Andrea Ivashkov's Story

Darius walked slowly through the crowds of the party, it wasn’t his place but he didn’t really have a choice but to be here. Brylen had an odd way of pulling you in and making you want to do whatever she said, it was a real pain. He had to admit though; Brylen wasn’t his only reason for being here. More than a few people said hi to him and he just smiled back and gave them each a little nod in return, he wasn’t very talkative most of the time and in all honesty he had no idea who many of them were. It was always interesting how people had this illusion in their minds that just because he was in the same class with them he was there friends, he had only a few people that he counted as a friend in honesty.

He had three reasons to be here, the first was that Brylen always tried to drag him to these types of things partially because he used to enjoy them so much before he’d returned. That was of the past though. The second reason was to keep an eye on his sister, the guy she was with wasn’t exactly the most trustworthy when it came to girls and he would most certainly be keeping an eye on him. The third reason was perhaps the most expected, he was here to meet a girl. A girl that he couldn’t understand fully and who always confused him but an amazing girl the same. Darius scanned the crowds slowly as he sought out Andrea, he could see her just off to the side of the crowd. He didn’t know if she saw him or not but a small smile came across Darius’ face as usual, she always seemed to make his day a little better. It was sad though that she had a crush on someone else, she was really a good girl. Darius moved towards her slowly, moving around the small clumps of people as he closed the distance between the two. He was behind her, a few yards away still but behind her. He pulled out his phone and sent a quick message to her.

why don’t you turn around



Randall moved around the party with his normal smile on his face, he seemed relaxed and as though he was having fun. He was laughing at jokes, smiling at girls and making sure to who off whenever he could. Inside he was a coil of snakes worming around, looking in every direction for danger and problems. His training had made it so that it was hard for him to be in groups of people without freaking out a little bit, he couldn’t help but have his eyes constantly roaming as he looked for weapons or dangers. He was a good looking sort, more than a few girls came up to him and tried to entice him, he even thought about giving in more than a few times.

A cold sweat was on the back of his neck, the only sign of his nervousness or that he was bothered at all. It was more than a little reassuring that he could feel his two knives pressed against the small of his back, they were in easy reach and he would be able to access them without having to worry about anything. Of course he probably wouldn’t need them today but he couldn’t help but have them on him, it was part of his training. He swung around a few girls and picked up a drink, making sure to poor it himself just to be safe. He let the alcohol go down his throat and it settled his nerves a little. He smiled and milled around a little more, mingling with the girls mainly and the few friends he had here. Most of them were from the gambling tables but they were still pretty cool.

Randall drifted through the party, leaving laughs and girls in his wake. As he moved around a little he had to turn quickly and swing away from two figures in the party. One was a smaller girl named Angel and next to her was a guy named Mace, or at least he thought that was his name. He didn’t know either of them all that well but he’d seen Angel end someone’s chance of ever having children so he couldn’t help but not want to get near that. He turned another way and drew closer to the dance floor, his eyes spotting Brylen easily and another girl that he didn’t know. Brylen always seemed to have a dozen friends gathered around her. Randall kept moving though, not stopped for long other than to talk a little and make conversation with the people he knew. As he moved though one thing caught his eye, a small group of late arrivals. He glanced up towards them and his eyes settled on the pretty girl leaning against the tree. Something was oddly familiar about her but Randall didn’t bother thinking about it for long before turning away, she was probably just someone from the school. After spending a few more minutes wandering Randall turned and headed back towards the large group of dancers and did his best to join in, dancing with a couple of the hotties that he knew and mainly just trying to let loose a little bit.

Marcus

Marcus sat in the back of the van, dressed in a disguise consisting of a black obey hat, jeans, converse, sunglasses and a blue and white raglan shirt. Marcus squirmed uncomfortably in his seat. Marcus watched the scenery flash by in blurs as the van took speed, heading to the party. Soon he'd have a girl in his arms, him draining her slowly until she had just enough blood to live. Marcus licked his lips in delight. No one would get in his way tonight. Tonight was a feast. A feast of blood. Marcus felt the car roll to a stop and he hopped out. He breathed in the scent of young vampires and the outdoors and smiled merrily. He decided to scope out a victim. He laid his eyes on a girl with fiery red hair that looked like a feisty one, possibly a good meal?

