Lucas must love making me freeze! His running speed makes the air that much colder. My eyes were closed the entire time I could hear Lucas laughing obviously me closing my eyes hadn’t grown old.
He finally stopped I opened my eyes.
“I wanted to show you what the lake looks like at night, do you like it” Lucas asked me.
It was beautiful, the lake was sparkling, the night sky was glittering with stars, the forest looked peaceful silent.
“It unbelievable, it looks so much more beautiful at night thank you for showing it to me” I smiled at Lucas.
“Just like you” Lucas said while he kissed me while I was still in his arms. I loved kissing him I had to admit it. His kiss felt protective and loving, just like him. He pulled away looking at me to cage my reaction. Which was one of happiness and breathlessness.
Lucas help me onto my feet. We didn’t say anything. So I started to walk around but Lucas pulled me into his arms.
“Can’t I walk around?” I asked him.
“No, I got permission from Matt. Who was super angry that I even thought to bring you here again. But he gave in since you decided to come to the ball. He didn’t want to make you unhappy today of all days. Matt said I could take you as long as I was holding onto you the entire time” Lucas chuckled.
“Fine, but that doesn’t mean that you have to hold onto my waist” I said a little embarrassed.
“Oh yeah, umm here” Lucas gave me his hand which I automatically took. I took off my high heel shoes and left them on the ground they were killing me. Lucas just watched. My feet felt good on the cold green grass. We walked around the river hearing the splash of water as the waves rippled over each other. Lucas was staring at me the entire time, I forced myself to look towards the forest which we were approaching. The setting of the forest reminded me of a picture I had sketched, the very same picture that I drew when Lucas had first told me I was going to the ball with him, the only difference was there were green leafy trees instead of blossom trees. The wind blew heavily and I watched as the leaves feel to the ground twirling as they dropped. The setting looked familiar, I wanted to get closer. I was about ten metres away from it when Lucas stopped walking, making me stop with him
“What’s wrong?” I asked him.
“That’s as close as you can go” Lucas smiled.
“Why?” I asked.
“Because” Lucas said making a game out of the conversation.
“Because…” wanting an answer.
“Because” he said.
“Your frustrating you know that” I stated.
“I know” was his childish reply.
I tried to let go of his hand but he was stronger. I tried pushing him forwards but that was a waste of effort.
“Fine you win” I said exhausted.
“I know, when I can take you further I promise I will, but for now you have to wait okay” Lucas said softly.
“Let her come now” said an unknown voice which sounded quite familiar, it almost sounded like Kalebs voice?! No it can’t be… no it’s not his voice.
Lucas grabbed me closer to his body carrying me while at the same time running away from the lake. Everything was so blurry. “Why are we leaving?” I asked in surprise he didn’t even warn me we were leaving.
We didn’t make it far before Lucas stopped. Lucas pushed my body even closer to his, I felt squashed I was about to complain when I heard his voice, Kalebs voice not in my head but out aloud. I tried to see if what I heard was true, did I actually hear his voice? I pulled my head up to see Kaleb in front of me he was staring straight at me. I started to breathe in and out heavily reality finally hit me. Everything that’s been happening to me has been real! Vampires exist! Everyone I know is one! I started to panic and clutched Lucas shirt for comfort.
“Surprised brother? How am I able to step onto the land of this ‘precious’ school? I’ve known Rukas been alive just as long as you have. I’ve planned for this day. I knew what you would do. I knew eventually she would end up her so I stopped drinking fresh blood from humans for ten years now just enough time for me not to be called a bloodlust. Now will we have to go through what happened last time or will you hand her over?”  Kaleb looked calm, his green eyes piercing into mine. He looked muscular and confident, he looked huge compared to Lucas.
Lucas let out a growl and started running in the opposite direction to Kaleb but stopped when Kaleb was in front of us again. We were stuck.
“Hand her over” Kaleb spoke annoyed.
Lucas didn’t answer he bent his head to look at me, I was to freaked out at what was happening. I clutched him harder out of reflex. Kaleb was faster than Lucas, we weren’t getting out of here.
Lucas tried again to run but Kaleb bet us again, he was standing in front of us with a smug look.
“How long will you keep running?” Kaleb stepped forward still keeping his eyes locked on me I looked away afraid of what would happen next.
“Now do you believe me Ruka? I’ve been real from the beginning” Kaleb laughed.
“You should have told Lucas while you had the chance, but it’s too late I’m stronger than him Lucas knows this. You can’t out run me Lucas. Either give me Ruka or die”.
“Why should I give her to you?! You killed her the last time you kidnapped her. I loved her! And you just ripped her out of my life. I’ll never let that happen again. How could you do that to your only brother! I loved you but you broke my trust, how can you live so happily when you’ve caused so much destruction!” Lucas spoke with so much emotion. None of it meant anything to Kaleb he started laughing.
 “You didn’t tell him Ruka?” Kaleb spoke. I didn’t know what he was talking about.
Kaleb laughed at my reaction “Lucas my dear brother” he laughed again, Lucas growled even louder than before. It sent shivers down my back. “Matt!” I yelled. I knew he would hear me he did have super hearing. Maybe he could help Lucas get out of here. I tried to get out of Lucas’s hold, if I gave myself up he would be safe.
