[Series 2] The Haunting Reflection {Chapter Two - Headin' Out}

/ ~ Mountains \
"Find her and get her over here, damn it!" A voice cried, slamming it's fist against their throne chair. A blond-haired Vampire with a sinister smirk chuckled. "Calm down, Master. She's bound to come, after all, your blood is hers."
"That doesn't matter, Estance! I should of killed her then! Ugh." The pale hand swept over the dark hair. Estance glanced back to his commrades, grinning. "Darian, Bullit. Make sure you give little miss Lunar the second gift, huh?" The two nodded, speeding off. "In case you didn't know, I have a plan, Master."
"I'm listening."1


/ ~ Morning, The Boarding School \
"Vence! Ari! Get up!" My head rolled to the side, my eyes glittering in the dem light. "What do you want, Z?" I yawned, sitting up. Vence slept beside me, once again, out cold. "Dad says that if we wanna get this overwith, we have to leave now."
"Already? What about the students?" I tilted my head back, just enough to recieve a kiss from the now-awake Vence. He wrapped his arms around my shoulders, pressing his cool, bare chest against my back. "Jay said he hired someone to take his place until then. Get your stuff." 2

I scrambled out of bed, falling to my knees on the ground. A sleepy Vence followed persuit, only landing on his side. "Common, sleepy Vampire. We gotta get going." I leaned close to stare at his closed eyes. I also squealed loudly when his arm wrapped around my waist, flipping me beneithe him. "Vence! Common!" I whinned into his hair. He snuggled his face against my throat, shaking his head no. "Ugh, DOG PILE!" I shouted. Soon, all my Vampire family was piled onto us. Vence growled in annoyance, and began to wrestle BB, Alex, and CC. Z, Jay, and I watched them, until I got up to pack my stuff.3

Since I was a girl, this needed to be rushed. All my stuff was done packed, but I needed to double check everything, which partly annoyed Alex, for he was excited, and wanted to take on Bullit again. I strapped my bag onto my back, and sighed. This was all too close for comfort. Speaking of close . . . "Vence, quit it!" I chuckled, swating at his head, which was buried in my neck, while his tallented tongue traced circles around it. 4

"Hmmm," he humed a small bit before pulling away, his arms protectively around my hips. I glanced over to him, raising a brow. "OK, who's hurt?" I questioned, peering over my shoulder. Alex and CC were twisted around one-another, trying to get away, while BB was laying against the floor, too tired to move. "Wow, remind me not to piss you off."5

"You won't, Ari." His tone was serious, as his facial expression. It was pointless to argue against him, usually, unless it was over playful things, teases. This, thought, was something we've talked about on one of those nights we couldn't sleep. "Alright, let's get going!" I cheered with heavy sarcasm. Z came up, grinning. "Hey, sis! Don't be such a twitter bug!" He chuckled, poking my nose. I gasped, breaking free from Vence to pounce on my brother.6

"Haha!" He chuckled, pinning me against the bed. I let out a whine, ignoring his victory speaches, that seemed to be getting longer after every win. "Alright, we get it!" I groaned, sliding out from under him. Vence caught me before I could fall off the edge. It was kinda annoying, losing to your big brother all the time. At least, I've gotten a mean boy punch and kick, better than at my old school! "Are you alright?" He cooed, lifting me onto his back. I huffed a bit of air, smiling. "That makes 127 to 3," I giggled, not noticing Z's apologetic face.7

"OK, we're going to run as fast as we can, Ari. Hold onto me tightly, got it?" Vence stated, tilting his head to see me. "Yep. Loud and clear, buddy boy." Inside, I heaved a huge sigh. Lately, Vence has been super protective. The other night, I woke up to find him staring at me, later he told me he was 'protecting' me all night.8

I am feeling like when I was with my parents, too much to handle. With all this attention towards me, who was paying their own eyes to themselves. They could get hurt, and it'll be all my fault, because I was there. Vence was super special to me, if he got hurt . . . "Ari, are you alright?" I raised my head to look at him, not showing a smile. "Huh?"
"What's the matter?" He switched me around, to where my legs were around his waist, and my face leaning onto his chest. "Nothing, just keep going."