Girl In The Red Coat

really did like him a lot, but I could not express my feelings of him to anyone as he was known as the weird guy in college. It appeared not many people liked him or that was the impression I got from my new friends, anyway. But maybe Ben liked to be alone? I thought I heard his voice through the air calling my name, but it must have been my imagination. I carried on walking along the path, keeping my head low. I felt Daniel touching my fingertips as though he wanted to hold my hand, his index finger softly brushing around my palm. I don’t know why but I didn’t feel like it was right to hold his hand, so I moved it away to reach with it for my phone, as if I was checking the time. Thankfully I had received a text message from my mum, so it looked like I’d felt it buzz and that’s why I was looking at it.

 ‘Just checking to see if you have settled in on your first day of college, remember to go visit your grandmother. Love Mum xx’

As I focused on responding to the text, I didn’t notice Daniel’s face begin to change. He ground his teeth and his hand gripped tight onto mine. Squeezing until it hurt, I looked up from my phone and saw a dark shadowy figure ahead of us. I tried to pull away, but Daniel crushed my hand even more and tears of pain fell from my eyes. I was not sure if he realised that he was hurting me or not, but whoever was ahead of us, Daniel did not like it and he obviously did not want me near them. The figure walked faster towards us and then they were running. It looked like Ben and I could hear him calling my name. I felt as if I was being drawn to him. In my daze I tried again to release my hand from Daniel’s tight grasp, but he would not let me go. I turned and looked up into his eyes, those kind eyes that I had seen earlier had become black and evil looking, his teeth were still grinding, and I thought I saw a fang peeking out from his mouth. It was like he was developing animal features. Suddenly, I felt so dizzy and then my vision gave in, everything had gone black.

Chapter 5.

I opened my eyes and sat up, I was now somewhere safe and comforting: the spare bedroom at my Grandma’s house. I must have straightened too fast on the single bed as a sharp pain went through my head. I realised that I’d blacked out and hit my head really hard on the pavement. I didn’t know how I managed to get to Grandma’s house. My head hurt too much, so I laid back down and shut my eyes for a little longer trying to see if I remembered anything. Then the smell of lavender incense and smoke filled the air of the room. The scent did help me to calm down and relax, but I was still feeling confused as to what had happened. As I started to drift back off, I saw a vision of a werewolf, his fur was as white as snow and so beautiful. Then I was standing on a hillside that was covered over in snow, the air was filled with falling crystal-like snowflakes. I was wearing a long, hooded, silk red cloak that flowed out behind me. I tried reaching out to the white werewolf as I was curious to see if this was my spirit guide. The werewolf walked towards me until my hand was on its face. I stroked the fur gently. It felt so soft, familiar, as if I had touched this fur before and I felt safe being with this werewolf.

‘Hello, can you understand me?’ I asked the werewolf.

‘Yes.’ The voice from the werewolf was male.

‘Who are you?’

‘I am your protector.’

‘My protector? But how? This is just a dream.’

‘You will find the answer to your questions in time. But hear my warning: keep well away from the black werewolf. You are the chosen one.’

The werewolf then ran off into the distance. I was puzzled about our brief conversation, as all I knew at this moment was that it was just a dream. My imagination could get the better of me from time to time or so I thought. But what was his warning about? This was the first time I had ever come across a werewolf so I was unsure about when I would encounter the black werewolf. And to be told I was the chosen one, what had I been chosen for?

Then Daniel appeared by my side looking amused. He moved in to kiss me and I kissed him back. I had never really kissed anyone in this way before and never dreamed of kissing a boy before. I had wanted to kiss Daniel since I first met him. It was a dream, but I was disappointed as there was no spark. It was as if my feelings of falling for him had just fizzled away. I pulled myself from his embrace and he just glared at me. I thought maybe he was hurt by this, but he tried to pull me in again. I pushed out my hands to try get him away, but he overpowered me. He was too strong, and I could not escape. I tried again but he pulled me back and pressed his lips against mine. The energy from my body drained and I couldn’t stop it.

Daniel lay me down on the cold, snowy ground and started to slowly untie my red cloak; still I could do nothing. I knew what was about to happen. Dream or not I was not going to lose my innocence against my will, but when I tried to fight, I