Like I thought, it was easy telling the police my little cover up story. They hadn't asked much. Just the basics and what it was that attacked me. Jack and David were meant to come to school tomorrow. I was going to sneak out to see the Cameron's tonight. They were all going to watch Alex hold his title at beating everyone at sparring. I thought I might have a good chance. It was only nine pm and Richard was only just dozing off and Katie, well Katie wouldn't dare come into my bedroom at night. Not after disturbing my sleep last year. I waited another hour, counting the heart beat of Richard. I knew when he was asleep when his breathing became a set pace along with his heart. I flashed to the window and slowly opened it. To my surprise Alice was waiting for me at the bottom of the drive. I jumped out and stupidly tip toed to her.

" Relax. They wont here you. Both are asleep." She started for the woods and flashed out of sight. I ran after her and we both got to the house at the same time. It was weird. This house felt like home now, what with the owners being vampires as well. George closed the door as I walked in.

" Evening Mason. How is immortality treating you." I didn't want to tell him about all the controlling stuff.

" Yes its going well. I'm not really much different I feel." He smiled at my answer and ushered me upstairs to where the others sat.

" Well, well ,well. Coming to get dirt rubbed in your face like the others. Ha." Alex grinned and rose to mock punch me in the arm. Julia came and hugged me. It felt like she was trying to act like a mother sort of figure.

" Its good to see you."

Alice looked like she had been in the house the whole time. She nodded to me and continued to watch the television. Something about animal attacks in the nearby woods. George took the remote and turned it off.

" This isn't just a little sparring match is it George." George looked quite guilty but put his hands up.

" Well not really. If you have heard the news. At least ten animal attacks have gone in the woods over the past three weeks. Including Masons one. I remember the animal you told me about and I think that could be it. Marcus wouldn't be so foolish as to get caught or lead the humans on his trail." I nudged Alice who was only to happy to see I needed her.

" What are we actually going to do." I hadn't learned how to control everything yet let alone fight off whatever this was.

" Well we need to first of all search the woods for any signs as to whatever this thing is. Then if we find it we need to immobilize it."

The night past fast. We had been out searching for a good phew hours and nothing. Some paw marks from either a bear or something but that's it.

" Right that's enough searching. Its now half five so," George turned to me. " You should get back for Richard getting up and we will continue the search some other time." Alex sighed in anger of George mentioning some other time. I started to head back home but Alice caught me before I could go.

" Don't forget about the written piece for English tomorrow."

" Don't worry, I'm all over that." I waved and shot of home. The sun was just coming up when I got in. no one was awake yet but I couldn't sit still. I found myself passing around the room. By five forty five, I couldn't wait. I made the alarm go off and then went down stairs. Katie had left the living room in a mess so I tided that up. Seven o clock came and I left. Richard and Katie were still in bed so I didn't bother them. I ran to school and bumped into and Alex on the way. He was fed up of sitting in the range rover and like me would rather run.

Maths was getting allot easier with the help of my vampire mind and all the work I could do and not get board. Classes passed me in minutes even thought they were all forty five minutes each. Drama, my third favorite class came and the atmosphere was a little thick with tension. I walked into the room to find Alice sitting on the blue carpet floor waiting for me. Mr Wayne nodded at me as I walked past and scribbled down my name.

" What are you doing here."

" I thought I would tamper with the classes so I could be in all of yours." I half smiled at the thought of her wanting to be in the class with me. Other students filed in as Mr Wayne took there name.

" So what were you doing yesterday that I missed." I decided to tell her. We were at the back of the class and no one was looking at us.

" Well the normal work but what I wanted to tell you is what happened last time. They three," I pointed them out. " acted out a scene with a vampire in it. And Alice, It was exactly the same as what happened to me. They even had contacts in that looked freakishly like our eyes. And my senses kicked of and I nearly couldn't control myself." Alice wasn't by this news and just nodded at me.

" We all have our moments but they fade as you get older." This comforted me a little. Mr Wayne stood up and addressed the class from the board.

" Right, I want you all to go into groups of three and then make a little act that you can perform to the class. You have half an hour. Go." Alice grabbed my arm instantly and I beckoned Trina to come over. I thought, with the way she acts that she would be a good match for Alice.

" right so what are we doing then." Trina was wanting to be the best clearly. I heard laughing come from behind us. John, Craig and Gary where all talking about a certain somebody which I didn't like the sound of because it sounded allot like Alice. I tuned out trying to here there conversation

" Yea did you see the way she came to school. Her spiky dark brown hair. She looked like an idiot.

" Maybe she is an ex blonde"

" Yea or she is just and absolute.." I tuned out for a while not wanting to listen to any more. Trina was talking to Alice about how she will be the victim and that Alice will be the survivor. They both got up.

" Come on Mason. Were going to rehearse.".

" Sounds good. Tell me what to do." We acted and tweaked everything here and there. Alice went to try and jump out of the way of me due to me being the insane person in the scene but she hit Gary as she jumped out the way.

" Oh sorry. I didn't-"

" Shut it you little freak." Gary had walked up to her and was staring her down.

