NO LONGER IN USE!

once i had stepped through the towering blue flames, i was now standing on a huge cliff. actually it was more like a small island, literally hovering thousands of feet in the air between snow topped mountains. the island was made of ice. and standing on the other side of the island was a tall gothic victorian castle, yea, i said castle. the Council is so old school.

i tredded my way through the two foot deep snow and of course right when i got to the door, i was blocked by four guards.

"what is your business here?" a really buff looking guard spoke with a alarmingly loud voice.

"damn, does everyone have to know what the hell im up too?" i said aloud to myself.

"tell us, or we will me forced to throw your puny little body off the edge of the island," the big one said again.

"now, now, James, calm down. Aiden is our friend," a voice i solemnly recognized as Demitri Sterling. head leader of the Council.

the big guard i now knew as James stepped aside with a look of disappointment and rage across his face. i guessed he really wanted to throw my so called " puny little body" over the edge.

"well, well, Mr. Procter. that is what your going by now, isnt it. didnt you choose to go by some american name and not your true name?" Demitri asked, but i knew he already knew my answer.

"you know i dont like my familys true name," i told him walking past him and into to the castle.

"well, Aiden, what brings you to visit the Council today?" Demitri said now appearing in front of me, stopping me in my tracks before i went any further.

"you know why im here."

"on the conturary i dont," he simply said to me crossing his arms across his chest.

"where are you hiding Summer's little sister?" i was starting to get pissed off.

"we dont have your little girlfriends sister,"Demitri simply said.

"then how do you explain the fact that Summer's best friend Nadia, is now standing behind you?" i waited for his response. there was no way he was gettin out of this one. Nadia grinned a menacing grin, fangs flashing.

"you know all newborns are transported straight to us," Demitri said.

and he was right. i hadnt thought about that. just cause Nadia was here, it doesnt mean that they were the ones who changed her.

"Nadia, who did this to you?" that was a stupid question. no one ever remembered who changed them. i dont even know who changed me so long ago.

"you know that no one remembers that," Demitri said to me.

this was hopless. i had come this way for nothing. i spun around on my heel and headed my way out of the castle. if the Council didnt take Emery, then who did?

i opened my eyes. oops. i didnt mean to fall asleep.

"Aiden?" i called out.

"im in here," Aiden called back.

it sounded like he was in the master bedroom. he was leaning on the headboard on the king sized bed. he looked like he was deep in thought. i climbed onto the bed next to him.

"you okay?" i asked.

"i have to tell you something, Summer."

"what?"

"Nadia isnt dead."

"she isnt!" i said with excitment," where is she?"

"she's at the Coucil. Summer, she's a vampire. whoever transformed her, more than likely has Emery," he told me.

whoa. i didnt know what to say. Nadia, a vampire. it felt so weird knowing that.

"but if she's a vampire wouldnt she know who turned her into one?" i asked.

"no. no one ever remembers that. even i dont," Aiden lowered his head.

i didnt really know what to say, the only thing i could think of to do was hold him. i wrapped my arms around his stomach, my head rested on his chest. i was already half way laying down anyways. i could feel his fingers fiddling with my hair.

"we'll find her, Summer. i promise."

to be continued....

"hello Azulah," Aiden simply said stepping closer to the woman.

"what brings you back sweetheart? you finally come to your senses? did you finally realize leaving me was a big mistake?" she spoke as she circled around Aiden, trailing her red painted nails across his chest and shoulder blades,"ooo, you even brought me back a little snack."

Azulah started heading my way, now standing behind me.

"Summer is not to be touched," Aiden pulled Azulah away from me right when i started to feel her breath on my shoulder.

"my coming back has nothing to do with you, Azulah," he said now glaring her down.

i had a feeling i had just stepped into an even bigger problem. Aiden headed towards me and pulled me away from the mob and Azulah.

"Aiden, who was she? who was Azulah?" i asked him. he had led me into a cabin at the far end of the town.

"to be honest, Summer, i was destined to spend my immortal life with her. i was suppose to turn her immortal. she was a mortal born in a immortal family. when i didnt want to take her life, i walked away from a treaty between my family and Azulah's family, but now it looks like since the last time i was here, that shes found someone else to turn her to.. well.. a vampire," Aiden explained to me.

"but since you didnt turn her into a vampire, is there like a feud between your family and hers now?" i asked.

"there always has been. i had one chance to change that and i turned away," he told me,"but please Summer, you have nothing to worry about. me and Azulah have never been and never will. i swear too you."

