I jump out of bed, startled by a loud scream from downstairs. My first instincts are to run to Amy's room. When I get there she's awake and crying. What the hell is going on?!

Calum rushes into Amy's room shirtless and run toward us. "What's going on?" he whisper yells. I shrug and get up. I run out of the room and into my mom's... She's not there...

I run to Joy's room and she's not there either. "Where is the Dragon?! We know it lives here!" I hear a voice from downstairs. "I want my revenge!!!" the voice yells and I recognize it as Jake.

I run downstairs to see him holding Joy to the floor by her hair. He notices me and points the gun he was holding to Joy's head towards me. I lift my hand up and pretend to me afraid.

He releases Joy's hair and walks to me fast. "Are you the dragon that killed Gale?!" he asks me furiously. "W-What...? D-Dragon...? W-W-What's going on?! Jake what are you doing here?" I stutter and fake cry, sounding pathetic as he pulls my hair.

"Is anyone else here?!" he yells. "N-No..." I cry. "Where's your sister?!" he asks furiously. "She's at her friend's house!" I cry.

"Who is this woman?" he points the gun at Joy. She puts her head in her hands in fear. "She's my aunt... What did you say about Gale...?" I ask looking up with fake tears in my eyes.

"He's dead... And a black dragon killed him! There's only one black dragon we know of and all evidence say that it's part of this family," He growls.

"You mean like a p-pet dragon...?" I ask pretending to sound pathetic. He looks around thoughtfully "This was to easy..." he whispers to him. "Going into a dragon's nest shouldn't be easy..." he talks to himself again.

He lets go of my hair and I stumble toward Joy. "We have our information wrong..." he tears up and throws a tantrum as he disappears out the door.

The moment he gets out the door I pick up the land line and call those detectives that showed up a few days ago, fake crying through the phone. I notice my mom in the corner with blood running down her head "Please hurry, my mom is unconscious and bleeding!" I panic for real.

I scramble towards my mom and lay down in front of her unconscious body. "Mommy... Please don't leave us... too" I choke at the last part. I feel her pulse and it's there, but barely.

The two detectives rush in with two medical guys holding a gurney. "Alright... Please can you tell me what happened that made you call us?" the woman asks. "It was my eX Jake, he came in here yelling about his brother being killed by a dragon. I don't know what that means. I thought that he thought we had a pet dragon or something... Do you think he's insane...? He asked me if my sister was here, but I lied and told him that she was at a friend's house. She's upstairs with my cousin Calum," Rush out.

Yes I know I'm talking about dragon's but I'm trying to sound as innocent as I can and if they found out that I hid the fact of him blabbering about my kind that they won't find that suspicious, and maybe it was a trick and they wanted to find out if I knew anything about dragons.

"Dragon's... like the flying princess catching ones?" the guy detective asks. "I don't know! All he said was something about a black or blue dragon that killed his brother! Is my mom going to be okay?! I want this sick crazy ass bastard locked up for what he did! He held a fucking gun to my head!" I break down in fake sobs, which look so real because I've been doing the whole crying thing since my dad.

The lady detective puts her hand on my shoulder. "This is so hard for me, because this has happened before where someone breaks into our home and tries to kill someone. And last time it happened I lost my dad. Why is it that now they tried to kill my mom! And not only that but this time it was my ex-boyfriend! And it hurt even more that he held a fucking gun to my face asking me where my 8 year old baby sister is!" I fake sob even harder.

The lady starts rubbing circles on my back "I'm the oldest! I'm supposed to help my mom raise my sister, because my dad isn't there to help! Maybe he though we had a dragon because it's my favourite animal...? I have 2 dragon tattoos and one I got in honour of my dad because he thought they were supposed to protect you soul..." I tell them as the man hands me a glass of water.

"Please..." I take a sip "Find him... and lock him away... I don't even mind if you shoot him, because my mom could die because of him... I'm not ready to lose another parent..." I say, my real tears mixing in with my fake ones.

"You're going through shock... just take some deep breaths," The man detective tell me and I do as he says just for my covers sake.

Do you think you could get me a gun so I could keep it with me in case he comes back, or maybe just give me permission to kill him if he tries to get back in my house, because I can always just get my perfume and a lighter from Calum and burn him, then call you... it could buy us time...?" I ask.

The man and woman look at each other and nod. "I think we can get you a gun and give you permission to use in on your property," she smiles and I give her a tiny weak looking smile.

Amy run into my arms crying "Is mommy going to die?!" she cries hysterically. "No... Of course not," I reassure her, not sure if I was speaking the truth.

"You're school will be informed that you won't be going to attend for the rest of the week because of the fact that your all going through shock," the lady says just as Calum puts a hand on my shoulder and hugging Amy as well.

"Alright we will leave you know and call you when your mom's awake. Knowing my mom she won't talk to anyone before hearing what my excuse was, because I'm the one that comes up with the excuses.

When the detectives leave I immediately stop crying and tell them everything that happened even what I told the detectives. Calum was shocked at first about my sudden change of mood and then about me telling the detective about him mentioning dragons, that is until I explained to him my reasoning.

