The adoption took place a few days later. They signed a few papers for the court to make it permanent. Brook couldn't be happier with the way things were turning out.

"Are you guys really going to be my parents?" Brook asked with hope gleaming from her eyes.

"Yes, sweetie, we are." Francesca smiled and caressed her hair. They were leaving, on their way home. Brook and Skyler were going to be sharing a room. Skyler liked the idea of sharing a room with Brook, they were going to be sisters after all. Since she didn't much talk to people, it was good to have a new addition to the family.

"Why don't we go shopping tomorrow?" Skyler suggested with a cheerful tone in her voice.

"Sure." Brook replied. She looked over at Gabriel and Francesca.

'A home, finally.'She thought. It was getting late, so Skyler and Brook went to bed when they got home.

Gabriel and Francesca were in their chambers.

"Brook seems happy to be with us and Skyler likes the idea of having a little sister-figure around. Plus they're going shopping tomorrow. It's good they're doing a little bonding." Francesca said, going into the arms of her lifemate.

Gabriel rapped his arms around her, bringing her into his muscular chest. "She is happy to be with us and Skyler couldn't be more happier to have her here. I'll leave some money out for them." Gabriel responded.

"Let's go to bed." She said. Gabriel opened up the ground with a wave of his hand and they both floated to the welcoming earth, nourished, and sleeping in the way of their people.

Dream:
Brook was dreaming again, peacefully.

"Your hear again?…" She laughed. The white wolf walked closer to her. 'Yes.' he answered, it sounded like he had a smile in his voice.

"What are you doing here?" She asked with curiosity. Was this wolf real? This was the second time he's been in her dreams.

"Want to go for another run?" He asked. "Sure," She answered. Before she knew it, she was a wolf. She smiled to herself, she liked having dreams like this.

They both began to run. There was snow falling around them, decorating their fur. Snowflakes blended in with Ashton's fur.

"What color is my fur?" She asked out of the blue. Ashton looked over, his gaze studying her. They were both running through snow field, not even out of breath. It seemed you could run forever in your dreams.

"You are beautiful. Grey and white with light eyes." He answered. No one's ever call her beautiful. But this was a dream and anything could happen in dreams.

Still running through white field, they slowed to a stop.

"Lets lay." Ashton suggested. Agreeing, Brook laid down on the cool snow. The cold didn't bother her in her dreams, she noticed. Ashton laid down beside her with Brook laying her head on his furry stomach. They both cuddled in the snow, falling asleep.

This was, indeed, a peaceful dream. But only a dream, not reality.

"Things could become reality, Cara." He whispered in her mind. Before she could respond someone was shaking her out of her dream.

Groaning, she rolled over and cracked open her eyes. "Good morning, Skyler."

"Good morning." She responded, smiling. "Ready to go shopping?" Skyler added. Brook smiled, she was really looking forward to that. She nodded than getting up and dressing when Skyler left the room. Coming out of their room, Brook saw Skyler sitting in one of the kitchen chairs waiting. Picking up the money Gabriel left for them, she said, "Lets go."

They both walked to the mall. It was only a short distance from their home.

"What kind of clothes do you like?" Skyler asked.

"I don't know, I really know nothing of fashion." Brook replied.

"Well, lets see what they have and see if you like anything." Skyler suggested. With that, they went from store to store buying a few pairs of denim jeans, t-shirts, button-down shirts, and undergarments. Now, they were sitting down eating Chinese food.

"Do you like the food?" Skyler asked.

"Yes, I do." Since she's never had chinese food, she found it really delicious.

"We should get going. It's already four O' clock." Skyler informed. Agreeing, Brook replied, "Okay." Once they were finished with their food, they got and began walking towards the doors.

From a distance away, there was someone watching.


Threat
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"That's her." The vampire whispered in his mind, 'seeing' through his eyes. "Go talk to her." He ordered. Listening, he got up from leaning against the wall and stalked towards the two girls.

"What about the other girl?" He asked.

"Don't worry about her." The vampire answered. "Okay."

Walking towards the exiting girls, he caught up with them.

"Brooklyn?" He said, recognizing her. Brook turned at the sound of her name along with the other girl. "Huh? Who are you?" She asked in confusion.

