Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.
- Albert Camus

~

Serena's POV
"Serena? Serena?" I hear Dawn call out. But it sounds so distant. I was distraught and upset. I didn't know a break up would be so emotionally painful. The closest thing I had to a boyfriend was my friend who was taken by them.. Now I know how it feels to have someone break up with me. I had my head on the desk in my class.

"Serena unless you have a headache or you are sick pick your head up." The teacher who's name I don't remember tells me but I keep my head down. "Serena sit up.." May whispers trying to get me to sit up. I hear the teacher walking over to me and I sit up. I probably looked terrible because the teacher told me to put my head back down.

As the class went on everything was distant from me. Dawn continuously calling my name, everything going on in class, all the students talking, everything. The light coming in from the windows seemed a little brighter but it was probably my imagination. The next thing I know I hear the distant ring of the bell. I wasn't distant but it still sounded like it.

"Serena. We have to go. We are going to be missing next class." I hear Dawn say helping me up. I was unwilling to get up and resisted. "Ash come here we need your help." May says walking out of the room probably with Ash and Gary walking by. I hear two pairs of footsteps come back.

"Cmon Angel. You can't just sit in this class. Get up." Ash says trying to pull me up. I shake my head and pull myself away. this time I fall over onto the ground and knock the air out of my lungs. When I try to catch my breath I can feel Ash's hands grabbing mine and pulling me to my feet. I keep shaking my head ferociously trying to get him to leave me alone.

"Serena you need to go to your next class." Ash tells me pulling me towards the door as I try to stop him from pulling me out. "Ash bring her to the front office. I will talk to her." Dawn says with a sad smile. Ash nods and walks me towards the office. I keep trying to get out of his grip but he would not let me go at all. He had a tight grip.

When we make it to the office Ash sits me next to a window even with all my protests for him to let me go before hand. Dawn sits next to me and I can see the other girls sitting nearby. "Serena.." Dawn says softly. I look up at her with my tear filled eyes. Dawn sighs and hugs me. "You'll get through it. You are a strong friend." Dawn reassured me.

"Let me tell you something." Dawn says  looking me in the eye. "In middle school I had this crush on a guy. He was a cute guy. Then one day he found out and crushed my heart. I got over it because I realized he was just a guy. There are hundreds of other fish in the sea." She says with her smile and I shake my head.

"The reason why I'm telling you this is because Calem is just one person. A big jerk at that. You can get over it Serena. You didn't even go out with him. I know how emotionally challenging this can be but I believe in you and I'll help you through it no matter what." Dawn adds which actually brings a small smile to my face.

"See? There's that smile! You must already be feeling better!" Dawn exclaims happily. Just a little. I write and Dawn cheers happily. "Hailey the principal likes you the most right?" Dawn asks and Hailey nods. "Yeah.. I think so. Why?" "Ask him if we can leave right now before school ends." Dawn says and Hailey Sighs. "Why? It's the last period."

"Just do it Hailey! What's the worst that can happen!" May exclaims pushing Hailey forward. A couple minutes after she went to the principal she came out and opened her mouth. "You almost got me detention. My first one at that." Hailey sighs walking out the office door. "Cmon girls lets head to my place." Dawn says pulling me to my feet.

May, Hailey, and Miette follow us as we walk down the sidewalk. "Sycamore did say we could right?" Dawn asks curiously. "Of course he did. That's why we are walking away without getting in trouble am I right? I also can't stay long." Hailey says shaking her head. A smirk grows on my face knowing why she couldn't.

I turn around walking backwards and show Hailey my writing and she blushes immediately. You goin on a date? "N..no! I'm just going to Ian's house in a bit! We are doing home work." Hailey says trying to hide her face behind her hair. "You can't just do homework and that's it." May says teasingly to Hailey.

"Excuse me! Homework is very important and allows you to pass your classes. We do homework every night." Hailey responds defending herself. Suure. Just homework. I write making the rest of the girls laugh. "Serena just shut it!" Hailey shouts. I can't shut it. I can't talk so I'm always having my mouth shut.

Hailey groans and just keeps walking forward ignoring all of the teasing. "Our Serena is back!" Dawn exclaims hugging me tightly. I can't breath. Dawn we can hug when we get to your house. I don't think Serena can breath anyway." Miette says pulling Dawn away from me actually letting me breath.

"Ok ok Fine." Dawn says and starts running. "Last one there needs to be put through a dare!" Dawn exclaims. "Unfair!!" Hailey, May, and Miette shout. Everyone starts running after Dawn but Hailey falls behind causing me to slow down. "You can go ahead Serena. I can handle the dare." After thinking of what the dare to Hailey would be I shook my head.

I think you would die of embarrassment. I write and Hailey immediately understands. "Thank you Serena." Hailey says starting to run again. After about 20 more minutes of running I finally get to Dawns house. "Serena needs a dare! Quick think of one!" May exclaims seeing me coming. "I got an idea." Miette says happily.

"Serena tonight is going to be a little cold. We dare you to sit outside without a blanket for 15 minutes when it gets dark." Miette says and the other girls nod. "Not too much but not too little. Perfect!" May shouts with a smile while she is literally jumping around like a little child. "You are such a kid May." Hailey says frowning.

The entire rest of the day at Dawn we we watched some TV and talked about things. Eventually the night fell leaving it dark outside. I was opening the door and I was walking outside while the girls laughed playfully. They were right though. They did say it would get a little cold. The girls then shut the door while I sat in front of the door.

All of a sudden I feel like I'm being watched. I turn my head left and right but don't see anything. It must be nothing. I have to say, out of all my time in the heavens or on earth, this has been the longest 15 minutes of my life. Just before my time was up and I felt like I was going to die my phone rang.

"Hello Serena. Could you come home." Delia say a little upset. Then it clicks. Today was her opening day of her Cafe. I drop my phone but pick it up. "Don't worry. I postponed the opening. It'll be on Sunday. Come home it's late." Delia says and hangs up. "Serena times up!" Dawn shouts opening the door.

Gotta go girl. Have fun! I write and I quickly run off so that I can feel warm in the cold of night. "Bye Serena!" All the girls shout and they wave until I am out of sight. I look at my phone and I'm texting Dawn. I hear rustling in a bush nearby and I look at it suspiciously. I felt like I was being watched again. It must be my imagination..

In a quick couple seconds I feel a poke on my arm and my vision immediately starts going fuzzy. I look at my arm and see a vial with a small needle on the end. It's a vial only an Angel would use.. I fall over and land on my side. 'W..what's going on..' I think to myself as it gets harder to breath. I know what this is..

'I..is this.. Angel poison?..' I think to myself. Angel poison is very dangerous to Angels and humans alike. It doesn't kill them but it can cause a lot of pain and difficulties with many functions.. it usually causes the injected to pass out.. 'w..who got this.. how..' I continue questioning myself as I continue to gasp for air. I am so confused as to how someone got a hold of it..

"Princess.." I hear someone whisper in my ear sending shivers down my spine. Only one person has ever called me that.. 'N..no.. it isn't possible..' I tell myself in my head. I am turned onto my back and I can see him. My vision may be blurry but I know who it is.. it's the person taken by the Angels of Death.. He was converted..

"Shhhh.. go to sleep.." The boy says with a soothing voice infused with evil. 'A..Alain..' I whimper in my head just before everything goes dark..

~

Word Count - 1654

And yes. That happened. Hope you all enjoyed the dark ending to the chapter.

I'm sorry for the bad introductions to characters like Miette.