Fabled Dreams || Book 1: Truth

Chapter 1

When I awoke it was twelve nineteen PM. 'The date.... that can't be right, can it? The day I fell asleep was November sixth, but now... the date on the clock says it's December second. Strange....' I looked outside of my window. The pavement was covered in snow. Strangely, instead of cars, the road was filled with horse-drawn carriages. 'Am I dreaming...?' I wondered in my head.

"Wake up! Wake up! Wake up!" A voice was trying it's best to wake me. That answered my question, I suppose. My eyes were glued shut from sleep so I had to force them open and keep them open to the best of my ability. A boy of the same age as me, fourteen, was shaking me.

"What do you want...?" I mumble drowsily, not fully recognizing the situation as I was still mostly sleeping.

He sighed in relief. "You're awake and okay!"

"Who... the bloody hell are you?!" I asked startled, finally thinking straight.

"Ah... yes. You don't know who I am..." His demeanor changed from confident to awkward and embarrassed.

"Who are you?!" I asked again glaring and I sat up quickly; prepared to fight if I had to. I was ready if things became dangerous.

"'I'm Kai. I am a Dusk-Stalker." He replied quietly.

"A Dusk-Stalker?" I asked very confusedly.

"Yeah... Uhm. Well, we are a group of people who protect humans from bad supernatural creatures. For example Vampires and Mixed-Bloods." He explained, saying Vampires and Mixed-Bloods pointedly.

"Why are you here?" I tried to keep my voice even to no avail.

"I'm here to protect you and bring you to Dusk Hall." He told me.

"You mean that manor?" I asked, "On that big hill in the forest?"

"Yep. Glad you can see the thing." He nodded, a little impatience in his expression and voice, "Come on. We need to leave." He urged as we heard the familiar footsteps and voices of Shadow and Damion. He grabbed my arm, "Okay, so I'm going to Shadow travel. It might drain your energy because it is your first time doing it. Ready?" Without confirming that I was ready he did it. Suddenly silence hit my ears and I shivered from the sudden cold. Then, I heard rustling from treetops blowing in the wind, birds chirping, a river babbling in the distance and I opened my eyes.

We were now on a winding dirt road. A few feet in front of us stood an iron-wrought gate. I had mixed feelings about that gate. If you looked at it one way it looked ominous and menacing but when you looked a different way it looked mysterious but kind. It seemed to signify that something here was like a double-edged blade. No matter what you will be cut. I sighed; I couldn't decide how I felt about the gate nor the boy beside me, or the manor on the hill. He pulled me towards the gate.

I barely had enough strength to be drug along. He looked over at me and realized how tired I must be. He scooped me up, beginning to carry me towards the manor. I let him, unable to protest, and sleep rolled over me.

~*~

I awoke in a bed. Blankets covered me. They felt so warm that I didn't want to leave them but curiosity overrode my sleepiness. I slowly sat up checking out the very elaborate furniture. Nothing made sense for a few sleepy moments then I remembered what had happened yesterday. I looked at the clock that was stacked on a bedside table. It read five o'clock AM. 'Fun, waking up this early...' I thought sarcastically.

The door swung open suddenly revealing that there was a boy imprinted in the doorway as a distinct shadow. He stepped in and then closed the door behind him. "You awake?" He asked quietly.