Hey everyone. I just edited this chapter, you don't need to read it, I had noticed the mistakes I had in it so I edited it.. Please enjoy, don't worry I'll get the next chapter out in a few hours or so..

I had grown up believing that this is the only realm we live in, that it's the only reality in life. How would you react to finding out about creatures that are otherwise nothing but creatures from stories. Demons, Dragons, Vampires, Fairies, Werewolf all the works. I hadn't found out till I was 18, after I got kidnapped. But thinking back, I realize I have witnessed that world much sooner then that.

My story starts at the very beginning, it's when I first saw the man who had kidnapped me.

A couple who are in a delivery room of a hospital, are in the mitts of giving birth to their child. The child is late by a few days, a doctor sitting at the end of the hospital bed with the woman's legs spread apart. The brown haired woman closes her eyes, clenches the sheets as she lets out a painful scream as she gives another push.

Her husband is sitting next to her whispering words of encouragement and comfort, letting her know he is there with her. Once she is done pushing they do the breathing exercises, in, in then out. In, in then out again.

"Come on, one more and the top of your child's head will be showing", the doctor says, peaking her head up to look at the two expecting parents. Not long after the woman lets out another scream as she pushes, she pushes with all she has, the baby's head now sticking out. Moments later, another push and the baby is completely out.

The mother lays back, her eyes closed, breathing in and out as she calms down from the stress of childbirth. It has been a all day event, little rest, now she has finally given birth to their baby girl. She is tired and wants to rest, but the need to see her now crying baby overtakes her. She opens her eyes and looks up, a smile on her face as the doctor walks the child over to her.

"Here is your healthy baby girl", the doctor says as she places the baby in the woman's arms. Both of them look down at their bundle of joy, big smiles on their faces. Even though neither of them got sleep they both look happily down at their little girl.

"Isn't she just the sweetest"? The woman asks her blue eyes gazing lovingly at her baby girl.

"She most defiantly is, just like her mother", her husband replies, they look at each other and share a short kiss, then look back down at their beautiful baby girl.

"Do you have a name for her"? Asks one of the nurses in the room, while she holds a clipboard.

"Yes, Hikaru, sweet little Hikaru Sayotanna", the mother answers looking at her child once more with lots of love and affection.

"That is a lovely name", the nurse smiles as she writes it down. The other nurses come into the room to start cleanup. Hikaru's baby blue eyes follow the nurse removing the heavy machine, as the door opens, a man slowly walks by the room, the baby gazes at him as though she knows him. Sensing eyes on him, the man looks over and their eyes lock, newly born baby blue eyes gazing into tired dark brown.

Time seemed to stand still as they gazed at one another, the mans eyes widening just before the doors close, cutting off the intense stare the two had been sharing. Seconds after Hikaru begins to wail as though something she wanted had been taken from her.

10 Years later

"Hikaru can you please hurry up"! My mother yells up at me, "You're going to be late". With a groan, I roll over and look at the time. My eyes widening instantly as I see the time. It reads 7:30am. I spring out of bed and rush around my room, getting everything I need, changing at the same time.

"Sota, I'm so gonna hurt you", I mumble to myself, he is supposed to wake me when he gets up, but of course he doesn't, yet again.

"Hikaru"! My mother calls up to me.

"I'm coming, just need to grab one more item", I say, grabbing my book, then bag, then running out of my bedroom, down the hall, the stairs and just catching the front door just before it closes. My mother is walking down the sidewalk to the driveway.

"You need to set your alarm clock", my mother says as she stops at the drivers side, looking at me as I walk around the front of the car.

"I know, it's just I had a lot of homework to do and I had fallen asleep while working on it", I say, it's the truth. I haven't lied since the day dad had hit me, he gave me a warning and when I didn't listen to it, he gave me a good swat to the back of the head, and it hurt. I rub the very spot as the ghost pain appears.

"Then when you get home from school, you better set it", my mother says as she opens the door, clicking a button, unlocking all the doors.

"I have to leave tomorrow, early, and your father doesn't get back till some time next week", she finishes before getting into the car.

"Ok, mom", I say a bit disappointed. They are always busy, they have no time to deal with us, it makes me sad, it has since I realized what it means when they can't spend time with their kids. Most of the time we had babysitters, but now that I'm old enough, hell, even Sota is, they no longer hire them. I get into the car, put my seat belt on and off she drives.

