~Chapter One~

~Alison's Point of Veiw~

"Aaah! What a beautiful day!" I said, as I took a moment in to look at the beautiful, clear sky above me. The sun's rays warmed my skin. The morning air genlty blew through my long blonde hair that reached my lower back. It was the first day of school, and I was excited. I couldn't wait 'till I saw Shizi and Sarah. I wanted to see if they had the same schedual as me. As I raced to the usual spot that we meet up at to walk to school together, I checked my watch. 7:30 am. We didn't have to be in the building till 8:00, and in our seats by 8:15. A few cherry blossoms fell from the sky. I was always the first one to be at our spot. My sparkling blue eyes wandered. I took a moment to examine our new uniforms-A white button-up shirt, with a red tie, a red plaid skirt, knee-high white stockings, and black shoes. I decided to wear my long blonde hair down. It's always been long. I looked up once again, taking in the beautiful scenery.

I always feel so different on the first day of school-I look at my town like I'm knew. As I spun around, I saw it. The most beautiful thing ever-the ocean. How beautiful. So peaceful. Breath-taking. Simply, wonderful. I watched the beautiful blue ocean sparkle in the morning sun. The smell of the ocean in the morning is one of the best smells. I always wake up around 4:00 am to walk to the ocean and sketch it. Each time, I try something new. Painting it, drawing it, sketching, using my hands, filming, remembering it, then drawing it. I love the ocean. I sighed once more, taking in the fresh, crisp, clean morning air.

I felt so happy-excited, yet calm. I was excited to be a Junior. I looked at my watch, remembering why I was there to begin with. "7:40" I read outloud. As I turned around, I screamed. "Gatchya!" Shizura shouted. "Alison Davis, you love that ocean, don't ya?" Shizura aksed me. I cought my breath, "Oh..It's only you." My best friend, Shizura Nazaki was dressed in the same uniform I was. She too, wore her beautiful, shiney, lushus, soft, red hair and bangs down. Her hair is so much longer than mine. It reaches just a few inches past her bottom. The sides of her bangs were as long as her chin. She has beautiful cole black eyes that remind you of the night sky. They weren't allways like that. When we first met, for about a month, they looked leke the grey of ash. So bland, dull. But now, their shimmering like the night time stars! Whatever her past was, we healed it.

Togeteher...

"How long have you been there?" I asked. "Since 7:31" she replied. "How did you know the exact time?" I asked. "I saw your watch." she replied. "Oh..That makes since." I said. I noticed something on her neck. I gasped. "Oh my god! That's absolutly beautiful! Where did you get it!?" I said, pointing to the neckace that looked like the right half of a heart, made of red rubbies, the size of small dimonds. It had 3 dots all around it: one on the very top on the outside, one more to the bottom on the inside, and then one down more than the last on the outside. It was so beaurtiful. I just had to know where she got it!

~Shizura's Point of View~

"Oh this..Uuh..I uh." I stammered. "My aunt from France sent it." I lied. "Wow! France! I've gatta go there sometime!" Alison shouted, locking her fingers. She's always been a dreamer. She loves nature, and when she's excited, she always seems like she wnats to scream at the top of her lungs, or squeal. She lives with her mom, who works almost all the time. It's rare that she's home. She's a writer. But she goes to a special place to write, so she doesn't get botehered. Alison is always alone in that big, empty house. Her fateher died when she was only three. Her younger brother...Was never born. It was a miss-carrige.

Alison spun around a few times on her right foot, eyes closed, hands held togehter up to her chin, dreaming again. More than likely about this guy, Nick that she likes. Dreaming that he took her to France-and bought her my necklace. Little does she know, it's not made of rubbies, and you can't buy this anywhere...Or at least,she can't.

Even though I've known Alison all my life, I still haven't told her my secret. No one knows...Not even my parents. They knever knew. It was very hard for me to tell them...To tell anyone.. The last thing I wanted was to loose the only people that I care about, because of who I am. I've always been rejected. Always rejected.

"Sarah!" the voice of my best friend broke my train of thought. Sarah, our best friend was finaly arriving. She was allways late. "Hey guys!" Sarah called to us. She too, was wearing the uniform. She had pumpkin-orange hair that went to her lower back, bangs, and forest green eyes. Sarah yawned. "Why are you always late? And so tired in the mornings?" I asked.
Lately, I've noticed that Sarah hasn't been getting enough sleep.

~Sara's Point Of Veiw~

Now That I had my "new job", and was the "co-manager" (for my friends saftey, I lied.), things had been so hard. I wasn't getting enough sleep. I chose this "job" because I had to. Had to fallow my parents, who died on a mission. They were both bitten, and shot eachother. Their teammates found their bodies togetehere, holding eachother. Their last words were probobly something like "I love you." They love eachother so much, it's like theyre newly weds.Was like they were newly-weds... I was forced to move here, and live with my grandmother at age ten. My grandpa died when I was just a baby, so it was just us. I didn't mind it, I love my grandma. She's wise, and very..."Grandma-ey..." with the baked pastries, games, movies, activities, and surprises around every conrer! She worries about me a lot when I go out. But I'm always prepared.

"Guh...My job sucks.." I responded. It wasn't a job, It was more like a duty. I yawned once more. "ALison, what time is it?" I asked. "Uuuh.." Alison checked her watch. "It's....8:00!?" Alison shouted. "What!?" Shizura and I shouted in unison, looking at her. "We only have fifteen minutes!" Alison shouted. She's such a space-head. We all ran down the street, racing to get to our homeroom before the last bell rung.
We were completely un-aware that that would be the year that changed everything.

~Chapter Two~

~Alison's Point of Veiw~

"Made it!" I called in triumph, out of breath, as I swung the door to my homeroom open, just before the last bell rang. I made my way to the seat in the front row. I don't care where I sit, as long as I sit near my friends. I began to open my book bag, when suddenly the door bursted open. "You guys suck!" Shizura shouted. "I tripped back there, and you didn't help me! My stuff was all over the floor!" she was angry. "S-Sorry Shizi, I though that you turned to a different class." I apologized. Then I noticed, 'Wait...she said "You guys..." That means...' Before I could finish my thought, It was inturrupted. "Ally, do you have a pencil?" I hadn't realized it, but I sat in front of Sarah!"

~Shizura's Point of Veiw~

I cought my breath, and sat next to Alison-to her left. I saw her once again, put her hands together like she did before, and close her eyes. She once again, went into that dreamy state. "What's her deal?" Sarah asked. "I don't know..What did you do?" I replied. "N-nothing..I just asked if she had a pencil I could use..." "Oh, I have one!" I said, handing Sarah a pencil. "Oh, thanks Shizi."

~Alison's Point of Veiw~

This was so exciting! I was in the same homeroom as my best friends! I wanted to squel, and shout. I couldn't have been happier! Or could I? "What's wrong with Alison?" A warm, familiar voice asked. "Oh..She's..Happy.." Shizura wasn't too sure either. I snapped out of it, and looked to see who was next to me. 'Nick! Oh man! How lucky am?' I'm surrounded with my best friends, and the cutest uy ever!
I opened my mouth, ready to just scream, when Sarah asked me a question. "Hey, Alison, can I see your schedual?" "Uuh..Sure." I said, opening my back-pack. I took out my schedual, and handed it to Sarah. Shizura took out her schedual too. We put eachothers' scheduals next to eachother and came up with this:

Shizura Nazaki Sarah Amenia
Mr.Wilson-Language Arts Mr.Wilson-Language Arts
Mr.Wilson-Reading Mr.Wilson-Reading
Lucnh Lunch
Ms.Tentris-Art Ms.Tentris-Art
Mr.Harrison-Physical Education Mr.Harrison-Physical Education
Mrs.Finle-Math Mrs.Finle-Math
Mrs.Finle-Science Mrs.Finle-Science
Mrs.Fry-History Mrs.Fry-History

Alison Davis
Mr.Wilson-Language Arts Lunch
Mr.Wilson-Reading Mr.Harrison-Physical Education
Ms.Tentris-Art Mrs.Finle-Math
Mrs.Finle-Science Mrs.Fry-History

"Wow! This is so exciting! We have the same schedual!" I shouted. "No we don't..Alison, you have Art, then PE. Shizura and I have PE and then Art..." Sarah bursted my bubble-big time. "Noooo!!" I said, closing my eyes. "Alison, we have the same schedual." Nick said, amazed. "In a snap, I was happy again. In the same position as before-hands holding eachotehr to my chin, eyes closed, and embracing the wonderfully happy moment. I call it my "happy position."

"You're weird." Shizura said. But she ment it in a nice way. "Don't judge me." I replied, trying to stay in my happy moment.
"Well, I can see you're in a good mood. Ms.Davis, I'd prefer that you'd pay attention when I'm trying to teach my class." Mr.Wilson inturrupted my happy moment...But I was still happy, I just couldn't celebrate it the way I wanted to.

At lunch, we all sat together outside, by the big tree and talked about our teachers so far. It was a short day. We met our teachers, and then we ate luch. After lucnh, we were going home.

~Chapter Three~

~Sarah's point of Veiw~

"Well, I think that Mr.Harrison is going to be a fun guy." Alison said, taking bite of ctrawberry cake. Her favorite. "I thing that Mrs.Finle is going to be nice, but she can be mean if she has to." Sarah said, examining the salad in front of her. Salad with crutons, cheese, ham, and racnh dressing. With some green olives on the side, and some up-side down pinapple cake. "Agreed. And I think that Mr.Wilson will do anything to get our attention. He doesn't seem like the kind of guy to waste time, or do something thats pointless." I said, taking a bite of pizza. "Agreed." Sarah and Alison replied. What about Mr.Fry?

