The Vampire of the Opera

[Jillian Grenislavich]

It was late at night when Jillian walked into the preforming arts center. This was her favorite place on campus, it was dark, large, and not many people went here because of the ghosts. Though the ghost that had haunted here passed onto the other side a long time ago, the rumors still kept people away.

She had already fed so she came there to relax. She sat in a chair and pulled out a black spiral notebook, she opened it up and began to write. As she wrote she began to sing a part of the Phantom of the Opera, "In sleep he sang to me, in dreams he came . . . zat voice which calls to me and speaks my name . . . And do I dream again? For now I find ze Phantom of the Opera is zere - inside my mind . . ." she giggled slightly at how her accent made the lyrics sound and smiled. She liked it when she was alone, then she could be herself.

She continued to write in her notebook, she was writing a story. A romance, with a bit of horror, drama, and deceit. Very little people knew that she liked writing, and the ones that did, were never allowed to read her stories. They were hers, and she didn't like to share them.

[Terra Stellrick]

Terra was walking along on the campus of the school. She loved nature, so she loved going out at night when it was colder and felt alot better than during the day. Terra had heard rumors around the school about there being ghosts in the performing arts center. She didn't pay too much mind to the rumors, or she really didn't care to much about the ghosts. Not like she hasn't seen them before. Terra had actually carried a conversation with a ghost once until it passed on to the other side. Sometimes ghost were pretty cool, though from time to time they aren't.

Terra walked to the performing arts center, her silver ipod nano was playing Stand up- by Trapt. She was humming it to herself. Music always calmed her, and after the day she had she really needed it. She entered the performing arts center. She didn't seem to see anyone else in there, but it didn't mean there wasn't someone else in there. For all Terra knew there was a blood thirsty killer in the performing arts center. Terra really didn't care she just needed a quite place to study and relax.

Terra found a nice looking place to sit and she pulled out her sketch pad and started sketching a waterfall with a hidden cave within it. Terra was lost in her thoughts and never once did she think there was anyone else in there. The rumors made it clear hardly anyone if anyone at all came there at night.

[colin]

Hitori could hardly believe himself, he was awake again, and, couldn't go back to sleep.
But, then again, he had that happen to him sometimes, so, it wasn't a big deal...
He wanted to try again at calming himself, which, last time, had failed miserably.
He walked into the performing arts center, straining to think of what to do.
Nobody had bothered to talk to him, so, he couldn't talk to anybody...
Maybe, he could train, but, in the performing arts center?No, just no...


"Well...I used to draw when I was younger...maybe, I could draw for a little while...Hitori looked at the seats, trying to find the perfect spot.
He noticed in one of the chairs was a girl drawing something on a sketchpad.
His curiosity got the best of him, and, he wanted to get closer to see what she was drawing.
He walked up to her so quietely, nobody would have been able to hear him.He looked over her shoulder, and, saw her drawing a waterfall with a hidden cave.
He became interested at how well she drew it all, it almost looked as if it would jump right off the paper.

Hitori was surprised that someone not much older than him could draw so well.He sat down in the chair behind her, and, picked up a paper.
He started to make a manga scene showing a young man protecting a girl from a wyvern monster.
He looked at the girl in front of him, and, noticed she was part faerie...he thought she was pure human, but, he was wrong...
Either way, he didn't care what species she was, he didn't mind faeries, he basically liked all kinds of people...

He began humming Amethyst by KOTOKO while he was drawing his little Manga story.
He loved to draw Manga, and, the like, and, usually put them in Notebooks if he had a lot.
He stood up, and, walked over to the girl so he could show her his picture, and, maybe start a conversation with her.
"Um...hi, I was wondering if...maybe...we could draw together...if you didn't mind...He hardly ever blushed, but, he could feel his face turning red.
He looked at her, seeing how pretty she was...she reminded him of someone he met once...but, he couldn't put his finger on it...

