Sorry for the SUPER long wait guys. I've just been really busy with homework and stuff. Sorry. :(

Damen's POV

Poor girl, I thought, I wonder why we couldn't just tell her in the first place. I grabbed her hand, and pulled her to her feet.

"What are you doing?" she asked.

"Escorting you downstairs so you can have some breakfast," I said, leading her out of the room.

I hooked her right arm onto my left, and led her down the stairs to the kitchen. When we finally reached the last step, I could feel her falling. So I quickly grabbed her before she hit the floor. She was unconcious. Shit, I thought.

Rainie's POV

I fell from a tree branch I was sitting on. When I finally landed on some soft grass, I heard some yelling from the distance.

It sounded like my name, but I couldn't make out what they were saying because everything sounded sort of fuzzy. So, I closed my eyes and went to sleep.

I awoke to the sound of soft snoring coming from the left. When I turned over, I saw my friend Damen with his mouth open while drooling. I slowly got up, and went to get some cold water. After getting a bucket full of water from the stream near the large oak tree, I carefully carried it toward the cottage.

As I was about to open the door, someone grabbed my shoulders from behind. Which caused the bucket of water to spill on my gown. I turned around with anger showing on my face. It was none other than Alexander!

"ALEXANDER REDFERN! LOOK AT WHAT YOU DID!" I yelled loudly enough for the whole village to hear.

"Watch it will you? Your giving my a headache," he said with his hands covering his ears.

"Oh, I'm giving you a headache? We'll see who REALLY has a headache after I'm done with you."

Then I rolled up my sleeves, and started running after him. After about two hours, we were sitting in the shade of the oak tree laughing at who knows what.

"Truce?" he asked out of breath.

"Truce."

Then I heard someone calling for me from the distance.

"Isabell!" yelled James, "It's almost supper time! Come wash up!"

"Coming brother!" I yelled back.

I looked back to Alexander. "Aren't you going back?"

"Well, I'm going to escort a lady back home," he said while getting up.

"Such a gentleman."

"The best," he said smiling at me.

We only took a few steps, when all of a sudden there was a rustling sound coming from the bushes.

"Run," he said while pushing me. "Don't stop for anything!"

I did as I was told and ran for my life. As I reached the hill that looked down to the cottage, I could see that the cottage was on fire. Eyes wide with fear, I ran down as fast as I could to make sure my family was alright. The only people I saw were Damen and James.

"James!" I yelled, my voice cracking. Tears rolled down my eyes slowly.

Both of them turned around and ran towards me. Checking to see if I was hurt anywhere.

"Alexander! . . . He's in trouble!"

"Where? What happened?" asked Damen.

"We have to hurry! He might die!"

"Calm down," said James, squeezing my shoulders. "Where is he?"

"The oak tree. Come on!"

This time they listen to me and run towards the oak tree. Which leaves me alone with the rest of my family who are bruning in the fire. I bring my knees to my chest and start crying.

Then I start to hear growling, and people shouting. I got up slowly and ran towards the forest to hide. Something inside of me knew that those people were coming to kill me.

"I can smell her," said one of the strangers.

"She's nearby."

"Salem, come here son," said one of the older looking men.

"Yes, father."

"Go check by the woods. Kill her if you find her."

"Yes, father."

I could've sworn he was staring straight at me. I was about to run further into the forest, but then I heard growling and laughter behind. I turned around slowly, and saw a girl around my age with bloody red hair pointing a knife at my forehead. Before she could do anything, I let out an ear piercing scream and ran towards the hill.

As I jumped out of the forest, I felt my hair being tugged back. I fell onto the forest debris really hard. I started to feel a sharp pain in the back of my head. I gasped for each breath because it got harder to breathe all of a sudden. The last thing I saw was blood.

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