The Bay Sisters's Story

Serenity’s face was paler than normal, it was apparent she hadn’t feed off a human in some time and if her father saw her she be in a lot of trouble. The royal family was supposed to always look put together and well groomed, not look like they were on their death beds, even though they were already dead. Her pale blue eyes were almost white and her long raven colored hair was dry and stringing, yet somehow she still looked stunning, maybe that was the reason she was able to fool her family that she was feeding regularly.

“Princess?” her servants soft meek voice brought her from her thoughts. “are you alright?” she continued careful not to upset the royal.

Serenity took a breath as she sat at her old wooden desk writing in her journal with her quill. “Cori, how may times must I tell you, call me Serin please. You have been my servant for long enough.” She smiled to the young human girl who was only sixteen, she had been serving Serenity since her father had found her on abandoned on the street at twelve years old.

“I…I can’t, I’ll be killed.” She frowned gently.

Serenity sighed softly as the girl offered her wrist knowing she needed to feed, she was growing weaker by the second.

“No.” Serenity stated in a stern tone, though it was still kind.

“Please.” The girl begged in fear knowing she could get in trouble if it looked as though she wasn’t taking care of the oldest royal daughter.

“I promise you I will be fine.” She smiled as she touched the screen built into the desk, typing in a code that Cori had memorized by now but she’d never try and use it. The drawer of the desk popped open and Serenity grabbed her chrome MAKIE card handing it to the human girl. “Now, why don’t you go pick me up some more paints at that art store just outside of town.” She winked smiling to her. That was her way of telling Cori to go buy her and her sister whatever they needed.

Cori new better then to argue with the princess, they had been doing this for years now and it was the reason Cori and her sister Rosie weren’t in a rundown shack being raided by higher races every so often, Cori made her way out of the room to find her sister.

As soon as the girl was out of sight, Serenity started to cough heavily, her eyes were now completely white, this was a side effect of not feeding for quite some time, but Serenity had at least another few days before she’d have to succumb to her violent nature.

Rosemary frowned as she saw her sister in the market place, she had a day off today, normally servants didn’t get days off unless of course you were a royal’s slave. She hated Vampires, but she had to like Serenity, she was always giving her days off. Rosie watched her sister from the roof top as she called for her. They were in the old districted or as it was also known as the market district. It was not technically advanced and it was where most of the unmarked and other out casted races lived and traded. She wasn’t excited at all about seeing her sister because knowing Cori, she would freak when she found out that Rosie spent the 150 points she had been saving for three weeks to bleach her hair blonde.

Rosie jumped across to the other roof top, the girl had balls it was a long drop in to a concrete alley if she didn’t make it, but she was a daring girl who laughed in the face of death. She barely made the jump landing hard on her feet, but ignoring the pain that shot from her ankles and up through her legs. Rosie straightened her old and warn leather jacket, I having slipped off a bit. Her mark was completely hidden. She quickly pulled her throwing knife from her black combat boot realizing she wasn’t alone on the roof top.

“Human?” she question. In the old District you could never be sure who was who. Here Marks didn’t really matter. This was where everyone could feel slightly more equal than normal. She was a smart girl and a quick thinker. IF he was a wolf, a vamp, or one of the devil’s kids she could hold her own or she’d die trying.

JJ almost fell off of the railing of the rooftop as he heard a clump on the side of the building, but simply clung on for dear life, shoving his apple in his mouth to keep ahold of it. He swung himself between the rails and flung himself onto the roof firmly, glancing over the side a little before coming face to face with a knife. Oh shit He thought to himself, pulling back a few steps and turning his body sideways slightly, tightening his fists... He glanced down the side of a building... uh. If he landed on the top of a market stall, he should be able to stay alive. Sure, might sprain a few limbs, but he'd still be alive.

Human? The girl asked. JJ raised an eyebrow and looked up to the girl. No way was he giving it away to a possible predator. Like hell if he wanted to be captured to day. 20 years of his life aren't going out of the window now. "Whmstitoymph..." He suddenly realised he still had the apple in his mouth, rather embaressed. Damn, he just lost his cool.

However, like a pro, he slid the apple out of his mouth, the sound of crunching echoing slightly as he just acted as if he was taking a massive bite. He chewed very slowly, raising an eyebrow to her and looking her over... She certainly wasn't pale like a vampire... Nor did she have those fair hairs that he'd spotted on many werewolves... and she pulled out a knife, not a spell... "....What's it to you?" He asked, narrowing his eyes a little. Sure, he expected her to either be human or unmarked, but that was all the more to be suspicious. Why was an unmarked approaching him? And.... was it possible that there was another free human?

She smirked a bit when he slightly lose his cool and she knew immediately what he was. A vampire would have attacked, they don’t get much for out here, this was a wasteland for them. A werewolf would have rolled it’s eyes and maybe even growled a bit, a witch would have tried to slap her to put her in her place and an unmarked would have ran. This idiot was all human, she smirked at the thought. She shoved her knife back in her boot.