Cherie

Cherie was sitting next to Marcus in the van. Cherie was dressed in a blue and black checked plaid shirt, jeans, purple doc martens, glasses and a grey beanie. Cherie sat silent as they continued along the road, heading for the party. Cherie moved her gaze to Wini and leaned over to reach Wini who was sitting in the front seat. She gave Wini a reassuring squeeze on her hand to signify that whatever happened this morning was behind us. Cherie didn't move her hand though. Wini's hand was soft and warm, giving Cherie a peaceful state of mind. Cherie sighed softly and looked out the window. Cherie felt the car roll to a stop and she hopped out of the car along with everyone else. Cherie breathed in the scent of the outdoors and smiled. She looked around and saw Wini leaning against a tree. Wini smiled and stood behind her for a moment, following her gaze to 2 students. "Are those your siblings?" Cherie said suddenly, walking to stand next to Wini.

Andrea

Andrea sighed as she arrived at the party, she twisted the fringe of her cardigan between her thumb and index finger scanning the crowd. Andrea sighed, the sky was nice and dark, just the way she liked it, with the moon shining on the lake it made Andrea sigh. She needed to go for a swim. Andrea started for the lake when she got a text. Darius!

why don’t you turn around

Andrea whipped around and saw Darius just a couple yards away. Damn she wanted to kiss him but not this early into the party... It needed to be quiet and there couldn't be a crowd. "Darius!" Andrea smiled and ran over and threw her arms around him. "How are you?" Andrea asked as she unwound her hands from his neck and placed them in her pockets. Andrea glanced over at the lake... "Hey come on lets go somewhere where its not too loud.." Andrea said as she grabbed his hand and led him to the lake where she sat down on the grass. "C'mon, lets talk!" Andrea smiled and patted a spot next to her, motioning for him to sit next to her.

To say that Darrius was surprised by the warm reception that Andrea gave her would be like saying that the Sahara was a bit warm. Andrea wrapped her arms around his neck and practically through herself at him, Darius could help but rock back a little as he hugged her back with more than a bit of confusion. One moment she was ambushing her when he was trying to be the one ambushing her, the next moment she was backing off in her cute little shy way. He opened his mouth to say something when she changed again, almost dragging him away from the party and towards the lake. Darius glanced behind him for a second, his eyes finding his sister and checking on her before he let himself get led into a more private environment.

He looked around for a second; taking in the amazing little scene all around before he took the seat next to Andrea. Darius turned towards her and his eyes fell upon her face; she’d gotten a little disheveled in the rush over here. He reached out nervously, his hand shaking a little before he forced it to stay still. He brushed a strand of hair away from her face, letting his fingers brush against her cheek as he did so. He looked into her eyes as he let the smile grow on his face. Something about this just made him happy; he was always that way when she was around. Part of him took in her words and another part of him ignored them completely, distracted by the moment. In his mind time had stood still.

Darius blinked and brought his hands away, a small tint coming to his head out of embarrassment. He looked away, he wasn’t even sure how much time had passed. He probably looked like an idiot. He looked back at Andrea though and a torrent of thoughts came into his mind, thoughts that he’d tried to ignore for the most part. Andrea had always been looking at him oddly, he’d never thought about it much because he knew she like someone else. This time though Darius was starting to add up the little things, that stuff which should have been obvious to him earlier.

He looked up at Andrea and said with a smile on his face, his breathing steady as he tried to keep himself calm and relaxed. He had done this type of stuff before after all, it had just….been a while. He let his hand slowly move to hers, just cupping it in his hand as he said the first words to leave his lips since they had gotten there. “Well Andrea what should we talk about? I feel like a lot of stuff has already been said, just not with words. Perhaps I’m just a fool though.” He looked away for a moment and said started up again. “this is a lovely place, a lot like you. It’s pretty for one that’s obvious though, the water is also like you though; it’s steady and calming, soothing and elegant but can also be strong and possessive. The light reflecting like you, open and free. The wind is as stubborn as you, blowing at all times even if it’s being opposed, amazingly stubborn of course…..everything just perfect like you…….I’m gonna be quiet now before I embarrass myself further.” Darius looked away, not sure what had come over his mouth. Not sure why he’d said so many stupid things all at once.



