Chapter 2

Out of the street light another figure stepped out. Jen clenched her fists, ready if this wacko had assistants. Out of the black street stepped Alec, her co-worker, what was he doing here?

Did he know this weirdo? Was he in cahoots with him? Alec didn't seem like the murderous type but you never know… Or did he come to rescue her? "Alecsander! How nice of you to join us! You will fit perfectly into the story here in a second. I was just about to tell Jen here about how her Father-"

"You don't need to tell her anything! She will eventually figure it out on her own." Alec hissed, glaring daggers at the man.

The man laughed lightly, "She is clueless, she has no idea what I was trying to tell her. Do you really think she will figure it out?"

The man irritably barked. Alec shook his head, "She will eventually remember. I know what you want to do, it won't do any good, and I can't let you do that."

What? What were they going to do? Who was on whose side here? The man glared at Alec sharply, he reminded Jen of a King Cobra, ready to strike at all times. He took a step toward Alec who was between Jen and the man.

"You can't stop me and you know it, Alecsander. When her Father intended for her to marry me, it wasn't an option…and it isn't now," the man hissed, barely audible. Alec stiffened and glared right back, not saying anything. "I will be back, next time, I wont be so nice." The man growled. He gave Alec one last look and disappeared into the shadows…

"What, was that?" Jen squeaked.

Alec turned, his eyes were greener than ever, but were now empty black holes. What did the man mean? Jen wasn't supposed to marry him! She had never seen him before! What was that about her Father? He was gone… Alec seemed lost for words and looked away.

"All you need to know is stay away from that man, do you here me? Don't go anywhere alone ever… he is very dangerous…"Alec said with steely eyes.

He also had a slight English accent, not as pronounced as the other man, but it was there. Jen couldn't believe she hadn't noticed it before, not that it was really that important. So, the man was dangerous, but who is he? What does he want from her?

"Ok, I get it… Who was that freak? What does he want from me?" Jen mumbled, quite disturbed by the whole incident. Alec looked sort of pained for a second and the look came as quickly as it passed.

"His name," Alec stopped, as if the words were rancid or something, "is Gryffin, he… he is going to try to…"

Alec couldn't find words. "It's best if you don't know. Just go about your life as if this never happened," He finished quickly.

Jen frowned; didn't she have a right to know what Gryffin wanted? Or did Alec know? He obviously did, and wasn't going to tell her. She wouldn't take no for an answer, not tonight.

"You should probably be getting home, I'll walk you." He said, looking over his shoulder for something that wasn't there.

"Wait," Jen stopped, planting her feet and refusing to move, still facing him, "I want to know what is going on. I will not take no for an answer, if it concerns me I want to know. I have a right to know," she firmly announced.

Alec ran his hand through his hair, clearly stressed. He looked her in the eyes, something very few people have the courage to do.

"Alright, I suppose you're partly right…" Alec sighed, giving in. "Not tonight though. Tomorrow evening I will meet you at the park, ok?"

Jen nodded, pleased by the trade off.

She gestured across the street, "I just live right over there in that apartment complex. I'll be fine from here…"

Alec looked across the street and then nodded.

Jen looked at him, "Oh, and thanks…"

He looked back at her like he had known her all his life or something. Something like pain or reminiscence lingered in his eyes.

"Anytime…" He nodded.

Jen nodded back and ran across the street to her apartment. She jogged up the stairs and got to her apartment, 2b. Jen looked over the balcony and across the street, Alec was gone.

"What movie do you want to rent?" Cara asked Jen.

Jen wasn't alive, not literally of course. She was just out of it, barely getting a good nights sleep last night because of nightmares. Unexplainable nightmares… Every time Jen drifted off to sleep her peace was disturbed by these nightmares. She remembered that they weren't scary nightmares, just odd ones. What was funny was that she had never had nightmares before, only around the time when her parents disappeared, three years ago.

"Jen, hello. Earth to Jen," Cara said fanning her hand in front of Jen's face. Jen abruptly snapped back to earth.

"Oh! Wait, what? Sorry Cara, I didn't get much sleep last night, ha ha." Jen said half-heartedly.

Cara smiled, "Its ok, I asked what movie you would like to rent."

Cara pointed at the Redbox that they were standing in front of. Jen hadn't even realized that they had walked there. She studied the movies, not much to choose from. It was Cara's turn to choose anyway.

"Cara, its your turn to choose. I'm game for what ever," Jen said to her.

Cara shrugged, "Ok, how about this one?"