"She's going to be loads of fun! She's so random! Plus the random fun-facts that have absolulty nothing to due with anything! Noy to mention the way she made us blind fold her and shut the lights off so she could decorate the windows with those stick on window decoration thins! Mrs.Fry is awsome!" Shizura said, closing her eyess, smiling.

She's always been the party type. She can stay up for days on end, surviving off of soda, coffee, and sugar...The results aren't always bad...Just...A vast majority of the time they are..Especaily if she's cooking in that state. One time, she almost cought the school on fire. After she made an explosion in Chemestry. The whole class was blue for a month! Except for Shizura..She was purple. And mad. She's always full of energy. She's good at sports, and has a "screw off, up yours" kind of attitude. She's also very pretty! I just loove her hair! And her eyes are...suspicious...

We ate our lunch, and left for home. Alex, my 'father' needed me for something. I probobly had to go on another mission. Last time, they used me as bait. I was scared, and shot it. It died. I felt so awful. She was so younge. I didn't mean to. I was scared. I still felt horrible for it. But I had to fallow mom and dad.

"Hey, Sarah! Shizi!" Alison said, running twords us. She tripped. The clutz. "I'm okaaay!" she shouted, looking up, waving her hand at us. "Ya know, I really wish you'd stop calling me that." Shizura said, as Alison cought up to us. Alison ignored her. "Do you guys think we could hang out today?" "Ooh! I'm sorry Ally, but I have work." I said, sadly.

'The poor girl needs company. She's so alone..All the time. I wish I could help her. Maybe she could join me-No. What am I? Stupid? She won't believe what I do. Or what I hunt.' Alison gave me the puppy dog face. She wasn't begging. Thats the face she makes when she's sad or upset. "What about you Shizi? Can we hang out?" Shizura was saddened. She frowned.

Shizura put her hand on the back of Alison's head, and pulled her into a warm hug. But then Shizi ruined it by jocking around. SHe began to pet Alison's long hair. "Oh, I'm sorry sweety, mommies got a few arronds to run today! But I promise tomarrow we can go to the mall! Just the two of us!" Shizura said, eyes closed. Alison was trying to get away the whole time. She final escaped. "I couldn't breathe." she said. "But, really??" She asked, with hope. "Yup, just the two of us, swetty! We can go shopping aall day tomarrow! Kay, hun?" Shizura made a deal. "Yay!" Alison closed her eyes, and bounced up and down with her fists to her chest. 'Alison...'

At the very spot that we meet up at in the morning, we seperate in the afternoons. "Well guys, I'll see you tomarrow!" I said, before I turned my way home. "Bye-bye Sarah!" "See ya!" Alison and Shizura bidded fare-well.

I opened my door. "I'm home!" I shouted. I took my shoes off, and was hopping that today, I could do my chores, homework (wich was only to write an SA about what you did over the summer.), and then eat dinner, watch T.V. and go to bed...I sighed. Unfortunatly, That probobly wasn't the case. I barely made it into this year. I usually fell asleep doing my geography, around four am. I never get to live a normal life...Especialy today. I've been adopted, by some guy nammed Alex. He's on a different team, but we all have the same goals. He was also the leader a years ago, before my parents died. I had already packed my things. My grandma was getting to old, and couldn't take care of me. It was more like me taking care of her. But she needs me, and I needed her...But she's just too old now. I went into the kitchen to get some lemonade.

"Sarah.." grandma was drinking lemonade, looking out the window. "I remember, that when you first came here, all you wanted to do was cry. Then I showed you the swingset. You loved that thing, and you would never get off. All day, you'd swing, singing the lulluby your mother sang for you..." She had a distant look in her eye-she was going back to happier days.

I silently began to cry as I grabbed my cup. "Grandma...I don't want to go. I want to stay here with you! I don't even know this guy! I wanna stay here with you!" I said. I dropped by glass, and clung to my grandma. My only blood-relitive..My only relitive. "I don't wanna go..I wanna stay...Please, don't make me go..." I couldn't handle it. Grandma and my friends were the only ones holding me together. And I never get to see my frineds. "I know sweety...But, I can't take care of you anymore." I felt one of grandma's tears drop onto my cheek. Shortly afterwords, it was covered by my own tears. It made me cry even more. Grandma never cried-she knew that It would break me...And it did.

"Grandma...Instead of...Instead of doing homework, can..Can I...Just sit here, and watch movies with you? I don't want to go hunting either! I just want to stay here, and lear how to be a wonderful woman like you! Please!" I knew that I was acting so childish. Suddenly, I felt like Alison wanted to do the same thing with her mom. I never really spent much time with mommy or daddy either. They were always working.

The night they died, they snuggled me in, and cried. They were sad that they couldn't spend much time with me..This I knew. Mom sung my lullubye, dad gave me a kiss on the cheek, and left. I knew they loved me. Grandma allways watched me. I never understood why my parents died. They never did anything wrong. We were the picture perfect family. When they were with me, they were sure to spend as much time with me as possible.

"Please grandma?" I asked, my voice shakey. "Yes. Of course you can. I'll call, and tell them that you're sick." my grandma said, kissing my head. I was so happy to hear the words my grandma spoke. That night, we made cookies, and all kinds of sweets. We watched movies, ate popcorn, and made clay figures. I made a heart one made of my handprints, and gave it to my grandmother. On the back, she carved into it 'Grandma's precios gift' and put a picture of me in it. She made the same one for me, and on the back of it, I carved 'My everlasting memmories' and instead of a picture of her, she gave me her necklace. It was a heart, made of silver. I had put it in the clay heart, and we set them out to dry.

By 10:45, it was time for bed...about an hour and fifteen minutes before then. But, I couldn't sleep...I slowly krept to grandma's room. I saw her, praying on her bed side. "Oh please lord, let Alex take good care of my granddaughter. Let her be safe, let her be happy." I cried, silently. I dried my tears, and was about to open the door. "Sarah, sweetheart, it's rude to evesdrop." my grandmother reminded me. I laughed. "Grandma...Do you think..That tonight, I could sleep with you, in your bed?" I asked, still crying. "Of course you can, sweetheart."

I climbened into her soft bed, under her warm blanket. I curled next to her, and fell asleep, smiling. I too, said a silent prayer. "Lord..I don't ask for much. And when I do, you never seem to answere...But for just this once, do you think you could take care of my grandmother for me?" In the middle of the night, I woke up. My mouth was dry, my throught-itch. "Grandma, I'm going to get a glass of water. Gradma? Grandma? Grandma!?"

~Chapter Four~

~Shizura's Point of View~

I walked to our usual spot. To my surprise, Alison wasn't there. I went to check on her at her house. I was so tired, and hungry. I didn't get enough blood...There were too many vampire hunters out.. With my stomach growling, I walked to Alison's house. I knocked three times. And then, something unexpected happened. I was shocked. "Mrs.Davis." Ally's mom was home...and not dressed... "Mrs.Davis, is Alison here?" I asked, still wide eyed. Her mom looked so different when she wasn't dressed. "Yes, Allison is feeling a bit under the weather today." she responded. "Oh..Are you late?" I asked, wondering why she wasn't dressed. "No, I'm going to stay home today, to take care of Alison. Oh, I hope she's okay. I couldn't sleep since I knew that she was sick." I was amazed. 'Mrs.Davis is always such a work-o-holic, and yet...She cares so much. I thought she left to write to avoid Alison..But, I can tell it in her voice..She truely does care.' I smiled. "Okay then. Sarah and I will bring back her homework after school." I said. Mrs.Davis and I bidded fare-well.

~Sarah's Point of View~

"Where's Alison?" I asked, as I saw shizura walking from the direction of Alison's house, trying to hold back the sadness in my voice. "Oh, she's sick...But, theres something more important right now..." Shizi looked at me. "Yeah?" I asked. "What's wrong?" It didn't work to well. I could feel my eyes tear up. Thinking about how my prayers weren't answered. Thinking about how I was my only relitive left. Thinking about how life would be like without her. "Nothing." I lied, tears streaming down my cheeks. "Liar. Ya know, God ain't to fdond of that." Shizi knows how religius I am at heart. "You act like I care! He's not real! If he were he would've answered me by now! He's just that stupid magic crap! He's not real!" I lost it. I fell to my hands and knees, crying. "What!? What did she ever do!? She was so kind! What did I do!? I've done nothing! Why do you hate me so!?" I started bawling.

Shizura sat on her knees, and put her hand on my back. She sounded worried. "Sarah! Sarah! What's wrong? What happened?" she asked. I looekd up, tearfully. "Grandma's dead..." I said. Her eyes widened. "Oh my god...S-Sarah...I'm so sorry..." Shizura dropped her bag, and hugged me. "What did I ever do, Shizi?" I asked. "Nothing, nothing. That's just...how it goes..." Shizura began to cry as well. We heard the late bell ring. We decided to skip school that day, so that way I could spend the day at Shizi's house.
I was excited to see her hourse-I've never been in it before! I know it seems silly, seeing how I've known her since I was twelve, but I've never been in there before...Nor have I ever seen it. It was a really big mansion. It kind of looked like a castle from Ireland. "Woah! It's so beautiful!" I said, astonished. 'Why so dark?' I wondered. When we got inside, I noticed something differnt about Shizura. I couldn't put my fingure on it, but she was different... "You hungry? I could make eggs." Shizura offered. "Yeah, sure." I said. "Let me show you my room first. We walked down a long hallway. And then, finaly, up some stairs. "Where are we?" I asked. "Oh, this is my attic. Also known as, my room. I love it up here, I can see the stars so much better!" Shizura said. Her walls were grey. She had a queen-size bed with grey and bright red set. It was beautiful. She had a red dresser with a mirror in the shape of a celtic cross, and on her grey sresser, for handles, were black skulls. Her carpet was grey. Her whole room seemed so dark.