“Relax hot shoot.” She teased offering her hand “Rosie Bay, fellow humanoid.” She studied him for a moment she couldn’t see any noticeable claimed markings on him. “Don’t worry I’m not going to hurt you all though your skinny ass would be fairly easy.” She smirked waiting for him to return the shake.

JJ blinked at her a couple of times. Her sudden change of demeanor caught him a little offguard, she began to smirk, and he only narrowed his eyes more, becoming extremely suspicious. And then she appeared to be sarcastic as she held out a hand and acted like a friend. And yet, also commented on his fine ass being a skinny little thing.

He stared at her for a moment before smiling pleasantly and taking her hand, shaking it gently. "JJ Devons." He gave her a small nod before smirking himself, tightening the grip on her hand and tossing his half eaten apple into her mouth as he forcefully pulled her body towards his, circling her round and then firmly holding her in a headlock. He gently lifted the back of her shirt, looking over her back and then spotting the mark of a human. He let out a small sigh of relief and then let go of her, popping the apple out of her mouth and rubbing it off. "You obviously don't come around here that often if you really are human..." He laughed a little. "Can't trust a single word anyone says. So, who do you belong to, miss all talk and no bite." That was partially a double meaning there. He couldn't see a single bite mark in the apple from where it had been in her mouth. He shrugged and took another bite from it.

Rosie didn’t really struggle when he put her in a head lock , if he was going to hurt her, she wouldn’t mind a little fighting, but he simply checked her mark and then let her go again. Then he started to speak and she listened for a moment, when he was finished she didn’t speak right away.

“Well, I don’t belong to anyone.” She frowned “I mean technically I’m a royal servant.” She rolled her eyes “I come here often enough to know where everything is, I grew up here after all.” She smiled before hearing her sister’s voice in the alley way below. “One second.” She sighed as she went over to the side of the building seeing her sister. “Cori. Up here.” She said as she looked down.

Corianders eyes widened at the sight of her sister. “Rosemary! What the hell are you doing up there, we have to get back to the Royal Courters, we shouldn’t be messing around and OH MY GOD YOUR HAIR!” she said as she started up the stairs on the side of the building.

Rosie rolled her eyes as she walked away from the side of the building and back to her pervious conversation. “Well It’s been nice knowing you JJ, but my sister is about to kill me.” She smirked.

JJ snorted slightly, rolling his eyes and then shaking his head. "Royal servant..." He smiled. "Sound like you have a hell of a life there Rosie Posey." He commented, glancing over the side to where the girl was looking and waving at her sister. "Bonjourno madame!" He said, putting on a strong French accent . "Your sister, she is, how you say... socialising!" He called down to her, winking at Rosie and then pulling back. "Sister? Hmm, looks like she's a lot less rebelious than you, doesn't she?" He smiled to the young teen. He always preferred talking to younger people. They seemed a whole lot less obedient to the higher races, much like himself. It was only those kinds of people that he seemed to feel a sort of sympathy towards, purely because he could see himself in them. The rebellious streak and ache for freedom. He could see the misery in them. Because he knew if he was enslaved, he'd die a little inside. "Well, you better go back to your sister." He suggested, looking around a little. "And... judging by the height of the sun, it's nearing about 8 o'clock, and around this time, I should be able to find..." He rushed to another end of the balcony, looking down and then grinning.

"There she is." JJ mumbled to himself, spotting Erin a little way down the street, by the old tree, keeping in the shadows. He burst into a giant smile, racing back towards Rosie and giving a little tilt of her head. "Well, you've gotta go, and I've gotta go." He took her hand and shook it. "Lovely to meet you mes amie, but gotta run." He leant in close and whispered in her ear, "Especially before those darned vampires sniff me out." He smiled and then sat on the railing, sliding down it. "See you around!" He gave a small nod to the other sister, giving her a wink but soon after exited the alleyway and made his way over towards Erin.

The bay sister’s made their way through the city as the rundown broken started to fade into the nicer well kept. They passed by the art store and Rosie’s eyes focused on a familiar vampire, her master.

“Cori look!” she said surprised she was alone “She’s going to get herself killed.” She looked to her sister.

Cori sighed softly “That’s her plan.” She frowned gently “She does this all the time, I’ve followed her before, she doesn’t care if hunters finder her.” She said softly looking from serenity to her sister. “We should get back.” She said calmly as they continued to walk.

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Serenity looked to the werewolf who approached her, she could smell his blood and she could feel he though she was going to do something to his shop.

“Oh, I’m sorry, I just love your work.” She said softly “Yeah, I am pretty far.” She smiled “I can leave…I know my presence isn’t exactly good for business. I tend to scare off customers.” She frowned gently looking at him with her pale blue eyes.

She glanced to the door seeing another girl come in, before she looked back to the wolf almost waiting for an answer.

