The first thing I noticed was the wind. I fought to remain standing as it blew strongly against me, making my hair fly into my face.

"Where are they?" I called back to James over a low rumble of thunder.

He gave a resigned sigh. "They were able to stop them before they made it into town." He pointed to his right. "They should be down that way."

I turned my gaze to follow his finger. At least I won't have to fight the wind. With that thought, I took a deep breath and ran in the indicated direction.

James yelled after me, but I refused to turn around. If what I'd seen was a vision, I didn't know how long I had to change it. I usually had several hours before visions took place, but the one about this attack had seemed to be pretty immediate. I wasn't going to take any chances.

I'd been running for several minutes when I made it. Rain had begun to fall, and I raised my swords and tiredly called out to the nearest officer who had been advancing on Sebastian.

The man looked at me and smirked, seeing how weak I was. Still, I placed my swords in their fighting position and readied myself for his attack.

He advanced quickly, and my fatigue caught up with me just before I could block him. He kicked me hard in the stomach, and I fell back onto the dirt. The man, seemingly satisfied, went back to fighting the demons. A few moments later, James was beside me, helping me sit up as the rain began to fall.

I stared forward as the rain began to pour. They had moved further away. I was barely able to make out a large group of people. I spotted Sebastian again in seconds.

He was surrounded, but he was fighting everyone off with no problems. That confused me. I'd assumed all of the officers in my vision were going to be demons, but if he was able to fight them off so easily, they must've been human.

But why were humans after us? Were they being mind controlled just like when my house had been attacked? Or were they attacking of their own volition? If so, what had I done? Or did they know of everything going on and wanted to kill me before I had the chance to accept my fate?

"Chrystal? Are you okay? Can you hear me?"

I shook my head to clear it, then looked to James. "Yeah, sorry. I'm fine. But, James, why are human officers attacking us?"

James looked from me to the fight. "I wish I knew." He then looked back to me. "Come on, we need to get you inside. You're in no state to fight."

"Chrystal!"

I looked over to see Lisa appear beside us. "What are you doing out-" she cut herself off when she saw my hands clinging tightly to my swords. "No, Chrystal, you can't. You need to get back inside."

Before I had the chance to protest, I was lifted off the ground and into her arms. I wanted to squirm and fight her, but I had no strength. I was more mad at myself than I was at her, though. She was only trying to keep my safe. But why was I always so useless at the worst possible times?

She began walking back toward the houses, James beside us. My eyes stayed on Sebastian. I wasn't going to forget what I saw. I just wanted to make sure he was safe. Was that so wrong?

Sure, he was a demon, and a really powerful one at that, but I knew he still had weaknesses just like everyone else. If someone knew how to kill him...

The rain began to pick up. Thunder roared and lightning struck the ground. We were fighting against the strong wind to make it to shelter, and Lisa seemed to be not running very fast for some reason. Maybe she was worried for me, and what running may do if I was resting. Either way, it didn't matter. I wasn't going to rest. My eyes were going to continue to strain themselves to see Sebastian through the rain.

I watched as he and Evan fought on and on. They appeared to be fighting carefully, as to not kill the humans attacking them. Sebastian was most likely thinking of me and how it would affect my thoughts, knowing that humans had been hurt during all of this. But if they were here of their own choices, I didn't care much anymore. At this point, it was kill or be killed, and I wasn't planning on dying anytime soon.

As we got further from the fight, I felt a tug on my heart. I had to stay with Sebastian. I had to be sure he was alright.

Then, as I stared on at the fight, I saw it.

While Sebastian and Evan both had their backs turned and were busy dealing with other people, one snuck up behind them. I couldn't see what he was holding, or what he was planning to do, but I knew for a fact that this was what I had seen, and I had to save Sebastian.

As the man drew closer, I felt my adrenaline kick in. I had to get up. I had to help. I was going to lose the man I loved if I didn't get Lisa to let go of me.

Suddenly, I couldn't take it anymore. I sat up in Lisa's arms and screamed, "Sebastian!!"

The next thing I knew, I was standing between Sebastian and the attacker, pulling my swords from the intruder's chest. 

(This update so close after the last one is to celebrate that today is January 16, 2020, and that means that it is my 7th wattpad anniversary. Thanks to anyone who reads this for reading something I've put my heart and soul into. I hope that you can see how I've grown as a writer and at the very least somewhat enjoyed what you've read. Here's to the years to come.)