I knew you were good people

Sara's POV

"Miss Sara, Miss Sara! I knew you would come back." Demetrius' voice went from excitement to sadness, "Why did you leave?" He looked up at me with his big brown puppy dog eyes. "I needed to try and find something for the alpha but I'm back now." I give him a reassuring smile. "Can you tell me what's been happening here? Where is everyone?" Demetrius fell quiet, retreating into himself as he looked around. The place was filled with destruction on the outer edges. "You're safe with me, Demetrius, I would never let anyone hurt you."

He looked up at me again, his eyes fixed with hope. "Do you promise?"

"I do. I promise." I soothe.

"OK, I'll tell you." he sighed out defeated, throwing his arms in the air, the gesture came across as a 'you have given me no choice'. "It was like this. I was just playing with the older kids, we weren't bothering anyone. Well except for Freddie..."

"Who was Freddie bothering?" Did the children offend the Vampyres somehow and cause all of this?

"Me!" Oh well, there goes that thought. I laughed, telling Demetrie to carry on. "So he was picking on me and that was making me real mad. I told him to stop but he wouldn't, so I decided I was going to go tell my dad..." Demetrius's eyes got hazy as they filled with tears. Right now, I didn't want to push him too hard, but I was eager to know more. A gentle shoulder squeeze helped comfort him and the story continued. "So I ran off, but there was, some people I didn't know, so I thought to myself I would just hide until they're gone and Daddy would find me. I watched and watched but they didn't go. They just keeped fighting! It was so scary so I didn't move. One found me anyway and he hissed with his huge pointy teeth. Like this..." He put his index fingers in either side of his mouth and pulled to show his teeth whilst hissing.

"Oh my gosh, did someone hurt you?" My body temperature was rising with anger. Demetrius shook his head and my stomach dropped as I relaxed. "Uh-nuh. He left me alone, but there was lots of blood and bodies, it was real scary."

"That sounds tough, big guy. Everything seems quiet now, when did the fighting end?" Ruffling his hair as I spoke.

"Ermm about 5 days ago. When he took Alpha Edward's daughter."

My heart was smashing against my chest wall as I tried to keep my face straight. "You're such a good storyteller Demetrius..." I swallowed back a lump in my throat with some considerable effort. "...Can you tell me more, what daughter was it do you know?" Demetrius nodded excitedly that he was doing such a good job her started to speak faster, wanting to tell me everything. "Yeah, it was Miss Katerina. He snatched her away and everyone is pretty sad about it." My knees felt weak. I had tried to prepare myself for this but it still sent ripples of grief through me. Demetrius didn't notice, of course, and just continued talking. "So now Drew and Addison are going to complete the mate bond ceremony and take over as Alpha and Luna. Alpha Edwards is in a bad way so they're going to do it tomorrow before it's too late. They took my dad too. He's in the dungeons."

That was too much information to process all at once, my mind took the easiest route. "Why is your dad in the dungeons?" He shrugged sadly. "They think he had something to do with the fighting. He bit Miss Katerina before the other guy did." Demetrius twisted his mouth, showing his discomfort. There was no time to waste, I began waking towards the Beta's home. The last I knew the Alpha was there, I hope they haven't moved him. Demetrius followed along, filling me in. I'm not sure how but I could swear he hasn't taken a breath whilst talking. The damage got less and less there further in we got until you wouldn't know anything had happened at all. Listening to Demetrius tell me everything, it was worse than I feared. If Drew becomes Alpha like this, Edward will die. There is no telling if the extract will work or how long it will take. "They all said it was you, Miss Sara, but I never listened, I knew you were good people." This stopped me dead in my tracks, the sounds of tiny stones crunching underfoot as I did.

"They thought what now?"

"That you poisoned the alpha." Oh, that hurts. It really stung. How could they think that of me? How could Drew? After everything I've done these past few weeks, the pain and fear I've endured, to be told they think it was me. Wow. There was no one in sight at all. After 15 minutes of seeing nobody, I asked Demetrius, "They're all at the preceding ceremony, Miss Sara. The practice for tomorrow."

There was too much causing me to want to spiral, Katie, Drew, Edward, not to mention I'm missing Draven. And Prita - Of course. Spiraling is not an option, though I feel my edges are frayed, one good pull in the right place and I may just unravel. Alpha first. Yes, it needs to be him. Demetrius confirmed what I thought, the alpha was still at the Beta's house before leaving me to go in alone. It was surprising to me I was able to walk in, there was not a soul in sight, not outside, not in there.

The room seemed darker than I remembered. The room was brimming with flower pots of all different sizes, the mixture of scents was not overly pleasant to my nose. Oh, Edward, he had lost so much weight, his skin was a shade of yellowy grey and he looked so gaunt. He had a waxy look to him, as though maybe he wasn't real. The seat behind him had a thin layer of dust on it. Had they not been visiting? That doesn't seem right. Dusting it off, I took a seat. What if he is better off not waking up? How will he take the news about Katie? Silent tears streamed down my face but no movements or sobs came. I have to wake him if I can. That's what Katie would want. After much internal dialogue, I decided. Popping the cork from the vial, I carefully opened his mouth and slowly drizzled the bright blue liquid into his mouth. It took much longer than I imagined to get it down as it was just pooling in his open mouth. A trick Mr. Green taught me with the calves when they didn't swallow, was to rub their throats as it encourages swallowing.

To my joy, it helped and the second vial went down much easier. There was a bedside table near us that I placed the empty glass vials upon. Now we wait. I sat down beside him, taking his fragile hand in my own, and waited. And waited. And waited. The shocks, the news, and the journey become too much as I fall into a deep sleep myself, gently snoring as I do.