Aiden was now holding my hands. i could tell he really meant what he was saying. just by the baby blue color that was now in his eyes. i just smiled acknowledging him that i understood.

"whats it like being a vampire, Aiden?" i asked with huge curiousity.

"it can be a pain in the butt sometimes but on the other hand it comes in handy," he said with a smile.

"do you have like any special powers or something?"

he giggled,"yea actually i do. im one of the few that have a power. like all vampires i have the strength of a thousand men and i can run at the speed of light, but the one thing that i can do that others cant is that i can accompany myself with other vampires powers. like if im near someone who can read minds then if i choose to i can read minds as well."

"that is wicked awesome!" i squealed,"is there anything else vampires can do?"

i wanted to know everything. after all didnt i have the right to know, dont i?

"well with our moods our eyes change colors. if we're being honest our eyes turn baby blue. if we're hungry and need to feed our eyes turn red and then solid black. if we're not feeling anything they go to our original eye color, which in my case is green. and so on and so forth," he said all this with a smile. i guessed he was surprised that i was this interested in knowing instead of running away like i know i should, but i know i couldnt run no matter how much i wanted to.

i started to walk away into the kitchen, leaving Summer to lay down on the small couch infront of the fireplace. i knew she must be freezing, i didnt warn her that Transylvania usually snows year round.

i found a thick blanket near a trunk next to the wall and wrapped Summer up in it. the warmth of the fire must have put her to sleep. she was soundlessly sleeping.

i figured i could take this time to go to where i thought Emery might be.

i knew there was another door at the end of this cabin. that was exactly why i chose to stay in this one. moving my way into the master bedroom, i found another fireplace on the west wall. it had the symbols of the Council rimmed the trim of the mantel. this was deffinatly the door to the underground. the flames in the fireplace turned blue when i hovered my hand near the top of the flames. the fireplace was big enough for me to just walk straight into it and thats exactly what i did.

it had been awhile since i had visited the Council. im sure they remembered me quite fondly though.

to be continued...

"Aiden, please just.." i started to say but before i could finish, he was already starting to turn around. Aiden's eyes had turned solid black. there was no white at all. they were as black as night.

that wasnt the only thing that caught my eye though. Aiden had sharp fangs coming from his mouth.

"i didnt want you to see me like this," Aiden spoke lowering his head.

i didnt really know what to say. something like this is something you dont expect in your life. who wouldve thought the guy i liked would be a.. a.. vampire.

i took a cautious step closer to him, but he backed up. i took another step, Aiden couldnt move any farther. he was backed up against the wall.

"im not afraid, Aiden," i said to him now only a couple of inches away from him.

his head was still lowered. i stood there for a second not knowing exactly what to do. finally he looked up at me. i didnt even realized that i had had my hand resting on his jaw line.

"you should be afraid," he simply said.

"sorry to disappoint you hun," i smiled. he laughed a little at my statement.

Aiden's eyes were starting to come back to their normal color and his fangs went back into his gums. he now looked like a regular teenage boy.

"we need to go. Emery's life could be in danger," Aiden's smile faded.

"what exactly are we talking about here? what kind of danger?" i asked.

"ill explain when we get there," he simply said grabbing my forearm and dragging me down the stairs.

"but we cant just leave Nadia's body here!"

i yanked my arm from Aiden and ran into the kitchen. i was readying myself to see my best friend laying there, but when i got there, Nadia was no where to be seen. the puddle of her blood was still on the floor.

"Aiden!" i yelled running back into the living room," Nadia is gone!"

"i know. we need to get out of here."

"what? what do you mean you know shes gone?" i asked being dragged out of the house.

"i told you, Summer, ill explain when we get there."

holy fuck, i was so confused. nothing was making since. Aiden was a vampire. Nadia was dead but she wasnt where she had died. someone had kidnapped Emery and now her life was endangered. what the hell was going on around here?

the roar of Aiden's Viper was the only noise that surrounded us. we didnt speak. the radio wasnt even turned on. Aiden sped up and down diffrent highways. apparently he knew exactly where he was suppose to be going. i wanted to ask him where we were going again but i didnt want to disturb him. he looked like he was in deep concentration. i would be too if i was going this fast.

the last time i had looked at the clock it was three in the morning. i guessed i had nodded off cause it was now daylight outside when i opened my eyes.

"Summer? you awake?" Aiden suddenly said.

"mhmm."

"we're here."

