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Mel's POV

Rocks scattered in different directions as my feet scuffed against the ground. My arms were wrapped firmly around my chest trying to keep my body warm. Breath escaped my blue lips in puffs.

I walked around aimlessly in the freezing darkness. I couldn't see anything in any direction. After what seemed like an eternity, I came to the edge of a forest. Some nagging presence in the back of my mind told me I should run in the opposite direction of the forest.

I pulled my hands, which were a deathly pale, away from my arms and rubbed my clammy palms against the white summer dress I was in. I cupped my hands over my mouth.

"Anyone in there?" I yelled as loud as I could. My voice was weak, however, and my throat ached after the words passed my lips. A cold wind blew from the woods and made me shiver so hard I thought I was having a seizure. My arms, once again, wrapped around my chest.

I took a deep breath and walked into the woods; I ignored the presence in the back of my mind telling me I should run away. Something about these woods seemed familiar.

Under the trees, the area around me was pitch black. I couldn't even see my breath any more. There was no path in the woods, no way to tell if I was going in the right direction.

After another eternity, I saw an opening about one hundred yards away. I walked a little faster, as the woods around me were starting to give me the creeps. When I was about to reach the opening, my foot was caught underneath a root that was protruding through the earth.

I gasped as my body fell to the moist earth. My palms scrapped against the rocks and twigs that were on the ground. My ankle was throbbing. Was it broken? I hissed in pain as I pulled myself into a seated position. I rubbed my hands on skirt of my dress; blood stained the cotton material.

My hands reached up and grabbed onto a branch that was hanging above my head. Biting my lip to the point of drawing blood, I pulled myself to my feet. I put most of my weight on my ankle that wasn't swollen and throbbing.

Once I was able to pull my focus away from the throbbing in my ankle, I looked around and noticed I was in a clearing. I took one step away from the tree I was hanging onto and fell immediately to the ground, crying in pain.

I sat up, my hands grabbing my ankle.

"Who's out there?" A voice asked. I jerked my head up and gasped at what who was in front of me.

Standing with all of her weight on one ankle, the ankle I hadn't broken, was…me. A younger me, maybe eight or nine.

"Hey little me! What's going on?" I called to little Mel. She didn't respond. "HEY!" I reached out my hand to grab the hem of the hooded sweatshirt little Mel was wearing.

My hand passed right through her.

I gasped and pulled my hand back. Little Mel wasn't phased by what I just did. She didn't even realize. Her gaze was fixated on the dark opening in front of her.

A dark growl rumbled through the woods.

"Why did you follow me? Can you see me?" A dark, sinister voice asked. A shiver of fear ran down my back.

"What are you?" Little Mel asked. A dark chuckle rumbled though the air.

"I'll take it you can see me," The dark voice said. A growl emitted from the woods. This growl was hungrier sounding than the last growl. "Your soul aura, it's so powerful so...MOUTHWATERING!" Eerie yellow eyes snapped open in the darkness.

My breath froze in my chest as I figured out why these woods seemed familiar, why there was a little me, and why she couldn't see me.

"RUN LITTLE ME! RUN!" I screamed as loud as I could. However, little Mel couldn't hear me. And, even if she could, my warning came too late. The dark figure in the woods roared as it lunged out of trees, still somehow cloaked in darkness, and heading straight for little Mel.

Little Mel gasped as a clawed hand of darkness found it's way around her throat. She gagged as the hand lifted her off her feet. The eerie yellow eyes looked straight into little Mel's.

Little Mel's breath began to quicken, and then stop. Her body fell limp in the dark grasp.

And that's when I decided I'd seen enough. I screamed.

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Screaming at the top of my lungs, I shot up from where I was sleeping. Light snoring and a few sleepy moans brought me down from my nightmare high. I blinked twice and looked around the room.

All of my friends, plus Mark, were still sound asleep. How they were able to sleep through my ear piercing scream, I'll never know.

My breath coming into my lungs in short, quick gasps. I looked closely at my hands. A few whispers of old, forgotten scars seemed to be screaming at me now. Unconsciously, my hand reached down to rub my ankle.

It wasn't broken of course, but I finally remembered that I had broken it once before…while I was wondering aimlessly through some woods in Domino City Park.

I placed my hands over my heart and focused on trying to slow my breathing. I could feel the rapid pulse of my heart on my hands. I looked off into the darkness, not really seeing what was in front of me.

Why…why, after all these years, did THAT memory suddenly decide to star in one of my dreams…one of my nightmares? I thought. I swallowed, trying to hydrate my dry throat.

"Mel?" A sleepy voice called to me from across the room. I jumped, my blanket flying to the bottoms of my feet. I whipped my head in the direction of the voice.

My eyes, already adjusted to the darkness, noticed a moving blanket. Jesse sat up in the blanket. His eyes were glazed over with sleep. I guess he woke up do to my screaming a few moments ago. He reached up and rubbed the sleep out of his eyes.

