Changes (A Niall Horan romance)

Chapter 7

*A.J.s P.O.V.*

I awoke with searing pain to my head and neck.

I opened my eyes only to squeeze them shut instantly. The morning sun blinding causing the pain in my head to increase.

"Owww" I moaned rolling onto my side, trying to shield my face.

"Athena? are you okay?" I heard Harry's deep voice whisper, sounding frightened and concerned.

That's when the memories of last night came flooding back.

Damon snapping Harry's neck, Harry's body laying in a heap on the ground as Damon approached me, Damon's blood trickling into my mouth as I tried to get away, and then darkness.

"Harry?! Y-your alive? h-how? I saw Damon kill you, I saw you die..." tears filled my eyes as I relived the awful memory.

"I know, I don't understand either. I just woke up here." He said.

I peeked through my fingers, first meeting Harry's worried gaze, before fully taking my face out of my hands and looking around the unfamiliar room.

I was sitting on a king size canopy bed, in a unbelievably huge room. The walls were a dark tan with light patterns, barley visible. The room was pretty much empty except the bed and a giant wardrobe.

"This is just weird. We both died last night and-wait a second maybe we were drugged! that's the only logical explanation." I said.

"That doesn't explain why we're in a house from the 1800s." Harry replied, glancing around.

"Somebody could have seen us and took us home, to keep us out of trouble or something." I said doubtful that, that was the reason somebody would take us home.

"Wrong" a new voice entered our conversation. Both of our heads whipped around to see Damon leaning against the door way.

"Then what the fuck is going on?" Harry spat

"Well, I got bored, you were drunk and stupid, so I turned you both to vampires." He smiled, strolling into the room.

"What?!" Me and Harry chorused together. Earning a laugh from Damon.

"I turned you to vampires" he shrugged as if it was completely normal to tell someone that their now a vampire.

"Your insane." I scoffed standing up from the bed. Harry stood as well.

"I'm afraid not. You know why you both have severe headaches? your senses are heightened. That's why my voice and the light from the window hurts." he retorted, stepping towards me.

Harry quickly pushed me behind him, taking a protective stance in front of me.

"Stay away." he growled.

"Okay, okay." Damon said putting his hands up in defense and taking a couple steps back.

"Let us go." I demanded.

"No ones holding you here, just be warned, I will be checking up on you. Just if you have questions or you miss me." A smile was placed on his lips as we made our way towards the door.

"Oh, don't forget these, you'd be dead in a matter of minutes without them." Damon said tossing us two rings.

"What do they do?" Harry asked suspiciously.

"They keep you from turning to ash in the sun." Damon explained. "You are vampires, remember?"

"Yeah, whatever you say." Harry scoffed. Putting the rings in his pocket.

"Don't say I didn't warn you." Damon mumbled as we walked out.

We found the front door quite easily. Though opening it proved to be a mistake.

Where the sun hit my skin, it burned, almost catching fire.

I fled back to the shadows at an unnatural speed.

Looking down I saw burn marks disappearing, skin covering them quickly.

I looked to Harry his face was recovering from burns as well as his arms.

"What the fuck?" I whispered "Harry give me the rings"

"Why?"

"So I can eat them!" I retorted sarcastically. "Why do you think?"

"Someone's grumpy, jeez" he grumbled, feeling around in his pocket before pulling put the two rings and handing them to me.

I took the smaller one and slipped it on my ring finger. Slowly I stepped out of the shadows. The sun hit my skin but didn't burn it.

I turned around to face Harry.

"Give me your hand." I instructed. He obeyed, holding his hand out for me to take. I put the ring on his finger and pulled him out of the shadows.

"This is too freaky." he stated, looking at the ring.

"Tell me about it, lets just focus on getting home." I sighed, looking around for a familiar land mark, street it house but came up empty.

"Where are we?"

*Nialls P.O.V.*

knock knock knock

My fist sounded on Athenas front door.

I heard muffled foot steps and the door swung open to reveal a stranger. A girl I had never seen before.

"Hi" she greeted me, smiling kindly. She looked to be a couple years younger than me. Maybe 17. She had dark brunette hair that hung to about her shoulders and very light brownish green eyes.

"Hi, is A.J. home?" I asked, looking over her shoulder. Trying to spot the beautiful girl.

"Actually no. I'm waiting to surprise her, she spent the night at a guys house, Perry, or something." she said. My heart skipped a beat, jealousy formed in the pit of my stomach. Until I realized she probably meant Harry.

"Do you mean Harry?" I questioned, just double checking my theory.

"Yeah! that's his name!" my heart beat slowed and the jealousy dissolved. "Anyway, you can wait with me if you want, I'm Dakota."

"Niall" I replied stepping into the house.