Italy

Kitty felt Brylen's body go limp against her and held tighter. Approaching footsteps made her look up to see Alec, rushing towards them. Of course it was Alec. He was always so protective of Brylen. Kitty liked that he cared about her friend, felt reassured that, even if her friend's Gaurdian failed, Alec would be there. But sometimes, Kitty marveled at how Brylen could stand Alec. It would be smothering to her, to have someone hovering over her constantly like that. "Is she hurt?! What happened!!" He said as he ran over and Kitty rolled her eyes.

"Oh please Alec. Have a little faith. As if I'd let her get hurt." Only Kittrina seemed capable of making a sarcastic joke at a time like this. It was her defense mechanism. Her way of making everyone else believe she was tough, when really, inside she was reliving her mother and her father's deaths over and over again. Death was a traumatizing thing, but unlike a lot of the Royals and other school members here, she'd had to deal with it first-hand. Only in the last two years had she gotten a break.

And now it was back again.

As Kitty was dragged along by Brylen and Alec, she silently wondered if death was following her like a cloud.

"You know what you have to do Brylen." Alex's voice drifted in the background as she stared at little Angel's body, trying to fight back tears for the first time since her father's death. Her face was passive, but if one looked closely, they'd see that her bottom lip quivered ever so slightly, and her knees shook.

She looked at Darius, and a sudden pang of pity washed over her as her knees buckled and she knelt beside Angel on all fours, breathing hard. She felt like she was suffocating, hallucinating. Not again. Why did she let herself get close to Angel? Death always seemed to attack those she loved. Was Brylen next?

Gradually, as Brylen did whatever she was doing, Kitty stood, just as Brylen passed out. '

Reacting quickly, Kitty caught her friend in her arms and sat down slowly. She needed to sit. Standing was too much work. Gently, she placed Brylen's head in her lap and absent-mindedly smoothed her friends hair, suddenly wishing she had a drink. She needed to forget this.



Lulu watched with eyes wide as Angel was killed. It took all her physical strength not to shout after her. All of her training nearly flew out the window right there as she thought. Why Angel? Why? I don't know a single person in the school that doesn't adore her. Why not me? I could name thousands that hate me.

“If there is one strigoi there is more Lulu they usually don’t just come alone. We need to scope the area or call for help from the school, this is way out of out hands." Luckily, Brook's voice brought her back and she turned to her with a slow nod.

"Yeah. We need to get ahold of someone." She bit her lip. "Fuck. Looks like the party's over." She rolled her eyes and stood, grumbling about how, as soon as the school authorities showed up, they'd all get their asses beat for the booze, sex, and drugs going on left and right. Silently, she led Brook and Eliza back up to the road, where she walked silently towards the school. She would drive, but she didn't quite trust herself behind the wheel right now.

Lulu snapped out of her walking stupor to realize, that ahead of them, there was a woman standing, smack in the center of the road. They were a little ways from the party now, but she could still hear the pounding music, but the woman had deffineitly come from the party. She was wearing a tight, velvet red dress, and was barefoot. Though her back was turned, her black hair was illuminated in the streetlights and it appeared to be a complete mess and a little too shiny to be real. This was one of the older kids she'd seen pull up in the van, and now that she realized that Wini had been one of them, Lulu guessed that this one had to be Strigoi too.

"Shhh." She warned Brook and Eliza, slipping silently out of the streetlights, hoping to skirt her without notice.



Genieve grinned as she listened to Lou's approaching footsteps suddenly become silent. She's realized what she was. Quickly, she whipped around and spotted her cousin and two friends creeping off towards the shadow of houses. Genieve laughed. Cold and cackling, cutting through the silent night air. "Think you can get away from me baby cousin?" She smirked, yanking off her wig as she flashed a wicked, fanged grin.

She laughed cooley at the shocked expression on her cousin's face. "Thought I was dead didn't you?" She smirked. "No... That's not it. You knew I was alive. You merely forgot about me."

