Sorry guys. I really have no excuse for not updating. I'm really sorry.~Mermaid12108 (Megan)

*Deamon*

I flipped through the channels, settling on a Ghost Hunters marathon. The door banged open, revealing Dee with a giant grin on her face. I raised my eyebrows in question. "Our neighbors are awesome." She said, heading into the kitchen.

"Hey, who was that, getting into her car?" I asked.

"Oh, that was Katy." Dee said, opening and closing cabinets.

Kitten now seemed so much more fitting. "Hm." I said. Dee popped her head out of the kitchen, eyes narrowing.

"Oh no. Don't you dare."

"What?" I asked innocently.

"Leave her alone."

"Why?"

"I like her. She seems nice. I don't want you to make her hate anyone related to you at all, just like you did with Taylor and Lea."

"I did no such thing." I said, still playing innocent.

She gave me a warning glare. "No."

"But—"

"No!"

I laughed, turning back to the TV. Kitten was obviously much different than any girl that I had ever known, that I knew for sure. And hell if I was going to let her slip through my

fingers.

*Kat*

I opened my locker, shoveling my stuff into one arm and balancing it on my hip, shouldering the locker closed. I made my way into the classroom and slid into a desk, sitting back and focusing my attention on the front. Something jabbed me in between my shoulder blades. Confused and a little bit annoyed, I turned to whoever had poked me. Whatever I was going to say dried up the minute I saw him. My new asshole neighbor smirked, giving a small wave with his pen. "What was that for?" I said, glaring at him.

"Just a neighborly hello." He responded, leaning back. That damn smirk was still on his face.

"Really? Cause it seems like you're trying to be an asshole."

"Harsh words, Kitten." He shook his head. "You hurt me."

I started to respond, but a voice cleared. I turned back around, facing the front. Matthew (yeah, he was my English teacher) raised his eyebrows at me. I ignored him. He started on his lecture—something about Mark Twain. I tried, but for the life of me I couldn't, because I could feel his eyes on me the whole time.

After class, I jetted out of the classroom before Mr. Ego could catch up with me. I might have added on a tad bit of Luxen speed, but not enough that anyone noticed. As I looked put the window on my way up to trig, I frowned. The sky was dark & the trees swayed violently in the wind. It didn't often storm here, and definitely not this violently. A cold feeling slithered down my spine, and even though I knew it was stupid to freak out over a storm & a feeling, but I couldn't help it. Something felt very, very wrong. The bell rang, startling me out of my thoughts. The halls were empty, and I was still standing at the window. Turning around, I headed down the stairs, heading for my locker. If something was as wrong as I thought it was I wasn't just going to stand by and let whatever was going to happen, happen.

—

I walked through the forest, holding on to one of the straps of my book bag so hard my knuckles bleached white. A burst of wind shot through the air a second before I was slammed against a tree. Starburst clouded my vision as I fell to the ground. I shoved my backpack to the side, pushing myself up. My hair blew back as the source crackled over my arm in little threads of light. Black smoke slid into my vision, coiling around itself. I threw out the ball of energy. It smacked uselessly off the side of a tree, sending bark in all directions, and leaving a charred spot of tree in its absence. I whirled around, slipping into my true form, just like the Arum. "Ssstupid little Luxen. I'm going to sssuck you dry."

I mentally rolled my eyes, darting behind the tree. I tried to reach for my backpack, but the arum knocked into my shoulder, forcing me forward before I could reach it. I'd changed into this form so the Arum couldn't hurt me as easily, but it obviously wasn't working. Slipping back into my mortal form, I jumped up, slipping my necklace off of my neck and swiping out at the arum. It hissed and then tunneled upward, melting into the shadows before I could stop it. I cursed, looping my necklace back around my neck & picking up the backpack. Arum never acted like that, ever. So what had changed?