Emmy

Emmy had a small smirk on her face when she heard the girl “I was just watching this painting Madam”. Her eyes looked over the girl; she could almost feel the nervousness coming off the girl, which fueled Emmy even more. “These paintings are really something aren’t they?” she asked as she slowly walked around the girl. “But I was just about to go” she heard what sounded like a whisper from the girl. Slowly shaking her head “But I need your help with something” her fingers went up to the girls face, her fingers tracing the girls jaw line. Emmy could not help this, she loved messing with human girls, especially ones that act like this girl is acting.

“Will you help me?” she asked as she pushed the girls chin up so she was now looking into the girls eyes “Please” she whispered.

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Autumn

In the woods near the city Autumn was crouched in a small cave, in her hand she was flipping two Mackie cards in her fingers. One was her own but the other was one she stole. “Stupid, stupid vampire” she murmured to herself as she leaned back against the wall and thought about last night.

Last night she snuck inside one of the biggest clubs in the town, she knew it was a risk to go in there, she has heard about some humans trying to sneak in but they never made it out. Autumn was a risk taker and this was a big risk she was willing to try. She got inside from the back when a guard went to check out a disturbance nearby. She was wearing a dark cloak that covered all of her, she quickly made it into the club and tried to blend into the atmosphere. That is when she saw Victoria, Autumn knew most of top vampires in the town, she tried to stay off their radar as mush as she could. A few months ago she had a run in with Victoria, she almost didn’t get away that time. As Autumn got closer to Victoria she saw the Mackie card, this made Autumn grin, stealing a Mackie card from a vampire was a big crime and she wanted to test her luck. She waited for the perfect chance, she saw Victoria lay it down on the table for just one second, and she watched Victoria get into a conversation with an employee. This was Autumn’s chance, she got closer and right before Victoria went to pick up the card Autumn snatched it and quickly made her way out of the club and back into the woods.

Autumn grinned as she went over last night in her mind, pushing her hair out of her eyes she moved out of the cave and stretched. Her hair was a curly mess, she hasn’t been able to shower since last week, she knows she will have to sneak into someone’s house soon when it was unoccupied. Looking down to the Mackie card she thought about what she wanted to do with it, deciding she could sell it on the black market to get some more points for herself.

Walking into town, her face was covered in dirt, she was dressed in a pair of jeans that had many dirt stains on it, a tank top with a corduroy jacket and a pair of unlaced boots. She tried to stay out of site, thinking she heard something behind her, she looked back as she was walking, then when she wasn’t looking she bumped into someone.

“Oh shit, damnit”

She backed up a little, noticed she dropped the two Mackie cards she quickly picked them up and put them in her pocket of her jeans. Looking up at whom she bumped into she saw two girls standing in front of her. Slowly standing up she looked at the two girls.

“Um sorry to um bump into you, I wasn’t watching where I was going” she whispered softly not liking that she brought unwanted attention on herself.

JJ was quite happy to leave right then and there. To make a speedy escape before anyone tried to investigate what was going on. However, that was before he heard the crash through the window. He found his attention was hooked and he turned, looking round towards the room he just walked past. He snorted a little. Maybe Mr. High and mighty finally got what he deserved. He heard a gentle thump, like a bag being thrown to the ground. Though, it sounded a little sloppier. Maybe like a pillow case full of cake mix. “No one is safe anymore...” He heard, right before the room fell silent. He blinked a couple of times, unable to resist anymore. His head peeked slightly around the corner of the door to see what all the ruckus was about. And then, the sight hit him like a ton of bricks. Guts, gore and a severed head of a human. He held a hand over his mouth and cringed. "Oh man." He whispered to himself, looking at Mason's reaction as he went from shock, to anger almost instantly. It must've been someone he knew... The vampire then snapped out his phone and furiously dialled. "Write this down, I want notices across all districts, Warning: Killer now targeting all races, reward for him, alive. Make sure everyone knows about this psycho. Setup for a public speaking, you get people from all races there. Get this done by tomorrow or you're fired and I'll be sure you're next on the killer's list." By the end of it, the phone was practically metallic crumbs in his hand, and JJ kinda guessed that'd need replacing...

"My cue to leave probably..." JJ told himself. However, there was a little part of him that wanted to find out more. Just what exactly was happening. Was there honestly a killer now that was trying to kill all races? JJ pulled away from the door and pushed his back up against a wall. "More than likely to be an unmarked." He thought out loud quietly to himself. "The body looked mangled and ripped apart, so I doubt it's a witch hybrid... Either wolf or Vampire I guess..." He ruffled up his hair beneath his hood and then looked down the hallway. "Anyway..." He began walking away again. He needed to tell Erin about this. He didn't like the thought about her being in trouble too. And it was a possibility. Might have to find that Rosie girl I met this morning too... She works for the government, right? He bit his lip, shaking at the thought of someone that innocent possibly being put into that kind of situation. Being mangled and ripped to shreds... Why would someone do that to an innocent? He shook his head, it wasn't going to happen... but still... It was worth warning her... He glanced about, still desperately trying to find an exit...