She pointed at The Vampires Assistant that had just come out. Jen almost choked, now she remembered what the nightmares had been about…

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She was sitting on a stone bench in the middle of a garden, dressed in a beautiful pale blue gown. Roses, Lilacs, beautiful flowers and trees of all kinds surrounded her. Her dark hair flowed around her in a fierce halo, strength filled her, pumped through her body like adrenaline, and she felt unstoppable, superhuman. She touched two small puncture wounds on the side of her neck, the epicenter, the reason of her newfound power.

A sound disturbed her peace, two boys, one around the age of 19 and the other the same age as her came into the garden. One had tousled blonde hair and was tall and lanky the other was light brown headed and almost the same height. She stood up, looking between the two of them.

She turned to the lightly brown-headed one, "I'm sorry…"

His face clouded over, with sadness, then an eternal anger, one that could never be doused. He turned to the, the blonde guy backed up, toward her, as if to protect and shield her from the other's wrath. Her eyes widened as she saw him draw a sword and look at the blonde with pure hatred.

"No!" She screamed as he lunged.

She stepped between the two and summoned all her power, now was the time. The sword struck her in the arm, cutting deep. She ignored the searing pain and grabbed each of their arms. She focused, took in a deep gasp of breath, through back her head as if she was going to scream at the heavens and snapped her eyes shut. White light consumed everything and her world exploded in pain…

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Jen's eyes snapped open and she gasped for breath, Cara was kneeling over her, shaking her awake.

"Jen! Jen! Are you all right Jen! Oh, oh wow, are you ok?" Cara squeaked, her voice close to tears. Jen sat up and a wave of pain filled her head.

"Yes, I think so…what happened Cara?" Jen said rubbing her aching head. Cara helped her sit up, her eyes still full of concern and shock.

"Y-you just fell down unconscious on me. Then you started muttering things, I couldn't make out what they were, and then you woke up. You were only out for about a minute…"

Jen sighed and looked around, thankfully no one was around.

"Oh, sorry to scare you. I-I don't know what became of me…" Jen muttered, the vision-dream still fresh in her thoughts.

Cara helped her stand up and steadied her.

"I don't think we should worry about the movie today, lets get you home so you can rest." Cara stated, concerned. Jen nodded and they walked off towards her apartment.

"Are you sure you will be ok?" Cara asked, grabbing her stuff.

"Yeah, I'll be fine Cara. Thanks for all you've done, I really appreciate it. Have fun with your family." Jen reassured her.

Cara smiled, "Ok, call me if you need anything. I'm sure my Aunt Hillary wouldn't mind if I missed dinner…"

Jen shook her head, "No, don't worry about me. Have fun and see you tomorrow Cara."

Cara nodded and waved, shutting Jen's apartment door lightly. Jen immediately fell on the bed, exhausted.

The vision was still consuming her thoughts. Why had she had that vision? Was it a vision? She knew for a fact that she was the girl in that vision, she just got that feeling.

Who were the two boys? What was that she did at the end? It all of a sudden hit her like a freight train, the two guys looked like Alec and Gryffin. Could it be? It had to have been them… The dream was very bizarre; these last two days had been bizarre…

Alec…oh yeah! She had to meet him at the park! Jen looked at the clock on her bedside table, 6:43. She quickly got up out of bed and grabbed some jeans to put on. She threw those on and found a black t-shirt, it would do. She ran the brush through her dark hair and quickly brushed her teeth.

6:50, she was out the door. Jen threw her backpack over her shoulder and crossed the apartment complexes parking lot. She continued down the sidewalk quickly and took a right at the nearest intersection. Today she was prepared and was keeping an eye out for Gryffin, and anyone else.

It was dusk and Jen was on high alert all senses open and concentrating. She walked past a bench and turned right, into the park. It was just like any city park, a small lake, and sidewalk for walkers and bikers, and of course a playground. Jen came upon the playground and sat on a bench behind the swings.

No one was around and the streetlights were beginning to come on. A single swing swung back and forth by itself, eerie silence filled the park.

"You made it," A voice said softly behind her.

Jen jumped up, eyes wide and fists ready. Alec stood there, just as surprised as she was. Jen released a breath of relief and lowered her fists.

"Gosh, don't scare me like that. You could have at least made a sound to alert me…" She answered, sitting back down on the wooden bench.

"I'm sorry if I scared you," Alec apologized, sitting on the other end of the bench, clearly giving Jen her space.

"Its ok…" Jen answered.

She was eager to hear what Gryffin wanted, part of her wondered if it had anything to do with her strange dream vision.

"So, what about last night?" She asked casually.

Alec sighed and looked at his feet, then back at her.

"Alright… in all of this conversation, what I'm going to explain to you will sound crazy." Jen nodded, ready for anything. "Well, I better start off by telling you about the Nighworld."

A/N: Hope you like it so far, please review!