Evan's POV:

'If the devil asks you to dance, you better say never. Because the dance with the devil will last you forever' I reminded myself as I stared out the car window as we drove out of Glenn's Falls, leaving my home town hurts more than I expected. I wish my father didn't die, I wish my mother would of never met my stepfather. The only good thing about my moms marriage to my step father was having a new brother. My new brother's name was Tyler but I called him Wildcat. That's the only good thing about this marriage to me. The rest of them would say being a little piece of shit, I don't disagree with them.

"Four more hours till we reach Shadows Hill!" My step father said, "four more hours to hell..." I mumbled under my breath. He looked back at me through the mirror with a disappointing look. "Honey, moving could be the best thing ever for you! You could meet your wife here...." My mother said turning around to me and smiling. Her smile made me feel safe, she's the only reason that I've stayed in this family. "Yeah, or you won't and you'll die alone!" My step father said. Anger was growing in me and it feels like it could burst any second. "Don't say that, he is handsome and he will find someone" My mother said backing me up. I smiled at her and then continued to look out the car window. "Here, I know you're grounded but you looked extremely bored" my mother said handing me my iPhone with headphones. "Thanks mom" I said smiling at her, she nodded and looked back at the road.

I put the ear buds in turned my music on, I continued to stare out the car window. Truth is, I've been having really bad dreams. The same dream has been occurring since I could walk. Hell since I was even born, the same dream over and over again. As if it was trying to tell me something. A man wearing a black mask as if he was in a masquerade would always be holding me as he was dipping me to the ground. He would dip and twirl me around, we'd dance for a while. He would then would bring my wrist up to his mouth, a pair of fangs would grow and I would force myself to wake up.

His face was a face you'd never forget, ever. He would never speak but his eyes would speak for him. His eyes practically were telling me to love and trust him. The dream would only last about four hours, then I'd wake up and never go back to sleep. Some days I wake up screaming and my mother would run in and hold me. "Evan, honey we are here" my mother said turning around and looking at me. I slowly rolled my eyes to look at her, she gave me a soft smile. I gave a soft one back and looked back out the window. The sign entering the town said "Welcome to Shadow Hills!", "where you're forced to move with a step father" I said in a pissy tone. I heard my step father sigh, Tyler padded my shoulder "It will get better..." Tyler said as I could tell he was looking at me. "It won't..." I mumbled under my breath as I stared at the buildings we pasted.

"Shadow Bank" a pasting building said, I would never trust my money here. They could be using your money to buy things behind your back. "Shadow Inn" a hotel. "Shadow Market" a market. "Shadow Hills Victory" a sports store. This place looks quote on quote family friendly. "Shadow Yard" a fucking grave yard. Really family friendly, very family friendly.

"Oh look boys! Your school!" My mother said pointing to a school. "Shadow High" sounds like fucking hell. Tyler rolled the window down and stuck his head out like a dog, "When are we enrolling?" Tyler asked in a cheerful voice. My mother smiled "Now" she said as my step father pulled into the school parking lot. I grunted as they tried to find a spot. "Do I really have to go in... Couldn't I just give you my ID and you could do it for me?" I said grunting as I started to take my seat belt off. My mother turned around and looked at me with a snarl. "You are going in Evan, you will be enrolled" she said. I looked at her with a frown, "I could drop out and become a male stripper or a drug lord" I said with a smirk. I've never seen her face so anger before, "Fine I'm going" I said opening the door and getting out.

Once we entered the school a weird feeling came upon me, it felt as if I was being watched. The main office was down the hall, "this place gives me the creeps..." I said walking up to my mom. The school was nice don't get me wrong, it looked like an old castle. It reminds me of a small Hogwarts. I'm guessing the kids were in between classes because they flooded the hallways, some have Tyler and I a look as if they were going to eat us. One girl was at her locker, she had two pigtales in her hair, one was pink and one was blue. She was pale and had black makeup around her eyes. As we walked past she was sucking on a lollipop. She closed her locker and turned and stared at me, a male walked over and stood next to her. She whispered something to him, he looked at Tyler and I as we pasted. He had short brown hair, tattoos on his right arm, brown eyes, from what I could tell he was mixed.

