Chapter 2 - Two sides.

Ellie's POV:

"Eww, you've got it all over my lips!" I laughed as my mother playfully dabbed some of the facemask on my mouth.

"But it's honey flavored Ell's". She giggled.

"It tastes nothing like honey!" I tried to stifle my laughter, every time I opened my eyes and saw how ridiculous she looked in her own yellow facemask.

"This gets you back for pasting it onto my eyebrows!"

"I was giving you a hair removal at the same time!"

"Well, looks like I'm giving you a snack at the same time then, doesn't it!" She beamed.

Just as she wiped the mask off of her fingers, a loud pinging noise came from the kitchen. "Oooh that'll be the cake! It should be ready now!"

"Good! I need something to get rid of the horrible mask taste in my mouth!" I replied as I hung out my tongue in distaste.

"I have to go Ell's". She suddenly said as she stared at me.

"To get the cake?"

"No Ell's".

"Mum, what are you doing?" I asked as she got to her feet. And without another word she was gone. I blinked, then found myself sitting in the armchair, with her in front of me, lying on the floor. As she sat up, I could see her face was covered in blood. "Mum.." My voice shook.

I looked up as I felt another presence in the room. Tallon walked in, with an arrow sticking in his chest. "TALLON!" I yelled as I got to my feet. "WHAT HAPPENED? YOU CAN'T BE HERE, IF YOU'RE CAUGHT IT'LL START A WAR!" I tried to rush over to him, but my legs would barely move as I willed them to move faster, confused to why they were barely reacting.

"Ells". My mum spoke. "Are you coming with me, or are you staying with them?" She asked as she stood, suddenly wearing a long white night gown that was blowing around at her feet and I could feel a cold breeze all around me.

"Go with you where? What's happening?" I asked as I looked at them both as fear began to wash over me.

"You can join me!" She said calmly as she reached out her hand for me to take.

"They're going to kill you. They want to kill us all!" Talon voiced as blood trickled down from his chest.

"I have to go now, come with me!" My mum said again as she started to fade.

"NO! MUM WAIT!" I screamed as I tried to reach out to her.

Once again, she vanished and so did Talon. I looked around me, to see that I was standing at the forest river, shivering in my little blue dress. Out of nowhere, my dad appeared in front of me, staring at the ground. "Dad!" I whispered as every part of my body trembled.

He didn't answer, just remained motionless. "DAD!" I shouted as I grabbed his arms. "DAD, IT'S ME, IT'S ELLIE!" I yelled as I shook him to acknowledge me. "DAD, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? LOOK AT ME! WHERE'S MUM? WHAT'S GOING ON?" Tears began to fill my eyes as he kept failing to hear and see me. He stepped out of my grip, turned around and walked away as I continued to call out to him! "DAD! DAD!" I cried.

The snap of a twig made me flinch, as I looked in the direction it came from to see Kyan standing in the forest, hiding in the shade of the trees.

A chill went down my spine when I felt as if a shadow was lurking behind me. "RUN ELLIE!" Kyan shouted, then ran in the other direction. I looked behind me as I tried to scan the throng of trees that surrounded me, when my eyes caught a glimpse of a dark silhouette flashing through them. My feet were rooted to the ground as my body shook and goosebumps erupted all over my skin.

"Ellieeee!" A faint voice called as the shadow whooshed past again. "Ellieee!" It taunted. But I couldn't move, I felt stuck...frozen. Not even my arms unwrapped themselves from around my waist.

"GO AWAY" I shouted. "FUCK OFF, LEAVE ME ALONE!"

The shadow laughed as it echoed around me, feeling closer with every second.

"Ellie, come with me!" My mother's voice sounded as she appeared in front of me again. "it's not safe! Come with me!"

"Where mum, where?" I sobbed, in complete desperation.

"Just let go, and come with me".

"Ellie, you need to run!" I heard Kyan say as he ran through the trees.

"You're mine!" The shadow claimed as I felt it lurking in every direction and watching me. "The vampire lover is mine!" The deep voice rang out.

"Ellie, quick!" My mother urged me with panic pouring from her eyes. "They did this to me!" She said as more blood began to cover her clean white gown. "They'll do it to you! Come with me!"

"Vampire lover?" My father said as he appeared next to me. "You can't love a vampire!" He seethed. "You've betrayed us all!" He frowned as he looked at me in disgust. "You have to choose Ellie!"

"Choose what?" I cried back to him.

"Choose me!" My mother spoke as she looked up to the sky. "You'll be safe with me!" She implored.

A sudden cold drip hit my face. I wiped it away with my fingers as more drips came. I looked at my hand to see it was blood splatting all over me and covering the ground.

"I'll get you! YOU'RE MINE!" The shadow's deep voice boomed just as lightning struck the treetops and turned the leaves into flames.

"You have to pick Ellie!" My dad scorned as he walked away from me again. I turned to face my mother to see she was also gone. There was no one. No shadow, no Kyan! As the blood poured and the forest burned around me.

"FUCK YOU! FUCK YOUUU!" I screamed at the top of my lungs as my hands clutched at my head, trying to block it all out. I closed my eyes, willing for everything to stop... to just stop and let me breathe!