"and exactly where is here?"

"Transylvania," he added.

i figured it was some place like that. there was atleast two feet deep snow covering the ground and the homes. smoke was coming out of the chimneys of the homes.

"Halt!!" a mans voice came from behind was when we stepped out of the car,"turn around with your hands up."

we did as we were told.

"who are you and what is your business here?" the same man said. he was holding a spear gun and it was aiming right at us. i looked at Aiden. i didnt know what to do. this place was new to me. and despite the fact that the locals might kill me and Aiden, i liked it here.

"our business is our own," Aiden simply said to the man.

"this is our town. your business here is ours as well," the man said.

"Stop this!" a womans voice said from out of the crowd. she approached herself beside the man. she was really stunning. long wavy brown hair that hit the middle of her back and unlike the other woman who seemed to have dresses on. this one in particular had a pair of black paints and knee high boots over them. complete with a thin long sleeved shirt. i looked at Aiden trying to see if he knew this woman. apparently so. he was looking at her with loving eyes.

i gave her an evil glare.

"Aiden. youve come back," she said with a strangly sexy voice.

to be continued...

i could feel her pulse starting to slow down. i'd held her under for to long. unlike me, she needed to breathe. i let her go of my grip and we swam to the surface. Summer gasped for air when we hit the break between water and air.

"how could you hold your breath that long, Aiden?" she asked me still trying to catch her breath.

"you did, too," i simply added.

"well yea but.."

"but?"

Summer had a confused look on her face. she didnt have anything to say. i gave her my best smile, the one i knew she loved.

she seemed to forget completly what we were talking about.

i laughed, " come on. lets get outta this water."

even dripping wet and her eye makeup slightly smeared, she still looked amazingly beautiful. ugh. i need to quit doing that. Dammit. why did it have to be her? why did it have to be Summer? why did the Council send me to get her?

why did she have to be the key?

"Aiden? you alright?" Summer asked interupting my thoughts.

i smiled, " yes, im perfectly fine. come one its getting late."

"yea i should get back. Nadia is probably worn out by Emery," she snickered.

i chuckled at the thought.

it was about time for Aiden to leave. i had the most amazing time with him that i never wanted him to leave.

he gave me a goodnight kiss on the cheek and started to head down the porch stairs. as i was opening the door i let out a terrible scream of horror.

"whats wrong?" Aiden said now standing next to me again.

i didnt answer.

there in front of me was the whole house.. trashed and torn apart. the couch ripped in many places. the TV screed was cracked with a huge gaping hole in the middle of it.

"Nadia!?" i called walking into the kitchen.

and there she was, laying on the kitchen floor. a puddle of blood forming under her. there was so much blood that i couldnt even tell where her wound was.

"oh my god, Nadia!" i paniked my way over to her and kneeled down beside her. i tryed to lift her up but when i did a terrible cracking sound came from her. i traced my hand down her body. every bone inside her was broken. she was already so cold. like the blood had been drained completly out of her body.

"Aiden! call the..." i called out when i finally found my voice, but her wasnt behind me, "Aiden?"

no answer.

"AIDEN!!" i called out louder.

still no answer.

i left the sight of Nadia's broken body and went to see where Aiden was. i checked every room in the house. my last option was my room.

i climbed the stairs to my room. and Aiden stood there staring out my window.

"Aiden?" i said quietly walking up to him.

"Summer," he said still not looking at me," they have Emery."

"what? who?"

"if you want to get her back, your going to have to come with me."

"where? ill do anything," i told him.

"dont say that!" he said sternly turning around fiercly to look at me," dont ever say you'll do anything."

"but i would."

"no. you wouldnt. not what they are gonna ask of you. you dont want it," he said grabbing my shoulders.

"what dont i want, Aiden? what are you talking about?" he was starting to frighten me. the look he had in his eyes was horrible. his eyes were turning a deep shade of red. what was happening to him.

Aiden turned back around to face out the window. i could tell he was breathing heavily.

"Aiden are you okay?"

"im fine," his voice was like a growl. a low snarl was coming from his throat.

"Aiden. turn around. look at me," i told him.

"i cant."

"yes you can. turn around Aiden."

i can tell he was hesitating to do what i asked him. i wanted to know what he was hiding from me. what he didnt want me to find out. and if i was going to have to go somewhere with him. i need to know. and i needed to know right now.

to be continued...

it was atleast two o'clock in the morning before i headed my way away from the Mediterranean Sea to Athens. I wanted to make sure Summer and Emery were all right. for all i knew they could be.. whoa. no i wasnt about to think horrible thoughts. i was sure they were fine.

