Chapter 7

Haunting Past

Alex

Everyone was out of their minds trying to find Kaitlyn. I didn't know she was that loved. But also, in a small town like this, it would make one worry that they were next.

"So brother, what is up? Not feeling guilty about you know who now, are we?" Chase came up beside me and put an arm around me.

"No I'm not. Now get off me. I have more to worry about," I hissed at him. Chase looked at me funny. "What are you talking about? What kind of things do you- Oh wait, the Mason girl, right? Yea, I scared her pretty good, didn't I?" Chase laughed and took his arm off of me. I pushed him into a locker and everyone looked at us.

"Not here brother. They'll see us," Chase whispered to me. I flashed my eyes around us and everyone was circling and I could hear their whispers. "Seeing these two fight will be the best day ever." "Brothers fighting at school? Sweet." "Who do you think will win?" "10 bucks on Alex." "No way dude, his brother looks like he means business. I say that Chase dude."

I let go of Chase, and looked around to see Maggie making her way through the crowd. "You know that Mason girl has a secret, right? There's I other reasons I am here Alex. Let's discuss this later," Chase winked at me and made his way through the crowd. He passed Maggie and he slowed down and looked at her. But Maggie didn't pay him any attention. She looked at me the whole time, her eyes full of sorry.

I shook my head and turned my back to her and walked away and before school even started, I ditched and headed to the hospital to actually laugh and have fun.

It made me mad the Chase got under my skin. It made me mad that he brought the animal out in me and made me kill Kaitlyn. It made me mad that he knew things that I didn't. But I would get answers from him, even if I had to torcher him.

When I went up to Ali's room, she was fast asleep. I walked to the chair and sighed, closing my eyes. Vampires didn't sleep much, but when they did, they had nightmares, not any dreams that would make one happy. So when I closed my eyes, I saw Chase's teeth in Maggie's neck and when he looked up at me, he was smiling with Maggie's blood in his teeth and mouth.

I woke up quickly only to have Ali laughing at me. "You're cute when you sleep," She laughed. I smiled at her and rubbed my eyes. "Okay, so why are you here, skipping school? Is this because of Kaitlyn?" Ali asked me pointing to the TV. I looked up at the TV and she turned it up for me.

"Kaitlyn Granger was reported missing today when she didn't come home after school. Her car was left at a friend's house and her friends that were there are being taken in for questioning. Kathrin Hawkins, more on the story later."

I sighed, looking down at the ground. "Did you have something to do with this, Alex?" Ali asked me. "Um, no. But, Chase did," I whispered.

Ali snorted, and I looked up at her, my right eyebrow raised at her. "You need to keep that boy on a leash. Really," She told me. I laughed at her and nodded. "Yea I wish I could. He acts like he is older than me sometimes. It's stupid."

She laughed and leaned her head back. "You okay?" I asked her, bringing the chair closer. She shook her head and I sat back and I crossed my legs.

"So, you're just hear because…?" Ali changed through the channels and I looked down at my hands. "I needed to get away from the school and my brother. A lot happens right after school starts. I forgot what it was like to go to school," I told her.

Ali turned her head to look at me. "When was your first day of Junior year? Or any year? What was school like when you were…human."

I sighed and closed my eyes. "It's hard to remember, my human life."

(A.N. Okay, I'm a bad author. I forgot when I made him turn, if I even put it in my any of my chapters so here is just a guess. =/)

I stood up and walked to the window. "Around 1948 I started my junior year. School was hard back then, but yet very fun for me. School was like school today. We had clicks and everything. Junior was also the hardest. That was the year I was turned," I turned to look at her.

"Why were you turned, along with your brother?" She asked me. "Now that's the tricky part. I have no idea why we were turned. Apparently Chase does, but that's him. He never really told me why the thought we were turned, but I think it's because of what we did," I whispered, closing my eyes and remembering the night we were turned.

Ali didn't push me. She kept quiet, waiting to see if I would speak more. I breathed in slowly, wondering if I should go on and tell her what we did, what we did to get noticed by vampires who had turned us.

"You okay?" She finally broke the silence between us. I looked up at her and sighed. "Chase and I were different people back then. Could you believe I was more like Chase, maybe even worse? And Chase was like me. When we were changed, our personalities were switched some how. Well, on March 6, 1948, Chase and I went into the woods to hunt. He didn't want to go, but I forced him to, luring him into the woods with my charm. He was so different back then. So small and vulnerable. Well, when we went deeper into the woods, something unexpected happened. I was something moving through the woods, and Chase started to freak out when he saw it. Pulling my gun up, I shot and something came towards us. Something big. I don't remember what kind of animal it was, but it was huge." I paused quickly, but went on, with Ali's full attention.