"Okay, make youself at home. I'll be back with some eggs, toast, and orange juice. Or do you preffer apple?" Shizura aksed me. "Apple." I said. "Okay then." Shizura left the room, and I explored. Her computer was grey with a black skull. I decided to browse her files, but I coudln't get the password. The icnon/avatar was a picture in black and white of a railroad, and on it, it said "sometimes people run away just to see if anyone cares enough to fallow".

Shizura walked in with breakfast. "There ya go." she said, setting it down next to me, on the desk. "Thanks." I replied. She opened up her closet, and threw me her pajamas. A grey tank-top with grey baggy pants made from cloth with a skill and wings on the right thigh. She grabbed a red dress with spagetti straps. "I'm going to change. You can where that if you want to." she said to me, leaving the room.

They were very comfotable-her pajamas. "Shizura...You never told us anything about your past..." I said. Alison and I know eachothers' pasts and Shizura knows ours...But we don't know hers.

~Shizura's Point of View~

The one question that I never wanted to hear from my friends. But I knew they'd ask one day. I've never lied to them before, and I wasn't going to start. "You really want to know?" I asked, hopping that she'd change her mind. "Yes." she replied. "Well...My dad walked out on us when I was four. Mom told me that daddy went to war. It turned out, he did. And then one day when my mom was drivin us home...It was raining. She did her best to stay awake. WE had been driving for days before then...Moving. The fog and her mind played trick on her. She thought that she saw someone walking in the rain, and swerved. She lost controle. I woke up, and we were in a lake.

"The car started to fill up with water. It took me a while, but eventually, I unbuckled myself. 'Mommy, Mommy wake up! I tried moving her, but then she looked at me. 'Shizura, sweety...I want you to know...That I love you. And allways havee..I alwayus will..Daddy loved you too.' " I began to cry, remembering the horrible day.

" 'I know that, mommy, now wake up! We have to leave! Why would you tell me something I already knew at time like this?' I was frantic, trying to unbuckle her seat belt. Eith every second, the water rose up. She closed her eyes.."Mommy! Mommy! Mommy! No! You have to wake up! You have to! No! Mommy!! No! No! Whose ganna take care of me? Whose ganna kiss me goodnight? Whose ganna bake cookies with me? Who'se ganna protect me from the boggie man?? Mommy! Noo! Wake up!' By then, the water was up to my chin. 'Mommy....' I cried. 'Shizura...' my moms voice was barely a whisper. 'Go on sweetty..' 'No! Not without you! I wont! No! You can't make me!'" By then I was practicly bawling. 'Mommy...' I laid my head on my moms chest, hugging her. 'I love you...'

"Then I noticed...The blood on the windowsheidl...and on her head. The watter was almost over my nose. Suddenly, the car began to shake, and shift. We were rescued. When they opened the doors, I cried, 'Mommy! Please, help my mommy!' I was crying. I was crying so bad, even though I was soaking wet, you could still see the teras.

"I waited at the hospital, trying to fallow wherever they took her. I wanted to hold her hand, to hug her one last time. When they came out and told me that she wasn't going to make it, I screamed, and ran to her room. "No! Mommy! I'm so sorry!' I placed my head on her bed. 'I promise! I promise that if you fight this, that I'll be better! I'll eat my veitables! I'll go to bed on time! I'll help you clean! I'll never grow up! I promise! Please!' And then, when I heard the line drop... I lost it. 'Nooo! Nooo! I thought you said you loved me! If you did, then why did you die!?' I clung onto her sheets, and began to cry some more. 'Why!? Why did you leave me here!? All alone!? Whos'e ganna make me feel better when I'm sad!? Whos'e ganna be there for me when I need them too? Whos'e ganna tuck me in at night? And read me bedtime stories? And kiss me good night? Who am I ganna play hide-and-seek with? Whose ganna do all that if your gone?' I crawled into her bed, and felt how cold she was. I hugged her, and fell alseep like that.

Unfortunatly, the doctors found me, and tore me from her.
"At her funural, as I held my aunts hand, I placed down dandelions. 'Why dandelions?' she asked me. 'Because...If mommy makes a wish..She could make a wish to live again..And we could be together again...Isn't that right, aunt Rose?' I asked, looking to her, crying. I still did my best to smile. She lied, and said that it would work. Eventually, my aunt died from cancer. And I was adopted by grandfather, who is never home." I cried, still remembering that day as if it happened yesterday.

Sarah was crying too, hard. "Oh, Shizi...I'm so sorry! I made you relive that! I'm so sorry!" She said, hugging me. I left out the part that my mom didn't know that I was a vampire. I though that she'd think of me as a monster-that she would hate me if she knew...I was born a vampire. But, my mom wasn't one. I don't remember my dad much...But I think he was. We ended up falling asleep on my bed untill six o'clock pm. Sarah changed back into her clothes, and I walked her to her new dad's house. I gave her one final hug, and said to her 'It's okay. Be happy, for your grandma, and for Alison and I, kay?" "Okay." she said with a smile.

~Sarah's Point of View~

Shizura had been so mcuh help to me today. I decided to tell her what my real job was...That I wasn't a maid at a hotel working night hours...Not even close...I was a vampire hunter. I knew that she would trust me not to lie to her. I never had before, why would I?

~Shizura's Point of View~

I decided that I was going to tell Sarah waht I truely was-a Vampire. I trused that she loved me enough to ont care what I was, that we would always be frineds.

~Chatper Five~

~Shizura's Point of View~

I dropped off Alison's homework after school. I went home afterwords, and layed on my bed. I was confused on how to tell Sarah...and if I was going to tell Alison...and if I was, how? A knock on my door inturrupted my thoughts. "Come in." I answered. After the door opened and closed, I still didn't bother to look to see who it was. I felt a kiss on my neck. It tickled a little. I turned over, to see Jeremy, my boyfriend laying ony my bed next to me. "So, how do you like the anniversery present?" he asked me. The necklace. "It's beautiful." I said. It was made of gold and rubbies. The rubbies aren't rubbies. They're blood, eternaly frozen. His blood to be exact. It wasn't just an anniversery present-It was a way of asking for my hand in merrige. Of course I expeted it, I love Jeremy. Just thinking about him makes me happier then I already was.

I sat up, and hugged him. I love him, so much. He didn't find out that I was the princess untill a week ago. And we've been dating for almost two years! But, he didnt care. It made me happy. It didn't change anything.

"Jeremy...How do I tell them?" I asked, looking at a picture of us all together. "I really don't know, Shizi." he responded. everyone calls me that. "I say, you get them alone, and then say 'I'm a vampire'. and if they don't beliieve you, proove it." Jeremy said to me. "How?" I asked. "I don't know. Tell them to pour holy water on you. Oh wait...that doesnt work for you...Uuhm. I know! Tell them to give you something made of pure silver! and then touch it!" he said. "Okay!" I replied, happily. "Thanks, bunches Jeremy!" I said, giving him another hug. We shared a kiss, and then I went to eat dinner.

~Sarah's Point of View~

After I stopped by Alison's with Shizura, we bidded farwell, and I walked over to Alex's home...My new house. I was nervous, and afraid. I didn't know him. I didn't want to. I still missed grandma. I wanted to just, break his window, and run to her warming arms...But, grandma was no more. her funeral was going to be held that Sunday. I still wanted to cry. I missed her.
I knocked on his house. He oppened the door. He had black hair, was tall, and had dark blue eyes. He was wearing a navy blue shirt and jeans. "Uum..I-I'm Sarah." I said. "I know. This is your home now, you don't have to knock." he said to me. 'It's not home unless grandmas here...' He showed me around. Immediatly, he showed me to my room, wich was upstairs. "This is your bedroom. Sorry if it's too small." he said. It was just the size of grandma's old room...It was perfect. "Oh, no not at all!" I said. As much as I wanted to scream at him, I was being polite. For grandma. Well, I'll leave you to unpack, and Dinner will be done in a few minutes." he said to me. "Okay, thank you." I said, in a voice I did not recognize.

I unpacked, and lied down onto my bed. I put my grandmother's picture on my dresser, next to my bed. "Grandma, I'm here...In my new home. But its not home without you. I decided to tell Shizura that I'm a vampire hunter. Not sure just how Im going to tell her. Or if she'll even believe me. But if she doesn't its okay, I have plenty of evidence. I love you grandma. And I miss you. But, I'll be sure to stay strong!" I said. Alex came into my room. "Sarah, dinner's ready, wash up and come eat." "Okay." I responded. "Well grandma, I gatta go eat dinner. I'll talk to you again after I finish my homework, just before bed. Love you. bye." I said to the picture of my loving grandmother.

After I ate dinner, I did my homework, and kept my promise to grandma. I fell aleep, ready for the day ahead.

~Author's Side~

It was after school. Shizura took Sarah by the hand, and the walked to an old abonded factory that had been burned down many years before. Sarah felt that it was secluded-and the perfect spot to tell a secret as big as hers. Little did she know, her best friend had a much bigger, and more dangerous secret.

