April's POV

Boo!

Two people can step out from behind a tree, say boo, and scare a little kid. But when you're in Everworld and two people step out from behind a tree there's something more than a little boo factor. It's always wondering how long they've been there and where they come from. There's never any boo, they can just show up around the corner and give you the chills, if you let them and at this very moment I let them, I think we all did.

Suddenly the woods around us grew cold and the sun had completely set. I wrapped my arms around each other to keep warm but it wasn't helping. Jalil and David seemed to be doing the same and Christopher was completely transfixed on the boy and girl who had shown up mere seconds ago. The very same boy and girl that made me want to turn around and cover my eyes. And as I looked down it was evident to me that Sel had done just that. She had covered her eyes with her hands and was biting down on her lower lip as if hoping the two people wouldn't see her.

Vampires. I'd never had a fascination with them. Senna had, I remember. She had piles of books on them and no one knew, no one at school knew. She never talked about it but at home she was always reading. She kept all of her books under her bed and at night she would choose a new one. Sometimes she wouldn't even read a book completely; she would just skim it and decided then and there whether or not it was worth keeping. Then one day they were all gone and I had asked her where her books went and she would only look up and smile. It was a sad smile but there was something behind it.

"Speechless," cooed the girl, flipping back a braid the lay on her shoulder. "All of them so speechless and their hearts pounding! Oh, and such a loss; following the girl around, trying to find a way out."

Jalil's eyes shifted to Sel and Christopher's jaw nearly dropped.

"Loss, what loss? Who said there was a loss?" He asked before his eyes widened. "Oh… Oh. We're not lost! We're perfectly fine. We – we're lost, ain't we?"

"What was your first clue?" I muttered, not taking my eyes off of the two in front of us all.

The boy had smirked, drawing the girl closer to him. He whispered something to her and she laughed quietly to herself. The rest of us regarded them.

David shifted in place, looking about ready to run, but Sel beat him to it. She had been running from them the whole time. Here's something to think about: If you met a little girl in the woods who tells you to stop listening to lying mirrors, and then proceeds to tell you that there are vampires around in the world and that they've been following you, don't you think you would run the minute said vampires showed up? Or would you rather run after the girl and tried to figure out just what the hell was going on.

Jalil's eyes were everywhere. Jumping from person to person. It was almost all too clear that he was studying the situation. I almost had half the mind to ask him what he was thinking. But couldn't. Christopher got there first.

"Spock. Spcokie, Spockie, Spoock!" He said, inching towards him. "What's going on in that there brain of yours?"

The first scientist, and the first real world idiot in Everworld. Could this get any better?

"They're boring now," the girl pouted, putting her hands on her hips. "Can't I go after the girl now, pretty please?"

And then the silence fell over all of again and for the first time, or rather the second time the boy spoke.

"No, love. I've got a story for these ones," and as he spoke, he smiled and I felt my heart sink and the rumble in my throat that finally pushed out until I was screaming.

I've got a secret, I'm scared of vampires.

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A/N: I'm very ashamed of this chapter, but I haven't updated this in awhile and I acutally don't have the notes for this fic anymore. Sorry for the lame update, guys, but bare with me. I don't even have my books at the moment. There will be a better update later, promise!