"Are you okay?" He asked. His emerald eyes, which seemed to glow in the darkness, held nothing but concern for me. I felt my face heat up with embarrassment, most likely because I was screaming like a little kid only a few moments ago. I thanked god that Jesse couldn't see my face in the darkness.

"Yeah, I'm fine," I said. Jesse's eyebrows knitted together. I could tell he didn't believe a word that came out of my mouth.

"You were screaming bloody murder only a few moments ago," Jesse pointed out. My face flushed a little darker.

"Yeah, I just had a little bad dream," I lied, waving my hand in front of my face in a dismissing manor. Little bad dream? More like a freaking nightmare!

"Are you sure?" Jesse pressed. I sighed and nodded.

"Yeah," I said. Jesse opened his mouth to say something else but I cut him off, "I'm just tired now. Good night Jesse." With that, I reached down and grabbed the blankets that were pooled at my ankles. I pulled them up to my neck, rolled into a ball on my side, and faced away from Jesse.

I waited, unmoving, for a few minutes. I was hoping Jesse would fall back asleep. However my hopes were in vain.

The sound of shifting blankets made their way to my ears. Scuffing feet worked their way toward me. Blanket and pillows fell to the ground only a few feet away from me. The gust of wind they caused blew against my back, causing me to shiver. There was more shuffling and then silence.

After a few moments, a hand ran gently down my back. I shivered. I rolled onto my other side. Jesse was lying on his side looking at me.

"What?" I asked. Jesse shrugged and laid his head down on his pillow. I looked at him curiously.

"What was you 'little bad dream'?" Jesse asked, slight sarcasm on the "little bad dream". The images of the eerie eyes and little Mel begin held up by a dark, clawed hand flooded into my mind.

"No," I whispered. Jesse nodded but continued to stare at me. I rolled onto my back and stared at the ceiling.

That memory…I completely forgot I had it. But…why, after all these years, did I suddenly remember it? I wondered. I exhaled in a big gust, and then I rolled onto my side and looked at Jesse. My hair fell into my face.

He was still staring at me. Jesse reached his hand out and brushed my hair back behind my ear. His hand lingered on my face. I placed my hand over his to hold it to my face.

"I'm sorry I woke you," I apologized. Jesse shook his head, his eyes closed.

"Don't worry about," Jesse whispered. I sighed and removed Jesse's hand from my face. I placed his hand on the ground between us; my hand remained on top of his hand.

I closed my eyes and drifted off into a dreamless sleep.

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Jesse's POV

I fell asleep only a few minutes after Mel did. The warmth of her hand on mine still remained even in my sleep.

Sunlight burned my eyelids. I moaned sleepily and threw my arm over my closed eyes. I opened my eyes under my arms and blinked a few times. I sat up slowly and rubbed my arm over my eyes, rubbing the sleep out of them for the second time that day.

Sunlight was protruding through the closed blinds of Chazz's room. All of my friends were waking up. Except for Jaden of course. He was still snoring sound asleep. Alexis was running her fingers through her hair, smiling down at him.

"WAKE UP SLACKER!" Chazz yelled. Chazz was standing above Jaden. He poured a bucket of water on Jaden. I assumed it was ice cold when ice cubes clacked against the surface of the floor. Jaden's eyes shot open and he jumped to his feet, shaking.

"COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLD!" Jaden yelled. Everyone started laughing at him as he jumped around trying to warm up. Mark, who was chuckling, looked over at the spot Mel was sleeping. He stopped laughing abruptly.

"MEL!" He yelled. I looked where she was last night. The only things in her spot were a pillow and a blanket. Mark began turning everything over, even looking under pillows, looking for his sister.

"Mel, where are you?" Mark yelled. I stood up and stretched my arms over my head.

"I'm out here!" Mel's voice called. Mark dropped the table he was looking under and looked out the window. He blinked. We all got up, quickly changed, and rushed out of the room.

When we got out of Chazz's room, we looked around for Mel.

"Up here loves," Mel called. We all turned to see Mel sitting on the upper railing of the Slifer dorm. We ran up the stairs and stood behind Mel. She turned to look at us. She was smiling.

"Why are you up so early?" Mark asked. Mel pointed off into the distance.

"I woke up early and decided to watch the sunrise," Mel explained. She turned back to look at the sunrise. I looked at it.

The sun was already almost completely over the horizon. The pale blue sky was still painted with shades of red, orange, and pink. Mel turned her head to look at me. She smiled; I smiled back. She patted the railing next to her. I walked over and sat on the railing next to her.

Jaden leaned against the railing next to me.

"Sure is pretty," Jaden said. I smiled and nodded.

"Sure is," I agreed.

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Mel's POV

I stared off into the sunrise.

How could such a terrifying nightmare turn into such a beautiful morning? I wondered. I smiled.

Suddenly, I felt something warm playing with my fingertips. I looked down at my hand. Jesse was playing with my fingers with his own. I smiled and looked back off into the sunrise. My fingers curled around Jesse's. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Jesse's lips turn up into a smile.

Oh well, I'm sure it was nothing. I thought. I continued to stare off into the sunset, my fingers still playing with Jesse's.

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