regret it for everyone around me including the instructor has noticed it.

"Miss Doyle. What is the matter now?"

"No-nothing" I stutter.

"Are you feeling alright today Miss Doyle? You seem to be in another place."

I lie. "No, I fear that I do not feel very well today."

He gives a sigh and waves his hand to dismiss me.

"Go get some rest. Miss Patrickson will take notes for you."

"Yes sir, thank you."

I gather my notebook and pencil and walk out the door. I have the urge to run, to be free. I run to my room and put down my things and run outside into the near by woods.

I spin around as the petals from a near by flowering tree float to the ground. I stop and sit down. I cannot help but think of him, think of Kartik. The first time I took him to the realms. Tears began to well up in my eyes and again I am lost in the grief of losing him. If I had only listened to him, believed in his dream of us fighting side by side. Would I still have lost him? Would Amar still have stabbed me? Would that one-drop of blood still escape and strike the ground? Would Kartik still have to sacrifice himself? Sacrifice him self, for me? I would give anything in the world to do it over, anything at all. But I know that there isn't anything I can do, at least that I know of. However, I will find a way, I have to for the sake of my sanity. Because two years has been too long to live without him, without his touch, his smell, his warmth. Dreams are no longer enough for me.

I see a flicker of movement, I look but there is nothing there. Am I mad? Then I hear it. It starts as a low whisper and then builds quickly.

"Sacrifice, sacrifice, sacrifice."

I stand up, turn around and face what is chanting. It is a wraith; I see its bony hand protruding, pointing at me. I'm frozen in place, frozen with fear. What is a wraith doing here?

"You are the sacrifice, the one who can give me more power!"

"What do you want?" I say and hope my voice doesn't show my fear which is building by the second.

"Sacrifice, sacrifice, sacrifice!" It screams.

I look around for anyone watching, there is no one. I concentrate and summon the door of light.

"If you want your sacrifice follow me."

I do not need to tell the creature twice. I fling open the door and he chases after me. I am in the garden. I look around for anyone and see no one. I turn around and face the wraith.

"Sacrifice, sacrifice, sacrifice."

"No! I am no one's sacrifice."

The wraith comes at me, it has a dagger it its hand. I avoid the first attack but the second wave comes quickly and I am not fast enough. The dagger wounds my side; I wince and fall hard on my knees.

"Sacrifice! Blood has been spilled! More! More!"

The creature moves towards me but something inside me happens. I place my hand on the wraith's chest and I feel a strange connection. For a moment it seems as if time has frozen then our bond is broken I feel a power flow through me and suddenly the creature disintegrate into nothing more then dust and is gone with a gust of the wind.

-mmm what will happen next? Sorry I love suspense new story coming very soon so no worries! Review pretty please 3-