He smiled, saying, "Don't you remember me? I used to be your next door neighbor, Tyler."

She got a quizzical look on her face as if she were trying to remember. "Tyler…." She muttered in recognition. "I remember now, how did you recognize me?" She asked.

"I just did." He answered wtih a smirk.

"We better get going." The dark-haired girl told Brook, nudging her along.

"Wait, can we hang out sometime, you know…catch up a little?" He asked. Brook looked to Skyler looking confused a little. He could tell that she didn't want Brook anywhere near him.

"Err…" She hesitated for a moment before continuing. "I'm not really sure, Tyler."

"Alright. Well, let me give you my number and call me up sometime." Tyler offered. He pulled a pen and a small piece of paper writing down his number then giving it to her.

"Thanks." She said, taking the paper. "Well, I'll see you around." She waved, walking away.

"Bye." Tyler walked away after that.

"You think it worked?" He asked the vampire.

"Of course, she wants to see you but she's staying with the Carpathians." He observed.

"How are we going to get around that? They're evil." He asked with frustration.

"Don't worry, we will. We have time." The vampire said with patience in his soothing tone.

"Are you sure?" Tyler asked.

"Yes, more than ever. We just need to get close to the girl, than you can get your revenge." He reassured the gullible boy.

"Alright." He finished the conversation.

Skyler and Brooklyn began walking home holding their bags. Skyler got a few things for herself also, similar to what Brook has.

"Who was he?" Skyler asked walking out the doors.

"He was my childhood friend, and my next door neighbor." Brook answered nonchalantly.

"Oh."

"Why?" Brooklyn asked curiously. Skyler hesitated before answering, then said carefully, "There was something about him that….wasn't right."

With her brows furrowed, Brook asked, "Like what?"

Sighing, she answered, "I don't know, just be careful around him Brook." Taking Skyler's advice, Brook agreed. They walked silently to the house on the way back.

When they were in their room, they started to hang the clothes in the closet, silently. Brook's thoughts were jumbled. What did Skyler sense from him that 'wasn't right'? What was it? She didn't sense much of anything from him, for the fact that she was all to shocked to see her childhood friend. But now that she thought of it, there was something off about him. But what?….

"Skyler?" Brook called hanging the last of her shirts.

"Yes?" Skyler was sitting on her bed, looking to be lost in thought.

"What exactly did you 'sense' from Tyler? I recognized to that their was something off about him. But what did you sense exactly?"

"Well," she paused, thinking of a way to explain her answer. "There was just something tainted about him. That's all I can say." She finished, not wanting to explain more. She would have to talk to Gabriel and Francesca more about it when she got the chance. For now, they needed to stay off the topic. Brook looked like she wanted to know more but said, "Ok," and left it at that.

"I'll be right back." Skyler said getting up. "Ok, I'll be in here." Brook half joked. Skyler smiled in reaction, leaving.

Skyler saw Gabriel and Francesca sitting on the couch.

"Hey, how was the shopping trip?" Francesca greeted.

"It was good. We bought a lot of stuff, from jeans to sweaters. We had some Chinese food after." Skyler answered.

"That's good. Where's Brook?" Gabriel asked.

"She's in our room." She gestured with her hand. "But I have to talk to you guys about something."

They furrowed their brows asking, "What is it?"

Sitting down, she began to answer. "On our way walking out of the mall, this kid around my age age or a little bit older maybe, Tyler, stopped us and said that he recognized Brook. At first she didn't recognize him but then she did. He asked if they could hang out sometime but I said that we had to be going so he just gave her his number." She paused for a moment. "On our way out, I asked who he was and she replied saying that he was her childhood friend. She asked why I asked that. At first I wasn't going to say anything but I did anyways."

"What was wrong with him?" Gabriel asked, brows furrowed.

"There was something unclean about him….like he was tainted by something evil. I don't think Skyler noticed anything. But I thought that you guys might want to know."

"It's good that you told us, thank you Skyler."

"No problem. Brook might call him. We should meet him." Skyler suggested.

"When she calls, we will have her invite him over and see if he's a threat to her and us." Gabriel said.

This chapter ended up being shorter than the other ones. Nothing much happened in this chapter but I promise there will be in the next few chapters. :D But I won't put up more unless I get some reviews. :D

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