Dark Night

DARK NIGHT

Stefany Rattles

Smashwords Edition

Copyright 2014 Stefany
Rattles

DARK NIGHT

PROLOGUE: ROBERT (September
2011)

I was looking at a picture of her when she
came in the room, god she was beautiful. Even in the dim candle
light I could see her perfect figure moving so gracefully towards
me. She didn't know I was directly in front of her yet, because she
was not looking. Her mind was set on something completely
different. She was crying quietly, her eyes were almost blood red
from crying a while, tears streaming down her flawless face. She
didn't spot me, yet I didn't move an inch when she stopped dead in
her tracks and dropped to the cold hardwood floor. I never imagined
how a ... person so perfect could break down so easily.

Once again I tried reaching into her mind,
but.. This time I didn't come up blank. Then, I understood.... she
hated herself, the being she had become the person she now was. She
loathed herself. It was painful, feeling her pain, her own hatred,
yet I wanted to make it better. To tell her that it would be
alright, that there was no reason why she should be so upset with
herself, but I would be lying. Because we both knew the truth now,
and it was not going to be fine, or okay, or whatever other word
that would describe that.

But I had to comfort her. I had to for the
life of me. And so, ever so slightly I moved closer to her, she
knew I was there, I sensed it. She covered her face quickly, and
wiped her eyes with the sleeve of the gown she was wearing. Then,
looked up at me with a sad, sad, the saddest look I had ever seen
on her face.

"Mia." Bonnie called.

“Yeah?"

"We're going to be late."

"Coming, wait up." I was putting my shoes on.
My roommate (also best friend Bonnie) and I were going to be late
to class. I attend to Castle High in London, England. I was born in
Jacksonville, Florida, my parents died in a car accident four years
ago. I was sent to England to live with my aunt Julissa Smith and
her adopted daughter Deidre. I found the boarding school and sent
myself there. I didn't want my aunt to feel like she was stuck with
me even though I was an only child.

"How about we go out tonight?" Bonnie asked,
as we walked downstairs.

"I don't know."

"What else are you going to do?"

"You know I don't like going out." I argued
because she so knew how much I disliked her partying habits even
though she was fun to hang out with.

"Come on nerd. It'll be fun, 'sides you're
going to turn eighteen!" Technically it was still a little over a
week and I knew it was just an excuse to persuade me to go with
her.

"So? That's in a week."

"Who cares, celebration!" she semi twirled
around in her mini skirt.

I sighed and gave into her, only because it
had been a while since I had gone out but it wasn't as if I wanted
to get really drunk. "Fine, I guess, but no drinking." I told her.
Bonnie also had a habit of getting wasted every single time she
went clubbing.

"Sure..." she smiled.

"No drinking Bonnie, I mean it!" I stopped in
the middle of the sidewalk.

She turned around and rolled her eyes, "okay,
okay" she whined," fine."

It was Friday, and that means "Party" for the
average teenager, which I was still considered to be. Bonnie always
partied from Friday thru Sunday while I sat in our dorm room
reading or doing homework. We were allowed to leave campus on
weekends but I hardly ever did, just because I was not interested
in drinking or hanging out with the wrong crowd. I wasn't a nerd
like Bonnie had said. There was a reason why I didn't do what
"normal" people my age did. I wasn't a pretty girl either, I was
five four, dark brown hair that I let grow out after I moved here.
I wore hazel contacts on top of honey colored eyes.

Anyway, I was always concentrating on
homework and school, mainly because I just wanted to graduate this
year and go off to college somewhere. I did have a lot of friends
though, and perhaps too many, there was Mereily, Chloe, Vivienne,
Dana, Miranda, Ben, Derrick, Dean, Edgar, Drew. Just to mention a
few, who I've known since I moved here. I was the gossip columnist
for the school paper. Yes, we had a paper, also a gossip/advice
column that was part of the reason why I knew many students here. I
was recently assigned to write a column on young love, a very
touchy subject for me.

Cole. He was the love of my
younger days. I went out with him for several years. I had thought
he was the one, but before anything could happen, my parents died.
That's when our relationship started going downhill, and now I was
single.

By now, I was in my fifth
class. I had just entered the twelfth grade AP English class room.
It was a very different classroom then in Florida. Then again I was
in a completely different country. The classrooms here were
elegant. it really made you feel important. Maroon and gold were
just two colors they used a lot throughout the school campus. All
furnishing was very delicate, that was the reason they made us use
pencils only, to prevent any damaging on the special tables and
seats. The last bell rang and the rest of the students came in and
sat on their assigned seats. The teacher came in next and told
everyone to settle down. He announced that we were going to have a
very short class, because there was a teachers meeting going on. It
meant that school was going to be out three hours
early...

Time went by fast, today faster than other
days. As I was walking to my dorm room, I bumped into Bonnie,
Mereily, and Dana. They were all gawking at me.

"What?" I asked irritated.