"When the animal came towards us, Chase got out of the way and I shot my gun again. The animal somehow got the gun out of my hand and tackled me to the ground. As my head hit the ground, everything changed. It was kind of like in the instant, out personalities were switched, but we really didn't relies it until later. Well, Chase suddenly got on the animal and was strangling it with his bare hands. I quickly came to and gabbed the gun, shooting the animal 3 times in the stomach and once in the head. That's how the vampires noticed us. Because they sent a weird animal thing after us to test us because they have been watching us sense we were 13." I stopped and rubbed my hands down my face.

"I'm sorry that happened. What a we to get noticed. And I can't even wrap my mind around the fact you being just like Chase," Ali said, a little sourness in her voice. "I know. Me too. And thinking back on it, I'm kind of glad it happened because I know if I was like Chase, I would hurt everyone I knew, I know it."

"But you're not the guy anymore. You much better, and as your friend, I want you to be happy with the life you have now," Ali told me.

"But how can I be happy with the life I have when I have to live with it for eternity?" I asked her, wondering if she would answer.

"Just be happy you have people who care," She smiled at me. I looked at her closely. I now relished the new bruises forming on her face and her lips chapping up. Her arms were becoming black and blue. "Ali, you're getting worse, aren't you?" I asked her, my eyes full of worry.

Her smile went away and she looked down at her hands. "Yea," She whispered. "You'll be able to come this weekend, right?" I asked her, standing up and getting close to her bed.

"Um, yea. I heard the doctor talking to my parents and I heard him say to take me home and make me comfortable because there is nothing more they can really do for me," She told me. "Please don't tell Maggie," She added softly.

"I won't, I promise Ali. But you're going to have to tell her sometime before it's too late," I ordered her. She nodded and I saw tears streaming down her eyes. "God, Maggie is going to kill me," She laughed, whipping the tears away.

"She probably will, but she will be caring as she does it. At least that's my guess," I joked. Ali finally smiled and laughed a bit more.

"Ah, brother, I though I would find you here. Telling dear Ali about our history?" Chase walked into the room and stood at the end of Ali's bed. "What are you doing here?" I asked him as Ali reached for the panic button. But Chase was by my side in an instant, taking the button from Ali.

I pushed Chase away from her. "Get out of here Chase. You have no right to be here," I hissed at him. Chase just laughed. "I was just here to find you Alex, no worries. I'm not going to harm her. I know how precious her life is right now, and I wouldn't want Maggie hurting because I killed her best friend. I just need you to come home right now. We need to talk," Chase told me, his last sentence full of venom and sickness, and nothing amusing.

"Um, okay. Ali, I'll come by later tonight, okay?" I told her. She just nodded, still speechless that Chase was here.

I walked out after Chase, wondering what was waiting for me at home.

Maggie

They almost fought today. Why did Alex hate Chase so much? They were blood, kin, and they looked like they were ready to rip each other's head off. When Alex looked at me, I saw sadness and sorrow in his eyes. He was a mysterious person, and for some reason, I wanted to know. I wanted to get closer to him. Something drew me closer and closer.

When I went to my locker after watching this, Zach's arm went around me and his face was in my neck. "Hello beautiful. How are you today?" he asked me. "I miss you yesterday."

I sighed and turned to him, trying to pull a smile. "I was with Ali yesterday." "Oh and how is she doing?" He asked, looking over my face. "Not really good, but seems okay I guess," I told him and I turned and grabbed things from my locker. "Hey, I'll see you at lunch," He told me, kissing my cheek. "Where are you going?" I demanded.

Zach smiled against my ear. "I need to find Dylan. Don't worry. I'll see ya." He turned me around and pressed his lips to mine. In that moment, I knew he was with me and liked me. 'Kaitlyn could suck it,' I thought. Zach then turned and left me in the hall way.

After school, I was worried. I didn't see Alex, or Chase at all later that day. Usually I did. I got into my car and drove to the hospital and went up to Ali's room. When I walked in, her face was losing color and her arms had gained color. I was now, officially, worried.

"Hey babe, I missed you today. How was school?" Ali asked me and I sat down.

