DISCLAIMER! Night World. You know, that thing that isn't mine?

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Sorry the update took a little but like I said its long(er than before) :-)

Now without further ado….drum roll please!

The next chapter!(The crowd goes crazy!) lol

She had the weirdest urge to run her fingers through it.

Suddenly he was in front of her. When had he started walking? She wasn't sure. He was so close that she could feel his warm breath on her face. She stepped back, but he reached up a hand to gently caress her cheek, comforting her. The simple touch sent pleasant shockwaves through her body.

Who is he? I think I've seen him before… She thought to herself.

The boy smiled sheepishly. "You might have, actually. Sometimes I was rather careless, when I was following you."

Had she just said that out loud? Wait, following her?

The boy's eyes flashed with amusement. "No, you didnt say that out loud, but that I will explain later. For now that's not important."

She slowly backed up, and her heart squeezed when she saw pain flicker across his face. She chose to speak out loud this time. "How- how do you know what I'm-what I'm thinking?"

He shook his head. "I told you, that's not what's important right now. What's important is your safety. I cannot reveal much. I am only permitted one message. Do not trust him."

She was so confused, she could only ask. "Him? Him who?"

But the boy simply shook his head again, and began backing away.

The world dissolved into mist, and Blake was thrown into darkness.

Slowly, Blake realized she was conscious. So that was all a…dream? Her eyelids fluttered as she tried to open them.

"Leo! I think she's awake!" Was that-no, it couldn't be- Christy?
She was finally able to force her eyes open. The first thing she saw was Christy, face hovering closely above her. Her long brown hair tickled Blake's face.

"Well, do you remember?" She said eagerly.

"Chris, give her a minute, she just woke up." That voice…her dream…was it possible?

Christy leaned back, looking guilty. This allowed Blake to observe the rest of her surroundings. She was in a very small room, with one small window on the far wall. The only color in the room was the mahogany dresser and the bed posts. Everything else was white. To Blake it was almost blinding.

She saw who was leaning on the door frame, and her breath caught.

"You-but- how-dream, I thought…" She stuttered, finding it hard to form comprehensive words.

"Hey,hey. Deep breaths." Christy put a comforting hand on her shoulder "What is it?"

Blake took a few deep breaths, then turned to the boy Christy had apparently called 'Leo'. "You were in my dream. You told me 'do not trust him'." She expected Christy to ask her if it was vision, which Blake expected it was, but she remained silent, looking thoughtful.

Leo's brow furrowed in confusion. "Who?"

Blake shrugged. "I have no clue. The dream ended before you told me. Now I have an important question for both of you. Where the hell am I?" She turned to Christy. "And may I ask why you didn't bring me home? You know my mother! If she's already died from a heart attack, you'll only have yourself to blame! And I'm expecting some sort of explanation for last night. Was that guy a cannibal? And did McDonalds drug my food? Cause I could swear on my life that I saw you shoot orange something from your hands and him turn from being a lion to a boy-"

"Shift" Leo interjected.

"Wha?" Blake was staring at him like he was mental.

"Shift. Not turn. The proper term for it is shift." He said calmly, watching her intently as if expecting a reaction. Christy seemed to be watching her the same way.

"Proper term? Wait, are you saying-"

"Yes, I am. You really did see me shift from my lion form to my human form."

For a moment, Blake almost believed him. Almost. "Chris, I think your boyfriends a bit high."

Christy laughed. "Oh no,no. He's definitely not my boyfriend. Just a good friend. And he's not high." Her face became serious. " And-he's not lying. Remember yesterday when I told you I would explain everything tomorrow? Well, this is a part of it." She slapped her hand to her forehead. "I should have just told you when you asked! Then none of this would have happened!"

Blake looked from her friend to the strange boy. For some odd reason, she had felt the tiniest bit of relief when Christy had sad that Leo was not her boyfriend, but she quickly shook it off. Again, her mind was telling her to believe them, but the more practical-or so she thought- side was telling her this was obviously all some big joke. Christy did love to prank her. "Alright, Christy I have to give you props for the acting, but I think you've taken this one a little too far."

Her friend stared at her for a moment, then surprise dawned on her face and she exclaimed, "Oh! You think-Of course you think- no! Not at all! I swear this isn't a prank!"

