Loves Forbidden Touch (A Supernatural Story)

Chapter 4

The sky was darkening, the tension of power raged in the sky as the trio made their way to the school. Alana felt a surge run through her as she stepped onto the concrete steps of the high school. She came to a halt and gasped as if an invisible force had slammed right into her.

"Alana?" Sam said, "Are you alright?"

She shook her head but climbed the steps and entered the building. What she saw before her eyes could only come from a horror movie. A gaping black hole sat in the floor as mist and fog swept about the room. She heard cries of despair and moans of defeat all around her. She couldn't believe her eyes, never had she seen such suffering.

"What is this?" she asked as Rosa and Sam came to her side.

"The dark watchers portal for the damned." Rosa said.

Alana shivered, the room felt cold and she wanted nothing more than to run away. "Will this affect you?" she asked.

"It shouldn't." a voice said behind her. She turned to meet face to face, to her father.

"Dad?" she gasped.

He merely nodded, "I was given reports of supernatural forces working here. I came as fast as I could. What are you doing here?"

"Helping to save my friends."

He looked at Rosa and Sam before shaking his head, "You're siding with vampires."

Alana glared at her father, "They are my friends' father. You hurt them and I swear I'll never talk to you again."

He nodded, understanding her. "I know vampires too, Alana. All you had to do was talk to me."

She sighed, "I was afraid dad. You pushed me to be a hunter, you knew I hated to kill, yet you made me do it."

"You needed to know how to defend yourself Alana. I knew this day was coming and I had to make sure you were prepared."

Sam patted her arm, "He's right, you know. If you hadn't killed all those bad entities, you wouldn't know what to do now."

She turned around and hugged Sam. "And if I fail? I lost all of you."

Rosa came over and hugged her, "We'll be together again Alana, it's not like we're going anywhere."

Alana smiled as they moved away. "What do we do now?"

"We must jump into that portal." Her father said, "When we do, we kill it forever. The dark watchers will fail and die and life will resume as if nothing had ever happened."

She nodded, "Then let's go."

He took his daughter's hand and they both jumped into the darkness. A bright light descended upon them and vanished. When Alana awoke, her father was gone and she was back in her very own bed. She rose and got to her feet, and noticed that her clothes were still on her. Her hair was blond again and as she left her room, did it feel totally and utterly unfamiliar to her.

"Alana, you're awake!" a female voice said.

She looked at the woman in confusion. "Who are you?"

The woman tsked, "You silly, I'm your mother."

Alana stood shell-shocked. She had thought her mother had died years ago, or so she was told.

"Where's dad?" she asked.

The woman looked sad then, "Honey, he died a few years ago on a hunt, don't you remember? A vampire tried to kill you and he died trying to kill it. You survived, but your father's wounds were too bad to keep him alive."

"When was this?"

"August 5, 1994. The day you went into your coma."

"And then today is it?"

"May 11, 2004." She said, looking at her daughter oddly. "You awoke four months ago. I thought we passed this."

Alana shook her head; she was no longer a teenager but an adult. No memories were in her mind, it was utterly and truly black. Tears burned her eyes as she wept. Riley was gone, she just knew it.

The woman came up to her and encircled her arms around her, the smell of lavender on her skin. "It's alright dear. You'll be fine." She said, soothing her daughter's sobs.

Alana didn't know what to say, what to do. She felt frozen in time and space. Could Rosa and the others still be alive? Could Riley for that matter if her feelings were wrong? Could this all be a nightmare she placed herself in, just to ease the pain. She didn't know.

"Let's put you back in bed now." The woman, nay, her mother said.

She nodded and followed her back to her room. It was still the same, the way it had been when she was fourteen.

"I never changed this room. I wanted it to be familiar to you when you came home."

Alana nodded and climbed back into bed, closing her eyes and drifting into a dreamless sleep.

Her mother stood there, looking down at her with black eyes. You have lost the battle Alana, but not the fight. It said. But soon you will be with the ones you love the most. Time had to change in order for you to live, people you lost have been found, people you buried, are now alive. I just wish that your father could have lived to see this day. When the supernatural and the human world collided, finding peace amongst them all.