• Gray clouds hung over head, rain drops started to fall. A scream ran
    through the dark forest. In the middle of the forest, a clearing,
    people stood around. They all whisper to each other, as Vincent was
    being held back by other men. He kicked and screamed, trying to be
    free. A small stage was set, a guillotine was standing tall
    ready to take someone's life.

    "Stop! Stop this!", another scream.

    Edward stood facing the rope in front of him with his hair out, the way
    he would when he sneak out to met Vincent. Cidman walked up the stairs
    of the small stage, a page in hand. He then started to read what was on
    the page.

    " Today we say goodbye to someone dear to us. Today in Midnight forest
    we hang our prince, Prince Edward Vermant, for having messed around
    with a servant,of the same sex."

    He turned to look at the prince then spoke again "Do you have any last words master?"

    When everyone lifted their gaze to met the eyes of their prince, he
    closed his eyes. He then breathed in his last breath of air, a normal
    action everyone preformed without trying, unless on deaths door.
    "I will make a promise.....for my lover, Vincent. When I die today, my
    spirit will be reborn. Into a human body every century. If you don't
    find me I will keep on being reborn when the human body I have dies.
    But it wont be for ever you have a time limit of four centuries to look
    for me. As the time will go by I will lose my memory, and not be myself
    anymore. If that happens to bring me back to normal my lover must make
    me bite him to have his blood. try to find me when the time comes, and
    anyone who would want me to come back follow Vincent. That is all." he
    spoke it all in calmness, a firm steady voice.
    A tears went down
    his cheeks as he looked at his lover Vincent kicking and screaming more
    trying to get free from the men holding him back. He closed his eyes
    and smiled, then whispered.

    "I love you Vinny and I always will no matter how much of my memory I lose."

    Cidman started to cry as well. He sobbed and murmured a sorry to the
    prince then pulled the lever. The blade went down as fast as lighting.

    "No!" the mightiest scream Vincent could make came out and even after his scream was gone it still rung in every person's ears, as the head of the prince rolled to his knees.

    The group of people disbursed and what was left was Cidman on the stage
    morning the loss of the prince he served.The men let go of Vincent and
    left just like the rest of the people. Vincent fell to the floor and
    bared his fangs as someone called his name over and over again.

    Vincent closed his eyes, held the head in his arms and whispered,"I love you too and when the time comes I will search high and low for you."

    Foot steps stop near him and a hand touched his shoulder.

    "As will I." a beautiful voice said.

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    October, Elizabeth, NJ, Alexander Hamilton Preparatory Academy lunch room



    A girl sighed as she finished reading the end of the book to her friend.

    "So the book Midnight Forest is just a story about a prince and a
    servant of his that fall in love, but not only that,their gay guys."
    the boy laughed. The girls eyes turned green and cat like as she glared
    at him.

    "Its not just that Edward. Its a love story with the twist of
    vampires." her voice had a hint of rage. Edward chuckled at her
    reaction.

    "Ok, ok. But what does this have to do with me?" Edward asked.

    The girl closed her eyes and cleared her throat.

    "Well you see my sweet little Edward." she patted Edward's head then
    her voice went to a whisper. She covered Edward's ear and spoke.

    "I think..............your gay."

    Edwards eyes went as big as saucer's, he opened his mouth and screamed,"What!?!?"

    The girl flinched and all eyes of the lunch room were on Edward. Even
    the PTA's stared at him in curiosity, Edward slowly put his head down
    as people started talking again. Edward sighed and lifted his head up.

    "Ana your nuts, I-I can't be gay. I mean, i heard it could come from
    your parents genes. And my dad isn't gay he has my mom." Edward started
    to panic.

    "Well you see Ed, I've noticed that you don't look at guys. Also that
    sometimes before I come to sit with you for lunch you look at the guys
    in the lunch room. Its like your looking for a guy to be with it shows
    in your eyes the hurt, when you don't see what your looking for. I've
    asked a lot of people around the school everyone looks at you. Even the
    straight guys and lesbians look at you or think of you a one point."