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[[ sorry it took me a while to post this. ive been busy with my exam stuff. enjoy :)) ]]

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"Summer, are we there yet?" Emery asked me again.

"no, Emery, but we're almost there," i responded. i love Emery to death but all eight year olds will get on your nerves at some point in time. Emery has been asking me the same question for over and hour now.

"when are we gonna get there?" she started asking again.

"in a little while hun," i added.

i looked in front of us to see if the flight attendent was coming by again... okay. okay. i wasnt looking for the flight attendent. i was looking at Aiden. all i saw was his shiny black hair over the edge of the seat. damn that boy was fine. even when i thought about him the room started to get steamy, or maybe that was just my cheeks flaring up from embaressment? i didnt know. i knew i felt something there though.

the plane made a thumping noise. i looked out the window, i didnt see the ground. we were still in the air. the thumping happened again. what the hell is that? i thought. it happened again. the flight attendent ran out from the front of the plane screaming, "everyone grab a parachute from under your chair. strap your selves in. the plane is going to crash! i repeat, the plane is going to crash!"

a surge of panic flew through my mind. i couldnt move for a moment, then finally i reached under my seat and pulled on the parachute as tight as i could around me. Emery was frozen in her seat. tears rolling down her cheeks. poor thing. shes just as frightened as the hyperventalating old grandma across from us. i helped her into her parachute and held her close to me.

a loud rushing noise started to form as we felt the plane starting to head down.

"everyone! JUMP!" the pilot screamed coming from the front. he plunged through the jumpy crowd and was the first person to jump. an elderly couple plowed out next. then a family of four. it was our turn. our turn to jump.

"Emery come on hunny!" i screamed over all the noise.

"but i cant!" Emery cryed.

"ill be beside you the whole time!" i yelled again.

"i cant! i cant!"

"will you hurry the fuck up?! i dont feel like dieing!" a grumpy woman behind me yelled.

"you can shut the fuck up, i dont feel like dealing with your bullshit!!" i screamed in the womans face. she shut up.

"ill go with you!" a boys voice came from behind the woman. Aiden came out from behind her, "come on Emery! just think of it as your flying."

his words helped her. quite alot actually. she grabbed my hand and Aiden's and all three of us jumped at the same time. i didnt pull my parachute cord immediatly, if it wasnt for the fact that we might die, i would have thought i was sky-diving. i finally pulled the cord when we were getting to close to the ground, so did Aiden. Emery didnt know how to, so i just kept ahold on her tiny hand. we were over water. how far from land we were, i didnt know. even if i died i wanted little Emery to live. no matter what.

we finally hit the water, and when we did. there was a loud explosion and a huge splash. the plane we had been in just a few seconds ago had fallen face first into the water. flames shot up in the air along with major scraps of debri.

"duck!" Aiden screamed. before i could look up, Aiden was pulling me and Emery under the water. i opened my eyes under the water to see the engine of the plane only a couple feet from us. i surfaced back to the top. looking around all i saw was flames and Aiden.

"wheres Emery?!" i screamed. looking around, i found nothing. no sign of her little blonde head. i could feel the look of terror on my face. we both ducked back under the water.

black. that was it. but something caught my eyes. blonde. blonde hair. her blonde hair. i knew it by heart. i swam as fast as i could to the spot where i saw it. the water was starting to get colder and colder as i got further down into the water, but i kept going. i wasnt going to stop, even though i was starting to run out of air. Emery's body came into my perfect view. her eyes were closed. dear god please dont be dead! i prayed to myself. i grabbed her waist and brought her back to the surface as fast as i could before i completely ran out of air to hold. Aiden was already up above the surface grasping his breath.

"i saw you grab her. is she okay?" he asked with pure concern.

" i dont know. we need to get to land now! im about to loose my energy. i cant swim much longer," i explained. Aiden looked around the premises searching for the nearest land.

"there!" he pointed behind me. it was close. a few more feet and i we would be able to walk on the ocean floor. palm trees started to come into view, beaches as well. the people that once looked like ants from being at a distance started to come into plain view.

"Help!" Aiden screamed towards the beach. a few people turned to see who was screaming. i could see a couple men and a woman rushing into the water for our rescue. my energy was lost. i couldnt feel anything in my body. the only thing i felt was Emery’s limp body in my weak arms. things started to go blurry. the people in front of us turned into blurry messes of color. again it went black.

