chair as I began to tell her what I saw.
“Your mother is just as beautiful in her wolf form as she is in human form,” Grandma said when I finished telling her about it.
“We have to find her. Seeing her in the mountains narrows the search somewhat, but there are still dozens and dozens of places she could be,” I said.
“I’m going now to try to reach your father’s family. I will let you know as soon as I hear anything.” I walked her to the door, and she turned around and gave me a hug before walking out.
I was still in my pajamas at this point so I changed clothes and put on my shoes so I could go and see about patrolling. Matt was coming out of his room as I headed down the hall to the stairs.
“Hey Matt, did you sleep well?” I asked.
“I slept pretty good, but not nearly as good as you,” he said with a laugh, “I have been up for hours.”
“Yeah well I was pretty tired I guess.”
“The good news is we don’t have to patrol tonight. Grandpa has everything covered in that department. The protection spells seem to be holding up. The security cameras picked up several vampires trying to get over the fence not long after we went to bed this morning. None of them were able to get close to the wall though,” said Matt.
“That is definitely a good thing. I see they left our new books for school.”
“Yeah I dropped those off for you earlier. Grandpa gave them to me, and asked me to give you yours. He gave me our schedules too. The four of us seem to have all the same classes,” explained Matt.
“That’s cool. What about Dakota?” I asked.
“I don’t know, but I figure he will go to class at night.”
“So, what do you have planned for the evening?” I asked him trying to get off the subject of school.
“The girls want to watch a movie down in the theatre.”
“We have a theatre?” I asked surprised.
“Yeah,” he said with a laugh.
“That sounds fun. I think I could use a bit of normal after all the mess I have been through lately,” I said with a smile.
“Let’s go there now. They are probably down there waiting.” I followed Matt down the hall not having any idea where the theatre was. I didn’t even know the mansion had a theatre. We walked down the stairs and headed through the great room into the room where the pool was. We turned left and headed into the area of the mansion I had never been. We walked down a long hallway with several doors off to our right. We were nearly to the end of the hall before we turned right into a set of double doors.
The room was just light enough to see. This theatre had reclining seats in rows leading down at an angle like other movie theatres I had been to. The seats were arranged in a half circle around an enormous screen mounted on the wall. I spotted the girls sitting about half way down in the middle of the room.
“Hi Luke,” said Ava as I sat down beside her.
“Hey, how are you?” I replied.
“I’m ok.”
“I’m great,” I told her. I didn’t want to ruin the mood by telling them about my vision. I was looking forward to spending time with my friends instead of worrying about staying alive. Besides, I didn’t even know for sure if my vision was real. I mean, what if the vision was sparked by Grandma telling me she thought my parents were alive? I definitely didn’t want to get excited by the possibility only to be torn to pieces if I found out they were really dead.
I put on my happy little smile and settled in next to Ava to watch the movie. I didn’t know what movie we were going to watch, and to tell you the truth I really didn’t care. About an hour or so into the movie I was so comfortable in the chair I was sitting in that I dozed off. I started to dream as soon as I fell asleep.
I was in the mountains again. I guessed these were the same ones from the vision because I instantly heard the woman’s voice again.
“Luke,” calls the woman’s voice.
“Mom, is it really you?” I asked.
“Yes, son, it is me. I am glad that you finally found me, Luke,” she said as I watched the beautiful blonde wolf emerge from the woods in front of me.
“Why did you leave me, alone, for all this time?” I asked as I inched my way closer to her.
“Luke, there will be plenty of time for me to explain everything soon. Right now, though, I need your help,” she said.
“What is it, Mom? I’ll do anything I can.”
“I fear there is great danger coming my way, son.”
“What danger? What can I do?” I asked desperately. The next instant I watch in horror as a large black shadow flies through the air from one of the nearby trees above my mother’s head. The shadow lands directly on her back knocking her to the ground. I begin to scream,
“MOM!” As I jump from my seat awake and back in the theatre in the mansion. I look down to see everyone staring up at me in confusion. Ava jumps to her feet and grabs my hand to try and comfort me as she asks,
“Luke, what’s the matter?”