Shizura and Sarah were nervous. "Shizura..." Sarah spoke, just after Shizura had said her name. "Let's say it at the same time." Shizura said. Sarah agreed to the idea. Even though she had a bad feeling about what she was about to do, she was determined to tell her friend the truth. "On three." Shizura began, with a great storm rumbling in her stomach. "One...Two..." With each pause, Sarah's heart beat only twice. "Three...!"

There was a great silence...

All Shizura heard was the sound of Sarah's voice ringing in her ears "I'm a vampire hunter." over, and over again. Shizura began to breathe harder and harder with every second. While Sarah, just stood there, dumbstruck. Shizura felt herself shiver...Her eyes widened, and she began to cry. For the first time, in a long time, she was pertrified. Scared to the point where she couldn't move. Couldn't think. Shocked. Betrayed. She rannaway, scared, and upset.
It was the end of their friendhip... And the begginning of a great war...

~Chapter Six~

~Sarah's Point of View~

Everytthing changed since that very moment. I no longer saw Shizura as my best friend, or a party girl-but as my worst nightmare-my enemy, and a monster. I was terrified of her. Everyone in school knew it. But no one knew why. I was horrified, and refused to work with her. I knew that we could never be friends again. It was sad, yes. I cry every night as I go through my year books, and see the pictures of us together. It made me wish I was never a hunter. But I needed to carry on what my mother and father would have wanted.
Alison has yet to know anything; she has been out of school sick for just about 3 weeks. I'd often run into Shizura at Alison's house. I missed us, but I was more afraid of her than I was sad about it. One night I went to sleep. Well, I tried. I sobbed more and more. I couldn't take it. 'What's wrong with me? It's not like Shizi would bite me....would she?'

~Shizura's Point of Veiw~

We never hung out anymore. I was afraid of her. I didn't want to die. I cried over the loss of my friend. "Lady Shizura?" called Natalie, my maid. "There you are!" she said, looking at me with her big white banana curls. "How does it feel to be engaged?" she asked. "Oh, I rmemeber my first wedding. I couldn't handle the pressure, so I just didn't show up. I was crying the dark because I saw him with one of my friends, your fdather saw me, and...here I am! (Natalie was bitten by my father...My adopted father.) As she told of her tail of uncertainty (even though I KNEW Jeremy was for me), I played with the necklace he gave me symbolizing that I was taken-engaged non the less. Mad of his own frozen blood, in the shape of diamonds, and gold. The blood would only shatter if he were to no longer love me, or die.

"Natalie...Can I trust you?" I asked, leaning upon the railing of the balcony. "Oh, darling! You know you can!" I was re-assured. "Well. You can't tell ANYONE. PERIOD." I said, fearing for their saftey. "Cross my heart!" She said, putting her right hand over her heart. "Well...My best friend, Sarah...She's...A vampire hunter." There was a silence. "Well, looks like your in a pickle." Natalie said after a while. I burried my face in my arms. I tried not to cry. My hard breathing made it almost obvious. I looked over at Natalie. Tears running down my cheeks, I tried to fake a smile. "I thought you might say that." Just as I said that, I remembered the first day I met Sarah.

All the kids were making fun of me for wearing a black poofy dress, and for having red eyes. I just covered my ears, and squated down. I could still here the painful words they called me. A boy pushed me over, and sat on me. "No! Get off!" He slapped me, and began to remove the straps on my dress. I cried for help. Some left, others stayed and laughed. Suddenly, the boy shouted in pain. I looked up to see Sarah with a handful of rocks. "Get off of her!" she shouted. When the boy's friends saw her, the pinned her agains a tree and made her watch. Before he had a chance to completely remove my dress, Sarah shouted 'NOW!' They all looked up-searching for a sneak attack. Little did they know, they were holding the attacker. She elbowed them in the face, and their noses began to bleed. She went to the fisrt boy, and kicked him in the face. I pushed him off, and ran behind Sarah. She stood with her hands and feet spread. She turned her head to me. "It's okay, now." From that moment on, we knew we would be great friends-that nothing could stop that...Or we thought..

I covered my eyes. I started bawling. "Oh, Natalie!" I began to cry on her shoulder. She hugged me. The golden dress was comfortable to my skin. "What do I do, Natalie? What do I do?" I cried. "If she didnt do anything before, then she shouldn't do anything now." Natalie said. I decided that I would tell her that I still wanted to be friends. That we could find some way...

"You ready to go, my lady?" Natalie asked, remembering why she had came into my room in the fisrt place. "I cleared my thought. "Yeah." I put on my red dress, combat boots, and incase, my black belt that had a carrier for my dagger. Tonight we were supposed to go for food.

I was walking down the streets-looking for some one who looked un-important. Then suddenly, I ran into Jeremy. My heart fluttered. When I saw something I was used to seeing-a hunter. She had long hair, and held out a gun. She was wearing a mini-skirt..It kinda looked like our school uniform. Two shots were fired. "Jeremy!" I shouted. Bang. Bang. I watched in horror as I saw my fiance fall to the ground, dead. I stood, with my hands over my mouth, cring. I was terrifeid, and shocked. I couldn't move. I couldn't breathe. The spotlight was on my dead fiance. I heard nothing by my hard breathing.

The hunter threw a knife. At the last minute, I tired to run. It cought my hair to the wall behind me. None the less, I still ran. It cut off some of my hair, and cut my arm a little.

I walked back to the castle, and I cried. "NOOOOO! JEREMYY!! IT WASNT SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE THIS! THIS WASNT SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN! JEREMMY!!!"
That was it. I was never going to be friends with Sarah again. Ever. She killed him. There's no other female hunter that wears our school unifrom with long hair. She was dead. But then something popped into my head. Something I haven't seen in a while because it hasnt been there...Alison.

~Chapter Seven~

Her heart ached. 'Just because a heart can't beat, doesnt mean it can hurt...' She thought to herself. She was in a corner, rocking. Screaming. Crying. "NO! Jeremy! It wasn't supposed to be like this! This wasn't supposed to happen! This wasn't supposed to happen! We were going to be together! It isn't fair!" She no longer controled what she said. She was aware of the others in the castle. But she no longer cared. "This wasn't supposed to happen..."

Cluthcing a knife, tears running down her cheeks. Holding in to her throught, it stung just enough for the silver blade to touch the sking on her neck. The door creaked open. "Shizura!" Natalie dropped the clothes she held. She rushed to Shizura. In a second, the knife was on the floor, and Shizura in Natalie's arms. There, she cried more.

She never stopped crying. In her sleep, dreams of the boy made her scream and kick. Not a moment of the day was she quite. She hadn't gone to school since that fateful night. Day in, and day out-pain was the only thing the poor girl knew. Pain. Suffering. Lonelyness. Betrayal... Anger.
Eventually, after about a month, she could cry no more. Then. That moment. She knew what she had to do. The entire time she was crying, there was a storm within her. And the only thing to make it stop was revenge...

Evening out her hair, all she though about was making Sarah suffer. It had been a while since she was in her school uniform. IT was smaller, but comfortable. It felt good for something other then cold silver and tears on her skin."Mistress Shizura, where are you going?" Natalie asked. "Why, to school, my dear Natalie." Her voice was filled with that pleasant insanity. Natalie sensed it. She was planning something devious.
Through the doors, she walked in. Everyone stared at her. She ignored the stares and the whispers-if she recognized them to begin with. "Hello, Sarah, Alison. Long time no see."

~Chapter Eight~

~Sarah's Point of View~

Sarah stood, her mouth a gate. Shizura was already was already pleased with hersef, even though she had not even begun her sinister okan, "Shizii!" Alison was happy to see her friend after a dew months. "Alison, I see you're feeling better." "Shizura pretended to ignore Sarah's great amount of fear, when indeed, she was feeding off of it. Savoring every moment. "Where were you? I missed you Shizi! You didn't call or anythiiing!" Alison whined. "I know, I'm sorry hunny." Shizura once again, hugged Alison while patting down her smoothe hair. "Mommy just had a family emergency down in Utah, hunny. But don't worry, everythings alright!" "Shizura...I can't...breathe." Shizura let go of Alison. "Wheres Utah?" "Some where in America." Shirzura replied.

Shizura looked at Sarah who was still standing there, her eyes wideened. She looked as if some one hjad struck am arrow through her... No... A bullet. A silver bullet. Pain. Agony.Missery. Lonelyness. Sara will pay for what she has done. Sarah had never been more afraid in her life. She might as well have blacked out; she heard nothing, she saw nothing...Felt nothing. Only knew the fear that was eating away at her core. Bleeding. Screaming.

Suddenly, the bell rang. Shizura put her arm over Sarah, who let out a scream, and dropped all of her books onto the floor. It seemed that the second the books landed, she entered insanity. Shizura saved her from the last step. "Woah! Sarah! Calm down." "Yeah, whats wrong? You okay?" Alison aksed, worried for her friend. "Nothing...I...I just need to get some water." Sarah could hear her termbly voice crack. She ran into the bathroom. Thankfully, she was alone. 'No. This can't be happening. This is bad.' Sarah was on the edge of breaking down. 'Wait. Stop.' Sarah took a deep breath. 'I don't even know whats bad. But its terrifying. Shizura dissapears of a couple of months, then suddenly reapears? No, It doesn't add up... And...Somethings changed...She seems So...So..Thirsty..'