[Terra Stellrick]

Terra was just sitting there still listening to her Ipod nano though it was on a different song, and still drawing. She hears someone speaking to her. She looks up and looks to the guy. She tilts her head to the side very cutely, then replies. "Ummmmm, I guess," Terra say not quite sure what else to say. She wasn't going to be mean to someone she didn't know and who had done nothing to her.

Terra shifted in her seat. Trying to find a good place to get comfortable. Terra was very uncomfortable at the moment. Her legs were crossed underneath her bottom and it was very difficult to draw that way. So Terra moved to where her legs were up on the seat infront of her and her sketch pad was in her lap. 'That's better. Now where was I'Terra thought to herself. She picked up her nano and began flipping through the songs on it. After a few seconds Terra found the perfect song she wanted to listen to. Enter Sandman by Metallica.

Terra started to sing the words along with the song. A nice sound filled the performing arts center. Terra forgot that a guy was sitting beside her. She was off in her own little world. Though after a few minutes the song came to an end and Terra was out of her trance like state. She then looked over to the guy beside her, he didn't look half bad either. From what she could tell he had longish red hair and blue or possibly green eyes, though she couldn't tell the exact color because her eyes weren't to focused on them. Terra smile at him, and she remembered slightly seeing a faint blush or something come across his face earlier when he asked to sit beside her.Terra was at peace again.

[colin]

Hitori was a bit surprised hearing her sing out loud like that.
'Wow...the two of us seem to be a bit more alike than I thought...we both like singing...'
Hitori's face was still a bit red, but, he tried to ignore it as he drew a bit more.

In a couple minutes, he had made another page to for his little Manga story.
This page was showing a scene where the same young man, and, woman were standing at the seaside holding hands, talking about the past.
He stared at the picture, wondering if this would really be a very good addition to his story.
'...Is there a reason I'm not doing too well with this...?

He looked at the girl sitting next to him, drawing away at her pad.
He looked at his paper, and, wondered if he was having a hard time thinking because he was sitting next to such a pretty girl...
Suddenly, an idea struck his head.If she liked nature like his Mother did, she would love a drawing of it.
After a few minutes of drawing, he had made a beautiful forest, that was turning to Autumn.It had a lake, and, some crystals sticking out of the water.
He colored it, so, everything would be more detailed, and, he gave it to her to let her see it.He thought that now would be a good time to introduce himself...
"My names Hitoki...Hitoki Shidou...what's yours...?"

[Terra Stellrick]

Terra stooped what she was doing when Hitoki, as he just stated was his name put a beautiful picture on her lap. She examined it with amazement in her eyes. Her eyes sparkled at the details within the picture the forest was colored beautifully, the lake looked so real as well as the crystals withing the lake. Terra's eyes soften as she looked over the picture one more time. She then slowly looked up at Hitoki."Is this for me?Terra asked him looking right into his eyes. She then took a moment to reply to him with her name."The names Terra, Terra Stellrick,"

Terra studied him for a bit longer than she looked away blushing. She had to admit he was quite handsome, and his drawing skills were pretty good as well. Terra smiled at nothing. She looked around the performing arts center for the first time actually taking in the sites. She loved the colors that were used for the drapes or curtains depending on what you preferred to call them. The drapes were a black and silverish grey color that looked really good against the semi dark colored walls. Unlike most performing art centers the walls were a darker but not to dark looking red. It had shocked Terra at first glance that they would pick such colors.

Terra then looked to the seats that her and Hitoki were sitting in and pretty soon when the school has their first school meeting that all the students would be in. They too were a dark color not to uncommon for most performing arts center. The backs of the seats were black while the seats themselves were grey with little dots of white on them. Terra actually enjoyed this performing arts center to her old one that was dull boring colors. Once during an assembly Terra passed right out and stayed asleep the whole day and never once did she get in trouble. Probably because her class was in there the whole day, anyway.