"Alright guys get back to bed and lock your windows," I tell them all, even Joy. Amy turns to Calum "Can I sleep with you tonight?" she asks him. His eyes widen and I laugh silently. That sounds so nasty! I knew she had a crush on him, but this is ridiculous!

"Uhm... You mean sleep in my room... right?" he asks cautiously. "Yeah... what else?" she asks curiously. "Nothing! Get up there, I'll be there in a minute," he says and she runs up.

When she was out of sight and he turns to me I laugh. "That's what she said!" I laugh and pat him on the shoulder "I know there are plenty of fish in the sea, but you might want to through this one back, she's way to young," I joke and walk up to my room leaving Calum gaping like a dying fish.

I take a short nap before getting up at 6 and put on my black spaghetti strap shirt and my black ripped skinny jeans. I put my hair in a high ponytail and put on my combat boots that I left untied, making it look like I don't give a fuck.

When I get downstairs Amy and Calum are eating cereal "How was your night?" I ask wiggling my eyebrows at Calum who gives me a nasty face. "You're foul..." he says under his breath as he takes a bite of this cereal.

"Calum is warm... he's like a human heater," Amy says none aware of my dirty jokes. "More like a human vibrator," I say softly making Calum spew milk through his nose. I laugh my ass off with Amy who's giggling her but off at a flushed Calum.

"I'm kidding! We all know you're not battery operated... So... practically useless," I smile and grab my leather jacket. "Where are you going?" he asks annoyed by my endless teasing.

"To the tattoo shop down the road," I say and open the door. I walk for a few minutes and hear footsteps behind me. I turn and see Calum and Amy catching up with me holding hands.

I enter the shop right when the caught up and smile at Matt who was tattooing some big guy. "Sup, bru," I greet him and look through the piercings. The big guy looks at me and starts drooling by the side of his mouth... Nasty...

I find a tongue ring with a skull on top and take it out of the case. "Maybe I should quit my job at Starbucks and come work here," I joke, making Matt laugh. I won't mind you designing tattoos for some cash, this dude actually chose one of your designs," Matt tells me making the guy gawk at me.

I look over and see that it's the Vampire nun holding a cross in her mouth, with blood running down her white eyes. "Nice choice," I say and head back to the piercings. "Got any ink on you?" the guy asks.

"Yeah, so far my biggest tattoos are dragons," I tell him. "Oh you mean like the ones you get around your wrists?" he asks. "Nah, those are sissy tattoos," I tell him and show him the one on my arm. "Designed it myself and he did it," I motion my head at Matt and he smiles proudly.

"Any other inked places, or just that one?" the guy asked smirking. "If you mean my vegina then no..." I glare at him as he laughs. "No, I mean, do you have any other tattoos bigger than the one on your arm or...?" he asks smiling.

"I got a big black dragon on my shoulder blade and I'm thinking of getting another tattoo today," I say proudly. "How old are you? You look like 16 or something," the guy says.

I glare at him "Actually I'm 17," I drag out the word 17 and take and annoyed huff like a typical teenage. The guy laughs and I draw the tattoo I want on a paper and add a lot of details. "So Koda, What would you like?" Matt asks finishing the guy up.

The guy sits on the couch in the store and I place my now bare right foot on the table and sit on a chair. "I want this," I say and hand him the paper "Around my ankle like an ankle bracelet," I tell him and he nods starting on the feathers.

It's two black feathers that are hanging from the side of my foot; he's starting to do the bracelet part as he goes completely around my ankle... That's gonna hurt tomorrow.

When he finishes he pats my leg and I lift my foot in the air. "Look Calum, Blood!" I try to freak Calum out, it works because I shove my foot in his face, making him make a face in disgust. "Awww... you got blood all over my shirt!" he whines as Matt brings my leg down and adds the cream and dabs the blood a bit.

He then puts a bandage around my ankle "There... Now you can pester him as much as you want," Matt laughs. "Hay, aren't you guys supposed to be at school?" Matt asks kind of confused.

"Well you see... Last night my eX psychopath broke into our house and knocked our mom unconscious and held a gun to me and my aunts heads, so... no... we're not, because we're going through shock... My mom's in the hospital though... they said they'd call... I'm starting to get worried," I tell Matt.

"Well that sucks, but you do have a thing for psychopaths. I can still remember your blond friend trying to break down my door because you locked him out... Then I remember this one coming in after him as if he was an innocent bystander," he laughs and points at Calum who blushes a bit.

"You know... I actually met the blond guy before. I did the lovely masterpiece on his face that he thinks makes him look punk rock," Matt laughs. "You mean his lip ring?" I ask confused.

"Yeah... His mom came in the next day giving me shit about allowing a kid to get a piercing, but to my defence, he had his older brother with him that was over 18 and also signed for the piercing. You're just lucky I know your mom... like since school," Matt tells me and laughs again.

"Hey... you need a drive to the hospital to go see your mom...? I haven't seen her in forever. Plus I'm kind of stressed about this whole eX psycho thing," Matt says.

