Reunited.

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Although it was already nightfall in the large city, with a pale full moon glowing down from its place in the sky, the life of the city didn’t seem to waver as those who enjoyed the nightlife came out of their daytime hiding and wandered around the town. Bright neon lights advertised the various bars and clubs that lined the streets, while other stores began to close down for the evening and workers headed home to prepare for the next day of work. As the lights in a small store on the very corner of the street flickered out, a young woman walked out of the front door while quickly flipping the door sign to “Closed” and locking the front doors to make sure no one tried to sneak in before the next morning. Her long, pure black hair was pulled back in a braid that went all the way down to her waist, and pale green eyes gave one last glance into the store windows before she readjusted her bag on her shoulder and made her way towards her own home. She hardly even paid much attention to the people she passed on her way down the street, and instead focused more on getting to her destination before it turned any later then it already was.

“Sheesh another hectic day, I sometimes wonder why I put up with as many crazy people as I do.” Sireina said to herself with a slight sigh of irritation. It seemed like all the crazy people had come out today, guess it had something to do with the full moon being out tonight, and evidently had decided it’d be a good idea to irritate the living daylights out of her. Normally people like that didn’t bother her, but it just seemed like today had been exceptionally trying. Well at least stuff like this didn’t happen so often so she could feel thankful for that.

Without even looking to see where she was going, since she knew the way to her house like the back of her hand, she continued walking down the street and turned down one of the many paths that led into a large park in the center of town. It was a shortcut Sireina used many times, and the park was always a rather peaceful place to walk through at night. A few couples and groups occupied the lit paths of the park itself, their conversations and laughter easily reaching her ears but Sireina paid little attention to it. Her only thought was to get home as quickly as possible, and avoid having anymore confrontations since she’d had plenty that day to last her the entire week. Thankfully no one even gave her a second glance as she continued on her way, something Sireina was very grateful for since that meant maybe she could finally have some peace from the chaos of that day. True she caught a few curious glances as to why she was walking out here alone, but that was nothing new. Sireina had come to expect that, but she was use to being alone so it didn’t surprise her. After all she’d been alone since…..well best not to think about those memories. She had told herself she wouldn’t let herself dwell on that, after all that part of her life was over and there wasn’t any point in digging up the past. True she still felt a slight twinge when she thought about it, but just as quickly she forced those memories aside and continued on her way without even a second thought.

Even before she got close to the small house where she now lived, Sireina had the gut feeling that she needed to get home as quickly as possible. It was the same feeling she had every evening after nightfall came, something that most wouldn’t understand if unless they knew what she knew. Most saw the night as harmless, and there was nothing out there inhuman that could harm them. In fact many lived with the belief that the only danger they had to worry about was the human variety, and of course this city did have its incidents like so many others. However, Sireina knew differently but it was a secret she had carried with her for 10 years, never sharing it with anyone because no one else would even really understand or believe it in the first place. The dark night hid things that most other humans never even believed were real, things that were only heard in legends but were as real as anything else. Maybe she might be seen as paranoid or crazy for believeing in such things, but first hand experience had to count for something. After all she had enough of it to know just what kind of dangers lurked far closer then most realized.

As soon as she reached her front door, Sireina pulled her key out from the pocket of her pants and felt a rush of relief run through her when she heard the welcoming click of the lock once she turned the key. With a final glance around as if trying to see if anyone had followed her, Sireina stepped inside and closed the door behind her before relocking it and turning off the light that illuminated the outside doorway. She wasn’t to concerned with anyone coming by here this time of night, besides only one other person knew about this house and, well she wasn’t anticipating running into him again. It had been 10 years since that night, and by now she had begun to give up believeing she’d ever see her old friend again. After all when this much time had passed without hearing a word or anything, usually there wasn’t much of a chance of that changing anytime soon if ever at all. Okay so maybe there was still one little twinge of hope that refused to leave no matter how long it had been, but at the same time Sireina was realistic enough to realize that the chances of running into him anytime soon, or him even looking for her, were slim to none.

