Heyo!

So, here's chapter 21! I don't really have much to say for it, other than that I hope you enjoy!

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I woke with a start, drenched in a cold sweat. Blinking and looking around, I realized that whatever happened was just a dream.

A really fucked up dream.

I sat up and looked at my clock. Four thirty in the morning. I groaned and laid back down, rubbing my hands over my face. What the fuck was up with that dream?

I opened my eyes and studied my ceiling, thinking hard about the dream I just had. Could I even call it a dream?

It was dark. Inky blackness was all that surrounded me while a red mist seemed to will itself to move around me. It was weird to say the least, and it only got weirder when this voice started speaking to me. Taunting me, basically. It was deep, like Mothman's… but sinister. Evil. I could feel it coiling around my mind and sending chills of fear down my spine.

So it's you who's been stirring trouble in my little world. I remembered it croon. Ha, how pathetic. Tell me, little human, where is the one who guards you? Nowhere? Ahh… this will make things much easier for me then. I growled and flipped myself over, burying my face in the pillows. Whoever was taunting me in that dream, I already hated him.

I closed my eyes and tried catching some much needed z's.

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Yawning, I made my way downstairs and into the kitchen. This past week has been full of nothing but nightmares and weird dreams. And that goddamn voice taunting me. I was sick of it and I just wanted my goddamn sleep.

I poured myself a bowl of cereal, grabbing a spoon and going into the dining room to enjoy my breakfast before I had to get ready for school. After munching on a spoonful, I paused, looking into the reflection on my spoon. There was something… black… on the ceiling.

"The fuck?" I asked as I looked up. My eyes widened as this… creature... stared back at me, red eyes wide and mouth full of small, sharp teeth as it grinned down at me with malice. I did the first thing anyone would do.

I screamed like the little bitch I was.

The creature screeched back at me and lunged, kicking in my fight or flight reflexes. I ducked under the table as it hit the wood with a splintering crack. I knew my mom was going to be pissed about the mahogany table breaking, but for fucks sake, this thing was going to kill me!

I head the bowl crash to the ground and the spoon came spinning in my direction. I quickly grabbed it and stood from my hiding spot, the beast looming over me with its mouth open wide, ready to crush my head between its teeth. I reared my arm back and jabbed the spoon right it in its eye.

It howled in pain and reeled back, hitting the marble countertop behind it as it clutched its eye. That's when Dalton showed up with his baseball bat, swinging hard and cracking the bat against the back of the creature's head. The thing crumpled to the ground as Dalton stepped back. I ran over to him, grabbing the bat before rushing back at the creature, repeatedly beating it until there was nothing but a black spot on the ground. I panted and stepped back as the creature began fading into black ash on the floor, looking at my brother.

"The fuck was that?!" He yelled, voice cracking from being woken up so early in the morning.

"I don't know!" I yelled back just as our mom and Rosemary came down the stairs

"Allie? Dalton? What's going on?" She asked, looking at us and looking at the ash on the floor. "What is that?" Then she saw the table and cried out in horror. "What happened to my table!?"

"Uh…" Dalton and I said simultaneously while looking at each other. My mother frowned and tapped her foot impatiently.

"There was this thing on the ceiling and it tried to eat my face!" I blurted and my mom raised a brow. "I stabbed it in the eye with my cereal spoon and then Dalton came in and whacked it with his bat. Then I… kind of beat it into a pulp of… ashes…" My mom stared at me with such a look of disbelief and anger, I swear she was going to smite me and Dalton then and there.

"Allison Zahara Michalis…" She started and I flinched back at the tone. I knew I was in deep shit.

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Okay, I wasn't in that much trouble… but I did have to get a new table for my mom. A few days passed without an incident, so I figured it must've been a fluke of sorts.

I stood beside Rosemary and Dalton, waiting for our bus to come and pick us up. It should've been here already, but it was always late.

"Can't the bus come on fucking time for once?" Dalton grunted irritably, holding a cup of coffee in his hand. I snorted.

"'Course not." I replied. "Have you seen the driver? I swear to god he's at least a hundred years old." Rosemary giggled and Dalton rolled his eyes as he took a sip of his coffee. Everything was quiet for a while after that, us just waiting for the bus to finally come up and take us to school.

