A/N Sorry this chapter is a bit short, but the last one was super long! R&R please! Chapter 6 up soon!

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NICKS POV
I walked home from school, thinking. It was Ditzy's birthday tomorrow and she wasn't doing anything. She couldn't not do anything for her fourteenth birthday! It was clear her dad wasn't planning anything, so I'm going to. But the question is what.

Ahead of me, I saw a man get out of his car, and I recognised his face from somewhere. I couldn't place it.

Flashback
I leant against the wall, waiting for my teacher to arrive and open the classroom doors. I had dropped Nathan, my little brother, off at his class only a couple of seconds earlier. Through the window, I saw a car pull up at the school gates, and two girls got out. The older girl had long black hair, layered and floating around her face. She was beautiful. Her face looked like it was carved by angels. The other girl was a mirror image of her sister, still beautiful, but not as stunning. I watch as the older sister walks across the playground, hand in hand with the little one, and I immediately fall in love. A man yells out behind her, and she calls goodbye back to him. Her voice is so beautiful.
End Flashback

I study the man as he walks across the road, and my mind places him.

"Excuse me?" I call, and the man turns around. "Are you Ditzy's father?" The man looks at me suspiciously, and I know he's storing my face in his brain so he'll always recognise me in case I hurt his daughter in anyway. Woah. Over protective dad alert!

"Yes," he says, and I'm so relieved. "What do you want?"

"Well…" I say, and start explaining my plan to him.

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Ditzy's POV
THE NEXT MORNING

I woke up, breathing quickly, in and out, in and out, as if I'd just run a marathon. That dream again. I couldn't make sense of it. I'd had it every night since Neriah's birthday. I think I knew why.

I was worried about today. I was turning fourteen today, and Neriah was six. Just like in the dream. What if it wasn't just a dream?

Something was different last night though. I struggled to remember, to think what it could be. There was someone else there. A boy, on our side, running from the monster and shadowing my every move. When Neriah fell, he didn't leave. He wouldn't leave my side. I had urged him to run, but he had stuck to me like glue. As the monster bent over Neriah, something had happened but I couldn't remember. However hard I tried, I couldn't remember. I stopped trying and thought. There was one other question bugging me.

Who is he? The boy that ran with me?

He is a big part of your destiny, Ditzy. The biggest, maybe, depending on where your priorities lie.

Yeah, but who is he? Who are you?

No answer. Surprise surprise. I got up, and started getting undressed.

SIX LESSONS LATER

The bell rang. I looked up at the clock sleepily. Yes, home time! I look over at Nick, and he's grinning at me. It's kinda freaking me out. He's been like this all day. All secretive, as if he's planning something.

As soon as we get out of class, he grabs my hand and drags me out of school.

"What are you doing?" I cry, but he just raises a finger to his lips. We walk past the Receptions class, and pick up Neriah and Nathan. Nick introduces me to Nathan, and I introduce him to Neriah. She gives me a teasing look and points to Nick behind his back. I roll my eyes at her and she grins. I repeat her motion and she repeats mine.

Still holding my hand, Nick drives us past his house, dropping off Nathan and he drives me and Neriah on towards the woods. Through the woods there is a clearing. Nick sits down and closes his eyes. He looks like he's meditating. I open my mouth to ask him what he's doing, when I see a picnic blanket and a lot of food appear out of thin air. I don't bother to shut my mouth.

My eyes widen. I look at Neriah, but her back is turned, watching a little rabbit that has warily poked its head out of a hole in the ground.

"How…but…if…" I stutter, feeling a little faint.

"I will tell you everything, Ditzy, but first, let's enjoy your birthday and just eat. And don't worry about your Dad, I've spoken to him and he knows you two are out here with me. After dinner, Neriah is going home, and we are going to the cinema. My treat!"

And before me, out of the sky, a birthday cake lowers before me, fourteen candles creating a perfect border for the pink icing saying 'Happy Birthday, Ditzy Stewart'. I gasp. No-one had ever done anything like this for me before. I feel like crying. But I don't. I never do. Neriah looks a bit tearful though. Who can blame her? This is so beautiful. All of it.

And you thought you weren't lucky. I say to myself. At least, I think it was me.

I stare at Nick.

"Make a wish," he whispers. I close my eyes.

I wish Nick liked me.

I blow out the candles in one go.

I hear a roaring from behind me.

Wrong wish.

I stare over Nicks shoulder, and my jaw hits the ground.

Oh God.

No.

This can't be happening.

Okay, so it's short, but I like leaving people on cliffies! Review if you want Chapter 6!