Tonight was the first night Uncle Macon was in her dreams.

Lena rushed to his side, Sarafine's laughter was in the air, getting louder and louder. His skin was pale and cold like ice. Grabbing his shoulders, Lena attempts to shake him awake.

"Uncle Macon?" calls Lena.

Nothing. He lay there in the charred grass un-moving. Everything surrounding her was becoming darker and darker.

"Uncle Macon!? Please wake up!" Lena was now screaming.

Seventeen moons, seventeen years,
Eyes where Dark or Light appears
Gold for yes and green for no,
Seventeen the last to know…

"L?"

She turns around to see Ethan lying on the ground bleeding. Her mother's laughter doesn't stop. Mocking and taunting.

Ethan's bloody hand reached up to stroke her cheek. "Why?" He whispers as the blood rushed from his mouth.

Lena felt that she was holding something in her hand and looks down. She was holding the knife that was buried in Ethan's stomach. She could feel the coldness steeping into her veins, her skin ice cold, her emotions fading away…

Seventeen moons, seventeenth year,
She the Darkness shall appear,
Reveals her true insanity,
Destroying the humanity…

"Lena…" Macon's voice call to her.

She stares at Ethan. His heart has stop beating but his blood was still warm in her hands. Lena then turns back to Macon.

"Lena..don't let-"

The blood stained knife was now deep inside of Macon's heart. And Lena was the one who done it.

Lena wrote up screaming the next day. Her heart was going so hard and fast it felt like it would break free from her chest. She made her way toward the bathroom, clutching her chest.

Splashing some water in her face, Lena felt a bit relaxed now.

Lena!

She ignored Ethan's calls. Blocking him in her mind was a bit of a challenge.

Lena please talk to me! I saw your nightmare.

Lena took a deep breathing, staring into the mirror, looking at her green and golden eyes.

It's nothing Ethan.

Are you kidding? That wasn't nothing, L. You were terrified. You woke up screaming.

You heard me?

Yes.

Leave me alone, Ethan. I told you to stay away from me.

Why?

I could have killed you that day. She forced him out of her mind.

'She could have killed him.'

Lena had gotten Ryan to heal her small head injury and was trying to pack up some stuff for her trip. John told her about this place where she doesn't have to worry about being judge for who she is or have to worry about hurting people when she goes Dark. A place where no one would make fun of her for being different. Where she can be herself.

Maybe find someone who we can touch without hurting.

"I still love Ethan," Lena whispers.

But he doesn't understand you.

"He does understand me."

No. He thinks you're being whiny. Plus wouldn't it be nice to kiss someone without causing a heart attack or eventually killing them?

Lena got off the bed and stares out the window. John was sitting on his Harley, waiting for her to come down.

Ethan's better off without us. It's our fault his sweet mama is dead.

"What?"

You'll find out soon enough. Isn't today that Gatlin County Fair?

"Yeah so?"

Hm. I think us, John and Ridley should stop by.

Lena shook her head. "No I'm not gonna let you-"

They already hate us. They think they're so all mighty and perfect with those Beauty Pageants and Pie Contest. Praising God.

"I'm not gonna let you hurt anyone." Lena growls.

Oh well see about that.

Lena suddenly felt dizzy, her legs buckling under her weight and her vision getting disoriented. She stumbles over to the door, hoping to attract attention from her family. Before passing out, the last thing she heard was:

Since I can't convince, guess I'll have to do things myself...

Dark Lena finally manages to take control of Lena's body. She stood up and walks over to the mirror. She smiles softly, her bright gold eyes beautiful as ever. Lena didn't make a sound.

"Girl's finally asleep." she mutters to her.

She grabs the traveling bag and leaps out the window.

John had pulled up into the dusty parking lot of the Gatlin County Fair. Ridley was waiting for them near the entrance. Dark Lena decided to borrow some of Ridley's clothes as they look more 'attractive'.

It shocked both John and Ridley would wear something so revealing but she shrugs it off saying 'I just wanna try it out.'

As soon as all three of them enter the Fair, three guys were already checking out her and Ridley. Dark Lena only winks back at them before turning around and seeing Ethan not far from them. He was with his goofy sidekick, Link and the British blonde girl.

Dark Lena watches as Ethan ran up to her.

"Ethan, I been looking for you." she said. She stood on her tiptoes to push hair from his face, black fingernail tracing along his jawline.

"Funny, because the last time I saw you, you were ditching me," he said, sounding both casual and angry.

She gave him a sad look. "I wasn't ditching you, exactly."

"No, you were throwing trees at me and jumping on the back of a bike with some other guy."

"I wasn't throwing trees."

He raised a eyebrow. "Yeah?"

"It was just branches."

Suddenly Lena's fading spirit appears next to Ethan. She was calling his name, telling him that she wasn't here. Although it appears like Ethan could sense the real Lena when she touches the side of his face with her ghostly hand, he couldn't hear her.

The more you try to get his attention, the more weaker you get.

"I'm sorry Ethan. I just don't know what's going on with me." Dark Lena said. "Sometimes I feel like everything is closing in, and I can't take it. I wasn't ditching you, I was ditching me."

"You sure about that?"

She place her hand over his chest. "I love you."

No Ethan! Don't listen to her! She's not me!

"What's going on L? If you love me so much, what's the deal with John Breed?" He demands.

"John's just a friend." she said simply. "Ridley's friend."

"Since when have you been hanging out with Ridley?" Ethan questions. "Did you forgot about four months ago she nearly made my Dad commit suicide?"

"She warned me you won't understand. You're just a Mortal." Dark Lena said. "You don't know anything about the real me."

"How do you know whether or not I understand or not? You haven't told me anything."

"I'm a Caster and you're a mere Mortal,"

"Are you listening to yourself? You think Ridley's trying to help you, that you can trust her? She's a Dark Caster, L. Look at yourself! You think this is you? The things you're feeling? She's causing that!"

Dark Lena only glare at him. "Let me say this, Ethan Wate. She's not doing a damn thing to me. Well to harm me. This is me doing all the thinkin. This is the real me." Her gold eyes staring at his brown ones.

"That's right. I'm just some stupid Mortal. I don't know anything about your super secret Caster world or your skanky cousin."

Lighting and thunder blasted across the sky.

Then she came. Tall blonde girl with nice lean legs carrying two cotton candies with a beautiful smile. "Ethan, come on. I have your cotton candy. We're gonna miss the Ferris Wheel!"

And that's when the single bolt of lighting stuck down to the ground.