Lilly looked around, her breath coming out heavy and she was covered in sweat. Her hair was tangled and her clothes were covered in mud and she smelt slightly of smoke.

"I'm hungry." She complained sitting on a falling tree.

I blew out a breath, ignoring the headache that had form in the back of my head and the depression that was slowly seeping inside me.

"Ok, let me see if I can fine some berries or something." I walked away, not waiting for her response.

A few minutes later I found a blue berry bush that still had some fresh berries. I started picking them, placing them in my shirt.

Something snapped behind me and I turned quickly to see what it was. A deer stood only a few feet away from me, with two little deer next to her.

Oh no, I thought as I felt the hunger inside me grow. It was like a monster deep inside of me, only surfacing at the worst times.

The bigger deer looked over at me and stared, as if she felt the beast inside me and knew she was in danger.

I closed my eyes, listening as the three deer left, leaving me alone once more.

I'm to close; I don't know how much longer I can last. I thought to myself as I finished gathering the berries and went back to Lilly.

"Yeah!" She shouted in joy as she grabbed all the berries in my shirt, crushing a few so there was now a big blue stain on my white shirt, along with the smoke and mud stains.

"Do you want any?" She asked like it was an after thought.

I shook my head, afraid that if I talked, I would be showing more then white straight teeth.

She shrugged and popped more into her mouth then she stood and stretched.

"Ok, I'm ready, where are we heading anyway?"

I took a deep breath focusing on where I was going and not on her heart beat.

"An old friend lives about three hours from here. He'll let you stay until I can set up a new house for you." Good, I didn't have an accent, meaning no fangs!

"Wait, your not staying?"

"No, I've stayed there recently and I can't stay there any longer, but don't worry, he'll make sure your safe."

"But where will you go?"

"I don't know, but like I said, don't worry, everything will turn out fine." It has too.

From far off I heard a voice in my head. Erin, when will you learn, you can never have a normal life, everyone you know will die, and it will always be your fault. Never forget what you did to the other lady, same thing will happen to this one, nothing will change that…