Chapter 7: Taken

I shut the door behind me and looked out at the evening sky. The sky was an orange-yellow color that blended in with the sky perfectly. The route that I took led me into the woods. There would be a path that would lead me out if I took the right paths. Swiftly I walked into the forest after I crossed the street that let to the forest.

To get to the forest it would take about fifteen minutes if I ran there and back. So I started at a jogging pace. After a few moments of jogging I had lost my breath and began fast walking. I am not the athletic type of person. While this was happening I began thinking about the offer that the man gave me. "Meet me in the forest" rung in my head. An image of him appeared in my head. The smile and his tea eyes gleaming while in the cafeteria. Seeing all of this made my head start to ache. Everything came at once and I was to the point that I yelled the words "Stop it" while holding my head. My eyes shut tightly and tears began to form.

There was a faint rustle from a bush or tree. Fear ragged within me as I hid behind the tree and the pain subsided...for now. The rustling grew closer until it stopped suddenly. I didn't know what happened so I looked up from my hiding spot and say that man and a woman. The name of the man I think is Dimitri and the woman, I couldn't see her. He was in the way of my sight.

Fortunately I was in earshot and could hear their conversation clearly. The girl's voice though sounded so familiar.

"Why are you doing this?" asked the girl. She had this sarcasm within it.

"I'm not trying to do anything, not involving Vincent anyway." Wait, who the heck was Vincent? Now they moved and I was able to see the other person. She was no other but Madison. A straight A student who is one of the most popular girl in school. Also she's the attention seeker, and is also preppy. She is the type of girl that I could see end up pregnant at sixteen and be a single mom.

Short hair that went to the end of her jaw line with fudge brown eyes was what she mostly looked like and her hair was as red as cherries. With her body she looked like a super model. Her back was against his chest while she was looking up at him. Ok, something's going one with them and I'm about to find out what.

"If you want something you know you can ask." Right then was when they had locked eyes.

"You will not remember anything from the time you saw me to the time you go back to your house." In response to this Madison nodded and her eyes glazed over as in proving this.

This was when Dimitri pulled the strands of hair that were on her neck and licked Madison's neck. I didn't quite get it until he opened his mouth to reveal fangs. Quickly I became shocked and couldn't believe my eyes. This man was a vampire. Boy you should have seen my face.

He bit into her neck and in response to that Madison let out a moan. As this happened her blood ran down her neck. Madison's face showed both pain and and happiness. I never understood this. Five minutes later he released the grip and her neck and in effect she collapsed into his arms. My guess was that she was out cold.

Noticing my presence he turned to face the tree that I was hiding behind. I thought I was caught but I acted natural. Taking the list out of my pocket I pretended like I was memorizing it while walking out in the open. I walked in a casual manner trying not to walk too slow and walk too fast. Successfully I was managing. Smoothly I walked past him. From the corner of my eye I saw that some excess blood started going down at one of the ends of his lip. About 5 meters away he grabbed my shoulder to stop me from walking. We he touched me I stopped and became stiff. He said my name like he wanted me to respond. Instead I jerked his hand away and began to walk again. He didn't try to stop me after that but instead of him I stopped myself and turned to meet his gaze. I stared into his eyes said what was on my mind.

"You gave me that note in Social Studies, right?" He nodded in response. "Then what did you want to talk to me about?" Dimitri stood there for a moment his eyes looking deep into my soul. For a moment I thought that he wouldn't ever answer. When he finally spoke his words shocked me.

"Do you really not remember me?" My only response was a stare that showed no emotion in it at all. I wasn't sure what he really wanted from me. But honestly I sure wasn't going to lie. I'm not that type of person.

Tilting my head I said the words that I knew that he didn't want him to hear. Those were asking who he really was?

For the longest time both of us remained silent and letting our emotions get the better of us. Well I did at least. Dimitri held a thoughtful expression. When at last I realized that he would never answer I turned around and continued walking to the end of the forest.

Thankfully nothing else happened while I walked in silence, thinking of what I just done and the consequences of it all. I hadn't realized it before until later. To be honest I felt kind of bad that I left him there all alone.

When I arrived at the store I had actually examined the piece of paper only to find junk food and video games. "Typical very typical Chris" I thought to myself.

After I had finally finished getting all of Chris's stuff I headed out. I had gotten a backpack so I could stuff all of the stuff that I had bought. I did this and I began my journey back in the dark. My reasons behind getting a backpack is so I can run with dropping anything. So I ran at my own pace while watching for roots that could easily make me fall.

Back in the day my brother used to go with me to get supplies on things we needed. I once asked him why we were never supposed to be outside when it was dark. He would respond with that it's dangerous and that was all. Now I truly understand his reasoning and my parents.

I had slowed down my pace to a walk and this was when I began to hear voices but I quickly disregarded it and moved on. The scene that happened earlier between Dimitri and Madison appeared once again in my head. This was probably because I started getting paranoid cause I heard things that were in my head.

It was stupid of me to ignore the signals that someone was following me I ran into something. I looked up while rubbing my head only to see a man in his twenties. He wore a leather jacket and had baggy jeans. Short, spiky red hair showed out a lot in his features. It was now pitch black but I could still see him.

As soon as we met eyes a smirk appeared on his face.

"Where are you going lady?" He asked still with the smirk. His breath smelled like alcohol. Along with that he was smoking a cigarette.

"Home" I replied simply as I tried to walk passed him. Instead of leaving me alone he grabbed my wrist and jerked me towards him.

"Now, we don't want you leaving just yet. There's business to do." I gulped because I understood what he meant by business and I was not liking it. And I have absolutely no business, especially with him.

"Listen I really need to get going. There are things I need to do that don't involve you." His snicker widened. Talking with him won't help so I went to plan B. Scream and run.

"Help" I screamed over and over until his hand went around my mouth. I was jerking around and trying to bite my hand only to taste cloth. By the time I realized that I was getting gassed I was all ready out cold.