• A few girls and a few boys sat around me.They all had know idea of the pain I was suffuring."What about you?",A girl with curly black hair pointed to me."Why are you here?",a boy with fat chubby cheeks spat."You look so normal", The girl stated."How did someone like you end up in mentle rehab?".I glanced at her blank face."You really want to know?", I challenged.Everyone leaned forward in their seats.This was the first time I had talked in one of these meetings.Their eyes were glowing with curiousity."Have you ever lost something",I asked.The girl scooted back in her chair."Well,"she began."When I was sent here".She paused looking around the room as a gesture."I lost my scholarship,my boyfriend". She stopped not willing to go on."What did you lose?",asked a boy wearing a a plad shirt that made him look like he was
    on a chest team."Everything",I whispered."My home,my parents,my friends,my life,and my love,my power".No one said a word.I laughed.A laugh that tensened the air.One that sounded wicked and evil.I loved it.It reminded me of my past. Unfortunatly both the good and bad."It started when my father was killed in an accident",I continued apparently eager to share the story I had bottled up in for what felt like a thousand years."It was horrible that night.The night my father died.It was raining to.It was also a woman that had hit his car.Her name was Maya backturn".I caught a name tag on
    the curly black haired girl.It said Bonie.She looked at me with horror in her eyes."Her name was Maya backturn",she gasped.I was quiet."What happened to her?",Bonie demanded.I refused to answer her."Now Bonie you dont think she really would kill someone",The chubby cheeked boy sqeaked."Why not, Im mean come on,allen!",Bonie yelled."Dont you remember Claira?".Everyone in the room stopped breathing for more than a minute.None talked."I didnt kill her",I said defending myself."She died in the car accident too.I dont like to talk about it because she was my teacher."Bonie lifted her head."Im sorry,"she blushed in embarrassment."Go on about your story".I shook my head wildly."Are you sure?",I begged not sure I should tell them now.It was wrong of me to get them excited."Why?,"Allen pleaded.I sighed and layed back putting my finger to my temple."Come on",another girl wearing a necklace that spelled out the name Lisa."It was a rainy and sad night,"Bonie pushed.I leaned up and glared at each face."Fine",I screamed.Everyone quieted and waited for me to pick up where I left off."Yes",I breathed."It was raining and usually I liked the rain.But I had a bad feeling when my father didnt come home after work.My mom was up stairs in the shower when we got the call."I stopped letting my head trace the exact day that all happened."In fact",I hesitated."It was about a year ago today".Lisa eyed my face and expression as I spoke.I was careful not to reveal any emotion.I didnt like the way she stared at me.For one second I accidently let my anger slip into my face as I glared at her.We both turned our heads away quickly "Anyway,"I began again."I answered the phone."My voice dropped to a low whisper, automaticly,as I recalled my most disturbing and most frightening experience."The officer on the other line told me my father was dead.''My vocal cords choked on the word. I continued after a moment."Later my mother found me rolled up in ball in a puddle of tears. She screamed and pulled me up in a sitting position.She layed my head in her lap to get me to calm down."What happened?",Is all she said.I wasnt sure If I could bring myself to give her the news.I shivered at the thought.Which brought on a round of hysteria. She begged me calm down. But I my mind would not. More like could not. I wont say it was impossible after what i've had to deal with the one, most important thing i've learned is that nothing is impossible."The door behind us opened. "Hello",said a shaky voice.Janitor Max spotted everyone crowded around me and eyed us suspiciously."Oh sorry,"he sighed in the same tone."Yes, that was quite rude",Said a sandy haired boy i'd come to recognize as Dave.Max turned around and pretended not to hear him."You dont need to spy on us, you freak",Dave yelled.He shoved his chair at
    the door.But max was already gone.It was useless.Bonie stood up and quietly retreived his chair for him.He snatched the out of her fingers."Thanks",he muttered, thinking only he could hear.I stood up and walked to the door, then chair from strode to the window.Lisa glanced at the door.Her eyes suddenly filled with confusion."Why'd you lock the door?", she asked.I waited til I was done latching the window closed.When I turned to face them they were all staring at me.I smiled at the young innocent looks in their eyes.I was wary and that made me feel old.Aged, in a way.Even though I was still smiling my voice was hard as stone."Come here",I instructed Jay, a boy with fuzzy unkempt blonde hair.He stood up and stumbled across the room, to me.Once he was beside me I took his hand.He flinched as I traced his little nuckles.His hand was curled into a fist."What do I feel like?",I sighed.He slipped his hand away from mine and backed up."It feels",he studdered."Cold,no."He paused searching for the right word."Frozen, sort of like."He paused again then turned away not finishing his sentence."Like what?",Bonie inquiered."Dead",I breathed.Everyone looked at Jay who in turn nodded in agreement.Then they all turned towards me.I rubbed my forehead."Do you want to know the
    truth of why im here?",I repeated the question for the third time.They all nodded in union."The night my father died was also the night of the Lunar eclipse."Bonie laughed at the serious look on my face.I glared at her."What does that have to do with anything?",Allen breathed his voice so low no one but me could hear him."Because",I explained ignoring Lisa's cold eyes on my skin."That was the night all the heat and warmth left my body."Bonie stopped and sat up her ears zoneing in on my voice."You must understand",I repeated."There are things in this world, people,"I corrected, "That are not human.People that you believed to be myths.They dont belong on this earth. And yet they walk these streets. No one comprehends the dangerousness of what im saying."My eyes returned to the window."So that explains it",Jay said.