In the next second, she had a body slammed up against a house. But, instead of Lou, it was one of her friends. The dark-haired one Lulu had called Brook at the party. She held her against the house's side by a forearm pressed firmly into her throat. The girl's feet were dangling, and Genieve leaned on her arm, slowly constricting the girls air supply. "Gonna go call the gaurds on us Lou?" She tsked. "Doesn't sound like you. You're a fighter, not a baby." She gestured to the girl she held against the building. "But she suggested it didn't she? So you went along."

Genieve grinned and leaned further on the girl's windpipe. "Let's see if I can get you to fight me." She said, a wicked grin coming to her lips. "I was the one who sent your daddy after you that day." She looked at the choking Brook. "Did you know our Lulu here had a fiance? I'll bet she never told you that. Feel hurt now?" She teased.

Cherie

Cherie watched Wini reply to her question with “Yes they are”. Cherie nodded and looked at all the kids on the field, having the time of their life. Cherie turned to see Wini walking over to a girl. Cherie watched in horror as she snapped the girls neck. Sure Cherie was Strigoi but that didnt mean she loved who she was. Cherie always felt sick at the snap of their necks as their lifeless bodies collapsed in her hands. Cherie watched Wini feed, her mouth and hands becoming covered in blood and the thirst for blood soon overcame her sickness. Wini then pushed the girl into Cherie's arms and said “here I left some for you”. Cherie nodded and sunk her face in the girls neck, taking in the delicious taste of her sweet blood. Cherie fed until the girl had a bit of blood left. Cherie felt the least she could do was leave her with some blood and not completely drain her. Cherie wasn't that much of a monster. Cherie then watched a girl come over and Wini told Cherie to leave. Cherie nodded obediently but she only walked away maybe 2 meters and then hid behind a tree so she could see what was going on. It looked like the girl was Wini's sister. Cherie's eyes darted over to the field where she saw the boy, assuming he was Darius, rapidly approaching Wini and her sister. Cherie watched the three argue and then it happened. It was like slow motion. Wini's hand flew up and she thrust it forward at the boy when the girl jumped in front. She watched the blood spray the ground, some landing on her Cherie's shoe. Cherie stared horrified. She then watched Wini flee the scene and she could sense the pain Wini felt. Cherie bit her lip. She wanted to hurt the boy. Make him feel the pain Wini was going through, but in truth he already felt the pain, they shared the same pain for the girl. And Wini would hate Cherie if she harmed either of them. Cherie sighed and ran off, once out of distance she began calling Wini's name. She walked the streets yelling "Wini! Wini where are you!" her voice strained and hoarse.

Marcus

Marcus looked around, trying to find a victim. Marcus sighed. No one here caught his desires and he didn't spot Genieve anywhere. Marcus took one more sweep and captured his attention with the food table. Marcus licked his lips and went over, piling a plate with a mountain of food, and grabbing some pop. He moved over near the lake and found himself a spot, sitting down and digging in to his meal, taking occasional sips of his pop. Marcus let his mind wander, completely oblivious to what was going on around him.

Andrea

Andrea watched Darius blush and she knew it was time. She was about to lean in and kiss him when he stood up. Andrea frowned but quickly replaced it with a neutral expression. Andrea watched him walk away a couple steps and he looked back and told her he'd needed to see something? Andrea nodded and looked at the shining water. The moon casted such a beautiful gleam on the lake, Andrea felt a tug in her stomach. Andrea got to her feet and walked over to the lake and took of her sandals. She walked in and felt the coolness of the water hitting her skin. Andrea went in farther until the water almost reached her shorts. Andrea smiled and traced the water with her fingertips. She stood there, swaying in the water when a rock hit the water and splashed her. "Eeep!" She yelped, her shirt and shorts were now soaking and water was dripping off her hair and face. She turned and saw Mace sitting on the grass, skipping wrongs on the lake. Andrea rushed out of the lake so he couldn't splash her and she put on her sandals. "Damn you Mace!" She said jokingly, hoping her tone wasn't too serious so he wouldn't get the wrong message. "What's a boy like you doing here all alone?" Suddenly Andrea hears a noise and looks over to the tree line. Lying on the Ground was Angel's lifeless body and she saw Darius, and she could see from here his mood. He was of course pissed. "Quick Mace! I think Angel's..." Andrea's voice falters as she said the last word. Hell she didn't even finish. Andrea ran furiously. "Darius!" Andrea called out, tears flooding her eyes. It was a Strigoi no doubt. "What happened?" Andrea asked, and she looked at Angel on the floor, Andrea felt it hard to breathe and walked to a tree so she could get a grip and not fall down like she so wished she could.