A smiled slowly grew on my face. "Zach kissed me today," I said to quickly. "Whoa whoa whoa! Did I hear you correctly? He kissed you? As in, on the lips? Well how was it?" Ali sat up quickly, she coughed and was smiling intently at me.

I laughed. "It made me feel better." That was all I could say to her. She laughed and nodded.

"You ready for this weekend?" I asked her. She smiled wider and nodded. "Oh yea. It should be fun. And it's suppose to snow already. You ready for a snow ball fight?" She asked me.

"You sure you're ready for that?" I asked her. "Totally! Why wouldn't I be? If I feel bad, I'll tell you and you can play against the guys. You've only won 8 years in a row, babe. I'm sure you can take on both boys," Ali laughed at me, though there was a hint of uneasiness in her voice.

"Yea, I'm sure I can take them," I told her, smiling at the thought of beating boy Alex and Chase at a snow ball fight.

"So, are you having a lot of visitors?" I asked Ali. "Actually, Alex has been coming and seeing me," She answered me.

"Really?" "Yep. And he's been awesome. Very nice kid," She told me, looking down at her hands. "Well that's nice of him," I told her, nodding.

She laid back and sighed. "I'm tired. Mind if I sleep?" She asked me, rolling her head over to look at me. "No problem. I have to get home any way. I have lots of homework," I told her, getting up.

I leaned over and hugged her and she hugged me back. "I love you, Maggs. Never forget that," She whispered to me. "Love you too sista from another mista," I told her and she laughed in my ear.

Chase

What was I going to tell Alex? What have we done? "Um, I don't know how to explain this," I told him opening the door. I walked to the kitchen, with Alex still behind me, and I led the way downstairs.

I flipped the lights on and there sat Kaitlyn, hissing at us for turning the lights on. "Turn them off, they hurt!" She screamed at us.

"Chase, what have you done?" Alex asked me. "Me? It was both of us! And we didn't change her. We didn't go through the process of changing her. Someone else must have changed her. When I got home, I heard screaming, came down here, and she was tied up. There was no scent, nothing and she refuses to tell me anything," Chase looked at me and I stared at Kaitlyn.

"What am I doing here? What happened to me? Tell me what's going on!" Kaitlyn demanded. "Shut up!" Alex screamed at her. I stepped back from him, not relishing that he could be that angry.

"We are trying to figure out how to help you! Might as well just kill you!" Alex yelled at her. "Alex," I hissed at him and his head whipped to me.

"You know who changed her, right? They are watching us again," Alex told me. "You're kidding, right?" I whispered to him.

"No. I've felt their presence even sense I've been here. Someone is watching and they want us," he hissed. I looked at Kaitlyn and blood tears were coming from her eyes.

I stepped closer and tilted her head back to see her tears. "I've never heard of a vampire crying blood tears, have you?" I asked Alex and he stepped closer to look at Kaitlyn.

"What the hell is going on?" Alex asked. "I don't know, but I have a feeling we might find out soon. We should protect them," I told him, referring to Maggie and Ali.

"If it is them watching us, they will see us with Maggie and Ali this weekend. This will be hard," Alex told me. "What are you guys talking about? Who are them? What happened to me?" Kaitlyn asked us.

Alex hissed. "You're a vampire now. And them, well, we can't really tell you that yet until we are for sure. We will have to keep you here for a while, okay Kaitlyn?" I looked at Alex. He was different some how. Were we changing again? I, too, felt different, but I shook it off and narrowed my eyes at him.

"Alex, lets go. We will lock the windows and doors to the room so she can't get out. But she will need blood. Get an animal or something. If she drinks human blood, she will for sure break out of here. Maybe put some silver around her or something," I told him.

Alex looked at me and sighed. "You do it. I need to go somewhere quite and think," Alex walked up the steps to slow, even for him.

Watching him leave, I looked back at Kaitlyn. I went to the closet, put on some gloves, and grabbed some silver and put it around her wrists. She screamed. "It's just to keep you here. I know you won't corporate, so this is the only way, so shut up. Once it's in there for a while, you won't feel it. Promise," I hissed at her.

She sniffed and before I left her there, I once again looked at her blood red tears, wondering what it meant.

Ohhhhhhhhh! Ahaha I know it's not the best again, but at least we found out of past stuff. And who is they, you ask? Well you will find out soon enough. And no, it is not the Raven coven from one of the chapters before. P.S. Sorry for the mistakes! I type fast and don't look at the story until it is really posted. Sorry! Please Review! xD