A gurgling caught our attention as we looked at each other curiously. I blinked before looking down at the manhole in the street, seeing the lid begin to vibrate slightly. I raised a brow as it vibrated more until the lid popped off and another one of those creatures began crawling out of the hole.

Rosemary screamed and backed up with me as it prepared to lunge at us. Dalton yelped and threw the hot coffee in the thing's face, causing it to screech and viciously wipe the burning liquid from its face. We blinked at it for a moment as the creature turned and hissed at us, ready to tear into our flesh until the goddamn bus decided to show up just then and run over the thing.

Our bus driver and a lot of the kids inside were staring at the front of the bus like an alien appeared and shit, eyes wide with confusion and curiosity. My siblings and I decided that we had enough and knocked on the bus door, getting in the vehicle and going to the back where our bandmates sat.

"Dude, what the fuck was that?" Frankie asked as I sat next to him.

"No clue man." I muttered. "But last Friday, I was eating breakfast before school and one of 'em was on the fucking ceiling, waiting to eat me or something."

"Oh my god…" Amy squeaked. "That's crazy!"

"I bet this has something to do with you traveling with your aunt." Roxy stated. "Probably got a bone to pick with you or something." I noticed that we weren't moving and looked up, seeing the bus driver out and looking for whatever he hit. After a few minutes, he got back on and started driving while talking on his CB radio.

"Allie?" I turned to Amy, seeing her blinking in concern at me.

"Yeah, what's up?" I asked, seeing all my friends were looking at me. "What?"

"You okay?" Stephan asked. "I mean… weird shit has been happening to you lately…"

"Yeah, you're looking a bit tired today." Matthew piped in. I looked at them all skeptically.

"Guys, I'm fine." I said. "I just have been having weird dreams. I'll be fine, okay?" They gave me looks of worry and I rolled my eyes, catching Rosemary's eye. She looked like she was very worried and concerned, trying to figure out what I was hiding. I shook my head and looked out the window, ignoring the glances and stares we were getting now.

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It was like that.

All. Week.

Those creatures would pop up from nowhere and try to kill me. In the cafeteria, in my math class, in practice. Hell, one even showed up in the fucking bathrooms.

I was sick of it.

It got to the point where I just started carrying around very sharp pencils and stabbing them in the face every time I saw one. Other students would look at me in fear and surprise, but I could care less at the moment. I just wanted the goddamn things to stop attacking me.

I slammed my front door shut, growling and muttering to myself as I dropped my backpack on the ground and headed into the kitchen. I swear if I see one more of those demons I was going to go on a killing spree. Instead, thank god, I just saw my mom talking to someone on the phone. That was usual, considering she did most of her work from home anyways, so I shrugged and continued on my way, getting an apple and a water before going back into the living room and turning on the TV. I heard the door open and looked over to see my brother and sister walk in.

"Sup." I greeted.

"Nothing." Dalton replied as he shut the door. "Anything weird happen here?" I shook my head.

"Not yet." I muttered and bit into my apple. "Just wait a few minutes. I'm waiting for one to come through the fucking screen like Samara from the Ring." Rosemary giggled and left to the kitchen, probably to do her homework. Dalton just snorted and went to the couch, sitting beside me and watching the TV intently. After a few moments of watching mindless television, my mom walked into the room.

"Allie, I called your aunt." She said to me and I turned to look at her. "With everything that's been going on, I figured maybe she can help us with… this problem you've been having."

"You mean being a demon magnet?" I grumbled. "Yeah, sounds good. I'm tired of this shit right now."

"Allie, language." My mother scolds. "She's taking the first flight she can here. So, hopefully she'll be here by tonight." I nodded and looked at my brother, who was still staring intently at the screen.

"Bro, I don't think they're going to jump ya if you're giving them that look..." I said, poking him lightly in the face. He whacked my hand away and gave me a glare. I smiled innocently and got up, grabbing my bag and heading upstairs to my room to do some of my homework.

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And that's it! I hope you enjoy and I'll update when I can. The wifi sucks here...