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A/N: There are a few songs that are appropriate for this chapter. 1) is I Dreamt of Edward by Carter Burwell (If you read the first sentence you'll get why), 2) Sleep by My Chemical Romance, &3) Vampires Will Never Hurt You by My Chemical Romance

6) Demons

In the dream Edward was standing in the shadows. But there was something different, I just couldn't pinpoint it. "Edward," the dream-me whispered as I walked towards him. As my eyes adjusted to the dark I realized what was wrong. He had red eyes.

I woke screaming. Aunt Piper raced into my room.

"Bella? What's wrong?" she asked franticly.

"Nothing," I replied, sobbing, "just a nightmare."

"Just a nightmare," I whispered to myself as she closed the door. I glanced sideways at my alarm clock, 1:00 A.M., it read, its dull green light casting shadows on my wall. I knew I wouldn't be able to go back to sleep, so I wandered over to the altar in the corner of my room. I simply let my hands wander, playing with the candles, repositioning them over and over again. After about 15 minutes of that I got up and wandered over to my laptop and Google searched "Nyx". As the results popped up, I clicked on a promising one entitled "Daughters of Nyx- All things Nyx"

I soon discovered Nyx was the Greek personification of Night. She also often displayed as the Goddess (or patron saint, if you will) of vampires. Ha, the irony.

After I finished reading about Nyx I decided to check my email. I found a few from Renée. I also had a surprising-but still pleasant- email from Angela. It read:

Hey, where are you? You just kinda disappeared, we all want to know. What happened?

-Angela

Huh, after completely ignoring my friends, they still cared. So, I wrote back:

My mom& Dad are making me stay with my Aunts and cousins. I don't really know why.

-Bella

I then checked the clock on my laptop; 5:30 A.M. Ok, so time to get dressed. I quickly threw on a pair of jeans, a tee-shirt, and my black hoddie. I packed up my bag and headed down stairs. Once I reached the kitchen I discovered the only other person up was Prue.

"Hey, I've got a photo shoot. So I'll se you at dinner," she said, grabbed her camera, and headed out the door. I went to the table, got out my ipod, put it on, and waited. About half an hour later I hadn't spoken and was sitting (like a total dork) in the backseat of our car. I missed my truck.

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"Hey Bella? Bella, so are you in?" Korin's voice finally snagged me out of my daydream. To be honest I don't even know what it was about. The purpose was to avoid Spanish.

"You know Bella, the trip to old Salem?' she prodded.

"Uh, yeah. Sure," Korin and some of the friends she sat with at lunch were planning a Christmas shopping trip down to colonial Salem. BUZZ. I sighed, just seven more periods to endure until I could go home.

As we entered the cafeteria, Korin asked me; "So, are you going to sit with us today?"

After thinking about this for a millisecond I replied; "Most definitely."

When, we reached her table I saw a girl with blond hair picking at a bagel and a black haired boy who was bent over a book.

"Hey, uh, guys?" Korin asked. Almost instantly the two looked up at her. I noticed that the black haired boy had beautiful green eyes. His human eye color.

"This is Bella," Korin said.

"Hey," the blond girl said.

"Hi, I'm Galeen," the black haired boy reliped.

"And the other girl is Julia," Korin said. I quickly slid into the only open seat left, after Korin had sat down next to Julia. It was next to Galeen. As I took a sideways glance at him and I saw that he was reading an old dog-eared copy of Bryon's poetry.

He saw me looking and asked, "Do you read Bryon?"

"Er, I've only read I little. My mom had a phase where she used to read me poetry before I went to sleep."

"What's your favortie?"

"She Walks in Beatuy."

"That's a nice one," he said and glanced down not wanting to meet my eyes," I kinda like to ones about vampires," he admitted. Vampires. I felt what was left of my heart squeeze in pain.

"So, what else do you like to read?" I asked trying to get off the subject.

"Uh, I kinda like I Othello and Macbeth," he said.

The Julia inturputed, "Oh thank gawd, he's finally found someone else to talk about books to. I mean Galeen, just becasue I read Gossip Girl does not mean I like Shakespear." I could sense that this was an old argument, something I wouldn't know about, like an inside joke.

"Jeesh, you're so touchy," Galeen muttered.

" Okay guys, peace," Korin said, and turned to me for support.

"Don't look at me I'm Switzerland in this matter," I said,"but, I will advocate for peace anyday," I added with a wink to Korin.

"Anyways," Julia said," So are going with us downtown this weekend?"

"Uh,.. yeah." I replied.

"Well, bring your raincoat because it's supposed to rain," Galeen added.

"Great!" I excalimed. I probably said it a little too enthusiasticly. Without the clouds and trees I felt exposed and out of place.

"You like the rain? I thought you were from Arizona," Korin mused.

"Yes, I like the rain. And yes, I used to live in Arizona, but last year I moved to Forks, Washington, rainest place in the continetail U.S," I said solemly.

"And moving there made you like the rain?" Julia pestered.

"Umm... yeah. When I first moved there my first thoughts were 'It's too green', but really it's beautiful. I got so used to being covered by trees and clouds, I feel too exposed here," I gushed.

"So were the guys-" Julia began but was cut off (thankfully) by Galeen.

"So, is there anywhere that you sepciflicly want to go to?' he politly asked.

"There's this-" I began, but it was my turn to be cut off. This time it was by the bell.

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That night I noticed what my last design with candles on the altar 's tripple moon symbol. Weird. More like freaky of the sudden, my hands were moving, I removed all the candles from the altar, the put a yellow one facing east, a red one facing south, a bule one west, a green one norht, and a purple one in the center. It was a circle.