Sarah washed her face and headed back to class. There sat her worst nightmare...Shizura. Shizura and Alison were talking about her new haircut. "So, why did you cut it?" "Oh, it was always getting in the way, and it was annyoing and too hard to take care of." Sarah slowly walked to her seat. Her knees were trembly. Her legs screamed run, but she knew better. She knew she had to keep her cool. 'What is she planning? Where did she go for so long? What happened? This is not Shizura. Not the one I know. This...This is a blood thristy monster...'

~Alison's Point of View~

"You know, Sarah's been realy spacey lately. Is she okay?" I said. "Yeah, I'm sure she's fine. Just probobly shocked that I left then came back out of nowhere or something." Shizura said. "Yeah..." I responded. The day went by fast. Sarah seemed to be out there the whole day-I didn't get in touch with her. After a while, I decided that it was best to leave her to her thoughts. (I gave up). I think that I've missed a lot between those two. Oh well. If it was important enough, they'll tell me eventually.

~Shizura's Point of View~

Tonight, there will be a meeting. Father says that he has a way for us to be safe while we are hunting...
"It has been said that there is a magic sword that will give those who are damned to hell protection from those who are still free from hell's grasp, or the enlightened from hell's angels, depending on who uses its power first." said my father, the king of the Northern Kindom. The Northern Kingom is in complete controle-So I guess I am a pretty imprtant person.

The kingdom let out a gasp, fallowed by a silence. "But, your highness, where is such a sword?" "How will we get there?" "How does it work?" "Who all knows about it?" "It's not just a legend, is it?" Many people asked my father many questions. "People! The king will answere your questions sure enough! Now calm down and listen!" a guard shouted. "Thank you." My father said to the gaurd. "The sword is in a lost temple in Egypt. They had a pharo that they did not want anyone to know about-She was a woman, and fell in love with a carpenter."

"Hatshepsut." I realized. "Yes." My father confirmed my statement. "In her tomb, is the Blade of Ra. Controlling light and darkness...Giving us power, and protection. If we can get the Blade of Ra, we can controle the days and nights, what can and cannot kill us." My father was finished. "We can feed whenever we want to!" some one shouted. Everyone began talking. "But, how are we supposed to get there? We cannot travel at night, it is much too dark! And cold!" "And if the temple is lost, how are we supposed to find it?" "What if the Blade of Ra is just a legend?" questions were once poured onto my father. I noticed some one walking out of the room. I asuumed that she had to use the bathroom, or had something more important to tend to as of the moment. "Now, now. Settle down!" My father shouted.

"We all know of Vlad, the first vampire." The second my father mentioned our savior, Vlad the Impailer, there was a great silence. "I have a map that he recieved from some one. He never mentioned who gave him such a devine map. But it is made of papyrus. It leads to Hatshepsut's tomb." "How will we travel there?" some one asked. "The one person who can be in the sun light without burning..." he paused. "My daughter." The king gestured to me. "What?" I looked at him confused.

And so, here I am, fighting through the dust, with a ragged cloak that I'd love to take off. The map, brittle as old clay, ancient as a tomb itself, yet as beautiful as the night sky, leading me the way to her tomb. I am in uncharted area. I reached for my cantine. Taking a few drinks, I quickly realized I grabbed the wrong one. I quickly spat it all out. The red ooze splattered all over the ground. I began to cough and gag.

"Lady Shizura, are you alright? What happened?" I grabbed my radio that was always on. "I'm fine you guys, I just grabbed the wrong cantine is all." I talked into my radio that would never shut off. "God. I'd sure as hell love to wash my mouth out." I only had a limited supply of water. "Dammit. Sand, sand, sand! When will this desert end!?" I had been in the hot son, dressed as if I was going to be in a tundra, for hours on end. I couldn't wait for the sun to go down. Sadly, It was only two in the afternoon. That's if my watch didn't fill with sand, and had stopped. I wouldn't be surprised, seeing how many times I've tripped over my own cloak.

"Hey, H.Q." I called into my radio. "Yeah?" "What if I don't find the temple?" "Lady Shizura, I'm sorry to tell you this, but-" "I swear to GOD If I'm going the wrong way, I'm quitting." I said, angrily. "No no, It's just that...I don't think that we're going to find it is all." he said. "Oh. At this point, I don't care..As long as I get to take a bath." "You guys know what time it is?"
"Why? Got some where ya need to be?"
I laughed. "Yeah. Asleep."
"Well, Shizura, it's about five o'clock. But don't get your hopes up. Nightfall doesn't come till around eight."
"Beautiful." I said, sarcasticly.

very hour or so, I'd take one big gulp of water, and hold it in my mouth for as long as I possibly could. I hadn't noticed it untill now, but it got really cold, quick. I heard snoring on my radion. "Hey! Wake up! You are sooo not sleeping until I can too! The sounds of your snores makes me tired enough already! I said wake up!" I shouted to them.
"Uh. Sorry lady Shizura. It's like...two am."
"What!? I told you guys to tell me when it's midnight!"
"Sorry, we were playing poker."
"I heard." I said, remmebering hearing the icy cold beers clinging, and some one shouting 'Noo!!! That was my daughters piano lessons money! Man! Victoria's ganna be so pissed!'
"Well...Goodnight then guys."
"Night Lady Shizura."
I sighed, and set up camp. I started a fire, and fell asleep, hopping that I'd find the temple soon.

~Sarah's Point of View~

"Good, you have returned." Alex said to me. "I was scared. I thought that they had found you out." he admited. "Yeah...I got lost.." I took off my jacket, and handed them the tape recorder. The wire was very uncomfortable. Alex re-played the meeting. Everyone was silenced, though, I knew, a gasp was waiting to escape their throughts, as well as words through their lips. And sure enough, the buzzing began. "What does this mean?" Someone finlay broke everyone else's conversation. "This means...We're going to egypt." "Also, I heard while I was returning, that the king's daughter was going to find it." I informed. "I brought something from her room-It was kind of obvious-the most heavily gaurded room with the words "Princess" on it." "Good job, Sarah! Then we'll have a trail to lead. We'll bring the K-9 unit, so that way, we have her scent." I handed Alex something I got from Shizura's room-her socks. I knew she was the princess. It has her voice, saying 'what'. "Pack your things, guys. We're going to Egypt."

~Chapter Nine~

~Shiura's Point of veiw~

Sand. An ocean of sand. That's all I see...The occaional dun bug. But thats it. Just sand, and more sand. At night, the helicopters would fly to me position and provide me with more water...I tried drinking blood again..I just endeded up throughing it up-it was simply too hot. My dry tounge needed water. I had to keep my mouth closed-breathe through my nose. I had a scarf around my mouth and nose so sand doesn't get in my lungs while I breathe. I look at the map...I think to myself "How could he have made a map out of the desert?" but It was working...I tripped, and landed face first into the sand. Wait...I'm in the desert...What the hell did I trip on? I got back up on my hadns and knees and began coughing. "Lady Shizura, are you okay?" HQ noticed my coughing. "I'm fine. I just tripped and got a crap load of sand in my mouth."

I turned around, and saw a shiney triangular shape with a rounded end. I kept digging around that area with my hands, untill I saw hieroglyphics. "I found it! I found it!" I shouted into my radio. "What?" "Oh my god, she actually found it!" "Oh my god, I found it!" I got up and danced around, spinning, and skipping, screaming, "I found iit!" I'be never felt so accomplished before.

We dug. We dug, and we dug. For months. Eventully, it was fully visible. We were searching and searching, but found nothing. A scream interrupted our work. It was me. I couldn't take it anymore... " Shizura, are you okay?" "No!" I turned to face my father, angrily with tears in my eyes. "I'm not!" I stood up, and grabbed my dagger. "You fucking said it was here! I was out here for months! Digging, and searching! I smell! I'm covered in sand, and dirt, and sweat! I'm dying of thirst-Do you know how long it's been since I last had blood? Even if I had some, I still couldn't drink it-It's too fucking hot out here! Dammit, old man! You said it'd be here!" I threw my dagger twords my father. I missed on perpuose. I opened my mouth to shout, but the building began to rumble. "My lord! Lady Shizura has hit a movable stone!" some one shouted. I felt a great heaviness realease off of my swhoulders.

Doors opened. I walked twords the cylenderical platter... There was a piece of paper. Written in gold. "Giana, come here." I said to one of my loyal servents.
"Yes?"
"Decipher this."
"Yes, Lady Shizura."
Time passed.
"It's a map. To the sword...In..Australia?"

~Chapter Ten~

~Shizura's Point of View~

I'm finaly back at home...I look at the picture on my dresser..."Don't you worry my love. Only benifits will come of this war. I may see you soon, I may avenge you..." I kissed him, wondering what I had done to deserve for the last string holding my life together pulled, and having it falling apart, one thread at a time... "Either way, I guess it's a good thing...But I'd rather see you than avenge you. I love you Jeremy, and I always will..."

~Natalie's Point of View~

Seeing Lady Shizura in such a state of deppression, makes me almost as sad as she is... I should teach her a thing or two...

~Shizura's Point of View~

It has been a few days since I realized that the war would be good no matter what happens on my part... Natalie said that she wanted to show me something that would help me...I wonder what...

~Sarah's Point of View~

"Father! I cought a spy!" I shouted. "His name was Edward Cullan." Everyone turned to the chair with the sparkling vampire. He had some body glitter on, he wasn't magical or anything. "I caught him at the local gay bar." I announced. His tear-stained face looked at us. "Please, before you kill me, let me tell James that I love him-One last time, please!" The tears of the broken-hearted boy fell from his eyes wich held despracy ran down his pale, pale skin. He reminded me of one of those really 'hot' models that ended up gay. "No way you monster! You'll never come in contact with anyone ever again!" my father yelled. "Then, tell him that I said that I love him more than anything else, and tell Bella that I'm sorry...I know you know them." The boy looked at me. I knew better than to look into his eyes.

