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"Cassie..."

"Yes, Dan?"

"Th-They're after m-me..." He stutters, tears still running down his face.

I raise an eyebrow at him, "Who, Dan?" He shakes his head and starts walking away. I grab his shoulder, stopping him, and turning him around to face me, "Who, Dan? Who is after you?!"

"THEY ARE!" I look down at the ground and walk away, "Where are you going?"

"I am so done with you, Dan. You have no idea. I came the try to make things better between our friendship, but again, YOU HAVE TO FUCK IT UP! Bloody hell to it all!"

"Cass...I-I'm so sorry. Please stay....please?" A sigh escapes my lips and I nod.

"Fine. But only for you." When I face him once more, my heart starts to race.

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"He has been in this state for hours," Will tells me after the concert, "I don't know what has been wrong with him lately but this 'thing' has been happening for about a year now." I stand outside with him, my arms crossed over my chest, trying to keep myself warm but with no luck.

All I can do is shrug, "If he doesn't tell us, there is no way we will be able to help him...except," I start to choke up, "...therapy." I don't get the reaction from Will as I was hoping for. All he does is nod in agreement.

Woody opens the door of the tour bus and peeks his head out, "Have you two seen Alice?" He asks, looking up and down the street.

"Erm, she went with Kyle so that he can meet some fans." Will says. Woody nods and walks out, looking a bit scared.

"What's wrong?" I ask him, now getting worried myself.

"It's Dan," He whispers, "He has gone insane..."

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Dan's *POV*

If you tell her we will kill her.

She already thinks you are insane.

We already have something in store for her.

"NO!" I yell, covering my ears, "STOP!" The dark, raspy voices laugh evilly, mocking me as I speak.

Then stay away from her, Dan.

If you get any closer to her, bad news will come rolling in.

I shake my head, "Fine! Fine...I'll stay away from her..." tears form in my eyes as the words roll off my tongue. I know I will regret this...I know I will.

Good choice, Daniel.

The lights in the tour bus flicker then burn out, leaving me sitting alone in the darkness.

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Cassie's *POV*

I burst into the bus to see Dan screaming in the corner, hugging his knees.

"DAN!" I yell and run over to him, terrified, "What the hell happened?!" In the dark I see him shake his head and he wraps his arms around me. In the silence, you can hear him crying quietly. I gentally touch his arm and it is shaking like crazy, "D-Dan...you need to tell me what is happening here..."

Dan shoots his head up, "I WOULD TELL YOU, BUT IT WOULD ONLY PUT YOU INTO MORE DANGER!" Tears from him drop onto my cheek, and I can't help myself from crying.

"Why not, Dan...?"

"THEY'RE HAUNTING ME! TH-THESE DEMONS!" There is a high pitch scream and dark laughter. The air around us gets thin and still.

"D-Dan...." I start to get terrified at the hideous silence. Suddenly, there is a tap on my shoulder.

I turn my head to be greeted with a pale grey face, with beaty red eyes and dark circles around them, and a sharp toothy grin that leads up to its eyes. Before I knew it, I scream. I let out a loud, terrifying scream. I find myself gripping onto Dan.

"DAN!"

"I AM SO SORRY, CASSIE!!!" He sobs, grabbing onto my hand, but right as our hands touch, there is a pull on my leg and dark faces around me. I am pulled across the bus screaming, "CASSIE!" I hear Dan yell right as I am thrown against the windshield and devoured into darkness.