“Mom is in trouble! I have to find Grandma!” I exclaimed.
“Luke, it was just a dream man,” said Matt.
“I thought your parents were d…” starts Jenna but trails off before she finishes the last word.
“I wasn’t going to bother you guys with more news tonight. I wanted to have a normal evening together with my friends. I have to tell you something,” I said as Ava turned off the movie.
“You can tell us anything, Luke. You know that,” said Ava.
“Grandma and I have had visions of my mother. Grandma had them first, but now I’m having them too. Grandma thinks my parents could still be alive,” I told them. They stare at me in shock at this bit of information.
“That’s awesome, Luke,” said Matt.
“Yeah, Luke, that is great news,” said Ava as she took my other hand in hers.
“If this is real, I think she is in trouble,” I said as I began to tell them of the vision and the recent dream. “I have to tell Grandma what I have seen,” I added. I bolted from the room leaving them staring at each other in confusion. I had to find Grandma before it was too late.
I raced around the mansion in search of my grandmother, but couldn’t find her anywhere. I decided she must have already gone to bed and headed for their bedroom. I knocked on their door desperately, and waited for someone to answer. Grandpa answered the door and I could tell he was angry about being disturbed. He instantly changed his expression to concern when he realized it was me.
“What’s wrong, Luke?” Grandpa asked.
“I need to talk to Grandma, now,” I said.
“She’s already asleep. Can’t this wait until morning?”
“No! It is very important that I talk to her.”
“Come on in, Luke,” said Grandma from inside the room. Grandpa stepped out of the way and motioned for me to enter.
“Grandma, have you talked to Grandpa about my mom?” I asked as I turned to see my grandfather’s response. I could see confusion register as he looked to Grandma to explain.
“No. I wanted to be sure before I troubled him with the information,” she replied.
“What’s going on here?” Grandpa asked.
“Sam, I had a vision about Sandra. Luke had a vision as well,” she explained.
“Make that two visions,” I added.
“Tell me about it, Luke,” she said. I started with the first vision to bring Grandpa up to speed, and then went straight into the newest one. I heard Grandma gasp as I finished with the attack on my mother.
“Have you heard anything from my fathers’ family?” I asked. I spoke with someone a little while ago. They refused to tell me anything over the phone. They prefer to tell me what they know in person.
“So, when do we leave for England?” I asked.
“We are not going anywhere,” said Grandma to my surprise.
“We have to find her! Mom is in danger. I refuse to stand around and
risk losing her for good!” I yelled.
“Calm down, Luke,” said Grandpa.
“Luke, it is too dangerous for you to go traipsing around England. One of the main reasons your mother put you into hiding is so your fathers’ people couldn’t lay claim to you. I will not risk having you kidnapped by a bunch of vampires,” she explained.
“I will leave first thing in the morning for England to see what I can find out about your parents. In the meantime I want you to tell me about any vision you may have. I promise we will do everything in our power to find her, Luke,” said Grandma as she walked over and took me in her arms.
“I’m worried about her,” I said.
“I know you are, honey. I’m worried about her too, but we have to be rational about all of this,” she said. “We must be careful. Nhados would like nothing more than to find out your mother is still alive. He would use her to lure you to him. He knows he can’t win you over now that you have the sword, but he will continue to be a threat until he is defeated. He will stop at nothing to kill you, Luke,” said Grandpa.
“Luke, you need to get some rest. I will let you know as soon as I find out anything,” said Grandma. I hugged them both before leaving the room.
Jenna and Matt were finishing the movie when I got back to the theatre. I decided not to disturb them. Instead I made my way up to Ava’s room. She answered the door quickly. She looked just as confused and concerned as she had when I left her.
“Can we talk?” I asked.
“Of course,” she responded. She closed the door and took my hand leading me toward the stairs. “Let’s go for a walk.” I couldn’t explain the feelings I had for Ava. I had never
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