“Call all the help you want it won’t help Ruka. Lucas hasn’t had human blood for a long time, he’s weak. Though I haven’t had it in a long time either but Lucas you haven’t had any since Ruka died right?” Kaleb said beaming with strength.
“I don’t need it to beat a monster like you!” Lucas yelled.
I continued to try and get out of Lucas hold to no avail.
“Stop moving Ruka, I’m not letting go and you’re not leaving with him” Lucas said seriously to me.
Behind Kaleb I saw Matt and Kerry standing there, shocked painted on their faces.
“The audience has arrived. How have you been Kerry?” Kaleb laughed evilly.
“Just great” she replied just as evilly and pounced at Kaleb but Matt held her back just in time.
“Let go!” she screamed at Matt. How was Matt stronger than Kerry? Was it because he had just had blood to drink? Kerry calmed down just as fast as she got angry, must be Matt controlling her emotions.
Kaleb made a few more steps closer to me and Lucas, Lucas stepped backwards.
“What didn’t Ruka tell me?” Lucas asked Kaleb. I saw what Lucas was trying to do, he was moving backwards in an arc like pattern trying to get closer to Matt and Kerry who were just standing there watching.
“Hmm..” Kaleb said while following Lucas’s formation. “Well there’s a lot of things she hasn’t told you. Why she hasn’t told you is well quite a hilarious reason. She didn’t believe she was hearing my voice in her head”
Lucas clutched me harder fuming. Lucas’s eyes were starting to get blood shot, his skin was becoming colder by the second. He looked almost ready to pounce on Kaleb.
Kaleb continued “I’ve been calling her to the lake ever since she got here,. I’m the one who made her sick so I could get control of her body but without human blood in my system it didn’t work, her mind was still strong”.
We finally made it to Matt and Kerry. Lucas hugged me one more time before passing me to Kerry. Kerry was now holding me in her arms. Matt and Lucas covered both of us blocking Kaleb from my view. “You’re disgusting! Leave Ruka alone” Matt said angrily.
“You boy keep your mouth shut! You’ll get your payback for what you made me feel at the airport!” Kaleb said with an even more angry voice.
“Now give me Ruka!” Kaleb asked again.
“No! You killed her. You said you loved her but you killed her! You don’t love her. You think its love but all it is is jealousy. She picked me over you. She loved me instead of you! Ruka would rather be with me than you!” Lucas said full of energy and anger at his brother.
“You’re wrong I DO LOVE Ruka! She just didn’t give me a chance with you being in the way. I didn’t kill you before as you were my brother it wasn’t your fault you got in the way. But now you are in the way and I will kill you if you don’t get out of the way! You were wrong about one more thing I didn’t kill Ruka” Kaleb said.
His voice was making me shake, I was panicking I didn’t know what was happening my body was moving on its own accord with me willingly moving. I kept struggling against Kerry’s grip. I wanted to get out of here. All four of them were scaring me to death. Deep down I didn’t want Lucas to hear that twenty years ago I had killed myself a part of me knew he would be hurt by this. But there was nothing I could do, Kaleb was about to tell him.
“Of course you did! You told me that yourself!” Lucas shouted with confusion.
Kaleb seemed to be so calm, like he thought in his mind I’ll have her soon. The thought sent shivers down my back. Ruka come to me!
Kaleb was speaking in my head, I closed my eyes trying to block out his voice. I started to squirm in Kerry’s arms. I didn’t know what was happening, I tried to stop but my body wouldn’t listen? Kerry struggled to stop me.  “Stop struggling Ruka” Kerry told me, I didn’t and slipped out of Kerry’s hold and landed on the ground.
“Oww” I yelled. Lucas once again scoped me up in his arms, holding me extremely tight it was hard to breath. I didn’t know what had happened with me and Kerry.
“Stop it, get out of Rukas head!” Lucas shouted at Kaleb. “Not until you give her to me, or she comes to me on her own. Rukaaa” Kaleb said. I struggled harder in Lucas’s grip, but he was stronger which I was grateful for.
“What are you trying to do! She doesn’t want to go with you. You’ll just kill her again. I don’t want to have to kill you but if you try to take Ruka away from us we will do what we have to do to keep her safe!” Matt said calmly trying to sort out this disaster without conflict.
“ I didn’t kill her!” Kaleb smiled at me and continued “Do you want to tell them or shall I Rukaaa?” Kaleb said my name in a seductive tone, it made me struggle against Lucas’s grip even more. My body started to hurt against Lucas’s iron grip. I didn’t want to tell him that I dreamed of how I died, it’s not something I would like to remember or relive. I hadn’t told anyone anything about the dreams I had been having about my past life I only seemed to be dreaming memories that ended up as nightmares.
“Fine. I’ll tell them. Ruka killed herself with her fathers dagger. The very dagger that her father had tried to kill me with” Kaleb said it so easily.
“Liar! Ruka would never do that!” Lucas shouted hugging me closer to him. I felt like a squash toy.
“Believe what you want to believe. Why don’t you ask Ruka?” Kaleb said bursting into an evil laugh.