Randall moved like water on the dance floor. Flowing from one girl to another as he laughed and enjoyed himself. He was finally loosening himself up a little, trying his best to just get into the rhythm of not being so strict. No matter what his grandfather would think he’d probably not end up dead from just one night of fun, and if he did well he would learn from his mistake. He laughed, he drank, he danced and he rinsed and repeated over and over again. He moved around a little when he saw Brylen again; a couple of her friends had drifted off from her.

Randall moved up behind Brylen, dancing behind her as he closed the distance slowly and swung around in front of her. It was funny, his grandfather hadn’t taught him a lot of the fun things in life but dancing he was taught. His grandfather say dancing as a way to teach certain fighting skills, and that had actually made Randall pretty good. He moved close to Brylen dancing with her and said to her just loud enough that she would hear but not loud enough for everyone to hear. “Mind if I join in with such a pretty lady?”

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Darius started at the lake, a blush on his cheeks as he rubbed his forehead slightly. He’d basically done the equivalent of verbal vomit and he couldn’t help but be embarrassed of himself. He stood up quickly and stepped away from Andrea, his mind going through a thousand things and he could barely hear a word she was saying.

Darius turned his back away and closed his eyes, taking a really deep breath and focusing on what was going on. He had no idea what he should do right now, it was obvious he was out of his depths and he was just making a fool of himself at this point. He opened his eyes again, they went first to the huge dance party where he couldn’t have picked out an elephant from the crowd let alone a single person. He swept his gaze around though and by luck happened to see Angel. He seemed to be heading up the hill and he couldn’t help but frown as she went and hugged some random girl. Darius looked closer, not recognizing the girl when he started walking around the lake to get a better view. To anyone watching it would just look like he was taking a little stroll, not too odd for someone who was well known for not liking these kinds of parties. Before he had taken even two steps he called back over his shoulder before continuing. “I’ll be back in a sec, I need to see something”

As he walked his brow furrowed as he started to be able to see the girl clearer. She didn’t look like any of angels friends but something about her was familiar. He started to move towards them now, a look of concern on his face that echoed the concern that he felt. Something was off and he just couldn’t place it. He moved toward them swiftly, his walk turning into a jog and then a run as the realization dawned on him. Who would Angel walk up to and hug? Who would keep themselves away from the party? Who would be the only person that Angel would leave Brylen and Mace to go see? There was only one answer. Wini.

He closed the distance and let his voice yell out to them. “Angel! Come here, step back slowly!” He’d already lost one sister and no matter how much he loved Wini he wasn’t going to risk losing the other one. As he got closer he saw it, the blood on Wini’s lips. Anger flared in him as he charged forward, first thinking it was Angels blood until he saw the girl dead and being fed on. He reached out, grabbing Angel to pull her away from Wini as he spoke with a snarl. “Damn you, How could you do something like this? The sister I knew wouldn’t have hurt anyone, let alone feed on one…..I guess being a monster has made you one.”

He hated the idea, he hated the words that were flowing from his mouth but he couldn’t stop them. He’d had the fear, the worry and the doubts about returning her to who she was but now it was confirmed. She wasn’t his sister anymore. His sister was gone and even if she was staked and changed back she wouldn’t be her again. His sister was dead.


Every bone in his body called for him to slit the guys throat, his hands moved to his back and almost drew his blades before he stopped himself and just smiled at the guy. He gave the girl and wink and added a wink for him too when he started to speak. “Well if he’s so very needy I guess I’ll let him have you, don’t worry though babe. I’ll be by later to show you what a real man is like. Peace sulky” With a last little laugh Randall twisted away, his movements quick and clean as he put a few people in-between them.

He danced a few more dances and had a few more drinks before he broke away from the dance floor and headed towards the drinks. He glanced up seeing two very odd sights. The first was the little angel hugging some girl, he’d never thought of her as the affectionate sort. The second sight was Darius and Andrea, he’d never thought either one of them would grow enough of a pair to get any along time together.

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.

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.