wind blew back her long raven black hair, the cliff she sat on overlooked a busy lit up city. Her eyes traveled up to the sky as she sighed
"Nothing is natural anymore" she thought. the stars were not visible due to such bright lights of the city. Slowly she brought herself to her feet, wincing as her hand rested on her waist where a large gash was barely bandaged.
she brushed herself off and began to walk into the large forest which was behind her.
"Nothing in natural anymore".
She walked casually over the fallen tree limbs, her arms freely to her sides. the moon shone through trees and cast a dim light on her face. she had snowy colored skin. her eyes were a soft lavender color with splashes of cyan in the centers and darker blue rings lining the pupil. there was a long vertical scar across her left eye and a smaller one on her right cheek. She was dressed in a pair of black skinny jeans, black converse's with lime green laces, and thin black long sleeve shirt, dark purple tee over it and fingerless fishnet gloves. she reached a path in the the forest and followed it out which lead her to her car.
A black corvette with lime green tribal decal that ran along only the left side, on the right was the same but in a darker shade of green. she reached her her pocket and grabbed her keys, clicking the unlock button the headlights flashed three times and the interior light turned on.
lazily she opened the car door and slumped into the driver's seat. her hand reached forward and placed the key into the ignition and slowly turned the car on. the engine revved and her stereo turned on blasting "Untitled Finale" by Atreyu so loud it caused her windows to vibrate.
she switched into drive and sped away from the forest down the desolate city streets. It was about midnight, normally the city streets were chaotic, but not tonight. Tonight everyone was indoors, not even the cops were on patrol. she sighed a little and grabbed her ipod, changing the song to "My Curse" By Killswitch Engage. A smile played across her lips and she began to rock her head to the melody. a small calico kitten jumped from the backseat to the passenger seat and meowed looking over at her. "Hey Requiem, Hungry?" she asked while petting the cats head, who purred loudly. "i guess thats a yes?" she chuckled softly, the cat meow and began swiping at her paw trying to play. the car made a hard left turn and the kitten tumbled over and rolled onto her back. Requiem stared up at her with a slight glare. She simply laughed
"Sorry, should've warned you." she said turning her attention to the cat briefly then back to the road. the cat sat up and licked her paws without glancing back. "Oh fine, go ahead and give me the silent treatment req, remember who makes your dinner" she said as the car pulled up to a two story white house with a blue trim, there was a black van out front and the porch light was on. inside the house appeared to be lit up. She turned the car off and opened her door, standing in front of it she waited as Requiem leaped out, she slammed the door and began walking to the front door, requiem following behind. Just has her hand got to the doorknob it was ripped open and a very angry looking man, around 22, was standing in the doorway.
"ZODIAC LUNA DASHER WHERE ON EARTH HAVE YOU BEEN!!?!?" he shouted, Requiem Hid behind Zodiac's legs but peeked her head around. Zodiac Pushed past him and casually walked into the house. "Chill Andrew, I've been out. I'm allowed to do that"
she said as she reached the kitchen, Requiem trailing closer behind.
"Yes you are, but you know this city is dangerous, you could get hurt" he said in a sympathetic voice. Zodiac's eyes widened a little and she busted into a fit of laughter.
"ME??! , hurt?! ,Ha! Andy thats ridiculous and you know it!, like any of these mortals could handle me" she said as she set down a small bowl of cat food for Requiem. "Really?" Andrew asked. "Then how do you explain the blood soaked shirt and the insane gash on your stomach?". She stopped laughing and glared at him "You need to stop using your xray eyes on me, really, you can't be trusted with that." she said while reaching into the refrigerator and grabbing a carryout box and setting it on the counter. "Besides, a mortal didn't do this, and its nothing anyway." she said while popping a plate of leftovers into the microwave.
Andrew walked over and stood beside her, he lifted her shirt up and examined the wound. "It's really deep, thats to get infected. go upstairs and clean it, i'll be up in a bit to stitch it up" he said sternly. Zodiac pointed a fork towards the microwave and stomped her feet firmly on the ground."but my food!, i'm hungry!" she whined. he crossed his arms over his chest and his green eyes landed on hers. "Your food will be waiting for you when you come back, now go clean up that wound and wait for me in your room". she sighed and hung her head as she slowly slumped up the stairs mumbling to herself about being defeated. Requiem followed while licking her lips and purring slightly. zodiac glared at the kitten "well at least one of us get's to be full and happy" she said narrowing her eyes causing the kitten to widen her eyes and silence the purring.
Andrew was about 6'1, around 4 inches taller than Zo, He had a toned body, slightly tanned skin, bright green eyes that had swirls of gold in them, and shaggy shoulder length brown hair. he sighed a shook his head "That girl is really a handful" he said to himself. "I HEARD THAT" zodiac shouted down the stairs from within the bathroom. "FINISH YOUR SHOWER WOMAN" he returned. she sighed as Requiem sat on the counter in the bathroom licking her paws, her tail swaying gently. Zo kicked off her shoes and skinny's, when she took her tops off the gash was fully visible, it ran from her left shoulder, across her breast, over her stomach and lower abdomen and stopped at her right thigh. Andrew was right, it was deep.
She stepped into the shower and turned the water on. Zo reached for the washcloth and carefully ran it across her body. she winced and a few tears streamed down her face as it crossed the wound. when she was finished cleaning up she wrapped a towel around her and stumbled out of the bathroom, a cloud of steam followed out. she wandered to her room where Andrew was already waiting, sitting on her bed. he looked over at her and when she caught him staring he sheepishly looked away. she laughed and walked into the closet and dressed in a pair of black shorts and a black sports bra, she grabbed a black Dir en Grey shirt on her way out and sat next to Andrew on the bed. he reached of and grabbed a first aid kit. "Now you know this wont be a walk in the park." he said while looking her into her eyes. she nodded her head slowly and he instructed her to lay down on the towels he placed on her bed. she did so and he prepared a needle and sterile thread. she winced and grabbed onto the sheets as the needle pierced her skin, she sighed as slowly she became numb as he sewed her wound together.