Alright reviewers, here we go. Chapter 4 is here!

The girl stared me up and down and I got a weird and creepy feeling from it until she thrust out her hand and said, "Susan Grace."

I gripped her hand in my own and noticed the hard grip and rough feeling. A warrior's hand. "Chad Veeler. Nice to meet you."

She inclined her head in greeting and asked, "Sooo... are you a uhmm.. demigod?"

I looked at her oddly. What's a demigod?

My face must have been full of confusion, because she said, "Oh, nevermind then." Her eyes glanced down at the necklace I still held in my hand and asked, " Can I see that real quick?"

I nodded and handed it to her. She examined it muttering, "Hmmm... partially celestial bronze... some stygian iron... and a very unknown metal... wonder how you activate it?"

"Excuse me?" I asked. Let's get this straight. I was already confused by the monster exploding and then this girl is talking bout some metal that I had never heard of before... this was the most confusing day of my life.

"Oh. Just talking to myself. Can you tell me who gave you this?"

"Yeah. My dad. He gave it to me on one of his visits a month or so ago. Why?" Now I was really confused. She handed me back the necklace with a disgusted look on her face.

"Can we talk later on? I'll have to talk to you then. It's kind of late out. What's your address?"

I gave it to her and started walking away. When I was almost at the mouth of the alley, she turned to me and said in a smug voice, "You do know that necklace is supposed to be worn on your arm, don't you?"

I rolled my eyes and wrapped the chain around my arm, noticing it felt more comfortable than around my neck. The charm nestled right into my wrist, and I could have swore it felt as if it was alive.

I continued on my way, and ran down the streets, ignoring all the weird signals I kept getting for some reason. It felt as if my head was buzzing, and after a few minutes, I ran as fast as I could and stopped when I knew where I was.

Jackie's...

I looked up at the window of her 2nd story appartment and saw her sitting on the ledge, looking bored, and dressed like she had just woke up. Her black hair flew around in the wind, and the purple streak of hair seemed to be floating in the air. Her pale face shone in the moonlight, and I was struck at the beauty of it.

She was staring at the moon, and I thought she wouldn't hear me when I silently climbed up the fire escape, but when I was up beside her, her eyes were closed, and she whispered, "I was wondering when you would show up."

I looked at her then sat beside her, on the edge of the fire escape, and replied, "I didn't know I was supposed to come over?" It was true, I didn't plan on coming over at this late at night, but Jackie usually knows these things. It was weird... you couldn't sneak up on her, she always knew if something was going to happen, and she would always wake up in the middle of the night and just stare at the moon. And she was absolutely wonderful.

"Yeah, but you usually show up right about now anyway..." Her voice was melodic as she spoke, and I detected a trace of excitement in it.

"Well, do you want to make it official? That I'll come and sit on your fire escape at 3 a.m. every day?" I chuckled a bit at that and she leaned over and put her head on my shoulder. She sighed and I felt my blood boil beneath my skin, but I calmed it before I could do anything truelly stupid.

"Chad, I had another dream tonight."

Oh no! Whenever she has a dream, it's almost always bad... Crap!

"What was it this time?" I would believe her no matter what she said. Her dreams always come true and are like mine in a way. I remember when she first started having these dreams...

Flashback

I sat at my lunch table, and waited for Jackie. She was supposed to be here five minutes ago, and it was starting to worry me. She wasn't ever late, and I doubt she would be unless it was for a reason.

People streamed into the cafeteria, trying to be first in the lunch line, but I didn't care. I kept looking to see if she was in line or something, but a flash caught my eye. Jackie's ring!

It was Jackie and she looked like she went through hell.

Her eyes were blood shot, and her hair was lifeless. The bags under her eyes were so noticeable, it was scary.

She walked up to the table, and sat down, letting her face fall into the table. I pushed my lunch at her and told her to eat. Of course she didn't listen to me, and I just sat the tray in front of her.

"Jackie, what's wrong? You look like you've been through hell and back." I was scared. She was my best friend, and I couldn't stand her being sick; it was horrible.

"You wouldn't believe me if I told you", came her muffled reply. What? I wouldn't believe her? I wouldn't believe one of the very few people I trusted?

"Jackie, please. I don't care if you said a dinosaur attacked you; I would still believe you." I would.

"Fine", she huffed, blowing her puple strand of hair out of her eye and lifting her head. "I keep having these dreams... Horrible dreams. It starts out as an eagle attacking a multi-colored pyramid, and then a horse and owl, and all sorts of animals attack it. They're stopped for a moment by a boy and girl, but then the animals start attacking it again. It's creepy. Sometimes the dream will change to voices telling me to 'help them rise'. They scare me so horribly."

Afterwards, I put my arm around her shoulder, and she rested her head on my shoulder and I rested my head on her own.

End of flashback

"Chad... Chad... CHAD!" I turned my head as Jackie snapped her fingers. "Did you hear anything I said?"

"Uhm... no?"

"Ugh... I told you that I dreamed that you were attacked by this icy blue giant, and saved some girl."

I just wanted to end this here and post it. review.