With a faint sigh of defeat, Sireina dropped her bag next to the door and kicked her shoes off her feet before trudging into her small bathroom. As she walked inside she pulled the hair tie off the end of her braid and pulled her braid loose before grabbing a brush and smoothing out any knots and tangles that might still be in her long hair. As she stared at her reflection, the same green eyed woman stared back at her, but sometimes she felt like she was just staring at the lost little girl she had been so long ago instead of her true reflection. Maybe it was just her memories of that time that caused her to feel that way, or maybe it was more her still present desire to see someone that had at one time protected her when no one else would. Then again she sometimes wondered why she still felt that way, because she had high doubts he’d even recognize her if he saw her again. True she still looked similar to how she did when she was 8, but at the same time she had changed a lot but that was nothing unexpected. Everyone changed as they grew older, but not everyone lived with the memories she had.

“Oh get off it girl it’s over and there’s no point in dwelling on it.” Sireina said to herself fiercely as she placed her brush back beside the sink and walked out into the living room. After turning on the TV as she walked past it, Sireina fell back onto the couch and just let the drone of the TV kill the silence in the room. Since it wasn’t that late yet, Sireina decided to kill some time catching up on what was happening in the city itself but so far on the news station at first it seemed as if nothing major had happened. Then again she knew what she was looking for, and she wasn’t going to chance missing something that might say she needed to be more on guard then she already was here.

As Sireina stayed in her place on the couch listening to the drone of the TV, she felt her hand slid over something furry on the back of the couch. Without even looking to see what it was, she grabbed the stuffed white bear and held it above her while looking into its bright blue glass eyes. The bright green ribbon around the bear's neck was a little frayed from the years she'd had him, but other then that it still looked the same as when she'd got it 10 years ago. Well more like he had given it to her, and she could still remember the way he told her that the green ribbon reminded him of her green eyes.

"You look about as down as I feel right now." Sireina said to the stuffed animal as she sat up and hugged it close to her. Some might find it strange that an 18 year old woman was still hugging a stuffed animal, but sometimes Sireina just needed something to hug. It made her feel better even when she was really down and sad about something, so it wasn't so strange to her. Since she had her stuffed friend with her and that helped to ease some of the lonliness, Sireina grabbed the nearby remote and turned up the volume on the TV so she could catch more of the news. However, what she heard next made her sit up straighter and pay more attention then she already was. An image of a person, a woman from the looks of it, lying on the ground in a pool of blood flashed on the screen before the news reporter began the account of what happened to her. Apparently this same woman had been found lying in an alleyway completely drained of blood, the only evidence as to what happened being several injuries resembling bite marks located on several parts of her body. No one was saying what the actual cause of death was, but for now authorities were warning citizens to be on extra alert as this was the fourth death of this kind in a month's time.

"Looks like the vampires are at it again. I hate to think what's gonna happen if things keep going at this rate." Sireina said to herself as she listened to more of the report before it switched back to the regular news stories. Of course other humans would chalk it up to some crazy person trying to imitate a vampire, but Sireina knew better. Oh how well she knew better, but if this is how bad things got then she'd consider this town lucky. Some cities had it far worse if she was remembering the stories she had heard correctly, thank goodness she didn't live somewhere like that. However, all this did was help her think over the circumstances that had ended up with her landing here in the first place.

"Hmm.....I wonder what he's doing now. He probably doesn't even remember me it's been so long." Sireina thought to herself as she sat the white furred bear next to a 10 year old picture of her when she was eight years old. She was standing there holding the same white bear, which at that time was almost as big as she was, while standing next to the man that had literally saved her life. Well more like the vampire that had saved her life since she had found out that's what he was, but even then she could have cared less that he was a vampire. Of course she had no idea that right at that moment, her old friend was travelling on a plane heading right for this exact same city and even if she did know she probably wouldn't have really believed it. Mainly because it had been this long since they had seen each other, so why would he be coming back now? Just like every time before she had no idea, and Sireina didn't bother trying to figure out an answer either.