"Clearly your outfit is up.
You are not wearing that tonight." Mereily said, looking up and
down at me. Mereily was the fashion police, literally. She re-did
her wardrobe every three months, if that. She would rarely wear the
same outfit twice. "Rich Bitch" was what most students called her,
in a good way. She was very thin with hair to her shoulders, and
her skin looked a light tan... she had dark hair, with blue eyes
that stood out a lot. She had a reputation being daughter of the
head principle and all. Everyone respected her, in a way. She was
so simple and nice which didn't match her fashion attitude. She was
likeable, sometimes...

I however liked to dress casual and so I had
put together a pair of jeans and a simple shirt, with my last year
hoodie that I loved because it was the only comfortable one I had
ever owned. And a pair of Reebok tennis shoes that I had just
bought a week ago.

Bonnie had a curvy body and
she was about two inches taller than me. Her hair was long, curly
and blonde but she always wore it up in a do. Then Dana, she was
chunky but pretty and she dressed up all the time.

"I wasn't." I said quietly, so no student
could hear our conversation.

"Well, we got you an outfit that's going to
rock your world." Mereily was excited. I sighed then we walked to
my dorm room.

"It's only two o'clock, guys I don't have to
wear that until tonight." I pointed out the big zip up bag that had
clothes in it. My friends glared at me.

"You don't understand. We're
taking you out-all-day-looong." Dana stretched the last words. I
stared__

"We're leaving at four, so better get in the
shower you have about an hour and a half." Bonnie added with an
evil smile I recognized well.

I didn't argue any further, I wasn't going to
get out of it, I gave in and showered. Then I took the clothes out
of the bag, to my surprise there were two outfits, and they weren't
really provocative, one of them was a strapless silky royal blue
dress that would be right above my knees. No. Second choice was
more....me, a purple top with straps, it showed some skin but it
was nice, and a pair of black trousers. Perfect, I had a jacket
that would go with that. Quickly I fixed my hair down and blow
dried it, curled the bottom and put make up on. I was ready, except
for my shoes I still didn't know what shoes to wear. I walked out
of the bathroom, and the girls were gone, they were probably still
getting ready. I glanced at the clock and it was late, nearly four
thirty.

I sat on my bed
wondering...when I looked down and saw a birthday bag, It had a
card that said:

“
Happy Birthday from your best friends enjoy’ your
presents."
I took out a box
that was wrapped with pretty silver wrapping paper, hmm...I opened
it and....shoes, that went with my outfits.

I'll remember to thank them when I found
them. The shoes were black with silver. They were gorgeous. I put
them on, and just like the clothes, perfect fit. Mereily did her
homework. I got my new jacket, the one that Bonnie gave me the day
before, it was black, it had a design in the back that was silver,
pretty but I didn't know what it was. I got my purse and headed
out.

I went down the hall where
Mereily and Dana's room was. The door was slightly opened. I
knocked. No answer. I peeked inside.

"Hello? Is anybody here?" I waited and no
answer. What in the world?

"Excuse me, ma'am?" A man's voice startled
me. I jumped and nearly tripped on my heels. "Sorry, I didn't mean
to startle you." He was handsome. "I am Robert Townsend. I'm lost,
could you help me?" I was stunned by his appearance. His jacket was
almost black, but because of the bright lighting I could see his
pants from the knees down. His hair was dark, combed back, it
looked wet he was tall standing next to me. He wasn't skinny he
looked like he had a great body.

"Yes. Sure." I managed to answer while we
stared at each other. His face was flawless, he looked my age. His
eyes, they were... black.

I passed out.

What happened after that I still don't
know.

When I woke up, I was screaming.

(Present time) Five Months Later...

"What is it?" asked Deidre.

"Nothing new same nightmare," I said catching
my breath.

"It's getting worse." She said worried.

"No... I don't know." I stared down at the
mattress. I did have a nightmare, but it was also true. Five months
ago I had been almost captured by a man or creature as they like to
call him, and then saved by my aunt Julissa and my cousin Deidre
who brought me here ('here' was an old, abandoned building
somewhere, away from civilization). People lived here, including
us. We were hiding, hiding because creatures that did not belong in
this world were taking over the planet earth. Sadly we didn't know
how many humans were hiding out too. But we were about twenty and
we took turns in looking for food. When we would go raiding
('raiding' was what we called it) we were prepared for the worst,
if someone got caught during a raid they would be left behind. That
was a main rule and only two had been caught during raids the last
few months, we used to listen to news and updates on the world but
after two months nothing worked the satellite was out, radio
stations were dead. During our raids we discovered that 'they'
didn't like heat, they could be in the daylight but not in the
heat. So we imitated that.

These creatures, we didn't know what they
really were. People had speculations, calling them demons from
other dimensions, monsters from the underworld. I didn't want to
believe the superstitions I had never really seen them do anything
out of the ordinary. I knew there was something wrong but I didn't
want to get ahead of myself, Even though I had encountered one
before.