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Background

William DeVoe was a great musician in a local gothic rock band. Being only 21 years of age, he devoted his life to the music and to his 19-year-old girlfriend, Juliana Smith.

One night, after a long day of rehearsing, William decided to walk home. With his dark shoulder length hair blowing in the wind, he was enjoying this lovely walk. He was on his way home to visit his Jules (as he called Juliana), and to perhaps surprise her with a late night dinner.

Taking a short cut, he headed up the dark alley. He heard footsteps behind him, but thought nothing of it. Next thing he knew, someone had grabbed him from behind and punched him in the back, knocking the breath out of William. He was helpless to himself as he was being beaten and gagged, he couldn't scream out. The gang stabbed him a few times, and just left him lying on the ground. They walked away, and then another man came back with a rifle, and shot William.

Luckily there were one or two witnesses to this crime, and they called 911. William was rushed to the emergency room, but he was beaten so badly no one knew who he was. They checked his ID, and emergency cards, and they called Juliana.

Juliana rushed to the hospital, and stayed by William's side for the last 24 hours of his life. With William's last ounce of breath, he managed to say, "I love you, Jules", and then fell into his heavenly sleep.

Chapter 1

Juliana Smith has been having horrible nightmares since her boyfriend, William DeVoe, was killed about a year ago. The nightmares were all about William's murder, and the graphic images of how he was brutally murdered. She would see him walking down the street, and then a gang coming from behind beating him, choking him, stabbing him, and shooting him. Juliana woke up, panicking and panting. After William's murder, she hasn't gotten much sleep. And her roommates couldn't help either.

After one of these horrible nightmares, Juliana decided to make herself something to eat. Hopefully that would calm her down. The house was completely dark, and she lit candles to show her the way to the kitchen. The cawing of the crow at the window startled her, but she managed to shoo it away. She made a bowl of cereal and ate it slowly, due to the fact she was so exhausted. After eating, she wound up falling asleep at the table, which she stayed until she was woken up again.

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The dirt from the ground was cracking, and some faint struggling from under it could be heard. Inside the coffin, William was trying to catch his breath and pushed open the coffin. He climbed out and just lied on the cold ground and passed out.

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Juliana was having those nightmares again, but this time it seemed a bit odd. She quickly grabbed her car keys and headed out the door. She drove away towards the cemetery just to make sure William was still inside his grave. But, to her surprise, there he was laying next to it, just like in her dream. And there was that crow on the gravestone, waiting for her to help him.

Juliana was a long distant cousin of Eric Draven, therefore, for reasons unknown; she is the one with the connections to help William. She picked him up and put her in the back seat of the car and drove back to her apartment.

She didn't want to wake up her roommates, so she quietly put William in her room on her bed. It was 4 am, and her roommates would be waking up to get ready for work soon.

While waiting for William to wake up, Juliana dozed off with his hand in hers, and her head on his chest. She was crying, because she couldn't believe what was happening. William woke up, scared of what was going on. He jumped, causing Juliana to wake up also. She smiled, and he just stared.

"Wh-what happened?" William managed to sputter out.

"I don't know. Here you are, alive after dying a year ago. I don't understand." Juliana hugged him and just started bawling.

William held her tightly, and saw the crow at the window. It looked so helpful, yet he didn't know why.

Juliana pulled away and started to undress him. His clothes were dirty and ripped, and he couldn't just stay like that. She pulled out some old clothes of his, a tight black muscle shirt with a pair of black pants, and his favorite boots. She dressed him and kissed his head.

"I know why you're here." Juliana just said with a smile. William was still confused. "You've come back to avenge your murder." And Juliana pulled out her makeup bag. She took the white powder and gently painted his face with it. She then took the black lipstick and finished the 'mask', as well as putting the lipstick on her own lips. She lightly kissed him and said, "Go", and William knew exactly what to do.

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Ah, first chapter. Please review, I'll love you forever.