Blake rolled her eyes. "Yea, sure." She snorted. But on the inside, she was reeling with uncertainty. Christy's face was so serious, and so was Leo's. What if they were telling the truth? She waited for one of them to burst out laughing, unable too keep up the act, and tell her she was right, this was all just a joke. The moment never came. Slowly, her smile faded. "Wait, you can't be serious?"

Christy nodded, and opened her mouth like she was about to say something, But Leo beat her too it.
"Look, Blake, what do you remember from last night?"

She stared at him for a minute, then decided it best to answer. "Uh, well, I remember going down the alley as a shortcut, and then some random guy biting me. But maybe I fell asleep or fainted? Cause I saw you-" She pointed to Christy. "-Shoot some type of, like, orange energy at the cannibal dude, and then you-" She turned to Leo, "-came, except you were a lion, and you killed the cannibal dude, and then you turned-excuse me, shifted-into a guy." She thought they would start laughing at her, but Leo simply looked at her like he half regretted, half looked forward to telling her what he was about to say. She braced herself for him to say he was a doctor-in-training, and that she was being diagnosed with mental instability.

So you could probably imagine her surprise when he said, "Well, it's a good thing you have such a good memory. Saves me some explaining." He came to sit next to her. Her heart fluttered at his close proximity, but once again she ignored it.
"Your right, you did faint, but it was after I shifted, not before. Everything you saw last night was real." He said gently, watching her closely.

She looked to Christy desperately, hoping she would agree with her and say "You know, your right. I think he is a bit high." But she didn't. Blake had no choice but to believe him.

"So-" She said slowly, "- Your trying to tell me that you shifted from a lion into a human? Because, honestly, I find McDonalds drugging my food more believable."

The boy ignored this, turning to Christy. "Would you like to do the honors?" He sounded tired, like he really was not looking forward to this.

"Well I guess. I was gonna tell her today anyway…" She sighed heavily. "Alright, Blake? I'm gonna ask you a favor. You have to promise not to interrupt until the very end, alright? Promise?"

Blake nodded slowly. "I…guess…but what if I have a question?"

"Only if it's a serious question. Just hear me out, kay?"

Blake nodded again.

"Alright. It's called the Night World-"

"What's called the night world?" Christy glared at her. "Oh, right, sorry!" Blake mimicked locking her mouth and throwing away the key.

"As I was saying, It's called the Night World. It's a secret society of vampires, witches, shapeshifters and werewolves."(BTW does anyone know the difference between a shapeshfter and a werewolf?)

"What?" Blake burst out.

"I said, just listen!" Christy said through her teeth.

Blake immediately shut up, determined not to interrupt again.

"Because there are so many humans, we have to remain a secret. We all pretend to be human, taking human jobs and whatnot."

"We?" Blake's jaw dropped.

Christy smiled. "Yea. I'm a witch, and Leo's a shapeshifter."

"So, the orange energy…"

Christy nodded. "Witch fire. You'll be able to do it to once your trained. Who knows, you might be able to do it now if you tried. You are the second witch child, after all-" Christy eyes widened as she realized what she said, and she clamped a hand over her mouth. Leo didn't move, but Blake saw his eyes darken.

"Me? Witch child?" She laughed. Even to her it sounded slightly hysterical. "Ya, um, I don't think so, sorry."

Christy sighed again, looking like she was very angry at herself. "Look, Blake, I'm sorry, I wasn't supposed to tell you that till you were comfortable with the Night World. Just, let me finish, alright?"

Blake swallowed, and motioned for her to finish, trying to control her swirling emotions.

"So there is the Night World. The thing is, they all hate humans. Think of them as a sort of second class, inferior being, so on. They call 'em vermn too,"

Blake nodded. Well, now that cannibal-oops ,vampire-calling me vermin makes sense…I geuss…

"But Leo and I are part of this special group of Night Worlders that like humans, and work alongside them. Most of the Night Worlders who join our group join because they find human soulmates-" Blake could have sworn she glanced at Leo, "-Its called Circle Daybreak."

"Why?" Blake asked.