    He paused looking around at everyone.Then continued,"You are crazy.Just like us".I sighed and began to rub my head again."Im not crazy",I replied.His smile that told me he didnt believe my story felt like someone had punched me hard in the stomach."Shes not lying."I glanced up.Noah grinned in my direction.But it wasnt a playful grin it was serious."Shes right"he went on."We have to get out of here".I leaned against the wall."To stop them.To stop him".The clouds outside were growing darker."Your telling the truth arent you",Lisa's voice was small and weak."I nodded my head not looking at her."Who's him?",she responded."He",I answered",is the man who ran a stake through my heart and extracted the love from my life.More like the meaning.He's coming back.I can feel it".Allen stood up and backed up to the door."Whoa!", He
    exclaimed in a breathless tone."Im not into all this paranormal stuff.This is..." He put is hands out motioning to everyone in the group."This isent real. Fiction. It fantasy.False.Theres got to be a logical - there is one!",Noah cut him off."And She is the key".Noah jabbed his finger in my direction.They all turned their heads to me."What is... ",Bonie's face flushed red before she could finish.I smiled knowing why she was so embarrassed to ask me something.It was something they all had neglected to ask or even think to ask me."My names Dawn",I said."Dawn morgan".We all laughed in a tense way."Tell us
    the rest we need to know everything, its vital",Noah pressed.They all crowded around me once again focusing on me. Okay, when I finally stopped crying my mother asked me about the phone call."Dad's",I gulped."Dead".That was it. Her perfect face fell. And it fell hard. Even though she was usually tan her face drained of everything.All the color and life in her eyes and her skin evaporated.It scared me.My mother was a wounderful woman she never lost the happiness in her eyes.Never, not until that moment.The tears came like a storm.First her eyes clouded with water.She didnt scream,didnt yell, she didnt crawl up into a little ball like me.She just sat there.A statue, while the tears rolled down her cheeks.It was horrible.She refused to leave my side.After a week my fathers funeral was held.My mom looked more dead than he did.I
    felt bad.Like I wanted to hurt her when I told her.Thats when I saw him.He was as far from me as possible in that room. He stared at me with curious eyes.They burned with fire.Almost a deep sea foam green."Beautiful",I muttered.Common sense yelled at me.Warning signs were thrown almost knocking me out.The room was spinning.I stood up and caught his
    eyes with confusion he followed my example.Outside I waited for him to come when it started to rain."Hello?," called a voice."Are you miss morgan?",he asked.I smiled weakly."Yes",I answered.He smiled back brightly.His curly dark brown unkempt hair seemed to make him look uneven and dangerous."Im Simon",he nearly whispered.I nodded."Dawn",I said holding out my hand.He winced away immediatly.I looked down and silently pulled it back.Simon must've been twice my age.But I couldnt quite care enough to be ashamed.Nor could i quite describe the look of hunger in his eyes.The doors
    behind us opened.I quickly turned to see everyone walking out of the chapel.My mother looked at me and caught my attention.She eyed me confusingly.I glanced behind me and he was gone.Simon was gone as if he'd never been there. But he was there i knew he was.I didnt just make him up he was there.She strode towards meand took my hand."Why are you out here?",she asked sweetly.I could smell her perfum.I looked around and caught sight of him.He was far away from me now.He turned and winked at me as he put his finger to his mouth."Nothing",i lied."i just couldnt stand to be in
    there".Simon smiled and ducked down into a long black limo.A tall boy that looked almost like him entered in after.People rushed past others to give there simpathetic apologies to my mother.I stared in wonder as the limo pulled out of the tiny parking lot and disappeared into the much larger streets.Rain came down harder and we all scattered to get to our cars.My mom layed down in the back and began to cry again.I started up the engine and pulled out.