Chapter 2

DISCLAMER: I OWN NOTHIN BUT THE ALIX CHARACTER!

Mood Music: Jay Z/ Mr. Hudson - Young Forever

When I came back into sub-awareness, I was vividly aware of a burning in my leg like I was stupidly putting it in lava. Then it got worse as it spread. I realized that I wasn't just dreaming. Just in time to wish I was….

…My fingers started to get cooler but as it did it retreated to my heart. The more it burned the more my silent screams of agony became useless and then they weren't silent anymore. During my final heartbeats I thought that I should be dead or at least dying because I had never felt any kind of pain like this.

Thud-thud thud-thud thud-thud. My heart stopped, and so did the burning.

I reluctantly opened my eyes. But what I saw wasn't even remotely close to what I was expecting. Instead of the inside of a coffin or inside a hospital-I was inside of a forgotten bridge I wasn't where I thought I would be. As I was getting used to my surroundings a boy about 19 cleared his throat. He didn't have a heartbeat.

"Ciao, parla italiano?" ( hi, speak Italian?) I cocked my head to the side in confusion.

"no? parle vous francais?"(no? you speak French?) after another few seconds he said:

"Ah, tal vez usted habla español?" (Ah, perhaps you speak Spanish?) then he sighed.

"Please at least speak English!" I smiled as best as I could.

"You are extremely quiet," he stated, "My name is-"

"Zachery." I blurted out.

"How did you know that?" he asked.

I shrugged. "You look like a Zachery." That cleared up his confusion.

He laughed. "Well, what is your name?"

"Alix."

"Well Alix. Let's go hunt!"

He was on the vegetarian diet and I was cautious yet obedient so I tried being a vegetarian. We lived like that for a number of decades before he gave me a surprise.

"Alix, traveling with you has been wonderful but I think that we should go our own separate ways." And with that we parted.

I traveled north so I could be out more during the day. My goal: Washington. I knew Washington State was really wet and covered. Perfect. But I also felt a weird pull that I couldn't place my finger on because it was like an annoying buzz almost as prominent as my always-there-and-never-forgotten burn in my throat.

I eventually found my destination. I only had one problem on my way there.

"Hello, do you think you could tell me how much a one bedroom suite will cost?" I asked in my persuasive voice. I had to go through this about two times before the lady would stop staring at me. It was really funny to watch her.

"Er, yes…" she told me. Finally. She gave me a discount. And I knew why. I was glad that I could pull off being 18 while my physical age was actually only 14. Being confident in answering and a more serious and mature face ALWAYS worked and not to mention my looks.

"Thank you very much." I winked at her. Her heart beating like a humming bird in response.

I changed my clothes. I didn't need to but people would start to notice if I kept wearing the same thing all the time. I was thinking of going to school but I realized that I needed an address and I was too young to have one.

The next day I went for a walk and get my thoughts together. That was when I saw them. There was a female vampire with brown hair and gold eyes, a russet colored dude with black eyes and a girl-who was about 11, 12 maybe? She could probably pass as a big 10 year old- with bronze hair and brown eyes. They were at a park. The guy who could pass as the 11 year old girls' step-father in a tree. With the vampire watching them. They were surprised from the way they looked: shocked, alarmed, defensive. They all stopped and the vampire was talking furiously into a phone. I could already hear the tires screeching onto the pavement.

AN: hehe, clifhanger!