Bellatrix stood, frozen, unable to move. She knew the smell as well, and it still frightened her. Instead of running for the car as Lupe had told her to, she followed her outside. However, as she walked outside, she saw the car she was supposed to go to and decided that, since Lupe had just agreed to the one thing she had always wanted, since the day it happened.

Bellatrix didn't move to quickly to the car, wanting to see what was happening, and even once she got there she didn't get in. She sat, silently, on the roof of the car, and looked around, looking for anyone else. She was a little scared, but nothing she hadn't experienced before. Bellatrix knew what it was like to live in fear...she was constantly afraid.

As she scanned the darkness, she saw the figure of someone she never thought she would see again. The only problem was, she was running away. Shit, Trix thought. She looked back at the car, knowing she should wait for Lupe, but Trix wasn't thinking at this point. She slipped off the roof of the car, silent as a mouse, and tiptoed to the tree she had run away from. Once she got a closer look, Trix knew it was Wini. She gasped, slapping her hand over her mouth, and smiling.

Trix looked at Wini, trying to keep up with her running, eyes watering up as she looked at her old friend. As she looked at her, she remembered the night it had happened...

"Wini, why can't I go with? Sure, Lupe doesn't want me to go, but Rexy will be there, we'll be fine!" Bellatrix had whined, begging her friend to take her with.
"No, Trix. Lupe would kill us both! We can't risk it!" Wini had smiled, hugging her friend. "I'll be back in a few hours. You won't even know I was gone,"
"But..." Trix was cut off by Wini. "We're going to live together, Bells," Wini was the only one who ever called her that, "It's not like I won't come back. I promise i'll come back!" And with that Wini had left.

Trix had never forgiven herself for not following Wini anyway, she had always thought that she could have protected her and saved her, even where Rexy had failed.

She managed to catch up, finding her in an alley, cornering some helpless human. Trix knew she had to stop her friend, so she gathered as much courage as she could, and stepped between her one time friend and her would be victim.

"Wini?" She said, so quietly she didn't even believe it was coming from her lips and possibly only in her mind. "Wini?" She asked again, a little bit louder than the last time, smiling brightly. Forgetting their differences, and the fact that she was attempting to kill the person behind her, she ran up to her and wrapped her arms around her friends neck, tears brimming in her eyes. "Oh my God Wini! I missed you!" She knew Lupe was going to kill her, even if Wini didn't, but right now she didn't care. She wanted to hold her friend, hear Wini tell her they would always be together, and have her say that they'd never be alone, because it'd always be them against the world. Bellatrix held her friend tightly, scared and excited.

"How are you?" She asked in a whisper, not even really believing that she was holding her friend once again. It was unbelievable for her. She was holding her friend in her arms, probably about to die, and she didn't even care. She was with Wini, and that's all that mattered.

Lupe closed her eyes and made a cross over her chest in prayer for Adrian's safe passing. She then felt a disturbance in the pit of her stomach. Bellatrix. Like clockwork, anytime she got that feeling. Trix was doing something either stupid, dangerous or both. There were Strigoi everywhere so naturally it was both. With speed and stealth known only to Dhampir. Lupe navigated through the woods. She froze when she heard a noise. "Yo!" She rolled her eyes. Braddock, the DJ. "Relax, Braddock. It's Lupe." She said revealing herself. "Oh thank God, Girl, you scared me." Braddock said relaxed. "Oh yeah, Well There's Strigoi all over the place." She said watching him tense up again.Braddock slid up his glasses. "Where's your Dhampir?" She asked. "Uh, I don't know but uh, What's going on. How'd they know we'd be here. It'll be a-" He stopped when she shot him a dangerous look that read 'Don't-finish-that-sentence.' He took a deep breath. "You an Air user right?" She asked and he nodded quickly. "Okay good, Use that to protect yourself. Go find your Dhampir." She ordered and he nodded already moving backwards. "And Braddock." She said and He stopped. "Huh?"
"Be quiet. Don't let them see you." She warned and he nodded and took off.