"Alright let's get you enrolled my darlings..." My mother said as she opened the main office door and motioned us to go in. I quickly walked into the main office hoping that they would be normal. Most likely not but we could just hope.

"Hello, how may I help you?" A lady with ice cold blue eyes said as she wore a suit. She was pale with blonde hair, she doesn't seem alright to me. She looks as if she wasn't even alive at all. Tyler looked around and smirked at her, "Excuse me. Can I ask you a serious question?" He said putting his hands on the desk. She nodded. Don't do it Tyler. Don't you fucking do it. "Are you albino?" He said, she gave a dirty look and signed "No I am not... Ms. Youngblood will see you now.." She said with a devilish look.

As we entered the principles office a cold chill ran down my back, a office chair turned around and showed a lady. She had her hair up in a bun, it was as black as the night. Her eyes were gray practically white, she was a bit tan, she had small lips but made them look bigger with red lipstick. "Hello! How may I help you today?" She said with a smile on her face, I don't trust her. "Well! I would like to enroll my sons in your school, we are a new family that just moved here from Toronto, Canada" my mother said walking over and standing between Tyler and I. She put her hands on our shoulders, Ms. Youngblood stood up and smiled, "New family! That's nice, alright we can enroll them just sigh the documents. And what is your name dear?" She said looking at me, "Evan. Evan Fong" I said giving her a soft smile. She smiled and then looked at Tyler "Name?" She asked as she ran her sharp black nails across the desk. "Tyler Jay" Tyler responded with a huge smile on his face. I refuse to change my last name to Jay because it would take away what I have left of my father.

"Alright, could you guys start tomorrow? It's the beginning of a new semester and you would be right along with the students getting new classes" Ms. Youngblood said as she handed my mother a piece of paper showing our acceptance into Shadow High. "School starts at 7:30am and gets out at 2:25pm, be here on time or there will be consequences" Youngblood said as we started walking out of her office.

"Can I drop out..." I said as I looked at my mother, she rolled her eyes and hit me in the back of the head with forms. I grunted and headed for the office exit. When I stepped out of the door a giant chill ran down my spine. I turned around fast to see a boy standing behind me. He has short brown hair, paleish skin, brown eyes, he smiled at me. "You must be the new kid, hello my name is Brock but people like to call me Moo" the guy said with a smile. I hesitated to respond, I started to choke on my words "Uh Hi, I'm Evan and yeah I just moved here from Toronto... Canada...". Brock gave me a scary smirk, "Well see you tomorrow Evan, maybe you could meet my friends.." He said waving and walking away from me and down the hall. Tyler walked over to me, "Who's that?" Tyler asked. I shrugged at him "Not sure... All I know is that his name is Brock...." I said softly as I headed toward the exit.

—30 minutes later—

"Come on Evan please help bring boxes to your room" My mother said as she handed me a box. I gave out a sigh and started up the stairs to my bedroom. I really hate moving, I left all of my friends in Toronto just to move to some town in North Carolina. This town name isn't even on the map, like why the fuck would you move to a town that doesn't show up on the map. "Evan! Let's go!" My mother said, I opened my bedroom door. "Woah..." I said as I entered. My room was huge, I had a balcony, walk in closet, and my own bathroom. I slowly sat the box down on the ground, "Where's my bed going to do?"  I said softly. I looked behind me at the door and saw a stairway by the door. I ran over and started up the stairs, it let to a completely different room. "Shit this is awesome..." I said as I headed down the stairs slowly tracing the wall with my fingers. I stepped off of the stairs and looked around my room once again, "Come on! You have boxes to carry up" my mother said coming into my room and sitting down a box. I sighed and walked out to the car.

Tyler was helping the movers and my step father had his arm around my mothers shoulder. I started towards the truck, Tyler hopped up into the truck and grabbed a box. I stood at the end of the truck and put my arms up to get a box. Tyler tossed me the box. I caught it and put it on the ground. After thirty boxes Tyler jumped out of the truck and stood next to me. "You're stronger than I thought you were" Tyler said smirking at me. I smiled at him and playfully smacked him in the face.

