Title: All or Nothing
Author: Nimue Redfern
Email: bloodoftin@yahoo.co.uk
Spoiler: Basic Night World concepts
Disclaimer: Night World and any characters mentioned belong to LJS, everything else is mine.
Rating: 15
Warnings: Femslash, mild sex (straight) violence, language
Summary: Lonely girl Erica is looking forward to moving to a new town where she hopes to make some new friends and start a new life. Only she finds herself thrown into something humans aren't supposed to know about.
Notes: feedback appreciated.
Prologue
It never should have happened, but it had. And Scarlet was going to have to deal with it whether she wanted to or not.
It was just so hard to believe. She had never asked for any of it, and yet she had been thrown into the deep end, again.
They all thought they were so wonderful, so righteous, it was almost sickening. It didn't matter any more. So they had once been friends. So what? They were from different worlds.
Scarlet had always believed hers was the more superior one. The one with the laws that had to be followed with a threat of death, a force to be reckoned with. For almost all her life she had been perfectly inclined to believe that.
She wanted someone to talk to, but who would understand? She certainly wasn't ready to change yet.
"It'll happen sooner or later, and you know it as well as I do."
Scarlet's teeth gritted. She refused to turn around and look as she heard Erica's voice, her footsteps sliding over the pebbly beach.
"Not necessarily," Scarlet said through gritted teeth, keeping her voice calm and cool. She refused to let any emotion show.
"What's the big deal, anyway?" Erica asked. Her voice was hurt.
Scarlet tried to pretend she didn't care. Everything was Erica's fault. If Scarlet had never met the girl, she wouldn't be where she was now.
"If you stay, then they'll kill you." Erica reached out to touch her.
Scarlet jerked away. "Don't. Just leave me alone." She turned to glare pointedly, her eyes flashing with rage.
Erica just stood there, in the dying light of the day, her pale face said, her luminous grey eyes brimming with unshed tears. Her soft blonde hair blew in the salty breeze of the ocean.
"But I love you," she whispered.
"Well I *don't*," Scarlet snapped. She knew she was being cruel. She knew Erica was likely to go home and cry herself to sleep. *It* *didn't* *matter*. "What do I have to do to get it into your thick head? *Go* *away*! I don't want to see you *ever* *again*!"
Erica sighed sadly. "If that's what you want, then I'll just go." She turned and began climbing over the rocky beach, and out of Scarlet's life for ever.
Scarlet watched her go. Alone at last. ~This isn't fair~ she thought.
A tiny voice somewhere inside her was whispering softly, it wasn't going to be over this easily.
Not by a long shot.
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Author: Nimue Redfern
Email: bloodoftin@yahoo.co.uk
Spoiler: Basic Night World concepts
Disclaimer: Night World and any characters mentioned belong to LJS, everything else is mine.
Rating: 15
Warnings: Femslash, mild sex (straight) violence, language
Summary: Lonely girl Erica is looking forward to moving to a new town where she hopes to make some new friends and start a new life. Only she finds herself thrown into something humans aren't supposed to know about.
Notes: feedback appreciated.
Prologue
It never should have happened, but it had. And Scarlet was going to have to deal with it whether she wanted to or not.
It was just so hard to believe. She had never asked for any of it, and yet she had been thrown into the deep end, again.
They all thought they were so wonderful, so righteous, it was almost sickening. It didn't matter any more. So they had once been friends. So what? They were from different worlds.
Scarlet had always believed hers was the more superior one. The one with the laws that had to be followed with a threat of death, a force to be reckoned with. For almost all her life she had been perfectly inclined to believe that.
She wanted someone to talk to, but who would understand? She certainly wasn't ready to change yet.
"It'll happen sooner or later, and you know it as well as I do."
Scarlet's teeth gritted. She refused to turn around and look as she heard Erica's voice, her footsteps sliding over the pebbly beach.
"Not necessarily," Scarlet said through gritted teeth, keeping her voice calm and cool. She refused to let any emotion show.
"What's the big deal, anyway?" Erica asked. Her voice was hurt.
Scarlet tried to pretend she didn't care. Everything was Erica's fault. If Scarlet had never met the girl, she wouldn't be where she was now.
"If you stay, then they'll kill you." Erica reached out to touch her.
Scarlet jerked away. "Don't. Just leave me alone." She turned to glare pointedly, her eyes flashing with rage.
Erica just stood there, in the dying light of the day, her pale face said, her luminous grey eyes brimming with unshed tears. Her soft blonde hair blew in the salty breeze of the ocean.
"But I love you," she whispered.
"Well I *don't*," Scarlet snapped. She knew she was being cruel. She knew Erica was likely to go home and cry herself to sleep. *It* *didn't* *matter*. "What do I have to do to get it into your thick head? *Go* *away*! I don't want to see you *ever* *again*!"
Erica sighed sadly. "If that's what you want, then I'll just go." She turned and began climbing over the rocky beach, and out of Scarlet's life for ever.
Scarlet watched her go. Alone at last. ~This isn't fair~ she thought.
A tiny voice somewhere inside her was whispering softly, it wasn't going to be over this easily.
Not by a long shot.
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