I just look out the window watching as we pass the houses, the signs, the trees. I can only think about everything else, trying to get my mind off the fact that they aren't going to be home... Though it's not working, it never works. It highly upsets me that we aren't like normal families. One day my parents are going to regret not spending the time with us, I only hope.

"Just don't forget your bus this time", my mom says once we pull into the school parking lot.

"I'll try not to", I answer. I grab my lose things, then open the door.

"Keep in mind that people have gone missing around here", my mother had to remind me. I just nod at her and close the door, then rush to the school. I nodded at the office secretaries as I ran by them, they nodded back. I skid to a stop at my locker, unlock it, then shove my stuff in it, grabbing what I'm needing, then off to my first period class. Math, I hate math with a passion.

I walk into the room, the teacher stops briefly to look at me, then goes back to writing on the chalk board. This school is different then most, if you are late for any class you don't really get into any trouble. The only thing you get into trouble for is for not doing your work, that can be homework, or just the work that should be done in class.

This is a rather expensive school, so teachers are more lenient here. I sit in my seat and sigh, then pull out my book and start writing the stuff down. I was finishing the last answer when my friend, Samantha tosses a small piece of paper at me. I look over at her and she smiles evilly at me.

"What"? I ask in a whisper. All she does is point at the paper she tossed at me. I then sigh and un-crumple the sheet, reading its contents.

Don't look now, but gorgeous is checking you out.

Is all that is said on the paper. I then look over, Alexander Knot, everyone just calls him Alex though. I feel my face heat up and I go back to my work. I've had a crush on him for some time now, I've noticed, same as my friends of his interest in me.

I look over as I hear Sam giggling to herself, I glare at her, she just smiles sweetly at me. I finish the rest of what needed to be written down, then I start working on the handout. I glance at the clock,

Good, just a few more minutes and the bell rings for next class. I get up with my just finished paper and place it on the teacher's desk, then start walking toward the door. By the time I reach it, the bell rings. Samantha and I are in the same class this period as well.

"I do believe he likes you", she says in her squeaky voice, as she comes up beside me. We walk down the hall our books in hand making our way to the next class.

"Maybe, maybe not, I don't really care. That is something I'm not in a hurry to get", I say.

"Come on Hikaru, what is with you? You've been acting strange for the last couple of days, is it because of getting closer to your birthday"? Sam had to ask. I stop and look at her, sighing I answer, "I don't know. It's really strange, I am afraid, but of what I have no clue". She nods her head, then looks around and smiles.

I follow her gaze and jump as I turn around, Alex is right behind me. I put my hand on my heart as I jump back a step, then groan.

"Don't ever do that again"! I snap at him, eyes narrowed.

"Sorry", he responds, putting his hands up. I shake my head, then look down the hall and notice that it's nearly empty.

"What do you want"? Sam asks.

"Well, I just wanted to know if Hikaru here would like to date me"? He asks. The whole time he looks at her, as though he is asking her permission, and as if I'm not here.

"No", I simply answer as I turn and begin to walk. No way would I take that, I had been standing right there, and all he could do was talk with her. Could this be jealousy?

"Come on now, why say no"? He asks as he comes beside me. Sam is a few feet behind us.

"Because you asked her permission as though I hadn't been standing there, now get lost", I answer my eyes narrowed, my hands in fists. He stops, I keep going, Sam follows behind me.

"I don't see why you'd say no", she then adds, "You have a thing for him and yet you still said no".

"Had you been listening"? I ask glaring at her.

"Huh"? She asks. I just shake my head and groan, "Just never mind, just drop it, please". She nods her head and does just that. We get into our next class, this one is English, it's actually one of my favorites. I love to write stories, it seems to make the time go by faster when you do things you enjoy. Just like every other day it feels like I just got to class when the lunch bell rings. Before I know it, it does ring.

I gather my things and get to my feet, then head for the door. I walk a few steps away from the teacher's desk when she calls me over, "Hikaru wait". Rolling my eyes, I turn to face her, noticing she is going through a pile of papers. She then pulls out a small makeshift book.

"This was really good, well written. Do you mind if I use it for my presentation tomorrow"? She asks. My eyes widen at her, I thought she was going to say that I didn't do a good job on it.

"Go ahead, just don't take credit for it", I answer, with a smirk.

"Don't worry, I won't", she reassures me. I nod my head, then turn and walk into the hall, turning and stopping dead in my tracks as I nearly walk into Alex.

"Please, reconsider"? He asks. I narrow my eyes at him, now he is begging for me to be his girlfriend. He's too desperate, I don't like it.