She took a deep breath. She steeled herself for the upcoming fight. She held her stake flush against her forearm as her training dicates and made her way through the woods.

She smelled blood again and knew a Strigoi was near. She moved slowly. Hiding herself against the trees. She used the reflection from her stake to see around the corner and cursed in spanish. Wini. She was covered in blood and Trix was hugging her. There was no way Lupe would get there fast enough should Wini decide to bite her. She threw her head backwards against the tree. Why Trix? I told you I'd find a way. Why couldn't you just wait til then... Lupe thought. Blood was thick in the air. Fresh too. Wini just killed someone. That much was obvious. Lupe had to think. How was she going to save her Moroi? The odds were stacked against her right now. She had the element of surprise but Strigoi were fast. Too Fast. Trix was too close for Lupe to do anything. Now she had to choose. Bellatrix's life or her own. She sent out another prayer. She made her choice.

"Wini, Don't hurt her." Lupe said. Her hands raised, stake out for all to see. She'd told Trix once-twice before. She'd kill herself before she'd let anything happen to her. Only she hadn't knowen it'd be so soon.

Brook

Brook watched everything happen and then it ran threw her head once more. She looked to Eliza knowing she must be having a hard time with what was going on. She reached her hand over to Eliza’s and squeezed it trying to give her an assuring look. “Yeah. We need to get ahold of someone. Fuck. Looks like the party's over." She nodded in agreement though she looked to Eliza “How about you go over to Bry I think she will need you” she then watched to make sure Eliza went over there then followed Lulu. “Fuck this isn’t any good, and my stress is going way high I might need to borrow a cigarette from you” as she was talking she looked up to see a women ahead of them. The women didn’t look familiar to her at all though she looked liked she was dressed up for something. She felt Lulu stop and then move off to the side hearing “shh” . Brook then felt something click in her mind. Strigoi. Of course they had to be all over the place.

She walked silently next to Lulu but then heard the women laugh "Think you can get away from me baby cousin?" Brook eyes went wide and looked to Lulu “you know her Lulu?” her eyes went back to the women in red "Thought I was dead didn't you? No... That's not it. You knew I was alive. You merely forgot about me." she heard the women, she didn’t have a good feeling about this at all. As she was about to reach for her daggers in her leg sheaths when she felt herself get slammed against a house. Her eyes went wide as she now was looking at the female strigoi up close. Brook felt the women’s arm pushing against her throat and she put one of her hands over the strigoi‘s arm and squeezed digging her nails into the women‘s arm. Her other hand was struggling as she tried to reach for one of her daggers. The women’s words where going through one ear and out the other as she dangled there struggling to breathe but once sentence did catch her attention "Did you know our Lulu here had a fiance? I'll bet she never told you that. Feel hurt now?" she coughed, she wasn’t going to let the female get to her. She finally was able to reach one of her daggers and quickly pulled it up and went to slice against the females arm but she was started to fade in and out from the lack of oxygen she was getting. She looked to Lulu with pleading eyes for help not able to choke out any words as she felt her eyes start to close.



Mace

Mace was skipping rocks not really paying attention to anything when he heard a “eep! He looked up to see Andrea and tried to hold back a laugh when she said “damn you mace! What's a boy like you doing here all alone?” “Sorry Drea wasn’t paying attention….and I am just out here thinking…” before he could say anymore he heard a scream and quickly got up. He noticed Andrea heard the sound too. "Quick Mace! I think Angel's..." Mace just ran and then he saw Angel laying there, Brylen passed out in Kitty’s lap. “What the fuck…!” he looked around and also saw a man carrying Adrian’s limp body into the lake. He couldn’t think straight…angel….Adrian. His body started shaking and he let out a scream, Mace never let his emotions get to him but he felt he was going to explode.

He ran over to the man that put Adrian’s body into the lake “What happened to him! Tell me what happened to him!” his eyes looked wild then looked around once more and then back to the man “please just tell me what happened” his voice got softer and his eyes where now having a pleading look. He wanted to go over to Angel but he knew he needed to find out what happened to Adrian.


