Luna, A shape shifter's tale, Mysterious happenings (Book 2)

Chapter 12

I was in pain, check that I was in immense pain. Not only that but I was covered in blood from my shoulders down and I was out of breath. I couldn't move and this scared me a lot, because I wasn't sure if Vlad was going to come and do anything else to me or not. At least I was able to fight him off for a while, but now I was tired and in a lot of pain and couldn't move. Knowing all of this made me mad, because I am now vulnerable and an easy target, mainly because now poor Chelsea was stuck and I can't help her. As I sat here hunched over, and thinking about this, I heard Chelsea crying and whimpering in fear. Then I heard something that got my attention. So I looked up to see what it was and to my surprise, I saw Kyle, and he was looking at Vlad with disgust which shocked me a bit, but then again that's because he didn't experience or see what went on between Vlad and I. Mainly because Vlad only attacked me once and that was on my left shoulder. After that it was really weird, because I did most of the fight and well Vlad did nothing, he just practically stood there and let me beat him up which was even weirder. Mainly because right before we were even attacking each other he was talking smack about how he was going to make me pay for all the trouble I've put him through and then nothing really happened, but then again no one would have known that had happened because the wound on my left shoulder was big and it bled a lot so it looked like I had been hurt really bad even though I hadn't.

Also the only reason I'm in pain is because I was so mad at Vlad that I just stood there and let him have it until I started to feel pain. Now while I was going over this in my mind, I noticed that Kyle was now standing in front of Vlad, who was huffing and also obviously in pain, but the one thing that had really caught my attention was that Kyle knelled down to Vlad's level and grabbed him by the shirt and said, "How dare you hurt my sister and her friend."

"W-w-what *pauses to catch breath* are *pauses to catch breath* you talking * pauses to catch breath* about?" Vlad said as he struggled very hard to get breath. Kyle now very mad, "You know what I mean, my sister is being held down by two of your friends, and Luna is covered in blood. You better explain yourself now!"

"Heh" Vlad smiled slightly, as he tried to catch his breath. "Why should I? Just ask Luna what *stops to catch his breath again* ask her what ha-happ-ened." Vlad said, and then the next thing that Vlad did shocked me, because then he slowly turned his head in, my direction and smiled at me then said, "Luna, I'm sorry that I put **cough, cough** you in through so much, ** cough, cough** please forgive me." and then fainted in front of Kyle and me.

After seeing this, made me feel so surprised, worried, and for once feel bad for Vlad. I mean I must have done so much damage to Vlad that he fainted from blood loss not only that, but the fact that he apologized to me, which made me wonder why. While Kyle on the other hand was really upset now, so upset that he started shaking and his eyes turned red, and also his hands became claw-like. Then the next thing that he did surprised me; he lifted one of his claw-like hands and was about to hurt Vlad even more but before he did anything, I screamed, "NO!" Saying this not only shocked me, but also shocked Kyle and some of Vlad's friends who ever since Vlad and I started this fight were quiet and seemed to be in a daze as to what went on, not only that but Chelsea was also shocked that I had said something. After saying this, Kyle said to me," Luna, what the heck is wrong with you? He hurt you, he needs to be punished for-."

"No he doesn't Kyle," I interrupted, "He only hurt my left shoulder, it just looks like I've been majorly hurt. The one who is truly hurt is Vlad. If you don't believe me, your sister and his friends can testify that it's the truth."

"She's right Kyle, even though Vlad is the one who attacked first, Luna did more damage and surprisingly he let her, which was really weird because he was the one who wanted to make her suffer a lot, but then after he got her shoulder stopped and just stood there and let her hurt him." Chelsea said and Vlad's friends nodded in agreement. "Yeah right I doubt that, Luna come on, this is Vlad we're talking about. We all know that Vlad doesn't like you and wants you dead, he was probably playing with all of your heads, and made it seem that way."

"Your wrong Kyle, if he did that, then why did he apologize to me? Huh? There's got to be a reason why he did that, but we won't know for sure, because he fainted. So if I were you I would leave it alone, ok?"

"Fine, I will, but just because you told me to, but for the record, I still think he should be punished."

"Ok, whatever, now can you please help me up? My shoulder hurts a lot that I can't move."  

"Fine." And with that Kyle got up from where he was by Vlad, and then came over to where I was and helped me up. As this went on, Vlad's two friends let go of Chelsea and then went over to where Vlad was and cautiously started to try and bandage up some of his wounds. (For some reason they had things on them that they could use for first aid.) Then his friends slowly and cautiously picked him up and started to walk away, but before they left, James who had been the most silent and in a daze out of all of Vlad's friends, turned and looked at me and said, "Thank you for sparing Vlad's life, I don't know why, but I think he'd appreciate that." And then left with Vlad's other friends. Once they were gone Chelsea walked over to where Kyle and I were and said, "Hey Luna, I still wonder why Vlad apologized to you. Not only that but why he let you hurt him."

"Yeah same here, well it might be awhile, but I know one thing for sure, and that is we better get home before our parents wonder were we are." And with that both Chelsea and Kyle agreed with me and then helped me up onto my feet and then lead me home.