[colin]

Hitori smiled, and, nodded his head yes.
He kinda laughed to himself as he watched her look around the performing arts center.
'What is it about her...that makes me feel so different..?I've never felt this happy in my life...'
He looked at her right in the eyes, as he suddenly realized she looked a bit like his Mother.

He turned away, looking at the floor giving a slightly depressed sigh.
Just thinking about his Mother made him see it all again...he, and, his Mother picking herbs, his Mother being kidnapped by some magic that was cast, seeing his village ablaze, and, how he had to run from the remnants of Hazel's monsters...
He forgot about the girl sitting next to him for a moment, but, suddenly looked at her again, trying to hide his sorrow.

"Terra,..how hard is it for you to fit in...you know, being part fairy...?He hadn't made any friends that day, at all...
He could tell she had one, but, that was it at the moment...
He felt some kind of cold feeling in his blood, almost as though something was gonna happen...

[Terra Stellrick]

Terra saw him look away from her as if he were hiding something from her, but briefly before he turned away she saw sorrow. It shocked her she wondered why she would make him sad. Maybe she reminded him of someone he once knew. Then when he spoke it shocked her. "Terra,..how hard is it for you to fit in...you know, being part fairy...?," Hitori asked her. Terra's eyes widen momentarily, then went back to normal size. 'How does he know this, did he over hear my conversation with Ryvve earlier today? Is he stalking me' So many questions were swirling around in her head. She started to freak out.

Terra stared at Hitori for a few moments. She was officially freaked out and it wasn't cool. She had this problem when she starts freaking out it's not good. She starts having breathing problems. Terra's eye dilated. "Why are you asking me such a question? What makes you think I'm part faerie?,"Terra asks him with a slightly shaken voice. This always happened when she got scared or freaked out, her voice always turned shaky or she started to cry. Which she was about to start. She felt tears in her eyes, she feared that what happened many years ago would happen again.

Terra looked away from Hitori. Her nightmares started entering her head again. Terra fell on the ground holding her head as the memories reentered her head and the tears start pouring. Terra's screams echoed through the performing arts center. Terra didn't have a choice in the matter, they just started falling and the pain was so real that she had to scream. Terra had sure she was on the floor instead of a chair, for she knew the next part in her pain would be something far unimaginable.

[colin]

The look on Hitori's face as Terra started screaming looked terrified.
'Wh...what's wrong with her...?'He began to panic silently, wondering if she thought he was after her.
He remembered his Mother once screaming the same way from a curse, and, his Father was able to stop it with a sacred chant passed down from his ancesters.
Hitori knew that if this kept on, something bad would happen.
He still had that cold feeling in his blood, but, that didn't matter to him at the moment.

He raised his right arm, holding out his palm, focusing, as a bright light filled the room, causing everything to look as if it were bright white.
He closed his eyes, trying to focus on the matter at hand.
"Seven angels, and, seven oracles...save her from her pain, allow me to help her...that...is all I ask!!"
He let out a loud cry of pain as a blue light radiated from his hand, going into Terra, to make the pain cease.
It seemed to work, and, the light faded, making the room seem like nothing had happened.

Hitori looked at Terra, seeing she was lying on the floor.
He walked over to her still body, and, looked at her face, trying to see if she was alright.
"...Terra, I don't know what's wrong, but, I'm not stalking you.I may be able to sense you are part faerie, but, I don't plan to harm you in any way!"
He bent down, in front of her, looking right at her eyes.
"I'm serious...as an Ancient, it's normal for me to see what you are...as my Father once said, 'Everything I am, someone is not...and, everything someone else is, I am not'.
I don't know anything about you, except for the fact that you, and, I are somewhat alike, enjoying music, and, drawing."
He stared at her beautiful eyes, blushingly turning away for a moment.
He looked at her out of the corner of his eye, hoping he had not started something that couldn't be undone...