"Alright, close down we'll meet you outside. After that guy left and Matt closed down the store, he turned on the car and we drove to the hospital. "So what your eX say to you?" Matt asks. "Just talking bullshit about black dragon killing his brother also that we owned it or something... I think he went off his trolley to be honest," I tell him as Matt stiffens at the driver's seat.

"What did you tell him?" Matt asks panicked. "Uh..." I start. "Alright cut the crap, your mom might be in danger. I know you're a dragon, so am I," Matt says shocking all of us.

"W/hat do you mean my mom's in danger?!" I panic. "Well, she saw too much and heard too much and right now she's the most vulnerable one of the two of you," Matt says.

"Wait, my mom was downstairs as well, they might want her dead too!" Calum panic's with me. "Trust me... they go from the weakest to the strongest of the family..." Matt says with sadness laced in his voice.

When we stop at the hospital we go to the front desk "Hayley Hood?" I ask the old lady that reminds me way to much of that old slug lady from Monsters Inc.

"She's not allowed visitors at this time," the lady says monotone. "I'm her eldest daughter and my little sister has been crying for her mommy the whole day!" I start to make a commotion.

The lady look at my sister's tear stained face. "And who are they...?" The lady asks. "My brother and my mom's boyfriend," I lie and I can see Matt slightly blushing from next to me.

"My sister just wants to see if our mom's okay. They're not leaving our side because they're freaked out from the break in last night involving why my mother is here; now for the love of cheese let us see our mother!" I say a lot louder.

A doctor walks toward us "Sorry about her, what can I help you with?" He asks me. "We would like to see our mother Hayley Hood," I tell him. "Of course, right this way," he tells us as he gives the lady one last glare.

We follow him to room where my mom is hooked on pipes and such. Her heart monitor is working fine, but there's a shady nurse with her holding a chemical and a needle. "Are you mad?!" doctor yells running over to the nurse.

The nurse hits the doctor to the floor, but I'm just as fast. I kick the needle out of her hand and put my foot up to her neck, choking her agenised the wall.

The doctor gets up and calls security. Finally when the security arrives I let them take her arms before I set my foot down. "It pays to take karate," I say and look at my mother.

When the doctor leaves I look at Matt who was frowning at my mother. "So... where's your protector... or Mate or...?" I ask clearly uncomfortable.

"They both died by the hands of a hunter..." he says sadly. "Your mother was best friends with my Mate... And my protector was my own best friend," Matt say and looks down. "We were going to get married in a month before it happened and instead of having a wedding... we had a funeral..." Matt says brokenly.

"Please... Do me a favour and don't reject your Mate... The pain of losing them is 10 times worse than dying..." Matt tells us.

"I don't trust people... I can't let them in... The blond guy... is my mate..." I say feeling guilty. "No wonder he was being psycho... He thinks you're rejecting him and he's doing everything he can before he loses you..." Matt says slightly smiling.

"Guys are sick... Oh so sick," I say and laugh as Calum snorts behind me. Wait... where's Laya... She didn't come home last night...

"Calum... where's Laya...?" I ask cocking an eyebrow at his 'dear caught in headlights' face. I take slow heavy steps toward Calum to make him budge. Just when our noses touch and I place one of my claws on his neck he cracks.

"She's at Michael's!" he shrieks. My eyes widen, while my mind goes to dirty places. "But he's in pain... it's not like they can...?" my mouth gaping like a fish out of water.

"Well... It's better than... yeah, I don't know what to say except maybe," Calum shrugs. I get sick to my stomach. "Mia... keep your mind away from your nasty conclusions because the last time you saw them kiss you vomited all over me," Calum says standing back and holding his arms out in front of him in defence.

Matt laughs and I hear a tired laugh coming from where Amy is. I look over and see my mom smiling while holding Amy's hand. "Mom!" I yell and run over to her other side.

"Hey bubs," she says and gives my hand a squeeze. Matt walks forward and her smile grows "Matty..." she says smiling widely "When did you get here?" she asks.

"I drove them here," he says proudly. "Why didn't you tell the kids about what I was...? I'm sure it would've been easier," He chuckles lightly. "Well... I knew when Amy found out she would bombard you with questions so... I tried to not go down memory lane with you... and you're past," she says taking deep breaths.

She starts closing her eyes again but opens them shortly after "Mia... Matt is your God father... If anything happens to me, he will move into our house and protects you... with everything he's got..." she says between large breaths as if it was extra hard to breath. What...?

I look over at the injection on the floor that I kicked out of the woman's hands and it was empty "Get the doctor now!" I yell at Calum and he jumps to his feet getting the doctor that was outside.

"She got injected before we came in... she's having trouble breathing!" I yell panicked, looking through my tears directly at the doctor.

"Everyone leave we have to try stop the..." everything became a loud noise as I blocked all out and became lifeless like when my dad died.

Then all I saw was black...

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AN: Hey guys... yeah it's getting very morbid at the moment and it's really sad, but I need you're comments to decide if her mom lives or not. Comment if you think she should survive or if she must die. Think of poor Amy and Comment your thoughts.

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