"No! If you want to know the reasons why, then here they are", I say, raising my hand, then raising a finger, "One: You ask my friend her permission to date me, right when I was standing there". I raise another finger, "Two: Now you're being desperate, I don't think so, someone who is, this desperate isn't worth dating", I raise another finger, "Three: I'm not allowed to date, I'm too young".

His face is now pale, he just got rejected, not once but now twice. He's such a moron. I shake my head, then turn and walk down the hall. I hate guys like that, it shows what he's going to be like when he is older, I don't need that. I stop at my locker and put my stuff away, I grab my lunch then walk to the bathroom. I get in and look around, good no one is here. I stand in front of the mirror looking at myself.

"Why had I said no, I do really like him"? I ask myself. I look over my face, I'm not the most attractive young girl, but I'm also not ugly either. Sighing, I turn the water on and splash some on my face. I hear someone walk in, I look at her and she glares at me with her judging eyes. She walks into a stall, shaking my head, I turn, then walk toward the door. Opening it, I walk down the hall, making my way to the lunch room.

Once there I look around and smile, seeing the spot I like to sit, is empty as usual. I walk over to it, sit down, then open my bag, revealing the lunch I had made the night before. I enjoy the food in silence, listening to everyone gossip about this or that. I shake my head as I take a bite of my sandwich.

"You did it again? Didn't you"? Sam asks once I'm half way through my sandwich. I look over at her and watch as she sits down and opens her own bag.

"He begged, how would you like it if someone begged you for becoming their girlfriend"? I ask then take another bit.

"I know, I'm sorry, I even told him that it wouldn't end well if he had", she answers.

"Typical male, he doesn't listen", I reply. She nods her head as she bites into her sandwich. We eat our food in silence after that. Nothing more can be said, she had come to lunch late so she is going to have to rush her eating.

Now finished our food, we get up and toss the garbage we have in the bins, now we are heading to our lockers. We both have art class together, so we stopped at each others lockers. I have science after this class, I'm there without any of my friends.

Once we walk into the room the bell rings for the starting of the next class. We sit down and start doing what the teacher said for us to. The class had gone fairly quickly, same as the science class. We had to work on a project and even after the bell rang, I stayed working on it. I didn't have much else to do so I stayed working on the project for however long I could.

"Hikaru when does your bus get here"? The teacher asks as he hovers over my desk. I shrug my shoulders, but peak at the clock, only to jump up with my mouth hanging open.

"I missed it", I answer.

"Do you want a ride home"? He asks. I look at him, he seems a bit too friendly, I just shake my head, I was told to never trust a stranger and my gut is telling me not to trust him.

"Thanks, but I'll just walk", I answer him as I close my book. I watch him as I gather my things, being very suspicious of his question. He had never asked, if I wanted a ride before. So why start now? All he does is watch with his judging eyes as I get up from my seat, walk to the door and turn into the hall. I let out a breath I hadn't known I was holding till I was out of his line of sight.

Once I get to my locker I sigh and open it, grabbing my backpack, but then looked at it and groan. Why bring a heavy bag if I'm going to be walking for a while. I put the bag back into the locker and place my books neatly in a pile. I close it, lock it, then walk down the hall. This is going to be one long boring walk home. I walk out of the empty school and onto the empty school grounds, no buses left, no students or teachers outside. With a sigh, I walk over to the school gates, then walk past them.

About 15 minutes into walking I look up only to narrow my eyes, dark clouds are rolling in, I knew it was suppose to rain, but I didn't think it was going to. Now about half an hour of walking I notice flashes in the sky, then the thunder booms rattling through the air, some making the ground vibrate from how loud it is. I rush to shelter as rain begins to fall from the clouds above.

"Must find a place, it's starting to poor", I say, looking around as I try to find a spot to get in out of the rain, coming across an old shrine of sorts, I cautiously get under it as a man is already standing there. I stay as far away from him as I can, watching this mysterious man from the corner of my eyes. He is wearing black clothes, his long black hair is covering his eyes. I briefly wondered if it was a good idea to stop here. I just shake my head and watch him closely, if I have to I'll continue to walk.

He turns and looks at me, moving one lock of his hair aside, revealing a single dark eye. He watches me for what felt like hours, but I know it was only a mere few seconds.

"Good idea to get in out of the rain", his smooth yet deep voice says.

"Yeah", I simply answer, not wanting to be rude.

