Dusk to Dawn

Chapter 1

"Help me!" I scream as I ran through the woods trying to escape the wrath of the demon creature chasing me. Not too far behind I hear the creature let out a thunderous laugh, making my heart skip a beat. As I near the end of the wood, I see my house and think "Yes, I'm going to make it!" Just as I thought I was victorious, the creature catches me from behind and grabs me from my waist with his left hand and my mouth with his right. He has me in a tight grip, so I can't wiggle my way free.

"Ha!" he says, "you really thought you could've escaped me Dawn?" I struggled to break free of his tight grip, but it's no use. "Don't even try Dawn, I've got you now." He says. As he turns me around to face him, his eyes turn blood red, and his two canine teeth shoot out of his mouth turning into, long, sharp fangs. It all makes sense now, he's a vampire, and he wants to take my blood! I try to make out the person's face; but as I was just about to get a clear view of him, his two sharp teeth bit into my neck, making me fall to the ground.

"RRRIIIINNNNGGGGG!" my alarm clock goes, bringing my dream to an end. What a strange dream. What was that all about? They say that dreams always come true, but I surely don't want that one to come true.

Anyway, my name is Dawnique Marshall, Dawn for short. I am sixteen years old (soon to be seventeen) and live with my mother in Crenshaw heights, California. I am a senior at Crenshaw High School and I can't wait to graduate. My mom is a lawyer so we are well off, in other words, we are rich. My dad is a doctor, but he and my mom are divorced. Well, who couldn't have seen that coming? I mean, a doctor and a lawyer, really? That's way too much alter ego in one couple.

Anyway, back to me. I'm not like other girls; well for one thing, I'm wildly popular. Everyone knows me! I also get good grades, and not everyone expects that (well except my mom, all parents expect their kids to shine). Everyone thinks that just because I'm popular and rich, I should be the dummer that a bucket of rocks. Well I'm not! And I don't think some people are pleased with that.

Especially my nemesis Shantel Delgado and her little crew; really, she only has a little crew of herself and two other wannabees named Kylie and Tori. Shantel and I use to be best friends until she turned on me and tried to steal my boyfriend. But Joshua, my boyfriend, loves me too much to fall for that good for nothing, two timing, and triflin' wannabe over me.

Anyway, I just love to have fun. I roll with my clique, we don't have a name but we are great friends. My clique consists of my girls, Rosie she's a hot Latina with a lot of attitude; Mary she's a cute shorty that also has a lot of attitude and a perky side; And Chrissy, she's the quiet one who tries to make piece whenever we go off.

The boys, Jake he's a fool who has no training but, very sensitive when he's ready; Chris gets mad really fast and has a little anger management, but he's cool; Jeremy, the smartest boy (or person) in our clique, leave it to him to suck the fun out of an exciting moment; but don't get me wrong, this boy is hot.

And the most popular and hottest boy at our school, also my boyfriend, Joshua; he's just a sweetie who's super-hot. He's so cute!

And me, just plain old sweet, cute Dawn; so that's pretty much our crew right there...

"DAWNIQUE!!!" my mother screams from her room "DON'T YOU HERE YOUR ALARM RINGING? GET UP OR YOU'LL BE LATE FOR SCHOOL!" Damn, why my mama gotta be trippin so hard this morning?

"MOM, YOU KNOW JOSHUA PICKS ME UP!" I shout back from my room.

My mom is the only person who calls me Dawnique; she can be mean when my alarm wakes her up from her sleep. Kristen Marshall, my mother, hates to be awakened by my alarm. She has a court case in four hours and is trying to get as much sleep possible.