Wini

Wini felt like she was ready to explode and attack her victim when she saw someone jump in front of her then say “Wini?” The voice sounded familiar as her eyes went over the girl that stood in front of the helpless person she was ready to feed off of. Her eyes went wide…Bells.. “Bells…Bella...” she said in a low voice, she never called her Trix always Bells or Bella. She was shaking, she was still in attack mode but she held herself from attacking her old friend. “You shouldn’t be here Bella. Im a monster…” she then felt herself being wrapped into Trix’s arms. Wini stood there motionless. Her arms to her side, she hasn’t felt a hug like that since she was turned. She for one didn’t allow any of the others to really touch her except for Gabe and Cherie at times.

"Oh my God Wini! I missed you!" she tried to hold a straight face as she heard Bells “Bella im not who I used to be. I am a killer. Your crazy for coming out here. I am not the same Wini…” she then heard in the background someone yelling her name…then recognized the voice, Cherie. Shit…she need Bella to go before Cherie came around. Then she heard another noise, someone else was nearby she looked around and spotted a teen girl then noticed it was Lupe [I] “fuck fuck fuck fuck these two needed to go” [I] she thought to herself as she heard Lupe "Wini, Don't hurt her."

Wini hissed at Lupe “For fuck sake lupe I wouldn’t hurt Bella, now you two need to go because there is another strigoi that will be here soon and if you want to live then leave” she pulled away from Bella and looked to her “I am sorry I broke my promise and never came back” and with that she gave a small kiss on Bella’s cheek and she fled to find Cherie. She never told Bella her feelings for her, before she got turned she was starting to feel more for Bella then she thought she could but everything changed after she got turned. She fled the streets and saw Cherie and run up to her “im here but I am going….im a fucking monster that needs to die. I killed my fucking baby sister!” she screamed out finally all of what happened that night was getting to her and she fell to her knees in front of Cherie ready to just give up.

Bellatrix stood, scared, and watched her friend retreat into the alley way. She knew she was in trouble by the look on Lupe's face.

"See?" She said, turning to her protector. "I told you she'd never hurt me!" Trix smiled brightly, touching her cheek. "I knew she wouldn't hurt me..." She whispered, smiling. As she walked back to Lupe, looking at her. "Look, Wini said we're in danger, so we should leave. I'll beg for your forgiveness later, and for you not to tell my father, but right now, we need to go," She looked back over her shoulder, sighing.

As Trix walked out of the alley, she looked at the people all around them, and figured they could disappear into the crowd. "Come on," She said, looking down both ways of the street. "They'll find us if we go directly back to the school. We need to find a longer way," She looked back at her protector, and realized she was taking to much of a lead. This was Lupe's job, not Trix's. "Sorry if I'm being bossy," She said quietly, walking quickly down the street, weaving in and out of the crowd. She was swift, moving along the earth with no worries...until she realized that she couldn't sense Lupe near her anymore.

"Lupe?" She asked, whipping herself around. "Lupe!" She yelled, suddenly freaking out. What if she had gone straight back to the school? What if they had gotten separated? She could feel peoples eyes on her, and she was frantic with worry. No no no...If you're teaching me a lesson, this is so not funny! She thought to herself, hyperventilating and turning in circles.

As she tried to find somewhere familiar in this area she didn't know, she just got more and more nervous. Bellatrix picked up her floor length dress, kicking off her shoes, and trying to find something familiar in the Earth. She tried to focus, trying to pick out Lupe's quiet, soft footsteps in the crowd, but either she was to far away, or Trix couldn't focus. Whatever the case was, she was seperated from her protector and she was surrounded by Strigoi, she could just feel it...