" Yea. don't even speak. Your voice hurts my ears. maybe you should just go jump of a cliff." I couldn't believe what I was hearing or let alone what I was doing. I had stood up and walked over to them.

" Oh. Right." Alice looked down, most likely ashamed and hurt. But what happened next was all very fast and shocking. Gary had gone to push her over even though she wouldn't fall but I had flew unknowingly in front of her and grabbed his hand. I felt rage, boiling inside me for the human in front of me. I imagined picking him up and throwing him out the window. Even as far as to rip out his throat. They all looked so good but Gary didn't back off which was his mistake.

" So what, your going to protect the little Bloody freak. Go and get the hell off me." That done it. I threw his arm out of my hand and grabbed his throat and lifted him of the ground.

" Say that about her again. I dare you." Steven and Craig had jumped to get me of him but they didn't budge me. I didn't even feel they're punches. I just stared into Gary's eyes. Thinking if death would be enough punishment or if I should completely snap his spinal cord and make him a cripple.

" Mason" Alice whispered in my ear. Some screams starting around us. " Its alright. Just let him go. It didn't bother me at all. It made me laugh to think that their mere insults could effect me." Her voice calmed me but I felt something that changed all that. Something that scared me. I felt my eyes doing what would have been returning to normal after going all red. Surely I haven't let it get to that point. Gary started to go a bluish color as I squeezed his throat more.

" MASON. LET HIM GO NOW!" I hadn't noticed it but the whole class had gathered around us and Mr Wayne was struggling furiously to get me off Gary. I dropped him and he fell and slumped on the floor staying still. He was still alive because I could here his heart beating. Mr Wayne immediately got to his knees and felt Gary for a pulse. He sighed as he felt it.

" Mason why don't we just skip the rest of school. Come on." I dare not disagree with Alice just now so I left with her. I could here the shocked breaths of people watching as Mr Wayne lifted Gary. We walked out and Alice fired off for the forest at full speed. Out in the open where the humans could see her. But then again you become a complete blur to humans when at full speed. I ran after her. I didn't have to go far. She had stopped only half a mile into the woods. She looked normal but something told me this wasn't good.

" Alice I-" She put her hand up to cut me of. She was smiling at me. Not just a regular smile though it was as if it was a feeling of overwhelming smile.

" You did that for me." She let out one laugh. Now I felt a little embarrassed.

" Yes." Was all I could say. She beamed at me. What shocked me was what happened to her eyes. They turned vampire. She just kept on smiling at me. It was then I remembered that they change unknowingly when you have an extremely strong emotion. Alice had probably been taken by my actions in drama. What feeling was it the she had though. Gratefulness, appreciation or something else

" Where my eyes. back in drama." She shook her head slowly.

" Nope. They didn't turn. But I could see the extra red around the iris." She darted her head to the left again. Now her eyes turned back to normal. She had with out a doubt a small frown on her face, which then turned quickly to shock.

" Were not alone." I turned and listened but heard no heart beat, but I did hear footprints. I spotted something moving through the trees. It was a man. Only just older than us, say twenty or something. He had short black hair which parted on the forehead. He had red eyes and was wearing a black shirt with the two top buttons undone. It was clear to me that he was a vampire straight away but what took me was what he was carrying. It was very big and hairy. Like a dead bear or something except larger.

" Afternoon." He said in a long smug sort of way. " don't thank me or anything." He said as he threw the bear at our feat. I saw it now. The snout and the large upright ears. This wasn't a bear but a wolf.

" How is it so big." Alice was just as shocked as I was. The stranger Just smiled at us.

" Its not your ordinary wolf, Names Damon by the way." He kick the dead wolf and laughed. " it's a werewolf. Ignorant things and a menace."

" You mean, person, change werewolf." I said

" Well, yea what else would I mean."

" What was it doing here." Alice was now curious.

" Well there is a large tribe of them here and I'm trying to find them. Kill them obviously but I need to find there leader as well. I'm also trying to clear the track of animal attacks for us all." Just then a twig snapped from our right and a small third year had traveled out here for some reason. Damon smiled.

" Ah. Perfect." Damon flashed to him. Faster than any vampire I have saw and snapped his neck. I joined Alice in a gasp of horror.

" You just killed him." Alice was astounded by this. Damon made a face.

" Yea. What else could make this scene look like that." he threw the body onto the ground next to the wolf. Then he took the paw of the wolf and scratched the body up with it.

" Why would you do that to a boy that age." Damon ignored her and went to the nearest true and pushed it over. He guided it until he dropped it on the wolf.

" There. Animal problem solved. No applause needed but you can if you want."

" Why did you kill the boy then if you don't need him then" I said

" Simple. They'll come looking for him and find the tree collapsed on the wolf and the body covered in wolf scars. An unlucky timing for him to walk in on us having our little discussion but, stops me looking for someone and luring them out to the woods." I didn't like Damon at all.

" Doesn't his life mean anything to you." I said.

" He is human, his life means nothing to me. Until next time then." He darted of into the forest. What had just happened. Before we could think, voiced started calling the name Dean. This boy's name was most likely the one they were looking for.

" Come on we need to go." Alice tugged at me and we both vanished