"Summer! whats wrong? Summer? Summer?!" Aidens voice called. i knew he was right beside me, but he sounded so far away. i couldnt see anything. i couldnt hear anything. i couldnt move anything. i might as well have been dead.

my body suddenly became light as a feather. someone picked me up. Emery was no longer in my arms.

"wheres Emery? wheres my sister?" i managed to speak.

"shes going to be fine, Summer, dont you worry," Aidens voice sounded around me. he still seemed to be so far away. he was wrong though.

how could i not worry? this was my little sister we were talking about here. there was no way on God's green earth that i wasnt going to worry. i was more worried about her than i was about myself. i could care less what happened to me. i just wanted to know if Emery was going to be alright. i didnt want to but my body slowly but surely started to become unconcious. i tried so hard to stay in the real world. but my mind was dizzy. it couldnt handle it. soon i had no idea what was happening.

to be continued...

i tend to come home and go straight to my room. occasionally ill stop to get a drink but i try to avoid my parents anyway i can. today, i followed my usual routine of ignoring everyone in the house. when i walked into my bedroom my little sister, Emery, was balled up in the far corner by my window.

"Summer! you're home!" she called to me with a tear streaked face.

i threw my bookbag to the floor and ran over to my eight year old sister.

"Emery, what happened?" i asked, as if i didnt know.

"Daddy came home wobbly again," she started sobbing more, "then he yelled at mommy. there was a lot of banging and screaming and i ran to your room!"

i couldnt imagine the fear Emery had building inside her, but i had a plan. a plan that had been conjuering up in my mind for a month now. i was old enough to be out on my own. i was seventeen. i could take care of myself and i could take care of little eight year old Emery.

we were going to run. run without any warning, we were going to leave this hellhole. For Good. i had our plan set out and knew exactly what we were going to do.

"Emery, go pack you things and come right back up here to my room, okay?" i told her.

she nodded her head and walked quietly to her room. i started to pack all my things. my straightener, makeup, Etnies, laptop and everything that i need ans that was valuble to me into two duffle bags.

before i knew it, Emery was back in my room. her face still tear streaked, she sat down on my bed with both of her bags and her baby blue stuffed bear that i had bought for her two years ago for her birthday, or as she calls him Mr. Snuggles.

"where we going Summer?" she asked in her littlest voice.

"somewhere better than this place. its an amazing place. with wonderful buildings and beautiful scenery that your little eyes can ever imagine," i said with enthusiasm. i saw that cute little smile of hers grow onto her face. she had stopped crying and her cheeks were already halfway dry.

"really? where is it?" she said with escitment in her voice.

"its a surprise baby sis," i added.

i stood Emery up as she grabbed her bags and Mr. Snuggles. i grabbed my things and headed down the stairs with Emery following closly behind me.

Mom and Dad were to preoccupied with beating the shit out of each other and blowing each others eardrums with screams, they didnt even realize me and Emery leave through the front door.

My brand new Jeep was parked by the side of the house. i put all of our bags in the back, helped Emery get into the passenger seat and hopped into the driver seat. when i cranked it up, it made a good bit of noise for i had a gynormous engine under the hood.

"where the fuck do you think your going?" i heard Mom yell across the yard. i shoved the gear shift into reverse, almost hitting my drunken Dad who had passed out in the middle of the yard. Put the Jeep into drive and high-tailed my ass out of there.

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i woke up to the bright Sun rays shining on my face. we were parked out to the side of the highway. cars speeding past us. Emery still lay sound asleep in the passenger seat. once i got fully awake enough for me to drive, i started the Jeep once again and headed down the highway.

"Miami Airport

a sign read above me. thats where i needed to go. i turned right on I22 just as the sign said and almost immediatly, the Miami Airport came into my view. i pulled into the parking lot of the airport and turned to Emery.

"Emery? Emery hunny? wake up baby girl," i nudged her a little bit trying to wake her up. she wiggled a little bit but she still didnt wake up.

"Emery? get up girly," i tickled her on the back of her neck, knowing that would wake her up immediatly. she started laughing and jumping around in the passenger seat. i laughed at her as she rolled around and didnt stop.

"Summerrr!" Emery wailed, "that tickled!"

"i know. that was the whole point," i said tickling her again, "come on now. we need to catch our plane."

"we're going to fly?" Emery asked half excited but half frightened.