[Terra Stellrick]

Terra had calmed down a little bit, but she was still shaken up. Hi tori was an Ancient or what ever that was. It was new to her, and sometimes new things scared her. Though in some rare cases like this one they didn't. Maybe it was because she had made a connection to him. Terra looked up to Hi tori and turned away blushing of both embarrassment and something else."So...Um.....Sorry you had to see me like that...It's just that last time someone knew I was part faerie they took me and my mom...,"Terra said and put her head down as tears came to her eyes.

Terra felt weak for the second time in 3 days. Memories of her mother came flashing through her head. But she refused to show weakness around Hi tori again, like she had done previously. It always made her feel so self conscious. Terra was very stubborn, she always thought people were lying and trying to make her feel better all the time by saying nice stuff, but Hitori and Ryvve it seemed like they wouldn't lie to her.

Terra whipped her eyes then looked up at Hitori and smiled. She was happy there was someone she could talk to.She wasn't afraid of him nor did she want him to leave her. Or at least not at this moment. She found herself attractive to him for unknown reason, but she liked it. "Umm....,"Terra's mind went blank and she looked away blushing.

[colin]

For some reason, Hitori was easily attracted to her, but, he couldn't figure out why.
He looked at her again, seeing her blushing, facing away from him.
He felt his face turn red, as he looked away, trying to thin of what else to say.
'...man...what do I tell her?My past?My hobbies?What??
He looked around at the place while thinking.He had to admit, it was a fancy place.
He looked at Terra again, with a handsome smile on his face.

He stared at her shining eyes, wondering just how alike they were.
He sat on the floor, and, grabbed a paper to draw on.
He had to do something to get a conversation started.
He started to draw his old village, the trees, along with that gigantic tree that towered over the village, and, the crystal clear water.
He felt so happy inside, drawing and talking to someone.
He had never felt so happy since he left.
he colored the drawing, and, handed it to Terra.
"That's my old village...I miss it terribly, and, I want to get revenge on Hazel, but, I'm not strong enough...I just...I dunno..."
He smiled shyly, still feeling that implse, and, a fast paced heart beat, but, he tried to stay still, and, take time.
After all, he didn't know if she would even want to date someone like him...he sat there, waiting for her to look at the drawing...

[Terra Stellrick]

Terra looked up to his drawing. She had to admit it was pretty. The details within the picture it's self really amazed her. She smiled and looked up to Hitori. There was an impulse she was feeling. Though Terra didn't know how she should react to it. Thus keeping her from it.

Terra smile sweetly to Hitori. He made her feel safe. Just as Ryvve had done to her earlier. She was happy to meet someone like them. They made her a whole of a lot saner. "Umm. Hitori. Would you be made if I acted on an impulse.", Terra asks as a blush creeps onto her face. Terra turns away from Hitori hoping to hide a blush that made it's way to her face. Terra now felt awkward. She normally wasn't straight forward about anything and her doing that shocked her or rather asking if she could.

Terra noted her Mobile phone lying on the ground and it was slightly moving. Terra stared at it for a brief second and then her eyes widen. 'I must've got a text, Terra thought to herself. Terra also noticed that in order to get to her phone she'd have to move around Hitori. She didn't think she could. Terra sighed and reached around Hitori to grab her mobile. She picked it up and read the text ' kole. hows life in dorms. we miss ya. love jaz & jase' A smile came to Terra's face as she read it. She then looked back up to Hitori and blushed.

[colin]

Hitori never saw a mobile phone, so he didn't know what it was.
He looked up at her face, and saw she was blushing a little.
He remembered what she said about 'impulse', and looked at her wonderingly.
"Uhm...what kind of impulse...?"
Hitori looked at her a bit confused, but he knew what she meant...

He reached into his pocket, and pulled out an emerald ring.
He stared at it a bit, with a look of sorrow on his face.
For a moment, he thought he felt another presence, but it was probably just him...
After giving a small sigh, he put it away again.

"Terra...do you have anything left from your mother, kinda like I have my Mother's ring?"
He knew what it was like losing someone special, and he made a vow in his mind, that if ANYONE harmed Terra in any way, he would make them pay...