"Where you coming from"? He asks, the conversation seems harmless. I look over at him, my heart races at the intense look he is giving me, the hair on the back of my neck and arms stand on end, making me very uncomfortable with this man.

"From school", I answer.

"Is that so, don't you kids have a bus you often get on"? He asks.

"Yeah, I kinda missed it", I answer, feeling just slightly at ease with him, his voice doesn't sound as harsh.

"Staying back to do some more work"? He asks. I just smile.

"I take it you're heading home"? He then asks. I nod my head, then suddenly shiver at the cool breeze that brushes over my small frame. I hug myself rubbing at my arms as I try to warm myself.

I startle some as a large jacket gets placed over my shoulders. I look up and the man is smiling down at me, now in a black T-shirt, showing off his buff body. I look away and grab the edges of the jacket and wrap them around myself.

"I'm waiting for my ride, did you want a ride home, it turns out we are heading in the same direction"? He asks. I look at him, everything in me is telling me to say no, but something is telling me to say yes.

"No", I answer smartly.

"You sure"? He asks.

"Yes, mom told me not to trust strangers", I answer, then look at him, hoping he doesn't take offense to that.

"You have a smart mother", he says with a small smile. I don't trust my feelings around him, my stomach is all twisting up because of being so close to him. The way he looks at me scares me, I wonder if he notices how scared I truly am. Shortly after a black car pulls up, I look at it, the warmth that it no doubt has. I so want the welcoming warmth that I know is inside it. I look over as I watch the man walk to the car, he opens the door then looks at me.

"You sure"? He asks once more.

"I'm sure, I'll be fine, thanks anyway", I answer. He nods at me, then gets into the seat, sitting down, he was about to close the door when I call out, "Hey, your jacket"?

"Keep it, I have plenty more where that came from", he answers with a grin on his face, I watch as he closes the door and the car takes off in the very direction I need to be heading. With a sigh, I lean back against the wall, closing my eyes with this giant jacket laying over my shoulders, the only thing that is giving me some heat.

Then it hits me the odd aroma coming from the jacket, it's not at all discussing, no it smells nice, it has a soft strong male scent to it. It almost feels welcoming if something about it didn't make me feel scared by it. I don't know how long I had been standing in that place, but once the rain slowed down some I continue my way home.

When I finally get there I walk into a dog wagging its tail, I smile down at him, then open my arms wide so he can jump up, he does so and gives me a few big slobbery kisses before getting down.

"Thank you for greeting me Thunder", I say to him, knowing he won't respond back, at least nothing more than the tail wagging even more.

"Where have you been"? My little brother asks as he comes out of the living room. I look at him and peel off the jacket, seeing it's soaked and dripping on the floor.

"Sorry, I missed the bus", I answer.

"You always miss the bus, why can't you be on time like everyone else"? He asks. I sigh and look at him, looks like he just got out of the shower, his hair is wet and still a mess, he is wearing his pjs. I Still can't believe he is 2 years younger than me, his hazel eyes watch me as I shift from foot to foot. He got the eye colour from dad, mine came from mom, she has the blue. His hair is a little longer than he likes, it's a dark brown almost black. He's a short little kid that looks too skinny, but I think it's because he isn't done growing yet.

"Don't tell mom that I missed it, again", I say as I narrow my eyes at him.

"No worries", he says, then looks at the jacket I shed off, "Whose jacket"? Thunder is now sniffing it, his tail seems to be wagging as he does so, but after he sniffs it a while longer then he begins to growl, his hawk up, teeth bared. I narrow my eyes at him, it's strange how he would be growling at a jacket.

"Enough, Thunder", I say and reach down, he growls even more than slowly looks at me, the look in his eyes makes me pull my hand back.

"What's wrong with him"? Sota asks. I shrug my shoulders, even I want to know what is wrong with him. Shortly after he looks at the door and starts to bark. I was about to open my mouth to yell at him but a few loud knocks is heard at the door. I stand there frozen in place, unsure of how to think about this. Thunder is barking up a storm, his hawk up, his teeth just shining, his snarls and growls actually scare me. I startle as more knocks are heard on the door. I slowly walk toward the door, my hand shakes as I reach out toward the handle.

"Sota grab his caller", I say as I place my hand on the door knob. I turn and watch as he walks over to our dog, grabs the caller then nods at me. Hesitantly, I turn the handle and open it, revealing two tall figures, both having dark hair. One of them looks like the man that lent me his jacket. Yet at the same time he doesn't feel the same.