I grabbed a gun, holding a silver bullet, and pointed it at his head. "Go ahead, kill me! You'll be releaving me of this love-triangle, and he already knows everthing! More than you know!" Edward shouted. "What!?" I shouted. The dog suddenly barked. By automatic reaction, I shot him right there, on the spot."Sir, he had attempted to escape!" one of our members shouted. I smelled the gun powder...A familiar scent..I saw the blood everywhere...A familiar sight. His brains, splattered on the wall behind him...Just another mess for me to clean...But, on the other hand...I reloaded the gun. I shot him in his neck, and then again in his heart. The blood, everywhere. What a pleasent sight...To see the killers of my parents getting what they had comming to them.

~Alex's Point of View~

To see Sarah act in such a way..Her eyes were half open-filled with sadness, pain, agony, anguish, and anger...She seemed to have enjoyed killing her fisrt one up close. Her school uniform, once again covered in blood. The wind blew. Her skirt flowed gently behind her, along with her hair. She still had a perfect grip on the hand, and wanted more. She wanted to kill more...The anger in her has awoken... She's decided...

~Sarah's Point of View~

It was perfect...Seeing him cry...Smelling the gun, watching his blood splatter all over me. A drop had landed in my mouth...delicious...I wanted more...His brains all over the wall-a mess I wish would have stayed forever. I didn't want that moment to end...Not because I enjoyed killing him...But because it was right then and there...I decided...

~Alex's Point of View~

...That she would singly handedly kill every Vamp in all of the Norhtern Kingdom...

~Sarah's Point of View~

That I would singly handed-ly kill every Vamp in all of the Norhtern Kingdom! In All of the world! I will rid this world of those blood-sucking monsters, and avenge my mother and father! I will make them pay! Vengence-That is my new name!

...

~Shizura's Point of View~

"Natalie? What did you want to show me?" I asked. "Lady Shizura, what I am about to show you-you must keep it an absolute secret." Natalie took her bendant and put it to the wall. We were in the abondoned part of the castle. Suddenly, the stone walls began to shake and move. By instinvt, I grabbed my dagger and began looking around. "No need for any of that, Lady Shizura. All is well." A door had opened. "Riiight." I put my dagger away. "Come." I fallowed Natalie into the secret room. It was dark, damp. I heard droplets of water drip. Natalie walked with her hands ontop of eachother in front of her-like she always does. She was wearing her usualy bergandy dress with her grey banana curls. Her side bangs covered her eyes. She was pale. Her hair the faded pink...Yet, she seemed so..different..

"Natalie? Where are we going?" I called out into the darkness. Silence. Nothing but my breathing and the droplets of water were heard. "Natalie!?" My voice echoed. "Natalie!" I called over and over again. I sensed something behind me. I pretended to be terrified still. I quickly turned around, and stabbed then in the gut. I ripped off the ribbon that was on my arm, then I searched for their arms. Clawing, I grabbed them, forced their head into a puddle of water, and tied their arms. Im grabbed my lighter...

"Oh my god, Natalie!" I stood in horror as I stood in front of my dead maid... Streams of tears ran down my cheeks, dripping in unison with the droplets of water dripping from the cealing. "Natalie..." I fell to my knees and dropped my knife. I held Natalie's cold body. It was soaking wet...With water, tears, and blood. "Natalie..I'm so sorry..."

~Sarah's Point of View~

I stood before my great mess, still holding the gun to my side, hanging onto it for my dear life, the smell of blood and gunpowder stuck. The immage of his brains all over the wall; could not be shooken out of my head. The sound of the trigger being pulled, and the fshot being fired still being reviewed. That very moment, being melted into my sould, stitched into my memories, etched into my eyes...Forever, there.
I turned to face Alex. "What did he mean by 'He already knows'?" I asked. "He was wired, and the the King of their Kingdom...Are also preparing."
"Sarah, we must prepare for battle..."
My father turned to everyone, held his gun up high. "To war!"

~Alison's Point of View~

April 21st, 2011.

Dear Diary,
Tomarrow would've been my moms birtday...But she's in the hospital now...I feel so awful...Now she knows about me...Oh, am I all alone? If I became one, then there HAS to be some one else like me out there, right? All that I have to do is kill whoever it was who was in the ally that night...So long ago...But it's not that easy...O don't even know who that was...And all the ways to kill-will hurt me too... That's why I was sick...Well, I was scared. I didn't want to go to school...I was afraid of having a random urge in the middle of class...It would've been a masacre...The doctors say that she's lost too much...I didn't mean to...I've just been too busy with school, my job, and...I haven't seen Shizura and Sarah around at all...I go to Alex's, and he gives me a different story each time... I don't know where Shizura lives...So I went to the school office...But they wouldn't give me her address-they say that it was against school regulations...Oh, what am I supposed to do? My friends are missing, and my moms in the hospital because of me! We don't have any more mice, so what am I supposed to do? I hope that if mom remembers when (if) she regains conciousness, she wont turn me into the police..or worse-a church...

My diary page was soaked with tears, and blood.

...I had to use my pet rabbit...I miss Alexia, but I didn't want to hurt another human being...I'm a monster...I want to die...But I want to at least find my friends before I resort to that...Oh god, if your listening, please tell me that I'm not alone...

-Alison

I held the diary close to me, and looked at the picture of us on the wall. We were all bending over at the camera. I was in the middle, holding my fist slightly to my chin, smiling open-mouthly with my eyes closed. Sarah was to the right of me, holding a bottled cream soda in her hands, laughing because I had a chocolate stain on the back of my white ruffle tank top. Shizura was to my left, with her arm over me, giving the peace sign, eyes shut tightly, showing her razor shapr teeth.

Wait...Razor...Sharp...Teeth? Could it be? I-Is Shizi...?
I backed away from the picture, allowing it to drop and shatter. I-Is Shizura...? I stood horrifiyed-but more shocked. I felt so weak, so cold, so tired... So...relieved...I fell to my hands and knees, and began to cry. "I..I'm not alone..."

~Alison's Point of View~

After School.
12 am.
Still at the school grounds.
I reached for the bobby pin in my my pocket. I grabbed the plastic card from my pocket. Picking the lock with my bobby pin, I slid my credit card until I found the part of the door that sticks out-allows it to shut, open, and lock. I pushed the D slope like metal piece inwards.
The door opepned.

I pulled my gloves higher-they were falling off. I didn't want them to have my fingerprints on anything... I fixed my old ski mask-to hide my face on the security cameras. I was also wearing an old black ninja suit I bought at a cosplay store a year or so back. I turned on the office computers, and looked through the piles and piles of information that were clearly visible to whomever was behind the desk. I searched "Shiuzura Nazaki".
Files opened.
666 Orcus Lane.

I deleted my search, and turned the computer off. I walked out of the school. I went to the park, where the homeless started their fires. "Hiya!" I said. "Alison!" I was well known there. "It's late-shouldn't you be asleep or studying? For heavens sake, your still in your school unifrom!" Charolette asked me. "I know, I know..But I can't sleep knowing that you guys are still freezing to death." I sat on my kees, still in my school unifrom and put my bag infront of me. I opened it. I gave everyone some old clothes. My mom's blankets, her pillows, her close. I gave everyone more bottled waters, and medicine. I Grabbed my backpack. "Oh my my-It looks like we're in for a treat, everyone!" I heard Helena shout. "Yup! Ihad so much food left over for the whole week and theres just no way I could possibly eat all this, and I didn't want it to go to waste..." "Bentos!!!!" Daniella shouted. A little girl struggling with her family.

"Oh darling, you shouldn't have!" Greg told me. "Yes I should have." I said. I sat on an old stump. I also have some things that could help you guys. I gave them my moms old lighter, and some extra lighter fluid.
Everyone ate the rice balls, pickles, suishi, and eveyrhting else I made. I opened a big pot. "You made curri too?" Charolette asked. "Yup!" I said happily. "I also brought over some more boots and socks." "Oh Alison, you treat us so kindly!" They praised me. I grabbed a bag from my backpack containing my old ski mask, gloves, and old credit card, and my cosplaying costume. "What's in the bag?" Daniella asked. "Some old papers. I figured they'd help get this fire bigger." I lied. I set the bag in the bin.I tought the children more math, reading, writing, science, and some new games. I told the little ones a story, and they fell asleep. "I got the adults something special." I grabbed my radio, and turned on some music. Shooting Star was playing. I gave everyone morning after pills. "What are these pills for?" Kimberly asked. "To help the hang over." I replied, searching through my backpack. "You brought sake? How did you get ahold of it?" My mom had some in the fridge. "Oh darling." Charolette felt sad. She knew that my mom died. I passed out the sake. "Well, lets celebrate-we're alive and well! We're facing rough times, but we're not alone! To determination, happiness, the strenght and love of family and friends.." "And to Gabriella!" Greg said. "...And to my mom!" I agreed.

After a few hours of partying, everyone was sound asleep. I left all my collage money... 100,000 yen or more.

I walked a few blocks away from the park, and ran, pretended to be terrified. I began to make frantic turns, dropping my items to run faster. I ran into an alley, and screamed at the top of my lungs...
I lifted the lid that led to the manhole. I slid it over, making it seem like it was never moved to begin with.