I snapped my fingers and lit the yellow one and said," Air, I call you to this circle. I wish for you to blow your winds of knowalge upon me."

Keeping my fingers lit I moved towards the red one, "Fire, I summon you to this circle to warm me with your ferrocity." As I summoned my element I felt my body flush with heat.

The blue one now," Water I bring you to this cirle to wash your waves of healing on me."

Green," Earth I ask you join me in this circle to rooot me with your compasion"

Now for the spirit candle, "Spirit, I summon you to this circle to make me and this sacred circle complete." I felt my spirit lift and soar.

"Nyx, I know you've gifted me like this for a reason. But, why? Why would you want to pick damged goods?" I asked.

"Air, thanks, you may go," I put out the candle.

"Fire thank-you, you may depart," I then put out that one also.

"Water, you may leave, thanks,"I snuffed the blue candle.

"Earth, I appreciate you, you may depart," I put the flame out.

"Spirit, thanks-you very much. You may exit." I suddenly felt the need to leave that candle lit, so I did. That night when I slept there were no dreams of Edward, for the first time ever.

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When I woke this morning there was no sunlight streaming through my windows, but insted deep heather gray clouds. As I rose to sit up in my bed the sky opened up, and the soft pitter-patter of raindrops echoed off my windows. I stole a glance at my alarm clock, it read 8:00A.M. Wow, seven hours of sleep, that was something I hadn't had since he left. Korin and her friends were picking me up at nine, so I got up and showered. But then there was the issuse of what to wear. After about 15 minutes of thinking, I came up with an outfit, jeans, a blue long-sleeved tee, and I dug up my old raincoat from Forks and put it on.

Honk! I braced myself and went out to the car.... and left behind what could have been a good day....................................................

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As we left (more like Julia was dragging me and Galeen out of) the book store, Galeen asked, "So where do you want to go next?"

"Umm,.... there's this witchcraft store that I wanted to check out, "The Crow, The Cat, and the Crown?" I said tenetively, but it came out like a question.

"Oh cool, someone you know a Wiccan?" He asked, but I wasn't sure if that was ment to be joke.

"Something like that," I said blushing. I wanted to get Aunt Phoebe a roze quartz pendant.

" 'Kay. Girls We're going down to the warf," Galeen called. After about a five minute walk we were inside the shop. It was lit either with a cerient type of lamp or the shop was lit by gas lamps because any source of light gave off a warm glow. With the help of a sales person I had a beautifuly wrapped-pendant. The girls were looking at the various protective stones, trying to decide if they were fake or not, and Galeen was looking a books. The whole shop was heavily insensed, so I quickly went out the shop's rear-facing door to get some fresh-air. Huge mistake. Super massive misatke.

The door lead to dark alley, it was raining out and I was not alone in the alley. The other person , who was back-facing me turned around. He wasn't a person at all. He was a vampire. I stopped moving and breathing. This vampire was no Cullen. Then mircaculously, three voices called my name: "Bella!" Cree and Kat called. The thrid voice was the one that held my attention.

"Bella!" Edward growled. I looked to my right and left, where was he?"

"Bella! Do something Bella! God Bella, fight! Fight Bella! BELLA!" he growled. Then rocks were flying, I ducked and looked behind me Kat was using her affinity for Earth to fight the vampire. Then water, waves from the harbor were splashing against was Cree now. I looked at the vampire, mutely the fear was obivious in my eyes. He turned and ran away from my cousins at vampire speed.

"Bella! Oh my God, Bella are you alright?" Kat kindly asked, as she put her arm around my shoulders.

"Bella? are you okay?" she asked again, less frantic.

"mm.." I whimpered.

She hugged me, "Oh Bella it's okay, he's gone."

"Well, I'd better go find you geek squad before they call the cops," Cree said sounding annoyed, at my being a danger magnent.

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That night, realization hit me; I was hearing voices in my head. There were two options, A) I was crazy, or B) my subconscious was giving me what it thought I wanted, to be away from the pain, to make it feel like was acutally there. I mean, if he knew the reccent events it might have been something he'd say if he were there. I really hopped it was the second opption.

"Girls!" Aunt Prue called, "Come on down here!"

When we were all seated in the kitchen, sipping at tea (yeah, I know it sounds like we're in Jane Aunsten) Aunt Prue said, " Kat told me about what happened to today, and it sounds like that 'demon' you fought was actually a vampire, so very good job to you both," She nodded at Cree-who looked very smug-and Kat," now after such an inccident I would like you girls to call one of us." Yeah, OK I'm sure if Cree was the one who needed to be saved she'd surely call to tell Aunt Prue that.

Then to lighten up the subject Aunt Piper asked, "So Bella, how was the shopping trip?"

"Uh... it was OK I got some stuff to give people," I said shyly.

And the conversation went on like this for about a half an hour. But on our way back up stairs, Cree stopped me right before I went into my room.

"You think you're so special, with all that special attention from Aunt Phoebe. And don't evn think of doing that cute little personal circle. Me and Kat both felt it when you called our elements. And since you are Aunt Phoebe's favorite, don't ya think that you should be able to take care of yourself, not have us be wasting our time, saving your butt," She said and then stalked away. I really, and I mean really didn't like that girl.

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A/N: Sooo, what did ya think? Sorry about all the spelling errors I can't find spell check on wordpad. I was thinking that you know it would be kinda cool to have at the end of this story (but don't worry this stroy is nowhere near done!) to have an FAQ section, so send my your questions! Oh, and here's some good books that I've read over break:

1) The House of Night series by P.C. Cast & Krisitn Cast

2)The Summoning by Kelly Armstrong

3) Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr

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