Lupe
Lupe didn't say a word after Wini disappeared. Trix went on about how she wouldn't hurt her and what not but Lupe saw that she was covered in blood. Maybe Trix didn't notice but Lupe did. She even said she'd killed her own sister. It was then she sent out another prayer. For Angel. She was gone now to. Dammit all. She thought as approached the crowd. Trix didn't understand. If there's one. There's more and with those odds. Someone -as of today. Two people- would end up dead. Lupe was lost in thought as Trix disappeared through the crowd. It was crazy. She was there one minute gone the next. "Bellatrix!" She shouted over the crowd but she didn't seem to be heard. It was then she began rushing through them. Scanning for bright red hair, she saw one slip aimlessly through the woods. That was her. There was Strigoi everywhere, and they won't be as nostalgic as Wini. She kept her footsteps quick and queit as she approached the woods where Trix disappeared into. She queitly navigated through the trees until she found her. She came up behind her placed a hand over her mouth so she wouldn't scream. "Do you have a death wish or something?" she whispered. Smelling the metallic scent of blood in there air. "Do you smell that, mija. There are more of them. You were about to run smack into them." She whispered and let her go. Wordlessly, Lupe grabbed her hand and began looking for a way to escape without being seen. That didn't seem to be the case. She'd earn another Mojila today. That she was sure of.

Braddock
Braddock ran through the woods queitly as Guadalupe instructed. He steeled himself just in case he found a Strigoi. Building up energy in his chest as a reserve should problems arise. Oh, if he survived this his parents were gonna kill him something vicious. He was actually glad of that. That meant he'd survive. He made it toward a crowd and started following them until he saw a familiar face. "Drake!" He called out. He looked grim. Rightfully so. Strigoi were everywhere. All Guardian's looked like that. He ran over to him. He doubled over catching his breath. "Yo, Man. Lupe told me that there's Strigoi everywhere." He shook his head. "What are we gonna do?"

Cherie
Cherie was walking down a quiet street when she saw Wini appear. “I'm here but I am going….im a fucking monster that needs to die. I killed my fucking baby sister!” Wini screamed and collapsed at the ground. "I know... I saw it.." Cherie says slowly and picks up Wini. Even though Cherie may appear to be frail, she was strong. She carried Wini into an alley so no one would see anything suspicious. "Wini... Everything is gonna be okay. Just breathe.. Take a moment to think..." Cherie said. Cherie looked around. "You need to drink Wini." Cherie says as she brings her arm up and sinks her own teeth in, creating a gash. She thrusts her own arm towards Wini. "Drink... You'll feel better.." Cherie says quietly. Cherie takes one more look around to make sure no one is looking. They were in the shadows so no one should be looking.

Andrea

Andrea watched Mace run off to a man carrying... A body? Andrea felt sick. Andrea felt dizzy... But who was that on the field? Eating a pile of food, acting as if nothing was going on in the world. Andrea frowned. Strigoi. Andrea felt pent up rage over Angel's death that she shouldn't. All she should feel is sad at least... She wasn't Angel's friend or sibling but Andrea just felt... Furious. It could be because she loved Darius and Darius was pissed over her death but... Andrea felt this strong emotion overpower her. Her nostrils flared as her face turned red but her conscience soon overcame her. What the hell, Andrea? Calm down! Andrea relaxed a bit. Andrea just felt so emotional today. It was starting good until The strigoi came. Andrea was going to kiss Darius! But instead his sister appears and kills Angel! Andrea felt like she could cry. Andrea looked around, tears in her eyes. She needed to find Darius. Console him. She needed that kiss. The Strigoi couldn't take everything away! Not her love for Darius!

Andrea went into the woods, where she'd last seen him. "Darius! Darius where are you?" Andrea called out, her voice strained and hoarse. Her tears were heavy rivers calling her cheeks home. Andrea's blonde hair was a mess now, twigs poking out from her golden locks. Her shirt was ripped and dirt covered her knees. But she didn't care. She kept going in farther and farther, tumbling into trees as the only light came from the moon. The woods was an accident waiting to happen. One wrong step and you could fall and break your foot or fall down a hill and into the lake. Andrea didn't care though. She needed to find him and she felt the need to find him fast. But then she saw him. Crying there, the moon made his hair shine. Even when he cried, Andrea could still find him attractive. She tiptoed quietly but it was hard because leaves and twigs littered the ground. "Darius.." Andrea said quietly, her voice crackly from crying. "Darius.. I know what happened... And... It's gonna be okay... We can get through this together..." She said slowly as she stepped forward and placed a hand on his shoulder. She was looking at his back now. She gave him a small squeeze for him to turn around. "Talk to me.." Andrea whispered.