"Oh, right! Sorry, you don't know about witch circles! Okay, there are three witch circles; Circle Midnight, Circle Twilight, and Circle Daybreak. Circle Midnight is like the evil witches who like to use dark magic. Circle Twilight are like the good witches, but there still part of the Night World. Circle Daybreak was discontinued a really long time ago, but it was re-started again because of the increasing amount of people finding their soulmates. We consider ourselves not part of the Night World, which is important because of the apocalypse-" She once more clapped a hand over her mouth, looking terrified.

"Apocolypse?" Blakes head was spinning with all this new information. How many people did she know that were Night Worlders? Was she really a witch? Did that make her mother or father a witch?

Maybe that's why my father left… She thought absentmindedly.

"look, Christy, maybe I should explain…" Leo said gently. Christy nodded.

"Alright-" Leo sighed "So, the Apocolypse…"

Blake listened as he explained how all of the species had ruled the earth for a certain amount of time, and that the humans time was fast approaching. She listened as he explained how they thought the world was going to end, and the prophecies they had unearthed. She listened as he explained the Wild powers, and the dragons, and the "witch who isn't a witch". Then she listened as he explained the main members of Circle Daybreak, and their continuing search for the fourth wild power.

"And that's where you come in." Leo sighed again. "Aradia, the maiden-well, I suppose she's the mother now- of all witches had a vision, telling her about the second witch child. They are supposed to have this important vision, telling where the fourth Wild Power is."

"So…" Blake said, slowly putting everything together in her head, "What you saying is, I'm supposed to have a vision that finds the fourth wild power?"

Leo sighed again. "pretty much. No pressure."

She glared at him. "hey, no need for the sarcasm."

He rolled his eyes, but smiled.

"Okay!" Christy exclaimed. Blake jumped slightly. She had almost forgotten that Christy was there.

Wow…I must have been really absorbed in that conversation…
it was because of what we were talking about, of course…not because I was talking to Leo…

"Back to happier topics! Your not going to have to worry about that for a while, and you still have a little bit to learn about other Night World species-"

"wait, just wait." Blake had just realized something. "You work for this Daybreak Circle, right?

"Circle Daybreak, yea." Christy answered looking confused.

"And you figured out that I was the second witch child."

"uh..yea.." Christy obviously had no idea where she was going with this.

"So, when we met, back in freshman year, you only started hanging out with me because you were assigned to?"

Realization dawned on Christy's face. "No! No, of course not! Well, yes, at first, but it was my assignment! I had to keep a close eye on you! But then we started hanging out, and you were so sweet, and understanding, and funny. I swear, you are really my best friend! No, my sister! I love you so much! Seriously, ask Thierry, he like hates me because of how many times I thanked him for assigning me to you! Right Leo?" She turned to Leo desperately.

He grinned. "Ya, she was pretty annoying about it. But, really, she's telling the truth. Promise."

Blake couldn't help it. She burst out laughing. "I…started believing…you…like halfway…through….your crazy rant!" She got up and hugged Christy. "I just wanted to make sure, you know?"

Christy looked like she was deciding whether to be angry or happy. Luckily for Blake, happy won. "Well, I'm glad you believe me." Her face turned serious again. "All right, I guess I can tell you more about the Night World later, for now we need to get back to HQ."

"Why?" now it was Blake's turn to be confused.

Christy looked at her very seriously, willing her to understand. "we're not the only ones who know that you're the second witch child. That attack last night was not an accident."

"Oh! Oh my god, so their after me?" She was panicking now.

"yes, but don't worry! That's why we're taking you to HQ! You'll be completely safe there. "

Obviously, Christy did not understand why she was panicking. Before she could explain, Leo said calmly,

"You can bring your Mother to HQ. You'll have to explain everything, though."

Blake calmed instantly. "Good, good. Well, uh, before I go, can I get my stuff?"

Christy smiled "Of course. Lets go!" She thrust her fist in the air, imitating cheesy hero movies. Leo and Blake both rolled their eyes. Leo jumped up from the bed, and, almost absentmindedly, lowered his hand to help Blake up. She was about to make some sarcastic comment about how she was perfectly capable of standing on her own, but decided to be polite and take his hand.

Big mistake.

Alright yea so that chapter was kinda boring sorry. I couldn't really think of what else they would do next besides explain the Night World! I would make it longer, but its been so long since I updated, and I felt like a hypocrite every time I asked someone to update soon.

I'll try to make the next chapter exciting!

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