He tackled and started slap me back, I grabbed his hands and turned him to his back. In seconds we started wrestling, I could my mother and step dad laughing. We started laughing as we wrestled. A cold chill ran down my back, I started getting a feeling of someone watching me. I sat up and looked around, "What's wrong?" Tyler asked. I shrugged, "Thought someone was watching me...." I said softly as the chill didn't go away. Tyler took his fists and hit me in my stomach, I held my stomach and fell to the right of him. Tyler got up and laughed and ran over to his dad. I smirked and got up, "You're a bitch" I said. Tyler laughed at me. "School is tomorrow so I need you guys to get your boxes upstairs and beds together" my mother said as she padding Tyler on the back. He gave out and sigh and ran over and started helping me with the boxes.

"Pizza is here!" My mother said loudly. I ran out of my room and down the hall, Tyler opened his door and stepped out. I pushed him back in his room, "You bitch!!" He shouted. I ran down the stairs and swoung into the kitchen. I slid into the kitchen fast and stopped at the table. "Where's Tyler?" My step father asked, "He's coming" I said not looking at him.

I grabbed a plate and grabbed four slices of meat lovers pizza. Tyler came downstairs, I started up the stairs "Evan......" My mother said. I sighed and came back down the stairs, "What..." I said. She pulled a chair out next to her, "Ear with us please..." She begged as she looked at me with sorrow. I sighed and sat down next to her, "I love you Evan..." My mother said resting her head on my shoulder. I smiled at her "love you too" I said softly as I started eating a piece of pizza. Tyler sat down next to me and smirked, "You guys have gotten along good. Even thought your 17 years and Tyler is 16 you guys are close" my mother said as smiled at us both. I nodded and continued to eat my pizza, Tyler started eating his pizza too.

"Alright it's 9:30pm! Time to get to bed! You have school in the morning..." My mother said as she took my plate and Tyler's plate to the sink. I stood up and walked over and put my cup in the sink. "I can help?" I asked nicely as I grabbed a sponge. She smiled at me and nodded, I started scrubbing the plates and cups. "Honey! Honey! Honey! Oh how you thrills me! Un huh honey honey!~" My mother sang as she grabbed my hips and wrapped her arms around me. "Honey! Honey! How you kill me! Uh huh honey honey!~" I sang back.

I took my mothers hand and twirled her around and dipped her, she smiled at me "You remind me of your father so much..." She said as she kissed my cheek. I smiled at her "Your my one and only love mother...." I said softly as I picked her back up. She put her hand on the side of my face, in a second a sponge hit me on the side of the face. "Oh my..." I said closing my eyes and slowly wipping the wet soapy water from my face. She started to giggle and run away.

I got to my room and started unpacking my clothes so I would have something to wear tomorrow. I opened a box that had pants and shorts in it, walked over to my dresser and started putting them away. It was about 11 at night and here I am putting my clothes away which should of been done before dinner. I stood by my window going through my phone, I felt in a down mood so I decided to play lost boy. I looked up out of the window and I swear I thought I saw someone standing in the street under the lamp post light. "The fuck?" I said in a wondering tone as I opened my window. Nothing was there, I closed my window. I turned around and blasted my music, I grabbed another box and started unpacking. "Lost boy from Neverland....." A whispering voice said. Sounded like it was in my head, I quickly paused the music. "Come to the window Evan.... Don't be afraid...." The voice said, I turned and looked out the window. The human figure was back, I slowly walked over to the window and opened the window. "Hello? Who are you?" I said softly hopping it wasn't a killer.

"I have a question for you Evan..." The voice said softly, I stepped away from the window. "Are you afraid of the dark?" The voice said clearly as if it was right behind me. I turned around fast, my window slammed shut and my lights turned off. It was pitch black in my room.

I grabbed my phone and turned the flash light on, I made it to my bed and covered myself with the blankets. "It will all be over in the morning... You're just hallucinating" I said to myself as I laid in bed in fetal position.