over, spotting the same boy . He didn’t appear any older and was still watching me. H e was protecting me.
I associated the boy in my dream with Jayce. I believed it to be him and that he was always around me . I had the same connected feeling with Jayce as I did with this boy in my dream. K nowing he was there made me feel safe .
My dream began to take another path. While things appeared entirely differently , the boy was still with me. This time we were olde r, the same age. H e was close , not far out in the distance like he was before. I t urned quickly and looked at him. Jayce stood before me and he was telling me to run.
We weren’t in friendly places like the park or shopping cente r an ymore. We were in a dark alley with doors everywhere , but the y were all locked. A thunderous snarl sounded behind us. Jayce and I ran away from it , but I wasn’ t scared , even though I knew it was a vampire chasing us . Jayce was protecting me; h e was trying to help me hid e.
Terrifying screams rang out from close behind us . Wood broke ap art with loud crunches and the cries gr e w louder. Then silence followed until the next screams began. We needed to run faster , they were getting closer and we had to get away.
I finally b eca me very aware of how scared I was. Fear rose up from my feet and continued through out my entire body. My heart pounded and I had the overwhelming urge to scream. I clenched my hands into fists as I prepared myself for the upcoming fight.
The vampires were so close I could smell the stench of blood all around them . More s creams rang out from people nearby. I was s o frightened that I couldn’t bring myself to turn around and see what the vampires looked like. I just needed to get away. I couldn’t die like this.
We yanked and pulled with no success, every door we reached was locked. I turned a dark corner and cra shed into something hard . The collision almost knocked me over. I managed to regain my balance in time for s limy drool to run down my shoulder . I slowly turned my head around . A werewolf stared back at m e. It let out a loud rumbling growl as it moved in closer , it s breath reeking of death .
I looked around for Jayc e; I needed help but I co uldn’t find him. I was alone and my life was about to end. S uddenly , the beast transformed and a man stood before me . I told him we needed to get awa y ; it was too dangerous to be here . He gave me a strange look and with a quick thrust, jabbed a wooden st ak e through my heart.
I jolted awake , gasping and clutching my chest. I felt the sting as if he’d actually done it .
I blinked my eyes in a total f renzy until they finally focus ed . The sun gleamed vibrantly through my window , lighting up my room like the Fourth of July , nearly blinding me in the process.
I lay back down in bed for a few minutes longer, recalling my dream that had turned into a nightmare. My heartbeat slowly returned to its normal rhythm, as did my breathing. I told myself over and over again , it was just a dream.
I remembered most of the details, yet something still seemed strange . I knew I ’d only just met Jayce , but he felt l ike a distant memory coming back . He’d been in every part of my dream, watching and protecting me . Did I know him ? Was he o n the sidelines of my life all a long? How come I couldn’t remember my childhood? Only small tidbits ever revealed themselves and they always seemed surreal, almost l ike they didn’t belong to me.
One part of my dream stuck in my mind , the one about the vampires and werewolves. There was that word again. VAMPIRE. This time it had a partner . Jayce had been with me, trying to protect me from the monsters. Where di d he go? Did they get him too? Most importantly, w hy did the man stab me with the stake?
Why were vampires arising in my thoughts so frequently? They’ d been mentioned that night with Ginata through the Ouija board . The
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