"Keep in mind that people change, but the past doesn't." - Becca Fitzpatrick, Hush, Hush

Eric POV

"We have to get her back. There is no choice in the matter." Eric paces up and down the library, plotting with his three closest friends and Blade. The library is where Eric had found comfort the last few weeks, somehow managing to sense Luna-in a world full of mythical creatures, this is almost normal. He's missed Luna more than he thought possible for a boy with so many other duties.
"Eric, for someone who's in love with the girl, you want her dead pretty badly." Blade comments from the black leather arm chair, smoking a cigarette and looking super relaxed. Sam, Finn and Zack are stood leaning against a bookshelf beside where Eric is wandering.
"I love her, but I love the vampire race much more." Eric responds coldly, hating Blade a little more. Blade was an old friend of his father's, but Eric knew not to trust him, which is why he wouldn't reveal the real reason why he wants Luna back.
"Don't lie, you just want the throne." Blade says, earning gasps from Eric's friends. Eric's stops pacing, staring at Blade with a fiery expression.
"I live to serve the vampire race, I should protect them and -" Eric yells.
"Your just concerned that there is a girl, who refuses to date you, that can beat you in a fight. Your willing to sacrifice an innocent for a throne? Eric, the vampires will rebel before you can fully sit down when they discover you sent a teenager to her death." Eric is gawking at Blade, unimpressed.
"Your fired, Blade. Leave Oak Wood High and never come back. You won't be missed." Eric shouts, expecting an angry reaction from Blade. How can Blade talk to the prince that way? Surely he must pay. Instead, Blade smiles, rising from his comfy chair. Mockingly he bows. "Thank you, oh-great-mighty-prince, for gifting me with you presence." Blade marches out of the room, smirking happily. When the door slams, Eric glides across the library to the main window, overlooking Oak Wood forest.

Bags have appeared under Eric's eyes, from lack of sleep, that look like he's been punched repeatedly. Sam moves me behind him, resting a hand on his tense shoulder. "We'll find her, Eric, I promise." They both stand, looking out of the window, for almost an hour.
Sam's arm moves from Eric's shoulder, and he points towards the center of the forest. "Do you see that?" Sam asks. Eric concentrates his sight, zooming in on where Sam is pointing. In a spot five miles away, Eric's luck has just changed. Eric finds himself running after Blade.

Luna/Alissa POV

An hour earlier...

Enter the living room from the bathroom, looking refreshed. Ranger is lying on the sofa, gazing up at the ceiling-as if to see stars or religious drawings. He's dressed in black skinny jeans and a neon top. "Why aren't you in your uniform?" I question, sounding like his mother.
"We aren't going in." He replies, as relaxed as the way he is sat.
"Yes, we are. Now get ready!" I order, flinging a sequined pillow across the room at him.
"No, I've planned a whole day for us." The gesture is lovely, but I can't possibly accept-it's a school day!
"Well, sorry, but I have a whole day planned at school too, I thought that's why you'd come round, to walk me to school?" I question.
"Nope." He replies.
"We've only been dating a day, people will get suspicious. I've read about humans and how they behave. Gossip is one thing they live off. If we both skip school, who knows what they will say." Ranger stands up, walking over to me. Great, he's going to use the kissing tactic.
"I think you owe me one, you know, for telling my sister that I told you what we are." His lips brush mine, but I'm not backing down.
"I'm waiting for the right time to tell her what I am." I reveal, stepping away in fear I'll lose this battle. Ranger looks scared.
"You can't, honestly. Cara is big on fairie laws and stuff. You tell her and she'll go straight to the Goverment-mine and yours. She follows the rules, always." He informs me.
"Fine, I'll go with you, then we're even." I give in.

Ranger pulls me along the leaf covered forest path. I giggle when he stops under the tallest tree in the forest, spins me into him, and kisses me eagerly on the lips. I don't really understand the sudden change in a day, from him acting like he hated me, and now kissing me, but I'm not going to argue.
"Where are we going?" I question, finally catching a minute to breath in between us kissing.
"Here," he has the biggest grin as he leaps into the air. Ranger disappears amongst the layers of leaves up above, with only their crazy movements evidence to wear he's gone to. "Come on," he yells, obviously indicating I do the same. Without thinking, I jump up, caught by him swiftly.

"Why did you bring me up here?" I am confused, but I can't help but feel his gesture is lovely.
"Look," he points to a building shaped like two white warehouses merged together. "I though you might have missed it. You never told me how long ago it was when you left, I presumed that it could've been months, and that you miss it." I stare at the building,
"it's so familiar, yet it seems so... unfamiliar. I know that makes no sense." I blush, admitting that the sentence seemed much less vague in my head. Ranger demonstrates his understanding by squeezing my hand tightly.
"There is another reason I brought you to this exact spot. I read, in a book all about vampires, that you can zoom in on things up to 5 meters away from them." He chuckles nervously, "then again, that same book told me that vampires burn in the Sun." I giggle, causing his face to twist in confusion.
"Actually, your book sounds pretty precise."
"Then how -" he gestures to the projections of Sunlight glistening on my pale, white skin.
"The werewolves invented a tablet for us to take. In return we invented a drink that prevents silver from burning their skin. It was to demonstrate the friendship between the species-creating something to make each species life easier." Ranger looks interested from the corner of my eye, but I can't stop staring at the building I once loved. Oak Wood High School.

I learnt how to zoom my vision in five years ago, when I was nine. Now, it was something I could do almost naturally. It did scare me at first, being able to see things I couldn't in my post-vampire human state. Looking at the building closely, I see the familiar double doors leading to the main corridor in side the school, open. Out strides a character so familiar, I feel my stomach twist in delight and fear. What alarms me is what Blade is holding into tightly-a bulging suitcase about to burst.

My instincts kick in before I can even estimate the impact the consequences will cause. I leap gracefully from tree to tree, rustling each clump of green hair each tree possesses. Ranger can't run as fast as I can, I know that from a book I read awhile back on fairies. I hear him faintly call my name, which-even from this distance-sounds like Angels singing in Heaven. I look back to see Ranger copying my actions with the same grace and elegance.

I dive from the top of the tree on the edge of the forest, stalked by my shadow under the Sun's light, directly in-front of Blade. He doesn't seem surprised, somehow expecting my appearance. Instead of a regular greeting-hello, good afternoon, hey-I told him, "call me Alissa, I'll explain later." Blade hid his confusion well, pulling me into a hug. Ranger slammed into the ground behind me, tired, wary and alarmed.
"Alissa, we shouldn't be here." Ranger warns, giving Blade a long look. I step away from Blade, entwining my fingers in his.
"Ranger, it's nice to see you after so many years." Blade smirks, chuckling slightly. My eyes widen,
"you two know each other?" My voice is incredibly high. Ranger tenses. Maybe this is something I don't want to hear.
"Oh, yes. Ally," he turns towards me, looking down at our connected hands. "Only you could get yourself into this mess."