I walked through tunnels and tunnels of sewage. held the map of the town. I was right next to Shizura's house. I emerged from the sewer, and stood before Shiuzra's home...What leads to the Castle of the Vampire relm..

-Later-

I walked down the twisting maze of halls and stairways. I had my grey hood still on. I ran into a guard. "You! They need you in the training for healing and combat. Come on-the war isnt't going to wait for you." He was strong and bold. "Yes sir, I got lost. I'm new here." I replied. He grabbed my arm and dragged me through the castle and opened a door. Lots of vampire women were staring at me. A woman with long snow white hair wearing a beutiful rich blue dress stood next to another woman with her hair dyed midnight black wearing the same beatiful rich blue dress... They were going to teach us healing and combat. They were realitivley younge. "Alina, come on. We have to begin our training!"

~Shizura's Point of View~

I held the body of my maid in my arms.. As I look back at all the times we've had together, I knew...She was more than just a maid..She was my best friend-the only friend that I had left. I remembered all the good times we've had together..

"...Natalie, why is it that I have a maid and I never see my daddy and I have my own huge room when the rest of the children in the class have very small rooms and clean everything themselves? They always see their parents and are happy-but live in poverty...Why am I so..different?" I asked, sittingat the balcony, swinging my legs through the balcony holding onto the railing, looking down at the lake. "Shizura, don't you know?" she said. "No." I said. I fiddled with the heart-shaped locket that held the picture of my family-mom, dad, and me. We were so happy. None of our smiles were fake..It was all before dad got fired and joined the military and got shot. Before the reck, before my aunt...Before the real world slithered it's way into my life...Before I knew that I was something more than what was around me...
"Shizura, your a princess."

I held her in my arms, crying. She was the only one to tell me the truth...Ever... "Lady Shizura, you have done well." Natalie stood up, untied herself, removed the dagger from her side, and smiled. "Wh-what!?" "Natalie-I just killed you! What the hell!?" I was confused." Natalie removed her corset, and packets with very little red ooze fell to the floor. Beneathe her corset was a bullet-proof vest. "You stabbed with such force, it almost went through. I'm impressed." she said. "I had to see how well you are in combat." Natalie kept walking. "Come now, we have lots of training and preparing to do." Natalie said in a more happy tone than before. "Training? Preparing for what?" I picked up my dagger, and fallowed Natalie. I was led to a stone wall. Natalie pushed in one of the stones of sand, and the room began to shake. Dust fell from the cealing, the room began to shake. Thundering. Shaking.

By instinct, I grabbed my dagger, and I got into my usual fighting stance. "Now, now. There's no need for that." Natalie just barely looked over her shoulder. Embarressed, I put away my weapon. The wall that Natalie was standing in front of moved back, and over to the right. Fire was lit along the stone walls. She began to walk. "Come. We musn't waste time." I fallowed Natalie into a room filled with swords and daggers. I stood austonished at what was so real. Every sword and knife, dagger and poison, bombs and masks...Everything I'd ever need all hidden in the abondoned part of the castle...All this time. Natalie turned around, "Now then...Let's begin."

~Chapter Eleven~

~Shizura's Point of View~

We all stood. Thousands of us, all in rows. Weapons, in hand. Nothing going through our mind, yet everything rushing in all at once. The wind blew, queitly. No one said anything...

The silence before the storm...

The clouds slowly moved over the moon.

The darkness takes all...

My commerads were getting fidgety. My own body began to take more control than my mind as well. Breathing became heavy. Palms became sweaty. Minds became restless.

It was the silence that was truely killing us all...

Meters away, we finaly saw the hunters. Rage suddenly filled me. I stood in front of everyone else. We stood. The two minutes of nothing happening seemed like an entire eternity. I could feel their hearts racing at an ubelievable pattern. At a tremendous rate...
I turned to my side. Everyone else felt it too.

They were scared.

Our advantage.

All at once, both sides came crashing together with great amount of force.

Wooden steaks were jabbed. Swords were swung. Skin was burnt. Blood was spilled. Screams were heard. Tears were fallen. Bloodthirsty beasts and rage monsters were released.

The scenes of everyone dying. There was no mercy in these lands, during these times. Within moments, our first aid tents were filled. So were theres. Within seconds, people were killed. Our sides immediatly began to shrink and shrivel up to almost nothing. Yet there were still great massive numbers killing the others. Just not as much as before.

Not in comparison.

Water of purity sprinkled from the sky. There was silence...
Things don't always last.
I suddenly heard loud screams emerging. Those screams were filled with pain and anguish. Blisters suddenly began to appear on my skin. The pain was so immense I couldn't breathe. I looked down at my once perfectly pale and smoothe skin to see that it was now blistering and turning pink. The burning sensation took over, and my lungs suddenly poured themselfes out. I fell onto the ground, screaming from the pain... I held onto myself, trying to use my hands to cover up. Blisters began to build ontop of the other. My lungs continued to throw themselfs out of my throat.

screaming...Helpless...
In my mind, I heard my worst memory...
Jeremy! Noo!

Suddenly, all the times I've seen Jeremy popped into my head, all at once... His voice barely in the background; Shizura, I love you more than anyone else I've ever loved- I want to spend forever with you..." Silence came with the last image... The vanila-colored boy with white hair and the iceiest blue eyes stood, smiling, holding a boquet of pink roses...I faintly heard his voice... ""Let's get married!" The smile on his face was placed so delicatly in order to create the perfect angel to wrap me in their arms and hold me close to their heart...

Bang.
Bang.
Bang.

All went black.

The moment those bullets went off, my blood began to boil. I began to grit my teeth so hard, I felt my gums begin to bleed slightly. I stood up, and began walking in the rain of Holy Water. Fire was burning deep within me. My eyes were the windows, allowing all to see the rage seering through my every step. A man had a long stick in his chest. I pulled it out with one hand as I was passing him. With everyone that passed me, blood poured. The blade at the end of the black stick sliced through them as if they were nothing more than dough. The blade of my knife was cutting through them so easily... It felt soothing... Hearing the screams of my victims... Feeling their blood splatter all over me; stopping the acid rain from hitting my skin.

I broke the stick in half over my knees, and hit both of the fools rushing twords me with steaks in their hands on the back of their heads, and they fell to the ground. I saw the goal; the Blade of Ra. I will win. Victory will be mine. I pulled out my dagger, and ran. Using the dying men as my lift-off points, I jumped through the crowd to eventually land just a few feet away from the blade.

As I walked twords it, I smiled. But my smile quickly faded away. This is too perfect... This was too easy...

I reached for the handle of the blade, only to see that some one else also had the blade. Her skin was peachy, and dirty. I looked to see who had what I've worked so hard to find for months. What I deserve to have...

Sarah...

~Sarah's Point of View

~

I looked up at the monster that was once my best friend; Shizura. We held the blade. The blade, that, if in the wrong hands, would destroy all of humanity. We both slowly reached for our weapons...
A scream was shouted out... A scream of despiration, a scream of fear, a scream filled with missery and sarrow...
"Don't!"
Shizura and I turned to see a familiar face...

~Author's Side~

Sarah and Shizura widened their eyes at the sight of their best friend, Alison, holding a gun containing a silver bullet, pointed at them. Locked and loaded. They both let go of the blade and stood up straight.
Alison, the gently butterfly, easily broken, easily startled, with a porcelain heart stood before them. Gun in hand, ready to shoot...
But, who?

"Alison, don't shoot." Sarah was the first to speak. 'How the hell did she end up here?? Does she know? Is she in another one of my troops? What the hell is going on...?' Sarah thought.

"Shoot Shizura-She's a blood sucking monster! She's killed so many people and living creatures-and humans! They had families, and people who loved them! And if she gets a hold of that sword, then she and millions of other Vampires all over the world will continue to kill other innocent people-whenever they want! And they will keep doing that until there IS no human being left on the face of the Earth!" Sarah tried to save her own skin.

"Like you're any better! Don't you do the same thing to animals? And like you're one to talk!" tears began to build up in Shizura's eyes. "You shot Jeremy-I loved him! And you killed him! You've killed more than just Jeremy-Vampires are living creatures with homes and people who love them too! You are no better than I am!" Shizura deffended herself and her people.
"Don't compare me to you, you blood sucking monster!" Sarah spat out.

"Like that doesn't ever get old you heatless bitch!" Shizura responded.

Right before the two grabbed their weapons, Alison yelled out again. "Stop!" Sarah once again stepped forward, "Remember the good time's that we've had..." Alison's vision began to get blury as the salt water liquid found its way, running down both of her cheeks.
Shizura stepped in, trying to persuad Alison to shoot Sarah, as Sarah tried to get Alison to shoot Shizura.

~Alison's Point of View~

The both of them-my two best friends-were shouting at me reasons to shoot they other...'Why? Why couldn't we just go back to the way things were? Why can't we just pretend this never happened? They never fought like this until they found out about the other... Why is everything so complicated!? Why can't everything just go back to they way they used to be!? Why are we always fighting!? Why didn't they ever tell me anything!? Why!? Why!? Why!?'

As the screaming of my two best friends got louder and louder, I closed my eyes. Tears fell from my tightly closed eyes, like streams and rivers. I couldn't handle it... This was too much pressure.. I pointed the gun, and fired...

Bang.
Bang.
Bang.