"yep! we sure are! and dont worry, it'll be fun," i told her reasurringly. she smiled up at me and jumped out of the Jeep. i followed her to the back of the Jeep and grabbed all of our things.

when we finally got our tickets, went through Airport Security and placed are bags on the ramp to be placed on the plane 45 minutes had passed. our plane was finally ready to take off. Emery and i sat down next to each other near the back of the plane.

"when are we gonna get there Summer?" Emery asked pulling my attention from the side window back to her.

"its gonna be awhile Emery, you might as well keep yourself entertained," i said.

"do you have your computer?"

"yea," i said reaching down into a smaller bag that i had brought my laptop in. i didnt hardly trust anyone anymore so i carried it with me on the plane. Emery put on a pair of headphones and started to play on of the Spongebob Squarepants computer games i had put on there for her. My iPod was keeping me just as occupied as that game can with Emery. Atreyu's song 'The Crimson' was blasting in my ears. the sight of bright blue sky was all i saw outside that little notebook sized window beside me.

i guessed i had fallen asleep, cause i felt someone rubbing my arm and my surrondings turned light again. it was a guy no older than i was. shining black hair hung in his face covering his eyes except one that wasnt covered much to where i could tell it was the brightest green i had ever seen. with a Hawthorne Heights hoodie and dark skinny jeans on he stood beside my seat. i unplugged my ears so i could hear what he was trying to say.

"is this your um.. daughter?" he said in a deep sexy voice.

i looked down to see who he was talking about. and there was Emery holding his hand and all that sat beside me was my laptop and headphones.

"Emery!! where were you?!" i asked slightly angered.

"Im sorry Summer. i had to go to the bathroom," Emery said in her little voice.

"so she is your.. daughter?" the guy asked me again.

"whoa! daughter.. no! little sister.. yes!" i laughed at the fact that he thought Emery was my daughter.

"oh," he let out a sigh of relief.

"im sorry if she caused you any trouble mr..?" i added waiting for him to say his name.

"oh. im Aiden. Aiden Procter."

"Summer Cochrane," i said shaking his hand that he had held out for me.

there was a silent pause for a few minutes, then he added, "you might wanna keep an eye on her. she looks like she could wander quite alot."

"yea, she tends to that. thank you again," i giggled.

"your welcome. ill see you around?" Aiden asked.

"i hope so,"

Aiden smiled before he left to sit back down in his seat a couple seats infront of me and Emery. i turned to my little sister. apparently she was expecting me to punish her.

"Emery! i love you girly," i smiled. i laughed at the confused look on her face and just hugged her, "but dont you ever do that again."

to be continued.....

[[sorry this chapter took me a lil while to write. I had school to take care of! :)) ]]

I heard the band stop playing, and the crowd started to move to the next performance. I still sat in the corner against the metal pole. I still didnt know what the heck was going on. I didnt know what to think of it. What was I suppose to say, Im sorry I reacted shocked when I found out you were in Escape the Fate? I mean come on, what would you say? Max stood away from me for a little while, trying to read my expressionless face. Finally, he started to pace his way over to where I sat pondering my thoughts.

"Are you disappointed?" Max said in a low voice. I could barely hear him over the screams in the background.

"Why would I be?" I simply asked.

"Well, because I didnt tell you.. what.. what I did in the first place," he said not making eye contact.

I stood up suddenly and replied, "To be honest, I dont blame you."

"Huh?" Oops! I had confused him, I thought.

"I mean, after all this thinking, I realized if I were in your situation, I'd probably would have done the same thing. You've probably dated a few people that only wanted you for the money and attention, right?" I explained.

He stopped for a moment and eventually said, "yea, I have actually aaand it sucks.. alot."

I just nodded. I could tell he was being honest. Just by the way he looked when he said his words, just made me know that he did what he did for a reason. I couldnt just leave him like this, but technically I had only known him for a couple hours at the most. Its not like he would miss me if I left. Right?

"Look, I came here to be free and to do whatever I want to do. So, I guess I'll just let you get back to your concerts and fame, okay?" I said. I really didnt feel like interferring with his life. Right when I started to walk away, Max stopped me.

"But what if I want to see you again?" he said.

I paused for a second thinking of what to say.

"Im sure you'll find me around," I said with a reasurring smile. He smiled back but he didnt look all the way convinced. I rolled my eyes and took a pen from one of the tables surrounding us. '555-9368' was what I wrote on the inside of his forearm.