    "Ana like I said your nuts."

    Her golden eyes turned green and cat like again as her rage started to
    come back. Edward gave her a sheepish smile. Ana sighed and tried her
    hardest to calm down.

    "Edward I have another thing to tell you, and you might say that I'm
    nuts again. But you know how the main character of the book is Edward
    Vermant right?" she smiled at him.

    "Yeah?"

    "Well its said that when he would be reborn he would have the same name
    first and last. that he had beautiful hair and eyes. Hair that looked
    of gold." she took some of Edward's hair in her hand,then let it fall
    slowly. "The purest blue eyes that seem impossible to look away from."
    she took his face between her hands. Her eyes kept on changing between
    her normal golden eyes to cat like green as she stared into Edward's
    eyes. She let go of his face and sat straight as she tried to clear her
    throat again.

    "Um.....So what your telling is that you think not only just because I
    have blond hair and blue, that I am Edward Vermant reborn. Bu-"

    "Don't forget the name, first and last its the same.Edward what I mean
    is that you don't find blonds in Elizabeth, its kind of impossible."
    Ana had cut him off.

    "But you also believe that, that story is true." Edward huffed. "God
    help me now, Ana is now crazy. That's one level higher than nuts help
    her God."

    "Hey!Edward I am no-"

    She gasped all of a sudden Edward pulled his scrunchy out of his hair
    in a frustrated motion. His used to be a high ponytail now a river of
    golden locks. They fell all the way down to the end of his back. The
    PTA's blew their whistles, all the teens in the lunch room got up out
    of their seats to go to their next class. Edward gathered his things
    and stood up, he opened his mouth to speak but no sound came out. Ana
    look up at him, his eyes looked glazed, a dull blue and then he spoke.

    "My dear Anatha, I will be with you soon."he sounded as if he was being controlled

    "B-Brother." she whispered as a tear went down her right cheek. Edward's eyes went back to normal and he shook his head.

    "Huh....um....what happened. I mean well Ana I have to go to Spanish now. You should go to your 7th period class now to."

    They said their byes and Edward walked to the exit that's to the right
    wall of the lunch room. The exit lead to the outside where the
    portables were at for classes like Spanish and other things.He went
    into the third portable, he sat down at the first group of four desks
    in the second row. Two girls were already there chatting away as one by
    one the other students came in.

    "Hi Edward."He looked up at the mention of his name. His gaze met the face of a
    smiling girl. Her hair gave off the look of black, but in the sunlight
    you could see its true color,brown, as are her eyes.

    He smiled back at her,"Hello Kimberly."

    "Um Edward?"

    "Yeah?"

    "Why is your hair out? I mean I know if you feel like it you could have it out, but guys are looking at you."

    Edward turned his head to see all the guys in the classroom were
    looking at him with gaga eyes. Edward shrieked and quickly put his head
    down he couldn't find his scrunchy. The Spanish teacher came in with a
    student following him. Edward could feel the little hairs on his neck
    stand as the new student from the sound of the silence walked behind
    him. Edward didn't dare look behind himself to see the face, he felt an
    unfamiliar feeling go through his whole body.

    "Ok everyone we have a new student with us today." the Spanish teacher,
    Mr. Labout, spoke with his Spanish accent,"Come on introduce yourself."

    The boy sighed,"My name is Vincent Harrison."

    Edward's eyes went wide, he lifted his head up slowly and turned to see
    the face of the student. Edward stood up and all eyes were on him,he
    had tears in his eyes. Edward ran straight for Vincent and tackled him
    down to the floor in a tight embrace. Everyone gasped, Edward broke
    down he started sobbing uncontrollably. Vincent stared at him in shock,
    but then his face went from shock to a kind look, he hugged Edward
    back.