"Hello children", the one man says, a smile on his face, "Are your parents home"?

"No, is something wrong"? I ask seeing the uniform the one man is wearing.

"Do you mind if we take a look around, we are searching for someone who has been seen in the area"? The cop asks. I narrow my eyes as I look at the two, then I turn my attention to the dog, then back at them, "I'm sorry, but I don't think there is, as you can see this dog won't allow anyone to come in".

"No one is here, I've been home since school ended", Sota adds as he struggles to keep the dog in place.

"We showed up here because when we had been looking in people's yards we noticed a broken window on your second floor, this is a very serious matter, this man is dangerous", the cop says, his tone letting me know he's getting frustrated.

"I'm sorry, but you guys can't come here and harass us because our parents aren't home", I respond.

"Look, this man who we are after is very dangerous. We need to look around the house because he wouldn't care if you're a child or not, you're fair game to him", the cop replies.

"I..", I shut up as we all hear something break from upstairs.

"What window"? I ask as I look back at the two men.

"The one in the back, it has a unicorn sticker in the corner", he answers.

"That's my room", I say. Another sound, but coming from the hall upstairs makes Sota, Thunder and I run past the two men, and rush off the deck onto the front lawn. The two men came rushing behind us, and once we turned to face the house it suddenly looks sinister and dark. Thunder is now focused on the house, barking and growling with a tone I've never heard before. I don't look back as I hear a car pull up, the engine turns off and the door being closed till my mother asks, "What's going on"?

We all jump as a flash of lightning lights up the darkening sky, everyone shocked at the sight we all seen in the door. A man who had blood all over him was briefly seen standing in the doorway. After that sight, the dog became too hard to handle, it was like the man awoke a beast inside our normally really gentle beast. Sota had to let go, I reach out as I watch the dog run into the house.

"There is someone in the house", is all I was able to get out of my mouth.

"You two"? I hear my mother ask, though I don't dare look away from the opened front door. All I hear is one of the two shift around something, then he says, "This man is with me, he's the only one that can help with this case".

"A.. Man with blood", I couldn't help but whisper, my hands shaking uncontrollably. For some reason the man didn't scare me half as much as seeing all that blood on him.

"Are you two ok"? I hear my mother ask, I feel myself getting pulled into her arms, Sota coming beside me.

"Thunder"! Sota and I both scream as we hear commotion coming from the house. Everyone of us stand in silence as we hear the nasty growls and barks of the dog, as well as an inhuman sound come from something else. Mom holds us both close, the two men had walked a few feet in front of us as the dog lets out wails of pain, then loud whining then nothing. I struggle against mom, worried about the dog I had grown up with, worried about the only true friend I could remember.

"Thunder"! I scream as I burst through mom's grasp, dodging the two men as I rush into the house, tears just streaming down my face. I rush through the house seeing all the mess that the fighting caused, following it, in hopes to come across my alive and well dog with a few battle scars. I can hear people calling my name but my heart stops as I rush to find the dog.

As I turn the corner lighting lights up the sky and when I look at the mess on the floor my mouth opens as though I'm screaming the thunder vibrates through the room. Blood everywhere, Thunder's pieces everywhere. I take a few steps back, hitting the wall behind me, tears flowing down my face as my chest feels empty, my whole world has just changed by just seeing how my dog got killed. He is torn to pieces, parts laying everywhere, including his internal organs.

I look around the room, hoping that it's all fake, that it's just nothing but a bad dream, then as lightning flashes again, I see in the corner of the room the same man, his red eyes glowing at me, his mouth just coated in blood, his hands, even his clothes are stained a dark crimson colour.

I watch terrified as the man walks over to me, his grin wide, he stops in front of me and says, "Hello girl". He smiles down at me and grabs my shoulders, then he leans in and opens his mouth wide, coming closer and closer to my neck. I jump as a gunshot is heard, he groans, then he falls to his knees. I don't look anywhere, I don't even move, my gaze fixated on Thunder's head, his tongue sticking out, his eyes wide out of shock and pain.

"Shit, this isn't the man", says the man that looks exactly like the man who gave me his jacket.

"What"? I hear the other voice ask, not sounding too pleased. I look around the room and one more flash lights up the area and I see another man in the room, his eyes glow red but he doesn't look scary. In fact, he looks a lot like the man that lent me the jacket. He smiles some then all goes dark, I pass out from all I had witnessed.