"There, now you can contact me if you ever wanna see a girl you saved," I smiled and started to walk off again. This time, Max didnt stop me.

I didnt know where to go from here. I had no idea where I was going. And I sure didnt have any of my stuff that I had brought here, for all of it was stolen. So here I was walking to absolutly no where. A couple of hours had passed and it had gotten pitch black outside. My stomach was starting to rumble so I stopped at a local resturant for some grub. Luckly I had some extra cash in my back pocket. After I started to stuff my face with a heartattack on a bun (a double cheeseburger) some fries, and a Coke, a girl, about my age sat beside me at the bar.

"You mind if I sit here?" she asked.

"Mm, not at all," I replied after swallowing the gynormous mouth full I had just eaten.

"Can I have a cheeseburger, fries, and a Pepsi please?" the stranger said to the server.

"Comin right up," he said after her and he started to go to the back to make her meal. A couple minutes started to pass and me and the girl were the only ones not talking in the resturant.

"Im Nadia Krenshaw," she suddenly said turning to me.

"October," I said back.

"I thought it was May?" she looked confused.

I laughed, " I meant my name is October. October Williams."

"Oh. Sorry I had a brain dead moment," she laughed back.

"ha, its cool. I have those alot. You live around here?" I asked.

"Nah, Im actually new here. I moved here from Utah," Nadia explained to me.

"Oh really? Im new here to. I came from Flordia. Hellville I like to call it,"

She chuckled at my remark as the server came back with her food. Nadia took a bite of her cheeseburger and continued to talk to me, "Why is it you call it Hellville?"

"My life didnt come out the way most kids lives do. I didnt have a loving mother, or father for that matter. My mom was a heroin addict and my dad was a drunk and a crack head. So everything was pretty screwed. Then, actually it was just the day before yesterday I beleive, that I decided to tell crack head that I was going away to college. The truth was I was just moving here to get away from them. So here I am I guess," I explained getting more detailed than I had meant to, "Im boreing you arent I?"

"No its actually pretty sad. My mom and dad died in a plane crash so I lived with my grandparents most of the time. And when I hit twenty-one I hit the road and ended up here," Nadia shrugged.

Nadia and I talked for who knows how long. Apparently the manager of the resturant knew how long we had been there, he told us it was time for closing. When we looked at the clock, it had turned four in the morning.

"Hey, um, October?" Nadia suddenly said as we started to walk out the door.

"Yea?"
"I dont have any place to stay. I ran out of money when I hit the border of Nevada. Do you have any place to stay?" Nadia asked.

I wasnt expecting this question and I hated to disappoint her but I had no choice.

"The truth is I dont have a place to stay either. I got robbed just last night so all my things were stolen, so we're both homeless," I explained.

"Oh well thats okay. Atleast Im not alone," she added.

"Yea, thats deffanitly right," I said after her.

We paced the streets for thirty minutes and we finally came across a small hotel.

"Hey, lets see if they have any empty rooms," I suggested.

"Alrighty," Nadia agreed.

Walking into the hotel, we saw it was rather decent. A middle-aged woman stood behind a counter half asleep mumbling to herself.

"Excuse me, do you have some rooms?" I asked her.

"Ugh, Lemme see," she started to fiddle with the computer infront of her,"We have one more room open."

"Would you mind sharing?" Nadia asked,"I know Im a complete stranger to you, so if you dont I'll understand."

"No I dont mind. What do I have to loose," I smiled and turned back to the woman, "We'll take it."

"That'll be thirty dollars please,"

When I was about to hand her the money, Nadia insisted she pay atleast half of the rent. After bickering like two old women for five minutes she finally convinced me to let her pay half.

When we entered the room, we saw two bedrooms and a bathroom. A kitchen was on the left side and a living room with a flat screen tv in it.

"This is a pretty nice place," I said hopping onto one of the beds.

"I know, it aint to shabby for only paying thirty bucks," Nadia said throwing herself onto the other bed.

I yawned and finally almost started to drift into to sleep. Before I knew it, I was fast asleep into dreamland.

to be continued...

I had no idea where I was going. All I knew was I wasnt in Vegas anymore. Even if it was broad daylight, you'd still be able to tell the diffrence between a normal city and Vegas. This was just an ordinary city.

"Where are you taking me?" I asked Max.

"You'll see," he responded.

Ya know, I could've sworn Max looked familiar, but where have I seen him before? I pushed the thought to the side, as Max stopped walking. He looked over at a swarm of people. Random stages were plaved throughout the field. Loud, earbusting Underground, Metal and other types of Rock music blared from every direction.