Eternal Light (Ending 1):

Eternal Light

The sound of the bullets peirced the air. The bullets themselfes peirced my skin, and made a dive right through my heart. As I fell to the ground, the war itself started to die out. But all of a sudden, I didn't care. I didn't care about anything. Everything went black. I felt as if I was moving. I saw my two best friends below me, on the ground, getting smaller and smaller. As if I was levitating slowly to the sky.

The next thing I knew, I was at the end of a long tunnel. There was this beautiful bright light on the other side. I walked slowly twords the light. Nothing seemed to matter at that moment. Everything-all of my worries, my fears, my sadness-vanished. I was at a state of complete Bliss. Everything was so perfect. So peaceful. I felt warm.

As I reached the end of the tunnel, big golden gates opened themselfs up for me. I walked on white clouds. They had an orange glow on them as the sun seemed to be setting. I walked a bit further to see the most amazing sight...

Tears of joy filled my heart, and ran down my cheecks. "Mom, Dad!" I raced to my parents to be greeted by a big hug. They held onto a baby girl. I assumed mom was pregnant when she died. I turned to my side to see My grandmother and grandfather. "Grandma, Grandpa!" We all shared a group hug.
My grandmother and grandfather stood next to my mom and dad. With warm smiles on their faces, they said the one thing I've wanted to hear from them for so long...

"Welcome home, Sarah!"
Everlasting Flames (Ending 2-my fav):

Everlasting Flames

As the bullets pierced through my heart, the war started to die out. I fell to the ground, tears in my eyes. My heart once again, ached. Everything around me became dark.

Out of nowhere, I found myself in a long line of people. I was naked, as everyone else was. There was an awful, putrid smell in the air. Not rotting flesh, however. It was unfamiliar. I had never once before smelled something so awful. No one here spoke the same language. But, we all understood eachother. As I walked, fallowing the long line, I saw grotesque creatures stabbing people, tearing them quit litteraly limb from limb. There was no fire, but it was hot. Blistering hot. I felt such a strong feeling of dred take me over. Suddenly, everything just seemed so anxiety enducing. It seemed that I was in the line for years, even though I knew I had just gotten there...Right?

Two large creatures approached me. One was this ugly half serpent-half lion, and the other was a man, with a Ram's head. The one with the Ram's head held a long axe that was covered in blood in his hands, and the half serpent-half lion had a wip.

"Our master wishes to see you." The Ram's head spoke. The serpent lion forcefully grabbed my with his large claws. The two demons spread their wings, and flew accross this huge lake. But, it was not water. It was not fire, but lava. When a bubble would pop, fire would rise. Other demons were pushing people into the lake. I heard loud moans of sarrow and agonising pain comming from below me. The two demons gently set me down on my feet.

Before me, stood The Dark Prince, The Fallen Angel, Lucifer, The Devil, Satan... Satan himself was nothing like I had imagined. He looked...Human. He had hair that was just a bit passed his ears. I couldn't tell if it was black, or a really dark brown. His eyes were cole black, much like mine. He had his ears pierced, all over. He wore a black shirt, with a necklace of an upside down cross, pants that were black and slowly faded to a light ashy grey at the knees, then back to black. He had a belt with a pentagram belt-buckle, and long boots with buckles all over them. He had many rings, each with some sort of satanic symbol on them. He had small bat wings, and 'the devil's tail'.
He sat in a red thrown. The arm rests were built from skulls, the top of the thrown had horns reaching out, and the thrown itself looked like it was made of velvet. He spoke, calmly and smoothly. "Shizura Nazaki. You have been sent here for the fallowing reasons:
Wrong choice of religion."
I was a Satanist...

"But, who the hell cares about that? Regardless what the fuck your religion, you still would've been sent here. You are dammed; A vampire." He had this smile upon his face. He turned to his side. "Sephrum. Get Shizura some clothes."

A demon with shaggy black hair, blood red glowing eyes, large bat wings with small horns at the end, facing inward, baggy pants, with a belt of an upside down cross, and no shirt walked far enough away, and then dissapeared in a poof of smoke. He too, looked human.

"Shizura. You are not human. You don't have to be punished. All I want from you, is for you to be my loyal servant. Do whatever I say, and I won't have my demons punish you." When he spoke, I noticed a tongue ring.
The demon nammed Seprhum came back, and handed me a bag that contained clothing. The Fallen Angel snapped his fingers, and around me became a shower curtain. "Get dressed. You have lots of work ahead of you."

Inside the bag was a black T-Shirt, a black chocker with a ruby red upside down cross, dark blue jeans that almost seemed black, a black short skirt that had silver colored buttons at the top, was tight at the beginning, then pooffed out into layers of ruffles at the end, black sandles, and black fishnet gloves that from the base of my fingers to my wrists were fishnets, then a about an inch and a half after my wrist was black cloth. There was also black nail polish.

I got dressed, and painted my nails. Lucifer removed the shower curtain with a snap of his fingers. "Sephrus. Nice job. Kind of Final Fantasy-y. Definatly brings out her curves and bust. She looks perfectly shapped." Satan commented. "As always, sir." Sephrus spoke.

The dred in my heart disapeared when a boy with straight white hair that almost went to his shoulders stepped from behind the thrown. "I agree. She looks very beautiful, as always." Jeremy spoke. He walked towards me, and put my necklace around my neck. "This was automatcily tooken off when you entered." he smiled. He gently placed his lips on mine, his hands on my cheeks, bringing me closer. I kissed him back, nervously, and so gently yet so passionet.

"I love you." he said to me in a whisper after seperating our lips just enough that they would brush agains the other's when we spoke.
"I love you too." I responded. I could feel my face getting more and more red by the second.

I felt that I was disrespecting Lucifer, until he spoke. "How cute." he cooed. "Jeremy, show her around. You two will be the protecters of the dammed." Satan spoke. Jeremy kissed my hand. "Yes, sir."
He took my hand and we walked down a large case of stairs.

Even though this is Hell, as long as I'm with him, It will forever be Haeven to me.

The Death of Sarah's Parents
(How Sarah's parents died-I LOVE this):

John and Rose walked in to check on their little girl. Sarah was in her pink pajamas-a pair of pink loose pants, and a pink button-up shirt. She was cuddled under her balerina blanket, holding onto her teddy bear, who was in a pink 17th centuary dress. Sarah had nammed the bear Ladia, and has slept with it since the day she got it. Sarah was only ten years old.
They walked over to their daughter's bed. John placed a kiss on his daughter's forhead, and Rose ran her hand along her cheek. They were dressed in their suits, prepared for hunting. "We love you, Sarah." Rose calmly spoke. "Mommy and Daddy have to go to work now. We promise we'll be home in time for bring your parent to school day." he whispered softly before once again kissing her forehead. "Goodnight, sweety." Rose said to her.
The couple walked out of the house, and into the dark streets...
Into the darkness...
John and Rose walked along the dark alley ways. Rose stopped suddenly, and grabbed John's hand. She placed his hand on her stomach. The couple smiled. "Izabella's kicking..." He said. They couldn't help but to smile. "Izzy, sweety, stop kicking. Your distracting mommy from working..." The baby kept kicking... She wanted to hear the song they would sing for her when she wouldn't sleep. "John..." Rose said to her husband. "Alright. Just once, then we have to get back to work..."

"One great day, between two trees, lied a man, down on his knees." John began.
"With his heart, he held out a little black box," Rose continued,
"only to realize she's been taken by a fox." John looked into Rose's eyes.
"There he stood, frozen in glass." Rose returned his stare.
"The golden ring, turning to brass." John put his arms around Rose.
"When he died, his body grew into a tree." Rose's smile grew as she wrapped her arms around her husband's neck.
"Never, will his heart be free." John moved his face closer and closer to hers, slowly.
"If you dont belive this is true, go to the Black Forest..." Rose got closer as well...
"and there you will find Weeping Drew." John lightly pressed his lips to hers.

After the song, the couple kept walking to find two peculiar men standing at the end of the alley. "Sir, what are you doing back there?" Rose walked, her badge saying she was a police officer in her hands, and her gun in it's pouch that was on a belt attatched to her waist. "Oh, I was dropped the cap to my soda bottle, and it rolled into the alley. Could you help me find it?" The strange man answered. Rose walked over to the man. John fallowed.

The man and his friend suddenly turned around.

Please, please forgive me...

The moment was frozen.

But I won't be home again.

He suddenly grabbed her by her shoulders.

Maybe someday you'll have woke up...

He lunged for her neck...

And barely concious you'll say to know one...

All at once, yet in slow motion, the first vampire sunk his fang's into John's love. Everything was muted. "Rose!" he faintly heard himself. John tried to reach for his gun, but the other one had grabbed John before he could move. The two Vampires feasted on their prey...
They left the couple there to die. John weakly scooted to Rose. He held her close to her... "If we die...We'll...We'll be..." Rose didn't dare to finish her sentence. "I know... Remember what we promised...?" John held her closer. "Yes..."

"I love you John..."
"I love you too, Rose... More than anything else.."
"More than anyone else..."
"Nothing can ever change that..."
"Nothing..."

They both took out their guns...

The sound of a bullet cut through the dead of the night. Another muted scene has fallen into Shakespere's play...

Isn't something missing...?

The couple held eachother as all that was them slowly poured out from their wounds...

The cold January air took over... Small flakes of the angel's frozen tears fell gently on the earth, blessing the couple with the first snow of the year...

Isn't some one missing me?

Life: 08/06/09 | Posted By: BloodCoveredRose | 0 comments | Personal | Tags: death, falling apart, freinds, friendship, heavan, heaven, hell, p.o.v., pov, pov., sad, trust, vampires, vamps