"Ready to have fun at Nevada's Warped Tour?" Max asked me.

"Fuck yes!" I responded with excitment in my voice. The last time I had been to a Warped Tour was when I was fifteen. It felt good to be back in all the hectic swarms trying to get from one performance to the other.

"Go have fun. I'll meet up with you in about thirty minutes," Max suddenly said with a smile.

"But wait where are you..," I didnt have a chance to answer. Max was already gone.

What was that about? I wondered. I shrugged and started to walk to the nearest performance that was about to start. I passed through all the people crowded around the front of the stage. A table under a tent was selling Avenged Sevenfold Merchandise. I had a feeling they were the ones going to perform. Im a huge fan of them so I decided to stick around. Five minutes had passed and out comes The Rev, Synster Gates, M. Shadows and the rest of A7x out onto the stage.

"How we all doin today!!!" M. Shadows yelled into the microphone. Everyone screamed in response, including me.

Avenged Sevenfold played their latest hit "Afterlife" along with a few other select songs. Their performance went by so fast it felt like it had only been five minutes. When I looked at my cellphone it said forty-five minutes had passed by. I started to walk away with the over excited crowd as I fumbled to find another band to watch. The closest stage seemed promising, so I went to go see who was about to perform.

"Oh wow, I cant wait to see Max." I heard a girl say as she walked past me.

"Well, I wanna see Ronnie Radke," her friend replied to her.

Max? Ronnie Radke? This must be Escape the Fate. I thought to myself. Well, this outta be a brilliant show.

"Fuck Yes!!" Ronnie Radke yelled when he ran on stage.

He didnt even have to say anything else, everyone was already screaming and hollering as the others came out on stage. As they started to play "The Webs we Weave" I started to realize something. The bassist looked strangly familiar, and I knew for a fact that his name was... Max Green.

"Holy shit," I suddenly whispered over shock.

I wiggled my way to the front of the stage. Going past a mosh pit, trying not to get into the middle of it. Any other time I would have gladly joined them, but right now I had to see if Escape the Fate's Max was the Max that had brought me to the hospital, and stayed there just to make sure I'd be alright. Slowly but surely, I finally got up to the front. There he was. There was Max Green. Bassist and Vocalist of Escape the Fate. Also the one who had saved me. I stared up at him with a look of shock. Max finally looked down as they were on the last verse of their song "Situations". He must of noticed the look of shock on my face because right when the song finished he said something to Ronnie.

"Aight Guys! We are gonna take a quick break!" Ronnie yelled to the crowd. Max gave a last look at me and motioned me to go behind the stage. I didnt hesitate. Again I fumbled through the crowd, but to the side this time. I few people stared at me when I pushed past them. Some even mumbled "Bitch" making sure I heard it. I didnt care, I wanted to know if what was happening was really happening.

A guard blocked my way when I tryed to get past him.

"You are not allowed back here," he said plainly but threatening at the same time.

"Its okay James, I told her to come back here," a voice came from behind the man called James. The bodyguard moved out of my way, releasing the tight grip he had on my forearm, and letting me past him.

"So you mean to tell me, you, Max Green, saved me last night?" I asked him sounding more angry than I wanted to. I wasnt angry, surprised, yes! But not angry.

"Okay look I know this looks kind of odd," he said quietly dragging me off to a place less crowded, "I know this is something you didnt expect, but thats exactly what I was testing you on."

"Wait? You were testing me?" I asked.

"Yes, I was seeing how you would act if you found out I was famous," he explained.

I didnt say anything for a little while, but then I thought of something.

"Wait? Why in Gods name do you care about what I thought if you were famous?" I suddenly asked.

"I wanted to see if you were just another one of those chicks that would follow me around because Im famous. Some crazy ass fangirl that only wants to date me cause I have money," he said with a sort of anger in his voice. Was that all? Or was there something else? I wasnt about to ask. I thought that this was enough for one day.

"Look go back to the concert. I need to think about whats happening right now," I said sitting down on the ground, leaning up against a pole. Max nodded and walked to Ronnie, Bryan, Omar, and Robert. Then they all left. When they all were leaving Max took a last look at me, I smiled just to reasure him and he returned it with just as much heart as I did. I couldve sworn Ronnie was looking at me, but when I turned to him, he quickly looked away.

Today was going to be a long day. I knew that from the start.

to be continued..